The Barbarian and the Lady 1939  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Alexis Granowsky
Cast: Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell, Roger Livesey, Patricia Roc, Joan Gardner, Frederick Culley, Joe Cunningham, Charles Farrell, Stafford Hilliard, Bernard Miles, Ann Wemyss
Re-cut and shortened to 70 minutes, this film was made from "The Rebel Son," an English language version of the 1936 French film "Tarass Boulba." It tells the story that includes battles in the 1500s between the Polish and Cossacks. Harry Baur takes on the role of warrior Taras Bulba. The story was remade in 1962 as "Taras Bulba."
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Kid Galahad 1937  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: The Battling Bellhop
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Harry Carey, Jane Bryan, William Haade, Soledad Jimenez, Joseph Crehan, Ben Welden, Joe Cunningham, Veda Ann Borg, Frank Faylen, Harland Tucker, Bob Evans
Boxing manager Nick Donati (Edward G. Robinson) decides to promote a young bellhop (Wayne Morris) as the next champion. While still training for his prize fight, the bellhop knocks out heavyweight Chuck McGraw (William Haade) after he insults Donati's girlfriend Louise "Fluff" Phillips (Bette Davis), and he is given the name "Kid Galahad." Later, he falls in love with Donati's young sister Marie (Jane Bryan). Their interest in each other angers Donati, and he arranges a fight that he is sure "Kid Galahad" will lose. But, will "Kid Galahad" come through and live up to his reputation as a winner? Remade in 1941 as "The Wagons Roll at Night" and in 1962 as "Kid Galahad."
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The Rebel Son 1939 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Alexis Granowsky
Cast: Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell, Roger Livesey, Patricia Roc, Joan Gardner, Frederick Culley, Joe Cunningham, Charles Farrell, Stafford Hilliard, Bernard Miles, Ann Wemyss
This is the English-language version of the French "Tarass Boulba" and tells the story and battles in the 1500s between the Polish and Cossacks. Harry Baur takes on the role of warrior Taras Bulba. The film was later re-edited and renamed "The Barbarian and the Lady" and was remade in 1962 as "Taras Bulba."
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| 1. The Barbarian and the Lady (1939)
2. Kid Galahad (1937)
aka: The Battling Bellhop
3. The Rebel Son (1939)
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