Back Street 1932 N/R, 84 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl Cast: Irene Dunne, John Boles, George Meeker, Zasu Pitts, Arletta Duncan, William Bakewell, Jane Darwell, June Clyde, Doris Lloyd, Walter Catlett, Pat Weigel, James Donlan, Maude Turner Gordon, Shirley Grey, Robert McWade
The ill-fated romance of lovers Rae and Walter (Irene Dunne and John Boles) is doomed because of complications. They part, but their passion for each other remains. Walter does marry another woman, but when he and Rae meet again years later, they enter into a secret love affair, and Rae remains loyal to Walter for the rest of her life.
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Hollywood and Vine 1945 N/R, 59 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexis Thurn-Taxis Cast: James Ellison, Wanda McKay, June Clyde, Ralph Morgan, Franklin Pangborn, Leon Belasco, Emmett Lynn, Vera Lewis, Robert Greig, Charles Williams, Ray Whitley, Dewey Robinson
This amusing parody on the film industry is set in a drugstore at Hollywood and Vine where screenwriter Larry Winters (James Ellison) has come to research his next story.
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Hollywood Hoodlum 1934 N/R, 53 min. Genre: Drama aka: Hollywood Mystery
Director: B. Reeves Eason Cast: June Clyde, Frank Albertson, Jose Crespo, John Davidson, Tenen Holtz, Stanley Price, Cyril Ring, Edith Terry Pruess, Frances Morris, Monte Vandergrift
A publicity agent (Frank Albertson) is fired from his job with a movie studio. He hopes to get his job back by convincing a director (John Davidson) to film the life story of a notorious gangster. The director agrees, but insists on using a real hoodlum to play the part. Our hero finds one–who turns out to be the hoodlum whose life is to be portrayed. All ends well, and the agent's girlfriend (June Clyde) even becomes a star.
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The Secret Witness 1931 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Mystery / Drama aka: Terror by Night
Director: Thornton Freeland Cast: Una Merkel, William Collier Jr., Zasu Pitts, Purnell Pratt, Clyde Cook, Ralf Harolde, June Clyde, Rita La Roy, Paul Hurst, Nat Pendleton, Clarence Muse, Hooper Atchley, Billy Bletcher, Mike Donlin, Henry Hall
Wealthy philanderer Herbert Folsom (Hooper Atchley) is found dead from a bullet wound, and there are several suspects who include his wife (Rita La Roy) and the brother of his latest mistress–who committed suicide when Herbert had refused to dump his wife. Ditzy neighbor Lois Martin (Una Merkel) helps in identifying the culprit.
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A Strange Adventure 1932 N/R, 62 min. Genre: Mystery aka: Wayne Murder Case
Director: Phil Whitman, Hampton Del Ruth Cast: Regis Toomey, June Clyde, Lucille La Verne, William V. Mong, Jason Robards Sr., Eddie Phillips, Dwight Frye, Isabelle Vecki, Alan Roscoe, Nadine Dore, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Harry Myers
A hooded killer is on the loose after murdering Silas Wayne (William V. Mong) in the presence of his would-be heirs. Now it is up to police Detective-Sergeant Mitchell (Regis Toomey) and news reporter "Nosey" Toodles (Jane Clyde) to solve the case.
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A Study in Scarlet 1933 N/R, 71 min. Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John Warburton, Warburton Gamble, Alan Mowbray, J.M. Kerrigan, Doris Lloyd, Billy Bevan, Wyndham Standing, Halliwell Hobbes, Leila Bennett, Tempe Pigott, Cecil Reynolds
Sherlock Holmes (Reginald Owen) is asked by a widow, Mrs. Murphy (Doris Lloyd), to investigate a secret society where the members leave their fortunes to the society, the "Scarlet Ring," when they die. Unfortunately, members are being killed right and left, and Sherlock sets out to uncover the culprit.
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| 1. Back Street (1932)
2. Hollywood and Vine (1945)
3. Hollywood Hoodlum (1934) aka: Hollywood Mystery
4. The Secret Witness (1931) aka: Terror by Night
5. A Strange Adventure (1932) aka: Wayne Murder Case
6. A Study in Scarlet (1933)
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