The Big House 1930  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George W. Hill
Cast: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery, Leila Hyams, George F. Marion, J.C. Nugent, Karl Dane, DeWitt Jennings, Claire McDowell
Based on a violent prison break in 1929, this film set the standard for prison movies that followed. Kent (a young Robert Montgomery) is sent to prison for killing pedestrians while driving drunk. There he is amidst hardened criminals in a tough, overcrowded environment. Mean criminal Butch (Wallace Beery) plans the breakout in this violent (for that time) movie. The film won Academy Awards for Best Sound and Writing; Beery was nominated for Best Actor and the film was nominated for Best Picture.
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Billy the Kid 1930  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Highwayman Rides
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Karl Dane, Roscoe Ates, Wyndham Standing, Russell Simpson, Blanche Friderici, Warner Richmond, James A. Marcus, Nelson McDowell, Jack Carlyle, Chris-Pin Martin, John Beck, Marguerita Padula
A Marshal (Wallace Beery) is determined to capture and bring to justice the infamous Billy the Kid (Johnny Mack Brown) in this early talkie Western.
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The Son of the Sheik 1926  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky, George Fawcett, Montagu Love, Karl Dane, Bull Montana, Agnes Ayres, Charles Requa, Bynunsky Hyman, William Donovan
In this follow-on to "The Sheik," Rudolph Valentino plays both the sheik and his son, Ahmed. Ahmed falls in love with a street dancer, Yasmine (Vilma Banky), but he is then kidnapped and told that she was responsible for his kidnapping. After Ahmed is rescued by his men, he seeks revenge on Yasmine. All ends well in Valentino's last movie.
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| 1. The Big House (1930)
2. Billy the Kid (1930)
aka: The Highwayman Rides
3. Montana Moon (1930)
4. The Son of the Sheik (1926)
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