Another Dawn 1937  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Kay Francis, Errol Flynn, Ian Hunter, Frieda Inescort, Mary Forbes, Herbert Mundin, Billy Bevan, Kenneth Hunter, Clyde Cook, Charles Irwin
In this story set in Africa, Captain Denny Roark (Errol Flynn) is grieving over the death of his lover when he falls in love with Julia Ashton (Kay Francis), the wife of his commanding officer.
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British Agent 1934  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan, Philip Reed, Irving Pichel, Halliwell Hobbes, J. Carrol Naish, Cesar Romero
In the days before the Russian Revolution, a Scot, Stephen Locke (Leslie Howard), is smitten by Russian agent Elena (Kay Francis).
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Charley's Aunt 1941 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, Anne Baxter, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen, Laird Cregar, Richard Haydn, Arleen Whelan, Will Stanton
An Oxford student, Lord Fancourt (Jack Benny), pretends to be his roommate Charley's (Richard Haydn) Aunt Babbs Babberley. The deception is performed as a means to facilitate the romancing of Amy (Anne Baxter) and Kitty (Arleen Whelan).
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The Cocoanuts 1929  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph Santley, Robert Florey
Cast: Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Oscar Shaw, Mary Eaton, Kay Francis, Margaret Dumont, Basil Ruysdael, Barton MacLane
In this first film of the Marx Brothers, Zeppo, Harpo, and Chico sabotage plans of a hotel manager (Groucho) who will stop at almost nothing to make money on Florida real estate.
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Confession 1937 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joe May
Cast: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Jane Bryan, Donald Crisp, Mary Maguire, Robert Barrat, Dorothy Peterson, Laura Hope Crews, Ben Welden
When Vera's (Kay Francis) daughter, Lisa (Jane Bryan), becomes involved with an evil man (Basil Rathbone) from her own past, murder is the result with Vera confessing to the crime.
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In Name Only 1939 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn, Peggy Ann Garner, Helen Vinson, Katharine Alexander, Jonathan Hale, Frank Puglia, Nella Walker
Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Alec Walker (Cary Grant) meets and falls in love with a beautiful widow, Julie Eden (Carole Lombard), but their plans for the future depend on his current wife (Kay Francis) granting the divorce.
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King of the Underworld 1939  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge, Jessie Busley, Arthur Aylesworth, Raymond Brown, Charles Trowbridge, John Ridgely, Pierre Watkin
After mobster Joe Gurney (Humphrey Bogart) gets Dr. Carol Nelson (Kay Francis) to treat him, she becomes a suspect in her husband's murder.
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Little Men 1940  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft, Jimmy Lydon, Ann Gillis, Carl Esmond, Richard Nichols, William Demarest, Sterling Holloway, Isabel Jewell, Casey Johnson, Francesca Santoro, Johnny Burke, Lillian Randolph, Sammy McKim
Louisa May Alcott's tale is again adapted to the screen as grown-up Jo (Kay Francis) opens a boarding school and attempts to tame a ruffian, Dan (Jimmy Lydon). Dan finally learns gentlemanly behavior–despite the influence of his crooked father, Major Burdle (George Bancroft). When Jo's school faces a bank foreclosure, the Major's cohort, Willie the Fox (Jack Oakie), turns himself in for the $5,000 reward and presents the money to Jo in order to save the school. Good comic relief from Jack Oakie.
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Mandalay 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Lucien Littlefield, Ruth Donnelly, Reginald Owen, Rafaela Ottiano, Halliwell Hobbes, Etienne Girardot
In an attempt to flee her corrupt life in Rangoon, Tanya (Kay Francis) manages to obtain passage on a boat to Mandalay where she finds redemption.
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One Way Passage 1932 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Kay Francis, William Powell, Aline MacMahon, Warren Hymer, Frank McHugh, Herbert Mundin, Frederick Burton, Douglas Gerrard, Roscoe Karns, Dewey Robinson
A dying socialite (Kay Francis) finds love in the person of a condemned convict (William Powell) while both are passengers on an ocean liner. Remade in 1940 as "Til We Meet Again."
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Raffles 1930 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry d'Abbadie D'Arrast
Cast: Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Bramwell Fletcher, Frances Dade, David Torrence, Alison Skipworth, John Rogers, Wilson Benge, Virginia Bruce
Based on E.W. Hornung's story of an ex-policeman (Ronald Colman) who finds thievery more profitable than that of his former profession, this is an entertaining film.
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Trouble in Paradise 1932  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig, Luis Alberni, George Humbert, Rolfe Sedan
World-class thief Gaston (Herbert Marshall) teams up with pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins) and they are not only successful but also fall in love. However, when they get employed by the rich and beautiful Madame Colet (Kay Francis) and it appears that love is blooming on that front, there is Lily's jealousy to contend with. This sophisticated comedy is very well done.
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When the Daltons Rode 1940 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy, George Bancroft, Broderick Crawford, Stuart Erwin, Andy Devine, Frank Albertson, Mary Gordon, Harvey Stephens
Not a bad effort in telling the story of how the Daltons became a band of bandits, with Randolph Scott as a friend and lawyer trying to stop them from going astray. Humor, action, and good cast help.
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| 1. Another Dawn (1937)
2. British Agent (1934)
3. Charley's Aunt (1941)
4. The Cocoanuts (1929)
5. Confession (1937)
6. Cynara (1932)
7. In Name Only (1939)
8. King of the Underworld (1939)
9. Ladies' Man (1931)
10. Little Men (1940)
11. Mandalay (1934)
12. One Way Passage (1932)
13. Raffles (1930)
14. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
15. When the Daltons Rode (1940)
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