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All the Brothers Were Valiant   1953     2 and a half stars    N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe  
Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth, Betta St. John, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar, Lewis Stone, Frank DeKova, Michael Pate

  Based on the novel by Ben Ames Williams, sibling rivalry is the theme of this story about brothers Mark (Stewart Granger) and Joel (Robert Taylor). These two New Bedford whalers find conflicts over individual life choices.

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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever   1939     2 and a half stars    N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke  
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Helen Gilbert, Terry Kilburn, John T. Murray, George P. Breakston, Sidney Miller, Addison Richards

  When Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) has a crush on his high-school drama teacher, Miss Meredith (Helen Gilbert), he writes a play that is chosen to be shown at school, he stars in it, and gets to spend more time with Miss Meredith.

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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante   1940     2 and a half stars    N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Judy Garland, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Diana Lewis, Tom Neal, George P. Breakston, Addison Richards, George Lessey

  The Hardy family (Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, and Mickey Rooney) visits New York City where Andy's friend, Betsy (Judy Garland), introduces him to a debutante (Diana Lewis). Andy falls in love with her–briefly–and then realizes his true love is back home.

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Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble   1944     2 and a half stars    N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Sara Haden, Bonita Granville, Herbert Marshall, Jean Porter, Keye Luke, Lee Wilde, Lyn Wilde, Jackie Moran, Tommy Dix

  Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is still in college and getting into trouble when identical twin girls (Lee Wilde and Lyn Wilde) catch his eye. It doesn't take long before Andy finds himself in deep trouble at which point his father, Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), steps in and straightens out his son.

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Andy Hardy's Double Life   1942     2 and a half stars    N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Esther Williams, William Lundigan, Susan Peters, Robert Blake, Arthur Space, Addison Richards

  Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is ready to leave home for college, but he, as always, has girl problems. This time, Polly (Ann Rutherford) and her friend, Sheila (Esther Williams), teach him a lesson or two. This film marks Esther Williams' film debut. Also, look for Robert Blake in a bit part.

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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary   1941     2 stars    N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Ian Hunter, Kathryn Grayson, George P. Breakston, Todd Karns, Addison Richards, Gene Reynolds, Margaret Early

  Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) has failed his final exam, so it looks like he will not be graduating from high school. But, Andy has hired a social secretary (Kathryn Grayson) who now offers to help Andy study. He does well on his second test, and all ends happily.

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Poster Art From art.comAngels in the Outfield   1951     3 stars    N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Clarence Brown  
Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Donna Corcoran, Lewis Stone, Spring Byington, Bruce Bennett, Marvin Kaplan, Ellen Corby, Don Haggerty, Jeff Richards, John Gallaudet, King Donovan, Paul Salata, Fred Graham

  An angel tells Pittsburgh Pirates baseball manager Guffy McGovern (Paul Douglas) to mend his unholy ways, and, as a reward, guardian angels will help his seventh-place team win the pennant. Guffy agrees, and invisible ghosts of former baseball stars begin to help the Pirates win their games. It turns out that a big fan, orphan girl Bridget White (Donna Corcoran), had prayed for help for the Pirates. While attending a game, Bridget insists that she can see the angels helping the players on the field. Newspaperwoman Jennifer Page (Janet Leigh) publishes Bridget's story, and complications arise big time between scheming sportscaster Fred Bayles (Keenan Wynn) and Guffy. But, despite all the problems, will the Pirates win the N.L. pennant?



Cast
Paul Douglas Guffy McGovern
Janet Leigh Jennifer Paige
Keenan Wynn Fred Bayles
Donna Corcoran Bridget White
Lewis Stone Arnold P. Hapgood
Spring Byington Sister Edwitha
Bruce Bennett Saul Hellman
Marvin Kaplan Timothy Durney
Ellen Corby Sister Veronica
Don Haggerty Rube Ronson
Jeff Richards Dave Rothberg
John Gallaudet Joe Reynolds
King Donovan Mack McGee
Paul Salata Tony Minelli
Fred Graham Coach Chunk
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Any Number Can Play   1949     2 and a half stars    N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy  
Cast: Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Audrey Totter, Mary Astor, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau, Darryl Hickman

  The owner of a gambling house (Clark Gable) has a VERY bad day that affects all around him–including his estranged wife (Alexis Smith) and young son (Darryl Hickman).

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The Big House   1930     3 stars    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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Bureau of Missing Persons   1933     2 stars    N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy Del Ruth  
Cast: Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Hugh Herbert, Ruth Donnelly, Alan Dinehart, George Chandler, Marjorie Gateson

  Police officer Butch Saunders (Pat O'Brien) falls in love with fugitive Norma Phillips (Bette Davis) and helps prove her innocence in a murder charge.

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China Seas   1935     2 and a half stars    N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Tay Garnett  
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Rosalind Russell, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Benchley, Akim Tamiroff, Hattie McDaniel, Dudley Digges

  Chinese riverboat Captain Al Gaskell (Clark Gable) has his hands full with pirates as well as China Doll (Jean Harlow) and Sybil (Rosalind Russell).

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The Courtship of Andy Hardy   1942     2 stars    N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Donna Reed, William Lundigan, Frieda Inescort, George P. Breakston, Harvey Stephens, Betty Wells

  Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) is handling a divorce case when he asks son Andy (Mickey Rooney) to date the divorcing couple's daughter, Melodie (Donna Reed)–an act he believes will help Melodie gain popularity and aid in her parents' reconciliation. Of course, complications ensue.

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Grand Hotel   1932     3 stars    N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Edmund Goulding  
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Hersholt, Robert McWade, Purnell Pratt, Rafaela Ottiano, Tully Marshall, Lewis Stone, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Morgan Wallace, Frank Conroy, Murray Kinnell

  This anthology won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1931-1932. The story takes place in Berlin following World War I and involves guests of the Grand Hotel. Among those visiting are a ballerina (Greta Garbo), a jewel thief (John Barrymore), and a young stenographer (Joan Crawford).



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Greta Garbo Grusinskaya
John Barrymore Baron Felix von Geigern
Joan Crawford Flaemmchen
Wallace Beery Preysing
Lionel Barrymore Otto Kringelein
Jean Hersholt Senf
Robert McWade Meierheim
Purnell Pratt Zinnowitz
Rafaela Ottiano Suzette
Tully Marshall Gerstenkom
Lewis Stone Dr. Otternschlag
Ferdinand Gottschalk Pimenov
Morgan Wallace Chauffeur
Frank Conroy Rohna
Murray Kinnell Schweimann

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The Hardys Ride High   1939     2 and a half stars    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Virginia Grey, Minor Watson, John "Dusty" King, Don Castle, John T. Murray, Halliwell Hobbes

  Members of the Hardy family (Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, and Cecilia Parker) experience problems adjusting when they inherit a large estate. They move to Detroit where Andy falls for a Chorus girl, but life returns to normal when it is learned that the inheritance was a mistake.

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The Hoodlum Saint   1946     2 and a half stars    N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog  
Cast: William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Rags Ragland, Frank McHugh, Slim Summerville, Henry O'Neill, Emma Dunn

  Con artist Terry Ellerton O'Neill (William Powell) returns from the war and is determined to obtain wealth but runs into problems in the romance department with the lovely Kay Lorrison (Esther Williams).

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Ice Follies of 1939   1939     2 stars    N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Reinhold Schunzel  
Cast: Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, Lewis Stone, Bess Ehrhardt, Lionel Stander, Roy Shipstad

  A married professional couple finds that problems exist in their busy lives around the Ice Capades that are detrimental to their marriage.

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Judge Hardy and Son   1939     2 and a half stars    N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Fay Holden, Sara Haden, June Preisser, Maria Ouspenskaya, Martha O'Driscoll, Leona Maricle, Henry Hull, George P. Breakston

  An elderly couple faces eviction from their home when Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) steps in and attempts to find their missing daughter. Meanwhile, his teenage son Andy (Mickey Rooney) suffers romantic problems. But when wife/mother Emily Hardy (Fay Holden) becomes seriously ill, her problems take over and draw the family closer together.

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Judge Hardy's Children   1938     2 and a half stars    N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Betty Ross Clarke, Robert Whitney, Jacqueline Laurent, Ruth Hussey, Jonathan Hale, Janet Beecher, Leonard Penn

  Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) takes his family (Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, and Mickey Rooney) along on a business trip to Washington, D.C., and, of course, romantic flings involving the Hardy kids ensue.

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Just This Once   1952     2 and a half stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis  
Cast: Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Lewis Stone, Marilyn Erskine, Richard Anderson, Douglas Fowley, Henry Slate, Hanley Stafford, Benny Rubin, Charles Watts

  Playboy Mark MacLene (Peter Lawford) is reined in by Lucy Duncan (Janet Leigh) who has been assigned the job of taking care of his financial fortune.

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Key to the City   1950     2 and a half stars    N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Sidney  
Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Marilyn Maxwell, Frank Morgan, Raymond Burr, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Raymond Walburn, Pamela Britton, Clinton Sundberg

  Attending a mayors' conference in San Francisco, Steve Fisk (Clark Gable) and Clarissa Standish (Loretta Young) find there is more than business-as-usual when romance blossoms between the two.

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Life Begins for Andy Hardy   1941     3 stars    N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Patricia Dane, Ray McDonald, George P. Breakston, Pierre Watkin, Tommy Kelly, Joseph Crehan

  Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) has graduated from high school and convinces his father, Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), that he may go to New York City to spend the summer and learn more about the world. Andy's pal, Betsy Booth (Judy Garland), keeps an eye on things and even reports back to Judge Hardy on Andy's activities. It turns out that Andy is NOT ready for life in the big city, and Judge Hardy and Betsy convince him to return home.

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The Lost World   1925     2 and a half stars  User Rating      N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Harry O. Hoyt  
Cast: Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Hughes, Alma Bennett, Arthur Hoyt, Bull Montana, Charles Wellesley, Margaret McWade, Frank Finch Smiles, Jules Cowles, George Bunny

  Based on a novel by A. Conan Doyle, this is the first of several versions of the book. Professor Challenger (Wallace Beery) insists that dinosaurs still live in the headwaters of the Amazon. An expedition is funded, and, indeed, the good professor is correct. Good special effects for the time, and this silent film holds up well today.

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Poster Art From art.comLove Finds Andy Hardy   1938     2 and a half stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Lana Turner, Ann Rutherford, Betty Ross Clarke, Marie Blake, Don Castle, Raymond Hatton, George P. Breakston

  In this teen romance, Andy's (Mickey Rooney) girlfriend Polly (Ann Rutherford) is going to miss the country club Christmas party because of plans to visit her grandmother. Andy's friend Beezy (George P. Breakston) is going to be out of town also and pays Andy to take his girlfriend, Cynthia (Lana Turner), to the party. But, those plans fall through. Now, the girl visiting next door, Betsy (Judy Garland), is Andy's date. She sings two songs at the party, and Andy is smitten. But, by story's end, Andy is back with Polly.


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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy   1947     1 and a half stars    N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Willis Goldbeck  
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Sara Haden, Bonita Granville, Lina Romay, Fay Holden, Dorothy Ford, Addison Richards, Dick Simmons, Clinton Sundberg, Geraldine Wall

  Andy (Mickey Rooney) is back from the war and heads to college. After being jilted by Kay (Bonita Granville), Andy receives sage advice from good old dad (Lewis Stone) and falls for a Latin American beauty (Lina Romay).


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Madame X   1929     2 stars    N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Absinthe

Director: Lionel Barrymore  
Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Lewis Stone, Raymond Hackett, Holmes Herbert, Eugenie Besserer, John P. Edington, Mitchell Lewis, Ullrich Haupt, Sidney Toler, Richard Carle, Carroll Nye, Claude King

  Certainly not the best rendition of the story, but it is a heavy melodrama curio. A bored wife (Ruth Chatterton) is cast into the streets by her husband (Lewis Stone) after he finds out she has been unfaithful. Years later her son (Raymond Hackett), not knowing who she is, defends her on a murder charge. This is the first film to utilize a moving microphone (attached to a fishing pole). The film received Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Chatterton) and Director.

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The Mask of Fu Manchu   1932     2 and a half stars  User Rating      N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles Brabin  
Cast: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, David Torrence, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Lawrence Grant, Herbert Bunston

  Fu Manchu (Boris Karloff) plots to obtain the mask of Genghis Khan, which will give him the necessary means to rule the world. Falling into his torture chamber are Terrence Granville (Charles Starrett) and Sheila (Karen Morley), but Scotland Yard's Investigator Nayland Smith (Lewis Stone) enters the picture and saves both the hapless couple and the world from the influence of Fu Manchu.

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Poster Art From art.comMata Hari   1931     2 and a half stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Fitzmaurice  
Cast: Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, C. Henry Gordon, Karen Morley, Alec B. Francis, Blanche Friderici, Edmund Breese, Helen Jerome Eddy, Frank Reicher, Sarah Padden

  The infamous World War I spy, Mata Hari (Greta Garbo), uses her sexuality to get her hands on secret papers but is finally caught after falling in love with Lt. Alexis Rosanoff (Ramon Novarro) and allowing love, not the Nazis, to govern her actions.


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Night Into Morning   1951     3 stars    N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fletcher Markle  
Cast: Ray Milland, John Hodiak, Nancy Davis, Lewis Stone, Jean Hagen, Rosemary DeCamp, Dawn Addams, Jonathan Cott, Celia Lovsky, Gordon Gebert

  Grieving after his wife Ann (Rosemary De Camp) and their child die in a fire, Phillip Ainley (Ray Milland) copes poorly via alcohol and becomes suicidal.

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Nomads of the North   1920     1 and a half stars    N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Hartford  
Cast: Lon Chaney, Lewis Stone, Melbourne MacDowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, Betty Blythe, Francis McDonald, Gordon Mullen, Charles Smiley

  While in the North Country, Raoul (Lon Chaney) falls in love with Nanette (Betty Blythe). After the bad Buck (Francis MacDonald) tells Nanette that Raoul is dead, Buck wins her heart, and they agree to wed. But when Raoul returns and Buck is found out, Raoul and Nanette flee after Raoul kills one of Buck's henchmen. Now both the Mounties and Buck are after the couple.


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Out West with the Hardys   1938     2 and a half stars    N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Don Castle, Virginia Weidler, Gordon Jones, Ralph Morgan, Nana Bryant, Tom Neal

  Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), with family (Fay Holden, Celia Parker, and Mickey Rooney) in tow, heads to an Arizona ranch to help Dora Northcote (Nana Bryant) with her legal problems. Once there, family members manage to find their own set of problems with which to deal.

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Poster Art From art.comThe Prisoner of Zenda   1952     2 and a half stars    N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe  
Cast: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern, Jane Greer, Lewis Stone, Robert Douglas, Robert Coote, James Mason, Peter Brocco, Francis Pierlot, Jay Adler, Kathleen Freeman, John Goldsworthy, Forbes Murray, Thomas Browne Henry

  In this remake of the 1937 film, Stewart Granger stars in the Ronald Colman role of an Englishman, Rudolf Rassendyll, who vacations in Romania where it is discovered that he has a surprising resemblance to Romania's Prince Rudolph (also played by Granger). The Prince's brother Michael, Duke of Strelsau (Robert Douglas) plans to usurp the throne and drugs the Prince the night before his coronation. Because he looks so much like the Prince, Rudolf is asked to impersonate the Prince during the coronation and foil the plot of his evil brother. Once he catches on to the subterfuge, the brother imprisons the real Prince, and now Rudolf, while carrying out the ruse, begins to fall in love with the Prince's fiancee Princess Flavia (Deborah Kerr).



Cast
Stewart Granger Rudolf Rassendyll/King Rudolf
Deborah Kerr Princess Flavia
Louis Calhern Col. Zapt
Jane Greer Antoinette de Mauban
Lewis Stone The Cardinal
Robert Douglas Michael, Duke of Strelsau
Robert Coote Fritz von Tarlenheim
James Mason Rupert of Hentzau
Peter Brocco Johann
Francis Pierlot Josef
Jay Adler Customs Officer
Kathleen Freeman Gertrud Holf
John Goldsworthy Archbishop
Forbes Murray Dignitary
Thomas Browne Henry Detchard
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Public Hero No. 1   1935     2 stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Walter Ruben  
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia, Paul Kelly, Lewis Stone, Paul Hurst, George E. Stone, Selmer Jackson, Walter Brennan

  FBI agents are not far behind mob boss Sonny (Joseph Calleia) who has escaped from prison. This is an entertaining, suspense-filled drama featuring Lionel Barrymore as a hard-drinking doctor for the mob.

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Poster Art From art.comQueen Christina   1933     3 stars    N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian  
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, Georges Renavent, David Torrence, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Ferdinand Munier, Akim Tamiroff

  Based on the life of 17th-century Queen of Sweden Christina (Greta Garbo), this story involves her love affair with a Spanish ambassador, Antonio (John Gilbert), that has the whole country questioning the wisdom of having a Catholic as a member of the royal family.


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Poster Art From art.comScaramouche   1952     3 and a half stars    N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Sidney  
Cast: Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer, Henry Wilcoxon, Nina Foch, Robert Coote, Richard Anderson, Lewis Stone, Elisabeth Risdon, Frank Mitchell

  This excellent adventure film takes place in pre-Revolutionary War France as nobleman Andre Moreau (Stewart Granger) seeks to avenge his friend's murder. The climax is an unsurpassed sword fight between Moreau and the Marquis de Maynes (Mel Ferrer).


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The Secret Six   1931     2 and a half stars    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George W. Hill  
Cast: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau, Clark Gable, Ralph Bellamy, John Miljan, DeWitt Jennings, Frank McGlynn Sr., Paul Hurst, Louis Natheaux

  When bootleggers threaten to undermine Chicago's civil order, the police chief creates a vigilante group of six to go up against the gangsters.

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The Sin of Madelon Claudet   1931     3 stars    N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edgar Selwyn  
Cast: Helen Hayes, Lewis Stone, Neil Hamilton, Robert Young, Cliff Edwards, Jean Hersholt, Charles Winninger, Alan Hale, Marie Prevost, Karen Morley

  Helen Hayes won the Academy Award as Best Actress for this film in which she portrayed Madelon Claudet, a poor woman who pays friends to rear her son born out of wedlock. Her mother's love drives her to resort to prostitution to gain money needed for her son's welfare–a son who does not suspect she is his mother.

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Small Town Girl   1936     2 stars    N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: One Horse Town

Director: William A. Wellman  
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Lewis Stone, Andy Devine, Elizabeth Patterson, James Stewart, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Frank Craven, Isabel Jewell, Nella Walker

  Bob Daken (Robert Taylor) is a playboy who unwittingly becomes involved with–and married to–Kay Brannan (Janet Gaynor) who changes his life.

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Poster Art From art.comState of the Union   1948     3 and a half stars    N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Capra  
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Adolphe Menjou, Lewis Stone, Howard Smith, Raymond Walburn, Charles Dingle, Pierre Watkin

  When Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) campaigns for the office of President of the United States, his wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) agrees to keep the problems of their marriage secret.


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Strictly Dishonorable   1931     3 stars    N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John M. Stahl  
Cast: Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox, Lewis Stone, George Meeker, Sidney Toler, Natalie Moorhead, William Ricciardi, Samuel Bonello, Aldo Franchetti, Carlo Schipa

  Based on Preston Sturges' play this story revolves around an opera star (Paul Lukas) whose actions lead to a public slander campaign that interferes with his courting of the woman he loves (Sidney Fox). Remade in 1951.

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Suzy   1936     2 stars    N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Fitzmaurice  
Cast: Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, Cary Grant, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume, Reginald Mason, Inez Courtney, Una O'Connor, Theodore von Eltz, Dennis Morgan

  Suzy is a dancer who becomes involved in German intrigue and falls in love with Andre (Cary Grant), a World War I flying ace.

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Three Godfathers   1936     2 and a half stars    N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Miracle in the Sand

Director: Richard Boleslawski  
Cast: Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan, Irene Hervey, Sidney Toler, Dorothy Tree, Roger Imhof, Willard Robertson, Robert Livingston, John Sheehan

  Three outlaws are on the run after robbing a bank when they come upon a covered wagon with a dying woman and a newborn baby inside. Though not unanimous, they decide that saving the baby is the top priority.

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Treasure Island   1934     3 stars    N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Victor Fleming  
Cast: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger, Nigel Bruce, Lewis Stone, William V. Mong, Douglass Dumbrille, Charles "Chic" Sale, Charles McNaughton, Dorothy Peterson, Edmund Breese, Olin Howland, Charles Irwin, Edward Pawley

  In this good rendition of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic tale, South Seas adventures abound. Young Jim Hawkins (Jackie Cooper) has obtained a treasure map from former pirate Billy Bones (Lionel Barrymore) following his death. Jim tells Dr. Livesey (Otto Kruger) and Squire Trelawney (Nigel Bruce) about the map, and the three of them book passage on a ship to recover the treasure. But problems lie ahead because among the ship's crew are pirates, including Long John Silver (Wallace Beery), who are plotting to get their hands on Jim's treasure map.



Cast
Wallace Beery Long John Silver
Jackie Cooper Jackie Cooper
Lionel Barrymore Capt. Billy Bones
Otto Kruger Dr. Livesey
Nigel Bruce Squire Trelawney
Lewis Stone Capt. Alexander Smollett
William V. Mong Blind Pew
Douglass Dumbrille "Ugly" Israel Hands
Charles "Chic" Sale Ben Gunn
Charles McNaughton Black Dog
Dorothy Peterson Mrs. Hawkins
Edmund Breese Anderson
Olin Howland Dick
Charles Irwin Abraham Gray
Edward Pawley William O'Brien

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The Wet Parade   1932     2 and a half stars    N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming  
Cast: Walter Huston, Myrna Loy, Neil Hamilton, Lewis Stone, Dorothy Jordan, Robert Young, Jimmy Durante, Wallace Ford, John Miljan, Emma Dunn

  Based on Upton Sinclair's novel about corruption during Prohibition, this film shows the devastating effects of alcoholism and the problems encountered in upholding the Constitution.

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The White Sister   1933     2 and a half stars    N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming  
Cast: Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lewis Stone, Louise Closser Hale, May Robson, Edward Arnold, Sarah Padden, Lumsden Hare, Nat Pendleton, Gino Corrado

  Following the "death" of her lover, Giovanni Severi (Clark Gable), during the war, Angela Chlaromonte (Helen Hayes) joins a nunnery. When Giovanni turns up alive after escaping from a prison camp, he convinces her to leave the convent, but the results are disastrous.

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You're Only Young Once   1937     2 stars    N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz  
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Frank Craven, Ann Rutherford, Eleanor Lynn, Ted Pearson, Sara Haden, Charles Judels, Selmer Jackson, Oscar O'Shea

  When the Hardy family (Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Mickey Rooney, and Cecilia Parker) visits the island of Catalina on their vacation, romance is a certainty.

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