Beggars in Ermine 1934  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Henry B. Walthall, Betty Furness, Jameson Thomas, James Bush, Astrid Allwyn, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lee Phelps, Myrtle Stedman, Gordon De Main
Once a steel mill owner, now crippled and destitute, John Dawson (Lionel Atwill) organizes beggars into a union in his attempt to seek revenge against his competitor who arranged John's "accident."
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Boom Town 1940  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan, Chill Wills, Lionel Atwill, Minna Gombell, Sara Haden, Marion Martin
Love among the excitement of wildcatters and oil captures an earlier era in America. Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy play oilmen whose luck in the fields is as much of a roller coaster ride as their personal lives.
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 Captain Blood 1935  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson, Donald Meek, J. Carrol Naish, Hobart Cavanaugh
This film represents the first teaming of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland and made them both stars. Surgeon Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) rebels against England's James II who deports him as a slave to the West Indies where he is purchased by Colonel Bishop (Lionel Atwill). Set free, Blood falls in love with Bishop's niece, Arabella (Olivia de Havilland), and he turns to piracy as part of his fight against slavery. This Hal Wallis film was nominated for an Oscar.
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Charlie Chan in Panama 1940  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Adventure / Drama / Comedy
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Kane Richmond, Lionel Atwill, Mary Nash, Victor Sen Yung, Chris-Pin Martin, Jack La Rue, Frank Puglia, Eddie Acuff, Lionel Royce, Helen Ericson, Edwin Stanley, Donald Douglas, Addison Richards
During World War II, a plot is in-the-making to blow up the Panama Canal, and the United States government hires Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) to solve the case. Helping Charlie is his Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung), and after they land in Panama City they are confronted by the problem of a number of people who could be an elusive Axis spy known as Rymer who is behind the plot to destroy the canal. Will Charlie and Jimmy be able to identify Rymer, solve the case, and save the canal?
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 Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise 1940 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Victor Sen Yung, Lionel Atwill, Leo G. Carroll, Robert Lowery, Don Beddoe, Cora Witherspoon, Kay Linaker, Charles Middleton, Leonard Mudie, Harlan Briggs, Claire De Brey, James Burke, Richard Keene
A Scotland Yard detective is murdered, and Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) goes aboard a cruise ship sailing from Honolulu to San Francisco to solve the crime when it appears that the killer is one of the ship's passengers. With help from his Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) and the widow (Kay Linaker) of the murdered Scotland Yard detective, Charlie investigates suspicious passengers who include Dr. Sudermann (Lionel Atwill), Prof. Gordon (Leo G. Carroll), and Mr. Walters (Charles Middleton). This is a remake of the lost Charlie Chan movie of 1931, "Charlie Chan Carries On."
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Crime, Inc. 1945  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal, Martha Tilton, Lionel Atwill, Grant Mitchell, Harry Shannon, Danny Morton, Virginia Vale, Don Beddoe, George Meeker
Crime reporter Jim Riley (Tom Neal) takes on a gang of racketeers, and the case against them is made more difficult when the jury foreman (Leo Carrillo) is the gang leader.
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The Devil Is a Woman 1935 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth, Cesar Romero, Don Alvarado, Tempe Pigott, Francisco Moreno, Hank Mann, Morgan Wallace, Lawrence Grant, Edwin Maxwell
Told in flashbacks, this story involves the memories of Captain Don Pasqual "Pasqualito" Costelar (Lionel Atwill) as he tells young military officer Antonio Galvan (Cesar Romero)–who has just met Concha Perez (Marlene Dietrich)–of the trials and tribulations he suffered when seduced by her many years before. Later that same evening, Pasqual encounters Antonio with Concha and, in a fit of jealousy, challenges him to a duel.
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Fog Island 1945 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, Jerome Cowan, John Whitney, Veda Ann Borg, Sharon Douglas, Ian Keith, Jacqueline deWit, George Lloyd
Leo (George Zucco) was framed for his wife's murder and is now out of jail. It is revenge time, so he invites former associates to a mansion on a foggy island to uncover the guilty person. Good atmosphere in this cheaply made, but watchable, film that has a fine B-movie cast with good interactions between Zucco and Atwill's characters.
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Bela Lugosi, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Maria Ouspenskaya, Dennis Hoey, Don Barclay, Rex Evans, Dwight Frye, Harry Stubbs, Jeff Corey, Torben Meyer, Doris Lloyd, Martha Vickers
"The Wolf Man" Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) has been resurrected from the dead, and a gypsy lady, Maleva (Maria Ouspenskaya), tells him that the only way to stay dead is to talk to Dr. Frankenstein. Maleva joins Lawrence in his search for Frankenstein, and when they find Frankenstein's daughter Elsa (Ilona Massey), they learn that Frankenstein has died. Elsa is engaged to scientist Dr. Manning (Patric Knowles) who tries to cure Larry. But, when Frankenstein's monster (Bela Lugosi) is discovered in a block of ice, Larry chips him out, and a battle ensues.
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The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Doris Lloyd, Holmes Herbert, Leyland Hodgson, Dwight Frye, Janet Ann Gallow, Barton Yarborough, Olaf Hytten, Lionel Belmore, Harry Cording
Ygor (Bela Lugosi) and the Monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) have survived the wrath of the mob of villagers and arrive at a Balkan village where Dr. Frankenstein's son, Ludwig (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), now lives. Igor and Dr. Bohmer (Lionel Atwill) convince Ludwig to place a new brain in the Monster's head. Through sly work on the part of Igor, he manages to get his own brain transplanted into the Monster, which, of course, results in disaster.
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The Gorilla 1939 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Joseph Calleia, Paul Harvey, Edward Norris, Wally Vernon, Art Miles
Inept detectives (the Ritz Brothers–Jimmy, Harry, and Al) visit Peter's (Bela Lugosi) haunted house and become involved in solving a murder mystery.
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The Great Garrick 1937 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Whale
Cast: Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton, Melville Cooper, Lionel Atwill, Lana Turner, Marie Wilson, Luis Alberni, Dorothy Tree, Albert Dekker
This fictionalized biography is about an egotistical British actor, David Garrick (Brian Aherne), and how members of the Comedie Francaise bring about his fall from grace.
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The Great Waltz 1938 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Miliza Korjus, Hugh Herbert, Lionel Atwill, Curt Bois, Leonid Kinskey, Minna Gombell, George Houston, Bert Roach, Greta Meyer, Herman Bing, Alma Kruger, Henry Hull, Sig Ruman
In this fictionalized biography of Austrian "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, Fernand Gravey takes on the role of Strauss in a very good romantic musical. Luise Rainer plays Strauss' wife Poldie and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in this film.
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The High Command 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray, James Mason, Allan Jeayes, Wally Patch, Tom Gill, Leslie Perrins, Philip Strange, Skelton Knaggs
A British general (Lionel Atwill) investigates a crisis on an African outpost and becomes involved in blackmail and murder.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes, Morton Lowry, E.E. Clive, Mary Gordon, Barlowe Borland, Beryl Mercer, Eily Malyon, Lionel Pape, Nigel De Brulier
For the first time on film, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce take on their roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. A huge hound has been killing the Baskervilles, and, following the killing of Sir Charles Baskerville, Holmes and Watson are given the job of solving the murder when the deceased's nephew, Sir Henry Baskerville (Richard Greene), calls on them to for help. Holmes sends Dr. Watson to the Baskerville estate to investigate. Meanwhile, Holmes, under disguise, monitors events at the estate and encounters more than a few mysteries before solving the crime.
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House of Dracula 1945 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Martha O'Driscoll, Lionel Atwill, Onslow Stevens, Ludwig Stossel, Glenn Strange, Skelton Knaggs, Joseph E. Bernard, Jane(2) Adams
Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens) is the catalyst for bringing together Dracula (John Carradine), the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.), and Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange) for one more fling in the horror genre. Can he "cure" them, or will he be a victim? Follows "House of Frankenstein."
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House of Frankenstein 1944 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Anne Gwynne, Elena Verdugo, Peter Coe, Glenn Strange, Lionel Atwill, George Zucco, Sig Ruman, William Edmunds, Philip Van Zandt, Hans Herbert, Julius Tannen
Doctor Nieman (Boris Karloff) escapes from prison and is joined by an infamous group of characters–Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr.), Dracula (John Carradine), and Frankenstein's Monster (Glenn Strange). The doctor and his hunchback sidekick are on the road posing as horror show operators. Followed by "House of Dracula."
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Johnny Apollo 1940 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Charley Grapewin, Lionel Atwill, Marc Lawrence, Jonathan Hale, Russell Hicks, Fuzzy Knight, Harry Rosenthal, Charles(2) Lane, Selmer Jackson, Charles Trowbridge, John Hamilton
Robert Cain Sr. (Edward Arnold) is a wealthy broker who is convicted of embezzlement and sent to jail. His upstanding son, Bob (Tyrone Power), is ashamed of his father and changes his name. After relenting, Bob decides to try to get his father released, but that takes money and means working for mobster Mickey Dwyer (Lloyd Nolan). Bob uses the alias of "Johnny Apollo" and hooks up with Mickey, but both end up in the same jail as Bob's father. All the problems get worked out, and Bob even wins the heart of Mickey's daughter Lucky Dubarry (Dorothy Lamour).
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The Last Train from Madrid 1937 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres, Gilbert Roland, Anthony Quinn, Lee Bowman, Karen Morley, Robert Cummings, Lionel Atwill, Alan Ladd, Olympe Bradna, Helen Mack, Lee Bowman
Set in the 1930s during the Spanish civil war, an assortment of characters board a train as their last-ditch-effort means for escaping the war-torn country.
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Lost City of the Jungle 1946 N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor
Cast: Russell Hayden, Jane(2) Adams, Lionel Atwill, Keye Luke, Helen Bennett, Ted Hecht, John Eldredge, John Mylong, John Miljan, John Gallaudet, George Lynn, Dick Curtis, Arthur Space, Gene Roth
In this 13-episode serial set in the jungles of the Himalayas, Sir Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) searches for the antidote for the atomic bomb that will allow him to rule the world. (Midway through the serial, the power behind Hazarias' scheme, Malborn (John Mylong), takes over since Atwill was dying of cancer.) But United Peace Foundation investigator Rod (Russell Hayden), along with his daughter (Jane Adams) and guide (Keye Luke), intends to save the world by putting an end to the scheme.
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Man Made Monster 1941 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: Atomic Monster
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson, Samuel S. Hinds, William B. Davidson, Ben Taggart, Constance Bergen, Ivan Miller, George Meader, Frank O'Connor, Byron Foulger, Russell Hicks, John Dilson, Chester Gan
Lon Chaney Jr. plays "Dynamo" Dan McCormick who is a carnival side-show performer using his immunity from absorbing large volts of electricity as his act. After riding on a bus that crashes into an electric pole, Dan is the sole survivor. Dan recuperates at the home of mad scientist Dr. Paul Rigas (Lionel Atwill) where Rigas uses him for experiments and turns Dan into a "man made monster" controlled by Rigas. When Rigas' colleague Dr. John Lawrence (Samuel S. Hinds) wants him to stop the experiment, Rigas orders Dan to kill him. The deed is done, but Dan is arrested and sentenced to the electric chair where he absorbs the electricity and again becomes a superhuman–now ready to seek revenge.
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 Mark of the Vampire 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tod Browning
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Jean Hersholt, Donald Meek, Carol Borland, Holmes Herbert, Ivan F. Simpson, Zeffie Tilbury
In this remake of 1927's "London After Midnight," a gloomy mansion is haunted by the "undead" Count Mora (Bela Lugosi) and his daughter (Carol Borland).
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation 1939 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Peter Lorre, Joseph Schildkraut, Lionel Atwill, Virginia Field, John "Dusty" King, Iva Stewart, Victor Varconi, John Bleifer, Harry Strang, John Davidson
This is the final in the series of J.P. Marquand's clever, polite Mr. Moto played by Peter Lorre. Mr. Moto guards the crown of the Queen Of Sheba, which is on its way to a museum. But the master thief is nearby. A good finale to the successful and entertaining series.
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The Murder Man 1935 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Harvey Stephens, James Stewart, Robert Barrat, William Demarest, William Collier Sr., Lucien Littlefield, George Chandler
When a murder is committed, a reporter is intimately involved. Stewart's feature film debut.
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Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Allen Vincent, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gavin Gordon, Edwin Maxwell, Holmes Herbert, DeWitt Jennings
Following his hideous disfigurement in a fire at his London wax museum, the owner relocates to America where he opens a new museum. This time his figures are his own murder victims encased in wax. This is the first horror film not set in the usual old, gloomy manse and was remade with Vincent Price in the lead as "House of Wax."
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Nana 1934 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Cast: Anna Sten, Phillips Holmes, Lionel Atwill, Richard Bennett, Mae Clark, Muriel Kirkland, Reginald Owen, Jessie Ralph, Lawrence Grant, Helen Freeman
This is the film adaptation of Zola's tragic story about an aristocratic Parisian, Nana (Anna Sten), and her decision to stop at nothing to reunite two brothers.
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Night Monster 1942 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Ford Beebe
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan, Don Porter, Nils Asther, Fay Helm, Frank Reicher, Doris Lloyd, Francis Pierlot, Janet Shaw, Eddy Waller, Robert Homans, Cyril Delevarti
As the result of an operation, Kurt Ingston (Ralph Morgan) has been left crippled, and his legs have been amputated. Now, one by one, his doctors are becoming murder victims when they visit Kurt at his country estate. A psychologist, Dr. Lynn Harper (Irene Hervey), investigates the sanity of Kurt's daughter Margaret (Fay Helm), and Dick Baldwin (Don Porter) investigates the killings. Will Dick be able to solve the murders before Lynn becomes the next victim?
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Pardon My Sarong 1942 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige, Leif Erickson, William Demarest, Ink Spots, Lionel Atwill, Samuel S. Hinds, Irving Bacon, Eddie Acuff
Chicago bus drivers Algey Shaw (Bud Abbott) and Willington Phlug (Lou Costello) are hired to drive a playboy to California but end up on a South Seas island befuddling an attempted robbery.
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lionel Atwill, Helen Gilbert, Nat Pendleton, Laraine Day, Sara Haden, Samuel S. Hinds, Emma Dunn, Walter Kingsford
Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) has his hands full in this, the third, episode in the series. Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) collapses from overwork (and cancer, which is cured), and Kildare comes to the rescue. At the same time, he cures a woman who is blind.
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 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Kaaren Verne, Holmes Herbert, Mary Gordon, Dennis Hoey, Harry Woods, Paul Fix, William Post Jr., Henry Victor, Michael Mark, George Burr Macannan, Harry Cording, Leslie Denison
This Sherlock Holmes film has been updated to the early 1940s and involves espionage and Gestapo intrigue. Dr. Franz Tobel (William Post, Jr.) has devised a secret weapon, and with World War II looming, the Nazis and the Allies are racing to get control of Tobel's weapon. When Tobel disappears, Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) investigate and find that Holmes' old nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill), is behind the plot.
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Son of Frankenstein 1939 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Emma Dunn, Edgar Norton, Lionel Belmore, Lawrence Grant, Ward Bond, Donnie Dunagan, Perry Ivins, Michael Mark, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Caroline Frances Cooke
Doctor Victor Frankenstein's son, Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), returns to the gothic mansion with his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchins) and son Peter (Donnie Dunagan). Wolf assures his doubting neighbors that he is not like his father. But, when the evil blacksmith Ygor (Bela Lugosi) asks him to bring the Monster back to life, Wolf agrees, revives the Monster (Boris Karloff), and the madness continues. After the Monster kidnaps Peter, Wolf tracks him down and knocks the Monster into a sulfur pit. Will this finally be the end of the Monster?
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Song of Songs 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Brian Aherne, Lionel Atwill, Alison Skipworth, Hardie Albright, Helen Freeman, Morgan Wallace, Wilson Benge, Hans Schumm, Eric Wilton, James A. Marcus, Florence Roberts, Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Peasant girl Lily Czepanek (Marlene Dietrich) is orphaned but finds a short happiness with aspiring sculptor Richard Waldrow (Brian Aherne). Then, Baron von Merzbach (Lionel Atwill) enters the picture, talks Richard into leaving Lily, and marries her himself. Lily is soon disgusted with the hedonistic Baron, and when Richard visits the castle, she learns about the deal the two men made. Lily leaves the Baron and heads for Berlin where she becomes a cabaret singer. One night, Richard appears at the nightclub and tells Lily that he still loves her. But, will Lily allow Richard back into her life?
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The Sphinx 1933 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Wilfred Lucas, Phil Rosen
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Sheila Terry, Theodore Newton, Paul Hurst, Luis Alberni, Robert Ellis, Lucien Prival, Lillian Leighton, Paul Fix, George "Gabby" Hayes
Following a murder, wealthy Jerome Breen (Lionel Atwill) was accused after an eye witness insisted that Jerome was at the crime scene and spoke to another person. But Jerome is proven to be a deaf mute. Reporter Jack Burton (Theodore Newton), feeling that something strange is going on, investigates. Jerome's secret is uncovered at film's end. Remade in 1942 as "The Phantom Killer."
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Stamboul Quest 1934 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Myrna Loy, George Brent, Lionel Atwill, C. Henry Gordon, Mischa Auer, Douglass Dumbrille, Rudolph Anders, Robert Gleckler, Joe Sawyer, Christian Rub
Based on true-life experiences of World War I German spy Anna Maria Lessler (Myrna Loy), this is a pretty good film with an anti-war theme. The story was filmed in Italy as "Fraulein Doktor" with Suzy Kendall in the title role in 1969.
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The Sun Never Sets 1939 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Barbara O'Neil, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, C. Aubrey Smith, Cecil Kellaway, Virginia Field, Melville Cooper, Mary Forbes, Theodore von Eltz
Two brothers, John (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Clive (Basil Rathbone), perform a patriotic act to prevent a war in Africa that threatens British colonies in the area.
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Three Comrades 1938 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Guy Kibbee, Lionel Atwill, Henry Hull, George Zucco, Charley Grapewin, Monty Woolley
Margaret Sullavan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Pat–a woman dying of tuberculosis. The story reveals the devotion of three young men whose friendship gains strength as they care for the woman they love.
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The Three Musketeers 1939 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Musical
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Don Ameche, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Binnie Barnes, Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart, Pauline Moore, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine, Miles Mander, Douglass Dumbrille, John "Dusty" King, Russell Hicks, Gregory Gaye
Don Ameche stars as D'Artagnan while the Ritz Brothers (Al, Harry, and Jimmy) take on Musketeer roles in this enjoyable version of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure in which they help Louis XIII (Joseph Schildkraut) save France.
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To Be or Not to Be 1942 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Tom Dugan, Miles Mander, Tom Dugan
Shakespearean actors Joseph and Maria (Jack Benny and Carole Lombard) help the Polish underground aid families of escaped Polish aviators. This was Carole Lombard's last film.
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The Vampire Bat 1933 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Maude Eburne, George E. Stone, Dwight Frye, Robert Frazer, Rita Carlyle, Lionel Belmore, William V. Mong, Stella Adams, Paul Weigel, Harrison Greene, Fern Emmett, Carl Stockdale
There's an epidemic of murders in a European village, with the victims having their blood drained. The villagers are set on the bat theory, since the town is infested by bats–but police inspector Karl (Melvyn Douglas) isn't so sure. After the townsfolk kill a bat-loving outcast (Dwight Frye), things heat up as Karl consults Dr. Otto von Niemann (Lionel Atwill), who believes in the vampire theory. But we all know that Lionel Atwill has been the mad doctor/scientist in many other movies.
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The Wrong Road 1937 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cruze
Cast: Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill, Horace McMahon, Russ Powell, Billy Bevan, Marjorie Main, Rex Evans, Joseph Crehan, Arthur Hoyt, Syd Saylor, Selmer Jackson, Chester Clute
Jimmy (Richard Cromwell) and Ruth (Helen Mack) are young and need money. Their solution: rob a bank, serve time, and spend the stolen money later. The plan works–until they are released from jail and have problems finding the hidden money. But, find it they do and, at the same time, come to their senses and turn the cache in to the authorities.
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| 1. Beggars in Ermine (1934)
2. Boom Town (1940)
3. Captain Blood (1935)
4. Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
5. Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
6. Crime, Inc. (1945)
7. The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
8. Doctor X (1932)
9. Fog Island (1945)
10. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
11. Genius at Work (1946)
12. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
13. The Gorilla (1939)
14. The Great Garrick (1937)
15. The Great Waltz (1938)
16. The High Command (1937)
17. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
18. House of Dracula (1945)
19. House of Frankenstein (1944)
20. Johnny Apollo (1940)
21. The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
22. Lost City of the Jungle (1946)
23. Man Made Monster (1941)
aka: Atomic Monster
24. Mark of the Vampire (1935)
25. Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
26. The Murder Man (1935)
27. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
28. Nana (1934)
29. Night Monster (1942)
30. Pardon My Sarong (1942)
31. The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
32. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
33. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
34. Song of Songs (1933)
35. The Sphinx (1933)
36. Stamboul Quest (1934)
37. The Sun Never Sets (1939)
38. Three Comrades (1938)
39. The Three Musketeers (1939)
40. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
41. The Vampire Bat (1933)
42. The Wrong Road (1937)
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