Broken Lullaby 1932  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Man I Killed
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, Louise Carter, Tom Douglas, Emma Dunn, Lucien Littlefield, Tully Marshall, Zasu Pitts, Frank Sheridan, George Bickel, George Irving, Lillian Elliott
A French soldier Paul Renaud (Phillip Holmes) kills enemy soldier Walter Holderlin (Tom Douglas) during a World War I battle. While trying to make it up to the dead man's parents (Lionel Barrymore and Loiuse Carter), he meets Walter's fiancee Elsa (Nancy Carroll) and falls in love with her. Well-told tale.
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase 1939  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Frank Orth, Renie Riano, Vera Lewis, Louise Carter, William Gould, John Ridgely, Creighton Hale
Teen sleuth Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) and boyfriend Ted (Frankie Thomas) are back to help two old sisters who have inherited a house. The problem is that at least one of the sisters must stay in the house all night for 20 years or the property will revert to the city. Others have plans for the property, and one murder has already been committed.
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You're Telling Me 1934  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: W.C. Fields, Joan Marsh, Buster Crabbe, Adrienne Ames, Louise Carter, Kathleen Howard, Dell Henderson, Robert McKenzie, George Irving, Nora Cecil, Tammany Young, James B. "Pop" Kenton, Don Brodie, Eric Mayne, George MacQuarrie
W.C. Fields develops the complicated character of Sam Bisbee, an eccentric inventor, in this vintage film made great by Fields' acting and comedy skills. Sam has become nothing more than a joke in his town because of his inability to sell his inventions. But, when he meets Princess Lescaboura (Adrienne Ames) and tells her how he wants to market his inventions as the means to aid his family, Princess Lescaboura steps in. She tells the townsfolk how much she admires Sam, and Sam rises to new heights among the town's citizens and finally earns their respect.
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| 1. Broken Lullaby (1932)
aka: The Man I Killed
2. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
3. You're Telling Me (1934)
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