Born to Be Bad 1934 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Lowell Sherman Cast: Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Jackie Kelk, Henry Travers, Russell Hopton, Andrew Tombes, Paul Harvey, Harry Green, Marion Burns, Wade Boteler
Mickey (Jackie Kelk) got a bad start in life, and now he has a chance to change his ways after being adopted by a wealthy man (Cary Grant).
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Garden of Eden 1928 N/R, 115 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Milestone Cast: Corinne Griffith, Louise Dresser, Lowell Sherman, Maude George, Charles Ray, Edward Martindel
Talented operatic student Toni (Corinne Griffith) leaves her aunt and uncle's home and heads to Budapest after receiving a job offer. Finding out that this job is no more than a high-priced girlie show, she is distraught until taken under the wing of a wardrobe assistant, Rosa (Louise Dresser), who is more than she appears to be. Rosa invites Toni to accompany her to Monte Carlo, and the adventures begin in this fun, elaborate silent film, which was "lost" for many years.
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Greeks Had a Word for Them 1932 N/R, 77 min. Genre: Comedy aka: Three Broadway Girls
Director: Lowell Sherman Cast: Madge Evans, Joan Blondell, Ina Claire, David Manners, Lowell Sherman, Phillips Smalley, Sidney Bracey, Betty Grable, Louise Beavers, Ward Bond, Creighton Hale
Three New York City women–Polaire (Madge Evans), Schatze (Joan Blondell), and Jean (Ina Claire)–set out to find wealthy husbands. This story has been made several times, including "How to Marry a Millionaire."
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Mammy 1930 N/R, 83 min. Genre: Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz Cast: Al Jolson, Lois Moran, Louise Dresser, Lowell Sherman, Hobart Bosworth, Stanley Fields, Tully Marshall, Mitchell Lewis, Jack Curtis, Noah Beery
Good musical numbers include "The Call of the South" and "To My Mammy" in this otherwise dated film about a romance among performers in a minstrel show.
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Monsieur Beaucaire 1924 N/R, 100 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Sidney Olcott Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels, Lowell Sherman, Lois Wilson, Doris Kenyon, John Davidson, Ian Maclaren, Paulette Duval, Oswald Yorke, Flora Finch
The Duc de Chartres (Rudolph Valentino) experiences adventures in London during his temporary banishment form King Louis XV court.
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Morning Glory 1933 N/R, 74 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Lowell Sherman Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Duncan, Don Alvarado, Fred Santley, Richard Carle, Tyler Brooke, Robert Greig, Geneva Mitchell, Helen Ware
Katharine Hepburn won the Oscar for her role in this film about young actress Eva Lovelace who comes to New York City seeking fame and fortune.
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The Royal Bed 1931 N/R, 75 min. Genre: Comedy aka: The Queen's Husband
Director: Lowell Sherman Cast: Lowell Sherman, Mary Astor, Nance O'Neil, Anthony Bushell, Hugh Trevor, Robert Warwick, Gilbert Emery, Alan Roscoe, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Burt, Nancy Lee Blaine, Desmond Roberts
Eric VIII (Lowell Sherman) has allowed his Queen (Nance O'Neil) to control the kingdom. But he now has problems: the country is in the throes of a revolution, his daughter (Mary Astor) wants to marry a commoner, AND the Queen is out of the country. Can the wimpy King take control of the situation?
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She Done Him Wrong 1933 N/R, 66 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Lowell Sherman Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Noah Beery, Rafaela Ottiano, Gilbert Roland, Fuzzy Knight, Owen Moore, David Landau, Dewey Robinson, Rochelle Hudson, Tammany Young, Grace La Rue, Robert Homans, Louise Beavers
Lady Lou (Mae West) is a New York City saloonkeeper in this "Gay Nineties" story. Lou tries to seduce Captain Cummings (Cary Grant) who is really an undercover police detective investigating her activities. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Way Down East 1920 N/R, 145 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: D.W. Griffith Cast: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr McIntosh, Creighton Hale, Kate Bruce, Mary Hay, Emily Fitzroy, Porter Strong, George Neville, Edgar Nelson, Norma Shearer, Vivia Ogden, Josephine Bernard, Mrs. Morgan Belmont
Poor country girl Anna Moore (Lillian Gish) leaves her home in Maine and visits Boston where she is tricked into a sham marriage to Lenox Sanderson (Lowell Sherman). After Anna becomes pregnant, Lenox leaves her, she gives birth, and the baby dies. Anna finds shelter at Squire Bartlett's (Burr McIntosh) estate and falls in love with his son David (Richard Barthelmess). When the Squire, who is a religious zealot, learns about Anna's background, he is furious and orders her out of the house and into a fierce snowstorm. David searches for Anna, finds her being swept down the river on an ice floe, saves her life, and asks her to marry him.
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What Price Hollywood? 1932 N/R, 88 min. Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff, Brooks Benedict, Louise Beavers, Bryant Washburn, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Florence Roberts, Heinie Conklin
An alcoholic Hollywood producer, Maximilian Carey (Lowell Sherman), helps a waitress, Mary Evans (Constance Bennett), attain stardom and then sinks into his alcoholic abyss, which ends in suicide.
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| 1. Born to Be Bad (1934)
2. Garden of Eden (1928)
3. Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) aka: Three Broadway Girls
4. Ladies of Leisure (1930)
5. Mammy (1930)
6. Monsieur Beaucaire (1924)
7. Morning Glory (1933)
8. The Royal Bed (1931) aka: The Queen's Husband
9. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
10. Way Down East (1920)
11. What Price Hollywood? (1932)
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