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An American Tragedy 1931 2 stars

    N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel, Claire McDowell, Frederick Burton, Wallace Middleton, Emmett Corrigan, Lucille La Verne, Charles Middleton

  Based on Theodore Dreiser's novel, this is a drama about Roberta Alden's murder. Her story is told through flashbacks during the ensuing trial. The story was remade in 1951 as "A Place in the Sun." The remake is the better of the two versions.

Little Caesar 1931 3 and a half stars

    N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Stanley Fields, Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, George E. Stone, Thomas E. Jackson, Armand Kaliz, Nicholas Bela, Landers Stevens, Al Hill, Tom McGuire, Lucille La Verne

  Edward G. Robinson stars as small-time gangster Cesare Enrico "Rico" Bandello who, with his good friend Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), joins Sam Vettori's (Stanley Fields) gang. When Cesare rises to become the leader of the gang, he takes on the moniker of "Little Caesar," and faces many problems–both personal and professional. This film marks the first "talkie" in the gangster genre and provides the vehicle for Robinson's certain stardom. Its success gave rise to many more gangster movies in the 1930s.

Orphans of the Storm 1921 3 stars

    N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee, Katherine Emmet, Morgan Wallace, Lucille La Verne, Sheldon Lewis, Frank Puglia, Creighton Hale, Monte Blue, Sidney Herbert, Lee Kohlmar, Marcia Harris, Leslie King

  Set during the French Revolution, this is another of D.W. Griffith's great spectacles. It is the story of two orphans, Henriette and Louise (Lillian and Dorothy Gish), who were raised as sisters. After Dorothy goes blind, the two leave for Paris in an attempt to find someone to cure Dorothy. But they get separated as the war unfolds around them.

Pilgrimage 1933 3 stars

    N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henrietta Crosman, Norman Foster, Heather Angel, Marian Nixon, Lucille La Verne, Hedda Hopper, Charley Grapewin, Maurice Murphy, Robert Warwick, Betty Blythe

  A mother's (Henrietta Crosman) selfish interests lead to her son's (Norman Foster) death during World War I. Now, she visits his gravesite in France hoping to make sense out of all that has transpired.

Sinner's Holiday 1930 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John G. Adolfi
Cast: Grant Withers, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Joan Blondell, Lucille La Verne, Noel Madison, Otto Hoffman, Warren Hymer, Hank Mann, Purnell Pratt

  In this depressing story (James Cagney's first film), gypsies in an amusement park provide the backdrop for murder.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 4 stars

    N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: David Hand
Cast: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Moroni Olsen, Billy Gilbert, Pinto Colvig, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Eddie Collins, Marion Darlington, James MacDonald

  This prototype for Disney animated films tells the story of Snow White (voice of Adriana Caselotti) who escapes the clutches of her evil stepmother and finds refuge with seven dwarfs–Grumpy, Happy, Doc, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, and Dopey. Walt Disney received an honorary Oscar (actually an Oscar and seven miniatures) for significant screen innovation. An all-time great–and still good.

A Strange Adventure 1932 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Wayne Murder Case

Director: Phil Whitman, Hampton Del Ruth
Cast: Regis Toomey, June Clyde, Lucille La Verne, William V. Mong, Jason Robards Sr., Eddie Phillips, Dwight Frye, Isabelle Vecki, Alan Roscoe, Nadine Dore, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Harry Myers

  A hooded killer is on the loose after murdering Silas Wayne (William V. Mong) in the presence of his would-be heirs. Now it is up to police Detective-Sergeant Mitchell (Regis Toomey) and news reporter "Nosey" Toodles (Jane Clyde) to solve the case.

A Tale of Two Cities 1935 4 stars

    N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Henry B. Walthall, Donald Woods, Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber, H.B. Warner, Mitchell Lewis, Claude Gillingwater, Billy Bevan, Lucille La Verne

  This is the best film version of Charles Dickens' story of love and death during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. Ronald Colman takes on the role of weary London lawyer Sydney Carton who selflessly saves Charles Darnay (Donald Woods) from the guillotine by taking his place and allowing him to return to Lucie (Elizabeth Allan)–the woman who both men love. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.

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