B.F.'s Daughter 1948  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Richard Hart, Keenan Wynn, Margaret Lindsay, Spring Byington, Marshall Thompson, Barbara Laage, Fred Nurney
Wealthy Polly Fulton (Barbara Stanwyck) marries an economics professor (Van Heflin) and finances his career in Washington D.C. through the power of her fortune.
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Baby Face 1933  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Margaret Lindsay, Douglass Dumbrille, John Wayne, Arthur Hohl, Robert Barrat, Nat Pendleton
Lily (Barbara Stanwyck), a.k.a. "Baby Face", is a beautiful woman who uses sex in exchange for financial gain and uses her unique charms to attain security.
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 Bordertown 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette, Robert Barrat, Soledad Jimenez, Gavin Gordon, Henry O'Neill, Hobart Cavanaugh, Samuel S. Hinds
Marie (Bette Davis) kills her husband (Robert Barrat) because she thinks she is in love with Johnny Ramirez (Paul Muni). When Johnny spurns her advances, Marie frames him for the murder. Fortunately for Johnny, Marie breaks down on the witness stand and he becomes a free man.
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British Intelligence 1940 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Maris Wrixon, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert, Winifred Harris, Lester Matthews, Jack Mower, Frederick Vogeding
Employed as a butler at a British war minister's home, Valdar (Boris Karloff) is really a German espionage agent.
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Broadway Musketeers 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan, Marie Wilson, John Litel, Janet Chapman, Dick Purcell, Richard Bond, Anthony Averill, Horace McMahon, Dewey Robinson, Dorothy Adams, Jimmy Conlin, Jan Holm
In this remake of "Three on a Match," Isabel, Fay, and Connie (Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan, and Marie Wilson) were brought up together in an orphanage. Now, Isabel and Connie reunite when they bail Fay out of jail after her arrest for doing a striptease. They decide to meet every June to celebrate their birthdays. In the meantime, gambling, an extramarital affair, and divorce play roles in their lives, and events lead to the kidnapping of Isabel and her daughter Judy (Janet Chapman). The kidnapping culminates in Isabel jumping out of the window to her death. The police rescue Judy, and at the next reunion Fay and Connie are joined by Judy who takes Isabel's place.
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Cass Timberlane 1947 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott, Tom Drake, Mary Astor, Albert Dekker, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Mona Barrie, Josephine Hutchinson
This is the film adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' novel about the marriage of an esteemed judge (Spencer Tracy) who marries a younger, less-worldly woman (Lana Turner).
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Cavalcade 1933  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Ursula Jeans, Herbert Mundin, Una O'Connor, Beryl Mercer, Irene Browne, Frank Lawton, Margaret Lindsay, Billy Bevan
This film, an Oscar winner for Best Picture, is Noel Coward's story of the effects of World War I on the British Marryot family (Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook) over a 30 year period–before, during, and after the war. Frank Lloyd also won an Oscar for Best Director. A third Oscar was received for Art Direction.
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Dangerous 1935  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Dick Foran, Pierre Watkin, Milton Kibbee, George Irving, Mary Treen
Bette Davis won the Oscar for her role as alcoholic ex-star Joyce Heath in this fair movie. Obviously, she is the highlight and makes it worth watching.
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Devil Dogs of the Air 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, Frank McHugh, Ward Bond, John Arledge, Helen Lowell, Robert Barrat, Russell Hicks, William B. Davidson
Tommy O'Toole (Cagney) is a hot shot barnstorming pilot. He joins the Marine Air Corps and the flight training crew tries to reform him. There are some great aerial stunts.
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The Dragon Murder Case 1934  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette, Helen Lowell, Dorothy Tree, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, George E. Stone, George Meeker, Etienne Girardot, Robert Warwick
Warren William takes over the role of sophisticated sleuth Philo Vance in this not-too-great entry. There are many suspects when deaths occur in the "dragon pool" at the wealthy Stamm residence. But Philo Vance is able to sort through the clues to find the culprit. William was concurrently playing Perry Mason in another series and would later star in the "Lone Wolf" series.
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Fog Over Frisco 1934 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Alan Hale, William Demarest, Arthur Byron, Douglass Dumbrille, Hugh Herbert, Robert Barrat
An offbeat daughter (Bette Davis) of a wealthy man (Arthur Byron) manages to get herself in the middle of a securities-fraud scheme.
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Frisco Kid 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, Donald Woods, Barton MacLane, George E. Stone, Addison Richards, Joe King, Robert McWade
Good fast moving action as Bat Morgan (Cagney) is on the loose in San Francisco. From Bat's arrival as a poor sailor through his rise to money and power and ill-fated romance, the well-made movie of mayhem and vengeance is entertaining.
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G-Men 1935  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong, Lloyd Nolan, Regis Toomey, Harold Huber, Raymond Hatton, Marc Lawrence, Barton MacLane, William Harrigan, Russell Hopton, Edward Pawley, Monte Blue, Addison Richards
James Cagney plays a good guy is this movie, which is perhaps William Keighley's best directing job. The plot follows the adventures of James "Brick" Davis (Cagney), a lawyer whose education was financed by crime boss "Mack" McKay (William Harrigan). Brick's roommate Eddie (Regis Toomey) becomes an F.B.I. agent but is later killed by gangster Danny Leggett (Edward Pawley) in a gang shooting. Now, Brick joins the F.B.I. as an agent where he is looked upon with suspicion because of his background ties to McKay. Nevertheless, Brick sets out to avenge the death of Eddie and follows a trail of murders that extends from New York to the Midwest. Based on Gregory Miller's book "Public Enemy No. 1."
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Gold Is Where You Find It 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Barton MacLane, Tim Holt, Henry O'Neill, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sidney Toler
A feud between Gold miners and farmers is the subject of this intriguing Western film about early days in California.
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The Green Light 1937 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay, Cedric Hardwicke, Henry O'Neill, Spring Byington, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Walter Abel, Henry Kolker, Pierre Watkin
This is a philosophical drama about an idealist physician (Errol Flynn) who undergoes a conversion and leaves his profession to learn more about meaning in life.
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Hell's Kitchen 1939 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ewald Andre Dupont, Lewis Seiler
Cast: Margaret Lindsay, Ronald Reagan, Stanley Fields, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Grant Mitchell, Arthur Loft, Bernard Punsly, Frankie Burke
This remake of "The Mayor of Hell," is about ex-con Buck's (Stanley Fields) attempts to turn the Dead End Kids around and steer them in the right direction.
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The House of the Seven Gables 1940 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe May
Cast: Margaret Lindsay, George Sanders, Vincent Price, Dick Foran, Nan Grey, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, Gilbert Emery, Miles Mander, Harry Woods
A jealous man, Jeffrey Pyncheon (George Sanders), sends Clifford Pyncheon to prison as a murderer. Although wrongly convicted, all ends well when Jeffrey falls victim to the family curse. A good retelling of the Hawthorne classic.
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Isle of Fury 1936 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods, Paul Graetz, Gordon Hart, E.E. Clive, George Regas, Sidney Bracey, Tetsu Komai, Houseley Stevenson
This screen adaptation of Somerset Maugham's "The Narrow Corner" stars Humphrey Bogart as Val Stevens, a fugitive who, while hiding out on a South Seas island, falls in love.
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Jezebel 1938 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Fay Bainter, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Spring Byington, Richard Cromwell, Henry O'Neill, John Litel, Gordon Oliver, Janet Shaw, Irving Pichel, Theresa Harris, Margaret Early
Set in New Orleans during the1850s, a Southern belle (Bette Davis) plays mind games with her two suitors (Henry Fonda and George Brent), but the results are not what she planned. Bette Davis received an Oscar for Best Actress, and Fay Bainter won for Best Supporting Actress. A nomination for Best Picture was also received.
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Lady Killer 1933 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Leslie Fenton, Margaret Lindsay, Raymond Hatton, Henry O'Neill, Willard Robertson, Russell Hopton, William B. Davidson, Douglass Dumbrille, Robert Elliott, Marjorie Gateson, Douglas Cosgrove
This film brings back the stars (James Cagney and Mae Clark) of the smash hit "Public Enemy." In this go-around, an underworld crook (Cagney) goes from usher to hotshot hood to movie star.
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1960 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, Patsy Kelly, Jack Weston, John Harding, Margaret Lindsay, Carmen Phillips
A move from the bustling city to the serene country is not always what is expected as a drama critic (David Niven) and his wife (Doris Day) discover.
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Private Detective 62 1933 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Man Killer
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon Westcott, James Bell, Arthur Byron, Arthur Hohl, Irving Bacon, George Brent, Sheila Terry
A former undercover man (William Powell) is hired to frame a gambler (Margaret Lindsay) in Paris. As he sets out to perform his task, he finds himself falling in love with his victim.
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 Scarlet Street 1945 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay, Rosalind Ivan, Jess Barker, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Loft, Vladimir Sokoloff, Russell Hicks, Charles Kemper, Lou Lubin, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Cy Kendall, Lee Phelps
An amateur painter, Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson), is also the henpecked husband of Adele (Rosalind Ivan). Christopher is a sitting duck for extortion when the seductive Kitty March (Joan Bennett) arrives on the scene with big plans for making money off Christopher's art work. Kitty persuades Cross to embezzle money to pay for her apartment. Meanwhile, what Cross does not know is that Kitty's lover is con man Johnny Prince (Dan Duryea), and he is removing Cross' name from the paintings and replacing them with Kitty's name. Now the art work proves successful, and Johnny claims they are Kitty's and makes money off of them. Cross finally catches on, kills Kitty, and then suffers a mental breakdown. This is a remake of Jean Renoir's classic "La Chienne."
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Seven Keys to Baldpate 1947 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White, Eduardo Ciannelli, Arthur Shields, Jason Robards Sr., Margaret Lindsay, Jimmy Conlin, Tom Keene, Tony Barrett, Pierre Watkin
Based on George M. Cohan's play, which in turn was taken from Earl Derr Biggers' book, this story has been filmed a number of times. The plot centers on a mystery writer who heads for the Baldpate Inn where he plans to complete the writing of his novel in 24 hours.
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Slim 1937 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Henry Fonda, Margaret Lindsay, Stuart Erwin, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joe Sawyer, Dick Purcell, Jane Wyman, John Litel, Craig Reynolds
Actually, this is not a bad movie. Although the plot is not overwhelming, it is the story of two high-voltage linemen (Henry Fonda and Pat O'Brien) who vie for the love of Cally (Margaret Lindsay).
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The Spoilers 1942 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey, Richard Barthelmess, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds, Russell Simpson, William Farnum, Marietta Canty, Jack Norton, Forrest Taylor, Ray Bennett, Art Miles
This is a good retelling of Rex Beach's novel, "The Spoilers." Roy Glennister (John Wayne) arrives in Alaska with Helen Chester (Margaret Lindsay) and is greeted by saloon owner Cherry Malotte (Marlene Dietrich) who has staked Flapjack (Russell Simpson) as a partner in Glennister's mine. Problems rise to the fore when the gold commissioner, Alexander McNamara (Randolph Scott), conspires to take over the rights to the mines in the area. A legal fight appears to be impossible, and the result is a bar-room brawl in which Glennister and McNamara fight for the rights to the mine.
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Tammy and the Doctor 1963 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Harry Keller
Cast: Sandra Dee, Peter Fonda, Macdonald Carey, Beulah Bondi, Margaret Lindsay, Reginald Owen, Alice Pearce, Adam West, Stanley Clements, Doodles Weaver, Joan Marshall, Mitzi Hoag, Alex Gerry, Robert Foulk, Forrest Lewis
Tammy (Sandra Dee) is now a nurse's aide for wealthy Annie Call (Beulah Bondi) who has been hospitalized. Dr. Mark Cheswick (Peter Fonda) takes a special interest in Tammy, but his boss, Dr. Wayne Bendley (Macdonald Carey), tells him that his job will be in jeopardy if he becomes involved with her. Meanwhile, head nurse Rachel Coleman (Margaret Lindsay) and Bentley become romantically involved. By story's end, Tammy saves Annie's life, Rachel and Dr. Wayne get together, and Tammy and Dr. Mark find love and hope for a future together. This film marks Fonda's film debut.
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| 1. B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
2. Baby Face (1933)
3. Bordertown (1935)
4. British Intelligence (1940)
5. Broadway Musketeers (1938)
6. The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
7. Cass Timberlane (1947)
8. Cavalcade (1933)
9. Christopher Strong (1933)
10. Crime Doctor (1943)
11. Dangerous (1935)
12. Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
13. The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
14. Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942)
15. Fog Over Frisco (1934)
16. Frisco Kid (1935)
17. G-Men (1935)
18. Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
19. The Green Light (1937)
20. Hell's Kitchen (1939)
21. The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
22. Isle of Fury (1936)
23. Jezebel (1938)
24. Lady Killer (1933)
25. Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
26. Private Detective 62 (1933)
aka: Man Killer
27. Scarlet Street (1945)
28. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
29. Slim (1937)
30. The Spoilers (1942)
31. Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
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