Bachelor Mother 1932   N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Hutchison
Cast: Evalyn Knapp, James Murray, Margaret Seddon, Paul Page, Astrid Allwyn, Harry Holman, Virginia Sale, Eddie Kane, Jimmy Aubrey, Henry Hall, John Paul Jones, Bess Stafford, Margaret Mann, Stella Adams
In order to stay out of jail, Joe Bigelow (James Murray) "adopts" an old woman, Cynthia Wilson (Margaret Seddon), who is in a nursing home and gets her out to live with him. Meanwhile, Joe falls in love with Mary Somerset (Evalyn Knapp) who is in charge of the nursing home. All is OK until Joe gets involved with Lola (Astrid Allwyn) who only wants him for his money. Cynthia steps in and kills Lola. During the trial, Cynthia and Joe try to protect each other, Cynthia is acquitted, and Joe reunites with Mary. 1 User Review
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Heroes for Sale 1933  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon, Gordon Westcott, Robert Barrat, Grant Mitchell, Charley Grapewin, Douglass Dumbrille, Ward Bond, Frank Darien, Berton Churchill, Robert McWade, G. Pat Collins, Margaret Seddon, Arthur Vinton
As the country heads for the Great Depression in 1929, Tom and Ruth Holmes (Richard Barthelmess and Loretta Young) manage to cope with Tom's morphine addiction that he got while recuperating from an injury suffered during World War I. Tom is treated and released from an asylum and finds work at a laundry. He becomes friends with Max Brinker (Robert Barrat) who has invented a washing machine, and they form a partnership. Later, the machines put Tom and his coworkers out of business, which results in a riot during which Ruth is killed. By story's end, Tom has donated his fortune from the washing machine business to Mary (Aline MacMahon) so that she can feed the hungry during the Depression, and Tom is out roaming the streets looking for a job.
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House by the River 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman, Dorothy Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Jody Gilbert, Sarah Padden, Peter Brocco, Howland Chamberlain, Margaret Seddon, Kathleen Freeman, Will Wright
After Stephen (Louis Hayward) accidentally murders a maid, his brother, John (Lee Bowman), helps him hide the body. But, when police find the body, John, not Stephen, becomes the prime suspect.
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Raffles 1940 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Whitty, Dudley Digges, Douglas Walton, Lionel Pape, E.E. Clive, Peter Godfrey, Margaret Seddon, Gilbert Emery
An ex-Scotland Yard detective, Raffles (David Niven), relieves his boredom by becoming a jewel thief. This is a remake of a 1930 film by the same name.
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The Return of Casey Jones 1933 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Train 2419
Director: John P. McCarthy
Cast: Charles Starrett, Ruth Hall, Robert Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jackie Searl, George Walsh, Margaret Seddon, Gordon De Main, George Nash, Anne Howard
Jim Martin (Charles Starrett) is a young railroad engineer who does not enlist in the military during World War I. Branded a coward by friends and neighbors, Jim gets advice from the legendary Casey Jones (Robert Elliott), and Jim proves his bravery on the home front when he prevents a train wreck.
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Smilin' Through 1932  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard, O.P. Heggie, Ralph Forbes, Beryl Mercer, Margaret Seddon, Forrester Harvey, David Torrence, Cora Sue Collins
John Carteret's (Leslie Howard) bride was killed on their wedding day; since then he led a lonely life until he agreed to raise his orphaned niece, Kathleen (Norma Shearer). As she grows to adulthood, Kathleen is the image of John's long-deceased bride, and John falls in love with his niece. But complications arise when Kenneth (Fredric March) enters the picture.
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Take a Letter, Darling 1942 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Constance Moore, Macdonald Carey, Robert Benchley, Dooley Wilson, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Arnt, Kathleen Howard, Margaret Seddon
Tom (Fred MacMurray) is hired by Mac (Rosalind Russell), a high-powered business executive, to act as her secretary and help deal with clients' female relatives.
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A Woman Rebels 1936 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Herbert Marshall, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Allan, Lucile Watson, Van Heflin, David Manners, Doris Dudley, Eily Malyon, Margaret Seddon
Pamela Thistlewait (Katharine Hepburn) is a 19th-century feminist who overcomes the fact that she is an unwed mother and fights for women's rights.
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| 1. Bachelor Mother (1932)
2. Heroes for Sale (1933)
3. House by the River (1950)
4. Raffles (1940)
5. The Return of Casey Jones (1933)
aka: Train 2419
6. Smilin' Through (1932)
7. Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
8. A Woman Rebels (1936)
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