Abandoned 1949  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler, Meg Randall, Raymond Burr, Marjorie Rambeau, Jeanette Nolan, Mike Mazurki, Clifton Young, Will Kuluva
Reporter Mark Sitko (Dennis O'Keefe) helps Paula Considine (Gale Storm) find her unwed sister's baby and, at the same time, uncovers an adoption scam.
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Bad for Each Other 1953  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Dianne Foster, Mildred Dunnock, Frank Sully, Ray Collins, Rhys Williams, Arthur Franz, Marjorie Rambeau, Lester Matthews
Doctor Tom Owen (Charlton Heston) returns home after the war, is talked into setting up a plush practice for wealthy patients in the city, and then realizes that his true calling is for ministering to the coal miners in his hometown.
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 Broadway 1942  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair, Broderick Crawford, Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Gwynne, S.Z. Sakall, Edward Brophy, Marie Wilson, Ralf Harolde
Set during Prohibition, this is the story of murder in the midst of speakeasies, bootleggers, and gangsters.
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Forever Female 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas, James Gleason, Jesse White, Marjorie Rambeau, George Reeves, King Donovan, Marion Ross, Pat Crowley
An aging summer-stock star tries to take on roles meant for much younger actresses in this perceptive, and very funny, story.
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence 1939  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ricardo Cortez
Cast: Jean Rogers, Raymond Walburn, Marjorie Rambeau, Glenn Ford, Ward Bond, Richard Conte, Eddie Collins, Irving Bacon, Kay Linaker
Joe (Glenn Ford) thumbs rides to Arizona, and along the way, he meets other Depression-era people with their own hard-luck stories.
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In Old Oklahoma 1943  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Western
aka: War of the Wildcats
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, George "Gabby" Hayes, Marjorie Rambeau, Dale Evans, Grant Withers, Sidney Blackmer, Paul Fix, Irving Bacon
Daniel (John Wayne) and Despirit (George "Gabby" Hayes) take on villains involved in the oil business. Not bad.
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Laughing Sinners 1931 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Neil Hamilton, Marjorie Rambeau, Guy Kibbee, Cliff Edwards, Roscoe Karns, Johnny Mack Brown
Nightclub performer Ivy (Joan Crawford) is saved from a near suicide by Salvation Army worker Carl (Clark Gable), who convinces her to start life anew–until her past lover, Howard Palmer (Neil Hamilton), appears back on the scene.
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A Man Called Peter 1955 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau, Jill Esmond, Les Tremayne, Robert Burton, Gladys Hurlbut, Billy Chapin, Edward Earle, Marietta Canty
Peter Marshall (Richard Todd) was a Scottish-born clergyman who became the Chaplain of The U.S. Senate. This biography is based on his wife's memoirs, and is good fare, even for those with non-religious leanings.
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Man of a Thousand Faces 1957 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau, Jim Backus, Jeanne Cagney, Robert Evans, Celia Lovsky, Jack Albertson, Philip Van Zandt, Nolan Leary, Roger Smith, Robert Lyden, Troy Donahue, "Snub" Pollard
This film presents the biography of the celebrated silent screen actor Lon Chaney (James Cagney), master of horror and make-up. Although it dwells too much on his troubled private life, and not enough on his successes, it is a well-executed drama with a moving performance by Cagney.
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Man's Castle 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young, Glenda Farrell, Walter Connolly, Arthur Hohl, Marjorie Rambeau, Dickie Moore, Helen Jerome Eddy, Harvey Clark, Kendall McComas
Trina (Loretta Young) and Bill (Spencer Tracy) are a young couple trying to cope with the Great Depression. She becomes pregnant, and Bill turns to the criminal world to support Trina and her expected family.
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Min and Bill 1930 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George W. Hill
Cast: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, Frank McGlynn Sr., Don Dillaway, Russell Hopton, DeWitt Jennings, Jack Pennick, Gretta Gould
Marie Dressler won the Academy Award as Best Actress for her role as Min, the salty owner of a seaside inn who goes to extremes protecting those she loves.
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Palooka 1934 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Joe Palooka
The Great Schnozzle
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle, William Cagney, Thelma Todd, Franklyn Ardell, Tom Dugan, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Louise Beavers, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Stanley Fields
Fight manager Knobby Walsh (Jimmy Durante) signs up farmboy Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) as a boxer and trains him for a big fight with hard-drinking champ Al "Mac" McSwatt (William Cagney– brother of James Cagney). In this film, Durante sings his song, "Ink-a-Dinka-do."
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The Primrose Path 1940 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory LaCava
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers, Miles Mander, Queenie Vassar, Joan Carroll, Vivienne Osborne, Carmen Morales, Nestor Paiva
Ellie May Adams (Ginger Rogers), a young woman from a family of dubious repute, marries Ed Wallace (Joel McCrea) but does not share her past history with him. When, inevitably, the past confronts them, their marriage becomes jeopardized.
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The Secret Six 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George W. Hill
Cast: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau, Clark Gable, Ralph Bellamy, John Miljan, DeWitt Jennings, Frank McGlynn Sr., Paul Hurst, Louis Natheaux
When bootleggers threaten to undermine Chicago's civil order, the police chief creates a vigilante group of six to go up against the gangsters.
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Strangers May Kiss 1931 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Neil Hamilton, Marjorie Rambeau, Irene Rich, Jed Prouty, Henry Armetta, Ray Milland, Hale Hamilton, Conchita Montenegro
Lisbeth (Norma Shearer) loves Alan (Neil Hamilton), but her love is not returned. Nevertheless, she follows him to the ends of the earth before she realizes what true love really is.
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This Modern Age 1931 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Joan Crawford, Pauline Frederick, Neil Hamilton, Monroe Owsley, Hobart Bosworth, Emma Dunn, Albert Conti, Marjorie Rambeau, Ann Dvorak, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Marcelle Corday
Debutante Valentine (Joan Crawford) is reunited with her mother in Paris where she becomes the object of romantic attention from two men.
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Tobacco Road 1941   N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Charley Grapewin, Elizabeth Patterson, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Ward Bond, Slim Summerville, Marjorie Rambeau, William Tracy, Grant Mitchell, Zeffie Tilbury, Russell Simpson, Spencer Charters, Irving Bacon, Harry Tyler, Charles Halton
Based on the Erskine Caldwell novel, this is a parody on the values of Depression Era Georgians–proud Jeeter Lester (Charley Grapewin), his long-suffering wife Ada (Elizabeth Patterson), and their family. Jeeter and Ada are hillbillies who find ways to hold their clan together in their Tobacco Road area home, despite suffering from a shortage of funds to pay bills and living under the threat of being thrown off their land for not paying the rent. 1 User Review
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Torch Song 1953 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Marjorie Rambeau, Harry Morgan, Dorothy Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Benny Rubin, Nancy Gates, James Todd, Eugene Loring, Peter Chong, Maidie Norman, Chris Warfield, Peggy King
Broadway star Jenny Stewart (Joan Crawford) falls in love with her blind piano accompanist (Michael Wilding)–a major stepping stone in her egotistical life that brings compassion into her persona. Marjorie Rambeau received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Jenny's devoted mother.
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The View from Pompey's Head 1955 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Dunne
Cast: Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell, Sidney Blackmer, Jerry Paris, Marjorie Rambeau, Bess Flowers, Ruby Goodwin, Howard Wendell, Dayton Lummis
A NYC lawyer (Richard Egan) returns to his Southern hometown on a case and renews an aquaintanence with a woman (Dana Wynter) out of his past and views the prejudices that still exist there.
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The Walls of Jericho 1948 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, Anne Baxter, Kirk Douglas, Ann Dvorak, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Hull, Barton MacLane, Colleen Townsend
Small-town life in Jericho, Kansas is NOT what Dave (Cornel Wilde) wants for himself. His wife belittles his dreams, but his law partner's wife apparently understands his unhappiness and comes to the rescue.
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| 1. Abandoned (1949)
2. Any Number Can Play (1949)
3. Bad for Each Other (1953)
4. Broadway (1942)
5. Forever Female (1953)
6. Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
7. Hell Divers (1932)
8. In Old Oklahoma (1943)
aka: War of the Wildcats
9. Laughing Sinners (1931)
10. A Man Called Peter (1955)
11. Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
12. Man's Castle (1933)
13. Min and Bill (1930)
14. Palooka (1934)
aka: Joe Palooka
aka: The Great Schnozzle
15. The Primrose Path (1940)
16. The Secret Six (1931)
17. Strangers May Kiss (1931)
18. This Modern Age (1931)
19. Tobacco Road (1941)
20. Torch Song (1953)
21. Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)
22. The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
23. The Walls of Jericho (1948)
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