Bonnie Scotland 1935  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James W. Horne
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anne Grey, David Torrence, June Lang, William Janney, James Finlayson, Vernon Steele, James T. Mack, Mary Gordon, Maurice Black, Daphne Pollard, Lionel Belmore
Stan MacLaurel (Stan Laurel) and Oliver Hardy (Oliver Hardy) stow away on a cattle boat headed for Scotland so that Stan can claim his share of an inheritance left by his uncle. Stan's inheritance amounts only to a set of bagpipes and a snuff box. Penniless, Stan and Oliver make a wrong move and end up enlisted in the British Army on their way to India. All ends well when they put an end to a native uprising–but not without the help of a number of overturned bee hives.
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The Californian 1937  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Gentleman from California
Director: Gus Meins
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver, Katherine DeMille, Maurice Black, Morgan Wallace, Nigel De Brulier, George Regas, Pierre Watkin, Jim Farley, Edward Keane, Gene Reynolds, Ann Gillis
During 1855, Ramon Escobar (Ricardo Cortez) returns to California after completing school in Spain and discovers that corrupt politicians are using tax collectors to force old Californians off their land. Ramon takes on the cause to bring justice back to the area.
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Ellis Island 1936 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon, Jack La Rue, Joyce Compton, Bradley Page, Johnny Arthur, George Rosener, Maurice Black, E.H. Calvert, Bryant Washburn, Robert Frazer, Matty Fain
Ted Kedrich (George Rosener) has been released from prison after serving time for bank robbery. He is in the process of deportation at Ellis Island when he is kidnapped by a gang wanting the never-recovered stolen money. Now it falls on the shoulders of immigration officer Gary Curtis (Donald Cook) to lead the search for Ted AND the money.
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I Cover the Waterfront 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cruze
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Ben Lyon, Ernest Torrence, Hobart Cavanaugh, Maurice Black, Purnell Pratt, Harry Beresford, George Humbert, Wilfred Lucas, Rosita Marstini, Lee Phelps, Al Hill
While covering waterfront stories, reporter Joe Miller (Ben Lyon) zeroes in on fishing captain Eli Kirk (Ernest Torrence) who Joe believes is involved in a smuggling operation. But, after meeting and falling in love with Eli's daughter, Julie (Claudette Colbert), Joe must deal with conflicting loyalties.
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Murder on the Campus 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: On the Stroke of Nine
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Charles Starrett, Shirley Grey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ruth Hall, Dewey Robinson, Maurice Black, Edward Van Sloan, Harry Bowen, Harrison Greene, Henry Hall
Reporter Bill Bartlett (Charles Starrett) is writing a story of students working their way through college. He meets student/nightclub singer Lillian Vayne (Shirley Grey), and the two hit it off. Upon hearing a gunshot shortly after dropping her off on campus, Bill and Lillian become suspects, and she is arrested. After two more students are killed, Bill investigates on his own and comes up with the real culprit.
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 Scarface 1932  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
aka: Scarface, The Shame of the Nation
Director: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft, Boris Karloff, Tully Marshall, Maurice Black, Paul Fix, Vince Barnett, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon, Purnell Pratt, Inez Palange, Edwin Maxwell, Henry Armetta
Paul Muni is excellent as Roaring Twenties' gangster Antonio "Tony" Camonte in this film modeled after Al Capone's criminal activities in the world of bootleg gin as he fights to overtake the other mobster leaders in the city
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A Shriek in the Night 1933 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Albert Ray
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Purnell Pratt, Harvey Clark, Arthur Hoyt, Lillian Harmer, Maurice Black, Louise Beavers, Clarence Wilson, Cyril Ring, Tiny Sanford
Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot are reunited (after starring together in "The Thirteenth Guest"). This time they play rival reporters who team up to solve a series of murders in which the killer leaves a card behind that contains a drawing of a coiled snake.
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Sixteen Fathoms Deep 1934 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Armand Schaefer
Cast: Sally O'Neil, Lon Chaney Jr., George Regas, Maurice Black, Lloyd Ingraham, Si Jenks, Russell Simpson, Jack Kennedy, Constantine Romanoff, Richard Alexander
Creighton Chaney (Lon Chaney Jr.) invests in a boat for sponge fishing to gain enough cash to marry his girlfriend (Sally O'Neil) but runs into trouble in his endeavor.
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Smart Money 1931  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Ralf Harolde, Noel Francis, Maurice Black, Boris Karloff, Paul Porcasi, Ben Taggart, Morgan Wallace, Margaret Livingston, Billy House, Charles(1) Lane, Donald Cook
Nick (Edward G. Robinson) is a barber who is lucky in cards. His friends give him financial backing, and he heads for the city with his younger brother Jack (James Cagney) who is there to protect Nick from those who would steal from him. Nick hits it big in gambling, but he does have a weakness for blondes, and Sleepy Sam's (Ralf Harolde) girl (Noel Francis) gets Nick into a rigged game, and Nick loses everything. Jack tries to help, but tragedy awaits when Nick accidentally kills Jack and is sent to jail on manslaughter charges.
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Twin Husbands 1934 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: John Miljan, Shirley Grey, Monroe Owsley, Hale Hamilton, Robert Elliott, Wilson Benge, William Franklin, Maurice Black, Al Bridge, Joseph W. Girard
Jerry Van Trevor (John Miljan) awakens and learns that he has been kidnapped by Chloe (Shirley Grey) and her accomplice, Colton Drain (Monroe Owsley). They plan to use Jerry's striking resemblance to Chloe's wealthy husband (also played by John Miljan), as the means to steal valuable bonds. But, Jerry is not who he seems to be and waits patiently to outwit his kidnappers.
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West of the Pecos 1935 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Richard Dix, Martha Sleeper, Samuel S. Hinds, Fred Kohler, Louise Beavers, Willie Best, Maria Alba, Pedro Regas, G. Pat Collins, Russell Simpson, Maurice Black, George Cooper
Comanche attacks and villains, as well as being accused of cattle rustling, are just part of the problems of Pecos Smith (Richard Dix). After rescuing Ril (Martha Sleeper)–who has disguised herself as a boy during her trek west–he must add her to his list of problems. Based on a Zane Grey novel and remade in 1945. Robert Mitchum made his film debut in this film.
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| 1. Bonnie Scotland (1935)
2. The Californian (1937)
aka: The Gentleman from California
3. Ellis Island (1936)
4. I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
5. Murder on the Campus (1933)
aka: On the Stroke of Nine
6. Scarface (1932)
aka: Scarface, The Shame of the Nation
7. A Shriek in the Night (1933)
8. Sixteen Fathoms Deep (1934)
9. Smart Money (1931)
10. Twin Husbands (1934)
11. West of the Pecos (1935)
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