The Divorce of Lady X 1938  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson, Morton Selten, J.H. Roberts, Gertrude Musgrove, Gus McNaughton, Hugh McDermott
Due to an emergency, a young lawyer (Laurence Olivier) allows a young woman (Merle Oberon) to spend the night in his London hotel room. Although nothing happened, he believes himself to be the "other man" in a pending divorce case. Dated.
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Juggernaut 1936  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Henry Edwards
Cast: Boris Karloff, Joan Wyndham, Arthur Margetson, Mona Goya, Anthony Ireland, Nina Boucicault, J.H. Roberts, Morton Selten, Gibb McLaughlin, Victor Rietti
About to find the cure for paralysis, Dr. Sartorius (Boris Karloff) plots with his patient Lady Yvonne Clifford (Mona Goya) to murder her millionaire husband, Sir Charles Clifford (Morton Selten), to obtain needed funding. A deal is made, Sartorius is hired as Sir Charles' physician, and he begins poisoning his patient. But, Sir Charles figures out what is happening and changes his will to benefit his son Roger (Arthur Margetson) from a previous marriage. Now, Lady Yvonne tells Sartorius to kill both Sir Charles and Roger. Only nurse Eve (Joan Wyndham), who is in love with Roger, may be able to stop Sartorius in his tracks.
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Moscow Nights 1936  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: I Stand Condemned
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Harry Baur, Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Robert Cochran, Morton Selten, Athene Seyler, Walter Hudd, Charles Carson, Morland Graham, Hay Petrie
When a jealous suitor, Brioukov (Harry Baur), frames his rival, Ignatoff (Laurence Olivier), the result is a trial for treason.
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 The Thief of Bagdad 1940  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan
Cast: Sabu, John Justin, June Duprez, Conrad Veidt, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson, Mary Morris, Hay Petrie, Allan Jeayes, Morton Selten, Bruce Winston, Adelaide Hall, Roy Emerton
Abu (Sabu) is a young boy who is tossed into a Bagdad dungeon for stealing. He is joined by Prince Ahmad (John Justin) who the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar (Conrad Veidt) has deposed as ruler of the realm. Together, Abu and Ahmad manage to escape to Bazra where Ahmad falls in love with a beautiful princess (June Duprez). But, the wicked Jaffar appears on the scene with intentions of marrying the princess and sails off with her as his prisoner. Ahmad and Abu follow them, and along the way Ahmad opens a bottle containing a genie (Rex Ingram). Abu outwits the genie, but will his powers be enough to help Ahmad get to the magical Land of Legend where he can regain the crown?
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| 1. The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
2. Juggernaut (1936)
3. Moscow Nights (1936)
aka: I Stand Condemned
4. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
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