The Benson Murder Case 1930  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: William Powell, Natalie Moorhead, Eugene Pallette, Paul Lukas, William "Stage" Boyd, E.H. Calvert, Richard Tucker, May Beatty, Mischa Auer, Otto Yamaoka
S.S. Van Dine's suave detective, Philo Vance (William Powell), is back and becomes involved with the murder of Anthony Benson–a shifty, wealthy, womanizing stock broker–who is hosting Philo at his estate. Now our sleuth must sift through the several suspects to come up with the culprit. Van Dine's novel was based on an actual murder in 1920 that is still unsolved.
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Dance, Fools, Dance 1931  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Joan Crawford, Cliff Edwards, Lester Vail, William Bakewell, William(2) Holden, Clark Gable, Earle Foxe, Purnell Pratt, Hale Hamilton, Natalie Moorhead
Ex-socialite Bonnie (Joan Crawford) is a newspaperwoman who is assigned an undercover job to get to the bottom of a murder.
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Heart of the West 1936 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lynn Gabriel, Russell Hayden, Sidney Blackmer, Charles Martin, Billy King, Natalie Moorhead, John Rutherford, Fred Kohler
This is one of the best in the series of Hopalong Cassidy films. Problems come in the form of one of Hopalong Cassidy's neighbors, but the matter is settled when Hoppy roots out the troublemaker.
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Hook, Line and Sinker 1930  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Ralf Harolde, Jobyna Howland, Natalie Moorhead, Hugh Herbert, George F. Marion, William B. Davidson, Stanley Fields
Wilbur and Addington (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey) come to the aid of Mary (Dorothy Lee) by helping fix up her inherited, run-down hotel despite the objections of her mother who wants Mary to wed rich lawyer John (Ralf Harolde). The hotel becomes successful, but rival gangs find it as a place to do business, and John is associated with one of them. One of several films made by the comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey.
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The Menace 1932 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: H.B. Warner, Bette Davis, Walter Byron, Natalie Moorhead, William B. Davidson, Crauford Kent, Halliwell Hobbes, Charles K. Gerrard, Murray Kinnell, Montagu Love
After spending time in prison for murdering his father, a young man returns to seek revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment.
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Parlor, Bedroom and Bath 1931 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Romeo in Pyjamas
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards, Dorothy Christy, Joan Peers, Sally Eilers, Natalie Moorhead, Edward Brophy, Walter Merrill, Sidney Bracey, Eugene Pallette
Jeff (Reginald Denny) wants to marry Ginny (Sally Eilers), but she will not consider a marriage proposal until after her sister, Angie (Dorothy Christy), gets married. So, Jeff schemes to get Angie interested in shy Reggie (Buster Keaton) who he passes off as a great lover.
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Strictly Dishonorable 1931  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox, Lewis Stone, George Meeker, Sidney Toler, Natalie Moorhead, William Ricciardi, Samuel Bonello, Aldo Franchetti, Carlo Schipa
Based on Preston Sturges' play this story revolves around an opera star (Paul Lukas) whose actions lead to a public slander campaign that interferes with his courting of the woman he loves (Sidney Fox). Remade in 1951.
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The Unholy Night 1929 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lionel Barrymore
Cast: Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Dorothy Sebastian, Boris Karloff, Natalie Moorhead, Sidney Jarvis, Polly Moran, Sojin
Veterans of a British regiment, who had served in India, are being systematically murdered. Now, they try to figure out who is the murderer before more killings occur.
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| 1. The Benson Murder Case (1930)
2. The Big Chance (1933)
3. Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
4. Heart of Arizona (1938)
5. Heart of the West (1936)
6. Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
7. Illicit (1931)
8. The Menace (1932)
9. Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
aka: Romeo in Pyjamas
10. Strictly Dishonorable (1931)
11. The Unholy Night (1929)
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