Baby Take a Bow 1934 N/R, 73 min. Genre: Family / Drama / Comedy
Director: Harry Lachman Cast: Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Alan Dinehart, Ray Walker, Ralf Harolde, James Flavin, Dorothy Libaire, Richard Tucker, Olive Tell, Mary Gordon, Howard C. Hickman, Samuel S. Hinds, John Alexander, Paul McVey
This is Shirley Temple's first film in which she has a starring role, and she made her name as a young girl who clears her ex-convict father (James Dunn) from the charge of stealing jewels.
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Four Hours to Kill 1935 N/R, 71 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Joe Morrison, Helen Mack, Gertrude Michael, Dorothy Tree, Roscoe Karns, Ray Milland, Henry Travers, Paul Harvey, Noel Madison, Charles C. Wilson, Olive Tell, Lee Kohlmar, Bodil Rosing, Lois Kent
A murderer eludes his guard and escapes into a theater where the lives of those in attendance are affected by the danger of his presence.
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The Scarlet Empress 1934 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Josef von Sternberg Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, C. Aubrey Smith, Gavin Gordon, Olive Tell, Jameson Thomas, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Ruthelma Stevens, Davison Clark, Erville Alderson, Maria Riva, Akim Tamiroff
To improve the royal bloodline, the Empress Elizabeth (Louise Dresser) of Russia imports German Princess Sophia (Marlene Dietrich) as the bride for her dull-witted son, the Grand Duke Peter (Sam Jaffe). When the Empress dies, Sophia leads her troops to the palace and ascends to the throne as Catherine the Great. While this story is not historically accurate, it represents one of the best biographical efforts of the 1930s.
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Ten Cents a Dance 1931 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Lionel Barrymore Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Monroe Owsley, Sally Blane, Blanche Friderici, Olive Tell, Pat Harmon, Martha Sleeper, David Newell, Phyllis Crane
Barbara (Barbara Stanwyck), a dance hall hostess, marries the wrong guy and lives to regret her choice of husbands.
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| 1. Baby Take a Bow (1934)
2. Four Hours to Kill (1935)
3. Ladies' Man (1931)
4. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
5. Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
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