Anne of Green Gables 1934   N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Comedy
Director: George Nicholls Jr.
Cast: Anne Shirley, Tom Brown, O.P. Heggie, Helen Westley, Sara Haden, Murray Kinnell, Charley Grapewin, Frank Darien, Paul Stanton, Hilda Vaughn, Gertrude Messinger, June Preston, Ann Miller, Bonita Granville, George Offerman Jr.
Prince Edward Island, Canada, is the 1908 setting for this story of teenager Anne (Anne Shirley) who is taken in by Matthew Cumbert and his sister Marilla (O.P. Heggie and Helen Westley) who thought they wanted a boy to help on their farm, Green Gables. Anne eventually endears herself to her foster parents, and, despite problems, she finds a future with her true love Gilbert Blythe (Tom Brown). 1 User Review
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| | jl 03/04/2007 | | About love generally speaking,nature and faith.Watching this movie will make you better. |
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The Bad Man 1930  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Clarence Badger
Cast: Walter Huston, James Rennie, Dorothy Revier, O.P. Heggie, Sidney Blackmer, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Marion Byron, Harry Semels, Erville Alderson, Myrna Loy
Gilbert Jones (James Rennie) is in danger of losing his ranch until he is aided by a Mexican bandito (Walter Huston).
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The Bride of Frankenstein 1935  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Horror / Romance
Director: James Whale
Cast: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Valerie Hobson, O.P. Heggie, Una O'Connor, E.E. Clive, Walter Brennan, John Carradine, Gavin Gordon, Douglas Walton, Lucien Prival, Dwight Frye
In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Dr. Frankenstein considers making a bride for his monster and then realizes the folly of his idea. But in this sequel, Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) is coerced into creating a female companion (Elsa Lanchester) for his monster (Boris Karloff).
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The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Raymond Walburn, O.P. Heggie, William Farnum, Luis Alberni, Georgia Caine, Walter Walker
This is an excellent version of Alexandre Dumas' story about Edmond Dantes who is imprisoned in a dungeon and learns of a hidden treasure on the Island of Monte Cristo. After he escapes from prison, Dantes finds the treasure and seeks revenge on those who put him in prison.
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 The Letter 1929  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean de Limur
Cast: Jeanne Eagels, O.P. Heggie, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Irene Browne, Lady Tsen Mei, Kenneth Thomson, Tamaki Yoshiwara
Somerset Maugham's story (and play) has been filmed several times, and this was the first of the series. Leslie Crosbie (Jeanne Eagels) shoots a man and claims that he attempted to assault her. Leslie, being wealthy and reputable, should have no trouble in the ensuing trial. Then, her lawyer, Mr. Joyce (O.P. Heggie) gets his hands on "the" letter.
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Midnight 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Call It Murder
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull, Margaret Wycherly, Humphrey Bogart, Lynne Overman, Richard Whorf, Henry O'Neill, Cora Witherspoon, Granville Bates, Katherine Wilson, Moffat Johnston, Helen Flint
Jury foreman Edward Weldon (O.P. Heggie) will settle for nothing short of death in the sentencing of Ethel Saxon (Helen Flint) on a murder charge for killing her lover. Later, Weldon regrets his responsibility for the verdict when, on the eve of Saxon's execution, Edward's own daughter, Stella (Sidney Fox), kills her lover, gangster Garboni (Humphrey Bogart). Now, Weldon's conscience takes over when his previous verdict is brought so close to home.
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Peck's Bad Boy 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Thomas Meighan, Dorothy Peterson, Jackie Searl, O.P. Heggie, Gertrude Howard, Charles E. Evans, Larry Wheat, Harvey Clark, Lloyd Ingraham
Young Bill Peck (Jackie Cooper) and his widower father, Henry (Thomas Meighan), live a good, quiet life–until Aunt Lily (Dorothy Peterson) and Bill's cousin Horace (Jackie Searl) move in and attempt to ruin the father/son relationship.
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The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, John Carradine, Harry Carey, Arthur Byron, Ernest Whitman, Joyce Kay, Paul Fix, Fred Kohler Jr., Francis McDonald, O.P. Heggie, Francis Ford
This film is based on the true experience of Dr. Samuel Mudd (Warner Baxter) who was sentenced to life imprisonment because he set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth (Francis McDonald) during Booth's escape attempt following his assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Smilin' Through 1932 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard, O.P. Heggie, Ralph Forbes, Beryl Mercer, Margaret Seddon, Forrester Harvey, David Torrence, Cora Sue Collins
John Carteret's (Leslie Howard) bride was killed on their wedding day; since then he led a lonely life until he agreed to raise his orphaned niece, Kathleen (Norma Shearer). As she grows to adulthood, Kathleen is the image of John's long-deceased bride, and John falls in love with his niece. But complications arise when Kenneth (Fredric March) enters the picture.
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| 1. Anne of Green Gables (1934)
2. The Bad Man (1930)
3. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
4. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
5. The Letter (1929)
6. Midnight (1934)
aka: Call It Murder
7. Peck's Bad Boy (1934)
8. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
9. Smilin' Through (1932)
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