Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westley, John Carradine, Paul Hurst, Wally Vernon
Lots of Irving Berlin songs add to this major production that won an Academy Award for its musical score. The story follows Roger Grant (Tyrone Power) from his classical music training in San Francisco in 1915 through his shift to ragtime and the fortunes of the band he starts. Of course, there is the romantic interest with his lead singer (Alice Faye) and the rival (Don Ameche). The film also received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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Angel and the Badman 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Romance / Western
Director: James Edward Grant
Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey, Irene Rich, Bruce Cabot, Lee Dixon, Stephen Grant, Tom Powers, Olin Howland, Paul Hurst, Craig Woods, John Halloran, Kenne Duncan, Joan Barton, Marshall Reed
In this John Wayne movie, he plays wounded gunslinger Quirt Evans who becomes the patient in a family of Quakers. The daughter, Penelope Worth (Gail Russell), of the house falls for him and tries to keep him from going after his enemy Laredo Stevens (Bruce Cabot) who had murdered his foster father. Over time, Quirt changes his ways and begins life anew with Penelope.
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 Bad Company 1931  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Helen Twelvetrees, John Garrick, Paul Hurst, Frank Conroy, Frank McHugh, Edgar Kennedy, Kenneth Thomson, Emma Dunn, William V. Mong, Harry Carey, Arthur Stone, Wade Boteler, Jack Mower, Harry Semels
Mobster Goldie Gorio (Ricardo Cortez) wants to get the scoop on rival Markham King's (Frank Conroy) operation. So, why not have his lawyer Steve Carlyle (John Garrick) marry Markham's sister Helen (Helen Twelvetrees)? Gorio treats them to a lavish wedding and other extravagances. It isn't until Steve is wounded in a police raid that Helen realizes that he is a gangster, and now she stops at nothing to release him from his ties to the gang so that they can escape from the criminal world.
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Big Jim McLain 1952  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier, Hans Conried, Veda Ann Borg, Sarah Padden, Paul Hurst, Hal Baylor, John Hubbard
House Un-American Activities investigators, Big Jim McLain (John Wayne) and Mal Baxter (James Arness), travel to Hawaii to investigate a possible Communist espionage plot.
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The Big Stampede 1932 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Tenny Wright
Cast: John Wayne, Noah Beery, Mae Madison, Luis Alberni, Berton Churchill, Paul Hurst, Sherwood Bailey, Lafe McKee, Joseph W. Girard, Frank Ellis, Hank Bell
New Mexico Territory Governor Lew Wallace (Berton Churchill) sends Deputy Sheriff John Steele (John Wayne) into the range lands to stop cattle rustling and help colonize the territory. Steele deputizes rustler Sonora Joe (Louis Alberni) along with his gang, and they assist in bringing justice to cattle rustler/land baron Sam Crew (Noah Beery).
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Caught in the Draft 1941 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Eddie Bracken, Clarence Kolb, Irving Bacon, Paul Hurst, Ferike Boros, Arthur Loft, Edgar Dearing
Movie star Don Bolton (Bob Hope) decides to evade the draft but ends up–through a comedy of errors–enlisting in the army.
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Coney Island 1943 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers, Frank Orth, Andrew Tombes, Paul Hurst, Phyllis Kennedy, Byron Foulger
Set during the late 1800s, this is an entertaining musical about a nightclub singer (Betty Grable) who is promoted by a hustler (George Montgomery) into a Broadway star.
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December 7th 1943 N/R, 34 min.
Genre: Documentary
aka: December 7th: The Pearl Harbor Story
Director: John Ford, Gregg Toland
Cast: George O'Brien, James Kevin McGuinness, Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews, Paul Hurst
At the beginning of World War II, John Ford was among a number of Hollywood directors asked to make a short film supporting the U.S. war effort. The result, a re-creation of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, is a revealing cultural history of the lifestyles and thinking of those living on Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack. The film received an Academy Award for Best Short Documentary. The restored version ("December 7th: The Pearl Harbor Story") is feature-length, restoring footage not allowed to be shown during the war
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Each Dawn I Die 1939 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Victor Jory, Stanley Ridges, Alan Baxter, Willard Robertson, Clay Clement, John Wray, Emma Dunn, Edward Pawley, Paul Hurst, Louis Jean Heydt
This prison melodrama centers around the attempted escape of crime boss "Hood" Stacey (George Raft) and the involvement of another prisoner, youthful reporter Frank Ross (James Cagney), who was framed for murder. Frank has appealed for parole but remains behind bars at Rocky Point Prison. He thinks that he has found a solution when he makes a deal to help "Hood" escape if "Hood" will help Frank prove his own innocence. "Hood" escapes but does nothing to help Frank until Frank's reporter girlfriend Joyce (Jane Bryan) steps in and convinces "Hood" to identify the real killer, Peter Kassock (John Wray), as the man who framed Frank. It turns out that Peter is also at Rocky Point Prison, and now his fate is sealed.
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The Gay Desperado 1936 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Nino Martini, Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, Harold Huber, James Blakeley, Stanley Fields, Mischa Auer, Adrian Rosley, Paul Hurst, Frank Puglia
Music-loving bandit Pablo Braganza (Leo Carrillo) kidnaps not only singing cowboy Chivo (Nino Martini) but an heiress (Ida Lupino) and her boyfriend (James Blakeley) as well. Pablo hopes to learn more about movie gangsters from Chivo and to extract a large ransom for the heiress.
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His First Command 1929  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory LaCava
Cast: William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian, Gavin Gordon, Helen Parrish, Howard C. Hickman, Alphonse Ethier, Paul Hurst, Charles R. Moore, Jules Cowles, Mabel Van Buren
Unable to get the attention of a colonel's daughter (Dorothy Sebastian), a playboy (William Boyd) enlists in the army to gain her affections.
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 Hold Your Man 1933 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Burgess, Elizabeth Patterson, Garry Owen, Paul Hurst, Theresa Harris, Inez Courtney, Blanche Friderici
Ruby (Jean Harlow) sticks by Eddie (Clark Gable) even through brushes with the law that will bring a jail term.
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Hold 'Em Jail 1932 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Betty Grable, Edgar Kennedy, Edna May Oliver, Roscoe Ates, Paul Hurst, Warren Hymer, Robert Armstrong, Spencer Charters
Prison inmates Curly (Bert Wheeler) and Spider (Robert Woolsey) get involved in prison football–the warden's (Edgar Kennedy) favorite sport.
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The Ox-Bow Incident 1943  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, Mary Beth Hughes, William Eythe, Jane Darwell, Marc Lawrence, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Matt Briggs, Paul Hurst, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, Willard Robertson
Cowboys Gil Carter (Henry Fonda) and Art Croft (Harry Morgan) ride into a small Nevada town and have a drink at a bar. The next thing they know, they are in the midst of a barroom brawl, which sets them apart from the locals. The sheriff is out of town, and a lynch mob forms, led by Major Tetley (Frank Conroy), when the news is revealed that a rancher has been killed by rustlers. The cowboys ride out of town and witness the mob hanging three men. When they learn that no rancher was killed, the cowboys' reaction is to search for the truth and bring justice to the killing of three innocent men. This film presents a psychological view of mob violence and its aftermath and is based on a true story that took place during 1885 in Nevada. A great Western that received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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Prison Break 1938 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell, Paul Hurst, Constance Moore, Ward Bond, Edward Pawley, Edmund MacDonald, Guy Usher, Victor Kilian, George Cleveland, Frank Darien, Glenn Strange
Tuna fisherman Joaquin (Barton MacLane) is wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to prison. He is up for early parole after being a model prisoner, but when he finds out that his movements will be limited, and he will not be allowed to marry his fiancee, he breaks out of prison and searches for the real killer.
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Public Hero No. 1 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Walter Ruben
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia, Paul Kelly, Lewis Stone, Paul Hurst, George E. Stone, Selmer Jackson, Walter Brennan
FBI agents are not far behind mob boss Sonny (Joseph Calleia) who has escaped from prison. This is an entertaining, suspense-filled drama featuring Lionel Barrymore as a hard-drinking doctor for the mob.
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The Racketeer 1929 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Higgin
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Carole Lombard, Roland Drew, Jeanette Loff, John Loder, Paul Hurst, Kit Guard, Al Hill, Hedda Hopper, Winifred Harris, Budd Fine, Winter Hall
Fast-talking gangster Mahlon Keane (Robert Armstrong) helps Rhoda (Carole Lombard) win money cheating at poker. She plans to use the money to help her boyfriend, Tony (Roland Drew), who wants to be a classical violinist, but Mahlon has other plans for Rhoda's future.
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Riffraff 1935 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Walter Ruben
Cast: Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel, Joseph Calleia, Mickey Rooney, Victor Kilian, J. Farrell MacDonald, Roger Imhof, Juanita Quigley, Paul Hurst
Union leader Dutch (Spencer Tracy) fights for the rights of tuna fishermen but has problems settling disputes with cannery worker Hattie (Jean Harlow).
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Scared Stiff 1945 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Treasure of Fear
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Jack Haley, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Veda Ann Borg, Arthur Aylesworth, Lucien Littlefield, George E. Stone, Paul Hurst, Robert Emmett Keane, Eily Malyon, Buddy Swan, Roger Pryor
Inept newspaper reporter Larry Elliot (Jack Haley) is assigned to report on a wine festival while the good reporters are covering the story of a convict's escape from jail. But Larry boards the wrong bus. After a murder is committed on his bus, Larry is a suspect, inadvertently gets involved with the escaped convict, and saves the day. Weak.
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Second Honeymoon 1937 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Stuart Erwin, Claire Trevor, Marjorie Weaver, Lyle Talbot, J. Edward Bromberg, Paul Hurst, Jayne Regan, Mary Treen, Hal K. Dawson, William Wagner, Robert Kellard, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Tannen
Irresponsible playboy Raoul McLish (Tyrone Power) was Vicki's (Loretta Young) first husband, but that marriage has ended in divorce, and Vickie is married now to hardworking businessman Bob Benton (Lyle Talbot). While vacationing in Florida, Vicki runs into Raoul, and when Bob needs to return to New York on business, Raoul and Vicki get together. After a series of mix-ups, Bob ends up out of Vicki's life, and she and Raoul plan to marry again and live happily ever after.
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The Secret Six 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George W. Hill
Cast: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau, Clark Gable, Ralph Bellamy, John Miljan, DeWitt Jennings, Frank McGlynn Sr., Paul Hurst, Louis Natheaux
When bootleggers threaten to undermine Chicago's civil order, the police chief creates a vigilante group of six to go up against the gangsters.
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The Secret Witness 1931 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
aka: Terror by Night
Director: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Una Merkel, William Collier Jr., Zasu Pitts, Purnell Pratt, Clyde Cook, Ralf Harolde, June Clyde, Rita La Roy, Paul Hurst, Nat Pendleton, Clarence Muse, Hooper Atchley, Billy Bletcher, Mike Donlin, Henry Hall
Wealthy philanderer Herbert Folsom (Hooper Atchley) is found dead from a bullet wound, and there are several suspects who include his wife (Rita La Roy) and the brother of his latest mistress–who committed suicide when Herbert had refused to dump his wife. Ditzy neighbor Lois Martin (Una Merkel) helps in identifying the culprit.
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Something for the Boys 1944 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Carmen Miranda, Michael O'Shea, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers, Sheila Ryan, Perry Como, Glenn Langan, Rory Calhoun, Thurston Hall, Eddie Acuff, Clarence Kolb, Paul Hurst, Murray Alper, Judy Holliday, Jimmy Dodd
Distant cousins–Chiquita (Carmen Miranda), Blossom (Vivian Blaine), and Harry Hart (Phil Silvers)–inherit a Texas plantation that is in very bad condition. In an effort to make money for repairs and turn the plantation into a hotel for World War II Army wives, they decide to put on a show in the plantation's back yard. This musical features songs from Cole Porter and include "I Wish I Didn't Have to Say Goodnight" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice." This film marks Perry Como's film debut.
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The Sphinx 1933 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Wilfred Lucas, Phil Rosen
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Sheila Terry, Theodore Newton, Paul Hurst, Luis Alberni, Robert Ellis, Lucien Prival, Lillian Leighton, Paul Fix, George "Gabby" Hayes
Following a murder, wealthy Jerome Breen (Lionel Atwill) was accused after an eye witness insisted that Jerome was at the crime scene and spoke to another person. But Jerome is proven to be a deaf mute. Reporter Jack Burton (Theodore Newton), feeling that something strange is going on, investigates. Jerome's secret is uncovered at film's end. Remade in 1942 as "The Phantom Killer."
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Summer Storm 1944 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Hugo Haas, Edward Everett Horton, Lori Lahner, John Philliber, Sig Ruman, John Abbott, Byron Foulger, Andre Charlot, Frank Orth, Sarah Padden, Paul Hurst, Charles Trowbridge
Based on Anton Chekhov's "The Shooting Party," Linda Darnell stars as the peasant, Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin, who is determined to raise her standard of living. After marrying middle-aged public servant Anton Urbenin (Hugo Haas), Olga becomes involved in affairs with Count "Piggy" Volsky (Edward Everett Horton) and with judge Fedor Petroff (George Sanders). Olga's actions lead to tragedy when Fedor kills her–letting Anton take the blame until ten years later when his guilt forces him to confess.
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The Sun Shines Bright 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: John Ford
Cast: Charles Winninger, Arleen Whelan, John Russell, Stepin Fetchit, Grant Withers, Milburn Stone, Slim Pickens, Henry O'Neill, Russell Simpson, Ludwig Stossel, Francis Ford, Paul Hurst, Mitchell Lewis, Dorothy Jordan
This remake of "Judge Priest," the moral leader of his family and community, is an uplifting–if not as good as the original–story.
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The Thirteenth Guest 1932 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Lady Beware
Director: Albert Ray
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, J. Farrell MacDonald, James Eagles, Eddie Phillips, Erville Alderson, Paul Hurst, Crauford Kent, Ethel Wales, Phillips Smalley, Tom London, John Ince
Thirteen years ago the host of a dinner party died at the table after naming the person who would inherit his house. Twelve of the 13 invited guests were on hand, with the heir being the only absentee. Now, after the mansion had been closed up all these years, bodies start showing up at the table in the same chair that each was in at the dinner. Phil (Lyle Talbot), a playboy sleuth, is called in to solve the case and bring the hooded killer to justice.
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To Mary-with Love 1936 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Ian Hunter, Claire Trevor, Jean Dixon, Pat Somerset, Helen Brown, Paul Hurst, Franklin Pangborn, Tyler Brooke
The Great Depression affects the marriage of Jack and Mary Wallace (Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy) in this drama based on the lives of many Americans in the early 1930s. Hard to relate to today.
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Topper Takes a Trip 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Verree Teasdale, Franklin Pangborn, Alexander D'Arcy, Paul Hurst, Spencer Charters, Irving Pichel, Armand Kaliz, Eddie Conrad, Leon Belasco, Georges Revanent, Wade Boteler
This film picks up where the original "Topper" left off (without Cary Grant, except in a flashback). Cosmo Topper's (Roland Young) wife Clara (Billie Burke) heads to France, intending to divorce Cosmo, thinking that he had an affair with Marion Kerby (Constance Bennett), who was, in reality, a ghost trying to do a good deed. Cosmo chases after Clara, hoping to change her mind, and Marion shows up with her ghost dog to help him out. Excellent special effects, especially for the 1930s.
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Tugboat Annie 1933 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Willard Robertson, Frankie Darro, Tammany Young, Jack Pennick, Paul Hurst, Oscar Apfel
Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery provide enjoyable fare as Tugboat Annie and her boozing husband in this lighthearted comedy.
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Young and Willing 1943 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Martha O'Driscoll, James Brown, Barbara Britton, Mabel Paige, Paul Hurst, Olin Howland
Young and aspiring show-business hopefuls share an apartment building as well as their dreams and love as they strive for success.
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| 1. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
2. Angel and the Badman (1947)
3. Bad Company (1931)
4. Big Jim McLain (1952)
5. The Big Stampede (1932)
6. Caught in the Draft (1941)
7. Coney Island (1943)
8. December 7th (1943)
aka: December 7th: The Pearl Harbor Story
9. Each Dawn I Die (1939)
10. The Gay Desperado (1936)
11. Girl Rush (1944)
12. His First Command (1929)
13. Hold Your Man (1933)
14. Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
15. The Legion of Missing Men (1937)
16. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
17. Prison Break (1938)
18. Public Hero No. 1 (1935)
19. The Racketeer (1929)
20. Riffraff (1935)
21. Scared Stiff (1945)
aka: Treasure of Fear
22. Second Honeymoon (1937)
23. The Secret Six (1931)
24. The Secret Witness (1931)
aka: Terror by Night
25. Something for the Boys (1944)
26. The Sphinx (1933)
27. Summer Storm (1944)
28. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
29. The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
aka: Lady Beware
30. To Mary-with Love (1936)
31. Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
32. Tugboat Annie (1933)
33. Young and Willing (1943)
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