The Border Legion 1940  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
aka: West of the Badlands
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Hughes, Joe Sawyer, Maude Eburne, Jay Novello, Eddie Acuff, Hal Taliaferro, Dick Wessel, Paul Porcasi
This Zane Grey story has a man on the run from the east coming west and helping friends deal with outlaws.
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Bought 1931  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett, Dorothy Peterson, Ray Milland, Doris Lloyd, Maude Eburne, Mae Madison, Clara Blandick, Paul Porcasi
Stephany (Constance Bennett) feels life has not been fair, but she learns that one gets out of life what one puts into it.
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa 1938 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Louis King
Cast: John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner, J. Carrol Naish, E.E. Clive, Reginald Denny, Anthony Quinn, Matthew Boulton, Neil Fitzgerald, Paul Porcasi
Just before he is to marry Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel), Bulldog Drummond (John Howard) heads off for Africa to rescue his friend, Col. Nielson (H. B. Warner), from the clutches of an international spy ring.
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Cafe Metropole 1937 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Charles Winninger, Helen Westley, Christian Rub, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Georges Renavent, Leonid Kinskey, Hal K. Dawson, Louis Mercier, Gino Corrado, Jules Raucourt, Paul Porcasi
Monsieur Victor (Adolphe Menjou) owns the Cafe Metropole, but he faces a prison term if he does not replace the money he has embezzled from the cafe. He thinks he has the money when he wins at the casino, and playboy Alexander Brown (Tyrone Power) gives him a check, but the check bounces. Now, Victor forces Alexander to pretend to be a Russian prince, "Alexis Penayev," and woo a wealthy American, Laura Ridgeway (Loretta Young), so that they can use her money to pay off the debt. The courtship begins, Alexis and Laura fall in love, and then the real prince (Gregory Ratoff) makes himself known. Has Victor taken on more than he can handle?
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Chained 1934 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin, Una O'Connor, Akim Tamiroff, Ward Bond, Marjorie Gateson, Lee Phelps, Paul Porcasi
A shipboard romance between Mike Bradley (Clark Gable) and Diane Lovering (Joan Crawford) is rekindled while she waits for her lover to get his divorce.
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Charlie Chan in Egypt 1935  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Louis King
Cast: Warner Oland, Pat Paterson, Thomas Beck, Rita Hayworth, Stepin Fetchit, Frank Conroy, Nigel De Brulier, Paul Porcasi, John Davidson, Jameson Thomas, Arthur Stone, James Eagles, Frank Reicher, George Irving, Anita Brown
Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) is hired by a French museum to find out what is going on when crooks sell valuable Egyptian artifacts on the open market. When Chan arrives in Egypt, he finds mummy wrappings covering the body of a murdered archaeologist. Another murder occurs, but Chan, of course, does solve the mystery. Featured in this film is a very young Rita Cansino–soon to change her name to Rita Hayworth.
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The Criminal Code 1931 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Mary Doran, Boris Karloff, DeWitt Jennings, John Sheehan, Otto Hoffman, Arthur Hoyt, Paul Porcasi
An innocent man (Phillips Holmes) is jailed, and the warden (Walter Huston) is faced with problems when his own daughter falls in love with his prisoner. This film was remade as "Convicted" in 1950, while film footage is used in 1968's "Targets."
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The Death Kiss 1933 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: David Manners, Adrienne Ames, Bela Lugosi, John Wray, Edward Van Sloan, Vince Barnett, Wade Boteler, Harry Strang, Paul Porcasi, Harold Minjir, Alexander Carr
During the filming of a mystery film, one of the actors is murdered. When the film's leading lady (Adrienne Ames) is arrested for the crime, the film's screenwriter Franklin Drew (David Manners) begins to investigate. The suspects include the studio chief (Alexander Carr), studio executive (Bela Lugosi), and the film's director (Edward Van Sloan).
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Devil and the Deep 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marion Gering
Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Cary Grant, Paul Porcasi, Juliette Compton, Henry Kolker, Lucien Littlefield, Arthur Hoyt, Gordon Westcott
Everyone pays when a submarine skipper, Commander Sturm (Charles Laughton), suspects that two of his lieutenants (Gary Cooper and Cary Grant) are having affairs with his wife Pauline (Tallulah Bankhead).
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Enter Madame 1935 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Elissa Landi, Cary Grant, Lynne Overman, Sharon Lynn, Frank Albertson, Paul Porcasi, Adrian Rosley, Cecilia Parker, Matt McHugh
Gerald Fitzgerald (Cary Grant) marries opera star Lisa della Robbia (Elissa Landi), but his problems adjusting to her temperament and busy schedule threaten their wedded bliss.
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A Farewell to Arms 1932  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips, Jack La Rue, Blanche Friderici, Henry Armetta, Mary Forbes, Paul Porcasi, George Humbert, Gilbert Emery, Herman Bing, Gino Corrado, Marcelle Corday, Doris Lloyd
This Ernest Hemingway story about an ill-fated romance during World War I is brought to the screen with Gary Cooper starring as the ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and Helen Hayes in the role of nurse Catherine Barkley. Frederic and Catherine meet and fall in love in war-torn Italy. Their romance leads to Maj. Rinaldi (Adolphe Menjou) becoming jealous and having Catherine transferred to Milan. When Frederic is wounded and taken to Catherine's hospital, the romance resumes. Later, Henry returns to the war while the now-pregnant Catherine travels to Switzerland. Rinaldi intercepts Catherine's letters to Frederic, but when the war ends, Henry goes to Switzerland in search of Catherine.
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 Flying Down to Rio 1933 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Dolores del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Blanche Friderici, Walter Walker, Eric Blore, Luis Alberni, Paul Porcasi
This is the first pairing of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire; their dancing saves the day for this film featuring novelty numbers, which include dancing on the wings of airplanes.
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 The Gay Divorcee 1934 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, William Austin, Betty Grable, E.E. Clive, Paul Porcasi, Lillian Miles, Charles Coleman, George Davis, Charlie Hall
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, as Guy and Mimi, run into each other at a resort where Mimi is awaiting her divorce. Mimi mistakes Guy for the man (Erik Rhodes) who her aunt (Alice Brady) has hired to have a tryst with Mimi and, thus, provide the grounds for her divorce. Complications ensue when Guy is attracted to Mimi, but she, because of the mix-up, does not treat him well. By story's end, all ends happily. The dances to "The Continental" and "Night and Day" are delightfully performed in this film. "The Continental" won the Academy Award for Best Song, the first year that the award was given for this category. Nominations were also received for four other awards, including Best Picture.
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Grand Slam 1933 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Loretta Young, Paul Lukas, Frank McHugh, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Roscoe Karns, Walter Byron, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Joseph Cawthorn, Paul Porcasi
After a waiter (Paul Lukas) is called on to make up a fourth during a bridge tournament, he falls in love with one of the players (Loretta Young) in this tongue-in-cheek look at the bridge tournament craze of the 1930s.
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Hell Below 1933 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante, Eugene Pallette, Robert Young, David Newell, Charles Irwin, Sterling Holloway, Paul Porcasi
Walter Huston is commander of a submarine in World War I in the midst of a secret and dangerous mission. He also feuds with one of his lieutenants (Robert Montgomery), who is after the skipper's daughter. After the lieutenant's best friend is left topside while diving to escape German destroyers, things get even tougher. Good action scenes.
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Hi Diddle Diddle 1943 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Try and Find It
Diamonds and Crime
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri, Dennis O'Keefe, Billie Burke, Walter Kingsford, Barton Hepburn, Georges Metaxa, Eddie Marr, Paul Porcasi, Bert Roach, June Havoc, Chick Chandler, Richard Hageman, Ellen Lowe
The honeymoon of newlyweds Janie (Martha Scott) and Sonny (Dennis O'Keefe) is interrupted when the bride's mother (Billie Burke) learns that she has been swindled by a suitor (Barton Hepburn) she has turned down. To the rescue comes the groom's father (Adolphe Menjou) who steps in to save the day.
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I Dream Too Much 1935 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Lily Pons, Henry Fonda, Eric Blore, Osgood Perkins, Lucien Littlefield, Esther Dale, Lucille Ball, Mischa Auer, Paul Porcasi, Clarence Wilson
Metropolitan Opera diva Lily Pons takes on the role of aspiring opera singer, Annette. She and composer Jonathan (Henry Fonda) marry and go to Paris where they seek their fortunes.
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I Like Your Nerve 1931  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Henry Kolker, Edmund Breon, Boris Karloff, Luis Alberni, Claud Allister, Paul Porcasi, Ivan F. Simpson, Herbert Bunston
A bon vivant (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) changes to a more serious and directed persona when he spends time in Central America and falls in love with a young woman (Loretta Young).
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I Was an Adventuress 1940 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, Peter Lorre, Sig Ruman, Fritz Feld, Cora Witherspoon, Anthony Kemble-Cooper, Paul Porcasi, Roger Imhof
Tanya (Vera Zorina) is a member of a team of con-artists/jewel thieves. She decides to go straight after she meets the love of her life (Richard Greene), though he thinks she is a countess. The other two team members (Erich von Stroheim and Peter Lorre) don't like that and decide to interfere. Stroheim and Lorre are a great pair.
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Imitation of Life 1934 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Ned Sparks, Louise Beavers, Rochelle Hudson, Fredi Washington, Alan Hale, Clarence Wilson, Henry Armetta, Henry Kolker, Paul Porcasi, Wyndham Standing, Franklin Pangborn, Dennis O'Keefe, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
This is the film adaptation of the Fannie Hurst novel about mothers Bea Pullman and Delilah Johnson (Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers) and daughters Jessie (Rochelle Hudson as 18-year-old Jessie) and Peola (Fredi Washington as 16-year-old Peola) whose relationships become difficult. Bea and Delilah open a pancake restaurant that proves to be very successful. But, despite success in their professional lives, problems rise to the fore with their daughters. Jessie falls in love with her mother's boyfriend (Warren William). Meanwhile, light-skinned Peola decides to pass herself off as White and breaks Delilah's heart. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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 King Kong 1933  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson, Frank Reicher, Sam Hardy, James Flavin, Paul Porcasi, Etta McDaniel, Vera Lewis, Steve Clemente, Roscoe Ates, Earl Dwire, George MacQuarrie, Frank Mills
This film about a huge ape that terrorizes New York City is a classic. It is worth watching for the exciting climax when King Kong takes the "light of his life" (Fay Wray) in his arms and climbs to the top of the Empire State Building where he is attacked by an airplane. Good viewing–even better the second time around.
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The Man Who Played God 1932 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John G. Adolfi
Cast: George Arliss, Bette Davis, Violet Heming, Louise Closser Hale, Donald Cook, Ray Milland, Ivan F. Simpson, Andre Luguet, Oscar Apfel, Paul Porcasi
A concert pianist (George Arliss) goes deaf but finds satisfaction in helping students gain access to musical careers.
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Maytime 1937 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore, Herman Bing, Tom Brown, Lynne Carver, Rafaela Ottiano, Paul Porcasi, Sig Ruman, Harry Davenport
An opera star and a poor singer fall in love in Paris, but she marries her mentor. They later reunite as leads in an opera. This is one of the famed singing duo's best films, with wonderful music, but, of course, a weak story. Based on Sigmund Romberg's Broadway musical, all music was changed except one: "Will You Remember (Sweetheart)."
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 Morocco 1930 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou, Ullrich Haupt, Eve Southern, Francis McDonald, Paul Porcasi, Juliette Compton, Michael Visaroff, Albert Conti, Emile Chautard, Theresa Harris
French Foreign Legionnaire Tom Brown (Gary Cooper) falls in love with singer Amy Jolley (Marlene Dietrich) at Lo Tinto's cabaret in this top-notch love story. Four Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actress (Dietrich) and Director.
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 Nothing But Trouble 1944 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Taylor
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Boland, Philip Merivale, Henry O'Neill, Paul Porcasi, Matthew Boulton, Ray Teal, Eddie Dunn, Connie Gilchrist
When a young prince (Philip Merivale) visits the home of their socialite employer (Mary Boland), Laurel and Hardy use their positions as cook and butler to rescue the regent from an assassination attempt.
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The Red-Haired Alibi 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Merna Kennedy, Grant Withers, Theodore von Eltz, Huntley Gordon, Paul Porcasi, Purnell Pratt, Arthur Hoyt, John Vosburgh, Fred Kelsey, Shirley Temple
Red-headed Lynn (Merna Kennedy) is the constant escort for gangster Trent Travers (Theodore von Eltz). This gives him an alibi when his men do the dirty work, and Lynn is so naive that she doesn't even know he's a crook. All ends well in this feature film debut for Shirley Temple.
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Smart Money 1931 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Ralf Harolde, Noel Francis, Maurice Black, Boris Karloff, Paul Porcasi, Ben Taggart, Morgan Wallace, Margaret Livingston, Billy House, Charles(1) Lane, Donald Cook
Nick (Edward G. Robinson) is a barber who is lucky in cards. His friends give him financial backing, and he heads for the city with his younger brother Jack (James Cagney) who is there to protect Nick from those who would steal from him. Nick hits it big in gambling, but he does have a weakness for blondes, and Sleepy Sam's (Ralf Harolde) girl (Noel Francis) gets Nick into a rigged game, and Nick loses everything. Jack tries to help, but tragedy awaits when Nick accidentally kills Jack and is sent to jail on manslaughter charges.
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Svengali 1931  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Bramwell Fletcher, Donald Crisp, Luis Alberni, Lumsden Hare, Paul Porcasi, Carmel Myers, Ferike Boros, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Rose Dione, Yola d'Avril
In this film adaptation of George du Maurier's "Trilby," John Barrymore is superb in the title role of Svengali, the mentor who casts a spell that provides the impetus for young singer Trilby (Marian Marsh) to reach stardom. Trilby has left her family to pursue her career, but what Trilby is not aware of is that she is being manipulated hypnotically and can only perform under Svengali's command. Meanwhile, young artist Billee (Bramwell Fletcher), who is in love with Trilby, has discovered the ruse and follows Svengali and Trilby to Egypt.
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Tarzan and His Mate 1934 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Conway
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Forrester Harvey, William Stack, Desmond Roberts, Paul Porcasi, Ray Corrigan, Nathan Curry
This is the best of the "Tarzan" films with Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan and Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane. The couple encounters danger from ivory hunters who search for an elephant graveyard.
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The Three Sisters 1930 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Sloane
Cast: Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola, Kenneth MacKenna, Joyce Compton, June Collyer, Addie McPhail, Cliff Saum, Sidney De Gray, Paul Porcasi, John St. Polis, Herman Bing
This film is about three Italian sisters, Carlotta (Joyce Compton), Elena (June Collyer), and Antonia (Addie McPhail), who head in separate directions after World War I and leave their mother (Louise Dresser) behind.
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Torrid Zone 1940 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Adventure
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Andy Devine, George Tobias, Helen Vinson, Jerome Cowan, George Reeves, Victor Kilian, Frank Puglia, Grady Sutton, John Ridgely, Paul Porcasi, Frank Yaconelli, Dick Botiller
Central American planter Nick Butler (James Cagney) is a plantation foreman working for Baldwin Fruit Company executive Steve Case (Pat O'Brien). Butler is preparing to head back to Chicago and leave his plantation job behind, but he encounters problems from Case who wants O'Brien to work on another plantation. Butler does agree and goes to the plantation where problems lie ahead in the form of Gloria (Helen Vinson) who is the wife of former foreman Bob Anderson (Jerome Cowan), sexy nightclub singer Lee Donley (Ann Sheridan), and Latino bandits led by Rosario "Rosie" La Mata (George Tobias).
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| 1. The Border Legion (1940)
aka: West of the Badlands
2. Bought (1931)
3. Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
4. Cafe Metropole (1937)
5. Chained (1934)
6. Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
7. The Criminal Code (1931)
8. Cynara (1932)
9. The Death Kiss (1933)
10. Devil and the Deep (1932)
11. Enter Madame (1935)
12. A Farewell to Arms (1932)
13. Flying Down to Rio (1933)
14. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
15. Grand Slam (1933)
16. Hell Below (1933)
17. Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
aka: Try and Find It
aka: Diamonds and Crime
18. I Dream Too Much (1935)
19. I Like Your Nerve (1931)
20. I Was an Adventuress (1940)
21. Imitation of Life (1934)
22. King Kong (1933)
23. The Man Who Played God (1932)
24. Maytime (1937)
25. Morocco (1930)
26. Nothing But Trouble (1944)
27. The Red-Haired Alibi (1932)
28. Smart Money (1931)
29. Svengali (1931)
30. Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
31. The Three Sisters (1930)
32. Torrid Zone (1940)
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