The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss 1936  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Amazing Adventure
Romance and Riches
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Cast: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Kendall, Leon M. Lion, John Turnbull, Garry Marsh, Andreas Malandrinos, Charles Farrell, Ralph Richardson
A young man (Cary Grant) decides that he will not touch his inheritance for one year while he proves he can make it on his own.
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Behind That Curtain 1929  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gilbert Emery, Philip Strange, E.L. Park, Lois Moran, Claude King, Boris Karloff, Jamiel Hasson, Peter Gawthorne, John Rogers, Edgar Norton, Frank Finch Smiles
This early sound movie, featuring the wise detective Charlie Chan (E.L. Park), is about an heiress (Lois Moran) who leaves her husband for a new "love" in her life but is about to suffer the consequences.
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Charlie Chan Carries On 1931 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: Warner Oland, Marguerite Churchill, John Garrick, Warren Hymer, William(2) Holden, George Brent, Jason Robards Sr., Marjorie White, C. Henry Gordon, Peter Gawthorne, John T. Murray, John Swor, Goodee Montgomery, Lumsden Hare, Zeffie Tilbury
This film, lost in the archives, features Warner Oland in his first role as Charlie Chan. Charlie is vacationing in London when a wealthy American is murdered in a London hotel. Charlie follows clues that lead him from London to Nice, San Remo, Hong Kong, and Honolulu. This film was remade in 1940 as "Charlie Chan 's Murder Cruise" with Sidney Toler in the title role.
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Love on the Dole 1941 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Baxter
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Joyce Howard, Frank Cellier, Mary Merrall, George Carney, Geoffrey Hibbert, Martin Walker, Maire O'Neill, Peter Gawthorne, Iris Vandeleur, Marie Ault, Marjorie Rhodes
In a Lancashire town in England during the 1930s, the Hardcastle family and their neighbors are struggling to make it through the Depression. Sally Hardcastle (Deborah Kerr) is a mill girl who is in love with factory worker Larry Meath (Clifford Evans). But, Larry is killed following a scuffle with police during a demonstration against work conditions. Sally borrows money from local bookie Sam Grundy (Frank Cellier) to pay for Larry's funeral. Sam, in turn, is interested in Sally and asks her to become his mistress. Sally compromises her morals in hopes of helping her family improve its dire circumstances and agrees to become his mistress trusting that Sam will find work for her father (George Carney) and brother (Geoffrey Hibbert).
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Perfect Understanding 1933 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cyril Gardner
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday, Sir Nigel Playfair, Michael Farmer, Peter Gawthorne, Genevieve Tobin
Gloria Swanson produced this tale of a triangle involving Nicholas (Laurence Olivier), his new bride, and a former lover. It is not one of Olivier's better-known efforts, and far from his best.
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| 1. The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
aka: The Amazing Adventure
aka: Romance and Riches
2. Behind That Curtain (1929)
3. Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
4. Love on the Dole (1941)
5. Perfect Understanding (1933)
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