Adventures of Marco Polo 1938  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Ernest Truex, Alan Hale, Binnie Barnes, Ward Bond, Lana Turner, Robert Greig, H.B. Warner, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Henry Kolker, Stanley Fields
When 13th-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) arrives in China on a trade mission, he falls in love with Princess Kukachen (Sigrid Gurie). But, the conniving Prime Minister Ahmed (Basil Rathbone) wants the princess for himself and schemes to have Marco Polo temporarily banished by sending him to the outlands, which are controlled by the bandit Kaidu (Alan Hale). When Marco Polo meets Kaidu, the two join forces to save Princess Kukachen's father, Kublai Kahn (George Barbier). To achieve their goal, they use gunpowder, and by story's end, Marco Polo and Princess Kukachen are on their way to Persia.
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Algiers 1938  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart, Walter Kingsford, Paul Harvey, Johnny Downs, Robert Greig
Suave French jewel thief Pepe le Moko (Charles Boyer) is safe within the Casbah confines where he plays cat-and-mouse games with Inspector Slimane (Joseph Calleia). But when he meets the beautiful Gaby (Hedy Lamarr), her very presence represents the world at large that he can no longer enter, and Inspector Slimane just bides his time. Charles Boyer was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar and Gene Lockhart was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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Animal Crackers 1930 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Victor Heerman
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Lillian Roth, Robert Greig, Louis Sorin, Hal Thompson, Margaret Irving
Capt. Jeffrey Spaulding (Groucho Marx) is being honored upon his return from Africa. The party becomes the centerpiece for a scheme to substitute a forgery for a valuable painting. Uproariously funny film. Groucho Marx: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know."
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Arabian Nights 1942  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Sabu, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Leif Erickson, Billy Gilbert, Edgar Barrier, Richard Lane, Turhan Bey, John Qualen, Shemp Howard, William "Wee Willie" Davis, Thomas Gomez, Jeni Le Gon, Robert Greig, Charles Coleman
After his brother Kamar (Leif Erickson) tries and fails to kill him, Haroun-Al-Raschid (Jon Hall) is nursed back to health by the sultry Scheherazade (Maria Montez). Now–with help from Ali Ben Ali (Sabu), Sinbad (Shemp Howard), and Aladdin (John Qualen)–Haroun-Al-Raschid sets out to regain his position as the legal heir to the throne of the Kalif of Baghdad.
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The Devil-Doll 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tod Browning
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Henry B. Walthall, Robert Greig, Lucy Beaumont, Pedro de Cordoba, Rafaela Ottiano, Arthur Hohl
Lionel Barrymore plays a fugitive who, after escaping from prison, uses tiny "devil dolls" to avenge past actions against him.
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The Great Ziegfeld 1936 N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: William Powell, Luise Rainer, Myrna Loy, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Nat Pendleton, Virginia Bruce, Ernest Cossart, Robert Greig, Ray Bolger, Fanny Brice, Joseph Cawthorn, Herman Bing
This film won the Oscar for Best Picture. It is the story of Flo Ziegfeld's (William Powell) rise from carnival work to the top of the entertainment world. Luise Rainer won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Flo's wife, French singer Anna Held.
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Hollywood and Vine 1945 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexis Thurn-Taxis
Cast: James Ellison, Wanda McKay, June Clyde, Ralph Morgan, Franklin Pangborn, Leon Belasco, Emmett Lynn, Vera Lewis, Robert Greig, Charles Williams, Ray Whitley, Dewey Robinson
This amusing parody on the film industry is set in a drugstore at Hollywood and Vine where screenwriter Larry Winters (James Ellison) has come to research his next story.
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 Horse Feathers 1932  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Thelma Todd, David Landau, Florine McKinney, Nat Pendleton, James Pierce, Robert Greig
The Marx Brothers are at their very funniest in this film about a college dean (Groucho) who is determined to have a winning football season after years of being on the losing end.
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The Lady Eve 1941  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Luis Alberni, Robert Greig, Janet Beecher, Dora Clement, Al Bridge, Eddie Hall, Bess Flowers
This not-to-be-missed comedy pits Charles Pike (Henry Fonda) and Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) as the romantic couple who meets aboard ship. Very rich Charles rejects Jean who in turn plots to get him back by posing as Lady Eve Sidwich. A fun ride.
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Love Me Tonight 1932 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles, C. Aubrey Smith, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Elizabeth Patterson, George "Gabby" Hayes, Blanche Friderici, Joseph Cawthorn, Ethel Griffies, Robert Greig, Bert Roach, Tyler Brooke, Mary Doran
This Rogers and Hart musical is a delight. It is the story of a tailor Maurice Courtelin (Maurice Chevalier) who pretends to be a Baron in order to gain the romantic attentions of the beautiful Princess Jeanette (Jeanette MacDonald). Chevalier sings the classics "Mimi," "Lover," and "Isn't it Romantic."
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Million Dollar Kid 1944  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William "Billy" Benedict, Louise Currie, Noah Beery, Iris Adrian, Herbert Heys, Robert Greig, Johnny Duncan, Stanley Brown
The East Side Kids try to do their part in ridding the streets of hoods. In the process, they rescue a millionaire from muggers, one of whom was the rich man's son, Roy (Johnny Duncan). The Gang sets out to reform the son, but with little success, until Roy's brother is killed in the war. Now Roy tries to help the Gang, which puts him in jeopardy.
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 Moon Over Miami 1941 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings, Charlotte Greenwood, Jack Haley, Carole Landis, George Lessey, Minor Watson, Fortunio Bonanova, Robert Greig
In this entertaining film, three fortune-hunting sisters (Betty Grable, Charlotte Greenwood, and Carol Landis) find Miami to be the optimum place in their search for wealthy husbands.
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 Morning Glory 1933 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Duncan, Don Alvarado, Fred Santley, Richard Carle, Tyler Brooke, Robert Greig, Geneva Mitchell, Helen Ware
Katharine Hepburn won the Oscar for her role in this film about young actress Eva Lovelace who comes to New York City seeking fame and fortune.
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No Time for Comedy 1940 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Guy with a Grin
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Charles Ruggles, Genevieve Tobin, Louise Beavers, Frank Faylen, Allyn Joslyn, Clarence Kolb, Robert Greig, J.M. Kerrigan
Gaylord and Linda Easterbrook (James Stewart and Rosalind Russell) are a playwright and actress who spar with each other while his play is being readied as a Broadway production.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Albert Lewin
Cast: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Donna Reed, Lowell Gilmore, Richard Fraser, Reginald Owen, Mary Forbes, Morton Lowry, Douglas Walton, Miles Mander, Lydia Bilbrook, Billy Bevan, Robert Greig
After his friend Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) talks him into it, London aristocrat Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) commissions artist Basil Hallward (Lowell Gilmore) to paint his portrait. When the picture is completed, Gray makes a pact with the Devil to stay eternally young. Years go by, and others grow older, but Gray seems to get younger. Meanwhile, the portrait is hidden away, but it shows Gray's face growing old and disfigured. He murders Hallward to ensure that his secret will not be told and then falls in love with Hallward's niece Gladys (Donna Reed). But, Gladys' ex-boyfriend David (Peter Lawford), whose Aunt Sibyl committed suicide when Gray betrayed her, is suspicious of Gray and sets out to reveal his true, evil nature. Gray: "To get back my youth, I'd do anything in the world–except get up early, take exercise, or be respectable." Angela Lansbury received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Rose-Marie 1936 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Indian Love Call
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart, Reginald Owen, Alan Mowbray, David Niven, George Regas, Robert Greig, Una O'Connor, Lucien Littlefield
Set in the Canadian Rockies, this story involves the romance of a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman, Sergeant Bruce (Nelson Eddy), and the beautiful Marie de Flor (Jeanette MacDonald) who find love despite Marie's criminal brother.
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Stowaway 1936 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Adventure
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette, Helen Westley, Arthur Treacher, Philip Ahn, J. Edward Bromberg, Astrid Allwyn, Allan Lane, Robert Greig, Jayne Tannen, Willie Fung, Paul McVey
An orphaned girl, Ching-Ching (Shirley Temple), stows away aboard ship and befriends a playboy millionaire, Tommy Randall (Robert Young). Ching-Ching next plays Cupid and arranges for Randall and Susan Parker (Alice Faye) to meet. Marriage follows, and–of course–Ching-Ching is adopted by the happy couple.
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 Sullivan's Travels 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Byron Foulger, Margaret Hayes, Robert Greig, Eric Blore, Torben Meyer, Victor Potel, Richard Webb, Charles R. Moore, Almira Sessions
This spoof on the Hollywood scene has Joel McCrea playing movie director John L. Sullivan who wants to put meaning into his films. To that end, he sets out to meet real people, and with only 10 cents in his pocket, he begins his journey across America and into the real world.
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Tonight or Never 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Melvyn Douglas, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Robert Greig, Alison Skipworth, Warburton Gamble, Greta Meyer, Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Eric Mayne
Young opera singer Nella Vago (Gloria Swanson) lacks passion in her performances. But, a holiday in Venice improves her ability to exhibit passion after she meets and falls for handsome Jim Fletcher (Melvin Douglas), and her career zooms upward.
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Trouble for Two 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Suicide Club
Director: J. Walter Ruben
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Louis Hayward, E.E. Clive, Walter Kingsford, Ivan F. Simpson, Robert Greig, Pedro de Cordoba
Taken from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Suicide Club" stories, this lighthearted mystery promises much, but falls short in the end. Prince Florizel (Robert Montgomery) is heir to the throne of Karovia. He joins a mysterious Suicide Club and must survive a series of lethal traps to gain the crown and regain his princess (Rosalind Russell).
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Trouble in Paradise 1932 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig, Luis Alberni, George Humbert, Rolfe Sedan
World-class thief Gaston (Herbert Marshall) teams up with pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins) and they are not only successful but also fall in love. However, when they get employed by the rich and beautiful Madame Colet (Kay Francis) and it appears that love is blooming on that front, there is Lily's jealousy to contend with. This sophisticated comedy is very well done.
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Unfaithfully Yours 1948 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence, Rudy Vallee, Lionel Stander, Edgar Kennedy, Kurt Kreuger, Al Bridge, Julius Tannen, Torben Meyer, Robert Greig, Isabel Jewell, Georgia Caine, Evelyn Beresford, J. Farrell MacDonald
Rex Harrison is brilliant as symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter whose brother-in-law August (Rudy Vallee) tells him that Alfred's wife, Daphne (Linda Darnell), is having an affair. Alfred obsesses with the thought that Daphne would have another lover and even plots her demise while conducting the orchestra. As he comes up with ways to solve the problem, Alfred sets each solution to a different classical number, and options change with the mood of the music. But, later, his efforts to physically carry out those plans result in slapstick gags, which end in a fiasco. This film was remade in 1984 starring Dudley Moore as the conductor and Nastassja Kinski as the "unfaithful" wife.
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Way Down South 1939 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Clarence Muse, Steffi Duna, Sally Blane, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Middleton, Robert Greig, Jack Carr, Marguerite Whitten, Lillian Yarbo
Set in New Orleans during the 1850s, this story involves the efforts of a young orphan, Tim Reed (Bobby Breen), to save his family's plantation and prevent the slaves from being sold by the executor of the estate, Martin Dill (Edwin Maxwell).
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| 1. Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
2. Algiers (1938)
3. Animal Crackers (1930)
4. Arabian Nights (1942)
5. The Devil-Doll (1936)
6. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
7. Hollywood and Vine (1945)
8. Horse Feathers (1932)
9. The Lady Eve (1941)
10. Love Me Tonight (1932)
11. Million Dollar Kid (1944)
12. Moon Over Miami (1941)
13. Morning Glory (1933)
14. No Time for Comedy (1940)
aka: Guy with a Grin
15. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
16. Rose-Marie (1936)
aka: Indian Love Call
17. Stowaway (1936)
18. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
19. Tonight or Never (1931)
20. Trouble for Two (1936)
aka: The Suicide Club
21. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
22. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
23. Way Down South (1939)
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