As You Desire Me 1932  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Erich von Stroheim, Owen Moore, Hedda Hopper, Rafaela Ottiano, Albert Conti, Roland Varno, Warburton Gamble, William Ricciardi, Edmund Breese
Amnesiac Zara (Greta Garbo) is reunited with her husband (Melvyn Douglas) after her 10-year disappearance caused by violence during the Australian invasion. Despite her amnesia, she falls in love with him again.
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The Blue Angel 1930  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Hans Albers, Rosa Valetti, Eduard von Winterstein, Reinhold Bernt, Hans Roth, Rolf Muller, Roland Varno
Lola-Lola (Marlene Dietrich) is a dancer in a cabaret when the very proper Professor Immanuel Rath (Emil Jannings) becomes so obsessed with her that he gives up everything to be near her–only to awaken to reality when it is too late.
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Flight to Nowhere 1946  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William Rowland
Cast: Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Micheline Cheirel, Jack Holt, Jerome Cowan, Inez Cooper, Hoot Gibson, John Craven, Roland Varno, Michael Visaroff
A map disclosing the location of South Pacific deposits of Uranium has been stolen, and a former intelligence agent (Alan Curtis) and a federal agent (Jack Holt) intend to find it–which they do after the usual difficulties, including murder. Cheap, very cheap.
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 Gunga Din 1939  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joan Fontaine, Montagu Love, Robert Coote, Cecil Kellaway, Abner Biberman, Lumsden Hare, Reginald Sheffield, Roland Varno, Charles Bennett, Jamiel Hasson
Rudyard Kipling's poem about British soldiers crushing revolts during the 1800s in India is the source for this outstanding film. After a British outpost is raided by the rebelling Thugges who want the British off their land, Sergeants Cutter (Cary Grant) MacChesney (Victor McLaglen), and Ballantine (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) are ordered to the outpost to annihilate the raiders. They are accompanied by Indian troops and water-bearer Gunga Din (Sam Jaffe) and manage to complete their mission. Later, Cutter and Gunga Din search for gold and find it–in the Thugges' headquarters, and the dangers reach new heights.
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The Return of the Vampire 1944 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Roland Varno, Miles Mander, Matt Willis, Ottola Nesmith, Gilbert Emery, Leslie Denison, Billy Bevan
As if the bombings during the World War II Battle of Britain were not enough, vampire Armand Tesla (Bela Lugosi) arrives in London to add more terror to the moment.
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Scared to Death 1947  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Douglas Fowley, Joyce Compton, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Molly Lamont, Angelo Rossitto, Gladys Blake, Roland Varno, Stanley Andrews, Stanley Price
This story is narrated by the corpse of Laura Van Ee (Molly Lamont) who suffered persecution by her husband and others until the fright proved too much, and she died. Now, from the morgue, the bizarre story of just how she got there is told.
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Three Faces West 1940 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn, Spencer Charters, Roland Varno, Trevor Bardette, Wade Boteler, Sonny Bupp, Russell Simpson, Charles Waldron
Dr. Braun (Charles Coburn) moves his family to America and finds that his new countrymen are facing terrible odds in the Dust Bowl. One of the neighboring farmers (John Wayne) refuses to give up during the lack of rain and encourages his fellow farmers to have patience.
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Underground 1941  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Jeffrey Lynn, Philip Dorn, Kaaren Verne, Mona Maris, Peter Whitney, Martin Kosleck, Erwin Kalser, Ilka Gruning, Frank Reicher, Egon Brecher, Ludwig Stossel, Roland Varno
During World War II, German brothers Kurt (Jeffrey Lynn) and Eric (Philip Dorn) embrace opposing doctrines. Kurt is a Nazi while Eric is a Socialist in this propaganda film that was released shortly before America's entry into the war.
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| 1. As You Desire Me (1932)
2. The Blue Angel (1930)
3. Flight to Nowhere (1946)
4. Gunga Din (1939)
5. Hostages (1943)
6. The Return of the Vampire (1944)
7. Scared to Death (1947)
8. Three Faces West (1940)
9. Underground (1941)
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