Arrowsmith 1931  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, A.E. Anson, Myrna Loy, Claude King, Beulah Bondi, Russell Hopton, John Qualen, Richard Bennett, DeWitt Jennings
When Dr. Martin Arrowsmith (Ronald Colman) changes his career from physician to research scientist, everything in his life is affected. In true Sinclair Lewis style, the author reveals the commercial aspect of medicine and how quickly money and social status lead to tragedy for those who get wrapped up in the trappings. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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Black Gold 1936  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Russell Hopton
Cast: Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Gloria Shea, Berton Churchill, Stanley Fields, Frank Shannon, George Cleveland, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Dewey Robinson, Slim Whitaker, Carleton Young, Horace B. Carpenter
J.C. Anderson (Berton Churchill) sabotages Dan O'Reilly's (Frank Shannon) oil well and kills Dan in the process, leaving Dan's young son Clifford, "Fishtail," (Frankie Darro) as owner of the well. Geologist Hank Langford (LeRoy Mason) comes to Fishtail's aid but, because of his offer, is kidnapped by Anderson. All is not lost; Hank escapes and saves the day.
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Blonde Crazy 1931  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern, Noel Francis, Guy Kibbee, Ray Milland, Charles(1) Lane, Maude Eburne, Nat Pendleton, Russell Hopton
Bert and Ann (James Cagney and Joan Blondell) are a couple of con artists who go from town to town cheating people out of their money. After being tricked out of their own money, they plot to get it back. This is sort of an early version of "The Sting."
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Born to Be Bad 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Jackie Kelk, Henry Travers, Russell Hopton, Andrew Tombes, Paul Harvey, Harry Green, Marion Burns, Wade Boteler
Mickey (Jackie Kelk) got a bad start in life, and now he has a chance to change his ways after being adopted by a wealthy man (Cary Grant).
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Charlie Chan in Shanghai 1935 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: James Tinling
Cast: Warner Oland, Irene Hervey, Jon Hall, Russell Hicks, Keye Luke, Halliwell Hobbes, Neil Fitzgerald, Harry Strang, Pat O'Malley, Frederick Vogeding, Max Wagner, Lynn Bari, Russell Hopton
An opium smuggling gang in Charlie Chan's (Warner Oland) hometown in China becomes the target of Charlie's investigation when he returns for a visit. Charlie's Number One Son, Lee (Keye Luke), is on hand to help, which is good because Charlie trusts no one involved in the official investigation. By story's end, Charlie does uncover the identity of the gang leader.
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False Pretenses 1935 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Irene Ware, Sidney Blackmer, Russell Hopton, Betty Compson, Edward Gargan, Herbert Clifton, Lucy Beaumont, Marshall Ruth, John Picorri, Dot Farley, William Humphrey, Wilson Benge
Pretty waitress Mary Beekman (Irene Ware) yearns to find a wealthy husband and work her way up the social ladder. She convinces millionaire Kenneth Alden (Sidney Blackmer), who is secretly in love with her, to help her find the man of her dreams. In a comedy of errors, Mary ends up with retired bootlegger Pat Brennan (Russell Hopton) who has used his own social deceptions and believes Mary is the daughter in a wealthy family.
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G-Men 1935  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong, Lloyd Nolan, Regis Toomey, Harold Huber, Raymond Hatton, Marc Lawrence, Barton MacLane, William Harrigan, Russell Hopton, Edward Pawley, Monte Blue, Addison Richards
James Cagney plays a good guy is this movie, which is perhaps William Keighley's best directing job. The plot follows the adventures of James "Brick" Davis (Cagney), a lawyer whose education was financed by crime boss "Mack" McKay (William Harrigan). Brick's roommate Eddie (Regis Toomey) becomes an F.B.I. agent but is later killed by gangster Danny Leggett (Edward Pawley) in a gang shooting. Now, Brick joins the F.B.I. as an agent where he is looked upon with suspicion because of his background ties to McKay. Nevertheless, Brick sets out to avenge the death of Eddie and follows a trail of murders that extends from New York to the Midwest. Based on Gregory Miller's book "Public Enemy No. 1."
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Good Dame 1934  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marion Gering
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Jack La Rue, Noel Francis, Russell Hopton, Walter Brennan, Guy Usher, William Farnum, Edward Gargan, Jill Bennett
Two out-of-luck people, a carnival thief and a chorus girl, join up for a life of crime. In the process, they fall in love. The excellent stars deserve better than this weak story.
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He Was Her Man 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Victor Jory, Frank Craven, Harold Huber, Russell Hopton, Ralf Harolde, John Qualen, Samuel S. Hinds, George Chandler
This weak crime drama concerns a double-crossing safecracker fleeing from the mob. He ends up in a fishing village and falls in love with a fisherman's fiancee. Not exactly one of Cagney's best.
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The Headline Woman 1935 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Woman in the Case
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Heather Angel, Roger Pryor, Jack La Rue, Ford Sterling, Conway Tearle, Franklin Pangborn, Jack Mulhall, Robert Gleckler, Russell Hopton, Ward Bond, Theodore von Eltz, Wade Boteler, Syd Saylor, Morgan Wallace, George "Gabby" Hayes
When star reporter Bob Grayson (Roger Pryor) learns that Myrna (Heather Angel) is going to be charged with murder, he kidnaps her in hopes of being the first one to get the story, and, too late, he realizes that she is his publisher's daughter. But, he falls in love with Myrna, believes in her innocence, and with help from Hugo (Ford Sterling) sets out to find the real killer.
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 I'm No Angel 1933 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold, Kent Taylor, Gregory Ratoff, Ralf Harolde, Gertrude Michael, Russell Hopton, Hattie McDaniel, Nat Pendleton, Gertrude Howard
This is one of Mae West's best films. She plays a lion tamer in a sideshow who becomes entangled in an affair that results in a court case where she proves more than capable of providing her own defense.
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Lady Killer 1933 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Leslie Fenton, Margaret Lindsay, Raymond Hatton, Henry O'Neill, Willard Robertson, Russell Hopton, William B. Davidson, Douglass Dumbrille, Robert Elliott, Marjorie Gateson, Douglas Cosgrove
This film brings back the stars (James Cagney and Mae Clark) of the smash hit "Public Enemy." In this go-around, an underworld crook (Cagney) goes from usher to hotshot hood to movie star.
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The Last Outlaw 1936 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Henry B. Walthall, Tom Tyler, Margaret Callahan, Frank M. Thomas, Russell Hopton, Joe Sawyer, Ray Mayer, Frank Jenks
After being imprisoned for 25 years, a once-famous outlaw (Harry Carey) is released into a society that is very unfamiliar to him.
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 Law and Order 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Cast: Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Raymond Hatton, Russell Hopton, Ralph Ince, Andy Devine, Walter Brennan, Russell Simpson, Harry Woods, Dewey Robinson
When the Clantons threaten the town, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday step into action and clean up the town. Very good.
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The Little Giant 1933 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Helen Vinson, Mary Astor, Kenneth Thomson, Russell Hopton, Shirley Grey, Don Dillaway, Berton Churchill, Selmer Jackson, Dewey Robinson, Louise Mackintosh, Rolfe Sedan, Joan Barclay, Guy Usher, William Worthington
Prohibition has ended, and Chicago gangster Bugs Ahearn (Edward G. Robinson) and chief lieutenant Al Daniels (Russell Hopton) head west to Santa Barbara where Bugs plans to gain respectability. Bugs rents a mansion from Ruth Wayburn (Mary Astor) and hires her as his personal assistant and social secretary. Meanwhile, Bugs falls in love with socialite Polly Cass (Helen Vinson) and asks her to marry him. But, Polly, without Bugs' knowledge, continues her affair with John Staley (Kenneth Thomson), and her family swindles Bugs out of his ill-gotten fortune. When Ruth, who has fallen in love with Bugs, finally tells Bugs about Polly's family's activities, Bugs calls in the mob to help him out.
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Men in White 1934 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Elizabeth Allan, Otto Kruger, Henry B. Walthall, Wallace Ford, Samuel S. Hinds, Frank Puglia, Russell Hopton
This film led to a number of Hollywood stories about personal lives of doctors. This story is about a surgeon (Clark Gable) who is devoted to medicine but has problems in his love life.
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Min and Bill 1930 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George W. Hill
Cast: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, Frank McGlynn Sr., Don Dillaway, Russell Hopton, DeWitt Jennings, Jack Pennick, Gretta Gould
Marie Dressler won the Academy Award as Best Actress for her role as Min, the salty owner of a seaside inn who goes to extremes protecting those she loves.
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The Miracle Woman 1931  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy, Beryl Mercer, Russell Hopton, Charles Middleton, Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Doran, Eddie Boland, Thelma Hill
A young Barbara Stanwyck stars in this film that is loosely based on the life of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.
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Mutiny in the Big House 1939 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Pat Moriarity, Dennis Moore, William Royle, Charley Foy, George Cleveland, Russell Hopton, Nigel De Brulier, Jeffrey Sayre, Eddie Foster, Dave O'Brien
Johnny (Dennis Moore) is sent to prison for forging a check. The prison Chaplain (Charles Bickford) attempts to bring salvation to the new arrival while hardened criminal Red (Barton MacLane) tries to involve Johnny in a prison break.
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Nevada 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Killy
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys, Nancy Gates, Harry Woods, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Russell Hopton, Craig Reynolds, Virginia Belmont, Wheaton Chambers, Emmett Lynn, Larry Wheat
This Zane Grey Western is the story of a cowboy (Robert Mitchum) who finds love and becomes a hero when he fights for law and order.
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Night World 1932 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hobart Henley
Cast: Lew Ayres, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, Dorothy Revier, Hedda Hopper, George Raft, Russell Hopton, Bert Roach, Dorothy Peterson, Clarence Muse
This film showcases stars of the 1930's era of Hollywood and is set in a nightclub frequented by a varied array of patrons.
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Once in a Lifetime 1932 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Russell Mack
Cast: Jack Oakie, Sidney Fox, Aline MacMahon, Russell Hopton, Zasu Pitts, Louise Fazenda, Gregory Ratoff, Onslow Stevens, Alan Ladd, Robert McWade
This film views Hollywood through the eyes of playwrights George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart who see the entire Hollywood scene as inane, especially when the talkies arrive on the scene.
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Renegade Trail 1939 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters, Sonny Bupp, Russell Hopton, Jack Rockwell, Roy Barcroft
Unbeknownst to Joey Joyce (Sonny Bupp), his "hero" father is not really deceased. Instead, he is rustling cattle–from his own family. Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) comes to the rescue of the good "widow," Mary Joyce (Charlotte Wynters) and her young son Joey.
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The Saint Strikes Back 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Farrow
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Jerome Cowan, Barry Fitzgerald, Neil Hamilton, Robert Elliott, Russell Hopton, Edward Gargan, Robert Strange
George Sanders takes on the role of the smooth, Robin Hood-like detective in this second entry in the series. We find our hero on the way to San Francisco to clear a fair maiden's name by bringing the bad guys who framed her father to justice. Another good entry, which was a box office hit and helped make a name for George Sanders in Hollywood.
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Star Witness 1931 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Walter Huston, Charles "Chic" Sale, Frances Starr, Grant Mitchell, Sally Blane, Edward J. Nugent, Ralph Ince, Dickie Moore, Tom Dugan, Russell Hopton
After a family witnesses a crime committed by gangsters and offers to testify in court, gang members intimidate them into committing perjury to defeat the legal system.
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Street Scene 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., David Landau, Estelle Taylor, Beulah Bondi, Matt McHugh, Russell Hopton, John Qualen, Dick Powell, George Humbert
This insightful film studies immigrant inhabitants of a New York City tenement who endure tragedies and strive to escape from their bleak environment.
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A Successful Failure 1934  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: William Collier Sr., Lucile Gleason, Russell Hopton, William Janney, Gloria Shea, George P. Breakston, Clarence Wilson, Jameson Thomas, Richard Tucker, Francis McDonald
Newspaperman Ellery Cushing (William Collier Sr.) is constantly pressured by his very inconsiderate family until he finally caves in and loses his job. But, success lies just around the corner when he finds success with a new career in radio, and his family learns valuable lessons in the process.
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Torture Ship 1939 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Victor Halperin
Cast: Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel, Julie Bishop, Sheila Bromley, Anthony Averill, Eddie Holden, Russell Hopton, Julian Madison, Wheeler Oakman, Stanley Blystone, Skelton Knaggs
Intent on curing criminal minds, Dr. Herbert Stander (Irving Pichel) transports escaped criminals on Lt. Bob Bennett's (Lyle Talbot) ship with plans to operate on them at a remote island.
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Wings in the Dark 1935 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Flood
Cast: Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Roscoe Karns, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dean Jagger, Bert Hanlon, James P. Burtis, Russell Hopton, Samuel S. Hinds, Matt McHugh
Skywriting pilot Sheila Mason (Myrna Loy) falls in love with, and encourages, a blind ex-pilot (Cary Grant) to publish stories about his flying experiences.
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| 1. Air Mail (1932)
2. Arrowsmith (1931)
3. Black Gold (1936)
4. Blonde Crazy (1931)
5. Born to Be Bad (1934)
6. Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
7. False Pretenses (1935)
8. G-Men (1935)
9. Good Dame (1934)
10. He Was Her Man (1934)
11. The Headline Woman (1935)
aka: The Woman in the Case
12. I'm No Angel (1933)
13. Lady Killer (1933)
14. The Last Outlaw (1936)
15. Law and Order (1932)
16. The Little Giant (1933)
17. Men in White (1934)
18. Min and Bill (1930)
19. The Miracle Woman (1931)
20. Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
21. Nevada (1944)
22. Night World (1932)
23. Once in a Lifetime (1932)
24. Renegade Trail (1939)
25. The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
26. Star Witness (1931)
27. Street Scene (1931)
28. A Successful Failure (1934)
29. Torture Ship (1939)
30. West of the Pecos (1945)
31. Wings in the Dark (1935)
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