The Bad Man 1930  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Clarence Badger
Cast: Walter Huston, James Rennie, Dorothy Revier, O.P. Heggie, Sidney Blackmer, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Marion Byron, Harry Semels, Erville Alderson, Myrna Loy
Gilbert Jones (James Rennie) is in danger of losing his ranch until he is aided by a Mexican bandito (Walter Huston).
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Arthur Franz, Philip Bourneuf, Ed Binns, Shepperd Strudwick, Dan Seymour, Barbara Nichols, Rusty Lane
Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews) pretends to be guilty of murder to prove the injustice of capital punishment. Unfortunately, when his alibi is killed in an automobile crash, Garrett is left unable to prove his innocence.
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 Buffalo Bill 1944  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell, Edgar Buchanan, Anthony Quinn, Moroni Olsen, Frank Fenton, Chief Thundercloud, Sidney Blackmer
Indian scout and Wild West showman William Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, is portrayed by Joel McCrea in this epic biography.
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 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo 1937 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field, Sidney Blackmer, Harold Huber, Kay Linaker, Robert Kent, Edward Raquello, George Lynn, Louis Mercier, George Davis, George Sorel, John Bleifer, Georges Renavent, Eugene Borden
Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) and his son Lee (Keye Luke) are vacationing in Monte Carlo when a million dollars in bonds from the famous Riviera casino are stolen, and the messenger who was carrying them is murdered. Charlie is asked to investigate and uncovers the work of bartender Al Rogers (George Lynn) who is blackmailing Mrs Karnoff (Kay Linaker) whose husband (Sidney Blackmer) is engaged in a bitter feud with Paul Savarin (Edward Raquello). Al turns up dead, but is Mrs. Karnoff really the murderess? Other suspects include Savarin and a woman with things to hide, Evelyn Gray (Virginia Field). This is Oland's last movie.
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Cheers for Miss Bishop 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Martha Scott, Edmund Gwenn, William Gargan, Sterling Holloway, Sidney Blackmer, Dorothy Peterson, Mary Anderson, Donald Douglas, Marsha Hunt, John Archer, Rosemary DeCamp, John Arledge, Jack Mulhall
Although she has missed chances for true love, Ella Bishop (Martha Scott) has devoted her life to her profession as a teacher in the Midwest and has inspired many of her students. Now, after 50 years of teaching, her successful students return to honor Miss Bishop.
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The Count of Monte Cristo 1934  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Raymond Walburn, O.P. Heggie, William Farnum, Luis Alberni, Georgia Caine, Walter Walker
This is an excellent version of Alexandre Dumas' story about Edmond Dantes who is imprisoned in a dungeon and learns of a hidden treasure on the Island of Monte Cristo. After he escapes from prison, Dantes finds the treasure and seeks revenge on those who put him in prison.
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A Covenant with Death 1967 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: George Maharis, Katy Jurado, Laura Devon, Earl Holliman, Arthur O'Connell, Sidney Blackmer, Gene Hackman, John Anderson, Kent Smith, Whit Bissell
After a jury verdict of "guilty" for the murder of his wife, Bryan Talbot (Earl Holliman) kills the man chosen to be his executioner. Judge Ben Lewis (George Maharis) then sets out to prove Talbot's innocence in the first crime, but there is still the problem of the second murder.
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Dance, Girl, Dance 1940 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaya, Mary Carlisle, Katharine Alexander, Edward Brophy, Walter Abel, Harold Huber, Ernest Truex, Chester Clute, Emma Dunn, Sidney Blackmer
Judy O'Brien (Maureen O'Hara) arrives in New York City planning to gain fame as a ballerina. As luck would have it, she gets a job working as a stooge for strip-tease dancer Bubbles (Lucille Ball) who dances a ballet as a lead-in to her strip show. The two women encounter problems when they both fall for playboy Jimmy Harris (Louis Hayward), and physical fighting is used to determine who should have Jimmy. But that issue is settled after Jimmy's ex-wife (Virginia Field) decides to take him back.
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Down Mexico Way 1941 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Harold Huber, Sidney Blackmer, Joe Sawyer, Paul Fix, Andrew Tombes, Murray Alper, Arthur Loft, Duncan Renaldo, Julian Rivero
Gene Autry comes to the aid of the townspeople of Sage City who were victims of a scam.
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Duel in the Sun 1946 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, Herbert Marshall, Charles Bickford, Harry Carey, Otto Kruger, Joan Tetzel, Tilly Losch, Butterfly McQueen, Scott McKay, Sidney Blackmer
Half-breed Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is taken into the home of Laura Belle McCanles (Lillian Gish), her cattle baron husband Senator (Lionel Barrymore), and two sons Jesse (Joseph Cotten) and Lewt (Gregory Peck). Because of her background, Pearl is thought of as hot-blooded, and both Jesse and Lewt vie for her affections. Meanwhile, the two brothers use different means to fight the railroad that is infringing on their land, and Lewt kills one man (Charles Bickford) when he tries to propose to Pearl. By story's end, Pearl decides to take the easy road and takes on the role of the Jezebel she is reputed to be. Produced by David O. Selznik, this epic film captures the romance and dangers of the bygone era when cattle was king.
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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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Goodbye Love 1934  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Charles Ruggles, Verree Teasdale, Sidney Blackmer, Phyllis Barry, Mayo Methot, Ray Walker, John Kelly, Grace Hayle, Luis Alberni, Richard Tucker, Edward Van Sloan, Garfield Fielding
After refusing to make alimony payments, wealthy businessman Chester Hamilton (Sidney Blackmer) goes to jail and shares his cell with his butler, Groggs (Charles Ruggles), who also did not pay his alimony bills. When they get out of jail, the two become involved with with a gold digger (Verree Teasdale), and problems multiply.
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Heart of the West 1936 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lynn Gabriel, Russell Hayden, Sidney Blackmer, Charles Martin, Billy King, Natalie Moorhead, John Rutherford, Fred Kohler
This is one of the best in the series of Hopalong Cassidy films. Problems come in the form of one of Hopalong Cassidy's neighbors, but the matter is settled when Hoppy roots out the troublemaker.
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Heidi 1937 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher, Helen Westley, Pauline Moore, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, Thomas Beck, Mary Nash, Mady Christians
Shirley Temple stars as the little girl who is unhappy when taken away from her grandfather's home in the Alps.
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 The High and the Mighty 1954  G, 147 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Newton, Robert Stack, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Sidney Blackmer, Ann Doran, David Brian
Passengers' emotions rise to the surface when their airplane is in danger of crashing into the Pacific Ocean. All of the "Airplane" comedies resulted from this, the first airplane disaster film. The film won an Academy Award for Best Musical Score and had four other nominations, including Best Director and two for Supporting Actress (Jan Sterling and Claire Trevor).
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 High Society 1956 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, Louis Armstrong, John Lund, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Margalo Gillmore, Lydia Reed, Gordon Richards, Richard Garrick
Tracy Lord (Grace Kelly) is a spoiled member of "high-society," but her ex-husband (Bing Crosby) loves and understands her. On the day before her wedding to George (John Lund), news people (Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm) are on hand to report the society news and become involved with the wedding participants. Grace Kelly, "I don't want to be worshipped, I want to be loved."
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How to Murder Your Wife 1965 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Terry-Thomas, Claire Trevor, Max Showalter, Mary Wickes, Virna Lisi, Eddie Mayehoff, Sidney Blackmer, Jack Albertson, Alan Hewitt, Barry Kelley, William Bryant, Edward Faulkner, Charles Bateman, Lauren Gilbert
Stanley Ford (Jack Lemmon) is the writer of a comic strip who lives in his bachelor pad with his manservant Charles (Terry-Thomas). One morning after attending a wild bachelor party, Stanley wakes up and finds himself married to the bikini-clad woman (Verna Lisi) who had popped out of the cake and does not speak English. Stanley stages his wife's murder through his cartoon characters' actions in his comic strip, and when his wife sees the cartoons, she panics and runs away. The police appear at Stanley's door asking questions about his wife, and now Stanley faces a murder charge.
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In Old Chicago 1937 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Sidney Blackmer, Phyllis Brooks, Tom Brown, Berton Churchill
Alice Brady won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs. O'Leary in this story about the great Chicago fire. The film also received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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In Old Oklahoma 1943 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Western
aka: War of the Wildcats
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, George "Gabby" Hayes, Marjorie Rambeau, Dale Evans, Grant Withers, Sidney Blackmer, Paul Fix, Irving Bacon
Daniel (John Wayne) and Despirit (George "Gabby" Hayes) take on villains involved in the oil business. Not bad.
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It's a Wonderful World 1939 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton, Frances Drake, Edgar Kennedy, Ernest Truex, Sidney Blackmer, Hans Conried, Richard Carle
A writer (Claudette Colbert) joins up with a fugitive (James Stewart), and together they outwit the police (Nat Pendleton and Edgar Kennedy).
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Johnny Dark 1954 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Paul Kelly, Ilka Chase, Sidney Blackmer, Scatman Crothers, Russell Johnson, Joe Sawyer, Robert Nichols
After being cheated by the automaker for whom he works, engineer Johnny Dark (Tony Curtis) steals the sports car he designed and enters a Canada to Mexico race.
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Kismet 1930 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: John Francis Dillon
Cast: Otis Skinner, Loretta Young, David Manners, Mary Duncan, Sidney Blackmer, Montagu Love, Ford Sterling, Theodore von Eltz, John St. Polis, Edmund Breese, Blanche Friderici, Richard Carlyle, John Sheehan, Otto Hoffman, Noble Johnson
Baghdad beggar Haji (Otis Skinner) makes his way into the palace inner-circle where he romances Wazir Mansur's (Sidney Blackmer) "head wife" Zeleekha (Mary Duncan) while his daughter Marsinah (Loretta Young) falls in love with Caliph Abdallah (David Manners). Fate plays a big role in this captivating story.
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The Lady and the Monster 1944 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Lady and the Doctor
Tiger Man
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Erich von Stroheim, Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, Mary Nash, Sidney Blackmer, Helen Vinson, William Henry, Charles Cane, Janet Martin, Juanita Quigley, Josephine Dillon, Lane Chandler
This is the first of three films based on Curt Siodmak's novel, "Donovan's Brain." The 1953 version, "Donovan's Brain," is truer to the novel than this one or 1962's "The Brain." Mad scientist Franz (Erich von Stroheim) keeps a ruthless financier's brain alive. The brain takes over the mind of lab assistant Patrick (Richard Arlen) in order to take revenge on those who wronged him.
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The Last Gangster 1937 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Rosa Stradner, Lionel Stander, Douglas Scott, John Carradine, Sidney Blackmer, Louise Beavers, Edward Brophy, Grant Mitchell
Upon his release, following 10 years in prison, a mobster (Edward G. Robinson) searches for the son he has never known. Another fine performance by Robinson.
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Law of the Pampas 1939 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nate Watt
Cast: William Boyd, Steffi Duna, Russell Hayden, Sidney Toler, Glenn Strange, Sidney Blackmer, Pedro de Cordoba, Eddie Dean, William Duncan, Martin Garralaga
On a cattle drive to South America, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) has problems with villains as well as his own foreman.
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Little Caesar 1931 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Stanley Fields, Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, George E. Stone, Thomas E. Jackson, Armand Kaliz, Nicholas Bela, Landers Stevens, Al Hill, Tom McGuire, Lucille La Verne
Edward G. Robinson stars as small-time gangster Cesare Enrico "Rico" Bandello who, with his good friend Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), joins Sam Vettori's (Stanley Fields) gang. When Cesare rises to become the leader of the gang, he takes on the moniker of "Little Caesar," and faces many problems–both personal and professional. This film marks the first "talkie" in the gangster genre and provides the vehicle for Robinson's certain stardom. Its success gave rise to many more gangster movies in the 1930s.
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The Little Colonel 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Bill Robinson, Evelyn Venable, John Lodge, Sidney Blackmer, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Darien, Harry Strang, Alden "Stephen" Chase
Shirley Temple sings and dances her way through this movie set in the South during Reconstruction following the Civil War.
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Love Crazy 1941 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick, Jack Carson, Florence Bates, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, Vladimir Sokoloff, Kathleen Lockhart, Donald MacBride
While preparing for their fourth-anniversary celebration, Steve and Susan Ireland (William Powell and Myrna Loy) are stopped short by a stumbling block in the form of Steve's old girlfriend (Gail Patrick). But, comedy reigns, and all ends well.
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Maryland 1940 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Walter Brennan, Fay Bainter, Brenda Joyce, John Payne, Charles Ruggles, Hattie McDaniel, Marjorie Weaver, Sidney Blackmer, Paul Harvey, Terry Moore
Charlotte Danfield (Fay Bainter) sends her son to England following the tragic accidental death of his father during a fox hunt. Her well-laid plans to keep her son from riding fail when he returns and saddles up the same horse on which his father was killed.
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Missing Girls 1936 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Roger Pryor, Muriel Evans, Sidney Blackmer, Noel Madison, Ann Doran, George Cooper, Dewey Robinson, Wallis Clark, Vera Lewis, Warner Richmond, Lafe McKee, Ben Carter, Frank LaRue
After Dorothy (Muriel Evans) and her friend Ann (Ann Doran) witness gangster Ben Davis (Noel Madison) kill Dorothy's father Senator Benson (Wallis Clark), they are taken hostage. Newspaper reporter Jimmie Dugan (Roger Pryor) disguises himself as a tramp and sets out to rescue the girls from Ma Barton's (Vera Lewis) hideout.
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The Panther's Claw 1942 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Sidney Blackmer, Byron Foulger, Rick Vallin, Herbert Rawlinson, Gerta Rozan, Lynn Starr, Barry Bernard, John Ince, Martin Ashe, Thornton Edwards, Walter James, Frank Darien, Willy Castello
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt (Sidney Blackner) investigates a murder in an opera company, and, while wigmaker Everett Digberry (Byron Foulger) is the prime suspect, many are on the list of potential perpetrators.
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People Will Talk 1951 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Sidney Blackmer, Margaret Hamilton, Will Wright, Katherine Locke, Basil Ruysdael
While under investigation by his colleagues, a doctor (Cary Grant) teaching at the university does not help his case when he marries a young, pregnant woman (Jeanne Crain).
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The President's Mystery 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery / Romance
aka: One for All
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Henry Wilcoxon, Betty Furness, Sidney Blackmer, Evelyn Brent, Barnett Parker, Mel Ruick, Wade Boteler, John Wray, Guy Usher, Robert Homans, Si Jenks, Arthur Aylesworth
A millionaire lawyer, James Blake (Henry Wilcoxon), fakes his own death and leaves his wife Ilka (Evelyn Brent) and law practice behind in order to start life anew. He then joins the woman he now loves, Charlotte (Betty Furness)–but big problems loom on James' horizon.
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Rosemary's Baby 1968 R, 136 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Romance
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon, John Cassavetes, Charles Grodin, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Elisha Cook Jr., Tony Curtis, Patsy Kelly, Victoria Vetri, Emmaline Henry, Hanna Landy, Phil Leeds, Hope Summers
Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and her actor husband Guy (John Cassavetes) move into a creepy apartment building in New York City where Rosemary begins to experience eerie situations. She has very disturbing dreams, and after one in which she is raped by something inhuman, she learns that she is pregnant. Her neighbors Roman and Minnie Castevet (Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon) give Rosemary a strange potion to help her through the pregnancy. After their friend Hutch (Maurice Evans) tells Rosemary that Roman and Minnie are members of a coven of witches, Rosemary realizes that she is being victimized. Finally, Rosemary delivers a healthy baby–SATAN! Ruth Gordon won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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The San Francisco Story 1952 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Blackmer, Richard Erdman, Florence Bates, Onslow Stevens, John Raven, O.Z. Whitehead, Ralph Dumke, Lane Chandler, Robert Foulk, Trevor Bardette, John Doucette, Peter Virgo, Frank Hagney
San Francisco, during California's Gold Rush, is the setting for this story about a wealthy miner, Rick Nelson (Joel McCrea), and newspaper editor Jim Martin (Onslow Stevens) who try to oust crooked politician Andrew Cain (Sidney Blackmer) from control of the city. In the process, Nelson flirts with Martin's girlfriend Adelaide (Yvonne De Carlo) who falls in love with him, which seems to make him more determined to establish law and order.
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Shadows of the Orient 1935  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt P. Lynwood
Cast: Esther Ralston, Regis Toomey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Oscar Apfel, Sidney Blackmer, Eddie Fetherston, Kit Guard, James B. Leong, Matty Fain, John Elliott, Richard Loo, Slim Whitaker
After she is arrested in a Chinatown casino, Viola (Esther Ralston) finds herself caught in the middle–between the casino owner King Moss (Sidney Blackmer) who runs a smuggling ring, and immigration official Bob Baxter (Regis Toomey) who has provided Viola with her alibi.
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Suez 1938 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella, J. Edward Bromberg, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry Stephenson, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, Nigel Bruce, Miles Mander
Ferdinand De Lesseps was the architect for the Suez Canal; that much is true. But the rest of the material for this film is pure fiction. As an art form, however, this Darryl F. Zanuck epic deserves high marks.
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Tammy and the Bachelor 1957 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan, Mala Powers, Sidney Blackmer, Mildred Natwick, Fay Wray, Philip Ober, Craig Hill, Louise Beavers, April Kent, Robert Filmer
After Pete's (Leslie Nielsen) plane crash lands near her backwoods home, Tammy (Debbie Reynolds) and her moonshiner grandfather (Walter Brennan) nurse him back to health. Pete does recover and returns to his upper-crust family. Then, Tammy's grandfather is sent to jail, and Tammy goes to Pete's home where her home cooking and enthusiastic attitude transform his relatives–and Pete, as well–into a happy family. The song "Tammy" received an Oscar nomination for Best Song.
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Thank You, Mr. Moto 1937 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Peter Lorre, Thomas Beck, Pauline Frederick, Jayne Regan, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, John Carradine, Wilhelm von Brincken, Nedda Harrigan, Philip Ahn
This is the second in the series of J.P. Marquand's detective, and it's one of the best. Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) tackles the problem of seven Chinese scrolls, which, when put together, reveal the hidden treasure of Genghis Khan. He has the seventh one and attempts to get it to the rightful owners who have the other six. Unfortunately, the bad guys also want that seventh scroll and will stop at nothing to get it.
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Third Finger, Left Hand 1940 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Walburn, Lee Bowman, Bonita Granville, Donald Meek, Sidney Blackmer, Halliwell Hobbes, Felix Bressart, Ann Morriss
A young fashion designer, Margot Sherwood Merrick (Myrna Loy), comes up with the idea of wearing a wedding ring as a ruse to deter would-be suitors. While the plan works in the beginning, Jeff Thompson (Melvyn Douglas) pursues Margot in spite of her ring.
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This Is My Affair 1937 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Sidney Blackmer, John Carradine, Frank Conroy, Sig Ruman, Alan Dinehart, Douglas Fowley
Lieutenant Perry (Robert Taylor) is a federal agent who becomes involved in the assassination of President McKinley. Nightclub singer Lil Duryca (Barbara Stanwyck) is his love interest.
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Trade Winds 1938 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Sothern, Sidney Blackmer, Thomas Mitchell, Robert Elliott, Joyce Compton, Phyllis Barry, Dorothy Tree
Smooth ladies' man, detective Sam Wye (Fredric March), and his sidekick, Ben (Ralph Bellamy), chase murder suspect Kay (Joan Bennett) throughout Asia, and Sam falls in love with her in the process. When he catches up with her, he helps establish her innocence. Good performances throughout, especially Joan Bennett and Ann Sothern.
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The View from Pompey's Head 1955 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Dunne
Cast: Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell, Sidney Blackmer, Jerry Paris, Marjorie Rambeau, Bess Flowers, Ruby Goodwin, Howard Wendell, Dayton Lummis
A NYC lawyer (Richard Egan) returns to his Southern hometown on a case and renews an aquaintanence with a woman (Dana Wynter) out of his past and views the prejudices that still exist there.
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Wife, Doctor and Nurse 1937 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Virginia Bruce, Jane Darwell, Minna Gombell, Elisha Cook Jr., Lon Chaney Jr., Stanley Fields, Sidney Blackmer
Doctor Judd Lewis (Warner Baxter) and his new bride (Loretta Young) enjoy his professional success but find trouble in their personal lives.
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Wilson 1944 N/R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Sidney Blackmer, Eddie Foy Jr., Francis X. Bushman, Ruth Nelson
Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, five of which were winners, this is the biography of President Woodrow Wilson (Alexander Knox) who dreamed of world peace through the League of Nations. The story follows his professional life from president of Princeton, to governor, to president as well as his personal defeats and accomplishments. Geraldine Fitzgerald gains high marks for her depiction of Wilson's second wife, Edith. The nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Knox), and Director.
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| 1. The Bad Man (1930)
2. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
3. Buffalo Bill (1944)
4. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
5. Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
6. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
7. A Covenant with Death (1967)
8. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
9. Down Mexico Way (1941)
10. Duel in the Sun (1946)
11. False Pretenses (1935)
12. Goodbye Love (1934)
13. Heart of the West (1936)
14. Heidi (1937)
15. The High and the Mighty (1954)
16. High Society (1956)
17. How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
18. In Old Chicago (1937)
19. In Old Oklahoma (1943)
aka: War of the Wildcats
20. It's a Wonderful World (1939)
21. Johnny Dark (1954)
22. Kismet (1930)
23. The Lady and the Monster (1944)
aka: The Lady and the Doctor
aka: Tiger Man
24. The Last Gangster (1937)
25. Law of the Pampas (1939)
26. Little Caesar (1931)
27. The Little Colonel (1935)
28. Love Crazy (1941)
29. Maryland (1940)
30. Missing Girls (1936)
31. The Panther's Claw (1942)
32. People Will Talk (1951)
33. The President's Mystery (1936)
aka: One for All
34. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
35. The San Francisco Story (1952)
36. Shadows of the Orient (1935)
37. Suez (1938)
38. Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
39. Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
40. Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
41. This Is My Affair (1937)
42. Trade Winds (1938)
43. The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
44. Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
45. Wilson (1944)
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