The Bad Sister 1931  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hobart Henley
Cast: Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox, Bette Davis, Zasu Pitts, Humphrey Bogart, Slim Summerville, Charles Winninger, Emma Dunn, Bert Roach, David Durand
Two sisters, Laura (Bette Davis) and Marianne (Sidney Fox), in the Madison family live different lives. Marianne becomes involved with a new man in town, Valentine Corliss (Humphrey Bogart), who is a con man trying to get his hands on Marianne's family's money.
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Midnight 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Call It Murder
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull, Margaret Wycherly, Humphrey Bogart, Lynne Overman, Richard Whorf, Henry O'Neill, Cora Witherspoon, Granville Bates, Katherine Wilson, Moffat Johnston, Helen Flint
Jury foreman Edward Weldon (O.P. Heggie) will settle for nothing short of death in the sentencing of Ethel Saxon (Helen Flint) on a murder charge for killing her lover. Later, Weldon regrets his responsibility for the verdict when, on the eve of Saxon's execution, Edward's own daughter, Stella (Sidney Fox), kills her lover, gangster Garboni (Humphrey Bogart). Now, Weldon's conscience takes over when his previous verdict is brought so close to home.
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The Mouthpiece 1932  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Flood
Cast: Warren William, Sidney Fox, Aline MacMahon, William Janney, John Wray, Mae Madison, Paulette Goddard, Guy Kibbee, J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Ince
Vincent Day (Warren William) is a prosecutor who becomes involved in corruption and takes over the defense of underworld figures. This film was later remade twice–as "The Man Who Talked Too Much" and "Illegal."
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 Murders in the Rue Morgue 1932  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Brandon Hurst, Arlene Francis, Bert Roach, Noble Johnson, D'Arcy Corrigan, Herman Bing, Betty Ross Clarke
Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi) is especially fiendish in this film adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's story of the attempt to cross an ape with a woman.
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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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Strictly Dishonorable 1931 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox, Lewis Stone, George Meeker, Sidney Toler, Joe Torillo, William Ricciardi, Samuel Bonello, Aldo Franchetti, Carlo Schipa, Joseph W. Girard
Based on Preston Sturges' play this story revolves around opera star Count "Gus" Di Ruvo (Paul Lukas) whose actions lead to a public slander campaign that interferes with his courting of (Isabelle Perry) who is the woman he loves. Remade in 1951.
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| 1. The Bad Sister (1931)
2. Midnight (1934)
aka: Call It Murder
3. The Mouthpiece (1932)
4. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
5. Once in a Lifetime (1932)
6. Strictly Dishonorable (1931)
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