365 Nights in Hollywood 1934  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: James Dunn, Alice Faye, Frank Mitchell, John Qualen, Jack Durant, John Bradford, Frank Melton, Grant Mitchell, Addison Richards, Ray Cooke, Lynn Bari, Tyler Brooke
Alice (Alice Faye) leaves Peoria, IL, and heads to Hollywood to make it big in the movies. She enrolls in a fraudulent acting school, but actually receives the lead in a movie when the school's owner gets money from a man looking for an investment. An alcoholic director, Jimmy (James Dunn), is hired to ensure the film will fail, and the fun begins.
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven, Elizabeth Patterson, Herman Bing, Warren Hymer, Franklin Pangborn, Rolfe Sedan, Lawrence Grant, Armand Cortes, Lionel Pape, Tyler Brooke, Leon Ames, Joseph Crehan
Multimillionaire Michael Brandon (Gary Cooper) has been married seven times, but he finally meets his match in wife #8 (Claudette Colbert). She has ulterior motives for the marriage, which come to naught when she ultimately falls in love with Michael.
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The Divorcee 1930  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel, Robert Montgomery, Florence Eldridge, Helene Millard, Robert Elliott, Mary Doran, Tyler Brooke, George Irving, Zelda Sears, Judith Wood, Theodor Von Eltz
Shortly after their whirlwind courtship and marriage, Jerry (Norma Shearer) discovers that her husband Ted (Chester Morris) is having an affair with Janice (Mary Doran). Jerry's solution is to kick Ted out of her bed and sleep with Ted's best friend Don (Robert Montgomery). Now, other lovers become part of Jerry's life until she finally returns to Ted and all is forgiven. While this film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing, it was Norma Shearer who walked away with the Oscar for Best Actress for 1929/30.
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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum 1933 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Happy Go Lucky
The Heart of New York
Lazy Bones
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan, Harry Langdon, Chester Conklin, Edgar Connor, Tyler Brooke, Tammany Young, Louise Carver, Dorothea Wolbert
Bumper (Al Jolson) is a happy-go-lucky tramp in NYC's Central Park. When he rescues June (Madge Evans) from a suicide attempt, he finds she has amnesia, and she falls in love with him. His life is changed for the better, but when June comes out of her amnesia and realizes she is the mistress of the mayor (Frank Morgan), she has second thoughts. The film highlights the life and times of people during the Depression and is unusual in that nearly all dialogue is written in rhyme. The music of Rodgers and Hart is excellent. Some versions are edited.
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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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Monte Carlo 1930  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Jack Buchanan, Jeanette MacDonald, Zasu Pitts, Claud Allister, Lionel Belmore, Tyler Brooke, John Roche, Albert Conti, Helen Garden, Donald Novis, Billy Bevan, Sidney Bracey, Frances Dee, Rolfe Sedan
Countess Vera von Conti (Jeanette MacDonald) is engaged to Prince Otto von Seibenheim (Claud Allister), but she does not love him. So, just before the scheduled wedding, Vera heads for Monte Carlo where she loses, time after time, at the casinos. She meets a mysterious man (Jack Buchanan) who asks if he may touch her hair for luck. He strokes her hair, but it is Vera's luck that changes, and she asks him to stay by her side. What Vera does not know is that he is actually the very wealthy Count Rudolph Falliere who is posing as a commoner in order to be near Vera. The Count plays his game until he ends up winning her heart, and they live happily ever after. Among the songs MacDonald sings is, "Beyond the Blue Horizon."
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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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Poor Little Rich Girl 1936  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Musical / Romance
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley, Michael Whalen, Jane Darwell, Claude Gillingwater, Henry Armetta, Sara Haden, Arthur Hoyt, Paul Stanton, Charles Coleman, John Wray, Tyler Brooke, Mathilde Comont
Barbara Barry (Shirley Temple) is a motherless girl who runs away from her wealthy father (Michael Whalen) and joins Jerry and Jimmy Dolan (Alice Faye and Jack Haley) in their vaudeville act. Barbara loves life on the stage, and her widowed father realizes he is losing his daughter and tries to win back her affections. This is one of Shirley Temple's best films.
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To Mary-with Love 1936 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Ian Hunter, Claire Trevor, Jean Dixon, Pat Somerset, Helen Brown, Paul Hurst, Franklin Pangborn, Tyler Brooke
The Great Depression affects the marriage of Jack and Mary Wallace (Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy) in this drama based on the lives of many Americans in the early 1930s. Hard to relate to today.
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| 1. 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
2. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
3. The Divorcee (1930)
4. Dynamite (1929)
5. Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
aka: Happy Go Lucky
aka: The Heart of New York
aka: Lazy Bones
6. Love Me Tonight (1932)
7. Monte Carlo (1930)
8. Morning Glory (1933)
9. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
10. To Mary-with Love (1936)
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