The Courageous Dr. Christian 1940  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Tom Neal, Maude Eburne, Vera Lewis, George Meader, Reginald Barlow, Al Bridge, James C. Morton, Mary Davenport, Frank LaRue
In this second entry in the series, beloved Dr. Christian (Jean Hersholt) fends off the advances of wealthy Mrs. Stewart while fighting an outbreak of meningitis in a slum area of town.
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Hollywood and Vine 1945  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexis Thurn-Taxis
Cast: James Ellison, Wanda McKay, June Clyde, Ralph Morgan, Franklin Pangborn, Leon Belasco, Emmett Lynn, Vera Lewis, Robert Greig, Charles Williams, Ray Whitley, Dewey Robinson
This amusing parody on the film industry is set in a drugstore at Hollywood and Vine where screenwriter Larry Winters (James Ellison) has come to research his next story.
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 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916  N/R, 163 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Intolerance
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Howard Gaye, Elmo Lincoln, Walter Long, Bessie Love, Tully Marshall, Erich von Stroheim, Monte Blue, Donald Crisp, Robert Harron, F.A. Turner, Sam De Grasse, Vera Lewis, Eleanor Washington
This great film presents four stories, each in a different era from ancient Babylon to the present. All of the stories involve man's intolerance to man. The stories include a mountain girl in Babylonia and religious rivalry at the time, Pharisees' condemnation of Jesus Christ, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris and how it coincides with two Huguenots preparing for marriage, and social reformers in modern America destroying the lives of a young couple.
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The Iron Mask 1929 N/R
Genre: Adventure
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Belle Bennett, Marguerite De La Motte, Dorothy Revier, Vera Lewis, Rolfe Sedan, William Bakewell, Gordon Thorpe, Nigel De Brulier, Ullrich Haupt, Lon Poff
In this sequel to Douglas Fairbanks' 1921 "The Three Musketeers," he recreates his role as D'Artagnan. The Musketeers are brought together to rescue the rightful King of France while overcoming the usurper to the throne.
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It's a Joke, Son 1947 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Kenny Delmar, Una Merkel, June Lockhart, Kenneth Farrell, Douglass Dumbrille, Jimmy Conlin, Matt Willis, Ralph Sanford, Vera Lewis, Margaret McWade, Ida Moore, Byron Foulger
The character "Senator Beauregard Claghorn" from Fred Allen's radio show comes to film. In this story, he finds himself in financial trouble and is talked into running for the state senate. Later, he learns that he is running against his own wife.
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 King Kong 1933  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson, Frank Reicher, Sam Hardy, James Flavin, Paul Porcasi, Etta McDaniel, Vera Lewis, Steve Clemente, Roscoe Ates, Earl Dwire, George MacQuarrie, Frank Mills
This film about a huge ape that terrorizes New York City is a classic. It is worth watching for the exciting climax when King Kong takes the "light of his life" (Fay Wray) in his arms and climbs to the top of the Empire State Building where he is attacked by an airplane. Good viewing–even better the second time around.
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Lady Gangster 1942  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox, Ruth Ford, Virginia Brissac, Roland Drew, Jackie Gleason, Dorothy Adams, William Hopper, William "Bill" Phillips, Vera Lewis, Dorothy Vaughan
Aspiring actress Dot Burton (Faye Emerson) takes a turn in the wrong direction when she hooks up with a gang of bank robbers. Ending up in prison, she participates in a breakout and eventually goes straight after saving Kenneth's (Frank Wilcox) life. There is good reason for director Florey to have used a pseudonym in this weak effort.
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Man on the Flying Trapeze 1935  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clyde Bruckman
Cast: W.C. Fields, Mary Brian, Kathleen Howard, Grady Sutton, Vera Lewis, Lucien Littlefield, Oscar Apfel, Walter Brennan, Minerva Urecal, James Flavin, Lew Kelly, Tammany Young, Edward Gargan, James Burke, Carlotta Monti
This story is about one day in the life of a harried man, Ambrose Wolfinger (W. C. Fields), who is henpecked by his wife Leona (Kathleen Howard) at home and suffers stresses at work. Ambrose wants to take the afternoon off from work to attend a wrestling match, and the excuse he uses for time off is to tell a lie that his mother-in-law Cordelia (Vera Lewis) has died. On his way to the wrestling match Ambrose experiences many misadventures –including getting four traffic tickets in a row. The delays prevent him from getting to the match on time. When he arrives home, Ambrose realizes by their cold stares that his family has learned about the lie. Now, Ambrose's loving daughter Hope (Mary Brian) offers support, and Ambrose's lie turns into a win-win situation at home and at work.
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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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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase 1939 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Frank Orth, Renie Riano, Vera Lewis, Louise Carter, William Gould, John Ridgely, Creighton Hale
Teen sleuth Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) and boyfriend Ted (Frankie Thomas) are back to help two old sisters who have inherited a house. The problem is that at least one of the sisters must stay in the house all night for 20 years or the property will revert to the city. Others have plans for the property, and one murder has already been committed.
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Night Nurse 1931 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon, Charles Winninger, Clark Gable, Edward J. Nugent, Blanche Friderici, Walter McGrail, Ralf Harolde, Vera Lewis, Charlotte Merriam, Marcia Mae Jones, Jed Prouty, Allan Lane, Betty Jane Graham
Student nurse Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) learns of a plot to starve her young patients Nanny (Marcia Mae Jones) and Desney (Betty Jane Graham) who are heirs to a large inheritance. The family chauffeur Nick (Clark Gable) plans to marry the children's mother (Charlotte Merriam), and he wants to take control of the inheritance. Now it is up to Lora's nurse friend B. Maloney (Joan Blondell) and bootlegging boyfriend Mortie (Ben Lyon) to come to Laura's aid and save the children.
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Action
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry, James Gleason, Howard Da Silva, Faye Emerson, Edward Brophy, Charles Drake, Peter Whitney, Vera Lewis, Ben Welden
Matt Sawyer is a newspaper reporter who captures a big story while on the trail of a murderer and then is sued for libel.
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The Return of Dr. X 1939 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan, John Litel, Huntz Hall, Lya Lys, Charles C. Wilson, Vera Lewis, John Ridgely
After Dr. Francis Flegg (John Litel) brings Dr. Marshall Quesne (Humphrey Bogart) back to life, an endless search for fresh blood becomes the doctors' quest.
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Stella Dallas 1925 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Belle Bennett, Ronald Colman, Lois Moran, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Beatrix Pryor, Vera Lewis, Maurice Murphy, Jack Murphy
Having given up legal rights to her daughter, Laurel (Lois Moran), Stella (Belle Bennett) must stay on the sidelines and watch her daughter from afar.
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| 1. The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
2. Hollywood and Vine (1945)
3. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
aka: Intolerance
4. The Iron Mask (1929)
5. It's a Joke, Son (1947)
6. King Kong (1933)
7. Lady Gangster (1942)
8. Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
9. Missing Girls (1936)
10. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
11. Night Nurse (1931)
12. Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
13. The Return of Dr. X (1939)
14. Stella Dallas (1925)
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