American Madness 1932  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson, Constance Cummings, Gavin Gordon, Arthur Hoyt, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Sterling Holloway, Walter Walker, Robert Ellis
During the 1890s depression, bank president Thomas Dickson (Walter Huston) is at odds with his board members who want to merge with Union Bank. One day the bank is robbed, and chief teller Matt Brown (Pat O'Brien) is accused of the theft. Brown has an alibi, but his loyalty to Dickson stands in his way of using it.
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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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 Flying Down to Rio 1933  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Dolores del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Blanche Friderici, Walter Walker, Eric Blore, Luis Alberni, Paul Porcasi
This is the first pairing of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire; their dancing saves the day for this film featuring novelty numbers, which include dancing on the wings of airplanes.
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Go West, Young Man 1936  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Mae West, Warren William, Randolph Scott, Alice Brady, Elizabeth Patterson, Lyle Talbot, Isabel Jewell, Margaret Perry, Etienne Girardot, Maynard Holmes, John Indrisano, Nick Stewart, Charles Irwin, Walter Walker
Movie star Mavis Arden (Mae West), who expects to get her own way, ends up stranded at a remote boarding house where she decides to have fun with good-looking gas station mechanic Bud Norton (Randolph Scott). The attraction lasts–until Mavis fears commitment and backs off from the relationship.
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Reaching for the Moon 1931 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels, Edward Everett Horton, Jack Mulhall, Claud Allister, Walter Walker, June MacCloy, Helen Jerome Eddy, Bing Crosby
Millionaire Larry Day (Douglas Fairbanks) takes lessons from his valet, Roger (Edward Everett Horton), on how to appeal to women and then follows beautiful Vivien (Bebe Daniels) on an ocean cruise where he woos and then marries her. Just when Larry believes he has found true happiness, the stock market crashes. Larry loses his fortune, but will he also lose Vivien? Watch for Bing Crosby who croons "Low Down" while entertaining in the ballroom aboard ship.
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Sitting Pretty 1933 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Harry Joe Brown
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Thelma Todd, Gregory Ratoff, Lew Cody, Jerry Tucker, Hale Hamilton, Walter Walker, Kenneth Thomson
Struggling songwriters (Jack Oakie and Jack Haley) hit the big time in Hollywood.
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| 1. American Madness (1932)
2. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
3. Flying Down to Rio (1933)
4. Go West, Young Man (1936)
5. No Man of Her Own (1932)
6. Reaching for the Moon (1931)
7. Sitting Pretty (1933)
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