 42nd Street 1933  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, George E. Stone, Allen Jenkins, Ned Sparks, Edward J. Nugent, Robert McWade, Louise Beavers, George Irving
Busby Berkeley's musical numbers highlight this entertaining film about what goes on behind the scenes of the Broadway musical show, "Pretty Lady." The show's director Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) is in poor health but wants to enjoy one more hit before he retires. When the show's temperamental star, Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels) breaks her ankle on the night of the show's opening, chorus girl Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler) fills in and takes over the lead. Featured numbers include" "You're getting to Be a Habit with Me," "Shuffle off to Buffalo," and "42nd Street." The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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Adam Had Four Sons 1941  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward, Fay Wray, Richard Denning, Robert Shaw, Charles Lind, Johnny Downs, Helen Westley, Clarence Muse, June Lockhart, Wallace Chadwell, Billy Ray, Steven Muller, Bobby Walberg
This is Molly and Adam Stoddard's (Fay Wray and Warner Baxter) family saga covering years in the early 20th century. Ingrid Bergman plays the governess, Emilie, who tends to their sons–Jack (Billy Ray), David (Steven Muller), Chris (Wallace Chadwell), and Phillip (Bobby Walberg). When Molly dies, Adam can no longer afford Emilie's services, and she leaves but returns 10 years later. Jack (now played by Billy Ray), Phillip (now played by Charles Lind), Chris (now played by Robert Shaw), and David (now played by Johnny Downs) are grown, and David's wife Hester (Susan Hayward) is causing major problems. But, love conquers all when love blooms between Adam and Emilie.
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Behind That Curtain 1929  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gilbert Emery, Philip Strange, E.L. Park, Lois Moran, Claude King, Boris Karloff, Jamiel Hasson, Peter Gawthorne, John Rogers, Edgar Norton, Frank Finch Smiles
This early sound movie, featuring the wise detective Charlie Chan (E.L. Park), is about an heiress (Lois Moran) who leaves her husband for a new "love" in her life but is about to suffer the consequences.
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Broadway Bill 1934 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly, Helen Vinson, Margaret Hamilton, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn, Lynne Overman, Clara Blandick, Ward Bond, Clarence Muse, Frankie Darro, George Cooper, George Meeker, Jason Robards Sr.
This is a Damon Runyon story about an inveterate gambler Dan Brooks (Warner Baxter) who bets everything on his own racehorse, Broadway Bill.
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Crime Doctor's Courage 1945 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Warner Baxter, Hillary Brooke, Jerome Cowan, Lloyd Corrigan, Mark Roberts, Emory Parnell, Charles Arnt, Anthony Caruso, Lupita Tovar, Dennis Moore
A bride suspects her new husband is a killer and calls in the Crime Doctor. It turns out that the man's first two wives died under mysterious conditions and now he turns up dead.
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Crime Doctor's Diary 1949  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Warner Baxter, Lois Maxwell, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens, Don Beddoe, Whit Bissell, Robert Armstrong, George Meeker, Selmer Jackson, Claire Carleton
This is the last in the series, and it's time had come. This one doesn't measure up to the earlier, more lively, entries. In his last case, Crime Doctor is out to clear his patient of murder and arson charges.
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Crime Doctor's Man Hunt 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Castle
Cast: Warner Baxter, Ellen Drew, William Frawley, Frank Sully, Claire Carleton, Bernard Nedell, Jack Lee, Olin Howland, Francis Pierlot, Myron Healey
Forensic psychologist Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) gets involved in a case of Irene Cotter's (Ellen Drew) murder of two gangsters who had killed her brother.
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In Old Arizona 1928 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess, Warner Baxter, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joe Brown, John Webb Dillon, Ivan Linow, Roy Stewart, James Bradbury Jr., Fred Warren, Tom Santschi, Chris-Pin Martin, Henry Armetta, Frank Campeau, Soledad Jimenez
This tale of O. Henry's "The Cisco Kid" was the first Western talkie as well as the first sound film made outside of a studio. Army Sergeant Mickey Dunne (Edmund Lowe) is pursuing the bandit, The Cisco Kid (Warner Baxter), who is in love with Tonia Maria (Dorothy Burgess). While The Cisco Kid is away, Tonia falls in love with Mickey, and, together, they plot The Cisco Kid's demise. Warner Baxter received an Oscar for Best Actor in his role as the Cisco Kid. The film also received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Director.
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Just Before Dawn 1946 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Castle
Cast: Warner Baxter, Adele Roberts, Martin Kosleck, Mona Barrie, Marian Miller, Charles D. Brown, Craig Reynolds, Robert Barrat, Charles(2) Lane, George Meeker, Marvin Miller, Charles Arnt, Byron Foulger, Ted Hecht
In the seventh film of the "Crime Doctor" series, Crime Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) is on the trail of a killer after being tricked into giving a fatal injection to one of his patients.
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Kidnapped 1938 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker, Otto Preminger
Cast: Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Arleen Whelan, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, John Carradine, Nigel Bruce, Miles Mander, E.E. Clive, Halliwell Hobbes, Ralph Forbes, H.B. Warner, Arthur Hohl, Montagu Love, Donald Haines
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's tale, this is the story of David Balfour (Freddie Bartholomew) who inherits a fortune, and his evil uncle, Ebenezer (Miles Mander), arranges for him to be kidnapped by sea captain Hoseason (Reginald Owen) and held on a slave ship. David is rescued, meets Alan Breck (Warner Baxter), and the two travel across Scotland to regain what is rightfully his.
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Lady in the Dark 1944 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Dram / Musical / Romance
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Jon Hall, Warner Baxter, Gail Russell, Barry Sullivan, Mischa Auer, Mary Philips, Rand Brooks, Phyllis Brooks, Edward Fielding, Mary Parker, Catherine Craig, Virginia Farmer, Fay Helm
This is the film adaptation of the hit Broadway play about magazine editor Liza Elliott (Ginger Rogers) who is on the verge of a mental breakdown. Although three men–Charley (Ray Milland), Kendall (Warner Baxter), and Randy (Jon Hall)–are romancing her, Liza is not happy and feels that she cannot control her own life. Liza is desperate and seeks psychoanalytic help from Dr. Brooks (Barry Sullivan) to solve her many indecisions.
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The Millerson Case 1947 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Warner Baxter, Nancy Saunders, Clem Bevans, Paul Guilfoyle, Griff Barnett, James Bell, Barbara Pepper, Addison Richards, Mark Dennis, Robert Stevens
In the backwoods of Virginia there has been outbreak of Typhoid Fever and an area doctor has been murdered. Crime Doctor (Warner Baxter) is out to find the person who did the deed.
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Penthouse 1933  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Mae Clarke, Raymond Hatton, Phillips Holmes, C. Henry Gordon, Nat Pendleton, George E. Stone, Samuel S. Hinds
A lawyer works for the Mob and then finds himself the object of a murder frame-up. Good flick.
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The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, John Carradine, Harry Carey, Arthur Byron, Ernest Whitman, Joyce Kay, Paul Fix, Fred Kohler Jr., Francis McDonald, O.P. Heggie, Francis Ford
This film is based on the true experience of Dr. Samuel Mudd (Warner Baxter) who was sentenced to life imprisonment because he set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth (Francis McDonald) during Booth's escape attempt following his assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Renegades 1930 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Gregory Gaye, George Cooper, C. Henry Gordon, Bela Lugosi, Colin Chase, Noah Beery Jr., Claire Du Brey, Victory Jory, Edwards Davis, Fred Kohler Jr., Noble Johnson, Frank Lackteen
Four volunteers–Deucalion (Warner Baxter), Machwurth (Noah Beery), Mordiconi (C. Henry Gordon), and Biloxi (George Cooper)–leave their unit in the French Foreign Legion. They join forces with a beautiful spy, Eleanore (Myrna Loy), which is a decision that leads to tragic consequences.
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The Road to Glory 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, June Lang, Gregory Ratoff, Victor Kilian, Paul Stanton, John Qualen, Paul Fix, Julius Tannen
During World War I, a French regiment under the command of Captain La Roche (Warner Baxter) is in the midst of trench warfare, giving and taking one foot at a time. The heavy-drinking captain is in a love triangle involving his lieutenant (Fredric March) and a nurse (June Lang) when along comes his father (Lionel Barrymore), the oldest private, to join the regiment as a replacement. Based on a French film and co-written by William Faulkner.
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The Robin Hood of El Dorado 1936 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Western / Romance
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Warner Baxter, Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot, Margo, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Trowbridge, Francis McDonald, Edgar Kennedy, Soledad Jimenez, Carlos De Valdez, Eric Linden, Harvey Stephens, Ralph Remley, George Regas
Beautiful location shots enhance this definitely fictionalized biography of a real-life Mexican marauder, Joaquin Murrieta (Warner Baxter), who commits brutal crimes to avenge his wife Rosita's (Margo) death. Branded an outlaw, Joaquin joins forces with bandit Three-Fingered Jack (J. Carrol Naish), and they steal horses and guns for their army of Mexicans who join them on a rampage. Their brutality culminates in a deadly gun battle when Joaquin's friend Bill Warren (Bruce Cabot) leads a posse in pursuit of the marauders.
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Shadows in the Night 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Baxter, Nina Foch, George Zucco, Minor Watson, Lester Matthews, Ben Welden, Edward Norris, Charles C. Wilson, Charles Halton, Jeanne Bates, Arthur Hohl
In this, one of the better Crime Doctor entries, Lois Garland (Nina Foch) asks for help from Crime Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter). Lois has been having strange dreams that are driving her into insanity and wants Doctor Ordway to investigate. Are there ghosts in Lois' spooky house, or is one of her greedy relatives trying to drive her insane? Doctor Ordway arrives at the home and becomes very suspicious of Frank Swift (George Zucco) and determines to get to the bottom of the ghostly mystery.
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Slave Ship 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allan, Mickey Rooney, George Sanders, Jane Darwell, Joseph Schildkraut, Miles Mander, Arthur Hohl, Minna Gombell, Douglas Scott, Billy Bevan, Francis Ford, Jane Jones, J. Farrell MacDonald
It's adventure on the high seas as Captain Lovett (Warner Baxter) wants to get out of the slave trade, get rid of the crew, and start over in respectable shipping. But–the crew won't have anything to do with that idea, and the rebellion is underway.
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The Squaw Man 1931 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Warner Baxter, Paul Cavanagh, Lupe Velez, Eleanor Boardman, Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Dickie Moore, Julia Faye, Frank Rice, Roland Young, DeWitt Jennings, Mitchell Lewis, Victor Potel, Eva Dennison
This remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1914 and 1918 silent films is excellent fare as it again relates the tale of racial biases encountered in settling the Old West.
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Stand Up and Cheer! 1934 PG, 68 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, James Dunn, Sylvia Froos, Shirley Temple, Ralph Morgan, John Boles, Nigel Bruce, Stepin Fetchit, Dick Foran, Arthur Byron, Sylvia Froos, Tess Gardella, Frank Mitchell, Jack Durant
To help bring the country out of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt names a new Cabinet post, and a Secretary of Amusements is created. It has little impact until young Shirley Dugan (Shirley Temple) shows up. Temple sings "Baby Take a Bow."
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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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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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1. 42nd Street (1933)
2. Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
3. Behind That Curtain (1929)
4. Broadway Bill (1934)
5. Crime Doctor (1943)
6. Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
7. Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
8. Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947)
9. Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)
10. Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)
11. Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)
12. In Old Arizona (1928)
13. Just Before Dawn (1946)
14. Kidnapped (1938)
15. Lady in the Dark (1944)
16. The Millerson Case (1947)
17. Penthouse (1933)
18. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
19. Renegades (1930)
20. The Road to Glory (1936)
21. The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
22. Shadows in the Night (1944)
23. Slave Ship (1937)
24. The Squaw Man (1931)
25. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
26. To Mary-with Love (1936)
27. Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
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