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Charlie Chan Carries On 1931 2 stars

    N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: Warner Oland, Marguerite Churchill, John Garrick, Warren Hymer, William(2) Holden, George Brent, Jason Robards Sr., Marjorie White, C. Henry Gordon, Peter Gawthorne, John T. Murray, John Swor, Goodee Montgomery, Lumsden Hare, Zeffie Tilbury

  This film, lost in the archives, features Warner Oland in his first role as Charlie Chan. Charlie is vacationing in London when a wealthy American is murdered in a London hotel. Charlie follows clues that lead him from London to Nice, San Remo, Hong Kong, and Honolulu. This film was remade in 1940 as "Charlie Chan 's Murder Cruise" with Sidney Toler in the title role.

Dance, Fools, Dance 1931 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Joan Crawford, Cliff Edwards, Lester Vail, William Bakewell, William(2) Holden, Clark Gable, Earle Foxe, Purnell Pratt, Hale Hamilton, Natalie Moorhead

  Ex-socialite Bonnie (Joan Crawford) is a newspaperwoman who is assigned an undercover job to get to the bottom of a murder.

Dynamite 1929 3 stars

    N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford, Conrad Nagel, Julia Faye, Muriel McCormack, Joel McCrea, William(2) Holden, Tyler Brooke

  In this early talkie, Cynthia Crothers (Kay Johnson) is part of a social set that appears to trade partners at the drop of a hat. Her money leads to marriage to a prisoner that is fraught with complications.

Holiday 1930 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Ann Harding, Robert Ames, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Hedda Hopper, William(2) Holden, Monroe Owsley, Creighton Hale, Mary Forbes, Elizabeth Forrester, Mabel Forrest, Hallam Cooley

  This is a film adaptation of Phillip Barry's play about John Case (Robert Ames) who is being coerced into changing his carefree life to join the business firm of his fiancee Julia's (Mary Astor) father. All ends well when Julia's sister Linda (Ann Harding) sees things for what they are, falls in love with John, and saves the day. Harding was nominated for an Oscar. Remade in 1938.

The Trespasser 1929 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, Purnell Pratt, William(2) Holden, Kay Hammond, Henry B. Walthall, Blanche Friderici, Mary Forbes, Brooks Benedict, Henry Armetta

  This is Gloria Swanson's first talkie film. She plays a young wife whose husband (Robert Ames) annuls their marriage when he succumbs to family pressure over his marital choice.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
2. Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
3. Dynamite (1929)
4. Holiday (1930)
5. The Trespasser (1929)

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