False Pretenses 1935  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Irene Ware, Sidney Blackmer, Russell Hopton, Betty Compson, Edward Gargan, Herbert Clifton, Lucy Beaumont, Marshall Ruth, John Picorri, Dot Farley, William Humphrey, Wilson Benge
Pretty waitress Mary Beekman (Irene Ware) yearns to find a wealthy husband and work her way up the social ladder. She convinces millionaire Kenneth Alden (Sidney Blackmer), who is secretly in love with her, to help her find the man of her dreams. In a comedy of errors, Mary ends up with retired bootlegger Pat Brennan (Russell Hopton) who has used his own social deceptions and believes Mary is the daughter in a wealthy family.
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The Fighting Pilot 1935 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Noel M. Smith
Cast: Richard Talmadge, Gertrude Messinger, Robert Frazer, Eddie Davis, Victor Metzetti, William Humphrey, Rafael Storm, Jack Cheatham, Otto Metzetti, Roger Williams
Corrupt businessman Cardigan (Robert Frazer) sends in henchman Robert R. Jones (Rafael Storm) to steal both the blueprints and the experimental plane of inventor F.S. Reynolds (William Humphrey). Only ace pilot Hal Foster (Richard Talmadge) has the ability to retrieve the stolen goods, and, with Berty (Eddie Davis) as his sidekick, Hal sets off in pursuit. Lots of good aerial stunts in this film.
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Murder at Midnight 1931 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Aileen Pringle, Alice White, Hale Hamilton, Robert Elliott, Clara Blandick, Brandon Hurst, Leslie Fenton, William Humphrey, Tyrell Davis, Aileen Carlyle, Kenneth Thomson, Robert Ellis
During a parlor game, Jim (Kenneth Thomson) pretends to shoot his secretary, but his gun was loaded with real bullets. The police call in Phillip Montrose (Hale Hamilton) to help in the investigation. When Jim is soon killed, the police believe that it was a murder/suicide. But we (and Phillip) know there is a ruthless killer on the loose. Oh, by the way, did you know that Phillip was Jim's wife's (Aileen Pringle) lover?
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| 1. False Pretenses (1935)
2. The Fighting Pilot (1935)
3. Murder at Midnight (1931)
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