Dorothy Burgess

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Lady for a Night
5.3

Lady for a Night

Jan 05, 1942
Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.
Drama
La lune Noire
5.16

La lune Noire

Jun 15, 1934
Une fillette vivant sur une île tropicale perd ses parents lors d'un sacrifice vaudou et parvient à s'échapper. Des années plus tard, mariée et mère d'une petite fille, elle se sent irrésistiblement attirée par l'île de son enfance. De retour elle y est considérée par la population locale comme une déesse vaudou. Le début d'une descente dans la folie, mettant en danger sa famille...
Horror
Ladies They Talk About
6.1
Une ravissante jeune femme blonde, Nan Taylor (Barbara Stanwyck), complice d’un gang de casseurs, fait ouvrir une agence bancaire pour permettre à ses complices de dévaliser la banque. Elle est reconnue par le policier qui dévoile, sous sa perruque platine (« Not so hot as a blonde ! »), une délinquante bien connue de la justice,
Crime
Oh! Oh! Cleopatra
2.5

Oh! Oh! Cleopatra

Aug 17, 1931
A mad scientist creates a time travel pill, which two goofballs volunteer to test, transporting them to ancient Egypt as Marc Antony and Julius Caesar vying for the beautiful Cleopatra's love in a chariot race.
Comedy
Taxi!
6.8

Taxi!

Dec 29, 1931
Un jeune chauffeur de taxi au tempérament bouillant jure de venger la mort de son frère, victime d'un truand qui cherche à régner sur le monde des taxis...
Crime
Man of Courage
4.8

Man of Courage

Jan 04, 1943
A crusading district attorney tries to stop a local mob boss who has connections in high places.
Crime
In Old Arizona
5.296

In Old Arizona

Dec 25, 1928
Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot on Tonia, the woman he loves, not realizing that she is being unfaithful to him in his absence. Soon, with her oblivious paramour off plying his trade, Tonia falls in with Dunn, drawn by the allure of a substantial reward for the Kid's capture -- dead or alive. Together, they concoct a plan to ambush and do away with the Cisco Kid once and for all.
Western
Girls in Chains
4.7

Girls in Chains

May 17, 1943
A fired teacher finds work at a girls reform school and helps a detective on a case.
Crime
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
6
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!
Comedy
Hat, Coat and Glove
5.5

Hat, Coat and Glove

Jul 26, 1934
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village.
Drama
On Your Guard
6

On Your Guard

Jan 31, 1933
An ex-con makes for a backwoods town intending to rob the bank, and becomes involved in protecting three orphans from land swindlers instead.
The Stoker
1

The Stoker

Jun 15, 1932
A man whose wife has deserted him winds up saving a beautiful girl from the clutches of a murderous bandit on a Nicaraguan coffee plantation.
Drama
From Headquarters
5.8

From Headquarters

Nov 16, 1933
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
Drama
Recaptured Love
5

Recaptured Love

Jul 07, 1930
In this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle Bennett) and son (Junior Durkin) to a nightclub in a fancy hotel in Detroit. He meets a gold-digger (Dorothy Burgess) there, singing the theme song of the picture, and eventually ends up going out with her on a subsequent occasion and falls in love with her. His wife finally finds out and this leads to her leaving him and getting a divorce in Paris. He is married to the gold-digger but finds life with her and her "jazz friends" to be too much for him. He begins to long for his old wife when he finds her in a nightclub with another man and becomes jealous.
Comedy
Malay Nights
1

Malay Nights

Nov 03, 1932
The owner of a pearl bed falls in love with a bitter young girl who had been taken advantage of by an unscrupulous ex-boyfriend.
Adventure
The Voice of Hollywood No. 1
1
Radio announcer Lloyd Hamilton tries on straw boaters while various performers do things on the mythical station STAR. They include Dorothy Burgess, Donald Kerr, Carlotta King, and Ruth Hiatt.
Comedy
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
5
Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One morning she awakens to find Michael has been kidnapped. After a day, she calls in the police, who instantly begin an all-out search.
Drama
Out of Singapore
5.5

Out of Singapore

Sep 23, 1932
While a ship's captain is being slowly poisoned, a gang of thugs try to take over the ship.
Drama
Play Girl
5.2

Play Girl

Mar 12, 1932
A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.
Drama
Village Tale
4.5

Village Tale

Jun 15, 1935
T.N. «Slaughter» Somerville est amoureux de Janet Stevenson, une jeune femme mariée sans amour à Elmer. Les ragots du village font croire au mari que Somerville est l'amant de sa femme. Pris de jalousie et nourri des rumeurs les plus infâmes, Elmer veut tuer Somerville. Pendant ce temps, Charlie, un homme sans histoires, est battu à mort par le maire du village, Drury Stevenson, sur de simples allégations, toujours amenées par les ragots des villageois...
Drama
The Important Witness
5

The Important Witness

Jul 15, 1933
A freelance stenographer is hired for a job, but when she arrives at the address she was given, she finds that a murder has taken place there--and she is arrested for it.
Action
Swing High
6.5

Swing High

May 18, 1930
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc May and Daphne, his wife, work as clowns; and Garry, a singing soldier of fortune, sings along with Maryan's act. Ruth, Maryan's partner, quits to get married; and Joe, who is jealous of Garry, replaces her with Trixie, his former assistant. When Garry announces his engagement to Maryan, Trixie persuades him to join a strip poker game in a drunken state and "compromises" him in the presence of his fiancée. Grief-stricken, Maryan falls during her act, and Garry, robbed of circus funds, is arrested. In spite of her injuries, Maryan, learning of Trixie's treachery, performs the act with her and forces a confession by threatening to drop her; Garry is released and is welcomed back to the show.
Music
Dans tes bras
6.1

Dans tes bras

Jun 30, 1933
Eddie Hall, un petit arnaqueur sans envergure, se réfugie chez Ruby Adams, pour échapper à la police. Se faisant passer pour son mari, il tente de faire chanter Al Simpson, le fiancé de Ruby. Il le tue accidentellement. Pris de panique, Eddie se sauve, tandis que Ruby est arrêtée et conduite dans une prison pour femmes...
Drama
Gambling
6

Gambling

Nov 09, 1934
The adopted daughter of New-York-City gambler, Al Draper, elopes from quarantine (key plot word) with another voyager from Europe. Later she is found murdered in a hotel room. Draper is dissatisfied with the handling of the case by the district attorney and sets out to work the case himself.
Crime
Strictly Personal
5

Strictly Personal

Mar 17, 1933
Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these were often "clip joints" - places where people with money but no mate got taken by someone offering the promise of companionship. However, Soapy and Annie are strictly on the level - and they have more than one reason to want to stay on the level. You see Soapy escaped from the law years ago, had some plastic surgery and changed his name, and has been living on the lam with his wife ever since.
Drama
Rusty Rides Alone
1

Rusty Rides Alone

May 25, 1933
Tim McCoy et son chien Silver King viennent au secours de Molly Martin dont le frère, Tom, a été enlevé par Bart Quillan, un éleveur de moutons qui veut s'emparer, avec ses frères, de toute la vallée. En chemin Tom se lie d'amitié avec Poe Powers, un pistoléro. tous deux, avec l'aide de Silver, font face au clan Quillan.
Western
I Love That Man
1

I Love That Man

Jul 07, 1933
Innocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way across the country until they decide to settle down in a small town and give up their life of crime. He goes into business and all seems to be going well until some ex-partners he double crossed show up in town demanding the money he cheated them out of.
Comedy
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
6.5
In the Hollywood Hall of Fame - a wax museum - the figure of Eddie Borden comes to life and introduces us to various stars in effigy. Pining over the effigy of Clara Bow, her husband Rex Bell suggests that Eddie get on with Betty Boop. Betty asks Eddie to accompany her in a rendition of "My Silent Love."
Horror
A Modern Hero
7

A Modern Hero

Apr 21, 1934
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.
Drama
What Price Decency
1

What Price Decency

Mar 07, 1933
A young woman with a shady past goes to the tropics, where she winds up marrying a vicious and brutal pearl trader, then falls in love with another man.
Drama
La dame en question
6.625

La dame en question

Aug 07, 1940
Lorsqu'un membre du jury prend au défendeur Il ne pouvait «convict t, elle a une mauvaise influence sur son fils.
Romance
Lone Star Ranger
3

Lone Star Ranger

Mar 20, 1942
Texas Ranger Buck Dunne is assigned to round up a gang of bank robbers. The leader of the gang turns out to be the "respectable" Judge Longstreth, making life difficult for Dunne inasmuch as he's in love with Longstreth's niece Barbara.
Western
It's Great to Be Alive
5
An aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus.
Comedy
Fashion News
5

Fashion News

Nov 06, 1928
Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.
Documentary
The West Side Kid
1

The West Side Kid

Aug 23, 1943
Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her time to parties; his daughter Gloria is in one scandal after another, changing husbands as often as her moods, and son Jerry spends his time getting drunk and chasing women. Sam hires gangster Johnny April to bump him off but Johnny, liking the old man, defers the killing and sets about making the family appreciate Sam.
Drama
Vol de nuit
5.8

Vol de nuit

Oct 06, 1933
L’histoire se déroule au moment où l’Aéropostale met en place les vols de nuit en Amérique latine. John Barrymore incarne le personnage de Rivière, responsable intransigeant du réseau aéropostal. Clark Gable joue le pilote Fabien qui affronte la mort chaque fois qu’il achemine le courrier et Helen Hayes son épouse. Le pilote est marié depuis six semaines. Mais chaque seconde l’éloigne un peu plus de son épouse, de sa voix, de son sourire. Aux commandes de son avion, Fabien apporte le courrier de Patagonie à Buenos Aires. Une tornade sévit sur la Cordillère des Andes lorsque le contact radio est rompu….
Drama
Les Pirates de la mode
6.4
Sherwood Nash est un couturier New-Yorkais peu scrupuleux qui copie les modèles de la haute-couture parisienne et les signes pour son propre compte. Avec la complicité de son assistante, Lynn Mason, il se rend à Paris au défilé du plus célèbre couturier, Réginald Owen, dans le but de voler des dessins de sa dernière collection...
Comedy
Cadet Girl
1

Cadet Girl

Nov 28, 1941
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
Comedy
Orient Express
1

Orient Express

Feb 28, 1934
Based on Graham Greene's novel Stamboul Train, the movie focuses on the lives of individuals aboard the Orient Express as it makes a three-day journey from Ostend to Constantinople.
Drama