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Un Jour aux courses
7.1

Un Jour aux courses

Jun 11, 1937
Les inénarrables Marx vont tenter de sauver un sanatorium de la faillite grâce à l'embauche du fameux Dr Hacknebush (Groucho), vétérinaire pour chevaux...
Comedy
Joy Ride
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Joy Ride

Jan 01, 1928
Comedy sketch in which a pair of hapless guys try to pick up a couple of girls. The girls perform a song, then depart. When the guys attempt to follow, their car breaks down.
Comedy
Wine, Women and Song
1

Wine, Women and Song

Mar 27, 1933
The story of aging chorus girl Frankie Arnette, who'll do anything for publicity. Fiercely ambitious, Frankie even promises that if she is given a leading role in an upcoming Broadway musical, prominent producer Morgan Andrews will be allowed to enjoy the "attentions" of her own daughter Marilyn. But Marilyn is in love with likeable Ray Joyce, and wants no part of her mother's intrigues.
Drama
Sunset Murder Case
3.4

Sunset Murder Case

Nov 11, 1938
Small-time showgirl poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsible for her father's murder.
Crime
Sweepings
5.8

Sweepings

Apr 14, 1933
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude.
Drama
City Girl
6

City Girl

Jan 07, 1938
In this tearful crime melodrama, a waitress becomes so taken with her dream of living in posh luxury and comfort that she leaves her honest boyfriend the district attorney to take up with a notorious gangster who lavishes her with stolen furs and fabulous diamonds. She has no idea that the crook is only using her as a pawn in his scheme to learn the DA's secrets. When she finally does learn the truth, she gives up her life for truth, justice and love.
Drama
High Hat
5

High Hat

Jan 01, 1937
An opera singer whose career is on the wane finds newfound fame doing popular songs on the radio.
Comedy
Western Jamboree
5

Western Jamboree

Dec 02, 1938
Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.
Romance
Battle of Broadway
4.2

Battle of Broadway

Apr 22, 1938
The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall's 1938 comedy stars Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Raymond Walburn, Hattie McDaniel, Lynn Bari, Robert Kellard, Jane Darwell, Andrew Tombes, Esther Muir and Frank Moran.
Action
Sailor's Luck
5

Sailor's Luck

Mar 17, 1933
U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San Francisco, but Jimmy becomes jealous and tells her off when he learns Sally has entered a marathon dance contest sponsored by a lecherous snake named Baron Portola. Along with several of his Navy pals, Jimmy goes to the ballroom the night of the dance marathon, to try to change Sally's mind and win her back.
Comedy
The Gay Deception
6.4

The Gay Deception

Sep 13, 1935
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.
Comedy
On Again—Off Again
7

On Again—Off Again

Jul 09, 1937
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and the loser must become the other’s valet for a year. But when Hobbs loses, he sends his wife to Florida and schemes to trick Horton. What follows are hilarious hijinks as only Wheeler and Woolsey can pull off!
Comedy
It Always Happens
1

It Always Happens

Sep 14, 1935
While on a business trip, Andy accidentially gets into a compromising position with the wife of a client.
Comedy
X Marks the Spot
3.8

X Marks the Spot

Nov 04, 1942
A private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police officer father is killed in the line of duty. Soon his prime suspect is murdered as well, and he finds himself framed for the crime. As more witnesses get murdered, he finds himself on the run from both the police and former Prohibition violators who seem to have found a new racket.
Mystery
Racing Luck
6

Racing Luck

Nov 19, 1935
Racehorse-owner Dan Morgan is ruled off the track and out of racing when his horse is doped by a rival owner who knows that Dan's horse can win a high-stakes race. Trying to clear his name, Dan runs into many difficulties and incidents, including a blazing barn filled with valuable horses, before he is able to gather the needed evidence against the guilty man.
Action
I'll Take Romance
5

I'll Take Romance

Nov 17, 1937
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Music
Trois camarades
7.2

Trois camarades

Jun 02, 1938
Novembre 1918. C’est l’armistice et les combattants allemands regagnent leurs foyers. Rentrés au pays, Erich, Otto et Gottfried, trois amis inséparables, montent ensemble une entreprise de réparation automobile. Mais dans cette Allemagne durement touchée par la guerre, les affaires sont difficiles et nos trois camarades vont être les témoins impuissants d’une nation qui peu à peu s’engouffre dans la nuit. « Il y a tant à réparer : des âmes, des consciences, des cœurs brisés par milliers » déclare Patricia à Erich devenu son mari. Elle semble s’épuiser et s’effacer alors même que cette nation se meurt par toutes les rancœurs qui commencent à se concentrer sur les minorités.
Drama
A Dangerous Affair
1

A Dangerous Affair

Sep 29, 1931
Holt plays police lieutenant McHenry, while Graves is his friendly rival, crime reporter Wally Cook. After the two men verbally duel over a variety of details, they hunker down to business, that of solving the murder of a lawyer who was in the midst of reading a will to a motley collection of heirs.
Mystery
Caravan
5

Caravan

Dec 30, 1934
A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.
Music
La Grande Farandole
7

La Grande Farandole

Mar 29, 1939
Irène et Vernon Castle étaient l'un des couples de danseurs les plus connus et respectés. Malheureusement, lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, Vernon Castle trouva la mort à bord de son avion...Quand Irene Foote rencontre Vernon Castle, celui-ci n’est encore qu’un comique de second ordre. Unis par l’amour et la passion du spectacle, le couple bâtit dès lors des numéros de danse qui, de Paris à New York, vont lui procurer une gloire internationale
Music
Furie
7.5

Furie

Jun 05, 1936
Joe Wilson va rejoindre sa fiancée, Katherine, mais il est arrêté car on le prend par erreur pour un criminel qui a kidnappé un enfant et exigé une rançon. Il est incarcéré, certaines coïncidences suffisant à établir sa culpabilité : il détient, par exemple, un billet qui faisait partie de la rançon versée. La nouvelle se propage rapidement, et les gens s'assemblent autour de la prison pour glaner des informations. Le shérif les disperse, mais la colère monte dans la foule. Il demande alors au gouverneur de faire envoyer la garde nationale pour prévenir un éventuel lynchage. Cependant, l'adjoint du shérif révèle aux meneurs l'indice qui a permis d'inculper le suspect…
Crime
Under Suspicion
1

Under Suspicion

Nov 22, 1937
Jack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his millions away to various charitable causes. Naturally, this arouses hostility amongst Bailey's friends, relatives and associates, some of whom have murder on their minds.
Romance
Here's to Romance
1

Here's to Romance

Oct 04, 1935
Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. Gerard starts to show too much interest in him.
Comedy
Stolen Paradise
1

Stolen Paradise

Dec 16, 1940
Robert Gordon, a sheltered 18-year-old youth reared in a Catholic school, believes he has a vocation for the priesthood. He is taken to live with his father in his palatial Florida home. There he falls in love with his step-sister, Patricia Morrow, ten years his senior. He runs away and joins the R.A.F. Shot down in battle, he is rescued and taken to a monastery where he renounces the world to study for the priesthood.
Drama
The Mayor of 44th Street
4
In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at the same time by hiring them to help out. Unfortunately, the local gang of hood's leader resists his attempts. More trouble ensues when the dancer helps a convict gain parole by hiring him. It later turns out that the ex-con is only interested in trying to use the agency as a front for extortion. Songs include the Oscar nominated "When There's a Breeze on Lake Louise," "Your Face Looks Familiar," "Heavenly, Isn't He?" "Let's Forget It," "You're Bad For Me," and "A Million Miles From Manhattan."
Drama
Unknown Blonde
1

Unknown Blonde

Apr 23, 1934
An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases finds that he's framing his own daughter.
Drama
Franc Jeu
6.4

Franc Jeu

Oct 01, 1941
Candy Johnson est un baratineur et arnaqueur; il se lève pour être le patron corrompu de Yellow Creek, mais le père alcoolique de sa femme essaie de mettre les choses à sa place.
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