Thomas A. Curran

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Two Sisters
6

Two Sisters

Mar 23, 1929
Twin sisters, one good and honest and sweet, and the other given to totin' pistols and pulling robberies, keep confusing a detective about which one he his chasing for what, since he has different reasons for chasing both.
Action
Anne Against the World
1
Shirley Mason plays the title-role, a glamorous musical star having a hard time escaping the clutches of her lecherous producer (Tom Curran). The producer, however, refuses to leave well enough alone, and Anne is tempted to return to her glamorous life.
Drama
The Lost Squadron
6.3

The Lost Squadron

Mar 12, 1932
When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in Hollywood, where they work as stunt fliers for a sadistic director.
Drama
A Modern Monte Cristo
4.5

A Modern Monte Cristo

Feb 04, 1917
This adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas story tells of a man, living in the present day, who returns home incognito and wealthy after having been a sailor for years and living on a desert island surrounded by water filled with pearl-oysters. He revenges himself on his enemy, who had unjustly accused him of a crime he did not commit.
Drama
The Kibitzer
4.7

The Kibitzer

Jan 11, 1930
In this comedy, a Yiddish fellow cannot keep from kibitzing into other people's lives. Trouble ensues when he is mistakenly given a huge fortune in stocks that he can spend any way he pleases. At the same time, his daughter has fallen in love with an impoverished, but good hearted boy. When the kibitzer suggests he bet all his money on a dog of a racehorse, the lad does it. Against all odds, the horse wins, and suddenly the young man is quite wealthy.
Comedy
Ships of the Night
1

Ships of the Night

Nov 27, 1928
In search of her fugitive brother, who wounded a man who was later murdered, Johanna Hearne encounters pirates, a Chinaman with a harem and criminals as slaves, and love on a desert island for ship captain Dan Meloy.
Adventure
Wells Fargo
5.1

Wells Fargo

Dec 31, 1937
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
History
The White Angel
8

The White Angel

Jun 25, 1936
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.
Drama
Soupe au lait
6.278

Soupe au lait

Feb 07, 1936
Livreur de lait de son état, Burleigh Sullivan met accidentellement KO un champion de boxe un peu éméché à la sortie d’un club ce qui fait la une des journaux du lendemain. Le manager du champion cherche à exploiter cette popularité en faisant combattre le jeune laitier…
Comedy
Lady with a Past
5.8

Lady with a Past

Feb 19, 1932
Bien qu'elle soit une héritière et plutôt charmante, Venice Muir est très timide. Elle est flattée quand le flirt Donnie Wainwright la presse de s'enfuir à Paris avec lui, puis irrité quand il l'abandonne avant le départ de leur navire. Venise a une idée, engageant un type sans le sou, Guy Bryson, pour faire semblant d'être un gigolo et faire connaître l'effet de Venise sur les hommes. Bientôt, elle est le toast de Paris, des prétendants faisant la queue pour la courtiser, dont René, un homme de lignée noble. À son insu, René est très endetté. Lorsqu'elle rejette sa proposition, René se suicide, renforçant la réputation de Venise en tant que renarde déchirante. De retour à la maison, Venise est suivie de plus de commérages, dont certains sur Guy. Un Donnie ébloui recommence à la poursuivre, gagnant finalement Venise sans jamais connaître sa ruse.
Comedy
Worldly Goods
5.3

Worldly Goods

Jul 31, 1930
A businessman who has devoted his whole life to obtaining money and power finds that he can't buy the one thing he craves: love.
Drama
Forgotten Women
1

Forgotten Women

Nov 25, 1931
Acting on a tip from former stage actress Fern Madden, who is now working as a movie extra, Jimmy Burke, a Hollywood reporter, publishes an article revealing an independent film producer to have mob connections. As a result of the story, Jimmy becomes city editor.
Drama
L'extravagant M. Deeds
7.515
Longfellow Deeds est un homme simple et naïf vivant dans une petite ville américaine. Sa vie est bouleversée quand il apprend qu'il vient d'hériter de 20 millions de dollars. Il se rend alors à New York pour toucher cet héritage. Là, il est la cible d'avocats véreux et de journalistes peu scrupuleux.
Comedy
Cœurs brûlés
6.3

Cœurs brûlés

Nov 14, 1930
Sur le point de s'engager avec un peintre, Amy Jolly, une chanteuse de cabaret, tombe amoureuse d'un légionnaire, Tom Brown, alors qu'elle se produit dans un établissement marocain. Celui-ci refuse d'abord ses avances…
Drama
Inspiration
2

Inspiration

Nov 18, 1915
Audrey Munson (a real-life 'perfect' model for numerous Beaux-Arts sculptors) first appeared artistically nude as a sculptor's model, recreating classic artistic (nude) paintings in George Foster Platt's controversial film from the Mutual Film Corporation. In fact, the film told the story of her own life. This film has generally been regarded as the first non-pornographic American film to feature nudity. This was the first known film in which a leading actress stripped down to be naked, making her the first nude film star. (filmsite.org)
Drama
Champagne Waltz
1

Champagne Waltz

Feb 05, 1937
In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its neighbor, the Waltz Palace, run by Franz Strauss and featuring his granddaughter, singer Elsa. Smitten by Elsa, Buzzy hides his identity and association with the club -- whose owner intends to buy out the Palace property. When Elsa accidentally learns who Buzzy really is, it appears he may have to return to America alone.
Comedy
Citizen Kane
8.001

Citizen Kane

Apr 17, 1941
À la mort du milliardaire Charles Foster Kane, un grand magnat de la presse, Thompson, un reporter, enquête sur sa vie. Les contacts qu'il prend avec ses proches lui font découvrir un personnage gigantesque, mégalomane, égoïste et solitaire.
Mystery
Our Leading Citizen
1

Our Leading Citizen

Aug 23, 1939
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
Drama
The Vicar of Wakefield
5
The production vindicated the new feature-length movie format by restoring several characters, plot complications, and atmosphere that had been truncated in Thanhouser’s 1910 version of less than one-sixth the length.
Drama
The World and the Woman
3.5
In "The World and the Woman", Jeanne Eagels plays Mary, a prostitute (which is implied by her walking the streets and being hassled by policemen) who reluctantly takes a better position at a country lodge as a maid. In this woodland community, she attends church and the path to Salvation becomes clear to her. Through Mary's faith, the injured folk of the countryside are healed. However, her old employer, whose lustful advances she'd previously spurned, still has designs on her.
Drama
Silas Marner
3.5

Silas Marner

Feb 18, 1916
After having been wrongly accused of murder and robbery, a heretofore kindly and gregarious weaver becomes a nasty, bitter, lonely old miser. Originally a seven-reel picture, a three-reel re-release survives.
Drama
The Black Pearl
1

The Black Pearl

Dec 18, 1928
A pearl stolen from an Indian idol results in nothing but trouble for its owner. After he receives death threats by note pinned to a dagger, he decides to gather his relatives in his old mansion for a reading of his will. Unfortunately, the family members are being mysteriously bumped off one by one. The butler and an heiress set out to discover what's going on.
Mystery
Mother and Son
1

Mother and Son

Jul 31, 1931
A woman loses all her money in the 1929 stock market crash, and in order to support her family, goes back to her previous occupation--owner of a gambling house--which her son is dead set against.
Drama
Ghost City
3

Ghost City

Jan 02, 1932
Newspaper editor Bill Temple arrives in Boom Town planning to expose Jim Blane as a crook. When Blane's henchman Buck fails to kill Temple, Blane prepares to flee with his money. But a sudden announcement of a gold strike empties the town. Blane heads after his henchmen who have taken his money and Temple heads after Blane.
Western
Three Weeks
1

Three Weeks

Oct 08, 1914
A young English nobleman is sent to Switzerland by his parents, where he meets a mysterious older woman with whom he has a torrid three-week romance.
Drama
David Harum
7

David Harum

Mar 02, 1934
Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom he has traded horse flesh. Taylor is a bank teller who places a winning $4,500 bet on a 10-1 harness racing horse, making him Rogers' bank partner.
Comedy