Quiet Please, Murder
Mar 19, 1943A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
Crime
George Walcott
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Furie
Jun 05, 1936Joe 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
Stella Dallas
Aug 06, 1937Stella est une jeune femme issue de la classe ouvrière. Elle a l’ambition d’épouser Stephen Dallas, un homme issu d’une autre classe, montant ainsi dans la « haute ». Elle n’y arrivera pas, ou si mal, et Stephen sera de plus en plus distant vis-à-vis de Stella. Le ménage finit par sombrer, et Stella se retrouve seule avec sa fille Laurel, pour laquelle elle se bat afin de lui assurer un avenir meilleur. Seule Laurel, élevée tantôt chez sa mère, tantôt chez son père, parviendra à réaliser le rêve de sa mère, au prix du sacrifice affectif de cette dernière.
Drama
The Mandarin Mystery
Dec 23, 1936Ellery Queen se propose de résoudre un mystère impliquant un tampon précieux.
Mystery
Western Jamboree
Dec 02, 1938Knowing 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
Cocoanut Grove
May 20, 1938
The Forgotten Woman
Jul 07, 1939A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.
Drama
The Swan
Feb 16, 1925The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.
Romance
Honeymoon in Bali
Sep 29, 1939Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill proposes, Gail declines and Bill goes home to Bali. But a young girl, Rosie, and Tony the Window Cleaner, who dispels advice on every floor, soon have Gail thinking maybe she was a bit hasty with her no to Bill's proposal. Ere long she discovers that she does love Bill and can't live without him. She goes down to Bali to give him the good news. He learns that he is soon to marry Noel Van Ness. She goes back to New York City.
Comedy
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Jan 11, 1940A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
Crime
Buck Benny Rides Again
May 31, 1940Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
Comedy
Le rythme de la rivière
Aug 28, 1940auteur-compositeur populaire Oliver Courtney a été débrouille depuis des années à l'aide d'un écrivain fantôme pour sa musique et une autre pour ses paroles. Lorsque les deux écrivains se rencontrent dans une auberge, ils tombent amoureux et tentent de vendre leurs chansons sous leur propre nom. Le problème est pense qu'ils sont chaque éditeur chanson copier le style de Courtney.
Comedy
The Great Hospital Mystery
May 14, 1937A nurse's brother who's pursued by the mob, hides out in a hospital by pretending to be a patient.
Mystery
Borrowing Trouble
Dec 10, 1937The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.
Comedy
