Leila Hyams

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L'Extravagant Mr Ruggles
7.1
Marmaduke Ruggles est un majordome tres sélect. Son maître serait un parfait gentleman s'il n'avait le vilain défaut de jouer au poker et de parier son majordome. Cette fois, c'est un couple de bourgeois américains qui l'emporte. Ruggles fait une entrée remarquée dans la petite ville de Red Gap.
Comedy
The Bishop Murder Case
5.2
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. The only witness may have been Mrs. Drukker and Adolph, but they are not talking. As the murders progress, each one is accompanied by a nursery rhyme. It is up to Philo Vance to unravel the clues and unmask the identity of the murderer 'Bishop'.
Mystery
Big House
6.667

Big House

Jun 14, 1930
Dans une prison des États-Unis, trois prisonniers partagent la même cellule, et réfléchissent à un moyen de s'évader en organisant une révolte dans l'établissement...
Crime
The Branded Sombrero
5

The Branded Sombrero

Jan 08, 1928
A cowboy promises his dying foster-father, "Honest" John Maggert, that he will return the cattle that Maggert rustled from the local ranchers.
Western
Le Figurant
6.7

Le Figurant

Mar 24, 1929
Elmer travaille dans une laverie. Il tombe fou amoureux d'une actrice de théâtre appelée Trilby. Elmer se fait engager comme figurant pour la séduire. Elle l'épouse car il a fait fortune, mais elle est toujours amoureuse de son ancien partenaire de théâtre...
Comedy
Sandra
1

Sandra

Sep 01, 1924
BY DAY a beautiful wife-accepting a husband's humble love, his humble home, his humble pleasures. BY NIGHT a glittering butterfly yearning for the wine of life and tossing all to the winds when the glamour of romance calls.
Drama
La femme aux cheveux rouges
6.6
Lillian travaille pour la Compagnie Legendre. Elle veur réussir à tout prix et décide de séduire le fils, Bill Legendre. Le couple est surpris par Irène, la femme de Bill. Pour éviter le scandale, le père décide d'envoyer Lillian à Cleveland. Mais elle refuse de partir. Les choses se calment, Bill se réconcilie avec Irène. Quelques temps plus tard, Bill retrouve Lillian au cours d'une soirée. Mais cette fois Irène ne pardonne plus et demande le divorce. Lillian peut épouser Bill...
Comedy
The Thirteenth Chair
4.9

The Thirteenth Chair

Oct 19, 1929
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance participants had a reason and a means to kill, and one of them uses the cover of darkness to kill again. When someone close to the medium is suspected she turns detective, in the hope of uncovering the true murderer.
Mystery
The Far Call
1

The Far Call

Apr 28, 1929
A greedy poacher travels to a small island in the Bering sea to rob a seal rookery. There he falls for the governor's daughter who learns that the poacher is the estranged son of a prominent citizen.
Drama
The Constant Woman
5

The Constant Woman

Mar 12, 1933
A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds out about it AND that his son isn't really his, becomes an alcoholic, is being held prisoner in a speak-easy, is rescued by 'Beef', is sobered up, gets a good job, negotiates a great contract for lots 'o money, realizes he's in love, asks the girl to marry him, son returns from boarding school and freaks out when told this, runs off and joins the circus that now happens to catch fire.....
Drama
Sing, Sinner, Sing
4

Sing, Sinner, Sing

Aug 16, 1933
A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on trial for the crime.
Music
Way Out West
5.9

Way Out West

Aug 02, 1930
Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty owner of the ranch, but runs afoul of foreman Steve, who also loves Molly.
Western
Wonder of Women
3

Wonder of Women

Jul 13, 1929
A German pianist is going to break up with his unfaithful wife, when he receives the message that his favourite stepchild has died. This film is believed lost.
Drama
The Girl Said No
5.5

The Girl Said No

Mar 15, 1930
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
Comedy
The Poor Rich
1

The Poor Rich

Feb 25, 1934
Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their long abandoned and very much run down family manor, each unaware that the other is going to be there, and since both have become penniless, they are forced to move into the dilapidated house. When Albert receives a letter from old acquaintances Lord and Lady Fetherstone advising the Spottiswoods of their impending visit to the manor, the cousins are at wit's end as to how to exercise non-existent skills required to make the old house acceptable for guest reception.
Comedy
Stepping Out
6.5

Stepping Out

Apr 11, 1931
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
Comedy
Summer Bachelors
1

Summer Bachelors

Dec 18, 1926
Derry Thomas is a pretty girl from a good family who earns her own living, but is disillusioned about marriage and is firmly set against ever getting married. Nothing against men, just marriage. She is drawn into the company of some rich businessmen whose wives have gone away for the summer. Parties follow in New York nightclubs, road-houses, country clubs and fashionable estates. Situations and contradictions follow.
Comedy
The Big Broadcast
7.1

The Big Broadcast

Oct 14, 1932
The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.
Comedy
Part Time Wife
1

Part Time Wife

Nov 30, 1930
The story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife Betty (Leila Hyams). For lack of anything else to do, Betty takes up golf, soon achieving professional status. Meanwhile, Jim's doctor advises him to start playing golf as an outlet for his frustrations. Sure enough, Jim and Betty are reteamed on the links, and all is well -- for everyone except Betty's erstwhile beau Tommy Milligan (Tom Clifford)
Comedy
The Flirting Widow
4

The Flirting Widow

May 11, 1930
An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. However, the lie comes back to haunt her.
Romance
The Idle Rich
5.7

The Idle Rich

Jun 15, 1929
Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us), is happy for Joan, but reluctant to take charity from Will. He moves in with them, and they keep resisting, until one day he takes drastic action.
Comedy
Hurricane
6

Hurricane

Sep 30, 1929
Captain Black and his motley crew of pirates are shipwrecked on a South Sea island, where they hold several shanghaied sailors captive. Black observes the ship commanded by Hurricane Martin approaching and conspires to get his men aboard the vessel and seize the cargo.
Adventure
The Christmas Party
4.929

The Christmas Party

Dec 17, 1931
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM help him out.
Family
Horse Play
1

Horse Play

Jun 01, 1933
Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle throw him off their property because he is a poor bumbler. One day a stranger buys Slim's ranch for one million dollars because the land contains valuable minerals. Slim and his partner, Andy Jones, are overwhelmed by their new found wealth, but it does not help to soothe Slim's hurt feelings when he finds out that Angelica has gone to England to stay with her other aunt. He decides to bring her his horse, "Cynthia Ann," as a gift, and with Andy and the horse, he sets sail.
Romance
Yellow Dust
4

Yellow Dust

Mar 12, 1936
After he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.
Western
The Wizard
1

The Wizard

Nov 27, 1927
A mad doctor sews human head onto gorilla's body.
Mystery
Surrender
5

Surrender

Dec 06, 1931
Story of French prisoner in Germany who falls in love with a German general's daughter. From the novel "Axelle" by Pierre Benoit.
Drama
Une fille dans chaque port
6.3
Deux marins, amis et bagarreurs qui une fois arrivés dans un port aiment fréquenter les bars et charmer les filles locales. Lors d'une escale à Marseille, Spike tombe sous le charme d'une foraine, Mademoiselle Godiva, qui ne s'intéresse à lui que pour son argent.
Adventure
$1,000 a Minute
5.5

$1,000 a Minute

Oct 21, 1935
Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend $720,000 in twelve hours.
Comedy
One-Round Hogan
1

One-Round Hogan

Sep 17, 1927
"One-Round' Hogan is a heavyweight prizefighter with a knockout punch contending for a championship bout who, because of the death of a friend, almost wrecks his own career by holding back.
Action
No Ransom
1

No Ransom

Oct 07, 1934
In this family comedy, the wealthy executive of a steel company must endure life with a strict, teetotaling wife, a wild daughter, and a deadbeat son. To gain some much needed attention, the lonesome fellow hires a hitman to kill him. Instead, the gunman kidnaps him to frighten the family into appreciating their devoted father.
Crime
Sweethearts and Wives
1

Sweethearts and Wives

Jun 15, 1930
An aristocrat tries to prevent her sister's divorce by attempting to recover a diamond necklace, which is being used as incriminating evidence against her.
Mystery
Saturday's Millions
1

Saturday's Millions

Sep 30, 1933
Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's father Ezra comes to visit him and becomes reacquainted with an old Western football chum, Mr. Chandler, who happens to be the father of Jim's girlfriend Joan. Jim keeps his roommate, Andy, busy by sending him to collect money on their laundry concessions business, even though Andy is desperately trying to meet his girlfriend Thelma, who has just come for a visit. When the coach tells Chandler and Fowler that Jim is nervous and erratic, Chandler invites Jim to spend the night before the big game at his home.
Drama
First Aid
5

First Aid

Jan 02, 1943
This Pete Smith Specialty is a semihumorous look at basic first aid techniques for mishaps that often occur around the house. It was produced in cooperation with the Beverly Hills First Aid Unit of the American Red Cross Disaster Service. —David Glagovsky
Documentary
Dancing Mothers
6.7

Dancing Mothers

Mar 01, 1926
An unfaithful husband and his daughter go on nightly club outings, leaving the mother at home. The mother rebels against her lonesome life and attempts to prevent a man from pursuing her daughter.
Masquerade
1

Masquerade

Jul 14, 1929
The second version of Louis Joseph Vance's 1907 mystery melodrama The Brass Bowl. The story of a wealthy world traveler and his evil lookalike, the master criminal Anisty.
Mystery
Honor Bound
1

Honor Bound

Apr 29, 1928
When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes to prison. Complications ensue when he is provisionally released.
Drama
Freaks, la monstrueuse parade
7.8
Un cirque exhibe de vrais monstres : l'homme-tronc, la femme à barbe, les sœurs siamoises. Hans, le nain, tombe amoureux de la belle acrobate, Cléopâtre. Cette dernière ayant appris que Hans a fait un riche héritage, elle accepte de l'épouser tout en prévoyant de s'en débarrasser quand elle aura mis la main sur ses biens, mais les créatures du cirque découvrent sa vraie nature et son mépris. Leur vengeance sera terrifiante.
Drama
People Will Talk
3

People Will Talk

May 24, 1935
Henry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple who have never had a quarrel. But when their daughter, Peggy, and her husband, Bill Trask, have a squabble, Clarice has a plan to show the daughter just how distasteful domestic bickering appears; She enters into an agreement with Henry that they will fake a fuss to serve as an object lesson. Clarice's will to play the game and her sense of humor play out at about the same time when Henry's remarks become more pointed as the charade goes on. Their fake fight is soon a real barn-burner.
Comedy
The Bush Leaguer
1

The Bush Leaguer

Aug 20, 1927
"Specs" White owns a garage in town and is the local baseball team's #1 pitcher--but he's more interested in working on his latest invention, a new and improved gas pump, than pitching on the team. A scout for the Los Angeles Angels professional baseball team offers Specs a contract. He accepts, but only so he can use the money he gets to work on his invention. However, Specs has a secret he dare not tell anyone--he's scared to death of large crowds. Alice Hobbs, the young, pretty owner of the Angels, tries to help him with that problem, but a misunderstanding causes another problem. this time between Specs and Alice.
Comedy