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The Racing Strain
1

The Racing Strain

Dec 16, 1932
A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl. That motivates him to clean up his act and resume his career, but it may be too late for that.
Drama
The Fighting Marines
6

The Fighting Marines

Nov 22, 1935
Corporal Larry Grant and Sergeant "Mac" McGowan, of the United States Marine Corps, are rival for the love of Frances Schiller, but team up to hunt down "The Tiger Shark," a mad, scientific wizard who is holding Sergeant William Schiller, Frances' brother, a prisoner on a wild, jungle island in the Pacific.
Action
L'Homme de Monterey
4.429

L'Homme de Monterey

Jul 15, 1933
Après avoir acquis le territoire qui deviendra la Californie, le gouvernement des États-Unis demande aux propriétaires terriens de faire enregistrer leurs terres, à défaut de quoi elles deviendraient une partie du domaine public. Don Pablo Gonzales, dans le but de s'approprier les terres de Don Jose Castanares, fait croire à ce dernier qu'il aurait intérêt à ne pas s'enregistrer. Le Capitaine John Holmes est envoyé dans le territoire pour convaincre les propriétaires. Il va rencontrer Dolores, la fille de Don Jose, mettre fin aux agissements de Don Pablo et finalement épouser Dolores.
Action
The Cyclone Ranger
1

The Cyclone Ranger

Mar 15, 1935
A trio of former cattle rustlers try to go straight, but find that they can't shake off their reputations and trouble follows them.
Western
Hardboiled
1

Hardboiled

Mar 20, 1929
Chorus girl Teena Johnson may be "hard-boiled," but she's no golddigger. Thus, when the father of her wealthy sweetheart Kyle Stannard tries to buy her off, Sally refuses the money. She sticks by Kyle even after he is disinherited and forced to go to work. The financial strain on the young couple's marriage eventually takes its toll, and before long they separate, with Sally returning to the chorus line to square her husband's debts.
Drama
Slaves in Bondage
2.6

Slaves in Bondage

Jul 24, 1937
Mary Lou manages to escape abduction by a prostitution ring. She tells the Chief of Detectives they were planning to take her to the Berrywood road house, a well-known den of iniquity. Jim Murray and beautician Belle Harris are using her beauty shop to recruit floozies for their road house circuit. Dona Lee, who works at the beauty salon, is falling in love with young reporter wanna-be Phillip, but Murray gets jealous and makes life rough for him. Meanwhile Dona begins to figure out the racket, but becomes threatened by Murray's unwanted advances.
Drama
The Firefly
6.4

The Firefly

Nov 05, 1937
Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order for them to reveal Napoleon's intentions toward Spain. She is sent to Bayonne, France to gather military secrets. Prior to this, she meets Don Diego while performing at a club. Unknown to her, Don Diego is actually Captain Andre, who is sent to Spain to spy on her. While in France, Nina discovers Diego's true identity, only after she has fallen in love with him. Nina Maria outwits her potential captors, returns to Spain and goes into hiding. Napoleon's troops invade Spain, resulting in Nina's capture. In a strange twist of fate, Nina and Captain Andre are reunited, but the 2 nations are now at war...
History
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
4.3
Counterfeit bills are being printed in Canada and shipped across the border hidden in blocks of ice. When the counterfeiters force engraver Bronson to make a new plate, he inscribes a tiny help message on it. Renfrew catches a henchman who has one of the new bills. A magnifying glass lets him read the message and he heads out alone to round up the counterfeiters.
Western
The Vanishing Riders
3.5

The Vanishing Riders

Jul 03, 1935
Sheriff Bill Jones, in the line of duty, kills outlaw Joe Land and adopts his young son, Tim. They come upon a former silver boomtown, reputed to be haunted, whose only inhabitant is Hiram McDuff, a friend of Bill's. Ranch owner Joan Stanley hires Bill and Tim. Her father has been killed by the gang of Wolf Larson. By mistake, McDuff hires the Larson gang on as ranch hands for Joan. They plan to steal the stock while Bill is away. Tim overhears the plot and informs Bill. Bill and Tim use ghost makeup, skeleton sheets (even outfitting their horses with skeleton-looking blankets) and tricks to rout the superstitious gang members...
Western
Evangeline
6.1

Evangeline

Aug 24, 1929
A young Acadian woman spends years searching for her lost love after the two are separated and forcibly relocated by the British.
Drama
Special Agent K-7
3.8

Special Agent K-7

May 04, 1936
Police detective Lanny resents the ongoing interference of the local FBI branch. Hoping to show up the feds, Lanny tackles a baffling espionage case. Things heat up when reporter sweetheart Ollie is framed for murder.
Crime
Law and Lead
1

Law and Lead

Nov 14, 1936
A cowboy hears rumors that an old friend who once headed a criminal gang and had since gone straight is now back on the wrong side of the law. He goes to investigate.
Western
Brown of Harvard
5.636

Brown of Harvard

May 02, 1926
Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter.
Drama
Happy Landing
1

Happy Landing

Sep 01, 1934
An action-filled film with outlaws-of-the-clouds at war with the men of the U. S. Flying Service. A young pilot, Nick Ferris, fights to track down a dangerous gang of smugglers and clear his name of an undeserved stigma.
Drama
Convoy
1

Convoy

Apr 24, 1927
A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent
Drama
Darkest Africa
7.2

Darkest Africa

Feb 15, 1936
A 15-episode serial in which Beatty goes to darkest Africa to rescue the Goddess of Joba, who is being held by the high priest.
Adventure
Santa
5.6

Santa

Mar 30, 1932
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipólito.
Drama
La Baronne de minuit
7.4

La Baronne de minuit

Mar 24, 1939
Eve, petite danseuse de variétés, arrive à Paris en robe du soir, mais ruinée par la roulette de Monte Carlo. Un jeune chauffeur de taxi, Tibor Czerny, la prend en pitié, en charge et enamitié. Mais elle lui échappe et parvient à s'introduire dans la haute société en se faisant passer pour la baronne Czerny. Elle est sauvée de la misère par le richissime George Flammarion qui cherche à se débarrasser du play-boy dont sa femme est éprise. Eve détourne le minet prédateur, au cours d'un week-end mouvementé dans un château de Versailles, où un quiproquo chasse l'autre...
Comedy
Aloha
1

Aloha

Apr 26, 1931
In the South Seas, a half-caste island girl refuses to follow tradition and marry a fellow islander, instead falling in love with a white man and heir to an American fortune.
Romance
Jeunesse Mauvaise
4.6

Jeunesse Mauvaise

May 05, 1940
Une mère riche société engage une escorte masculine, mais il tombe amoureux de sa fille à la place. Le conflit mère-fille oblige la fille à ruisseler de rester avec un ami qui est réduit en esclavage par un anneau de prostitution.
Drama
Juvenile Court
5

Juvenile Court

Sep 10, 1938
L'avocat Gary Franklin, frustré de ne pouvoir sauver le criminel hollandais Dutch Adams d'une condamnation à mort en accusant les taudis d'être à l'origine des crimes commis par Dutch, demande l'aide de sa soeur, Marcia Adams, afin de faire un appel de fonds publics aux habitants des taudis dans le but de fournir des lieux de loisirs à leurs enfants.
Crime
Naughty But Nice
1

Naughty But Nice

Jun 25, 1927
Naughty But Nice was based on The Bigamists, a story by Lewis Alen Brown. Gawky country girl Berenice Summers (Colleen Moore) is catapulted head-first into High Society when her Uncle Seth (Burr McIntosh) strikes oil. Shipped off to a fancy boarding school, Berenice suffers at the hands of her snooty classmates, but the last straw comes when she's publicly humiliated by local wise-guy Paul Carroll (Donald Reed).
Romance
The Texan
5.8

The Texan

May 10, 1930
Outlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin.
Western
Little Johnny Jones
1

Little Johnny Jones

Nov 17, 1929
Little Johnny Jones is a jockey who is in love with his all-American sweetheart, Mary Baker, and also his career as the rider of thoroughbred horses. But he almost loses both when he is tricked by a showgirl, Vivian Dale. His story of vindication swings from the racetracks of America to England and the historical National Derby, with plenty of red-white-and-blue bunting waving behind the little patriot.
Comedy
Any Woman
1

Any Woman

May 04, 1925
When Ellen Linden comes back home from finishing school, she finds out that her wealthy father has lost all his money. She must get a job to help support the family, and goes to work as a secretary in the brokerage firm of Phillips and Rand. Both partners find themselves attracted to her, but each has a different approach: Phillipls takes the rough, aggressive route and Rand does the opposite, complimenting and flattering her at every opportunity. However, she falls in love with Tom Galloway, a young inventor who has come up with a new type of soft drink, "Here's How". in which Ellen attempts to interest the brokers. Phillips, however, doesn't take rejection lightly and schemes to break up Ellen and Galloway using his unwitting partner. This film is lost.
Drama
Night Watch
1

Night Watch

Sep 09, 1928
Night Watch is a 1928 American drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Billie Dove, Paul Lukas, and Donald Reed. It was an adaptation of the dramatic 1921 play In the Night Watch, written by Michael Morton. The film is set almost entirely on a French warship at the beginning of the First World War.
War
A Most Immoral Lady
1

A Most Immoral Lady

Sep 22, 1929
Laura Sergeant (Leatrice Joy), together with her husband, Humphrey Sergeant (Sidney Blackmer) operates a scam scheme to extort money from millionaires through blackmail and victimization until she mistakenly victimizes Tony Williams (Walter Pidgeon), the man she really loves.
Mad Hour
1

Mad Hour

Mar 04, 1928
Mad Hour is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Boyle and starring Sally O'Neil, Alice White and Donald Reed. It was adapted from a novel by Elinor Glyn.
His Secretary
1

His Secretary

Dec 06, 1925
When a secretary overhears her boss disparaging her looks, she decides to show him how wrong he is.
Comedy
Nelly Was a Lady
1

Nelly Was a Lady

Feb 15, 1947
The Father of American Music, Stephen Foster created melodies for all the world to sing, most memorably his folk songs about the joys and sorrows of the people of the South. His achievements seem miraculous in that he had no musical training, and except for one short visit had never been to the South.
Drama
La Femme et le Pantin
6.3

La Femme et le Pantin

May 03, 1935
Un jeune Espagnol complotant contre le régime tombe amoureux d'une chanteuse de cabaret. Il s'ennivrera de cette femme fatale.
Comedy
Show Girl
1

Show Girl

Sep 23, 1928
An aspiring dancer fakes her own kidnapping as a publicity stunt. Her new found fame causes trouble with her boyfriend.
Comedy
Six Gun Justice
1

Six Gun Justice

Feb 01, 1935
Both Marshal McDonald and Nevada Joe and his gang are after money stolen by the Slades. When McDonald rescues Jim Slade from Nevada's gang, he is seriously wounded. Jim gets him to a doctor and just as he returns to full strength, Nevada and his gang arrive and Jim and the Marshal must face them.
Western