Frank Dawson

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Le Suspect
6.7

Le Suspect

Jan 31, 1945
Philip Marshall, homme méticuleux et intègre d'une soixantaine d'années, est empoisonnée par une épouse acariâtre, Cora, dont le caractère odieux a déjà provoqué le départ de leur fils. Philip rencontre une jeune secrétaire, Mary Grey, en quête de travail. Il lui obtient une place dans une boutique et la revoit régulièrement. Comme sa femme le suit, il met fin à cette liaison platonique après avoir avoué son amour à Mary. Un soir, Cora menace d'aller voir Mary et de faire scandale. Philip la tue. L'enquête conclut à un accident mais l'inspecteur Huxley n'est guère convaincu...
Crime
Sherlock Holmes
6.8

Sherlock Holmes

Sep 01, 1939
Le film commence sur les marches de Old Bailey, où Moriarty vient d'être acquitté d'une accusation de meurtre en raison d'un manque de preuves. Holmes lui fait cette remarque : « Vous avez un cerveau magnifique, Moriarty. Je l'admire. Je l'admire tellement que je tiens à le présenter, marinée dans l'alcool, à la Société Médicale de Londres ». « Cela ferait une exposition impressionnante », répond Moriarty.
Crime
My Marriage
5

My Marriage

Jan 31, 1936
When gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masquerades as a respectable member of high society, his daughter Carol is left to bear the brunt of social stigma.
Crime
La Femme au portrait
7.4

La Femme au portrait

Oct 25, 1944
Professeur émérite en criminologie, Richard Wanley rejoint des amis dans le club où ils ont l’habitude de passer leurs soirées. Après avoir un peu trop bu, le professeur repart et, tandis qu’il s’attarde devant la vitrine d’une galerie d’art pour contempler l’envoûtant portrait d’une jeune femme mystérieuse, celle-ci apparaît…
Thriller
Meet Me on Broadway
7

Meet Me on Broadway

Jan 26, 1946
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh country club. Eddie and his girlfriend, actress Ann Stallings, hope the production will launch their legitimate Broadway careers. But complications arise when Maxine Whitaker, daughter of a wealthy rival club owner, becomes romantically interested in charming Eddie.
Comedy
Private Number
6.3

Private Number

Jun 05, 1936
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his intentions are not that good.
Drama
I'll Give a Million
5.7

I'll Give a Million

Jul 27, 1938
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
Comedy
Gentlemen Are Born
6.5

Gentlemen Are Born

Nov 17, 1934
A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market...for the lucky ones. Some of them fare even worse.
Drama
Flirtation Walk
5.3

Flirtation Walk

Dec 01, 1934
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
Music
Beau Geste
7

Beau Geste

Jul 24, 1939
'Beau', John et Digby Geste sont trois frères inséparables adoptés par la riche Lady Brandon. La disparition soudaine de son saphir, le 'Blue Water', pousse les frères à fuir la maison. Il se retrouvent engagés dans la Légion étrangère, où ils affrontent autant leur sergent sadique que les rebelles arabes...
Adventure
Arsène Lupin Returns
5.8

Arsène Lupin Returns

Feb 25, 1938
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
Mystery
L'oiseau bleu
5.8

L'oiseau bleu

Jan 15, 1940
Mytyl et son frère Tyltyl partent à la recherche de l'Oiseau bleu du bonheur au cours d'un voyage fantastique à travers passé, présent et futur.
Family
La Valse dans l'ombre
7.5

La Valse dans l'ombre

May 17, 1940
Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, un officier aristocrate et une jeune fille de condition modeste se rencontrent et s'aiment.
Drama
What a Woman
5.8

What a Woman

Dec 29, 1943
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.
Comedy
Rhythm on the Range
4

Rhythm on the Range

Jul 01, 1936
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the farm where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters
Western
Cafe Society
6

Cafe Society

Mar 03, 1939
A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.
Comedy
Double Door
6.8

Double Door

May 04, 1934
A domineering money-bags' suppressed incestuous urges go into overdrive when her half-brother brings a new bride home to the family’s gloomy Fifth Avenue mansion. The title refers to a secret soundproofed chamber that the villainess uses to entrap her enemies.
Drama
Requins d'acier
6.1

Requins d'acier

Apr 22, 1943
Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Le Lieutenant Ward Stewart, membre d'équipage à bord d'un sous-marin éclaireur, et son commandant Dewey Connors, entretiennent une relation de profonde amitié jusqu'au jour où les deux hommes se rendent compte que la maîtresse de Stewart n'est autre que la femme de Connors. Cependant, la découverte d'une base nazie en plein milieu de l'Atlantique va obliger les deux anciens amis à oublier leur discorde et à s'unir face à l'ennemi.
War
They All Kissed the Bride
5.8
Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her side is writer Michael Holmes who is writing a book on some of her tough ways. With no time for men, the effect an attractive stranger has on her at her sister's wedding is unnerving. When it turns out this is the hated writer, she starts seriously to lose her bearings. Surely it can't become Maggie and Mike?
Comedy
No More Ladies
5.1

No More Ladies

Jun 14, 1935
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
Comedy