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Palooka
3.25

Palooka

Jan 26, 1934
Joe Palooka est un jeune homme naïf dont le père Pete était un boxeur champion, mais son style de vie a poussé la mère de Joe, Mayme, à le quitter et à emmener le jeune Joe au pays pour l'élever.
Music
Kongo
6.4

Kongo

Oct 01, 1932
The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, through superstition and sadism, living only for the day when he can get revenge on the man who ruined his life.
Drama
The Half-Naked Truth
5.15

The Half-Naked Truth

Dec 16, 1932
A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario (Morgan).
Comedy
Mexican Spitfire
4.6

Mexican Spitfire

Jan 12, 1940
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
Comedy
Loin vers l'Est
5.7

Loin vers l'Est

May 04, 1929
Tiger Haynes chasse des fauves en Indochine pour le compte de cirques. Ce redoutable aventurier, couvert de cicatrices, devient un père attentionné au contact de sa fille Toyo, qu'il retrouve à Vientiane, sur la rive du fleuve Mékong. Celle-ci lui présente Bobby Bailey, fils d'un propriétaire de cirque, dont elle est éprise. D'abord méfiant, Haynes « adopte » le jeune homme. Ils s'embarquent ensemble sur un bateau, où Bobby fait la connaissance de Mme de Silva qui le séduit. Or, cette dernière est l'ex-femme de Haynes et la mère de Toyo...
Drama
East Is West
4

East Is West

Oct 23, 1930
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
Crime
Stand and Deliver
5.8

Stand and Deliver

Feb 18, 1928
Our heroine, Miss Velez (despite the fact that she seems to be just along for the ride) is much her usual over-eloquent self (how fortunate she has no sound track!), while Warner Oland makes such an impressive and villainously seedy bandit, he needs no sound track at all. We can just imagine his oily, purring accents all too well.
Drama
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1
This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings. Ken Murray, assisted by the Brewer Twins, is the MC, while the Andrews Sisters sing "In Apple Blossom Time" and the pre-"Uncle Miltie" Milton Berle plays his clarinet. The rest of the players, with contract-player faces belonging to 20th-Century Fox, RKO Radio, Universal and Columbia, just pass through. Production Number 3851.
Music
Hell Harbor
6

Hell Harbor

Mar 14, 1930
Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But when her abusive father promises her to the greasy local merchant, Anita does everything in her power to make her dream a reality.
Romance
Le Mari de l'indienne
5.4

Le Mari de l'indienne

Jul 21, 1931
Le mari de l'indienne : James Wynnegate, un officier de l'armée anglaise, est accusé de détournement de fonds alors que le coupable est son propre frère. Il s'échappe vers l'ouest des États-Unis et rencontre une indienne, Nat-U-Rich, qui lui sauve deux fois la vie. Wynnegate se marie à Nat-U-Rich qui lui donne un fils. Lorsque le frère de Wynnegate meurt, il confesse sa faute et Wynnegate est finalement blanchi de toutes les accusations dont il faisait l'objet en Europe
Drama
Hollywood Party
5.8

Hollywood Party

May 24, 1934
Jimmy Durante est la star de la jungle Schnarzan le Conquérant, mais le public est fatigué de ses faux lions. Alors, quand le baron Munchausen arrive en ville avec de vrais lions mangeurs d'hommes, Durante organise une grande fête pour qu'il utilise les lions dans son prochain film. Son rival de film se faufile dans la partie pour acheter les lions avant Durante.
Comedy
Laughing Boy
3.6

Laughing Boy

Apr 13, 1934
A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.
Western
Playmates
5.2

Playmates

Dec 26, 1941
Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser, plant a story that the great Shakespearean actor, over his heartfelt objections, will teach Kyser how to play Shakespeare, which isn't the same as playing Paducah, which soon becomes evident.
Music
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
3
An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The fifth entry (of eight) in the "Mexican Spitfire" comedy series.
Comedy
Ladies' Day
4.3

Ladies' Day

Apr 09, 1943
A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. After marrying a movie star extreme measures are taken for the benefit of the team.
Comedy
Hot Pepper
4.5

Hot Pepper

Jan 15, 1933
In this comedy, a pair of ex-Marines team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when they both fall in love with a feisty woman and begin fighting over her.
Comedy
The Girl from Mexico
4.2

The Girl from Mexico

Jun 01, 1939
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
Comedy
Wolf Song
4.8

Wolf Song

Mar 29, 1929
In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for the Rockies to trap beavers and cats. In Taos he meets Lola, a beautiful Mexican girl from a proud and rich family. They fall in love and he persuades her to elope with him. After they get married, Sam is torn between his love for Lola and his yearn for traveling.
Romance
Mexican Spitfire Out West
4.6
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when she sees him with another woman. Instead of a second honeymoon, Carmelita begins divorce proceedings
Comedy
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
5.2
A pair of shipboard smugglers have a large diamond hidden inside a small elephant statuette, which they plant on absentminded Lord Epping to get it past customs. Now, his lordship is visiting Uncle Matt Lindsay who looks just like him. Thanks to flirtatious Diana's efforts to get the elephant back, the comic confusion proliferates, with 'spitfire' Carmelita (now a blonde) playing a prominent part.
Comedy
High Flyers
7

High Flyers

Nov 07, 1937
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamonds stolen from a noted gem dealer. As it turns out, their plane crashes on the very estate of the dealer. Thinking the duo are police officers, the dealer offers his home for their convalescence from the accident. Meanwhile, the diamonds have been snatched by a kleptomaniac dog and buried on the estate. When the smugglers track down the pair, they try to convince the dealer that they are officials from an institution from which the two have escaped. Before long, the carnival fellows, the crooks, the gem dealer and his family, along with a platoon of cops, are tearing up the grounds to find where the dog has buried the diamonds.
Comedy
The Gaucho
6.1

The Gaucho

Nov 21, 1927
A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich with gold from the grateful worshipers. Ruiz, an evil and sadistic general, captures the city, confiscates the gold, and closes the shrine. But the Gaucho, the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws, comes to the rescue.
Action
La zandunga
5.2

La zandunga

Mar 18, 1938
It is the story of a beautiful Tehuana woman who falls in love with a sailor who leaves with the promise of returning, but due to her delay she decides to accept a former suitor as her husband. Finally, when the marriage is about to materialize, the sailor returns creating an emotional conflict in her that is resolved thanks to her fiancé who, by intuiting her true feelings, leaves her free to stay with the sailor
Romance
Tiger Rose
1

Tiger Rose

Dec 21, 1929
A mountie pursues a man wanted for murder.
Action
Die Lady von der Straße
4.6
Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee, Diane, has been cheating on him. He tells her that he would rather marry a "girl of the streets" than her. Outraged, Diane decides to grant his wish, and enlists the services of a Spanish singer/dancer from a disreputable nightclub to pose as a sophisticated, convent-educated singer, and surreptitiously arranges for her to meet Karl.
Drama
Laurel et Hardy - À bord du Miramar
6.833
Les passagers embarquent à bord du Mirimar sous la surveillance de Puser Cryder, commissaire de bord débonnaire mais fort attiré par la gent féminine. Pendant ce temps, Chester Chaste, chauffeur de taxi, conduit Mme Ritz, la voleuse internationale sévissant sur les paquebots, et son mari, un nain déguisé qui se fait passer pour son enfant, afin de prendre ce même bateau. Chester se retrouve contre son gré embarqué avec son taxi à bord du Mirimar et désormais considéré comme clandestin le voilà obligé de travailler sous la surveillance de Puser Grader. Sous les brimades de ce dernier, il parviendra toutefois à déjouer les malversations de Mme Ritz et son complice.
Comedy
Honolulu Lu
4.2

Honolulu Lu

Dec 11, 1941
While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a group of sailors becomes a beauty queen.
Music
The Storm
5

The Storm

Aug 17, 1930
Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin during a raging blizzard.
Adventure
Redhead from Manhattan
4.7
Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita shows up in Manhattan, where she takes the place of her Broadway-star twin sister Elaine, who's having problems with her marriage and needs to make a getaway. Neither Elaine's husband or Rita's saxophone-player boyfriend are aware of the switch.
Comedy
The Broken Wing
5

The Broken Wing

Mar 25, 1932
In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio (a misnomer indeed!)is, he proves unable to charm Lolita, the shapely daughter of his neighbor, a big-time rancher. Lolita expects better than this awkward unprepossessing showoff! Besides the fortune-teller she consults tells her her true love will get into her life after a terrible storm. This very night a violent storm does break out and an American pilot, whose plane is caught in it, is forced to make an emergency landing next to where she lives. The gringo - by the name of Phil Marvin - is both dashing and good-looking. Good news for Lolita but bad news for Innocencio who is not ready to bow that easily...
Drama
Gypsy Melody
6

Gypsy Melody

Jul 27, 1936
Due to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He manages to escape in the company of an idiotic milliner and they briefly take shelter with some gypsies, where the Captain falls in love with a young woman. Having been discovered by an American promoter while performing with gypsy orchestra in a tavern, the three accompany him to London as the latest new musical sensation. A great success, they begin a European-wide tour when their plane is forced down by bad weather in their homeland. Here events are satisfactorily resolved.
Comedy
That's Entertainment! III
6.9
Troisième volet de "Il était une fois Hollywood", "That's Entertainment III" nous propose un nouveau panorama de l'age d'or de la MGM mais aussi des chutes rarissimes, des séquences coupées lors de la sortie des films et des essais d'autres stars que celles qui furent finalement choisies.
Documentary
Resurrection
6

Resurrection

Jan 27, 1931
Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his actions drove her to. He follows her to imprisonment in Siberia, intent on redeeming her and himself as well.
Drama
Fashion News
5

Fashion News

Nov 06, 1928
Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.
Documentary
Stardust
4

Stardust

Mar 25, 1938
Carla de Hulvea is a rumba dancer who makes news by posing as a South-American heiress. She is doing fine with her hoax until she meets American Peter Jackson, a high-pressure promoter who is looking for movie-producing money. He does some big-time bluffing on his own in order to get Carla to invest in a film he is making with his partner, Roy Harley. Through Carla, Roy meets actress Diana West, who is given a role in the movie, and Roy falls in love with her.
Comedy
Mr. Broadway
1

Mr. Broadway

Sep 12, 1933
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.
Comedy
Naná
5

Naná

Jun 02, 1944
Based in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.
Drama
Resurrección
6

Resurrección

Mar 06, 1931
Simultaneously shot Spanish version of Tolstoy adaptation: After a woman he has formerly mistreated is sentenced for a crime a man who was part of her jury joins her on the trip to Siberia to expatiate his guilt.
Drama