William Janney

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Two Seconds
6.1

Two Seconds

May 28, 1932

Two Seconds
1932 67 min 20 vues
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.
Drama
Laurel et Hardy - Bons pour le service
6.6

Laurel et Hardy - Bons pour le service

Aug 23, 1935

Laurel et Hardy - Bons pour le service
1935 80 min 64 vues
Laurel et Hardy se rendent en Ecosse où Laurel doit toucher l'héritage de son grand-père. A leur grand dam, Laurel ne reçoit rien. La principale bénéficiaire est la jeune Lorna, dont le tuteur est le colonel McGregor, qui se trouve aux Indes avec son régiment. Le coeur lourd, Lorna quitte son fiancé Alan pour rejoindre McGregor en compagnie de lady Violet, soeur du colonel. Peu après, Laurel et Hardy s'engagent, sans le vouloir vraiment, dans le régiment de McGregor. Arrivés en Inde, ils se retrouvent mêlés à la troupe et chargés de mater des rebelles qui menacent l'autorité de la Couronne. Les deux compères combattent avec des moyens peu orthodoxes...
Comedy
Coquette
5.6

Coquette

Mar 30, 1929

Coquette
1929 76 min 27 vues
A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.
Drama
The Crime of the Century
6.3

The Crime of the Century

Feb 18, 1933

The Crime of the Century
1933 74 min 10 vues
Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up before he can commit it.
Crime
Terror Aboard
6

Terror Aboard

Apr 14, 1933

Terror Aboard
1933 69 min 5 vues
An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
Mystery
The Mouthpiece
5.9

The Mouthpiece

Mar 21, 1932

The Mouthpiece
1932 86 min 9 vues
A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.
Drama
Salute
4.7

Salute

Sep 01, 1929

Salute
1929 84 min 3 vues
Quoique peu attiré par la Marine, le petit fils d’un grand amiral rejoint l’école navale d’Annapolis…
Drama
Secret of the Blue Room
5.591

Secret of the Blue Room

Jul 20, 1933

Secret of the Blue Room
1933 66 min 22 vues
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The three suitors of the heroine wager that each can survive a night in the forbidding blue room.
Mystery
Crooner
5

Crooner

Aug 20, 1932

Crooner
1932 68 min 1 vues
Fame goes to a priggish singer's head and almost costs him his girlfriend.
Comedy
Sweepstake Annie
3.7

Sweepstake Annie

Jan 29, 1935

Sweepstake Annie
1935 81 min 3 vues
A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and not necessarily for the better.
Comedy
The Girl Said No
5.5

The Girl Said No

Mar 15, 1930

The Girl Said No
1930 91 min 4 vues
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 World Changes
4.8

The World Changes

Nov 25, 1933

The World Changes
1933 91 min 6 vues
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
Drama
The Right of Way
5.2

The Right of Way

Dec 11, 1930

The Right of Way
1930 68 min 4 vues
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia. He starts life afresh and is happy, until the return of his memory sends him back to resolve his old involvements.
Drama
Clipped Wings
3.5

Clipped Wings

Dec 02, 1937

Clipped Wings
1937 63 min 2 vues
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.
Action
As the Earth Turns
5.3

As the Earth Turns

Feb 14, 1934

As the Earth Turns
1934 73 min 7 vues
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
Drama
The Pay-Off
5

The Pay-Off

Oct 14, 1930

The Pay-Off
1930 70 min 10 vues
Un voyou vole un jeune couple fiancé de leurs derniers dollars. Quand le chef de gang du voyou apprend le vol, il leur rend leur argent et les prend sous son aile. Le voyou, plein de ressentiment envers le couple, envisage d'organiser une mutinerie contre le chef du gang, mais lorsqu'il est tué dans un vol bâclé, la police concentre son attention sur le jeune couple.
Drama
Sutter's Gold
1

Sutter's Gold

Mar 01, 1936

Sutter's Gold
1936 94 min 1 vues
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Western
Under-Cover Man
4.5

Under-Cover Man

Dec 02, 1932

Under-Cover Man
1932 74 min 2 vues
When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police. The sister of another innocent victim joins him as they infiltrate the syndicate. Any wrong move could lead to instant death.
Drama
The Iron Master
1

The Iron Master

Feb 04, 1933

The Iron Master
1933 64 min 1 vues
The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that he left his entire estate not to them but to the foreman of his foundry.
Drama
Mexicali Rose
5.2

Mexicali Rose

Dec 26, 1929

Mexicali Rose
1929 60 min 9 vues
The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of town. She gets revenge by marrying his younger brother.
Drama
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
6.3

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Oct 16, 1936

Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936 74 min 3 vues
A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.
Western
A Modern Hero
7

A Modern Hero

Apr 21, 1934

A Modern Hero
1934 71 min 3 vues
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.
Drama
Young Desire
1

Young Desire

Jun 08, 1930

Young Desire
1930 68 min 1 vues
A carnival sideshow dancer falls in love with a handsome young man.
Drama
Girls Demand Excitement
1

Girls Demand Excitement

Feb 08, 1931

Girls Demand Excitement
1931 69 min 1 vues
Peter Brooks is a hard-working, hard-up college student whose dislike of women attending college weakens under the amorous advances of spoiled socialite coed Joan Madison.
Comedy
La Ruée vers l'Ouest
5.6

La Ruée vers l'Ouest

Jan 26, 1931

La Ruée vers l'Ouest
1931 123 min 129 vues
Quand s'ouvre aux colons le territoire d'Oklahoma en 1889, Yancey Cravat demande une parcelle et s'y rend depuis Wichita avec sa famille. Éditeur de journal, juriste, Cravat devient un citoyen de relief de la ville d'Osage. Mais quand la ville semble installée dans la routine, il repart vers le Cherokee Strip (bande de territoire cherokee), laissant sa famille derrière lui. Du fait de son absence, son épouse Sabra doit se débrouiller pour sa subsistance, et devient bientôt experte en matière de défense de ses propres droits.
Drama
La Patrouille de l'aube
6.6

La Patrouille de l'aube

Jul 10, 1930

La Patrouille de l'aube
1930 108 min 25 vues
Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, les pilotes d'un escadron font face au stress du combat. Les deux as du "A Flight" de l'escadron, Courtney et Scott , en sont venus à haïr leur commandant, Brand , le blâmant d'avoir envoyé les nouvelles recrues directement au combat dans des avions inférieurs.
War
King of the Wild Horses
1

King of the Wild Horses

Nov 10, 1933

King of the Wild Horses
1933 62 min 1 vues
Columbia's King of the Wild Horses is a remake of the silent Hal Roach western feature of the same name -- and with the same "star," Rex the Wonder Horse, in the lead. Most of the story involves the romantic triangle between rogue stallion Rex, the gorgeous mare Lady, and villainous black steed Marquis.
Western
The Great Hotel Murder
6

The Great Hotel Murder

Feb 27, 1935

The Great Hotel Murder
1935 70 min 3 vues
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention.
Mystery
Born to Gamble
4.8

Born to Gamble

Jul 09, 1935

Born to Gamble
1935 63 min 4 vues
A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.
Drama
A Successful Calamity
5.2

A Successful Calamity

Sep 17, 1932

A Successful Calamity
1932 72 min 6 vues
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.
Comedy
Without Children
1

Without Children

Apr 15, 1935

Without Children
1935 77 min 1 vues
Struggling architect David Cole is encouraged by his boss, Phil Graham, to fraternize with high society as a means of drumming up business. This inadvertently leads to him having an affair with a rich older woman. When his wife Sue discovers the infidelity, she divorces him and takes away their two children. It turns out this was Phil's intent all along - so he could marry Sue. With David now living in Europe, the two children grow up spoiled and self-centered under Phil and Sue's neglectful care. When one of them is shot while roughhousing, David realizes he must own up to his responsibilities as a father...but it may be too late to make a difference in his children's lives...
Drama
A Successful Failure
4

A Successful Failure

Oct 14, 1934

A Successful Failure
1934 62 min 1 vues
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.
Comedy