Frances Drake

6.321

Le Rayon invisible

Jan 20, 1936

Le Rayon invisible

1936 79 min 53 vues

Le Dr Janos Rukh découvre un certain type de radium aux propriétés curatives quasi magiques. Mais l'élément a aussi un côté dangereux, et il a déjà commencé à affecter Rukh. Consumé par la paranoïa, il commence à soupçonner sa femme d'avoir une liaison. Désireux de se venger, Rukh ourdit un complot mortel... en utilisant son propre corps empoisonné comme arme de mort.

Science Fiction

7

Les mains d'Orlac

Jul 12, 1935

Les mains d'Orlac

1935 68 min 108 vues

Le docteur Gogol est fou d’admiration pour l’actrice Yvonne Orlac, qu’il vient voir chaque soir sur scène, au théâtre. Celle-ci, mariée au grand pianiste Stephen Orlac, repousse ses avances. Une nuit, le train de Stephen déraille. Le pianiste doit être amputé des deux mains. Yvonne décide d’appeler le docteur Gogol pour réaliser l’impossible : lui seul peut sauver les mains de son mari. Devant l’impossibilité de la chose, Gogol va alors amputer les deux mains de Stephen pour les remplacer par celles d’un grand criminel venant d’être exécuté. L’opération est un succès, mais le jeune couple ignore tout des procédés utilisés par le médecin. Les mois s’écoulent, Gogol est de plus en plus attiré par Yvonne, dont il possède une reproduction en cire dans son appartement, tandis que les mains de Stephen commencent à agir curieusement, comme guidées par l’instinct de meurtre…

Horror

7.2

Les Misérables

Apr 20, 1935

Les Misérables

1935 108 min 49 vues

Jean Valjean est un bagnard emprisonné pour un simple vol de pain parce qu'il était affamé. Il parvient à s'échapper et sur sa route, il rencontre un homme d'église qui changera sa vie. Il devient peu à peu un homme en vue de la ville où il s'est installé sous un faux nom pour échapper à son passé. La jeune Cosette que les vils Thénardiers exploitent à leur service, est recueillie par Valjean qui en prendra soin quant à son éducation. Mais l'inspecteur Javert, Policier obtus et convaincu que l'âme humaine ne peut changer, reconnaît en Valjean l'ancien détenu et veut à tout prix le compromettre...

Drama

6.4

Le monde est merveilleux

May 19, 1939

Le monde est merveilleux

1939 86 min 41 vues

Willie Heyward, millionnaire, est du genre à ne pas se faire de souci et à cueillir les roses de la vie. Il épouse même Vivian, une jeune femme attirée par son argent, sans se poser la moindre question. Mais le jour où il est accusé à tort du meurtre d'une danseuse, tout bascule. Condamné à mort, il ne peut plus compter que sur Guy Johnson, son détective privé, lui aussi accusé de complicité, et qui fera tout pour rétablir la justice, aidé par une poétesse.

Comedy

5.8

Les femmes devraient écouter

Aug 10, 1934

Les femmes devraient écouter

1934 62 min 11 vues

The switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the man's current girlfriend is actually part of a scheme to swindle him out of some mineral rights he owns, she devises a plot to save him and expose the con artists.

Comedy

6.4

Souvent femme varie

Dec 23, 1934

Souvent femme varie

1934 84 min 17 vues

Après avoir été lâchement abandonnée devant l'autel par son fiancé, la ravissante Mary Clay se laisse consoler par le brave Jeff Williams, qui lui passe la bague au doigt. Mais lorsque Dill, le cavalier volage, ressurgit dans sa vie, elle est près de succomber à nouveau à son charme vénéneux...

Comedy

6

The Lone Wolf in Paris

May 25, 1938

The Lone Wolf in Paris

1938 66 min 3 vues

Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard toys with a princess and a grand duke.

Mystery

1

The Trumpet Blows

Apr 14, 1934

The Trumpet Blows

1934 72 min 1 vues

In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent years in the U.S., and falls in love with his brother's intended fiancé. Rather than cause problems, the younger brother goes to Mexico City to become a matador. While there, he gets word that the police, who have been hunting his brother, have finally captured him.

Drama

1

I'd Give My Life

Aug 13, 1936

I'd Give My Life

1936 73 min 1 vues

The movie, like the play "The Noose" on which it is based, is the story of a young man wrongfully convicted of and sentenced to be hanged for a murder which he never committed.

6.1

Bolero

Feb 23, 1934

Bolero

1934 85 min 9 vues

The complicated relationship between an ambitious, ruthless nightclub dancer and the woman he loves.

Drama

6

The Preview Murder Mystery

Feb 28, 1936

The Preview Murder Mystery

1936 60 min 4 vues

The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.

Mystery

5.8

The Affairs of Martha

Jun 21, 1942

The Affairs of Martha

1942 66 min 5 vues

Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.

Romance

1

Without Regret

Sep 13, 1935

Without Regret

1935 74 min 1 vues

In order to save herself while in China, a woman marries a young drifter and is able to return to England. Later, believing that her new husband is dead, she marries a wealthy man. Her new husband's ex-girlfriend, learning of the woman's past and that her first husband is indeed alive, threatens to expose the new wife as a bigamist.

Drama

5.8

There's Always a Woman

Apr 20, 1938

There's Always a Woman

1938 81 min 13 vues

An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married. The wife accepts what looks to be an easy case, figuring than she can then persuade her husband to re-start the agency. However, when the client's husband is found murdered, she decides to investigate the murder herself. Her husband has also been assigned by the D.A. to investigate the murder, and he doesn't know that his wife is also on the case. Complications ensue.

Comedy

1

She Married an Artist

Nov 27, 1937

She Married an Artist

1937 77 min 1 vues

Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which prompts Toni to seek retribution in divorce court.

Comedy

5

Midnight Taxi

Apr 04, 1937

Midnight Taxi

1937 73 min 3 vues

A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.

Drama

5.7

You Can't Have Everything

Aug 02, 1937

You Can't Have Everything

1937 100 min 3 vues

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...

Comedy

5.5

Transient Lady

Mar 04, 1935

Transient Lady

1935 69 min 2 vues

A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.

Romance

6

Florida Special

Apr 21, 1936

Florida Special

1936 70 min 1 vues

A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue in this comedy. Among the passengers is a millionaire bon vivant carrying $1 million in diamonds.

Comedy

5.5

Love Under Fire

Aug 20, 1937

Love Under Fire

1937 70 min 2 vues

A suspense-thriller-comedy set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.

War

1

And Sudden Death

Jun 16, 1936

And Sudden Death

1936 67 min 1 vues

An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.

Drama

1

Meet My Sister

Aug 18, 1933

Meet My Sister

1933 69 min 1 vues

'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)

Comedy

6.2

Je profite de cette femme

Feb 02, 1940

Je profite de cette femme

1940 98 min 6 vues

Georgi a tenté de se suicider en réaction à une histoire d'amour plus tôt. Maintenant que le Dr Decker l'a épousée, il se propose de lui faire de l'aimer. Pour faire assez pour lui donner ce qu'elle veut, il devient médecin riche, abandonnant ses services cliniques aux pauvres.

Drama

1

The Jewel

Oct 01, 1933

The Jewel

1933 67 min 1 vues

A family heirloom is stolen and the family attempts to recover it.

Crime