Renee Whitney

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Return of the Terror
6

Return of the Terror

Jul 07, 1934
"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
Mystery
Les Pirates de la mode
6.3
Sherwood Nash est un couturier New-Yorkais peu scrupuleux qui copie les modèles de la haute-couture parisienne et les signes pour son propre compte. Avec la complicité de son assistante, Lynn Mason, il se rend à Paris au défilé du plus célèbre couturier, Réginald Owen, dans le but de voler des dessins de sa dernière collection...
Comedy
Show Boat
6.7

Show Boat

May 17, 1936
Malgré les objections de sa mère, la jeune fille naïve d'un capitaine de bateau d'exposition est mise en vedette en tant que nouvelle femme de tête de l'entreprise.
Music
Under Eighteen
6.6

Under Eighteen

Jan 02, 1932
Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial bind, she is ready to do both after she shows up at the penthouse pool bash of a wealthy playboy.
Drama
The House on 56th Street
5.2
A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.
History
Bedside
5.6

Bedside

Jan 27, 1934
Séduisant mais dissipé, Bob Brown arrive une fois de plus en retard à son poste de technicien radiologue. Caroline Grant, sa collègue infirmière, est follement éprise de lui. Elle lui offre ses 1500 dollars d'économie et lui propose de les faire fructifier en terminant ses études de médecine, qu'il a abandonnées. Incorrigible, Brown préfère les dépenser au jeu. Pour se tirer d'affaire, il extorque à un ancien médecin déchu, dépendant de la morphine, son nom et son brillant diplôme. Devenu J. Herbert Martell, Bob s'installe en grandes pompes à New York, engage un attaché de presse, Sam Sparks, un brillant second, le docteur Wiley, et, sans jamais examiner un patient, devient une sommité médicale...
Drama
Goodbye Again
5

Goodbye Again

Sep 09, 1933
Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her suspicious husband. Will the author's savvy secretary, who's secretly in love with him, save his neck?
Comedy
Kansas City Princess
4.5

Kansas City Princess

Sep 14, 1934
Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath; their adventures include masquerading as girl scouts and taking an ocean voyage to Paris.
Comedy
Jimmy the Gent
6.2

Jimmy the Gent

Mar 09, 1934
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
Drama
The Big Shakedown
5.6

The Big Shakedown

Jan 06, 1934
La concurrence se faisant de plus en plus rude dans le milieu des bootleggers, un escroc a l'idée de faire de la contrefaçon. Aidé par un droguiste qui rêve de faire fortune, il copie des marques de dentifrice avant de fabriquer de faux médicaments.
Drama
Western Courage
6

Western Courage

Oct 29, 1935
Wealthy Henry Hanley takes his family to a dude ranch. But his daughter Gloria's boyfriend Eric is waiting and he is after Hanley's money. Ken overhears Eric's plan and abducts Gloria to stop the elopement. The outlaw Lacrosse and his henchman then catch Ken without his guns, take off with Gloria, and leave a tied up Ken in a burning shack.
Western
Elinor Norton
6

Elinor Norton

Nov 02, 1934
A romantic triangle during WW I provides the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when a young wife gets involved with a coffee baron while her husband is off fighting WW I. Her shell-shocked husband finally returns. He is terribly jealous. To help him, the wife takes him to a Western dude ranch. Her lover also goes, and the two men soon become friends. The coffee magnate helps to cure him, but then breaks his heart by telling him that he and the wife are planning to run away.
Drama
Run, Girl, Run
1

Run, Girl, Run

Jan 15, 1928
A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
Comedy
Registered Nurse
4.6

Registered Nurse

Apr 06, 1934
In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband goes mad and needs an operation. One of the surgeon's regards his pursuit a lark, while the other harbors genuine affections for the nurse.
Drama
Hi, Nellie!
6.5

Hi, Nellie!

Jan 20, 1934
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy on the story. Every other paper goes with the story that Frank took the money and Brad is demoted, by the publisher, to the Heartthrob column - writing advice to the lovelorn. After feeling sorry for himself for two months, he takes the column seriously and makes it the talk of the town. But Brad still wants his old job back so he will have to find Canfield and the missing money.
Comedy
The Wild Party
6.4

The Wild Party

Apr 06, 1929
Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her. Gossip linking the two escalates until Stella proves she is decent by shielding an innocent girl and winning the professor's respect.
Comedy
Une grande bagarre
6.9

Une grande bagarre

May 06, 1933
Un truand qui a passé plusieurs années en prison décide à sa sortie de reprendre le droit chemin. Il se présente à une place de journaliste, mais ne sachant pas écrire il n'est pas retenu. Tout s’arrangera lorsqu'il ramènera la photo d'un forcené.
Drama
Prologues
6.9

Prologues

Oct 21, 1933
Un artiste de variétés au chômage décide de présenter des "prologues" en première partie des séances de cinéma.
Comedy
She Had to Say Yes
5.8

She Had to Say Yes

Jul 15, 1933
Dans les années 1930, à l'heure de la Grande dépression économique, Sol Glass pense à un moyen de redynamiser son entreprise: pourquoi ne pas demander à toutes les secrétaires de distraire les clients? L'idée lui semble d'autant meilleure que chacun peut y trouver son compte. Les clients seront plus détendus, donc plus enclins à signer des contrats, et les employées auront plus fréquemment l'occasion d'aller au restaurant et d'être invitées au spectacle. Surtout, les affaires redémarreront. Mais cette brillante idée n'est pas du goût de tout le monde. Tommy Nelson, refuse que sa fiancée, Florence Denny, s'adonne à ce petit jeu dangereux pour leur couple. Mais la signature d'un gros contrat vient compliquer la donne ....
Romance
Liliane
7.286

Liliane

Jul 13, 1933
Après la mort de son père dans l'incendie d'un bar minable qu'il tenait dans le sud des USA, Lily Powers écoute les conseils d'un client qui l'encourage à quitter la ville et à utiliser les hommes pour réussir au lieu d'être utilisée par eux. Débarquée à New York, elle se fait engager dans une banque et gravit les échelons de la hiérarchie, en même temps que les étages du building, en séduisant les hommes, du chef du personnel au directeur, les renvoyant au fur et à mesure qu'elle n'en a plus besoin. Couverte de bijoux et de fourrures, elle s'apprête à craquer pour l'un d'entre eux quand son mentor lui rappelle d'oublier les sentiments. Exilée à Paris après un scandale, Lily Powers peaufine ses ambitions...
Drama
Le Mystère de la chambre close
6.1
Le corps d'un riche collectionneur d'objets d'art chinois est retrouvé dans sa propre chambre, une balle dans la tête. La police conclut à un suicide. La présence de l'arme dans sa main confirme cette thèse. Le détective Philo Vance est persuadé que le collectionneur a été victime d'un assassinat. Avec l'aide d'un policier et du procureur, il décide de mener l'enquête. Peu à peu, il reconstitue les faits.
Crime
Ex-Lady
6.3

Ex-Lady

May 15, 1933
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
Comedy
The Keyhole
4.9

The Keyhole

Mar 25, 1933
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
Comedy
Fog Over Frisco
6.1

Fog Over Frisco

Jun 02, 1934
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities.
Thriller
Wonder Bar
6.2

Wonder Bar

Mar 31, 1934
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.
Crime
Private Detective 62
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Private Detective 62

Jun 10, 1933
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.
Crime