Lou Ricarno is a smart guy. His plan is to organize the various gangs in Chicago so that the mugs will not liquidate each other. Read More »
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I Married a Doctor (1936) Archie Mayo, Pat O’Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander, Drama
The story is about a sophisticated Chicago woman (Josephine Hutchinson) who marries a small-town doctor (Pat O’Brien) and moves to that town Read More »
Illicit (1931) Archie Mayo, Barbara Stanwyck, James Rennie, Ricardo Cortez, Drama, Romance
Ann, a young lady of scandalously “advanced” ideas, has been living in near-sin with blueblood lover Dick, due to her conviction that marriage will destroy their love. Read More »
The Mayor of Hell (1933) Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz, James Cagney, Madge Evans, Arthur Byron, Crime, Drama, Romance
Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Read More »
Charley’s Aunt (1941) Archie Mayo, Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, Comedy, Romance
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley’s Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Read More »
Bordertown (1935) Archie Mayo, Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Crime, Drama
Johnny Ramirez rises from bouncer to partner in Charlie Roark’s border town casino. Charlie’s wife Marie loves Johnny, but Johnny loves society woman Dale. Read More »
Svengali (1931) Archie Mayo, John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Sinister music maestro Svengali can control the actions of women through hypnotism and his telepathic powers. Read More »
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) Archie Mayo, Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Frank Patton is the promoter of the Lucky Legs Contest. The problem is that he always skips town before paying the $1000 to the winner. Read More »
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Archie Mayo, John Cromwell, Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, Adventure, Biography, Romance
Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and falls in love with the Emperor’s daughter.
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Under Eighteen / Under 18 (1931) Archie Mayo, Marian Marsh, Anita Page, Regis Toomey, Romance, Drama
A wealthy theatrical producer entices a desperately poor young woman to visit his penthouse. The innocent girl doesn’t realize that the lecherous fellow is planning to do much more than have a drink with her. Fortunately, her friend the grocery boy isn’t so naive and manages to arrive in the nick of time.
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