In the 7th of Columbia’s “Whistler” series, truck-firm owner Steve Reynolds gets involved in a feud with a rival firm Read More »
Tag Archives: Karen Morley
Scarface (1932) Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson, Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Action, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Johnny Lovo rises to the head of the bootlegging crime syndicate on the south side of Chicago following the murder of former head, Big Louis Costillo. Read More »
Thunder in the Night (1935) George Archainbaud, Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, Paul Cavanagh, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Most of the Fox productions of the 1930s had a “continental” flavor, and Thunder in the Night was no exception. Read More »
High Stakes (1931) Lowell Sherman, Mae Murray, Karen Morley, Comedy, Drama
The legendary Mae Murray is a fascinating train wreck in HIGH STAKES, a little B film film about a cloying, baby-talking woman (Murray) who marries an “older man” while she carries on an affair. Read More »
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) J. Walter Ruben, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise, Crime, Mystery
Jenny Wren coerces banker Priam Andes to have a dinner party at his shorefront estate Crestwood, and instructs him to invite three other men, each of whom she plans to extort money from. Read More »
The Washington Masquerade (1932) Charles Brabin, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, Diane Sinclair, Drama, Romance
Perhaps most noteworthy for the first onscreen performance by future Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel, this politcal melodrama from director Charles Brabin stars Lionel Barrymore as Jefferson Keane Read More »
Flesh (1932) John Ford, Wallace Beery, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Drama, Romance
Laura Nash is an ex-con who is befriended by Polakai, a waiter who is also a wrestler. Even though Polakai is kind to her, she pines for Nick, her old partner in crime. Read More »
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Charles Brabin, Charles Vidor, Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan. They have to get there fast, as the evil genius Dr. Fu Manchu is also searching Read More »
Beloved Enemy (1936) H.C. Potter, Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley, Drama
After World War I Irish rebels launch an uprising with the aim of creating an Irish republic, independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Read More »
Wednesday’s Child (1934) John S. Robertson, Karen Morley, Edward Arnold, Frankie Thomas, Drama
Ten-year-old Bobby and a group of friends see Bobby’s mother kissing a man not her husband. Read More »
Jealousy (1945) Gustav Machatý, John Loder, Jane Randolph, Karen Morley, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The wife of an alcoholic writer must take a job as a taxi driver to make ends meet. Read More »
Gabriel Over the White House (1933) Gregory La Cava, Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Newly inaugurated President Judson Hammond is content to live out the next four years exercising a hands-off approach and leaving the problems of Depression America to local authorities. Read More »
Straight Is the Way (1934) Paul Sloane, Franchot Tone, May Robson, Karen Morley, Drama, Romance
Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies. Read More »
Arsène Lupin (1932) Jack Conway, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris, he even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin’s identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.
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