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The Bride Walks Out (1936) Leigh Jason, Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Comedy, Romance
Carolyn and Michael fall in love and decide to marry. However, Michael insists that Carolyn quit her job. Read More »
The Emperor’s Candlesticks (1937) George Fitzmaurice, William Powell, Luise Rainer, Robert Young, Drama, History, Romance
A male Polish secret agent and a female Russian secret-police spy smuggle messages to St. Petersburg in candlesticks. While chasing after stolen candlesticks they discover each other’s identity and fall in love.
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They Won’t Believe Me (1947) Irving Pichel, Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
On trial for murder, Larry Ballantyne regurgitates an unbelievable story. He recounts how he philanders to other women while his rich loving wife Gretta tries to keep him in line. Read More »
The Canterville Ghost (1944) Jules Dassin, Norman Z. McLeod, Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O’Brien, Comedy, Fantasy
In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. Read More »
Calm Yourself (1935) George B. Seitz, Robert Young, Madge Evans, Betty Furness, Comedy, Romance
Advertising executive Preston ‘Pat’ Patton is fired from his job by Col. Allenby when he offends his daughter Mary Elizabeth. Read More »
Bride for Sale (1949) William D. Russell, Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, George Brent, Comedy
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. Read More »
Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) Reinhold Schünzel, Robert Young, Lana Turner, Lew Ayres, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rich businessman wants to marry his secretary, but first he has to pass muster with her middle-class family. Read More »
The Shining Hour (1938) Frank Borzage, Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young, Drama, Romance
Olivia (Crawford), a New York nightclub dancer, tires of the fast life and marries Henry Linden (Douglas), a farmer. When Olivia moves to her new husband’s farm, in Wisconsin, she encounters trouble from his domineering sister-in-law Hannah (Bainter) and his brother David, (Young), who do not approve of her. Olivia finds an ally in David’s wife, Judy (Sullavan), who is in a loveless marriage.
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Secret of the Incas (1954) Jerry Hopper, Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Nicole Maurey, Adventure
An Inca legend says the Inca Empire was destroyed by the gods when a gold and jeweled star burst was stolen from the Temple of the Sun centuries ago, and the ancient civilization will spring anew when the treasure is returned. The natives want it but so does Harry Steele, an American adventurer of slightly-shady ways who wants it for personal gain, as does his adversary, a grizzled old man even more into skulduggery than Steele. The latter teams up with Elena Antonescu, an Iron Curtain refugee fleeing from the MKVD. She can help him get a plane and he can help her escape Peru for the relative safety of Mexico.
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Relentless (1948) George Sherman, Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman, Willard Parker, Western
At the local saloon, prospectors Len Briggs and Bob Pliny brag about finding gold at their mine. Bad guys Tex Brandaw and Jim Rupple decide to follow the two prospectors and steal their mine. Drifter Nick Buckley who’s passing through town seeking shelter for his pregnant mare is offered a drink by the two old prospectors, on the account of their recent good fortune. They also offer him the use of their shack for the night. However, bad guy Tex Brandaw suggests to Nick the use of an empty stall in the town stable instead. The two old prospectors return to their cabin where bad guys Tex and Jim await in ambush and kill the prospectors and steal the map revealing the gold mine’s location. They divide the map in two sections, to prevent cheating, and split up agreeing to meet later. Tex has no intention of sharing the gold with Jim and bushwhacks him on the trail taking Jim’s other half of the map. Jim pursues Tex on foot and runs into drifter Nick Buckley who left town after spending …
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