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Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) Dorothy Arzner, Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Nere-do-well Jerry Corbett finally meets and marries the ideal woman, Joan Prentiss. Read More »
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973) Gilbert Cates, Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney, Drama
Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life Read More »
Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) David Burton, Dudley Murphy, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Norman Foster, Drama
A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn’t love. Read More »
Dead End (1937) William Wyler, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The Dead End Kids are introduced in their intricate East Side slum, overlooked by the apartments of the rich. Read More »
You Only Live Once (1937) Fritz Lang, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Joan is the secretary to the public defender in a large city. She is in love with a career criminal named Eddie, and she believes that he is a basically good person who just had some tough breaks. Read More »
Accent on Youth (1935) Wesley Ruggles, Sylvia Sidney, Herbert Marshall, Phillip Reed, Comedy, Romance
Steven Gaye, a successful New York playwright has passed forty and thinks he has bid farewell to the world of romance. Read More »
Street Scene (1931) King Vidor, Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., Estelle Taylor, Drama, Romance
In a hot summer afternoon in New York, Emma Jones gossips with other neighbors of her residential building about the affair of Mrs. Anna Maurrant and the milkman Steve Sankey. Read More »
Thirty Day Princess (1934) Marion Gering, Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold, Comedy, Romance
On a visit to a spa in the Ruritanian Kingdom of Tyronia, American financier Richard Gresham meets the country’s ruler, King Anatol XII Read More »
Behold My Wife (1934) Mitchell Leisen, Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, Laura Hope Crews, Drama
After Michael Carter’s fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who sabotaged their marriage. He drives across the country angrily, and lands up at a saloon, where he is shot by an Indian, Pete. Pete’s girlfriend, Tonita nurses Michael’s wound and falls in love with him. Michael realizes this, proposes marriage to Tonita – a perfect revenge for his prejudice family. They marry and he takes her to New York, in full Indian dress hoping to embarrass the family. The press and society mock the Carters – to Michael’s delight. Tonita’s confused as to why Michael doesn’t want to consummate their marriage. At a coming out party for Tonita, set up by Diana (Michael’s sister), Tonita’s a big hit. Michael becomes angry for his family has “won”. Tonita realizes the true reason for their marriage, and finds comfort with Bob, Diana’s lover. Diana catches Tonita and Bob together and kills Bob, but, Tonita takes the blame and is arrested, for this is the perfect …
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An American Tragedy (1931) Josef von Sternberg, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Romance, Drama
A poor factory worker, employed by a wealthy uncle, falls in love with a beautiful heiress but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker he impregnated.
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