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Reckless (1935) Victor Fleming, Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone

Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie’s musical by himself. Read More »
Stars Over Broadway (1935) William Keighley, Pat O’Brien, Jane Froman, James Melton

Al is a down on his luck promoter who is thinking of taking the final bow when he meets Jan, the singing porter. Read More »
Secrets of Chinatown (1935) Fred C. Newmeyer, Nick Stuart, Lucile Browne, Raymond Lawrence

Private detective Donegal Dawn, is summoned by the police commissioner to solve Read More »
Green Fields (1937) Jacob Ben-Ami, Edgar G. Ulmer, Michael Gorrin, Helen Beverly, Isidore Cashier

Ulmer’s soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein’s classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. Read More »
I Stand Condemned / Moscow Nights (1935) Anthony Asquith, Harry Baur, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Laurence Olivier

During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. Read More »
The Girl from Mexico (1939) Leslie Goodwins, Lupe Velez, Donald Woods, Leon Errol

In the first entry of an unintended-series that turned into a long-running series for RKO Read More »
There Goes My Girl (1937) Ben Holmes, Edward Killy, Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Gordon Jones

Jerry (Gene Raymond) and Connie (Ann Sothern) are engaged to be married, but they’re also rival newspaper reporters Read More »
The Broken Wing (1932) Lloyd Corrigan, Lupe Velez, Leo Carrillo, Melvyn Douglas

In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Read More »
Judge Priest (1934) John Ford, Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise

Judge William “Billy” Priest lives in a very patriotic (Confederate) southern town. Read More »