Gabby lives and works at her dads small diner out in the desert. She can’t stand it and wants to go and live with her mother in France. Read More »
Tag Archives: Archie Mayo
Two Against the World (1932) Archie Mayo, Constance Bennett, Neil Hamilton, Helen Vinson
A woman from high society must testify in a murder trial prosecuted by her suitor. Read More »
Night After Night (1932) Archie Mayo, George Raft, Constance Cummings, Wynne Gibson, Comedy, Drama
A successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl. Read More »
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) Archie Mayo, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon, Romance, Drama
Prizefighter Jimmy Dolan accidentally kills a man at a party and escapes. Read More »
Wide Open (1930) Archie Mayo, Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller, Louise Fazenda, Comedy
A nervous woman-shy office clerk, already troubled by an amorous female co-worker, suddenly has to deal with a very forward Read More »
The Doorway to Hell (1930) Archie Mayo, Lew Ayres, James Cagney, Charles Judels, Crime, Drama
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 »
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 »
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 »
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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