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Tag Archives: H.B. Warner
Expensive Women (1931) Hobart Henley, Dolores Costello, H.B. Warner, Warren William
A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors. Read More »
The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929) Bayard Veiller, Norma Shearer, Lewis Stone, H.B. Warner
Mary Dugan, a Broadway showgirl, is charged with murder in the knifing death of her wealthy lover, and goes on trial for her life. Read More »
Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938) Louis King, John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner
On the eve of his wedding Captain Hugh Drummond is off to Morocco when Scotland Yard’s Colonel J.A. Nielson Read More »
Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939) James P. Hogan, John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner
A bank-robbery in London prevents – again – the marriage of Bulldog Drummond with his girlfriend. Read More »
Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938) James P. Hogan, John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner
Captain Hugh C.”Bulldog” Drummond (John Howard) and his ever-loving and patient fiancée, Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel). Read More »
Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police (1939) James P. Hogan, John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner
Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation. Read More »
Blackmailer (1936) Gordon Wiles, William Gargan, Florence Rice, H.B. Warner
An inept Police Inspector Killian (Paul Hurst) is assigned to investigate a blackmail case Read More »
Zaza (1923) Allan Dwan, Gloria Swanson, H.B. Warner, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Romance, Drama
Zaza (Gloria Swanson) is an actress and the favorite at an theater in a small French town and she dreams of performing in Paris. Read More »
Five Star Final (1931) Mervyn LeRoy, Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hinchcliffe, the ruthless publisher of a sleazy New York tabloid, is concerned that the ethical journalistic policies of City Editor Randall have caused a drop in circulation. Read More »
The Reckless Hour (1931) John Francis Dillon, Dorothy Mackaill, Conrad Nagel, H.B. Warner, Drama, Romance
In New York City, a young model is swept off her feet by a debonair, handsome young man. Unfortunately for her, he didn’t want to get married but had been stringing her along. Read More »
The King of Kings (1927) Cecil B. DeMille, H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Biography, Drama, History
Mary Magdalene becomes angry when Judas, now a follower of Jesus, won’t come to her feast. She goes to see Jesus and becomes repentant. Read More »
The Divine Lady (1929) Frank Lloyd, Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H.B. Warner, Drama, History, Romance
A partly fictionalized account of history begins with the arrival of slatternly Emma Hart, a cook’s daughter, at the home of Charles Greville. Greville takes her as his lover and grooms her until their relationship becomes an inconvenience. Greville then dupes Emma into traveling to Naples to live with his uncle, Lord Hamilton, ambassador to the court at Naples. Realizing that Greville has abandoned her, Emma agrees to marry Lord Hamilton. Soon, however, she meets Admiral Horatio Nelson of the British Navy.
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The Green Goddess (1930) Alfred E. Green, George Arliss, Ralph Forbes, H.B. Warner
GREEN GODDESS, THE, George Arliss, Alice Joyce, H.B. Warner, 1930
An airplane carrying three Brits–Major Crespin, his wife Lucille, and Dr. Trahern–crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to execute his three half-brothers in neighboring India. His subjects believe that their Green Goddess has given them the lives of the three Brits as payment for the lives of the Rajah’s brothers. They will execute them when the brothers are executed. Trahern and the Crespins must figure a way to use the Rajah’s radio to call India for help.
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