Madelon and Marius intend to marry but he finds the call of the ocean irresistible and leaves her and his father behind. Read More »
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Show Boat (1936) James Whale, Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger
Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive Read More »
Green Hell (1940) James Whale, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard, Adventure, Romance
A group of adventurers head deep into a South American jungle in search of ancient Incan treasure. Read More »
The Great Garrick (1937) James Whale, Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton, Comedy, Romance
The Great Garrick (Brian Aherne) is the most celebrated London theater actor of his day (eighteenth century) and is invited to Paris to star at the Comedie Francaise, the most important theatre in France. Read More »
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) James Whale, Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas, Mystery
When a lawyer defending his best friend for murdering his unfaithful wife discovers how the accused discovered his wife was in love with another man Read More »
The Invisible Man (1933) James Whale, Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Working in Dr. Cranley’s laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley’s daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion’s Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. Unfortunately, the drug he used has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He’s prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance, and several will die in the process.
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