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Tag Archives: Leila Hyams
The Big Broadcast (1932) Frank Tuttle, Bing Crosby, Stuart Erwin, Leila Hyams
A radio-singer, Bing Hornsby, is none-too-concerned about his job, and an affair with Mona leads to his dismissal. Read More »
The Idle Rich (1929) William C. de Mille, Conrad Nagel, Bessie Love, Leila Hyams
Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Read More »
Stepping Out (1931) Charles Reisner, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Denny, Leila Hyams
When Sally (Charlotte Greenwood) and Eve (Leila Hyams) take a vacation together to make their rich husbands miss them Read More »
The Bishop Murder Case (1930) David Burton, Nick Grinde, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart Read More »
1,000 Dollars a Minute (1935) Aubrey Scotto, Roger Pryor, Leila Hyams, Edward Brophy
A down-on-his luck newspaperman finds himself the center of an experiment being conducted by two daffy millionaires–to see if someone can spend $1000 a minute Read More »
Freaks (1932) Tod Browning, Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova
A circus trapeze artist, Cleopatra, takes an interest in Hans, a midget who works in the circus sideshow. Read More »
Way Out West (1930) Fred Niblo, William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Western, Comedy, Drama
Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. Read More »
Gentleman’s Fate (1931) Mervyn LeRoy, John Gilbert, Louis Wolheim, Leila Hyams, Drama
Jack lives the high life and wants to make Marjorie his one and only. He then learns that his deceased father is alive but dying of lead poisoning. His father sent him away, twenty years before, to keep him out of the rackets. But now that he is dying, he wants to split the business between Giacomo (Jack) and Frank, his other son. The business includes running booze down from Canada.
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The Phantom of Paris (1931) John S. Robertson, John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Lewis Stone, Drama, Thriller
Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him. Max has killed Bourrelier before he was removed from the will so that he will be rich when he marries Cecile. Together with Vera, they put the blame on Bibi, who is a romantic rival to Max, and he is sentenced to death. But Bibi escapes before his execution and hides in Herman’s secret cellar. When he learns that Max is dying, Bibi goes to his house for his confession, but Max dies before it is told to anyone else. So Bibi, has just one chance, and he goes to Dr. Gorin who will make him look like Max so that he can clear his name and put the blame where it belongs – on Max, even in death.
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The Thirteenth Chair (1929) Tod Browning, Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherly, Drama, Mystery
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel a true “bounder” Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance participants had a reason and a means to kill, and one of them uses the cover of darkness to kill again. When someone close to the medium is suspected she turns detective, in the hope of uncovering the true murderer.
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