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Tampico (1944) Lothar Mendes, Edward G. Robinson, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen
Oil-tanker Captain Manson rescues Kathie Hall after her ship is sunk by a U-boat. He marries her. Read More »
Luxury Liner (1933) Lothar Mendes, George Brent, Zita Johann, Vivienne Osborne
A multifaceted, Robert Altman-esque look into the various classes of cruise liner society. Read More »
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) Lothar Mendes, Alexander Korda, Roland Young, Ralph Richardson, Edward Chapman
George McWhirter Fotheringay, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them. Read More »
Flight for Freedom (1943) Lothar Mendes, Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Herbert Marshall
Fictionalized biography of Amelia Earhart (here called Tonie Carter). First, a flagwaving preface about air warfare in the Pacific Read More »
Strangers in Love (1932) Lothar Mendes, Fredric March, Kay Francis, Stuart Erwin
In the film, March briefly plays a double role as brothers who hate each other. Read More »
Personal Maid (1931) Monta Bell, Lothar Mendes, Nancy Carroll, Pat O’Brien, Gene Raymond
Nora Ryan, a poor Irish girl, living in New York decides to change her life by working as a personal maid for the wealthy, Gary family. Read More »
International Squadron (1941) Lothar Mendes, Lewis Seiler, Ronald Reagan, Olympe Bradna, James Stephenson, Adventure, Drama, War
The true story of the exploits of the RAF’s (Royal Air Force) foreign legion battling the German Luftwaffe Read More »
Ladies Man (1931) Lothar Mendes, William Powell, Kay Francis, Carole Lombard, Drama
A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in “society.” Read More »
The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946) Lothar Mendes, Lee Bowman, Marguerite Chapman, Edgar Buchanan, Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance
The Columbia mystery melodrama The Walls Came Tumbling Down is regarded in many circles as star Lee Bowman’s finest hour-and-a-half. Bowman is cast as Winchellesque Broadway columnist Gilbert Archer, who insists upon investigating the death of an old friend, a priest. The police insist that the priest hanged himself, but Archer believes otherwise, and together with Boston socialite Patricia Foster (Marguerite Chapman) he begins to play detective – though “play” is hardly the word. Key ingredients to the mystery are two rare Bibles and a painting of the fall of Jericho. The principal villainy comes at the grubby hands of Columbia contractees George Macready and Edgar Buchanan, while J. Edward Bromberg has a few amusing moments as a kooky art dealer.
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