When World War One pulls the U.S. in, builder Jim Baker goes enthusiastically. Read More »
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The Guilty Generation (1931) Rowland V. Lee, Leo Carrillo, Constance Cummings, Robert Young
John Smith is a young architect who changed his name from Marco Ricca when he realized that being Read More »
Powder Town (1942) Rowland V. Lee, Victor McLaglen, Edmond O’Brien, June Havoc
Absent-minded professor Quincey Pennant creates a formula to transmit the impact of explosives over greater distances. Read More »
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Rowland V. Lee, Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern
Edmond Dantes is imprisoned in the Chateau d’If without trial, for carrying a message from Napoleon in exile on Elba. Read More »
Zoo in Budapest (1933) Rowland V. Lee, Loretta Young, Gene Raymond, O.P. Heggie, Drama, Romance
Flamboyant Zani grew up and works in the zoo. He loves animals so much that he steals animal furs from the women who wear them. Read More »
Cardinal Richelieu (1935) Rowland V. Lee, George Arliss, Maureen O’Sullivan, Edward Arnold, Drama, History, Romance
Released generally as Cardinal Richelieu, this George Arliss vehicle was based on the popular 19th-century blank-verse play by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Read More »
Tower Of London (1939) Rowland V. Lee, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O’Neil, Drama, History
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. Read More »