{ "id": "movies-1930s", "name": "Wikipedia Movies: 1930s", "title": "Wikipedia Movies: 1930s", "description": "4,429 films from the 1930s sourced from Wikipedia, with title, year, genres, cast, and a short synopsis.", "category": "entertainment", "source": "https://github.com/prust/wikipedia-movie-data", "source_url": "https://github.com/prust/wikipedia-movie-data", "updated": "2026-04", "record_count": 4429, "columns": [ { "key": "title", "label": "Title", "type": "string" }, { "key": "year", "label": "Year", "type": "number" }, { "key": "genres", "label": "Genres", "type": "string" }, { "key": "cast", "label": "Cast", "type": "string" }, { "key": "extract", "label": "Extract", "type": "string" } ], "rows": [ { "title": "Abraham Lincoln", "year": 1930, "genres": "Historical, Drama, Biography", "cast": "Walter Huston, Kay Hammond", "extract": "Abraham Lincoln, also released under the title D. W. Griffith's \"Abraham Lincoln\", is a 1930 pre-Code American biographical film about Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Walter Huston as Lincoln and Una Merkel, in her second speaking role, as Ann Rutledge. The script was co-written" }, { "title": "Across the World with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson", "year": 1930, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Martin and Osa Johnson, George Eastman", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Africa Speaks!", "year": 1930, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Paul Hoefler, Lowell Thomas", "extract": "Africa Speaks! is a 1930 American documentary film directed by Walter Futter and narrated by Lowell Thomas. It is an exploitation film." }, { "title": "Alias French Gertie", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Crime", "cast": "Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon", "extract": "Alias French Gertie is an American pre-Code crime film directed by George Archainbaud from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based upon the unproduced play The Chatterbox by Bayard Veiller. The film stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, who were making their first on-screen appearance together. A copy of th" }, { "title": "All Quiet on the Western Front", "year": 1930, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, Arnold Lucy", "extract": "All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 American pre-Code epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by German novelist Erich Maria Remarque. Directed by Lewis Milestone, it stars Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, and Ben Alexander." }, { "title": "Alma de Gaucho", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Manuel Granada, Mona Rico, Francisco Amerise", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Along Came Youth", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Frances Dee, Charles Rogers, Evelyn Hall", "extract": "Along Came Youth is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and Norman Z. McLeod and written by George Marion, Jr., Maurice Bedel and Marion Dix. The film stars Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, Frances Dee, Stuart Erwin, William Austin, Leo White and Betty Boyd. The film was released " }, { "title": "Amor Audaz", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Rosita Moreno", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Animal Crackers", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont", "extract": "Animal Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film directed by Victor Heerman. The film stars the Marx Brothers,, with Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont. It was based on their Broadway musical of the same name, in which mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missin" }, { "title": "Anna Christie", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Greta Garbo, Marie Dressler, Charles Bickford", "extract": "Anna Christie is a 1930 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pre-Code tragedy film adaptation of the 1921 play of the same name by Eugene O'Neill. It was adapted by Frances Marion, produced and directed by Clarence Brown with Paul Bern and Irving Thalberg as co-producers. The cinematography was by William H. Daniels" }, { "title": "Anybody's War", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Peers, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "Anybody's War is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and written by Lloyd Corrigan, Hector Turnbull and Walter Weems. The film stars George Moran, Charles Mack, Joan Peers, Neil Hamilton, Walter Weems and Betty Farrington. The film was released on July 10, 1930, by Param" }, { "title": "Anybody's Woman", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Clive Brook", "extract": "Anybody's Woman is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner and written by Zoe Akins, Doris Anderson, and Gouverneur Morris. The film stars Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, Paul Lukas, Huntley Gordon, Virginia Hammond, Tom Patricola, and Juliette Compton. The film was released on " }, { "title": "The Apache Kid's Escape", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Perrin, Fred Church, Josephine Hill", "extract": "The Apache Kid's Escape is a 1930 American Western film written, produced and directed by Robert J. Horner and starring Jack Perrin and his wife Josephine Hill. It was a remake of The White Outlaw (1929). The film was shot in Valencia, California. Jack Perrin's five-picture deal with Horner ended u" }, { "title": "The Arizona Kid", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Mona Maris, Carole Lombard", "extract": "The Arizona Kid is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alfred Santell. It was produced by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Around the Corner", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Charles Murray, George Sidney, Joan Peers", "extract": "Around the Corner is a 1930 American comedy-drama film directed by Bert Glennon and starring George Sidney, Charles Murray and Joan Peers. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Así es la Vida", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "José Bohr, Lolita Vendrell, Delia Magaña", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Az Orvos Titka", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Artúr Somlay, Dezső Kertész", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Back Pay", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers, Vivien Oakland", "extract": "Back Pay is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film with songs, produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and starring Corinne Griffith and Grant Withers. It is based on a short story by Fannie Hurst. It is a remake of a 1922 silent film Back Pay that starred See" }, { "title": "The Bad Man", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Walter Huston, James Rennie, Myrna Loy", "extract": "The Bad Man is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film starring Walter Huston which was produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The movie is based on Porter Emerson Browne's 1920 play of the same name and is a sound remake of the 1923 silent version of the same n" }, { "title": "The Bad One", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Dolores del Río, Edmund Lowe, Blanche Friderici", "extract": "The Bad One is a 1930 American Pre-Code black-and-white musical film directed by George Fitzmaurice, starring Dolores del Río and Edmund Lowe, and featuring Boris Karloff. It is a romantic prison drama film." }, { "title": "Bar L Ranch", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buffalo Bill Jr., Yakima Canutt, Betty Baker", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Bat Whispers", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Maude Eburne, Chance Ward", "extract": "The Bat Whispers is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Roland West, produced by Joseph M. Schenck, and released by United Artists. The film is based on the 1920 mystery play The Bat, written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, and is the second film version by the same directo" }, { "title": "Be Yourself", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Fanny Brice, Robert Armstrong", "extract": "Be Yourself! is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Fanny Brice and Robert Armstrong. The plot involves an entertainer (Brice) managing a boxer (Armstrong). The cinematographer was Karl Struss and the running time is 65 minutes." }, { "title": "Beau Bandit", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Rod La Rocque, Doris Kenyon", "extract": "Beau Bandit is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film, directed by Lambert Hillyer, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on his short story, \"Strictly Business\" which appeared in the April 1929 edition of Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan. The film starred Rod La Rocque, Mitchell Lewis, Doris " }, { "title": "Behind the Make-Up", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Powell, Fay Wray, Kay Francis", "extract": "Behind the Make-Up is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Milton and Dorothy Arzner, and based on the short story \"The Feeder\" by Mildred Cram. The film stars Hal Skelly, William Powell, Kay Francis, and Fay Wray." }, { "title": "The Benson Murder Case", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery, Drama, Crime", "cast": "William Powell, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorehead", "extract": "The Benson Murder Case is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by S. S. Van Dine and Bartlett Cormack. The film stars William Powell, William \"Stage\" Boyd, Eugene Pallette, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorhead, Richard Tucker and May Beatty. The film was released on April" }, { "title": "Beyond the Law", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Frazer, Louise Lorraine, Lane Chandler", "extract": "Beyond the Law is a 1930 American western film directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Robert Frazer, Lane Chandler and Louise Lorraine. It was one of the final productions of the independent Rayart Pictures, under the name Raytone Talking Pictures. The company was later revived as Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Beyond the Rio Grande", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Perrin, Franklyn Farnum, Charline Burt", "extract": "Beyond the Rio Grande is a 1930 American pre-Code western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Perrin, Franklyn Farnum and Jay Wilsey." }, { "title": "Big Boy", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Al Jolson, Lloyd Hughes, Claudia Dell", "extract": "Big Boy is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film produced by Warner Bros. The film was directed by Alan Crosland and stars Al Jolson, Claudia Dell, Louise Closser Hale, and Noah Beery. The film is based on the 1925 Broadway hit show of the same name in which Jolson also starred." }, { "title": "The Big Fight", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lola Lane, Ralph Ince, Guinn Williams", "extract": "The Big Fight is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film starring Lola Lane, Ralph Ince, Guinn Williams and Stepin Fetchit, based upon the play by Max Marcin and Herbert Gropper, directed by Walter Lang, and released by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures." }, { "title": "The Big House", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone", "extract": "The Big House is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by George Hill, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. The story and dialogue were written by Frances Marion, who won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achie" }, { "title": "Big Money", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Eddie Quillan, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason", "extract": "Big Money is a 1930 American comedy-drama film directed by Russell Mack and starring Eddie Quillan, Robert Armstrong, and James Gleason. It was produced and distributed by Pathé Exchange, shortly before the company was completely absorbed by RKO." }, { "title": "The Big Party", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Sue Carol, Dixie Lee", "extract": "The Big Party is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Harlan Thompson. The film stars Sue Carol, Dixie Lee, Walter Catlett, Frank Albertson, Richard Keene, and Douglas Gilmore. The film was released on February 23, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. It is a lo" }, { "title": "The Big Pond", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert", "extract": "The Big Pond is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film based on a 1928 play of the same name by George Middleton and A.E. Thomas. The film was written by Garrett Fort, Robert Presnell Sr. and Preston Sturges, who provided the dialogue in his first Hollywood assignment, and was directed by Hob" }, { "title": "The Big Trail", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill", "extract": "The Big Trail is a 1930 American pre-Code Western early widescreen film shot on location across the American West starring 23-year-old John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh." }, { "title": "Billy the Kid", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Johnny Mack Brown", "extract": "Billy the Kid is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed in widescreen by King Vidor about the relationship between frontier outlaw Billy the Kid and lawman Pat Garrett. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated t" }, { "title": "The Bishop Murder Case", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young", "extract": "The Bishop Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by David Burton and Nick Grinde and starring Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams and Roland Young. Ten years before assuming his role as Sherlock Holmes in a series of 14 films, Rathbone essayed the character of S.S. Van Dine's detecti" }, { "title": "The Border Legion", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Fay Wray, Richard Arlen", "extract": "The Border Legion is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower. It stars Jack Holt, Fay Wray, and Richard Arlen. It is based on the novel with the same title by Zane Grey." }, { "title": "Born Reckless", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Frank Albertson", "extract": "Born Reckless is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by John Ford and staged by Andrew Bennison from a screenplay written by Dudley Nichols based on the novel Louis Beretti. The film starred Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen and Marguerite Churchill." }, { "title": "Borrowed Wives", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds", "extract": "Borrowed Wives is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer. It stars silent performers Vera Reynolds, Rex Lease, and Sam Hardy. It was distributed by Tiffany Pictures." }, { "title": "The Boudoir Diplomat", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Betty Compson, Mary Duncan", "extract": "The Boudoir Diplomat is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, from the play The Command To Love by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar." }, { "title": "The Break Up", "year": 1930, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Jack Robertson", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Breed of the West", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Wally Wales, Virginia Brown Faire, Buzz Barton", "extract": "Breed of the West is a 1930 American Western film directed by Alan James, starring Hal Taliaferro, Virginia Brown Faire, and Buzz Barton." }, { "title": "Breezy Bill", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Edna Aslin, Bud Osborne", "extract": "Breezy Bill is a 1930 American western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Steele, Edna Aslin and Bud Osborne. It was produced as an independent second feature on Poverty Row." }, { "title": "Bride of the Regiment", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "Bride of the Regiment is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by John Francis Dillon and filmed entirely in Technicolor. The screenplay by Ray Harris and Humphrey Pearson is based on the book of the 1922 stage musical The Lady in Ermine by Frederick Lonsdale and Cyrus Wood, which had been " }, { "title": "Bright Lights", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Comedy", "cast": "James Murray, Noah Beery, Dorothy Mackaill", "extract": "Bright Lights, later retitled Adventures in Africa, is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor and produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. It premiered in Los Angeles in July 1930 but was edited and rereleased in early " }, { "title": "Brothers", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Romance", "cast": "Bert Lytell, Dorothy Sebastian", "extract": "Brothers is a 1930 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Walter Lang. A print of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection." }, { "title": "Burning Up", "year": 1930, "genres": "Sports, Drama, Action", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Francis McDonald, Charles Sellon", "extract": "Burning Up is a 1930 American Pre-Code action film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars Richard Arlen as a racing driver and Mary Brian as his love interest, the daughter of a fellow driver. An early talkie, the film also features mo" }, { "title": "The Call of the Circus", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Francis X. Bushman, Ethel Clayton", "extract": "Call of the Circus is a little-seen 1930 film written by Maxine Alton and directed by Frank O'Connor. The film stars Francis X. Bushman and Ethel Clayton. The film is noted as silent screen idol Bushman's first talkie." }, { "title": "Call of the Flesh", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Romance, Drama", "cast": "Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence", "extract": "Call of the Flesh is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Charles Brabin. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, and Renée Adorée. It featured several songs performed by Novarro and originally included a sequence photographed in Technicolor." }, { "title": "Call of the West", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dorothy Revier, Tom O'Brien, Alan Roscoe", "extract": "Call of the West is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Albert Ray and starring Dorothy Revier, Matt Moore and Tom O'Brien." }, { "title": "Cameo Kirby", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Cameo Kirby is a 1930 American drama film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Marion Orth. It is based on the 1909 play Cameo Kirby by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The film stars J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris, Douglas Gilmore, Robert Edeson, Myrna Loy and Charles Morton. The film " }, { "title": "Captain of the Guard", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Laura La Plante, John Boles", "extract": "Captain of the Guard is a 1930 American musical film directed by John S. Robertson and Pál Fejös and starring Laura La Plante, John Boles and Sam De Grasse. It is set during the French Revolution, but was sufficiently unhistorical that an apology was included in the opening credit for any factual in" }, { "title": "Captain Thunder", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Historical, Western", "cast": "Fay Wray, Victor Varconi", "extract": "Captain Thunder is a 1930 American Pre-Code historical drama western film which was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and released late in 1930. The film was directed by Alan Crosland and stars Victor Varconi in his first full-length all-talking feature. The film was based on a story The Gay " }, { "title": "Caught Short", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page", "extract": "Caught Short is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Robert E. Hopkins, Joseph H. Johnson and Willard Mack. The film stars Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page, Charles Morton and Thomas Conlin. The film was released on May 10, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-May" }, { "title": "The Case of Sergeant Grischa", "year": 1930, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Betty Compson", "extract": "The Case of Sergeant Grischa is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Herbert Brenon, based on the German novel of the same name by Arnold Zweig. John Tribby was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording. No known copy of this film exists and is considered lost, the only soun" }, { "title": "The Cat Creeps...While the Canary Sleeps!", "year": 1930, "genres": "Horror, Mystery", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "The Cat Creeps is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Rupert Julian based on the 1922 play The Cat and the Canary by John Willard. The film is a sound remake of The Cat and the Canary (1927). Starring Helen Twelvetrees, Raymond Hackett, Neil Hamilton, Lilyan Tashman, Jean Hersholt, Eli" }, { "title": "Charley's Aunt", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Hugh Williams", "extract": "Charley's Aunt is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Al Christie and starring Charles Ruggles, June Collyer, and Hugh Williams. It was an adaptation of the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. It marked the film debut of Williams, who then returned to Britain and became a major " }, { "title": "Chasing Rainbows", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Bessie Love, Charles King", "extract": "Chasing Rainbows is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic musical film directed by Charles Reisner, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Check and Double Check", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll, Duke Ellington", "extract": "Check and Double Check is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures, based on the Amos 'n' Andy radio show. The title was derived from a catchphrase associated with the show. Directed by Melville W. Brown, from a screenplay by Bert Kalmar, J. Walter Ruben, and " }, { "title": "Cheer Up and Smile", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Dixie Lee, Olga Baclanova", "extract": "Cheer Up and Smile is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Sidney Lanfield. The film starred Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee and Olga Baclanova and a 23-year-old John Wayne had a minor uncredited role." }, { "title": "Children of Pleasure", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Lawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "Children of Pleasure is a 1930 American pre-Code MGM musical comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont, originally released with Technicolor sequences. It was adapted from Crane Wilbur's 1929 play, The Song Writer." }, { "title": "City Girl", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Silent", "cast": "Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, Anne Shirley", "extract": "City Girl is a 1930 American silent film directed by F. W. Murnau, and starring Charles Farrell and Mary Duncan. It is based upon the play \"The Mud Turtle\" by Elliot Lester. Though shot as a silent feature, the film was refitted with some sound elements and released in 1930. The film is credited as " }, { "title": "The Climax", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Thriller", "cast": "Jean Hersholt, Kathryn Crawford", "extract": "The Climax is a 1930 American thriller film directed by Renaud Hoffman and written by Lillian Ducey, Julien Josephson, Leslie Mason and Clarence Thompson. The film is adapted from the play of the same name by Edward Locke. The Climax stars Jean Hersholt, Kathryn Crawford, LeRoy Mason, John Reinhardt" }, { "title": "Code of Honor", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Mahlon Hamilton, Doris Hill, Lafe McKee", "extract": "Code of Honor is a 1930 American western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Mahlon Hamilton, Doris Hill and Lafe McKee." }, { "title": "The Cohens and Kellys in Africa", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Sidney, Vera Gordon", "extract": "The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa is a comedy film. It is one of The Cohens and Kellys series." }, { "title": "The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Sidney, Vera Gordon", "extract": "The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland is a 1930 American comedy film. It is one of The Cohens and Kellys series, and is also the series' first sound film. It was directed by William James Craft and produced and released by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "College Lovers", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Marian Nixon, Frank McHugh", "extract": "College Lovers is a 1930 American talkie Pre-Code comedy film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by John G. Adolfi. The movie stars Jack Whiting, Marian Nixon, Frank McHugh and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams. The film was based on the story by Earl" }, { "title": "Common Clay", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Lew Ayres", "extract": "Common Clay is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Constance Bennett and Lew Ayres, based on the 1915 play of the same name by Cleves Kinkead which starred Jane Cowl." }, { "title": "The Concentratin' Kid", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Kathryn Crawford", "extract": "The Concentratin' Kid is a 1930 American Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and written by Harold Tarshis. The film stars Hoot Gibson, Kathryn Crawford, Duke R. Lee, Jim Mason and Robert Homans. The film was released on October 26, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Conspiracy", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Ned Sparks, Bessie Love, George Irving", "extract": "Conspiracy is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery melodrama film produced and distributed by RKO Pictures and directed by Christy Cabanne. It is the second adaptation of the play The Conspiracy by Robert B. Baker and John Emerson and stars Bessie Love and Ned Sparks." }, { "title": "Courage", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Belle Bennett, Marian Nixon, Blanche Friderici", "extract": "Courage is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film, produced by Warner Bros. in 1929 and released early in 1930. The movie is based on a stage play of the same name by Tom Barry which was a hit on Broadway in 1928." }, { "title": "Crazy That Way", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Kenneth MacKenna, Joan Bennett", "extract": "Crazy That Way is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Kenneth MacKenna, Joan Bennett and Regis Toomey, and based on the play In Love With Love by Vincent Lawrence." }, { "title": "The Cuckoos", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "The Cuckoos is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film released by RKO Radio Pictures and partially filmed in two-strip Technicolor. Directed by Paul Sloane, the screenplay was adapted by Cyrus Wood from the 1926 Broadway musical The Ramblers by Guy Bolton, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. The film " }, { "title": "The Czar of Broadway", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "John Wray, Betty Compson, Claud Allister", "extract": "The Czar of Broadway is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by William James Craft and starring John Wray, Betty Compson, John Harron and Claud Allister." }, { "title": "Dames Ahoy!", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Glenn Tryon, Gertrude Astor", "extract": "Dames Ahoy! is a 1930 American comedy film directed by William James Craft and starring Glenn Tryon, Otis Harlan and Gertrude Astor. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, it was also released in a silent version." }, { "title": "The Dancers", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lois Moran, Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke", "extract": "The Dancers is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, and directed by Chandler Sprague. It is based on a 1923 West End play of the same title by Viola Tree and Gerald du Maurier. The film marks the feature sound film debut of actress Mrs. Patrick Campbe" }, { "title": "Dancing Sweeties", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Grant Withers, Sue Carol, Tully Marshall", "extract": "Dancing Sweeties (1930) is an American Pre-Code romantic comedy film with music directed by Ray Enright, released by Warner Bros., and starring Grant Withers and Sue Carol. The film is based on the story Three Flights Up by Harry Fried. Carol, then under contract to Fox Film, was loaned out to Warne" }, { "title": "Danger Lights", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Arthur, Hugh Herbert, Louis Wolheim", "extract": "Danger Lights is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film, directed by George B. Seitz, from a screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman. It stars Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong, and Jean Arthur." }, { "title": "Dangerous Nan McGrew", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Helen Kane, Victor Moore, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Dangerous Nan McGrew is a 1930 Pre-Code American comedy film starring Helen Kane, Victor Moore and James Hall." }, { "title": "Dangerous Paradise", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Warner Oland", "extract": "Dangerous Paradise is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen and Warner Oland." }, { "title": "A Daughter of the Congo", "year": 1930, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Kathleen Noisette, Lorenzo Tucker, Salem Tutt Whitney", "extract": "A Daughter of the Congo is a 1930 race film directed, written and produced by Oscar Micheaux. The film is loosely based on the novel The American Cavalryman (1917), by African-American novelist and playwright Henry Francis Downing. It is considered a lost film." }, { "title": "The Dawn Patrol", "year": 1930, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks, Neil Hamilton, Frank McHugh", "extract": "The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 American pre-Code World War I film starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It was directed by Howard Hawks, a former World War I flight instructor, who even flew in the film as a German pilot in an uncredited role. The Dawn Patrol won the Academy Award for Be" }, { "title": "The Dawn Trail", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Marceline Day, Miriam Seegar", "extract": "The Dawn Trail is a 1930 American Western film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Marceline Day, Miriam Seegar, and Charles Morton, and was released on November 28, 1930. It was remade as the 1939 film Texas Stampede." }, { "title": "Derelict", "year": 1930, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "George Bancroft, Jessie Royce Landis", "extract": "Derelict is a 1930 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Rowland V. Lee and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars George Bancroft, Jessie Royce Landis and William \"Stage\" Boyd. The film was released on November 22, 1930, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The Devil to Pay!", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Myrna Loy", "extract": "The Devil to Pay! is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Ronald Colman, Frederick Kerr, Myrna Loy, and Loretta Young. It was written by Frederick Lonsdale and Benjamin Glazer." }, { "title": "A Devil with Women", "year": 1930, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Humphrey Bogart, Mona Maris", "extract": "A Devil with Women is a 1930 American pre-Code film starring Victor McLaglen, Mona Maris, and Humphrey Bogart, and directed by Irving Cummings. Set in a Central American country, adventurer McLaglen and sidekick Bogart find themselves in a fierce competition for a luscious young woman's attentions. " }, { "title": "The Devil's Holiday", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes", "extract": "The Devil's Holiday is a 1930 American Pre-Code film starring Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts, James Kirkwood, Sr., Hobart Bosworth, and Ned Sparks, and released by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Divorce Among Friends", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Hall, Irene Delroy", "extract": "Divorce Among Friends is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film. The film stars James Hall, Lew Cody and Natalie Moorhead. The film survives only in a 16mm copy made in the 1950s for television." }, { "title": "The Divorcee", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery", "extract": "The Divorcee is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film written by Nick Grindé, John Meehan, and Zelda Sears, based on the 1929 novel Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. The film was also nominated for Best Picture, " }, { "title": "Dixiana", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bebe Daniels, Bert Wheeler", "extract": "Dixiana (1930) is a lavish American pre-Code comedy, musical film directed by Luther Reed and produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The final twenty minutes of the picture were photographed in Technicolor. The film stars Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Joseph " }, { "title": "The Doorway to Hell", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "James Cagney, Lew Ayres, Robert Elliott", "extract": "The Doorway to Hell is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Lew Ayres and James Cagney in his second film role. The film was based on the story A Handful of Clouds, written by Rowland Brown. The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many Pre-C" }, { "title": "Double Cross Roads", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Crime", "cast": "Robert Ames, Lila Lee", "extract": "Double Cross Roads is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film directed by George E. Middleton and Alfred L. Werker and starring Robert Ames, Lila Lee and Edythe Chapman. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film, recorded on the Movietone sound system." }, { "title": "Doughboys", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Buster Keaton, Sally Eilers, Edward Brophy", "extract": "Doughboys is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's second starring talkie vehicle and has been called Keaton's \"most successful sound Picture.\" A Spanish-language version was also made under the title, De Frente, Marchen." }, { "title": "Du Barry, Woman of Passion", "year": 1930, "genres": "Historical, Drama", "cast": "Norma Talmadge, William Farnum", "extract": "Du Barry, Woman of Passion is a 1930 American pre-Code dramatic film starring Norma Talmadge, produced by her husband Joseph Schenck, released through United Artists, and based on a 1901 stage play Du Barry written and produced by David Belasco and starring Mrs. Leslie Carter." }, { "title": "The Dude Wrangler", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Lina Basquette, Tom Keene", "extract": "The Dude Wrangler is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Lina Basquette, Tom Keene and Clyde Cook." }, { "title": "Dumbbells in Ermine", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Barbara Kent, Beryl Mercer", "extract": "Dumbbells in Ermine is a 1930 American early talkie pre-Code comedy film based on the 1925 play Weak Sisters by Lynn Starling. The film stars Robert Armstrong and Barbara Kent, and features Beryl Mercer, James Gleason, and Claude Gillingwater." }, { "title": "East Is West", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Lupe Vélez, Lew Ayres", "extract": "East Is West is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by Universal. It was directed by Monta Bell and stars Lupe Vélez, Lew Ayres and Edward G. Robinson. It is based on a 1918 Broadway play, East is West, which starred Fay Bainter. A silent film version from 1922, also t" }, { "title": "Embarrassing Moments", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Reginald Denny, Merna Kennedy", "extract": "Embarrassing Moments is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William James Craft and written by Albert DeMond, Gladys Lehman and Earle Snell. The film stars Reginald Denny, Merna Kennedy, Otis Harlan, Greta Granstedt, Virginia Sale and William Austin. The film was released in June 1930 b" }, { "title": "Extravagance", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "June Collyer, Lloyd Hughes", "extract": "Extravagance is a 1930 pre-Code romance film directed by Phil Rosen and released by Tiffany Pictures." }, { "title": "Ex-Flame", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon", "extract": "Ex-Flame is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon, and Norman Kerry. The film is an adaptation of the 1861 Victorian novel East Lynne, but is set in contemporary England. This was the first production of the Poverty Row company Liber" }, { "title": "The Eyes of the World", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Eulalie Jensen, Hugh Huntley, Una Merkel", "extract": "The Eyes of the World is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written by Brewster Morse and Clarke Silvernail. The film stars Eulalie Jensen, Florence Roberts, Una Merkel, and Nance O'Neil. The film was released on August 30, 1930, by United Artists." }, { "title": "The Fall Guy", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Ned Sparks, Mae Clarke, Jack Mulhall", "extract": "The Fall Guy is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Leslie Pearce and adapted for the screen by Tim Whelan. Based on the 1925 Broadway hit The Fall Guy, a Comedy in Three Acts, which was written by George Abbott and James Gleason, the RKO production stars Jack Mulhall, Pat O'Malley" }, { "title": "Fast and Loose", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Fast and Loose is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard and Frank Morgan. The film was written by Doris Anderson, Jack Kirkland and Preston Sturges, based on the 1924 play The Best People by David Gray and Avery Hopwood" }, { "title": "Feet First", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent", "extract": "Feet First is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, a popular daredevil comedian during the 1920s and early 1930s. It was Lloyd's second sound film." }, { "title": "The Fighting Legion", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dwan", "extract": "The Fighting Legion is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dwan, Harry Todd, Frank Rice, Ernie Adams, and Stanley Blystone. The film was released on April 6, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Firebrand Jordan", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lane Chandler, Sheldon Lewis, Yakima Canutt", "extract": "Firebrand Jordan is a 1930 American pre-Code\nwestern film directed by Alan James and starring Lane Chandler, Sheldon Lewis and Yakima Canutt." }, { "title": "The Flirting Widow", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "The Flirting Widow is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams and Claude Gillingwater. It was produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros." }, { "title": "The Florodora Girl", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray", "extract": "The Florodora Girl is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and written by Ralph Spence, Al Boasberg and Robert E. Hopkins. The film stars Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett, and Ilka Chase. The film was released on May 31, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Follow the Leader", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Ed Wynn, Ginger Rogers, Ethel Merman", "extract": "Follow the Leader is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film, starring Ed Wynn and Ginger Rogers. It was by and distributed by Paramount Publix Corporation." }, { "title": "Follow Thru", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Buddy Rogers, Nancy Carroll", "extract": "Follow Thru is a 1930 American pre-Code musical romantic comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was the second all-color, all-talking feature to be produced by Paramount Pictures. The film was based on the hit 1929 Broadway musical of the same name by Lew Brown, B. G. DeSylva, Ray Hend" }, { "title": "For the Defense", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "William Powell, Kay Francis, William B. Davidson", "extract": "For the Defense is a 1930 pre-Code crime drama film starring William Powell as a lawyer whose ethics are challenged when the woman he loves hits and kills a pedestrian while out driving with another suitor." }, { "title": "Framed", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Action", "cast": "Evelyn Brent, Regis Toomey", "extract": "Framed is a 1930 American pre-Code crime action film, directed by George Archainbaud, based on a screenplay by Paul Schofield and Wallace Smith. It starred Evelyn Brent, William Holden, Regis Toomey, and Ralf Harolde." }, { "title": "Free and Easy", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page", "extract": "Free and Easy is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's first leading role in a talking motion picture." }, { "title": "Free Love", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "Free Love is a 1930 Pre-Code film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by Hobart Henley and starring Conrad Nagel." }, { "title": "The Furies", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Lois Wilson, H. B. Warner", "extract": "The Furies (1930) is an all-talking pre-Code murder mystery film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Alan Crosland. The movie stars Lois Wilson, H.B. Warner, Natalie Moorhead and Theodore von Eltz. The film was based on the 1928 play, of the same name, " }, { "title": "General Crack", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "John Barrymore, Marian Nixon, Lowell Sherman", "extract": "General Crack is a 1929 American pre-Code part-talkie historical costume melodrama with Technicolor sequences which was directed by Alan Crosland and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It was filmed and premiered in 1929, and released early in 1930. It stars John Barrymore in his first full-le" }, { "title": "Girl of the Port", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Sally O'Neil, Mitchell Lewis", "extract": "Girl of the Port is a 1930 pre-Code melodramatic adventure/romance American film directed by Bert Glennon. The screenplay was written by Beulah Marie Dix and Frank Reicher based on the short story \"The Fire-walker\" by John Russell. The film stars Sally O'Neil, Reginald Sharland, Mitchell Lewis and D" }, { "title": "The Girl of the Golden West", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ann Harding, James Rennie, Harry Bannister", "extract": "The Girl of the Golden West is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., directed by John Francis Dillon and starring actress Ann Harding and James Rennie. Harding's then-husband, Harry Bannister, plays the villain Jack R" }, { "title": "The Girl Said No", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "William Haines, Marie Dressler, Polly Moran", "extract": "The Girl Said No is a 1930 pre-Code American romantic comedy film starring William Haines and Leila Hyams. In the film, a young college graduate goes to extreme lengths to win the girl he loves." }, { "title": "The Gorilla", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Joe Frisco, Walter Pidgeon, Lila Lee", "extract": "The Gorilla (1930) is an American pre-Code mystery-comedy film produced by First National Pictures, distributed by Warner Bros., and directed by Bryan Foy. It stars Joe Frisco, Harry Gribbon, Walter Pidgeon and Lila Lee, and is based on the 1925 play of the same name by Ralph Spence. The 1930 film v" }, { "title": "The Green Goddess", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Arliss, Alice Joyce, H.B. Warner", "extract": "The Green Goddess is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Alfred E. Green. It was a remake of the 1923 silent film, which was in turn based on the play of the same name by William Archer. It was produced by Warner Bros. using their new Vitaphone sound system, and adapted by Julien Josephson." }, { "title": "The Golden Calf", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Jack Mulhall, Sue Carol", "extract": "The Golden Calf is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Millard Webb and written by Marion Orth and Harold R. Atteridge. The film stars Jack Mulhall, Sue Carol, El Brendel, Marjorie White, Richard Keene and Paul Page. The film was released on March 16, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Golden Dawn", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal", "extract": "Golden Dawn is a 1930 American pre-Code musical operetta film released by Warner Bros., photographed entirely in Technicolor, and starring Vivienne Segal, Walter Woolf King and Noah Beery. The film is based on the semi-hit 1927 stage musical of the same name" }, { "title": "Going Wild", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, War", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Lawrence Gray, Ona Munson", "extract": "Going Wild is a 1930 Warner Brothers pre-Code comedy film based on the 1910 play The Aviator by James Montgomery and directed by William A. Seiter. The film stars many musical stars along with Joe E. Brown, Frank McHugh and Johnny Arthur." }, { "title": "Good Intentions", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Churchill", "extract": "Good Intentions is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by William K. Howard and written by George Manker Watters. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Churchill, Regis Toomey, Earle Foxe, Eddie Gribbon and Robert McWade. The film was released on June 29, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Good News", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards", "extract": "Good News is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Nick Grinde, and starring Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards, and Penny Singleton. The film was shot in black-and-white, although the finale was in Multicolor." }, { "title": "The Grand Parade", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott", "extract": "The Grand Parade is a 1930 American drama film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott and Richard Carle. It is now considered to be a lost film." }, { "title": "Grumpy", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Cyril Maude, Frances Dade", "extract": "Grumpy is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and Cyril Gardner, and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by Doris Anderson is based on a play by Horace Hodges and Thomas Wigney Percyval. A Spanish-language version entitled Cascarrabias, written by Catalan writer J" }, { "title": "Guilty?", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Virginia Valli, John Holland", "extract": "Guilty? is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz." }, { "title": "Half Shot at Sunrise", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "Half Shot at Sunrise is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring the comedy duo Wheeler & Woolsey and Dorothy Lee. Their fourth film together, it was the second starring vehicle for the two, following the success of The Cuckoos, which had been released earlier in 1930. Directed by Paul Sloane, " }, { "title": "Harmony at Home", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Marguerite Churchill, Charlotte Henry", "extract": "Harmony at Home is a 1930 pre-Code domestic-comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It was based on a 1925 Broadway play, The Family Upstairs by actor, writer, composer Harry Delf." }, { "title": "He Knew Women", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Lowell Sherman, Alice Joyce", "extract": "He Knew Women is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Hugh Herbert, from a screenplay by him and William B. Jutte, which was adapted from S. N. Behrman's 1927 play The Second Man. It starred Lowell Sherman and Alice Joyce, in her second to last film role. The film broke even." }, { "title": "Headin' North", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Barbara Luddy", "extract": "Headin' North is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by John P. McCarthy." }, { "title": "Heads Up", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, Helen Kane", "extract": "Heads Up is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Lorenz Hart, Rick Kirkland, John McGowan, Richard Rodgers, Paul Gerard Smith and Louis Stevens. The film stars Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, Helen Kane, Victor Moore, Helen Carrington, and Harry Shannon. The fi" }, { "title": "Hell Harbor", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt", "extract": "Hell Harbor is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written by Fred de Gresac, Clarke Silvernail and Brewster Morse. The film stars Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland, Gibson Gowland, Harry Allen and Al St. John. The film was released on March 15, 1930, by United Artis" }, { "title": "Hell's Angels", "year": 1930, "genres": "War, Drama, Independent", "cast": "Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, James Hall", "extract": "Hell's Angels is a 1930 American pre-Code independent epic war film directed and produced by Howard Hughes and director of dialogue James Whale. Written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook and starring Ben Lyon, James Hall and Jean Harlow, it was released through United Artists. It follows two dissim" }, { "title": "Hell's Heroes", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton", "extract": "Hell's Heroes is a 1929 American pre-Code Western sound film, one of many screen adaptations of Peter B. Kyne's 1913 novel The Three Godfathers." }, { "title": "Hell's Island", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Dorothy Sebastian", "extract": "Hell's Island is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Dorothy Sebastian." }, { "title": "Her Wedding Night", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Clara Bow, Ralph Forbes", "extract": "Her Wedding Night is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Avery Hopwood and Henry Myers. The film stars Clara Bow, Ralph Forbes, Charlie Ruggles, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Geneva Mitchell, and Rosita Moreno. The film was released on September 18, 1930, by Pa" }, { "title": "Hide-Out", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Murray, Kathryn Crawford", "extract": "Hide-Out is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Reginald Barker and written by Lambert Hillyer, Arthur Ripley and Matt Taylor. The film stars James Murray, Kathryn Crawford, Carl Stockdale, Lee Moran, Guy Edward Hearn and Robert Elliott. The film was released by Universal Pictures in Apr" }, { "title": "High Society Blues", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Hedda Hopper", "extract": "High Society Blues is a 1930 American pre-Code film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The movie was written by Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett, and directed by David Butler." }, { "title": "Hit the Deck", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Roger Gray", "extract": "Hit the Deck is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Luther Reed and starring Jack Oakie and Polly Walker, with Technicolor sequences. It was based on the 1927 musical Hit the Deck, which was itself based on the 1922 play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne. It was one of the most expensive p" }, { "title": "Hold Everything", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown", "extract": "Hold Everything is a 1930 American Pre-Code film. It was the first musical comedy film to be released that was photographed entirely in early two-color Technicolor. It was adapted from the DeSylva-Brown-Henderson Broadway musical of the same name that had served as a vehicle for Bert Lahr and starre" }, { "title": "Holiday", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Ann Harding, Mary Astor", "extract": "Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family. It stars Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames and Hedda Hopper. It was produced and " }, { "title": "Honey", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Lillian Roth", "extract": "Honey is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Herman J. Mankiewicz. It is based on the 1916 novel Come Out of the Kitchen! by Alice Duer Miller. The film stars Nancy Carroll, Harry Green, Lillian Roth, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Stanley Smith and Mitzi Green. The fi" }, { "title": "Hook, Line and Sinker", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "Hook, Line and Sinker is a 1930 American pre-Code slapstick comedy directed by Edward F. Cline from a screenplay by Ralph Spence and Tim Whelan. It was the third starring vehicle for the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey, and also featured Dorothy Lee. It would be one of the largest financial success" }, { "title": "Hot Curves", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Benny Rubin, Rex Lease, Alice Day", "extract": "Hot Curves is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures and directed by Norman Taurog. A print is held by the Library of Congress." }, { "title": "In Gay Madrid", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan", "extract": "In Gay Madrid (1930) is an American pre-Code musical comedy, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Ramón Novarro and Dorothy Jordan, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "In the Next Room", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Thriller, Mystery", "cast": "Jack Mulhall, Alice Day", "extract": "In The Next Room is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and directed by Edward F. Cline. The movie stars Jack Mulhall and Alice Day. The film was based on the play of the same title by Eleanor Belmont and Harriet Ford, which itself " }, { "title": "Ingagi", "year": 1930, "genres": "Satire", "cast": "", "extract": "Ingagi is a 1930 pre-Code mockumentary exploitation film directed by William S. Campbell. It purports to be a documentary about \"Sir Hubert Winstead\" of London on an expedition to the Belgian Congo, and depicts a tribe of gorilla-worshipping women encountered by the explorer. The film claims to show" }, { "title": "Inside the Lines", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Spy", "cast": "Betty Compson, Montagu Love, Betty Carter", "extract": "Inside the Lines is a 1930 American pre-Code spy drama film starring Betty Compson, Ralph Forbes, and Mischa Auer. It was directed by Roy Pomeroy from a screenplay by John Farrow and Ewart Adamson, which in turn was based on the 1915 Broadway play of the same name by Earl Derr Biggers. This version " }, { "title": "Isle of Escape", "year": 1930, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Monte Blue, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Isle of Escape is a 1930 American pre-Code film produced and released by Warner Bros. The film stars Monte Blue and Myrna Loy and is set in the South Seas. Blue had been playing man-stranded-on-island roles in such films as White Shadows in the South Seas at MGM towards the end of the silent era and" }, { "title": "The Jazz Cinderella", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Myrna Loy, Nancy Welford", "extract": "The Jazz Cinderella is a 1930 American romantic drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Myrna Loy, Jason Robards Sr. and Nancy Welford. In Britain it was released under the alternative title of Love Is Like That." }, { "title": "Journey's End", "year": 1930, "genres": "War", "cast": "Colin Clive, David Manners", "extract": "Journey's End is a 1930 war film directed by James Whale. Based on the play of the same name by R. C. Sherriff, the film tells the story of several British army officers involved in trench warfare during the First World War. The film, like the play before it, was an enormous critical and commercial " }, { "title": "Just Imagine", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Science Fiction", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick", "extract": "Just Imagine is a 1930 American pre-Code science fiction musical-comedy film, directed by David Butler. The film is known for its art direction and special effects in its portrayal of New York City in an imagined 1980. Just Imagine stars El Brendel, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick and Marjorie Whit" }, { "title": "Kathleen Mavourneen", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally O'Neil, Charles Delaney", "extract": "Kathleen Mavourneen is a 1930 American pre-Code sound/talking film directed by Albert Ray, stars Sally O'Neil and produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures, and is the first talking film version of the oft-filmed Dion Boucicault play." }, { "title": "The Kibitzer", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Mary Brian, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "The Kibitzer is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Marion Dix, Sam Mintz and Viola Brothers Shore. It is based on the 1929 play The Kibitzer by Jo Swerling and Edward G. Robinson. The film stars Harry Green, Mary Brian, Neil Hamilton, Albert Gran, David New" }, { "title": "King of Jazz", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman, John Boles", "extract": " King of Jazz is a 1930 American pre-Code color musical film starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. The film title refers to Whiteman's popular cultural appellation. At the time the film was made, \"jazz\", to the general public, meant jazz-influenced syncopated dance music heard on phonograph reco" }, { "title": "Kismet", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Otis Skinner, Loretta Young, David Manners", "extract": "Kismet is a 1930 American pre-Code costume drama film photographed entirely in an early widescreen process using 65mm film that Warner Bros. called Vitascope. The film, now considered lost, was based on Edward Knoblock's play Kismet, and was previously filmed as a silent film in 1920 which also star" }, { "title": "Ladies in Love", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Alice Day, Johnnie Walker", "extract": "Ladies in Love is a 1930 talking film romance drama directed by Edgar Lewis and starring Alice Day and Johnnie Walker. A B-movie, it was produced independently by Hollywood Pictures and distributed by Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation." }, { "title": "Ladies Love Brutes", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Bancroft, Mary Astor, Fredric March", "extract": "Ladies Love Brutes is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Bancroft, Mary Astor, and Fredric March. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based on the play Pardon My Glove by Zoë Akins." }, { "title": "Ladies of Leisure", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves", "extract": "Ladies of Leisure is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ralph Graves. The screenplay by Jo Swerling is based on the 1924 play Ladies of the Evening by Milton Herbert Gropper, which ran for 159 performances on Broadway." }, { "title": "The Lady of Scandal", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "The Lady of Scandal is a 1930 American pre-Code romance, comedy film, melodrama directed by Sidney Franklin based on the 1927 play The High Road by Frederick Lonsdale and starring Ruth Chatterton, Basil Rathbone and Ralph Forbes. Its plot follows a British actress who becomes involved with a member " }, { "title": "A Lady Surrenders", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Genevieve Tobin, Conrad Nagel", "extract": "A Lady Surrenders is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Genevieve Tobin, Rose Hobart, Conrad Nagel, and Basil Rathbone. A copy exists in the Library of Congress." }, { "title": "A Lady to Love", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Vilma Bánky, Robert Ames", "extract": "A Lady to Love is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Sjöström and written by Sidney Howard. It stars Vilma Bánky, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Ames, Richard Carle and Lloyd Ingraham. The film was released on February 28, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Bánky and Robinson appeared in " }, { "title": "A Lady's Morals", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Grace Moore, Reginald Denny, Wallace Beery", "extract": "A Lady's Morals is a 1930 American pre-Code film offering a highly fictionalized account of opera singer Jenny Lind. The movie features Grace Moore as Lind, Reginald Denny as a lover, and Wallace Beery as P. T. Barnum. The film contains some opera arias by Moore and was directed by Sidney Franklin." }, { "title": "The Land of Missing Men", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Al St. John", "extract": "The Land of Missing Men is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by John P. McCarthy – with a script from Bob Quigley – and produced by Trem Carr for his studio Trem Carr Productions. Starring Bob Steele, Al St. John, Eddie Dunn, Caryl Lincoln, Al Jennings and Fern Emmett, the p" }, { "title": "The Lash", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Richard Barthelmess, Mary Astor, Marian Nixon", "extract": "The Lash is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. It had an alternate title of Adios. The film was directed by Frank Lloyd and stars Richard Barthelmess, Mary Astor, James Rennie and Marian Nixon. The film was issued i" }, { "title": "The Last of the Duanes", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Lucile Browne", "extract": "The Last of the Duanes is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film produced and released by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Alfred L. Werker, and starring George O'Brien, Lucile Browne and Myrna Loy." }, { "title": "Laughter", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Fredric March", "extract": "Laughter is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and starring Nancy Carroll, Fredric March and Frank Morgan. It was shot at the Astoria Studios in New York." }, { "title": "Lawful Larceny", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bebe Daniels, Olive Tell", "extract": "Lawful Larceny is a 1930 American pre-Code melodramatic film, directed by Lowell Sherman from Jane Murfin's screenplay. The screenplay, a melodrama, was based on the play of the same name by Samuel Shipman, which originally was a comedy. It starred a staple of the early RKO stable, Bebe Daniels, alo" }, { "title": "Leathernecking", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Ken Murray", "extract": "Leathernecking is a 1930 American musical comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, from a screenplay by Alfred Jackson and Jane Murfin, adapted from the Broadway musical comedy Present Arms, by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and Herbert Fields." }, { "title": "Let Us Be Gay", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Marie Dressler, Rod La Rocque", "extract": "Let Us Be Gay is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film produced and distributed by MGM. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and stars Norma Shearer. It was filmed concurrently with and based upon the 1929 play by Rachel Crothers starring Tallulah Bankhead, which ran for 128 performanc" }, { "title": "Let's Go Native", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald", "extract": "Let's Go Native is a 1930 American pre-Code black-and-white musical comedy film, directed by Leo McCarey and released by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Let's Go Places", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Joseph Wagstaff, Lola Lane", "extract": "Let's Go Places is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film made by the Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Life of the Party", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Winnie Lightner, Jack Whiting", "extract": "The Life of the Party is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy filmed entirely in Technicolor. The musical numbers of this film were cut out before general release in the United States because the public had grown tired of musicals by late 1930. Only one song was left in the picture. The complete " }, { "title": "Lightnin'", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea", "extract": "Lightnin' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Henry King and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. The film stars Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Helen Cohan, Jason Robards Sr. and Luke Cosgrave. The film was released on December 7, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. It is" }, { "title": "The Light of Western Stars", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Mary Brian", "extract": "The Light of Western Stars is a 1930 American pre-Code Western produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It had two directors, Otto Brower and Edward H. Knopf. This film is the third filming of Zane Grey's novel, The Light of Western Stars. Richard Arlen and Mary Brian starred. Previously film" }, { "title": "Lilies of the Field", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes", "extract": "Lilies of the Field is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Korda, and starring Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes, and John Loder. It was a remake of the silent 1924 film Lilies of the Field, in which Griffith had played the same role. Both films were based on a 1921 play of the sa" }, { "title": "Liliom", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Fantasy", "cast": "Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart", "extract": "Liliom is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. The film stars Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estelle Taylor, H. B. Warner, Lee Tracy and Walter Abel. It was an adaptation of the 1909 play of the same name, serving as the first so" }, { "title": "The Little Accident", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks, Anita Page, Sally Blane", "extract": "The Little Accident is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William James Craft and written by Gladys Lehman and Gene Towne, based on the 1927 novel An Unmarried Father by Floyd Dell and the 1928 play Little Accident by Dell and Thomas Mitchell. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ani" }, { "title": "The Lone Rider", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Vera Reynolds, Harry Woods", "extract": "The Lone Rider is a 1930 American western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Vera Reynolds and Harry Woods. It was remade twice by Columbia first as The Man Trailer (1934) and then The Thundering West (1939)." }, { "title": "The Lone Star Ranger", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Sue Carol", "extract": "The Lone Star Ranger is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by A.F. Erickson and written by Seton I. Miller and John Hunter Booth. The film stars George O'Brien, Sue Carol, Walter McGrail, Warren Hymer, Russell Simpson and Roy Stewart. It is based on the novel The Lone Star Ranger by Zane" }, { "title": "Loose Ankles", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.", "extract": "Loose Ankles is a 1930 pre-Code romantic comedy with songs, produced and released by First National Pictures, which had become a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film was directed by Ted Wilde and stars Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Louise Fazenda and Edward Nugent. It was a remake of the 192" }, { "title": "Lord Byron of Broadway", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Charles Kaley, Ethelind Terry", "extract": "Lord Byron of Broadway (1930), also known as What Price Melody?, is an American Pre-Code musical drama film, directed by Harry Beaumont and William Nigh. It was based on a best selling book by Nell Martin, which \"was widely praised by critics as an extremely true and amusing romance of stage life.\" " }, { "title": "The Lottery Bride", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, Joe E. Brown", "extract": "The Lottery Bride is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, ZaSu Pitts, and Joe E. Brown. The film was produced by Joseph M. Schenck and Arthur Hammerstein, based on the musical by Rudolf Friml, and released by United Artists. W" }, { "title": "Lotus Lady", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Fern Andra, Betty Francisco", "extract": "Lotus Lady is a 1930 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Fern Andra, Ralph Emerson and Betty Francisco." }, { "title": "Love Among the Millionaires", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Clara Bow, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "Love Among the Millionaires is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by William M. Conselman, Grover Jones, Herman J. Mankiewicz and Keene Thompson. The film stars Clara Bow, Stanley Smith, Stuart Erwin, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Mitzi Green, Charles Sellon and Claude Ki" }, { "title": "Love Comes Along", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Bebe Daniels, Montagu Love", "extract": "Love Comes Along is a 1930 American romantic film directed by Rupert Julian, written by Wallace Smith, based on the uncompleted play Conchita by Edward Knoblock. It was a vehicle specifically picked to highlight the vocal talents of Bebe Daniels, which also starred Lloyd Hughes and Montagu Love. It " }, { "title": "Love in the Rough", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jordan", "extract": "Love in the Rough is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Sarah Y. Mason, Joseph Farnham and Robert E. Hopkins. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jordan, Benny Rubin, J. C. Nugent, Penny Singleton and Tyrell Davis." }, { "title": "The Love Trader", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Chester Conklin, Henry B. Walthall", "extract": "The Love Trader is an early talkie pre-Code American romantic drama film preserved at the Library of Congress. It was directed by Joseph Henabery and starred silent greats Leatrice Joy, Henry B. Walthall, Barbara Bedford and Noah Beery. It was produced by an independent production company called Pac" }, { "title": "Lovin' the Ladies", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Richard Dix, Rita La Roy, Lois Wilson", "extract": "Lovin' the Ladies is a 1930 American romantic comedy film directed by Melville W. Brown, and starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson and Allen Kearns. It made a profit of $65,000." }, { "title": "Lucky Larkin", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Nora Lane", "extract": "Lucky Larkin is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Marion Jackson and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard, Nora Lane, Jim Farley, Harry Todd, Paul Hurst and Charles Clary. The film was released on March 2, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Lummox", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Winifred Westover, Dorothy Janis", "extract": "Lummox is a 1930 American pre-Code sound film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Winifred Westover. It was released through United Artists, and based on a 1923 novel by Fannie Hurst." }, { "title": "Madam Satan", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Madam Satan or Madame Satan is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film in black and white with Multicolor sequences. It was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starred Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth, and Roland Young" }, { "title": "Madonna of the Streets", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Evelyn Brent, Robert Ames", "extract": "Madonna of the Streets is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is a sound remake of the 1924 silent film Madonna of the Streets starring Alla Nazimova. A copy of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection." }, { "title": "Mamba", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Hersholt, Eleanor Boardman", "extract": "Mamba is a 1930 American pre-Code film, released by Tiffany Pictures. It was shot entirely in Technicolor and stars Jean Hersholt, Eleanor Boardman, Ralph Forbes, Josef Swickard, Claude Fleming, William Stanton and William von Brincken. It was based on a story by Ferdinand Schumann-Heink and John Re" }, { "title": "Mammy", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Al Jolson, Lois Moran", "extract": "Mammy (1930) is an American pre-Code musical drama film with Technicolor sequences, released by Warner Bros. The film starred Al Jolson and was a follow-up to his previous film, Say It with Songs (1929). Mammy became Al Jolson's fourth feature, following earlier screen efforts as The Jazz Singer (19" }, { "title": "The Man from Blankley's", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Barrymore, Loretta Young", "extract": "The Man from Blankley's is a lost 1930 American pre-Code comedy film, directed by Alfred E. Green. It starred John Barrymore and Loretta Young. The film was based on the 1903 play by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, writing under the pseudonym \"F. Anstey\". The film was Barrymore's second feature length all-ta" }, { "title": "A Man from Wyoming", "year": 1930, "genres": "War, Romance", "cast": "Gary Cooper, June Collyer, Regis Toomey", "extract": "A Man from Wyoming is a 1930 American Pre-Code war romance film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Gary Cooper, June Collyer, and Regis Toomey. Written by Albert S. Le Vino and John V.A. Weaver, the film is about a man from Wyoming who enlists in the Army and is sent to the front during World W" }, { "title": "The Man Hunter", "year": 1930, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Rin Tin Tin, Nora Lane", "extract": "The Man Hunter is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking adventure drama that stars Rin Tin Tin. The film was released by Warner Brothers, and was adapted by James A. Starr from a story by Lillie Hayward who also wrote the screenplay." }, { "title": "Man to Man", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Phillips Holmes, Grant Mitchell", "extract": "Man to Man is an all-talking American pre-Code drama film produced by Warner Bros. in 1930. The film was directed by Allan Dwan and stars Phillips Holmes. The film is based on the story \"Barber John's Boy\" by Ben Ames Williams." }, { "title": "Man Trouble", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Kenneth MacKenna", "extract": "Man Trouble is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and written by Marion Orth, George Manker Watters and Edwin J. Burke. The film stars Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Kenneth MacKenna, Sharon Lynn, Roscoe Karns and Oscar Apfel. The film was released on August 24, 1930, " }, { "title": "Manslaughter", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Natalie Moorehead", "extract": "Manslaughter is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March. An original print of the film is saved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This film is a sound remake of Cecil B. DeMille's 1922 silent classic Manslaughter. Paramou" }, { "title": "The Matrimonial Bed", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Frank Fay, Lilyan Tashman", "extract": "The Matrimonial Bed is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and released by Warner Bros. It was based on the French play by André Mouëzy-Éon and Yves Mirande. The English version of the play, by Sir Seymour Hicks, opened in New York on October 12, 1927 and had 13 performances." }, { "title": "Maybe It's Love", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown", "extract": "Maybe It's Love, also known as Eleven Men and a Girl, is an all-talking 1930 pre-Code musical comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by William A. Wellman. The movie stars Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown and James Hall. The film is based on George Ade's 1904 play The College Wi" }, { "title": "The Medicine Man", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jack Benny, Betty Bronson", "extract": "The Medicine Man is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Scott Pembroke, released by Tiffany Pictures, and starring Jack Benny, Betty Bronson and Eva Novak." }, { "title": "The Melody Man", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "John St. Polis, Alice Day", "extract": "The Melody Man is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama musical film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Roy William Neill and starred John St. Polis, Alice Day and William Collier, Jr. The story is based on a Broadway play by Herbert Fields." }, { "title": "Men Are Like That", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Hal Skelly, Doris Hill", "extract": "Men Are Like That is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Marion Dix, based on the George Kelly play The Show-Off, which had already been the source material for a 1926 silent film and which would subsequently be remade in 1934 and 1946" }, { "title": "Men of the North", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gilbert Roland, Arnold Korff", "extract": "Men of the North is a 1930 American Western film directed by Hal Roach and written by Richard Schayer from a story by Willard Mack. The film stars Gilbert Roland, Barbara Leonard, Arnold Korff, Robert Elliott and George Davis. The film was released on September 27, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It i" }, { "title": "Men Without Women", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson", "extract": "Men Without Women is an American 1930 pre-Code drama film directed and written by John Ford, from the script by James Kevin McGuinness. The film also starred Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, and J. Farrell MacDonald. The sound version is now lost. Only a print of the \"International Sound Version\"," }, { "title": "Midnight Daddies", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Andy Clyde, Harry Gribbon, Rosemary Theby", "extract": "Midnight Daddies is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Andy Clyde, Harry Gribbon, and Rosemary Theby. It was the last feature film that Sennett directed: his remaining six films were Bing Crosby shorts." }, { "title": "Midnight Mystery", "year": 1930, "genres": "Thriller, Mystery", "cast": "Betty Compson, Lowell Sherman", "extract": "Midnight Mystery is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by George B. Seitz, from a screenplay by Beulah Marie Dix, which was adapted from the play Hawk Island by Howard Irving Young. Betty Compson starred, leading an ensemble cast which included Hugh Trevor, Lowell Sherman, Rita La Roy, I" }, { "title": "The Midnight Special", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Independent", "cast": "Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy", "extract": "The Midnight Special is a 1931 pre-Code sound film produced and released by independent film maker Chesterfield. It was directed by Duke Worne and starred Glenn Tryon and Merna Kennedy." }, { "title": "Min and Bill", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery", "extract": "Min and Bill is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy-drama film, directed by George W. Hill and starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery. Adapted by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson from Lorna Moon's 1929 novel, Dark Star, the film tells the story of dockside innkeeper Min's tribulations as she tries t" }, { "title": "Moby Dick", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Noble Johnson", "extract": "Moby Dick is a 1930 American pre-Code film from Warner Bros., directed by Lloyd Bacon, and starring John Barrymore, Joan Bennett and Walter Lang. The film is a sound remake of the 1926 silent movie, The Sea Beast, which also starred Barrymore. It is the first film adaptation of Herman Melville's 185" }, { "title": "A Modern Jean Val Jean; or a Frame Up", "year": 1930, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Al Hagan", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Montana Moon", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western, Drama, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "Montana Moon is a 1930 Pre-Code Western musical film which introduced the concept of the singing cowboy to the screen. Starring Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, and Ricardo Cortez, the film focuses on the budding relationship between a city girl and a rural cowboy." }, { "title": "Monte Carlo", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Monte Carlo is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It co-stars Jack Buchanan as a French Count Rudolph Falliere masquerading as a hairdresser and Jeanette MacDonald as Countess Helene Mara. The film is notable for introducing the song \"Beyond the Blue Horizon\", " }, { "title": "Morocco", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou", "extract": "Morocco is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, and Adolphe Menjou. Based on the 1927 novel Amy Jolly by Benno Vigny and adapted by Jules Furthman, the film is about a cabaret singer and a Legionnaire who fall in lo" }, { "title": "Mothers Cry", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners", "extract": "Mothers Cry is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Hobart Henley. The movie stars Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Evalyn Knapp and Sidney Blackmer. The film is based on the popular novel of the same n" }, { "title": "Mountain Justice", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Kathryn Crawford", "extract": "Mountain Justice is a 1930 American pre-Code \nWestern film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard, Otis Harlan, Kathryn Crawford, Paul Hurst, Les Bates and Richard Carlyle. The film was released on May 4, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Mounted Stranger", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Fred Burns", "extract": "The Mounted Stranger is a 1930 American Western film that was a remake of The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924), which was an adaptation of Henry Herbert Knibbs's novel of the same name." }, { "title": "Murder on the Roof", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Revier, Raymond Hatton", "extract": "Murder on the Roof is a 1930 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by George B. Seitz." }, { "title": "Murder Will Out", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee, Noah Beery", "extract": "Murder Will Out is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film with songs produced and released by First National Pictures and directed by Clarence G. Badger. The movie stars Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee and features Noah Beery and Malcolm McGregor. The film was based on the short story The Purple Hieroglyph by" }, { "title": "Near the Rainbow's End", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Louise Lorraine", "extract": "Near the Rainbow's End is a 1930 American Western film directed by J. P. McGowan for Tiffany Productions. The film stars Bob Steele in his talking picture debut as a singing cowboy, Lafe McKee and Al Ferguson and was commercially released in the United States on June 10, 1930." }, { "title": "New Moon", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Romance, Drama", "cast": "Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore, Adolphe Menjou", "extract": "New Moon is a 1930 black-and-white American, pre-Code romantic/drama/melodrama musical film version of the operetta The New Moon, with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The original stage version premiered on Broadway in 1928. The 1930 film is also know" }, { "title": "New Movietone Follies of 1930", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "El Brendel, Marjorie White", "extract": "New Movietone Follies of 1930 is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film released by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Benjamin Stoloff. The film stars El Brendel and Marjorie White who also costarred in Fox's Just Imagine in 1930." }, { "title": "Night Ride", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Joseph Schildkraut, Barbara Kent, Edward G. Robinson", "extract": "Night Ride is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by John S. Robertson and written by Charles Logue, Edward T. Lowe, Jr. and Tom Reed. The film stars Joseph Schildkraut, Barbara Kent, Edward G. Robinson, Harry Stubbs, DeWitt Jennings and Ralph Welles. The film was released on January 12, 19" }, { "title": "No, No, Nanette", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, Lucien Littlefield", "extract": "No, No, Nanette is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film with Technicolor sequences that was directed by Clarence G. Badger and released by First National Pictures. It was adapted from the play of the same title by Otto A. Harbach and Frank Mandel. No, No, Nanette was a popular show on Broadw" }, { "title": "Not Damaged", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Lois Moran, Robert Ames", "extract": "Not Damaged is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Chandler Sprague and written by Harold R. Atteridge and Frank Gay. The film stars Lois Moran, Walter Byron, Robert Ames, Inez Courtney, George Corcoran and Rhoda Cross. The film was released on May 25, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Not So Dumb", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marion Davies, Franklin Pangborn, Julia Faye", "extract": "Not So Dumb is a 1930 pre-Code comedy motion picture starring Marion Davies, directed by King Vidor, and produced for Cosmopolitan Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "A Notorious Affair", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, Kay Francis", "extract": "A Notorious Affair is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film, produced and released by First National Pictures. It was directed by Lloyd Bacon, starred Billie Dove, and featured Basil Rathbone and Kay Francis. The film was adapted from the play Fame, which was written by Audrey and Waverly Carter." }, { "title": "Numbered Men", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel", "extract": "Numbered Men is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The movie stars Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel, Raymond Hackett and Ralph Ince. The film was based on the play, entitled Jail Break, " }, { "title": "The Office Wife", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Lewis Stone, Joan Blondell", "extract": "The Office Wife is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon, released by Warner Bros., and based on the novel of the same name by Faith Baldwin. It was the talkie debut for Joan Blondell who would become one of the major Warner Bros. stars for the following nine years." }, { "title": "Officer O'Brien", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "William Boyd, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Sebastian", "extract": "Officer O'Brien is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy crime film directed by Tay Garnett and starring William Boyd, Ernest Torrence and Dorothy Sebastian. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell. It was one of the last films produced by Pathé Exchange before it was fully merg" }, { "title": "Oh, For a Man!", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Oh, For a Man! is a 1930 American black-and-white musical comedy film based on a short story, \"Stolen Thunder\" by Mary F. Watkins. The original story appeared in The Saturday Evening Post June 7, 1930. Lugosi's character of Frescatti was later added to the screenplay. Well-dressed with a goatee, he " }, { "title": "Oh Sailor Behave", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Comedy, War", "cast": "Irene Delroy, Lowell Sherman", "extract": "Oh, Sailor, Behave! is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film produced and released by Warner Brothers, and based on the play See Naples and Die, written by Elmer Rice. The film was originally intended to be entirely in Technicolor and was advertised as such in movie trade journals. Due to the" }, { "title": "Oklahoma Cyclone", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "Bob Steele, Slim Whitaker", "extract": "Oklahoma Cyclone is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by John P. McCarthy that is a forerunner of the singing cowboy genre. It stars Bob Steele in his second talking picture playing the title role and singing. The film was released by Tiffany Pictures. The film was remade as Song of the" }, { "title": "Old English", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Arliss, Leon Janney", "extract": "Old English is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and produced by Warner Bros. The film is based on the 1924 West End play of the same name by John Galsworthy. The film stars George Arliss, Leon Janney, Betty Lawford and Doris Lloyd. The film had its premiere August 21, " }, { "title": "On the Border", "year": 1930, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Rin Tin Tin, Armida", "extract": "On the Border is a 1930 all-talking drama with songs that stars Rin Tin Tin. It was adapted from a story by Lillie Hayward who also wrote the screenplay. Armida sings two songs in the picture." }, { "title": "On the Level", "year": 1930, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Lilyan Tashman, Fifi D'Orsay", "extract": "On the Level is a 1930 American pre-Code action film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Andrew Bennison, William K. Wells and Dudley Nichols. The film stars Victor McLaglen, William Harrigan, Lilyan Tashman, Fifi D'Orsay, Arthur Stone and Leila McIntyre. The film was released on May 18, 1930" }, { "title": "On Your Back", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H. B. Warner", "extract": "On Your Back is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H. B. Warner, Wheeler Oakman, Marion Shilling and Ilka Chase. The film was released on September 14, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. A trailer " }, { "title": "Once a Gentleman", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson, Francis X. Bushman", "extract": "Once a Gentleman is a 1930 American comedy film directed by James Cruze and starring Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson and Francis X. Bushman. A butler goes on vacation, where he is wrongly supposed to be a wealthy man." }, { "title": "One Mad Kiss", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "José Mojica, Mona Maris", "extract": "One Mad Kiss is a 1930 American musical film directed by Marcel Silver and James Tinling and starring José Mojica, Mona Maris and Antonio Moreno. The film was not a commercial success and lost $263,000 on its release. A separate Spanish-language version El precio de un beso was also released." }, { "title": "One Night at Susie's", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.", "extract": "One Night at Susie's is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures and directed by John Francis Dillon. The movie stars Billie Dove and features Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen Ware and Tully Marshall." }, { "title": "One Romantic Night", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Lillian Gish, Rod La Rocque", "extract": "One Romantic Night is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Paul L. Stein. It is the first sound film version of Ferenc Molnár's play The Swan, and marked silent screen star Lillian Gish's talkie debut. She starred as Princess Alexandra, with Conrad Nagel as the tutor who falls i" }, { "title": "Only Saps Work", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian", "extract": "Only Saps Work is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Cyril Gardner and Edwin H. Knopf and written by Owen Davis, Percy Heath, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz. The film stars Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Stuart Erwin, Anderson Lawler, Charley Grapewin and George Irving. The" }, { "title": "Only the Brave", "year": 1930, "genres": "War, Romance, Drama", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, Guy Oliver", "extract": "Only the Brave is a 1930 American Pre-Code Civil War drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, and Phillips Holmes." }, { "title": "The Other Tomorrow", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Billie Dove, Kenneth Thomson, Grant Withers", "extract": "The Other Tomorrow is a lost 1930 American Pre-Code film, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The love-triangle drama, from a story by Octavus Roy Cohen, stars Billie Dove, Kenneth Thomson, and Grant Withers." }, { "title": "Our Blushing Brides", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page", "extract": "Our Blushing Brides is a 1930 American pre-Code society comedy/romantic melodrama directed and produced by Harry Beaumont and starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian." }, { "title": "Outside the Law", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Mary Nolan, Owen Moore", "extract": "Outside the Law is a 1930 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Edward G. Robinson. The picture is a remake of the 1920 film of the same name, starring Lon Chaney which was also directed by Browning." }, { "title": "Outward Bound", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Helen Chandler", "extract": "Outward Bound is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film based on the 1923 hit play of the same name by Sutton Vane. It stars Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen Chandler, Beryl Mercer, Montagu Love, Alison Skipworth, Alec B. Francis, and Dudley Digges. The film was later remade, with some chang" }, { "title": "Paid", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Marie Provost, Robert Armstrong", "extract": "Paid is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, and Kent Douglass in a story about a wrongly accused ex-convict who seeks revenge on those who sent her to prison using a scam called the \"Heart Balm Racket\"." }, { "title": "Parade of the West", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell", "extract": "Parade of the West is a 1930 American pre-Code\nWestern film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell, Otis Harlan, Jack Hanlon, Frank Rice and Fred Burns. The film was released on January 19, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Paradise Island", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Adventure", "cast": "Kenneth Harlan, Marceline Day", "extract": "Paradise Island is a 1930 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Bert Glennon and starring Kenneth Harlan, Marceline Day, and Tom Santschi." }, { "title": "Paramount on Parade", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Jean Arthur, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper", "extract": "Paramount on Parade is a 1930 all-star American pre-Code revue released by Paramount Pictures, directed by several directors including Edmund Goulding, Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Rowland V. Lee, A. Edward Sutherland, Lothar Mendes, Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf, Frank Tuttle, and Victor Schertzin" }, { "title": "Part Time Wife", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Leila Hyams", "extract": "Part Time Wife is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and written by Howard J. Green, Leo McCarey and Raymond L. Schrock. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Leila Hyams, Tommy Clifford, Walter McGrail, Louis Payne and Sam Lufkin. The film was released on December 28, 1930, by Fox F" }, { "title": "Party Girl", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanette Loff, Marie Provost", "extract": "Party Girl is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanette Loff, and Marie Prevost. It is also known by the alternative title of Dangerous Business, the title of the novel on which it is based. It follows a New York businessman who inad" }, { "title": "Passion Flower", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford", "extract": "Passion Flower is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed and produced by William C. deMille and starring Kay Francis, Kay Johnson and Charles Bickford in a romantic triangle. This production includes actor Ray Milland's American screen debut, although his appearance as a party guest is uncredi" }, { "title": "The Pay-Off", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, William Janney", "extract": "The Pay-Off is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Lowell Sherman, who also starred in the film along with Marian Nixon and Hugh Trevor. The screenplay was adapted by Jane Murfin, along with Samuel Shipman and John B. Hymer, based on Shipman and Hymer's 1927 play, Crime." }, { "title": "Peacock Alley", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Mae Murray, Jason Robards Sr.", "extract": "Peacock Alley is a 1930 American pre-Code musical romantic drama film directed by Marcel de Sano, and starring Mae Murray and George Barraud. The film is a remake of the 1922 silent film of the same name in which Murray also stars. Aside from Murray being cast in the lead, the remake was largely dif" }, { "title": "The Phantom of the Desert", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Perrin, Eva Novak, Josef Swickard", "extract": "The Phantom of the Desert is a 1930 American western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Perrin, Eva Novak and Josef Swickard." }, { "title": "Playboy of Paris", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee", "extract": "Playboy of Paris is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee, and O.P. Heggie. It was based on a 1911 play The Little Cafe by Tristan Bernard which had previously been adapted into a 1919 French silent film. Paramount produced" }, { "title": "Playing Around", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Alice White, Chester Morris", "extract": "Playing Around is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film with songs, starring Alice White, Chester Morris and William Bakewell. It was adapted from the story \"Sheba\", written by Viña Delmar. The film was produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros." }, { "title": "Playthings of Hollywood", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Rita La Roy, Sheila Bromley, Donald Reed", "extract": "Playthings of Hollywood is a 1930 American romantic drama film directed by William A. O'Connor and starring Phyllis Barrington, Rita La Roy, Sheila Bromley and Donald Reed. Made by the independent producer Willis Kent during the early years of sound, it is also known by the alternative title Chisele" }, { "title": "The Poor Millionaire", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Silent", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Constance Howard, George Irving", "extract": "The Poor Millionaire is a 1930 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and starring Richard Talmadge, Constance Howard and George Irving. Made after the sound film revolution, it was the last Hollywood film to be released without a soundtrack." }, { "title": "The Princess and the Plumber", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Charles Farrell, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "The Princess and the Plumber is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars Charles Farrell, Maureen O'Sullivan, H. B. Warner, Joseph Cawthorn, Bert Roach and Lucien Prival. The film was released on December 21, 1930, by Fox Film Co" }, { "title": "Puttin' On The Ritz", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Harry Richman, George Irving", "extract": "\"Puttin' On the Ritz\" is a song written by Irving Berlin. He wrote it in May 1927 and first published it on December 2, 1929. It was registered as an unpublished song August 24, 1927 and again on July 27, 1928. It was introduced by Harry Richman and chorus in the musical film Puttin' On the Ritz (19" }, { "title": "Queen High", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "Queen High is the title of an American pre-Code musical comedy film, produced by Paramount Pictures in 1930. Based upon the 1926 stage musical Queen High that Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler, and Laurence Schwab had adapted from Edward Peple's 1914 farce A Pair of Sixes. The storyline loosely concerns " }, { "title": "Raffles", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Kay Francis", "extract": "Raffles is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It stars Ronald Colman as the title character, a proper English gentleman who moonlights as a notorious jewel thief, and Kay Francis as his love interest. It is based on the play Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1906)" }, { "title": "Rain Or Shine", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, Joe Cook", "extract": "Rain or Shine is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Frank Capra and starring Joe Cook and Louise Fazenda. The film was adapted from a hit Broadway musical of the same name and was originally planned as a full-scale musical. Due to the public backlash against musical films, all musical numbers" }, { "title": "The Rampant Age", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Murray, Merna Kennedy, Eddie Borden", "extract": "The Rampant Age is a 1930 American melodrama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars James Murray, Merna Kennedy, and Eddie Borden, and was released on January 15, 1930." }, { "title": "Recaptured Love", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Belle Bennett, Dorothy Burgess", "extract": "Recaptured Love is a 1930 early talkie pre-Code musical drama film based on the play Misdeal by Basil Woon about a man who experiences a mid life crisis that results in his divorce. It stars Belle Bennett and John Halliday." }, { "title": "Redemption", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Conrad Nagel", "extract": "Redemption is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Fred Niblo, produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring John Gilbert. This production is Gilbert's first talking film, but it was not released until months after the premiere of His Glorious Night, his second \"talkie\". R" }, { "title": "Remote Control", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "William Haines, Mary Doran", "extract": "Remote Control is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Nick Grinde, Edward Sedgwick, and Malcolm St. Clair and written by, among others, Frank Butler, F. Hugh Herbert, and Jack Nelson." }, { "title": "Renegades", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery", "extract": "Renegades is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Victor Fleming for Fox Film. It stars Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, and Noah Beery. Jules Furthman based his script on André Armandy's novel Le Renégat. Fleming shot in the Mojave Desert where the extreme heat proved a severe impediment to the produ" }, { "title": "The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Jean Arthur", "extract": "The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Rowland V. Lee. It is the second of three films starring Warner Oland as the fiendish Fu Manchu, who returns from apparent death in the previous film, The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929), to seek revenge on those he holds respo" }, { "title": "The Right to Love", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Irving Pachel", "extract": "The Right to Love is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film which was nominated at the 4th Academy Awards for Best Cinematography. It was based on Susan Glaspell's 1928 novel Brook Evans." }, { "title": "River's End", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "River's End is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Charles Bickford and Evalyn Knapp. Bickford plays two roles, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) sergeant and the man he is after. The film is the second of three adaptations of the bestselling novel The " }, { "title": "Road to Paradise", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, George Barraud", "extract": "Road to Paradise is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, and starring Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall and Raymond Hatton. It was directed by William Beaudine and is based on a 1920 play Dodson Mitchell by Zelda Sears called Cornered. The film was a rem" }, { "title": "Roadhouse Nights", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "Helen Morgan, Charles Ruggles", "extract": "Roadhouse Nights is a 1930 American Pre-Code gangster film. A number of sources including Sally Cline in her book Dashiell Hammett Man of Mystery claim it is based on the classic novel Red Harvest written by Dashiell Hammett. However the credits of the film itself say only \"An Original Screenplay by" }, { "title": "Roaring Ranch", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers", "extract": "Roaring Ranch is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by B. Reeves Eason. The film stars Hoot Gibson, and it was released on April 27, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Rogue of the Rio Grande", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Western", "cast": "José Bohr, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Rogue of the Rio Grande is a 1930 American musical comedy Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring José Bohr, Myrna Loy and Walter Miller." }, { "title": "The Rogue Song", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Romance", "cast": "Lawrence Tibbett, Clifford Grey", "extract": "The Rogue Song is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic and musical film that tells the story of a Russian bandit who falls in love with a princess, but takes his revenge on her when her brother rapes and kills his sister. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production was directed by Lionel Barrymore and released " }, { "title": "Romance", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone", "extract": "Romance is a 1930 American Pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Clarence Brown, starring Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, and Gavin Gordon." }, { "title": "Romance of the West", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Perrin, Edna Marion, Tom London", "extract": "Romance of the West is a 1930 American pre-Code western film directed by John Tansey and Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Jack Perrin, Edna Marion and Tom London." }, { "title": "Rough Romance", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Helen Chandler", "extract": "Rough Romance is a 1930 American lumberjack Western film directed by A. F. Erickson. The film stars George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, Antonio Moreno, Roy Stewart, and Harry Cording and a 23-year-old John Wayne had a minor uncredited role." }, { "title": "Rough Waters", "year": 1930, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Rin Tin Tin, Jobyna Ralston", "extract": "Rough Waters is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking adventure drama film that directed by John Daumery and starring Rin Tin Tin. The film was adapted by James A. Starr from a story by Lillie Hayward, and was the last Rin Tin Tin film produced by Warner Bros." }, { "title": "A Royal Romance", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "William Collier Jr., Pauline Starke, Clarence Muse", "extract": "A Royal Romance is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring William Collier, Pauline Starke and Clarence Muse. It was an unofficial remake of the 1925 silent film A Fool and His Money." }, { "title": "The Runaway Bride", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst", "extract": "The Runaway Bride is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, and Paul Hurst. It was directed by Donald Crisp, from a screenplay by Jane Murfin, adapted from the play Cooking Her Goose by H. H. Van Loan and Lolita Ann Westman." }, { "title": "Safety in Numbers", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Charles Rogers, Kathryn Crawford", "extract": "Safety in Numbers is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film. Directed by Victor Schertzinger, it stars Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, and features Kathryn Crawford, Josephine Dunn, and Carole Lombard." }, { "title": "The Santa Fe Trail", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno", "extract": "The Santa Fe Trail is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film, directed by Otto Brower and Edwin H. Knopf, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno, and Eugene Pallette. The film was an adaptation of Hal George Evarts's 1925 novel, Spanish Acres." }, { "title": "The Sap from Syracuse", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "The Sap from Syracuse is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by John Griffith Wray, along with Jack O'Donnell, John Hayden and Gertrude Purcell. The film stars Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers, Granville Bates, George Barbier, and Verree Teasdale. The film was " }, { "title": "Sarah and Son", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March", "extract": "Sarah and Son is a 1930 pre-Code American drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner. The screenplay by Zoë Akins was adapted from Timothy Shea's novel of the same name. It stars Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, Gilbert Emery, and Doris Lloyd. It was filmed at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles and released" }, { "title": "Scarlet Pages", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Grant Withers", "extract": "Scarlet Pages is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film with songs starring Elsie Ferguson and directed by Ray Enright. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Grant Withers and Marian Nixon. Scarlet Pa" }, { "title": "Scotland Yard", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Joan Bennett", "extract": "Scotland Yard is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by William K. Howard, written by Garrett Fort, and starring Edmund Lowe, Joan Bennett, Donald Crisp, Georges Renavent, Lumsden Hare and David Torrence. It was released on October 19, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. It is based on the 1929 " }, { "title": "The Sea Bat", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford, Nils Asther", "extract": "The Sea Bat is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama thriller film directed by Lionel Barrymore and Wesley Ruggles, starring Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford and featuring Boris Karloff. Part of the film was filmed on location in Mazatlán, Mexico. The film was originally intended as a vehicle for Lon Ch" }, { "title": "The Sea God", "year": 1930, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Fay Wray", "extract": "The Sea God is a 1930 American pre-Code adventure film written and directed by George Abbott. The film stars Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Eugene Pallette, Ivan Simpson, Maurice Black, and Bob Perry. The film was released on September 13, 1930, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Sea Legs", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Lillian Roth", "extract": "Sea Legs is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and written by George Marion Jr. and Marion Dix. The film stars Jack Oakie, Eugene Pallette, Lillian Roth, André Cheron, Albert Conti, Harry Green and Jean Del Val. The film was released on November 29, 1930, by Paramount Pi" }, { "title": "The Sea Wolf", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Milton Sills, Raymond Hackett", "extract": "The Sea Wolf is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred Santell and written by S. N. Behrman and Ralph Block. The film stars Milton Sills, Jane Keithley, Raymond Hackett, Mitchell Harris, Nat Pendleton, and John Rogers. It is based on the 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. The fi" }, { "title": "Second Choice", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Dolores Costello, Chester Morris", "extract": "Second Choice is a 1930 American Pre-Code black-and-white film released by Warner Bros. and starring Dolores Costello and Chester Morris. The film is notable as being the first in which Dolores Costello sang. It is a lost film. The film was based on the story by Elizabeth Alexander and was adapted f" }, { "title": "The Second Floor Mystery", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Grant Withers, Loretta Young, H. B. Warner", "extract": "The Second Floor Mystery is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth. It was based on the 1916 novel The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers. The film stars Grant Withers, Loretta Young, H. B. Warner and John Loder." }, { "title": "Second Honeymoon", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Silent", "cast": "Josephine Dunn, Bernice Elliott, Edward Earle", "extract": "Second Honeymoon is a 1930 American silent comedy-drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Josephine Dunn, Edward Earle, and Ernest Hilliard, and was released in September 1930." }, { "title": "Second Wife", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee", "extract": "Second Wife is a 1930 American drama film produced and released by RKO Pictures. It was directed by Russell Mack, written by Hugh Herbert and Bert Glennon, based on the play All the King's Men by Fulton Oursler. The film stars Conrad Nagel and Lila Lee, two silent film veterans moving into talkies." }, { "title": "See America Thirst", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Harry Langdon, Bessie Love", "extract": "See America Thirst is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and directed by William James Craft. Silent comics Harry Langdon and Slim Summerville star along with Bessie Love. Though released late in 1930, it nevertheless had a silent version." }, { "title": "Seven Days Leave", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer", "extract": "Seven Days Leave is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Richard Wallace and starring Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer, and Daisy Belmore." }, { "title": "Shadow of the Law", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Romance", "cast": "William Powell, Marion Shilling", "extract": "Shadow of the Law is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring William Powell, Richard Tucker, and Regis Toomey." }, { "title": "Shadow Ranch", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Marguerite De La Motte", "extract": "Shadow Ranch is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Louis King." }, { "title": "She Couldn't Say No", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Winnie Lightner, Chester Morris", "extract": "She Couldn't Say No is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama which stars Winnie Lightner, fresh from her success in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929). It was adapted from a play by Benjamin M. Kaye. An aspiring singer ends up in a love triangle with a gangster and a socialite." }, { "title": "She Got What She Wanted", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Betty Compson, Lee Tracy", "extract": "She Got What She Wanted is an American pre-Code early talking film comedy-drama directed by James Cruze and starring his actress wife Betty Compson. The film was made for Tiffany Pictures with Cruze and Compson having recently completed The Great Gabbo (1929)." }, { "title": "She's My Weakness", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Sue Carol, Arthur Lake", "extract": "She's My Weakness is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Melville W. Brown and starring Sue Carol and Arthur Lake. The screenplay was written by J. Walter Ruben, based on the Broadway play Tommy by Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson." }, { "title": "The Ship from Shanghai", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson", "extract": "The Ship from Shanghai is a 1930 Pre-Code American action film directed by Charles Brabin and written by John Howard Lawson. The film stars Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert and Zeffie Tilbury. The film was released on January 31, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The September 14," }, { "title": "Shooting Straight", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, James Neill", "extract": "Shooting Straight is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film, directed by George Archainbaud and starring the early RKO staple Richard Dix and Mary Lawlor. The screenplay was written by J. Walter Ruben, from Wallace Smith's adaptation of a story by Barney A. Sarecky. It was one of the films that e" }, { "title": "Showgirl in Hollywood", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet", "extract": "Showgirl in Hollywood is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking musical film with Technicolor sequences, produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars Alice White, Jack Mulhall and Blanche Sweet. It was adapted from the 1929 novel Hollywood Girl by J." }, { "title": "The Silver Horde", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Evelyn Brent, Joel McCrea, Jean Arthur", "extract": "The Silver Horde is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Joel McCrea as a fisherman torn between two women, played by top-billed Evelyn Brent and Jean Arthur." }, { "title": "Sin Takes a Holiday", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "Sin Takes a Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film, directed by Paul L. Stein, from a screenplay by Horace Jackson, based on a story by Robert Milton and Dorothy Cairns. It starred Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, and Basil Rathbone. Originally produced by Pathé Exchange and re" }, { "title": "Sinners' Holiday", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Grant Withers, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "Sinners' Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking crime drama film starring Grant Withers and Evalyn Knapp, and featuring James Cagney, Lucille La Verne, and Joan Blondell. It is based on the 1930 play Penny Arcade by Marie Baumer. Both Cagney and Blondell reprised the roles they played in th" }, { "title": "The Sins of the Children", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Louis Mann, Robert Montgomery", "extract": "The Sins of the Children, also known as Father's Day and The Richest Man in the World, is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film, which was produced and directed by Sam Wood and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Sisters", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Sally O'Neil, Molly O'Day", "extract": "Sisters is a 1930 American crime film directed by James Flood and starring Sally O'Neil, Molly O'Day and Russell Gleason." }, { "title": "Slightly Scarlet", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook", "extract": "Slightly Scarlet is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Edwin H. Knopf and starring Evelyn Brent and Clive Brook. The film was shot in several different language versions, with different casts. The French version was titled L'énigmatique Mr. Parkes, and stars " }, { "title": "So This Is London", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Irene Rich", "extract": "So This Is London is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Frank Albertson and Lumsden Hare." }, { "title": "The Social Lion", "year": 1930, "genres": "Sports, Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Mary Brian, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher", "extract": "The Social Lion is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by Octavus Roy Cohen, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Agnes Brand Leahy, and starring Jack Oakie, Mary Brian, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Olive Borden, Charles Sellon, Cyril Ring and E. H. Calvert. It was r" }, { "title": "A Soldier's Plaything", "year": 1930, "genres": "War, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Harry Langdon, Noah Beery", "extract": "A Soldier's Plaything is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film with songs directed by Michael Curtiz. Warner Bros. filmed it simultaneously in 35mm and in a widescreen process called Vitascope, but it is uncertain whether the Vitascope version was ever released. The film was planned as a full-s" }, { "title": "Soldiers and Women", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery, Crime, War", "cast": "Aileen Pringle, Grant Withers", "extract": "Soldiers and Women is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Aileen Pringle, Grant Withers and Walter McGrail. Produced by Columbia Pictures, it is based on a 1929 stage play by Paul Hervey Fox and George Tilton. A print is preserved by the Library of Cong" }, { "title": "Son of the Gods", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Richard Barthelmess, Constance Bennett", "extract": "Son of the Gods is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film with Technicolor sequences, produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Rex Beach. Richard Barthelmess and Constance Bennett star as a couple in love w" }, { "title": "Song o' My Heart", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "John McCormack, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "Song o' My Heart is a 1930 Pre-Code American film directed by Frank Borzage and starring John McCormack, Alice Joyce, Maureen O'Sullivan, Effie Ellsler and John Garrick. It was O'Sullivan's second film role." }, { "title": "Song of the Caballero", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Doris Hill", "extract": "Song of the Caballero is a 1930 pre-Code American Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard. The film was released on June 29, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Song of the Flame", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Noah Beery", "extract": "Song of the Flame is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was the first color film to feature a widescreen sequence, using a process called Vitascope, the trademark name for Warner Bros.' widescreen" }, { "title": "Song of the West", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Western", "cast": "John Boles, Vivienne Segal", "extract": "Song of the West is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical western film produced by Warner Bros., and photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the 1928 Broadway musical Rainbow by Vincent Youmans (music), Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) and Laurence Stallings (book). It starred John Boles, Joe " }, { "title": "Sons of the Saddle", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Doris Hill", "extract": "Sons of the Saddle is a 1930 pre-Code American Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown, written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason, and starring Ken Maynard. It was released on August 3, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Soup to Nuts", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Animated", "cast": "Ted Healy, Shemp Howard, Frances McCoy", "extract": "Soup to Nuts is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film written by cartoonist, sculptor, author, and inventor Rube Goldberg and directed by Benjamin Stoloff. It was the film debut of the original four members who would later, minus Ted Healy, go on to become known as The Three Stooges comic trio. Goldb" }, { "title": "The Spoilers", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson", "extract": "The Spoilers is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson, and Betty Compson. Set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, the film is about a gold prospector and a corrupt Alaska politician who fight for control over a gold mine. The film" }, { "title": "Spring Is Here", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Lawrence Gray, Bernice Claire", "extract": "Spring Is Here is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film produced by First National Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. It was adapted by James A. Starr from the 1929 musical play, of the same name, by Owen Davis, with music by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The film stars Lawrence Gray" }, { "title": "The Squealer", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "The Squealer is a 1930 American pre-Code\ncrime film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier and Davey Lee." }, { "title": "Spurs", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Robert Homans", "extract": "Spurs is a 1930 American Western film written and directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson, Helen Wright, Robert Homans, Philo McCullough, C.E. Anderson and Buddy Hunter. It was released on August 24, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Storm", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western, Adventure", "cast": "Lupe Vélez, Paul Cavanagh, William Boyd", "extract": "The Storm is a 1930 American pre-Code adventure film directed by William Wyler, written by John Huston, Charles Logue, Tom Reed and Wells Root, and starring Lupe Vélez, Paul Cavanagh, William \"Stage\" Boyd, Alphonse Ethier and Ernie Adams. It was released on August 22, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Street of Chance", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis", "extract": "Street of Chance is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by John Cromwell and starring William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis and Regis Toomey. Howard Estabrook was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Achievement." }, { "title": "Strictly Modern", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer", "extract": "Strictly Modern is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Dorothy Mackaill and Sidney Blackmer. It was produced and released by First National Pictures and was based on the play, entitled Cousin Kate, written by Hubert Henry Davies." }, { "title": "Strictly Unconventional", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "Strictly Unconventional is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by David Burton, written by Sylvia Thalberg and Frank Butler, and starring Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh, Tyrell Davis, Lewis Stone and Ernest Torrence. It was released on May 3, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based up" }, { "title": "Such Men Are Dangerous", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper, Bela Lugosi", "extract": "Such Men Are Dangerous is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Kenneth Hawks and written by Ernest Vajda. The film is based on a novella by Elinor Glyn who based her story on the 1928 real-life disappearance of Belgian Banker Alfred Loewenstein who vanished on a flight over the English Ch" }, { "title": "Sunny", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray, O. P. Heggie", "extract": "Sunny is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Lawrence Gray, O. P. Heggie, and Inez Courtney. It was produced and released by First National Pictures. The film was based on the Broadway stage hit, Sunny, produced by Charles Dillingham, which played " }, { "title": "Sunny Skies", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Benny Rubin, Marceline Day, Rex Lease", "extract": "Sunny Skies is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, starring Benny Rubin and Marceline Day and produced by Tiffany Pictures. It is notable for a same-sex romantic subplot, involving a young man's tragically unrequited love for his football hero roommate." }, { "title": "Sweet Kitty Bellairs", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Comedy, Historical", "cast": "Claudia Dell, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Torrence", "extract": "Sweet Kitty Bellairs is a 1930 American historical musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green. The film is based on the 1900 novel, The Bath Comedy by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle. Shot entirely in Technicolor, the film stars Claudia Dell, Ernest Torrence and, Walter Pidgeon and is set in Ba" }, { "title": "Sweet Mama", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Alice White, David Manners", "extract": "Sweet Mama is a 1930 American pre-Code talkie comedy drama film with songs, which was directed by Edward F. Cline and produced and distributed by First National Pictures. The film stars Alice White, David Manners, Kenneth Thomson and Rita Flynn. Planned as a full-scale musical, and released as such " }, { "title": "Sweethearts and Wives", "year": 1930, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer", "extract": "Sweethearts and Wives is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film with comedic elements produced and released by First National Pictures and directed by Clarence G. Badger. The film stars Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer and Leila Hyams. The film was based on the 1928 West End play Other Men's" }, { "title": "The Swellhead", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "James Gleason, Marion Shilling", "extract": "The Swellhead is a 1930 American pre-Code sports film directed by James Flood and starring James Gleason, Johnnie Walker, and Marion Shilling. It is also known by the alternative title of Counted Out." }, { "title": "Swing High", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Dorothy Burgess, John Sheehan", "extract": "Swing High is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott and Dorothy Burgess." }, { "title": "Take the Heir", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Dorothy Devore, Edythe Chapman", "extract": "Take the Heir is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Edward Everett Horton, Dorothy Devore and Edythe Chapman. It was produced during the transition to sound film and a separate silent version was also released. Location shooting took place around Broadway. A review i" }, { "title": "Temple Tower", "year": 1930, "genres": "Thriller, Crime", "cast": "Kenneth MacKenna, Marceline Day", "extract": "Temple Tower is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Donald Gallaher and starring Kenneth MacKenna, Marceline Day. and Peter Gawthorne." }, { "title": "The Texan", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Emma Dunn", "extract": "The Texan is a 1930 American Western film directed by John Cromwell and starring Gary Cooper and Fay Wray. Based on the short story \"The Double-Dyed Deceiver\" by O. Henry, the film is about a daring bandit called the Llano Kid who shoots a young gambler in self-defense and is forced to hide from the" }, { "title": "They Learned About Women", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Drama, Sports", "cast": "Van and Schenck, Bessie Love", "extract": "They Learned About Women is a 1930 American Pre-Code sports drama musical film directed by Jack Conway and Sam Wood, and starring Van and Schenck in their final film appearance together." }, { "title": "The Third Alarm", "year": 1930, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Anita Louise, Jean Hersholt", "extract": "The Third Alarm is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Emory Johnson. The film is based on the original story by Emilie Johnson and is set in San Francisco, California. The photoplay stars Anita Louise, James Hall, and Jean Hersholt. The movie was released on November 30, 1930 by Tiffany" }, { "title": "This Mad World", "year": 1930, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Kay Johnson, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "This Mad World is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by William C. deMille and starring Basil Rathbone, Kay Johnson and Louise Dresser. A drama, it sees a French spy return home to German-occupied France during World War I to find a German general living in his house." }, { "title": "Those Three French Girls", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Fifi D'Orsay, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Those Three French Girls is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Fifi D'Orsay, Reginald Denny, and Cliff Edwards. The dialogue was written by P. G. Wodehouse." }, { "title": "Those Who Dance", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Betty Compson", "extract": "Those Who Dance is a 1930 American Pre-Code crime film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by William Beaudine, and starring Monte Blue, Lila Lee, William \"Stage\" Boyd and Betty Compson. It is a remake of the 1924 silent film Those Who Dance starring Bessie Love and Blanche Sweet. The" }, { "title": "Three Faces East", "year": 1930, "genres": "War, Romance", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Erich von Stroheim", "extract": "Three Faces East is a 1930 American Pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Constance Bennett and Erich von Stroheim. Produced by Daryl Zanuck and released by Warner Brothers it is based on a 1918 Broadway play about World War I spies, Three Faces East, by Anthony Paul Kelly. It was film" }, { "title": "The Three Sisters", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Louise Dresser, Joyce Compton", "extract": "The Three Sisters is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola and Kenneth MacKenna. It was distributed by Fox Film Corporation five years before they would become Twentieth Century Fox. It is unknown whether a print of the film still exists." }, { "title": "Thus is Life", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "José Bohr, Delia Magana", "extract": "Thus is Life is a 1930 American Spanish language romantic comedy film directed by George Crone and starring José Bohr, Delia Magana and Lolita Vendrell. It was produced as the Spanish version of the English language film What a Man!, also directed by Crone. In the early years of sound such multi-lan" }, { "title": "Today", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Catherine Dale Owen", "extract": "Today is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Conrad Nagel, Catherine Dale Owen and Sarah Padden. It was co written by Seton I. Miller and was based on a play by George Howells Broadhurst, which had previously been made into a silent film of the same title. The f" }, { "title": "Tol'able David", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery", "extract": "Tol'able David is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by Columbia Pictures. It is a remake of the 1921 silent film Tol'able David, which starred Richard Barthelmess and Ernest Torrence." }, { "title": "Tom Sawyer", "year": 1930, "genres": "Adventure, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin, Mitzi Green", "extract": "Tom Sawyer is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Jackie Coogan. The screenplay by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, and Sam Mintz is based on the 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain." }, { "title": "Top Speed", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Laura Lee, Frank McHugh", "extract": "Top Speed is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers. It was based on a 1929 stage musical of the same name by Harry Ruby, Guy Bolton and Bert Kalmar. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Bernice Claire, Jack Whiting, Laura Lee, and F" }, { "title": "Trailing Trouble", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, William McCall", "extract": "Trailing Trouble is a 1930 American Western film directed by Arthur Rosson, written by Harold Tarshis, and starring Hoot Gibson. It was released on March 23, 1930, by Universal Pictures. The title was also seen as Trailin' Trouble." }, { "title": "Trigger Tricks", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers", "extract": "Trigger Tricks is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by B. Reeves Eason, and starring Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Robert Homans, Jack Richardson, Monte Montague and Neal Hart. It was released on June 8, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Troopers Three", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Rex Lease, Dorothy Gulliver", "extract": "Troopers Three is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and B. Reeves Eason and produced and distributed by Tiffany Studios." }, { "title": "True to the Navy", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Fredric March, Clara Bow, Harry Green", "extract": "True to the Navy is a 1930 romantic comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle for Paramount Pictures. The film stars Clara Bow as a counter girl at a San Diego drugstore with a predilection for sailors. Eventually she sets her sights on Bull's Eye McCoy, a stiff-necked gunner's mate." }, { "title": "The Truth About Youth", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, Myrna Loy, David Manners", "extract": "The Truth About Youth is a 1930 American pre-Code drama with songs produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Directed by William A. Seiter, the film stars Loretta Young, Conway Tearle, David Manners and Myrna Loy. It was based on the 1900 play When We Were Twe" }, { "title": "Under a Texas Moon", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Raquel Torres", "extract": "Under A Texas Moon is a 1930 American pre-Code musical Western film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the novel Two-Gun Man which was written by Stewart Edward White. It was the second all-color, all-talking feature to be filmed entirely outdoors, as well as being the second West" }, { "title": "Under Montana Skies", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Kenneth Harlan, Slim Summerville, Dorothy Gulliver", "extract": "Under Montana Skies is a 1930 American western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Kenneth Harlan, Slim Summerville and Dorothy Gulliver. It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures, one of the leading independent studios in Hollywood." }, { "title": "Undertow", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mary Nolan, Johnny Mack Brown", "extract": "Undertow is a 1930 American drama film directed by Harry A. Pollard, written by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. and Winnifred Reeve, and starring Mary Nolan, Johnny Mack Brown, Robert Ellis, Churchill Ross and Audrey Ferris. It was released in March 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Unholy Three", "year": 1930, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Harry Earles", "extract": "The Unholy Three is a 1930 American Pre-Code melodrama directed by Jack Conway and starring Lon Chaney. Its plot involves a crime spree. The film is a sound remake of the silent 1925 film of the same name, with both films based on the novel The Unholy Three, by Tod Robbins." }, { "title": "Up the River", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Luce", "extract": "Up the River is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, and starring Claire Luce, Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart. The plot concerns escaped convicts, as well as a female convict. It was the feature film debut role of both Tracy and Bogart. Despite Bogart being billed fourth, T" }, { "title": "The Utah Kid", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Lease, Dorothy Sebastian, Tom Santschi", "extract": "The Utah Kid is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Rex Lease and Boris Karloff." }, { "title": "The Vagabond King", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, O.P. Heggie, Lillian Roth", "extract": "The Vagabond King is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical operetta film photographed entirely in two-color Technicolor. The plot of the film was based on the 1925 operetta of the same name, which was based on the 1901 play If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy. The play told the story of the real-lif" }, { "title": "Viennese Nights", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "Viennese Nights is a 1930 American all-talking pre-Code musical operetta film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Alexander Gray, Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon, Jean Hersholt, Bela Lugosi and Louise Fazenda. It was photographed entirely in Technicolor and released by Warner Brothers. Viennese Ni" }, { "title": "The Virtuous Sin", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Walter Huston, Kay Francis", "extract": "The Virtuous Sin is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor and Louis J. Gasnier and starring Walter Huston, Kay Francis, and Kenneth MacKenna. The screenplay by Martin Brown and Louise Long is based on the 1928 play The General by Lajos Zilahy. A separate 1931 German-lan" }, { "title": "War Nurse", "year": 1930, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker", "extract": "War Nurse is a 1930 American pre-Code war film directed by Edgar Selwyn and starring Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker and Robert Ames." }, { "title": "Way for a Sailor", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Comedy", "cast": "John Gilbert, Wallace Beery", "extract": "Way for a Sailor is a 1930 American Pre-Code film starring John Gilbert. The supporting cast includes Wallace Beery, Jim Tully, Leila Hyams, and Polly Moran. The film was directed by Sam Wood, who insisted on no screen credit. The film is reputed to be so bad that the studio might have used it to sa" }, { "title": "The Way of All Men", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Revier", "extract": "The Way of All Men is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Revier and Noah Beery. It was produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film was based on the story entitled \"The Sin Flood\", by Henn" }, { "title": "Way Out West", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western, Comedy, Drama, Satire", "cast": "William Haines, Polly Moran, Leila Hyams", "extract": "Way Out West is a 1930 American pre-Code parody film, directed by Fred Niblo, starring William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, and Ralph Bushman. It tells the story of Windy, a con man who cheats a group of cowboys out of their money. When they discover his cheating and learn that he has been robb" }, { "title": "Westward Bound", "year": 1930, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jay Wilsey, Allene Ray, Buddy Roosevelt", "extract": "Westward Bound is a 1930 American pre-Code western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jay Wilsey, Allene Ray and Buddy Roosevelt." }, { "title": "What a Man!", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar", "extract": "What a Man is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by George Crone and starring Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar and Harvey Clark. It was an adaptation of the play They All Want Something by Courtenay Savage, which was itself based on a novel by E.J. Rath. A separate Spanish language " }, { "title": "What a Widow!", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Gloria Swanson, Owen Moore", "extract": "What a Widow! was a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and produced by and starring Gloria Swanson. It was distributed through United Artists." }, { "title": "What Men Want", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pauline Starke, Ben Lyon", "extract": "What Men Want is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ernst Laemmle and starring Pauline Starke, Ben Lyon, Hallam Cooley, Barbara Kent, Robert Ellis and Carmelita Geraghty. Written by John B. Clymer and Dorothy Yost, the film was released on July 13, 1930, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Whoopee!", "year": 1930, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Western", "cast": "Eddie Cantor, Eleanor Hunt, Ethel Shutta", "extract": "Whoopee! is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy musical western film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, and Eleanor Hunt. It was photographed in two-color Technicolor. Its plot closely follows the 1928 stage show produced by Florenz Ziegfeld." }, { "title": "Wide Open", "year": 1930, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller", "extract": "Wide Open is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Archie Mayo, starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller, and featuring Louise Fazenda, T. Roy Barnes and Edna Murphy. Released by Warner Bros., it is based on the 1924 novel The Narrow Street by Edward Bateman Morris." }, { "title": "The Widow From Chicago", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Alice White, Frank McHugh", "extract": "The Widow from Chicago is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Alice White, Edward G. Robinson, Neil Hamilton, and Frank McHugh. It was released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Planned as a full-scale musical, the songs were cut " }, { "title": "Wild Company", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joyce Compton, H. B. Warner, Bela Lugosi", "extract": "Wild Company is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Leo McCarey and written by Bradley King. The film stars Frank Albertson, Joyce Compton, Sharon Lynn, H. B. Warner, Richard Keene and Frances McCoy. The film was released on July 5, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation. Although Bela Lugosi had" }, { "title": "Wings of Adventure", "year": 1930, "genres": "Action, Adventure", "cast": "Rex Lease, Armida, Clyde Cook", "extract": "Wings of Adventure is a 1930 American action adventure film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Rex Lease, Armida and Clyde Cook. It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures." }, { "title": "The Woman Racket", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Tom Moore, Blanche Sweet, Tenen Holtz", "extract": "The Woman Racket is an extant 1930 Pre-Code talking film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet. It is based on a 1928 Broadway play, Night Hostess by Philip Dunning. In January 2012 the film became available on DVD from the Warner Archive collection hom" }, { "title": "Women Everywhere", "year": 1930, "genres": "Romance, Adventure, Musical", "cast": "J. Harold Murray, Fifi D'Orsay", "extract": "Women Everywhere is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical adventure film directed by Alexander Korda and starring J. Harold Murray, Fifi D'Orsay, and George Grossmith, Jr. It is set amongst the French Foreign Legion in North Africa." }, { "title": "Worldly Goods", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Kirkwood Sr., Merna Kennedy", "extract": "Worldly Goods is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Phil Rosen based on a story by Andrew Soutar, starring James Kirkwood Sr. and Merna Kennedy. Distributed by Continental Talking Pictures, the film was released on August 1, 1930." }, { "title": "Young Desire", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mary Nolan, William Janney", "extract": "Young Desire is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Winnifred Reeve, C. Gardner Sullivan and Matt Taylor. The film stars Mary Nolan, William Janney, Ralf Harolde, Mae Busch, George Irving and Claire McDowell. The film was released on June 8, 1930, by Unive" }, { "title": "Young Eagles", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Jean Arthur, Charles Rogers, Paul Lukas", "extract": "Young Eagles is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by William A. Wellman for Paramount Pictures. It stars Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, Jean Arthur, and Paul Lukas. The story is based on the stories \"The One Who Was Clever\" and \"Sky-High\", written by American aviator and war hero Elliot" }, { "title": "Young Man of Manhattan", "year": 1930, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, Charles Ruggles", "extract": "Young Man of Manhattan is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Monta Bell and starring Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster, Ginger Rogers, and Charles Ruggles. Made by Paramount Pictures, it was set and filmed in New York City." }, { "title": "The Age for Love", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Billie Dove, Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson", "extract": "The Age for Love is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Ernest Pascal. The film was a vehicle for Howard Hughes' mistress Billie Dove. The film was a commercial failure, but this did not stop Hughes funding another film for Billie " }, { "title": "Air Eagles", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure, Action", "cast": "Lloyd Hughes, Norman Kerry, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Air Eagles is a 1931 American pre-Code action film starring Lloyd Hughes, Norman Kerry, and Shirley Grey." }, { "title": "Air Police", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Kenneth Harlan, Josephine Dunn, Richard Cramer", "extract": "Air Police is a 1931 aviation sound film about air police produced by George W. Weeks Productions. It was distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures and William Steiner Productions. Air Police was directed by Stuart Paton and stars Kenneth Harlan, Josephine Dunn, Richard Cramer and Charles Delaney." }, { "title": "Alexander Hamilton", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Montagu Love", "extract": "Alexander Hamilton is a 1931 American pre-Code biographical film about Alexander Hamilton, produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and based on the 1917 play Hamilton by George Arliss and Mary Hamlin. It was directed by John G. Adolfi and stars Arliss in the title role. It follows the attempts of H" }, { "title": "Alias the Bad Man", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Virginia Brown Faire", "extract": "Alias – the Bad Man, also known as Alias Bad Man, is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film, directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Virginia Brown Faire, and Frank Mayo. It was released on July 15, 1931." }, { "title": "Alice in Wonderland", "year": 1931, "genres": "Fantasy, Adventure, Independent", "cast": "Ruth Gilbert, Leslie King", "extract": "Alice in Wonderland (1931) is an independently made black-and-white Pre-Code American film based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, directed by Bud Pollard, produced by Hugo Maienthau, and filmed at Metropolitan Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey." }, { "title": "Aloha", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Raquel Torres, Thelma Todd", "extract": "Aloha is a 1931 American drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Ben Lyon, Raquel Torres and Thelma Todd. It was produced and distributed by the independent studio Tiffany Pictures, one of the largest companies outside of the major studios. It was released in Britain by Gaumont British " }, { "title": "Always Goodbye", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Elissa Landi, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "Always Goodbye is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and William Cameron Menzies and starring Elissa Landi, Lewis Stone and Paul Cavanagh. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film." }, { "title": "Ambassador Bill", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Marguerite Churchill, Greta Nissen", "extract": "Ambassador Bill is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and starring Will Rogers and Marguerite Churchill. The film also features Greta Nissen and Ray Milland." }, { "title": "An American Tragedy", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Phillips Holmes, Frances Dee", "extract": "An American Tragedy (1931) is a pre-Code drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy and the 1926 play adaptation. These were based on the historic 1906 murder of Grace Brown" }, { "title": "Annabelle's Affairs", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald, Roland Young", "extract": "Annabelle's Affairs is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young. The film is based on the 1916-17 play Good Gracious Annabelle by Clare Kummer. It is the only one of MacDonald's films to be considered" }, { "title": "Anybody's Blonde", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Dorothy Revier, Reed Howes, Edna Murphy", "extract": "Anybody's Blonde is a 1931 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Frank R. Strayer from an original screenplay by Betty Burbridge. The film stars Dorothy Revier, Reed Howes, and Edna Murphy, and was released by Action Pictures on November 17, 1931." }, { "title": "Are These Our Children?", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Eric Linden, Rochelle Hudson, Ben Alexander", "extract": "Are These Our Children? is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Howard Estabrook. The film stars Eric Linden, Ben Alexander, Beryl Mercer, Mary Kornman, Arline Judge, and Rochelle Hudson. The film was released on November 14, 1931 by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Are You There?", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Beatrice Lillie, John Garrick", "extract": "Are You There? is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Harlan Thompson. The film stars Beatrice Lillie, John Garrick, Olga Baclanova, George Grossmith Jr., Roger Davis and Jillian Sand. The film was released on May 3, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Arizona", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Laura La Plante, John Wayne, June Clyde", "extract": "Arizona is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Laura La Plante, John Wayne and June Clyde. It is one of several films based on Augustus Thomas's 1899 play of the same name. Filmed as \"Arizona\", the movie's makers applied to the New York State Censor Board for" }, { "title": "Arizona Terror", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Lina Basquette", "extract": "Arizona Terror is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Lina Basquette and Hooper Atchley." }, { "title": "Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks", "year": 1931, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks", "extract": "Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks is a 1931 American Pre-Code documentary film directed by Douglas Fairbanks and Victor Fleming and written by Robert E. Sherwood. The film was released on December 12, 1931, by United Artists." }, { "title": "Arrowsmith", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Arrowsmith is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Ford and starring Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, and Myrna Loy. It was adapted from Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel Arrowsmith by Sidney Howard, departing substantially from the book regarding Arrowsmith's womanizing and ot" }, { "title": "The Avenger", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "The Avenger is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Buck Jones and Dorothy Revier. The film is loosely based on the exploits of legendary Mexican bandit Joaquin Murrieta, who, in the mid-19th century, went to California and, according to the legend, swore " }, { "title": "Bachelor Apartment", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Lowell Sherman, Mae Murray", "extract": "Bachelor Apartment is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film directed by and starring Lowell Sherman as a bachelor/playboy, Wayne Carter, who falls in love with Irene Dunne's honest working girl, Helene Andrews. The credits for the film, and all sources from that time show that the film was based on " }, { "title": "The Bachelor Father", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Marion Davies, Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith", "extract": "The Bachelor Father is a 1931 American pre-Code MGM comedy drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Marion Davies and featuring Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, Ray Milland and Guinn \"Big Boy\" Williams. It was based on a same-titled play by Edward Childs Carpenter, with Smith re-creating" }, { "title": "Bad Company", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, John Garrick", "extract": "Bad Company is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film directed and co-written by Tay Garnett with Tom Buckingham based on Jack Lait's 1930 novel Put on the Spot. It stars Helen Twelvetrees and Ricardo Cortez. Told from the view of a woman, the working titles of this film were The Gangster's Wife and" }, { "title": "Bad Girl", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Eilers, James Dunn, Minna Gombell", "extract": "Bad Girl is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Sally Eilers, James Dunn, and Minna Gombell. The screenplay was adapted by Edwin J. Burke from the 1928 novel by Viña Delmar and the 1930 play by Delmar and Brian Marlowe. The plot follows the courtship and marria" }, { "title": "Bad Sister", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "Bad Sister is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Hobart Henley. The screenplay by Edwin H. Knopf, Tom Reed, and Raymond L. Schrock is based on the 1913 novel The Flirt by Booth Tarkington, which had been filmed in 1916 and 1922." }, { "title": "The Bargain", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Evalyn Knapp, Lewis Stone, Doris Kenyon", "extract": "The Bargain (1931) is an all-talking American pre-Code comedy drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Robert Milton. The movie stars Lewis Stone, Evalyn Knapp, Charles Butterworth and Doris Kenyon. It was based on the 1923 play You a" }, { "title": "Beau Ideal", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Ralph Forbes, Loretta Young", "extract": "Beau Ideal is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Herbert Brenon and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was based on the 1927 adventure novel Beau Ideal by P. C. Wren, the third novel in a series of five novels based around the same characters. Brenon had directed the first in " }, { "title": "Behind Office Doors", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Catherine Dale Owen", "extract": "Behind Office Doors is a 1931 pre-Code American drama film directed by Melville W. Brown, from a screenplay by Carey Wilson and J. Walter Ruben, based on Alan Schultz's 1929 novel, Private Secretary. It starred Mary Astor, Robert Ames and Ricardo Cortez, and revolved around the premise of \"the woman" }, { "title": "The Beloved Bachelor", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Paul Lukas, Dorothy Jordan, Vivienne Osborne", "extract": "The Beloved Bachelor is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lloyd Corrigan, and written by Sidney Buchman, Raymond Griffith, Agnes Brand Leahy and Edward Peple. The film stars Paul Lukas, Dorothy Jordan, Vivienne Osborne, Charlie Ruggles, Marjorie Gateson, Harold Minjir and John Breeden." }, { "title": "Beyond Victory", "year": 1931, "genres": "War", "cast": "Bill Boyd, James Gleason, Marion Shilling", "extract": "Beyond Victory is a 1931 American pre-Code war film starring Bill Boyd, James Gleason, Lew Cody, and ZaSu Pitts. While John Robertson received directing credit, Edward H. Griffith supposedly took extensive re-takes after production ended and the film was deemed not audience ready. Two actresses with" }, { "title": "Big Business Girl", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "Big Business Girl is a 1931 pre-Code First National sound comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Loretta Young, then eighteen years old. It was released theatrically through First National's parent company Warner Bros." }, { "title": "The Big Gamble", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Boyd, James Gleason, June MacCloy", "extract": "The Big Gamble is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Fred Niblo and written by Walter DeLeon and F. McGrew Willis. The film stars William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian, Warner Oland and James Gleason. The film was released on September 4, 1931 by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Big Shot", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Eddie Quillan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mary Nolan", "extract": "The Big Shot is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and Edward Sedgwick and written by Earl Baldwin, Hal Conklin, George Dromgold and Joseph Fields. The film stars Eddie Quillan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mary Nolan, Roscoe Ates and Belle Bennett. It was released on December 18, " }, { "title": "The Black Camel", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi", "extract": "The Black Camel is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi, and Dorothy Revier. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the second film to star Oland as detective Charlie Chan, and th" }, { "title": "Blonde Crazy", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ray Milland", "extract": "Blonde Crazy is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Noel Francis, Louis Calhern, Ray Milland, and Guy Kibbee. The film is notable for one of Cagney's lines, a phrase often repeated by celebrity impersonators: \"That di" }, { "title": "Body and Soul", "year": 1931, "genres": "Action, Drama", "cast": "Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "Body and Soul (1931) is an American Pre-Code action drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart, and Myrna Loy. The story, adapted from the stage play Squadrons by Elliott White Springs and A.E. Thomas, depicts Royal Air Force pilots in World War" }, { "title": "Border Law", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Jim Mason, Lupita Tovar", "extract": "Border Law is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones. The film was remade as Whistlin' Dan (1932) and again with Buck Jones as The Fighting Ranger (1934)." }, { "title": "Born to Love", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joel McCrea, Constance Bennett, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "Born to Love is a 1931 American pre-Code melodrama film, directed by Paul L. Stein from an original screenplay by Ernest Pascal. It starred Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea and Paul Cavanagh in a lovers' triangle set in London during World War I. It was only the second film produced by RKO Pathé after" }, { "title": "Bought", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, Ray Milland", "extract": "Bought is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film produced and released by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The movie stars Constance Bennett and features Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett and Dorothy Peterson. It is based on the 1930 novel Jackdaw's Strut by Harriet Henry." }, { "title": "Branded", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Wallace MacDonald", "extract": "Branded is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "Branded Men", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Ken Maynard, June Clyde, Irving Bacon", "extract": "Branded Men is a 1931 American pre-Code Western comedy film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard. It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures." }, { "title": "The Brat", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart", "extract": "The Brat is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, starring Sally O'Neil, and featuring Virginia Cherrill. The film is based on the 1917 play by Maude Fulton. A previous silent film had been made in 1919 with Alla Nazimova. This 1931 screen version has been updated to then conte" }, { "title": "Broadminded", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Marjorie White, Bela Lugosi", "extract": "Broadminded is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Joe E. Brown." }, { "title": "Captain Applejack", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Mary Brian, Kay Strozzi, John Halliday", "extract": "Captain Applejack is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film, produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. The film was directed by Hobart Henley and stars John Halliday, Mary Brian, and Arthur Edmund Carewe. The film was based on a 1921 play of the same name, starring Wallace Eddinger and written by W" }, { "title": "Caught", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Louise Dresser", "extract": "Caught is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Agnes Brand Leahy and Keene Thompson. The film stars Richard Arlen, Louise Dresser, Frances Dee, Tom Kennedy, and Syd Saylor. The film was released on August 8, 1931, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Caught Cheating", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Murray, Dorothy Christy", "extract": "Caught Cheating is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer from a screenplay by W. Scott Darling. The film stars Charles Murray, George Sidney, and Nita Martan, and it was released by Tiffany Productions on January 31, 1931." }, { "title": "Caught Plastered", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "Caught Plastered is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy film, released by RKO Radio Pictures and starring the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey." }, { "title": "Cavalier of the West", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Harry Carey, Carmen Laroux, Kane Richmond", "extract": "Cavalier of the West is a 1931 American Western film written and directed by John P. McCarthy. Distributed by State Rights, Weiss Bros. and Artclass Pictures Corp., the film was released in the US on November 15, 1931, and marked the acting debut of five-year old Elena Verdugo, in an uncredited appe" }, { "title": "The Champ", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich", "extract": "The Champ is a 1931 American pre-Code film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and directed by King Vidor from a screenplay by Frances Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock. The picture tells the story of a washed-up alcoholic boxer (Beery) attempting to put his life back together for the " }, { "title": "Chances", "year": 1931, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rose Hobart, Anthony Bushell", "extract": "Chances is a 1931 American pre-Code war drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. It is based on the 1930 novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs." }, { "title": "Charlie Chan Carries On", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, John Garrick", "extract": "Charlie Chan Carries On is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, John Garrick and Marguerite Churchill. It is the first appearance of Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Part of the long-running Charlie Chan series, it was based on the 1930 novel o" }, { "title": "The Cheat", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tallulah Bankhead, Harvey Stephens", "extract": "The Cheat is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Harvey Stephens. The film is a remake of the 1915 silent film of the same title, directed by Cecil B. DeMille." }, { "title": "The Cheyenne Cyclone", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lane Chandler, Marie Quillan, Frankie Darro", "extract": "The Cheyenne Cyclone is a 1931 American Western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lane Chandler, Marie Quillan and Frankie Darro. It is a remake of the 1928 silent film Phantom of the Range." }, { "title": "Children of Dreams", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Tom Patricola, Marion Byron", "extract": "Children of Dreams is a 1931 American pre-Code musical operetta drama film photographed entirely in Part Technicolor and produced and distributed by Warner Bros." }, { "title": "Chinatown After Dark", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Carmel Myers, Rex Lease, Barbara Kent", "extract": "Chinatown After Dark is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Carmel Myers, Rex Lease and Barbara Kent." }, { "title": "Cimarron", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Richard Dix, Estelle Taylor", "extract": "Cimarron is a 1931 pre-Code epic Western film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne, and featuring Estelle Taylor and Roscoe Ates. The Oscar-winning script was written by Howard Estabrook based on the 1930 Edna Ferber novel Cimarron. It would be RKO's most expensive produc" }, { "title": "The Cisco Kid", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe", "extract": "The Cisco Kid is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and is a follow up to Fox's hugely successful 1928 In Old Arizona and 1930's The Arizona Kid, both of which had starred Baxter as the" }, { "title": "City Lights", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Silent, Romance", "cast": "Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill", "extract": "City Lights is a 1931 American silent romantic comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. The story follows the misadventures of Chaplin's Tramp as he falls in love with a blind girl and develops a turbulent friendship with an alcoholic millionaire." }, { "title": "City Streets", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Noir", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas", "extract": "City Streets is a 1931 American Pre-Code film noir that is directed by Rouben Mamoulian from a story by Dashiell Hammett and stars Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney and Paul Lukas." }, { "title": "Clearing the Range", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Hooper Atchley", "extract": "Clearing the Range is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film starring Hoot Gibson and his then wife Sally Eilers. Directed by Otto Brower, it was the first film released by the Poverty Row studio Allied Pictures. Gibson remade the film in 1933 as The Dude Bandit." }, { "title": "Command Performance", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Neil Hamilton, Una Merkel, Helen Ware", "extract": "Command Performance is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Walter Lang." }, { "title": "The Common Law", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Hedda Hopper", "extract": "The Common Law is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film, directed by Paul L. Stein and produced by Charles R. Rogers. Based on Robert W. Chambers' 1911 novel of the same name, this was the third time the book was made into a film, and the first during the talking film era. The sexual drama st" }, { "title": "Compromised", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Rose Hobart, Ben Lyon", "extract": "Compromised (1931) is an all-talking pre-code drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by John G. Adolfi. The film stars Rose Hobart, Ben Lyon, Claude Gillingwater and Florence Britton. It was based on a play by Edith Fitzgerald. this fi" }, { "title": "Confessions of a Co-Ed", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Claudia Dell", "extract": "Confessions of a Co-Ed is a 1931 American drama film starring Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney and Norman Foster, and featuring a rare onscreen appearance by the musical Rhythm Boys. The picture was directed by David Burton and Dudley Murphy, and the convoluted plot involves a college student who marr" }, { "title": "A Connecticut Yankee", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Maureen O'Sullivan, Myrna Loy", "extract": "A Connecticut Yankee is a 1931 American Pre-Code film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1889 novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It was directed by David Butler to a script by William M. Conselman, Owen Davis, and Jack Moffitt. It was produced by Fox Film Corporation, who had earlier produc" }, { "title": "The Conquering Horde", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Fay Wray", "extract": "The Conquering Horde is a 1931 American pre-Code Western directed by Edward Sloman and written by Emerson Hough, Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Claude Gillingwater, Ian Maclaren, Frank Rice, Arthur Stone and George Mendoza. The film was released on J" }, { "title": "Consolation Marriage", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Consolation Marriage is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Sloane and written by Humphrey Pearson. The film stars Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien, John Halliday, Myrna Loy, and Matt Moore. The film was released on November 21, 1931, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Convicted", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Aileen Pringle, Jameson Thomas", "extract": "Convicted is a 1931 American pre-Code film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Aileen Pringle and Jameson Thomas." }, { "title": "Corsair", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Thelma Todd, Fred Kohler", "extract": "Corsair is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama written, produced and directed by Roland West. The film is based on the 1931 novel Corsair, a Pirate in White Flannels by Walton Green and takes place in and was shot during the era of Prohibition in the United States. The film stars Chester Morris and" }, { "title": "Cracked Nuts", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "Cracked Nuts is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, from an original screenplay written by Al Boasberg and Ralph Spence. The film stars the comedy duo Wheeler & Woolsey as well as Dorothy Lee. It also features Boris Karloff in a small supporting role. The film was one o" }, { "title": "The Criminal Code", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama, War, Romance", "cast": "Walter Huston, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff", "extract": "The Criminal Code is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay, based on a 1929 play of the same name by Martin Flavin, was written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Seton I. Miller, who were nominated for Best Adap" }, { "title": "The Cuban Love Song", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Lupe Vélez, Lawrence Tibbett, Jimmy Durante", "extract": "The Cuban Love Song is a 1931 American pre-Code musical film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and written by C. Gardner Sullivan, Bess Meredyth, John Lynch, John Colton, Gilbert Emery, Robert E. Hopkins and Paul Hervey Fox. The film stars Lawrence Tibbett, Lupe Vélez, Ernest Torrence, Jimmy Durante, Karen " }, { "title": "Daddy Long Legs", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Una Merkel", "extract": "Daddy Long Legs (1931) is an American pre-Code film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter. The story involves an orphan who is taken under the wing of a wealthy benefactor." }, { "title": "Damaged Love", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "June Collyer, Charles Starrett, Betty Garde", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Dance, Fools, Dance", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Lester Vail, Clark Gable", "extract": "Dance, Fools, Dance is a 1931 pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama film starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Lester Vail in a story about a reporter investigating the murder of a colleague. Story and dialogue were created by Aurania Rouverol, and the film was directed by Harry Beaumont. Dance, Foo" }, { "title": "Dancing Dynamite", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Blanche Mehaffey, Robert Ellis", "extract": "Dancing Dynamite is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Noel M. Smith. It premiered in New York on 18 August 1931, and was distributed by State Rights and Mercury Pictures. Dancing Dynamite was filmed on location at Santa Catalina Island." }, { "title": "A Dangerous Affair", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery, War", "cast": "Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Sally Blane", "extract": "A Dangerous Affair is a 1931 American pre-Code \nmystery film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Sally Blane." }, { "title": "Daughter of the Dragon", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Sessue Hayakawa", "extract": "Daughter of the Dragon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime mystery film directed by Lloyd Corrigan, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Anna May Wong as Princess Ling Moy, Sessue Hayakawa as Ah Kee, and Warner Oland as Dr. Fu Manchu. The film was made to capitalize on Sax Rohmer's then curren" }, { "title": "Daybreak", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ramon Novarro, Helen Chandler, Jean Hersholt", "extract": "Daybreak is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Jacques Feyder and written by Cyril Hume and Ruth Cummings. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Helen Chandler, Jean Hersholt, C. Aubrey Smith, William Bakewell and Karen Morley. The film was released on May 2, 1931, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Deadline", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Robert Ellis", "extract": "The Deadline is a 1931 American pre-Code western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones and Robert Ellis. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "The Deceiver", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Lloyd Hughes, Dorothy Sebastian", "extract": "The Deceiver is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Louis King. It was written by Jack Cunningham, based on a short story called \"It Might Have Happened\" by Bella Muni and Abem Finkel. The film stars Lloyd Hughes, Ian Keith and Dorothy Sebastian. John Wayne makes a minor appearance as " }, { "title": "Defenders of the Law", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Catherine Dale Owen, Edmund Breese, Mae Busch", "extract": "Defenders of the Law is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Catherine Dale Owen, John Holland and Robert Gleckler." }, { "title": "Delicious", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Virginia Cherrill", "extract": "Delicious (1931) is an American pre-Code Gershwin musical romantic comedy film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, directed by David Butler, with color sequences in Multicolor." }, { "title": "Demon of the Sea", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Dieterle, Lissy Arna", "extract": "Demon of the Sea is a lost 1931 film directed by Michael Curtiz and William Dieterle." }, { "title": "Desert Vengeance", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford", "extract": "Desert Vengeance is a 1931 American western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford and Douglas Gilmore. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "The Devil Plays", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Jameson Thomas, Dorothy Christy", "extract": "The Devil Plays is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton and Thomas E. Jackson. It was given a British release under the alternative title of The Murdock Affair." }, { "title": "Devotion", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Drama, War", "cast": "Ann Harding, Leslie Howard", "extract": "Devotion (1931) is an American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Ann Harding and Leslie Howard based on the 1930 Pamela Wynne novel A Little Flat in the Temple. Its plot involves a woman who disguises herself and gains employment in the home of the man she loves." }, { "title": "Dirigible", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Ralph Graves", "extract": "Dirigible is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Frank Capra for Columbia Pictures and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Fay Wray. The picture focuses on the competition between naval fixed-wing and airship pilots to reach the South Pole by air." }, { "title": "Dishonored", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, War, Spy, Romance", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Warner Oland", "extract": "Dishonored is a 1931 pre-Code romantic spy film about a female spy for Austria-Hungary during World War I. It was co-written, directed, and edited by Josef von Sternberg for Paramount Pictures. The costume design was by Travis Banton. The film stars Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyf" }, { "title": "Doctors' Wives", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Victor Varconi", "extract": "Doctors' Wives is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film made by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Borzage. The film stars Warner Baxter and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Maurine Dallas Watkins, based on a novel by Henry and Sylvia Lieferant." }, { "title": "Don't Bet on Women", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Edmund Lowe, Roland Young", "extract": "Don't Bet on Women is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edmund Lowe, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young." }, { "title": "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Horror", "cast": "Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart", "extract": "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fredric March, who plays a possessed doctor who tests his new formula that can unleash people's inner demons. The film is an adaptation of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the 1886 Ro" }, { "title": "Dracula", "year": 1931, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners", "extract": "Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the titular role. It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted " }, { "title": "Dragnet Patrol", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Marjorie Beebe", "extract": "Dragnet Patrol is a 1931 American Pre-Code melodrama film directed by Frank R. Strayer from a script by W. Scott Darling. The film stars Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, and Marjorie Beebe, and was released by Action Pictures on December 15, 1931." }, { "title": "The Drums of Jeopardy", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Thriller, Horror", "cast": "Warner Oland, June Collyer, Hale Hamilton", "extract": "The Drums of Jeopardy is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Warner Oland, June Collyer and Lloyd Hughes. It is the second film adaptation of Harold McGrath's novel of the same name, and stars Oland as Dr. Boris Karlov." }, { "title": "Dude Ranch", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Western", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "Dude Ranch is a 1931 American Western film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Milton Krims, Percy Heath, Grover Jones and Lloyd Corrigan. The film stars Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette, Mitzi Green, June Collyer, Charles Sellon and Cecil Weston. The film was released on May 16, 1931, " }, { "title": "Dugan of the Badlands", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "Dugan of the Badlands is a 1931 American Western film written and directed by Robert North Bradbury. The film stars Bill Cody and Andy Shuford. It was released on June 24, 1931, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "The Easiest Way", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, Clark Gable", "extract": "The Easiest Way is a 1931 American pre-Code MGM drama film directed by Jack Conway. Adapted from the 1909 play of the same name written by Eugene Walter and directed by David Belasco, the film stars Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, Robert Montgomery, Marjorie Rambeau, Anita Page, and Clark Gable" }, { "title": "East Lynne", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Conrad Nagel", "extract": "East Lynne is a 1931 American pre-Code film version of Ellen Wood's eponymous 1861 novel, which was adapted by Tom Barry and Bradley King and directed by Frank Lloyd. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture but lost to RKO-Radio's Cimarron. East Lynne is a melodrama starring A" }, { "title": "East of Borneo", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Lupita Tovar", "extract": "East of Borneo is a 1931 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by George Melford, co-written by Edwin H. Knopf and Dale Van Every, starring Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar, and Noble Johnson, and released by Universal Studios." }, { "title": "El código penal", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War, Romance", "cast": "Barry Norton, Maria Alba", "extract": "The Criminal Code is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay, based on a 1929 play of the same name by Martin Flavin, was written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Seton I. Miller, who were nominated for Best Adap" }, { "title": "El Impostor", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Juan Torena, Blanca Castejon", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Enemies of the Law", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Mary Nolan, Johnnie Walker, Lou Tellegen", "extract": "Enemies of the Law is a 1931 American crime film directed by Lawrence C. Windom and starring Mary Nolan, Johnnie Walker and Lou Tellegen." }, { "title": "Eran Trece", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Juan Torena, Ana Maria Custodio", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Everything's Rosie", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Woolsey, Anita Louise, John Darrow", "extract": "Everything's Rosie is a 1931 American Pre-Code slapstick comedy film directed by Clyde Bruckman, from a screenplay by Ralph Spence, Tim Whelan, and Al Boasberg, based on a story by Boasberg. Although the screenplay was credited as original, it bore a striking resemblance to a 1923 play, Poppy, which" }, { "title": "Ex-Bad Boy", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Jean Arthur", "extract": "Ex-Bad Boy is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Vin Moore and written by Fred Niblo, Jr. and Dale Van Every. The film stars Robert Armstrong, Jean Arthur, Jason Robards, Sr., Spencer Charters, Grayce Hampton and Lola Lane. The film was released on July 15, 1931, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Expensive Women", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dolores Costello, H. B. Warner", "extract": "Expensive Women is a 1931 American pre-Code film drama. It was produced by First National Pictures and distributed through their parent company Warner Bros. The film was directed by silent film veteran Hobart Henley and stars Dolores Costello. It was Costello's final film as a leading lady and star " }, { "title": "Fair Warning", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, George Brent, Louise Huntington", "extract": "Fair Warning is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George O'Brien, Louise Huntington and Mitchell Harris. It is a remake of the 1920 silent film The Untamed. The 1937 film Fair Warning is not a remake of this one. The film's premise came from a novel by M" }, { "title": "The False Madonna", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Conway Tearle, William Boyd", "extract": "The False Madonna is a 1931 American drama film directed by Stuart Walker, and written by May Edginton, Ray Harris, and Arthur Kober. The film stars Kay Francis, William \"Stage\" Boyd, Conway Tearle, John Breeden, Marjorie Gateson, and Charles D. Brown. The film was released on December 5, 1931, by P" }, { "title": "Fanny Foley Herself", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Edna May Oliver, Helen Chandler, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "Fanny Foley Herself is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy-drama film shot entirely in Technicolor. The film was the second feature to be filmed using a new Technicolor process, which removed grain and resulted in improved color. It was released under the title Top of the Bill in Britain." }, { "title": "Father's Son", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Leon Janney, Irene Rich, Lewis Stone", "extract": "Father's Son is a 1931 American pre-Code melodrama film which was produced by Warner Bros. in 1930 and released early in 1931. The movie is based on the original film scenario Old Fathers and Young Sons by Booth Tarkington. The film is also known by the name \"Boy of Mine.\"" }, { "title": "Fifty Fathoms Deep", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Jack Holt, Richard Cromwell", "extract": "Fifty Fathoms Deep is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Roy William Neill starring Jack Holt, Mary Doran and Richard Cromwell. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Fifty Million Frenchmen", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, William Gaxton", "extract": "Fifty Million Frenchmen is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon. It was photographed entirely in Technicolor. The film was produced and released by Warner Brothers, and was based on Cole Porter's 1929 Broadway musical Fifty Million Frenchmen." }, { "title": "Fighting Caravans", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence", "extract": "Fighting Caravans is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower and David Burton and starring Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, and Ernest Torrence. Based on the 1929 novel Fighting Caravans by Zane Grey, the film is about a young frontier scout who helps guide a freight wagon train acros" }, { "title": "The Fighting Marshal", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy", "extract": "The Fighting Marshal is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Tim McCoy." }, { "title": "The Fighting Sheriff", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Lillian Worth", "extract": "The Fighting Sheriff is a 1931 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Loretta Sayers and Robert Ellis." }, { "title": "The Finger Points", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Clark Gable", "extract": "The Finger Points is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by John Monk Saunders, W.R. Burnett and Robert Lord. The film stars Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey, Robert Elliott, Clark Gable, Oscar Apfel and Robert Gleckler. The film was released by" }, { "title": "Finn and Hattie", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Leon Errol, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Finn and Hattie is a 1931 American comedic pre-Code film directed by Norman Taurog, starring Leon Errol, Mitzi Green and ZaSu Pitts." }, { "title": "First Aid", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Grant Withers, Marjorie Beebe", "extract": "First Aid is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Stuart Paton. Produced by Ralph M. Like, the film was released on 5 July 1931 and was distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures. First Aid was filmed in Santa Monica, California. Some scenes were filmed at the Bon Ton Ballroom." }, { "title": "Five and Ten", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Marion Davies, Leslie Howard, Irene Rich", "extract": "Five and Ten is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Robert Z. Leonard and starring Marion Davies, Leslie Howard and Irene Rich. Davies plays as an heiress and Howard the man she loves, though he marries someone else. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst" }, { "title": "Five Star Final", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, H. B. Warner, Marian Marsh", "extract": "Five Star Final is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film about the excesses of tabloid journalism directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G. Robinson, Aline MacMahon and Boris Karloff. The screenplay was by Robert Lord and Byron Morgan based on the 1930 play of the same name by Louis Weitzenkorn." }, { "title": "The Flood", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Eleanor Boardman, Monte Blue", "extract": "The Flood is a 1931 pre-Code American melodrama film directed by James Tinling from a story by John Thomas Neville. Sam Nelson was assistant director. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was released in the US on 28 February 1931." }, { "title": "Flying High", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bert Lahr, Kathryn Crawford, Charlotte Greenwood", "extract": "Flying High is a 1931 American pre-Code musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by George White, with lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson and additional songs by Dorothy Fields (lyrics) and Jimmy McHugh (music). The cast featured Bert Lahr, Charlotte Greenwoo" }, { "title": "Forbidden Adventure", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mitzi Green, Edna May Oliver", "extract": "Forbidden Adventure, also known as Newly Rich, is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mitzi Green, Edna May Oliver, Louise Fazenda and Jackie Searl. Three children - two actors and a king - run away from their constricted lives and have a forbidden adventure. " }, { "title": "Forgotten Women", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marion Shilling, Beryl Mercer, Edna Murphy", "extract": "Forgotten Women is a 1931 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Marion Shilling, Beryl Mercer and Rex Bell. It was distributed by Monogram Pictures, one of the leading studios outside the majors." }, { "title": "Frankenstein", "year": 1931, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Frederick Kerr, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code science fiction horror film directed by James Whale, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., and adapted from a 1927 play by Peggy Webling, which in turn was based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The Webling play was adapted by Joh" }, { "title": "A Free Soul", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable", "extract": "A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film that tells the story of an alcoholic San Francisco defense attorney who must defend his daughter's ex-boyfriend on a charge of murdering the mobster she had started a relationship with, who he had previously gotten an acquittal for on a murder charg" }, { "title": "Freighters of Destiny", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Barbara Kent", "extract": "Freighters of Destiny is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film produced and directed by film editor Fred Allen, from a screenplay by Adele Buffington. Allen had started in the film industry as an editor in the early 1920s during the silent era. In the early 1930s, he was given the opportunity to dir" }, { "title": "Friends and Lovers", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lili Damita, Adolphe Menjou, Laurence Olivier", "extract": "Friends and Lovers is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film released by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Victor Schertzinger, and starring Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita, Laurence Olivier, Erich von Stroheim, and Hugh Herbert." }, { "title": "The Front Page", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "The Front Page is a 1931 American pre-Code screwball comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien. Based on the 1928 Broadway play of the same name by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, the film was produced by Howard Hughes, written by Bartlett Cormack and" }, { "title": "Galloping Thru", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Betty Mack", "extract": "Galloping Thru is a 1931 American Western film directed by Lloyd Nosler and written by Wellyn Totman. The film stars Tom Tyler, Betty Mack, Alan Bridge, Si Jenks, Stanley Blystone and Gordon De Main. The film was released on December 5, 1931, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "The Gang Buster", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Jean Arthur, William Boyd", "extract": "The Gang Buster is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and written by Percy Heath and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The film stars Jack Oakie, Jean Arthur, William \"Stage\" Boyd, Wynne Gibson, William Morris and Francis McDonald. The film was released January 17, 1931, by P" }, { "title": "The Gay Diplomat", "year": 1931, "genres": "Spy, Drama", "cast": "Ivan Lebedeff, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "The Gay Diplomat is a 1931 American film. Directed by Richard Boleslawski for RKO Radio Pictures, it starred Ivan Lebedeff, Genevieve Tobin and Betty Compson." }, { "title": "Gentleman's Fate", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Gilbert, Louis Wolheim, Leila Hyams", "extract": "Gentleman's Fate is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and written by Leonard Praskins. The film stars John Gilbert, Louis Wolheim, Leila Hyams, Anita Page, and Marie Prevost. The film was released on March 7, 1931, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, just seventeen days after Wolheim'" }, { "title": "The Girl Habit", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charlie Ruggles, Tamara Geva, Margaret Dumont", "extract": "The Girl Habit is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Owen Davis, Clayton Hamilton, Gertrude Purcell and A.E. Thomas. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Tamara Geva, Margaret Dumont, Allen Jenkins and Donald Meek. The film was released on June 27, 1931, by Pa" }, { "title": "Girl of the Rio", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Dolores del Río, Norman Foster, Boris Karloff", "extract": "Girl of the Rio is a 1932 American Pre-Code RKO musical film starred Dolores del Río and Leo Carrillo. Directed by Herbert Brenon, the screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan and Louis Stevens, based on the play, The Dove by Willard Mack, which was itself based on a magazine article by Gerald Bea" }, { "title": "Girls About Town", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Kay Francis, Lilyan Tashman, Joel McCrea", "extract": "Girls About Town is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Kay Francis and Joel McCrea." }, { "title": "Girls Demand Excitement", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Virginia Cherrill, John Wayne", "extract": "Girls Demand Excitement is a 1931 film starring Virginia Cherrill, John Wayne, and Marguerite Churchill. Wayne and Churchill had starred in the widescreen Western epic The Big Trail the previous year. The movie was written by Harlan Thompson and directed by Seymour Felix. Wayne stated this film was " }, { "title": "God's Country and the Man", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Betty Mack", "extract": "God's Country and the Man is a 1931 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and written by McCarthy, Wellyn Totman and Alan Bridge. Distributed by State Rights and Syndicate Pictures, the film was released in the US on May 1, 1931." }, { "title": "God's Gift to Women", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Frank Fay, Laura La Plante, Joan Blondell", "extract": "God's Gift to Women is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic musical comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Frank Fay, Laura LaPlante, and Joan Blondell. The film, based on the play The Devil Was Sick by Jane Hinton, was originally completed as a musical film; however, because of audience disl" }, { "title": "Gold Dust Gertie", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Winnie Lightner, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson", "extract": "Gold Dust Gertie is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy produced and released by Warner Brothers. It was originally completed as a full musical. Due to the backlash against musicals, however, all the songs were cut from the film in all release prints in the United States. The film was originally" }, { "title": "Goldie", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow", "extract": "Goldie is a 1931 American pre-Code black-and-white romantic comedy film starring Warren Hymer, Spencer Tracy and Jean Harlow. The script was written by Paul Perez and Gene Towne, and directed by Benjamin Stoloff. It was made before the Hays Code was rigidly enforced. It is a remake of Howard Hawks' " }, { "title": "The Good Bad Girl", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Mae Clarke, James Hall, Marie Prevost", "extract": "The Good Bad Girl is a 1931 American romance film based on a novel by Winifred Van Duzer." }, { "title": "Good Sport", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Linda Watkins, John Boles, Greta Nissen", "extract": "Good Sport is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and written by William Hurlbut. The film stars Linda Watkins, John Boles, Greta Nissen, Minna Gombell, Hedda Hopper and Alan Dinehart. The film was released on December 13, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Graft", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Regis Toomey, Boris Karloff, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "Graft is a 1931 American pre-Code thriller film, directed by Christy Cabanne, starring Regis Toomey and future talent agent Sue Carol, and featuring Boris Karloff, who appeared in Frankenstein during the same year." }, { "title": "The Great Lover", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Irene Dunne, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "The Great Lover is a 1931 American pre-Code film starring Adolphe Menjou and Irene Dunne, and directed by Harry Beaumont. The supporting cast includes Ernest Torrence and Baclanova." }, { "title": "The Great Meadow", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Eleanor Boardman, Anita Louise", "extract": "The Great Meadow is a 1931 American Pre-Code adventure film, produced and distributed by MGM with direction by Charles Brabin. The film starred Eleanor Boardman and Johnny Mack Brown. It is based on the novel The Great Meadow by Elizabeth Madox Roberts, which is similar in theme to Drums Along the M" }, { "title": "Grief Street", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Barbara Kent, John Holland, Dorothy Christy", "extract": "Grief Street is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Barbara Kent and John Holland. It was produced and distributed by the Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation." }, { "title": "The Guardsman", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young", "extract": "The Guardsman is a 1931 American pre-Code film based on the play Testőr by Ferenc Molnár. It stars Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young and ZaSu Pitts. It opens with a stage re-enactment of the final scene of Maxwell Anderson's Elizabeth the Queen, with Fontanne as Elizabeth and Lunt as the Earl" }, { "title": "The Guilty Generation", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Leo Carillo, Constance Cummings, Robert Young", "extract": "The Guilty Generation is a 1931 American pre-code crime film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Leo Carrillo, Constance Cummings and Robert Young." }, { "title": "Guilty Hands", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Kay Francis, Polly Moran", "extract": "Guilty Hands is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film starring Lionel Barrymore, Kay Francis and Madge Evans and directed by W. S. Van Dyke, with uncredited assistance from Barrymore. The story concerns an attorney who murders a man who wants to marry his daughter." }, { "title": "Gun Smoke", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, William Boyd", "extract": "Gun Smoke is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Eugene Pallette, and William \"Stage\" Boyd. The film was released on April 11, 1931, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Hard Hombre", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Lina Basquette", "extract": "The Hard Hombre is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower and starring rodeo champion Hoot Gibson. The film follows a simpleton rancher who is mistaken for a notorious outlaw known as The Hard Hombre." }, { "title": "The Hawk", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western, Independent", "cast": "Norman Kerry, Nina Quartero, Frank Mayo", "extract": "The Hawk is a 1931 American independent Western film directed by Jacques Jaccard and starring Norman Kerry, Nina Quartero and Frank Mayo. Given a limited initial release, it was re-edited and re-released under the alternative title The Phantom of Santa Fe in 1936." }, { "title": "Heartbreak", "year": 1931, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Charles Farrell, Madge Evans, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "Heartbreak is a 1931 American Pre-Code war drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Charles Farrell, Madge Evans and Paul Cavanagh. The film was set primarily in Italy as an exotic locale but was actually filmed in California with the San Gabriel Mountains east of the Los Angeles Basin, " }, { "title": "Heaven on Earth", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Anita Louise", "extract": "Heaven on Earth is a 1931 American dramatic film directed by Russell Mack, based on the 1929 novel, Mississippi, by author Ben Lucien Burman. The film stars Lew Ayres as the estranged son of a Mississippi steamboat captain." }, { "title": "Hell-Bent for Frisco", "year": 1931, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Charles Delaney, Vera Reynolds, Carroll Nye", "extract": "Hell-Bent for Frisco is a 1931 American pre-Code action film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Charles Delaney, Vera Reynolds and Carroll Nye." }, { "title": "Hell Bound", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Lloyd Hughes, Lola Lane", "extract": "Hell Bound is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Walter Lang." }, { "title": "Hell Divers", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Clark Gable, Conrad Nagel", "extract": "Hell Divers is a 1932 American pre-Code black-and-white film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Wallace Beery and Clark Gable as a pair of competing chief petty officers in early naval aviation. The film, made with the cooperation of the United States Navy, features considerable footage of flight ope" }, { "title": "Her Majesty, Love", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Marilyn Miller, Ben Lyon", "extract": "Her Majesty, Love is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy drama film directed by William Dieterle for First National Pictures, starring Broadway stars Marilyn Miller and Ben Lyon, and in his talking feature debut, W. C. Fields." }, { "title": "High Stakes", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Mae Murray, Karen Morley", "extract": "High Stakes is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy drama produced and released by RKO Pictures. The picture was directed by Lowell Sherman who also stars and marks the last starring screen appearance of silent screen diva Mae Murray. It is based on a 1924 Broadway play that starred Sherman playing the s" }, { "title": "His Woman", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Drama, War", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert", "extract": "His Woman is a 1931 American pre-Code romance drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert. Based on the novel His Woman by Dale Collins, the story is about a tough sea captain who discovers a baby aboard his freighter and hires a tramp, masquerading as a missi" }, { "title": "A Holy Terror", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Sally Eilers, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "A Holy Terror is a 1931 American pre-Code Western movie starring George O'Brien, Sally Eilers, Rita La Roy, and Humphrey Bogart. The film is an adaptation by Ralph Block, Alfred A. Cohn, and Myron C. Fagan of the novel Trailin'! by Max Brand. It was directed by Irving Cummings." }, { "title": "The Homicide Squad", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Mary Brian, Noah Beery", "extract": "The Homicide Squad is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by George Melford and Edward L. Cahn and written by John Thomas Neville, Charles Logue and Tom Reed. It is based on a 1928 Henry La Cossitt short story that originally ran in Adventure magazine. The film stars Leo Carrillo, Noah Beer" }, { "title": "Honeymoon Lane", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "June Collyer, Raymond Hatton", "extract": "Honeymoon Lane is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William James Craft and starring Eddie Dowling, June Collyer, Raymond Hatton. The film was released on July 25, 1931, by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1926 Broadway musical of the same title by Dowling and James F. Hanley." }, { "title": "Honor Among Lovers", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "Honor Among Lovers is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Dorothy Arzner. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Monroe Owsley, Charles Ruggles and Ginger Rogers." }, { "title": "Honor of the Family", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bebe Daniels, Warren William, Alan Mowbray", "extract": "Honor of the Family is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures, starring Bebe Daniels and Warren William. It was based on the play by Emil Fabre, from the Honoré de Balzac novel, La Rabouilleuse." }, { "title": "The Hot Heiress", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Ona Munson, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "The Hot Heiress is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Herbert Fields, with three songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The film stars Ben Lyon, Ona Munson, Walter Pidgeon, Tom Dugan, Holmes Herbert and Inez Courtney. The film was released by Warner" }, { "title": "A House Divided", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Walter Huston, Helen Chandler", "extract": "A House Divided is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Walter Huston, Douglass Montgomery and Helen Chandler. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Huckleberry Finn", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Adventure", "cast": "Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin", "extract": "Huckleberry Finn is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt, based on Mark Twain's 1884 novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It stars Jackie Coogan as Tom Sawyer, Mitzi Green as Becky Thatcher, Junior Durki" }, { "title": "Husband's Holiday", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clive Brook, Vivienne Osborne, Charles Ruggles", "extract": "Husband's Holiday is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Milton and written by Ernest Pascal and Viola Brothers Shore. The film stars Clive Brook, Vivienne Osborne, Charlie Ruggles, Juliette Compton, Harry Bannister, Dorothy Tree and Adrienne Ames. The film was released on Decembe" }, { "title": "Hush Money", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Myrna Loy, George Raft", "extract": "Hush Money is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy-drama film featuring Joan Bennett, Hardie Albright, Owen Moore, Myrna Loy, and George Raft. The movie was directed by Sidney Lanfield." }, { "title": "I Like Your Nerve", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Claud Allister", "extract": "I Like Your Nerve is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William C. McGann, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Loretta Young. Boris Karloff has a small role." }, { "title": "I Take This Woman", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Helen Ware", "extract": "I Take This Woman is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film directed by Marion Gering and starring Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard." }, { "title": "Illicit", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, James Rennie, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "Illicit is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Barbara Stanwyck, James Rennie, Ricardo Cortez, and Natalie Moorhead. Based on a play by Edith Fitzgerald and Robert Riskin, the film is about a young couple living together out of wedlock because the woman does not " }, { "title": "In Line of Duty", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Sue Carol, Noah Beery", "extract": "In Line of Duty is a 1931 American Western film directed by Bert Glennon and starring Sue Carol, Noah Beery and Francis McDonald. It was one of the earliest releases of Trem Carr's Monogram Pictures. It is now considered a lost film." }, { "title": "In Old Cheyenne", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Lease, Dorothy Gulliver", "extract": "In Old Cheyenne is a 1931 Western film directed by Stuart Paton. It is a re-make of the 1930 film Phantom of the Desert." }, { "title": "Indiscreet", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Monroe Owsley", "extract": "Indiscreet is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Gloria Swanson and Ben Lyon. The screenplay by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson, based on their story Obey That Impulse, originally was written as a full-fledged musical, but only two songs – \"If Yo" }, { "title": "Inspiration", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Short, Romance", "cast": "Greta Garbo, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone", "extract": "Inspiration is a 1931 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romantic melodrama film adapted by Gene Markey from the Alphonse Daudet short novel Sappho (1884). The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone and Marjorie Rambeau. It was directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Irving Tha" }, { "title": "Iron Man", "year": 1931, "genres": "Noir, Drama, Sports", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Robert Armstrong, Jean Harlow", "extract": "Iron Man is a 1931 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lew Ayres and Jean Harlow. In 1951, Universal remade the film with Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes and Rock Hudson, directed by Joseph Pevney." }, { "title": "Is There Justice?", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Rex Lease, Henry B. Walthall, Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "Is There Justice? is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Rex Lease, Henry B. Walthall and Blanche Mehaffey. It is now considered a lost film." }, { "title": "It Pays to Advertise", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Norman Foster, Carole Lombard", "extract": "It Pays to Advertise is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film, based on the play of the same name by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter C. Hackett, starring Norman Foster and Carole Lombard, and directed by Frank Tuttle." }, { "title": "It's a Wise Child", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marion Davies, Sidney Blackmer, James Gleason", "extract": "It's a Wise Child is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Laurence E. Johnson. The film stars Marion Davies, Sidney Blackmer, James Gleason, Polly Moran and Lester Vail. The film was released on April 11, 1931, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "June Moon", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Frances Dee, June MacCloy, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "June Moon is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film based upon the play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner. It was adapted by Vincent Lawrence, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Keene Thompson and directed by A. Edward Sutherland. It stars Jack Oakie, Frances Dee, Wynne Gibson, Harry Akst a" }, { "title": "Just a Gigolo", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "William Haines, Irene Purcell, Ray Milland", "extract": "Just a Gigolo is a 1931 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film released by MGM. It was directed by Jack Conway, produced by Irving Thalberg and starred William Haines, Irene Purcell, C. Aubrey Smith, and Ray Milland. It was adapted from the 1930 play of the same name, which also starred Irene Purcel" }, { "title": "Kept Husbands", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea, Clara Kimball Young", "extract": "Kept Husbands is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dorothy Mackaill and Joel McCrea, with major supporting roles filled by Robert McWade, Florence Roberts and Mary Carr. The original story was written by the film's associate producer, Louis Sarecky, and adapted fo" }, { "title": "Kick In", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Clara Bow, Regis Toomey, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "Kick In is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film, based on the 1914 Broadway play by Willard Mack which had starred John Barrymore, was directed by Richard Wallace and starred the legendary Clara Bow in her last film for " }, { "title": "Kiki", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Mary Pickford, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Kiki is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy, starring Mary Pickford and Reginald Denny, which was directed by Sam Taylor. It was based upon the David Belasco play of the same name. The film is a remake of the 1926 version starring Norma Talmadge." }, { "title": "Kiss Me Again", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, June Collyer, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "Kiss Me Again is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical operetta film filmed entirely in Technicolor. It was originally released in the United States as Toast of the Legion late in 1930, but was quickly withdrawn when Warner Bros. realized that the public had grown weary of musicals. The Warner Bros. bel" }, { "title": "L'aviateur", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanne Helbling", "extract": "" }, { "title": "La ley del harem", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "José Mojica, Carmen Larrabeiti", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Ladies' Man", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Powell, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis", "extract": "Ladies' Man is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lothar Mendes, starring William Powell, Kay Francis and Carole Lombard. It was released on May 9, 1931 by Paramount." }, { "title": "Ladies of the Big House", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "Ladies of the Big House is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering and written by Ernest Booth, William Slavens McNutt and Grover Jones. The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, Wynne Gibson, Earle Foxe, Rockliffe Fellowes, Purnell Pratt and Frank Sheridan. The film was rele" }, { "title": "The Lady from Nowhere", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Alice Day, John Holland", "extract": "The Lady from Nowhere is a 1931 American crime film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Alice Day, John Holland and Phillips Smalley." }, { "title": "The Lady Refuses", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Betty Compson, John Darrow, Margaret Livingston", "extract": "The Lady Refuses is a 1931 American pre-Code melodrama film, directed by George Archainbaud, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on an original story by Guy Bolton and Robert Milton. It stars Betty Compson as a destitute young woman on the verge of becoming a prostitute, who is hired by a weal" }, { "title": "The Lady Who Dared", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Billie Dove, Sidney Blackmer", "extract": "The Lady Who Dared is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Billie Dove, Sidney Blackmer and Conway Tearle." }, { "title": "Land of Wanted Men", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Land of Wanted Men is a 1931 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Bill Cody, Sheila Bromley and Gibson Gowland." }, { "title": "Lasca of the Rio Grande", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Dorothy Burgess", "extract": "Lasca of the Rio Grande is a 1931 American pre-Code film based on the poem \"Lasca\" by Frank Desprez." }, { "title": "The Last Flight", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Barthelmess, David Manners, Helen Chandler", "extract": "The Last Flight is a 1931 American pre-Code ensemble cast film, starring Richard Barthelmess, David Manners, John Mack Brown and Helen Chandler. It was directed by German filmmaker William Dieterle in his debut as an English-language film director." }, { "title": "The Last Parade", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Jack Holt, Tom Moore, Constance Cummings", "extract": "The Last Parade is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Jack Holt, Tom Moore and Constance Cummings." }, { "title": "The Last Ride", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Dorothy Revier, Virginia Brown Faire", "extract": "The Last Ride is a 1931 American crime film directed by Duke Worne and starring Dorothy Revier, Virginia Brown Faire and Charles Morton." }, { "title": "Laugh and Get Rich", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Hugh Herbert, Edna May Oliver, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "Laugh and Get Rich is a 1931 pre-Code American comedy film, directed by Gregory La Cava, from a screenplay he also wrote with contributions from Douglas MacLean, who also was the associate producer, and Ralph Spence. The film stars Dorothy Lee, Edna May Oliver, Hugh Herbert, and Russell Gleason, and" }, { "title": "Laughing Sinners", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton, Clark Gable", "extract": "Laughing Sinners is a 1931 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in a story about a cafe entertainer who experiences spiritual redemption. The dialogue by Martin Flavin was based upon the play Torch Song by Kenyon Nicholson. The film was directed b" }, { "title": "The Law of the Sea", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Farnum, Sally Blane", "extract": "The Law of the Sea is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Otto Brower, and starring William Farnum, Sally Blane and Rex Bell, as well as Priscilla Dean in one of her last films. Produced by Chadwick Pictures and originally distributed through Monogram Pictures, the film has had several v" }, { "title": "The Law of the Tong", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Phyllis Barrington, John Harron", "extract": "The Law of the Tong is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Phyllis Barrington, John Harron and Jason Robards Sr." }, { "title": "The Lawless Woman", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Vera Reynolds, Carroll Nye", "extract": "The Lawless Woman is a 1931 American crime film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Vera Reynolds, Carroll Nye and Thomas E. Jackson." }, { "title": "The Lawyer's Secret", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Jean Arthur, Clive Brook", "extract": "The Lawyer's Secret is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Max Marcin and written by Lloyd Corrigan, James Hilary Finn, and Max Marcin. The film stars Clive Brook, Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Jean Arthur, Francis McDonald, and Harold Goodwin. The" }, { "title": "Left Over Ladies", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claudia Dell, Marjorie Rambeau, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "Left Over Ladies is a 1931 American drama film starring Claudia Dell, Marjorie Rambeau and Walter Byron. Produced by Tiffany Pictures, it was originally going to be directed by Lloyd Bacon before Erle C. Kenton took over." }, { "title": "The Lightning Flyer", "year": 1931, "genres": "Action", "cast": "James Hall, Dorothy Sebastian", "extract": "The Lightning Flyer is a 1931 American pre-Code action film directed by William Nigh and starring James Hall, Dorothy Sebastian and Robert Homans." }, { "title": "The Lion and the Lamb", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Thriller", "cast": "Walter Byron, Carmel Myers, Montagu Love", "extract": "The Lion and the Lamb is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy thriller film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Walter Byron, Carmel Myers and Raymond Hatton. It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel of the same title by E. Phillips Oppenheim." }, { "title": "Little Caesar", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell", "extract": "Little Caesar is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film distributed by Warner Brothers, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Glenda Farrell, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The film tells the story of a hoodlum who ascends the ranks of organized crime until he reaches its upper echelons" }, { "title": "Local Boy Makes Good", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "Local Boy Makes Good is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and written by Robert Lord, Raymond Griffith and Ray Enright. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall, Edward Woods, Edward Nugent and Wade Boteler. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 27," }, { "title": "Lonely Wives", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Laura La Plante, Esther Ralston", "extract": "Lonely Wives is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Russell Mack and produced by E.B. Derr for Pathé Exchange, and was distributed by RKO Pictures after the merger of the two studios; it starred Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, Laura La Plante, and Patsy Ruth Miller. The screenplay was wri" }, { "title": "Lover Come Back", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Constance Cummings, Jack Mulhall, Jameson Thomas", "extract": "Lover Come Back is a 1931 Columbia Pictures pre-Code drama directed by Erle C. Kenton from a script by Dorothy Howell. The story was based on a McCall's magazine feature by Helen Topping Miller." }, { "title": "The Mad Genius", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Boris Karloff", "extract": "The Mad Genius (1931) is an American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, and in small roles, Boris Karloff and Frankie Darro. The film is based on the play The Idol" }, { "title": "The Mad Parade", "year": 1931, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Evelyn Brent, Irene Rich, Louise Fazenda", "extract": "The Mad Parade is a 1931 Pre-Code American feature film about women canteen workers toiling in a château near the front lines in France during World War I. It was directed by William Beaudine and starred Evelyn Brent. According to the American Film Institute catalog, this film was widely publicized " }, { "title": "The Magnificent Lie", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Ralph Bellamy, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "The Magnificent Lie is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and written by Vincent Lawrence, Leonard Merrick and Samson Raphaelson. The film stars Ruth Chatterton, Ralph Bellamy, Stuart Erwin, Françoise Rosay, Sam Hardy, Charles Boyer and Tyler Brooke. The film was releas" }, { "title": "Maid to Order", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Julian Eltinge, Betty Boyd, George E. Stone", "extract": "Maid to Order is a 1931 American comedy crime film directed by Elmer Clifton from a story by Doris Dembow and A. J. L. Parsons. The film featured songs from Jack Stone, Fred Thompson and George Beauchamp. Julian Eltinge, who plays the lead role, was a well-known female impersonator." }, { "title": "Maker of Men", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Sports, War", "cast": "Jack Holt, Joan Marsh, John Wayne", "extract": "Maker of Men is a 1931 American pre-Code sports melodrama film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Howard J. Green and Edward Sedgwick. Produced by Columbia Pictures Corporation, the film stars Jack Holt, Richard Cromwell, and Joan Marsh. It also features John Wayne in a supporting role." }, { "title": "The Maltese Falcon", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Bebe Daniels, Una Merkel", "extract": "The Maltese Falcon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film stars Ricardo Cortez as private detective Sam Spade and Bebe Daniels as femme fatale Ruth Wonderly. The supporting cast features Dudley Digg" }, { "title": "The Man from Death Valley", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Betty Mack, Gino Corrado", "extract": "The Man from Death Valley is a 1931 American Western film directed by Lloyd Nosler and written by Lloyd Nosler and George Arthur Durlam. The film stars Tom Tyler. The film was released on September 9, 1931, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "The Man in Possession", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Charlotte Greenwood, Irene Purcell", "extract": "The Man in Possession is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Robert Montgomery, Charlotte Greenwood, Irene Purcell, and C. Aubrey Smith, based on the play of the same name by H. M. Harwood. The black sheep of a family finds himself falling in love with the wealthy woman his brothe" }, { "title": "Man of the World", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "William Powell, Carole Lombard, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "Man of the World is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama directed by Richard Wallace and starring William Powell, Carole Lombard, and Wynne Gibson." }, { "title": "The Man Who Came Back", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell", "extract": "The Man Who Came Back is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The movie was adapted to screen by Edwin J. Burke from the play by Jules Eckert Goodman." }, { "title": "Manhattan Parade", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Charles Butterworth, Winnie Lightner", "extract": "Manhattan Parade is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was originally intended to be released, in the United States, early in 1931, but was shelved due to public apathy towards musicals. Despite waiting a number of months, the public proved obstina" }, { "title": "Many a Slip", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Lew Ayres", "extract": "Many a Slip is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Vin Moore and written by Edith Fitzgerald, Robert Riskin and Gladys Buchanan Unger. The film stars Joan Bennett, Lew Ayres, Slim Summerville, Ben Alexander, Virginia Sale and Roscoe Karns. The film was released in August 1931 by Univers" }, { "title": "Mata Hari", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Greta Garbo, Ramón Novarro, Lionel Barrymore", "extract": "Mata Hari is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice loosely based on the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and courtesan executed for espionage during World War I. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film stars Greta Garbo in the title role. It was Garbo's most commercially success" }, { "title": "Meet the Wife", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Laura La Plante, Lew Cody, Joan Marsh", "extract": "Meet the Wife is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce and starring Laura La Plante, Lew Cody and Joan Marsh. It is based on the 1923 Broadway play of the same title by Lynn Starling. The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles A. Cadwallader." }, { "title": "Men Call It Love", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Leila Hyams, Norman Foster", "extract": "Men Call It Love is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic melodrama film directed by Edgar Selwyn and written by Doris Anderson. The film stars Adolphe Menjou, Leila Hyams, Norman Foster, Mary Duncan and Hedda Hopper. The film was released on March 14, 1931, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Men in Her Life", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lois Moran, Charles Bickford, Victor Varconi", "extract": "Men in Her Life is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Lois Moran, Charles Bickford and Victor Varconi. It was based on a 1930 novel by Warner Fabian. It was made during a brief spell Beaudine had working at Columbia Pictures. Critics considered the film one" }, { "title": "Men of Chance", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor, Ralph Ince", "extract": "Men of Chance is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Archainbaud, starring Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor, and John Halliday." }, { "title": "Men of the Sky", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Irene Delroy, Bramwell Fletcher", "extract": "Men of the Sky is a 1931 all-talking American pre-Code musical drama film, directed by Albert E. Green which was produced by Warner Bros. in 1930 and released in 1931. Men of the Sky stars Irene Delroy and Jack Whiting. Although aircraft were seen in the film, Men of the Sky was more of a spy drama." }, { "title": "Men on Call", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Men on Call is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone and written by James Kevin McGuinness and Basil Woon. The picture stars Edmund Lowe, Mae Clarke, William Harrigan, Sharon Lynn, Warren Hymer and Ruth Warren. The film was released on January 18, 1931, by Fox Film Corpora" }, { "title": "Merely Mary Ann", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell", "extract": "Merely Mary Ann a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy drama film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award f" }, { "title": "Mi ultimo amor", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "José Mojica, Ana Maria Custodio", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Millie", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman", "extract": "Millie (1931) is an American pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon from a screenplay by Charles Kenyon and Ralph Morgan, based on a novel of the same name by Donald Henderson Clarke. The film was an independent production by Charles R. Rogers, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, after t" }, { "title": "The Millionaire", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "George Arliss, James Cagney, Noah Beery", "extract": "The Millionaire is a 1931 all-talking pre-Code comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and starring George Arliss in the title role. The film is a remake of the 1922 film titled The Ruling Passion, which also starred Arliss. The film was based on the short story \"Idle Hands\" by Earl Der" }, { "title": "The Miracle Woman", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy", "extract": "The Miracle Woman is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, and Sam Hardy. Based on the play Bless You Sister by John Meehan and Robert Riskin, the film is about a preacher's daughter who becomes disillusioned by the mistreatment o" }, { "title": "Misbehaving Ladies", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lila Lee, Ben Lyon, Louise Fazenda", "extract": "Misbehaving Ladies is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Lila Lee, Ben Lyon and Louise Fazenda. It is also known as The Queen of Main Street." }, { "title": "Monkey Business", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx", "extract": "Monkey Business is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film. It is the third of the Marx Brothers' released movies, and the first with an original screenplay rather than an adaptation of one of their Broadway shows. The film also features Thelma Todd, Harry Woods and Ruth Hall. It is directed by Norman " }, { "title": "The Montana Kid", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, Doris Hill", "extract": "The Montana Kid is a 1931 pre-Code American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser starring the team of Bill Cody and Andy Shuford." }, { "title": "Morals for Women", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bessie Love, Conway Tearle", "extract": "Morals for Women is a 1931 American pre-Code film produced and released by Tiffany Pictures, often considered a low budget studio. The film stars Bessie Love and Conway Tearle. It is preserved at the Library of Congress, has been released on DVD, and is in the public domain." }, { "title": "Mother and Son", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clara Kimball Young, John Elliott", "extract": "Mother and Son is a 1931 talking Pre code film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring screen veteran Clara Kimball Young. It was distributed by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Mounted Fury", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "John Bowers, Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "Mounted Fury is a 1931 American drama film directed by Stuart Paton and written by Betty Burbridge. The film stars John Bowers, Blanche Mehaffey, Robert Ellis, Frank Rice, George Regas and Lina Basquette. The film was released on December 1, 1931, by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures." }, { "title": "Mr. Lemon of Orange", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "El Brendel, Fifi D'Orsay", "extract": "Mr. Lemon of Orange is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring El Brendel, Fifi D'Orsay and Ruth Warren. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Murder at Midnight", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Alice White, Aileen Pringle", "extract": "Murder at Midnight is a 1931 American pre-Code murder mystery whodunnit directed by Frank R. Strayer." }, { "title": "Murder by the Clock", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "William Boyd, Lilyan Tashman, Regis Toomey", "extract": "Murder by the Clock is a 1931 American pre-Code murder mystery film starring William \"Stage\" Boyd and Lilyan Tashman. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Rufus King and the play Dangerously Yours by Charles Beahan." }, { "title": "My Past", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bebe Daniels, Lewis Stone, Ben Lyon", "extract": "My Past is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Bebe Daniels. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and was also known under the alternative title The Ex-Mistress." }, { "title": "My Sin", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tallulah Bankhead, Fredric March", "extract": "My Sin is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and written by Abbott, Owen Davis, Adelaide Heilbron. It was adapted from the play, Her Past, written by Frederick J. Jackson. The film stars Tallulah Bankhead, Fredric March, Harry Davenport, Scott Kolk, and Lily Cahill. The f" }, { "title": "The Mystery Train", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Hedda Hopper, Marceline Day, Nick Stuart", "extract": "The Mystery Train is a 1931 American film directed by Phil Whitman." }, { "title": "The Naughty Flirt", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, War, Romance", "cast": "Alice White, Paul Page, Myrna Loy", "extract": "The Naughty Flirt is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Edward Cline and starring Alice White, Paul Page and Myrna Loy." }, { "title": "Near the Trail's End", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Marion Shockley", "extract": "Near the Trail's End is a 1931 American Western film directed by Wallace Fox and written by George Arthur Durlam. The film stars Bob Steele, Marion Shockley, Jay Morley, Si Jenks, Hooper Atchley and Murdock MacQuarrie. The film was released on September 30, 1931, by Tiffany Pictures." }, { "title": "Neck and Neck", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Walter Brennan", "extract": "Neck and Neck is a 1931 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe from a script by Betty Burbridge and starring Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds and Walter Brennan." }, { "title": "The Nevada Buckaroo", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Ed Brady", "extract": "The Nevada Buckaroo is a 1931 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy." }, { "title": "Never the Twain Shall Meet", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Leslie Howard, Conchita Montenegro, Karen Morley", "extract": "Never the Twain Shall Meet is a 1931 American drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Leslie Howard and Conchita Montenegro. It is based on the novel of the same title by Peter B. Kyne. The film was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and was filmed in Tahiti like Van Dyke's t" }, { "title": "New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Crime, Romance", "cast": "William Haines, Jimmy Durante", "extract": "New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford is a 1931 American pre-Code crime / romantic comedy film directed by Sam Wood and starring William Haines as a con artist and Jimmy Durante as his pickpocket buddy. The film is based on a series of stories by George Randolph Chester published in Cosmopoli" }, { "title": "Nice Women", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Sidney Fox, Frances Dee, Alan Mowbray", "extract": "Nice Women is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film written and directed by Edwin H. Knopf. The film stars Sidney Fox, Frances Dee, Alan Mowbray, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason and James Durkin. It was released by Universal Pictures on November 28, 1931." }, { "title": "The Night Angel", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Fredric March", "extract": "The Night Angel is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film written and directed by Edmund Goulding. The film stars Nancy Carroll, Fredric March, Phoebe Foster, Alison Skipworth and Alan Hale, Sr. The film was released on July 18, 1931, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Night Beat", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jack Mulhall, Patsy Ruth Miller, Walter McGrail", "extract": "Night Beat is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz." }, { "title": "Night Life in Reno", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Virginia Valli, Jameson Thomas, Dorothy Christy", "extract": "Night Life in Reno is a 1931 American pre-Code film directed by actor/screenwriter Raymond Cannon." }, { "title": "Night Nurse", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon", "extract": "Night Nurse is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama mystery film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell and Clark Gable. The film is based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dora Macy, the pen name of Grace P" }, { "title": "No Limit", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Clara Bow, Norman Foster, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "No Limit is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Clara Bow, Norman Foster, Stuart Erwin, Thelma Todd, Dixie Lee, and Mischa Auer." }, { "title": "Not Exactly Gentlemen", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Fay Wray, Lew Cody", "extract": "Not Exactly Gentlemen is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and written by Dudley Nichols and William Conselman. It is based on the 1917 novel Over the Border by Herman Whitaker. The film stars Victor McLaglen, Fay Wray, Lew Cody, Robert Warwick, Eddie Gribbon, and Da" }, { "title": "Oklahoma Jim", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, Marion Burns", "extract": "Oklahoma Jim is a 1931 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by George Arthur Durlam and Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Bill Cody, Andy Shuford, Marion Burns, William Desmond, Franklyn Farnum and John Elliott. The film was released on October 10, 1931, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Once a Lady", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello, Jill Esmond", "extract": "Once a Lady is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and starring Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello and Jill Esmond. The film, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, is a remake of the Pola Negri silent film Three Sinners (1928). The film was the final attempt by Bri" }, { "title": "Once a Sinner", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea", "extract": "Once a Sinner is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film directed by Guthrie McClintic and written by George Middleton. The film stars Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, C. Henry Gordon, Ilka Chase and Sally Blane. The film was released on January 25, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "One Heavenly Night", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Evelyn Laye, John Boles", "extract": "One Heavenly Night is a 1931 American pre-Code film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, and directed by George Fitzmaurice." }, { "title": "The One Way Trail", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Doris Hill", "extract": "The One Way Trail is a 1931 pre-Code American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tim McCoy, Doris Hill and Carroll Nye." }, { "title": "Other Men's Women", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Grant Withers, Regis Toomey, Mary Astor", "extract": "Other Men's Women is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and written by Maude Fulton. The film stars Grant Withers, Regis Toomey, Mary Astor, James Cagney and Joan Blondell. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros." }, { "title": "Over the Hill", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mae Marsh, James Dunn", "extract": "Over the Hill is a 1931 American Pre-Code black-and-white melodrama film directed by Henry King for Fox Film Corporation. Starring Mae Marsh, James Dunn, Sally Eilers, and Olin Howland, the story concerns a young mother who devotedly cares for her children but when they grow up, most of them turn th" }, { "title": "The Pagan Lady", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Evelyn Brent, Conrad Nagel, Roland Young", "extract": "The Pagan Lady is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Evelyn Brent. It is based on the Broadway play Pagan Lady (1930) written by William DuBois." }, { "title": "The Painted Desert", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, Clark Gable", "extract": "The Painted Desert is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film released by Pathé Exchange. Produced by E. B. Derr, it was directed by Howard Higgin, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Tom Buckingham. The picture stars low-budget Western stars William Boyd and Helen Twelvetrees, and most notably feat" }, { "title": "Palmy Days", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Eddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "Palmy Days is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy film written by Eddie Cantor, Morrie Ryskind, and David Freedman, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Eddie Cantor. The famed Goldwyn Girls make appearances during elaborate production numbers set" }, { "title": "Pardon Us", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy", "extract": "Pardon Us is a 1931 American pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film. It was the duo's first starring feature-length comedy film, produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931." }, { "title": "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath is an American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton, released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer in 1931. It was Keaton's third talking picture, after his successful silent career." }, { "title": "Partners of the Trail", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Betty Mack", "extract": "Partners of the Trail is a 1931 American Western film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Tom Tyler, Betty Mack and Lafe McKee." }, { "title": "Party Husband", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, James Rennie, Dorothy Peterson", "extract": "Party Husband is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film produced by First National Pictures and released through their parent company Warner Bros. It was directed by Clarence G. Badger and stars Dorothy Mackaill. It is preserved at the Library of Congress." }, { "title": "Peach O'Reno", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "Peach-O-Reno is a 1931 pre-Production Code comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, and Zelma O'Neal. It was released on Christmas Day of 1931." }, { "title": "Penrod and Sam", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Leon Janney, Frank Coghlan", "extract": "Penrod and Sam is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Leon Janney and Frank Coghlan Jr. It is an adaptation of the novel Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington. Beaudine had previously directed a 1923 silent version, and was invited to remake his earlier succes" }, { "title": "Personal Maid", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Pat O'Brien", "extract": "Personal Maid is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Monta Bell and Lothar Mendes and written by Adelaide Heilbron and Grace Perkins. The film stars Nancy Carroll, Pat O'Brien, Gene Raymond, Mary Boland, and George Fawcett. The film was released on September 12, 1931, by Paramount Pictur" }, { "title": "The Phantom", "year": 1931, "genres": "Horror, Mystery", "cast": "Guinn Williams, Tom O'Brien", "extract": "The Phantom is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Alan James." }, { "title": "The Phantom of Paris", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Jean Hersholt", "extract": "The Phantom of Paris is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John S. Robertson and written by Bess Meredyth, Edwin Justus Mayer and John Meehan. The film stars John Gilbert and Leila Hyams, and is based on the 1913 novel Chéri-Bibi et Cécily by Gaston Leroux. The film was released on Sept" }, { "title": "Platinum Blonde", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Loretta Young, Jean Harlow, Robert Williams", "extract": "Platinum Blonde is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy motion picture directed by Frank Capra, written by Jo Swerling and starring Loretta Young, Robert Williams and Jean Harlow. Platinum Blonde was Robert Williams' last screen appearance; he died of peritonitis three days after the film's Octo" }, { "title": "Pleasure", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Conway Tearle, Carmel Myers, Frances Dade", "extract": "Pleasure is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film, directed by Otto Brower and starring Conway Tearle, Carmel Myers, and Frances Dade." }, { "title": "The Pocatello Kid", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Marceline Day", "extract": "The Pocatello Kid is a 1931 Pre-Code American Western film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Ken Maynard and was released on December 6, 1931." }, { "title": "Politics", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Roscoe Ates", "extract": "Politics is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Wells Root and Robert E. Hopkins. The film stars Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Roscoe Ates, Karen Morley, and William Bakewell. It was released on July 25, 1931 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Possessed", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Wallace Ford", "extract": "Possessed is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown, starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is the story of Marian Martin, a factory worker who rises to the top as the mistress of a wealthy attorney. The screenplay by Lenore J. C" }, { "title": "The Primrose Path", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Foster, Dorothy Granger, Lane Chandler", "extract": "Primrose Path is a 1931 American drama film directed by William A. O'Connor and starring Helen Foster, John Darrow and Dorothy Granger." }, { "title": "Private Lives", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Private Lives is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sidney Franklin. The screenplay by Hanns Kräly and Richard Schayer is based on the 1930 play Private Lives by Noël Coward." }, { "title": "A Private Scandal", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Marian Nixon, Lloyd Hughes, Theodore von Eltz", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Prodigal", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Lawrence Tibbett, Esther Ralston, Roland Young", "extract": "The Prodigal is a 1931 Pre-Code early talkie film starring Lawrence Tibbett, Esther Ralston, Roland Young and Hedda Hopper. The film was extremely provocative in its time in that it viewed adultery in a non-judgmental, even positive light." }, { "title": "The Public Defender", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Richard Dix, Shirley Grey", "extract": "The Public Defender is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by J. Walter Ruben, starring Richard Dix and featuring Boris Karloff. Rich playboy Pike Winslow dons the mantle of 'The Reckoner', a mysterious avenger, when he learns that his lady friend Barbara Gerry's father has been framed in a" }, { "title": "The Public Enemy", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods", "extract": "The Public Enemy is a 1931 American all-talking pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman and stars James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook and Joan Blondell. The film relates the story of a young man's rise in the crimin" }, { "title": "Quick Millions", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Sally Eilers, George Raft", "extract": "Quick Millions is a 1931 pre-Code crime film directed by Rowland Brown and starring Spencer Tracy, Marguerite Churchill, Sally Eilers, and featuring George Raft as the sidekick with a solo eccentric dance performance." }, { "title": "The Rainbow Trail", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "The Rainbow Trail is a 1932 Pre-Code Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien. The picture is an adaptation of Zane Grey's novel of the same name and a sequel to the 1931 film Riders of the Purple Sage, which also stars O'Brien." }, { "title": "The Range Feud", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, John Wayne", "extract": "The Range Feud is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman for Columbia Pictures, that stars Buck Jones and John Wayne. Wayne biographer Ronald L. Davis referred to the film as the first in a collection of \"cheap, assembly-line pictures\" Wayne would make in the 1930s. It wa" }, { "title": "Range Law", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Frances Dade", "extract": "Range Law is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard. It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection." }, { "title": "Rebound", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Ames, Ina Claire, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Rebound is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film starring Ina Claire, Robert Ames and Myrna Loy. Directed by Edward H. Griffith, the film is based on the play of the same name by Donald Ogden Stewart." }, { "title": "The Reckless Hour", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Conrad Nagel, Joan Blondell", "extract": "The Reckless Hour is a 1931 pre-Code film directed by John Francis Dillon and produced and distributed by First National Pictures." }, { "title": "Reckless Living", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Mae Clarke, Norman Foster", "extract": "Reckless Living is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Cyril Gardner and written by Cyril Gardner, Tom Reed and Courtney Terrett. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Mae Clarke, Norman Foster, Marie Prevost, Slim Summerville and Robert Emmett O'Connor. The film was released on October 20, 193" }, { "title": "Reducing", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page", "extract": "Reducing is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Beatrice Banyard, Robert E. Hopkins, Willard Mack and Zelda Sears. The film stars Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page, Lucien Littlefield, William Collier, Jr. and Sally Eilers. The film was released on J" }, { "title": "Resurrection", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lupe Vélez, John Boles", "extract": "Resurrection is a 1931 American Pre-Code English-language adaptation of the 1899 Leo Tolstoy novel Resurrection produced by Universal Studios. It was an all-talking version starring John Boles and Lupe Vélez." }, { "title": "Rich Man's Folly", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Frances Dee, George Bancroft", "extract": "Rich Man's Folly is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell and written by Edward E. Paramore Jr. and Grover Jones. The film stars George Bancroft, Frances Dee, Robert Ames, Juliette Compton, David Durand, Dorothy Peterson, and Harry Allen. The film was released on November 14," }, { "title": "Rider of the Plains", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Lilian Bond", "extract": "Rider of the Plains is a 1931 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Tom Tyler, Lilian Bond and Al Bridge." }, { "title": "Riders of the Purple Sage", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Marguerite Churchill", "extract": "Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film based upon the novel by Zane Grey, directed by Hamilton MacFadden, photographed by George Schneiderman, and starring George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill. The picture was released by the Fox Film Corporation with a running time of" }, { "title": "Riders of the Rio", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lane Chandler, Sheldon Lewis, Ben Corbett", "extract": "Riders of the Rio is a 1931 American western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Lane Chandler, Sheldon Lewis and Ben Corbett. It is an independently-produced second feature, shot partly on location around Palm Springs, California." }, { "title": "The Ridin' Fool", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Frances Morris, Florence Turner", "extract": "The Ridin' Fool is a 1931 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and written by Wellyn Totman. Produced by Trem Carr, the film was released on 25 May 1931 by Tiffany Productions, Inc." }, { "title": "The Right of Way", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Loretta Young", "extract": "The Right of Way is a 1931 American pre-Code film directed by Frank Lloyd and produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It stars Conrad Nagel and Loretta Young. The story was filmed previously in 1915 and in 1920." }, { "title": "The Road to Reno", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Lilyan Tashman, Charles Rogers, Peggy Shannon", "extract": "The Road to Reno is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Lilyan Tashman, Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, Peggy Shannon, and William \"Stage\" Boyd." }, { "title": "The Road to Singapore", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "William Powell, Doris Kenyon, Louis Calhern", "extract": "The Road to Singapore is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring William Powell and Doris Kenyon, who play two thirds of a romantic triangle, along with Louis Calhern. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film's sets were designed by the a" }, { "title": "The Royal Bed", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mary Astor, Anthony Bushell", "extract": "The Royal Bed is a 1931 American pre-Code satirical comedy film produced by William LeBaron and distributed through RKO. The film was directed by and starred Lowell Sherman, along with Mary Astor and Anthony Bushell. The screenplay was adapted by J. Walter Ruben based on the 1928 play by Robert E. S" }, { "title": "The Ruling Voice", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Walter Huston, Loretta Young, Dudley Digges", "extract": "The Ruling Voice is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster drama directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Walter Huston, Loretta Young, and Doris Kenyon. It had an alternate title Upper Underworld, and was produced by First National Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros." }, { "title": "The Runaround", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Mary Brian, Marie Prevost", "extract": "The Runaround is a 1931 comedy-drama film that was photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was directed by William James Craft, from a screenplay by Alfred Jackson and Barney Sarecky, based on a story by Zandah Owen. The film stars Mary Brian, Joseph Cawthorn, Marie Prevost, Johnny Hines, and Geoff" }, { "title": "Safe in Hell", "year": 1931, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook", "extract": "Safe in Hell is a 1931 American pre-Code thriller film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Dorothy Mackaill and Donald Cook, with featured performances by Morgan Wallace, Ralf Harolde, Nina Mae McKinney, Clarence Muse, and Noble Johnson. The screenplay by Joseph Jackson and Maude Fulton is b" }, { "title": "Salvation Nell", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ralph Graves, Helen Chandler, Sally O'Neil", "extract": "Salvation Nell is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film produced and directed by James Cruze and distributed by Tiffany Films, a company then on the brink of ceasing operations. The film is based on Edward Sheldon's 1908 Broadway play which starred Minnie Maddern Fiske and Holbrook Blinn." }, { "title": "Scandal Sheet", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive Brook", "extract": "Scandal Sheet is a 1931 American crime film directed by John Cromwell and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett, Vincent Lawrence and Max Marcin. The film stars George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive Brook, Regis Toomey, Lucien Littlefield, Gilbert Emery and Harry Beresford. The film was released on January 3" }, { "title": "Sea Devils", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Molly O'Day, Edmund Burns, Paul Panzer", "extract": "Sea Devils is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Molly O'Day, Edmund Burns and Walter Long." }, { "title": "The Sea Ghost", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Alan Hale, Laura La Plante", "extract": "The Sea Ghost is a 1931 American pre-Code film directed by William Nigh and starring Alan Hale, Clarence Wilson, Claud Allister and Laura La Plante. The film was retitled U 67 for its American reissue, stating in the foreword that \"some of the scenes in this film show authentic exploits of the U 67 " }, { "title": "Seas Beneath", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure, Action", "cast": "George O'Brien, Mona Maris", "extract": "Seas Beneath is a 1931 American Pre-Code action film directed by John Ford and starring George O'Brien and Marion Lessing." }, { "title": "The Secret Call", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Peggy Shannon, Richard Arlen, William B. Davidson", "extract": "The Secret Call is a 1931 American drama film directed by Stuart Walker and written by Arthur Kober, Eve Unsell and William C. deMille. The film stars Richard Arlen, Peggy Shannon, William B. Davidson, Charles Trowbridge, Jane Keithley, Selmer Jackson, and Ned Sparks. The film was released on July 2" }, { "title": "Secret Menace", "year": 1931, "genres": "Action, Western", "cast": "Glenn Tryon, Virginia Brown Faire", "extract": "Secret Menace is a 1931 American Western film written and directed by Richard C. Kahn. The film stars Glenn Tryon, Virginia Brown Faire, and Arthur Stone." }, { "title": "Secret Service", "year": 1931, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Secret Service is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by J. Walter Ruben and written by Bernard Schubert. The film based on a play by William Gillette, stars Richard Dix, William Post Jr., Shirley Grey, and Nance O'Neil. The film was released on November 14, 1931, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Secret Six", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lewis Stone", "extract": "The Secret Six is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film starring Wallace Beery as \"Slaughterhouse Scorpio\", a character very loosely based on Al Capone, and featuring Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Marjorie Rambeau and Ralph Bellamy. The film was written by Frances Marion and " }, { "title": "The Secret Witness", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Una Merkel, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "The Secret Witness is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film, directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Una Merkel, William Collier Jr. and Zasu Pitts. It is an adaptation of the novel Murder in the Gilded Cage by Sam Spewack. The screenplay concerns a man who is found murdered in his luxury apartment" }, { "title": "Secrets of a Secretary", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall", "extract": "Secrets of a Secretary is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Herbert Marshall. The film was stage actress Mary Boland's first role in a talkie." }, { "title": "Seed", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Boles, Lois Wilson, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "Seed is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by Gladys Lehman is based on a novel by Charles G. Norris." }, { "title": "Shanghaied Love", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Sally Blane", "extract": "Shanghaied Love is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Richard Cromwell, Sally Blane and Noah Beery. It was produced and released by Columbia Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson. It is based on the 1922 novel The Blood " }, { "title": "The She-Wolf", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "May Robson, Lawrence Gray", "extract": "The She-Wolf is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by James Flood and starring May Robson, James Hall, and Lawrence Gray. It is also known by the alternative title Mother's Millions." }, { "title": "Shipmates", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jordan", "extract": "Shipmates is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard and written by Louis F. Edelman, Delmer Daves, Raymond L. Schrock, Frank Wead, and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Jordan, Hobart Bosworth, Cliff Edwards and Gavin Gordon." }, { "title": "Ships of Hate", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Lloyd Hughes, Dorothy Sebastian", "extract": "Ships of Hate is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Lloyd Hughes, Dorothy Sebastian and Charles Middleton." }, { "title": "Shotgun Pass", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Virginia Lee Corbin", "extract": "Shotgun Pass is a 1931 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Tim McCoy, Virginia Lee Corbin and Monte Vandergrift." }, { "title": "Side Show", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Winnie Lightner, Charles Butterworth", "extract": "Side Show is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner, Charles Butterworth, Evalyn Knapp and Donald Cook. It was produced and released by Warner Bros. The film was based on a story by William K. Wells. Although it was planned and filme" }, { "title": "Sidewalks of New York", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Cliff Edwards", "extract": "Sidewalks of New York is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Zion Myers and Jules White and starring Buster Keaton. The film was commercially successful." }, { "title": "Silence", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Clive Brook, Peggy Shannon", "extract": "Silence is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Max Marcin and written by Max Marcin, adapted from his play. The film stars Clive Brook, Marjorie Rambeau, Peggy Shannon, Charles Starrett, Willard Robertson, John Wray and Frank Sheridan. It was released on August 29, 1" }, { "title": "The Sin of Madelon Claudet", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Hayes, Lewis Stone, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "The Sin of Madelon Claudet is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edgar Selwyn and starring Helen Hayes. The screenplay by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht was adapted from the play The Lullaby by Edward Knoblock. It tells the story of a wrongly imprisoned woman who turns to theft and pro" }, { "title": "The Sin Ship", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim, Ian Keith", "extract": "The Sin Ship is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by the actor Louis Wolheim in his only directorial effort. The film marks the last contribution Wolheim made to the film industry prior to his death from cancer one month shy of his fifty-" }, { "title": "The Single Sin", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Johnson, Bert Lytell, Holmes Herbert", "extract": "The Single Sin is a 1931 American Pre-code drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Kay Johnson, Bert Lytell and Paul Hurst. It was produced and released by the independent company Tiffany Pictures." }, { "title": "Sit Tight", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown, Claudia Dell", "extract": "Sit Tight is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Rex Taylor, edited by James Gibbon, and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It was originally intended as a full musical, but due to the backlash against musicals, all the songs were cut from the film" }, { "title": "Six Cylinder Love", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "Six Cylinder Love is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Fox and Edward Everett Horton. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and is a remake of their 1923 silent original. Both films are based on the 1921 Broadway p" }, { "title": "Skippy", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Mitzi Green, Jackie Searl", "extract": "Skippy is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film about the scrappy boy portrayed in the popular comic strip and novel Skippy by Percy Crosby. The screenplay was by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Don Marquis, Norman Z. McLeod, and Sam Mintz." }, { "title": "Skyline", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Silent", "cast": "Thomas Meighan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Skyline is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring silent film veteran Thomas Meighan. It is based on a novel—East Side, West Side—by Felix Riesenberg. It was produced and released by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Sky Raiders", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Lloyd Hughes, Marceline Day", "extract": "Sky Raiders is a 1931 film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Lloyd Hughes and Marceline Day. Produced by Columbia Pictures, it was filmed at Grand Central Air Terminal, now Grand Central Airport, in Glendale, California." }, { "title": "The Sky Spider", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Glenn Tryon, Beryl Mercer, Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "The Sky Spider is a 1931 American \"youth-oriented\" adventure film. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film starred Glenn Tryon, Beryl Mercer, Blanche Mehaffey, Pat O'Malley and newcomer John Trent." }, { "title": "Smart Money", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Margaret Livingston", "extract": "Smart Money is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Alfred E. Green, and starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. It is the only occasion Robinson and Cagney appeared in a film together, despite being the two leading actors, mainly portraying" }, { "title": "Smart Woman", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Mary Astor, Robert Ames", "extract": "Smart Woman is a 1931 pre-Code comedy-romance and drama film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Mary Astor, Robert Ames, and John Halliday." }, { "title": "The Smiling Lieutenant", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins", "extract": "The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins, and released by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Sob Sister", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "James Dunn, Linda Watkins", "extract": "Sob Sister is a 1931 American romance film directed by Alfred Santell and written by Edwin J. Burke, and starring James Dunn, Linda Watkins, Minna Gombell, Howard Phillips, George E. Stone and Molly O'Day. It was released on October 25, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Son of India", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Ramón Novarro, Madge Evans", "extract": "Son of India is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film directed by Jacques Feyder and starring Ramón Novarro and Madge Evans. The film is based on the 1882 novel Mr. Isaacs written by Francis Marion Crawford." }, { "title": "Sooky", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Jackie Searl", "extract": "Sooky is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Norman Taurog and written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Norman Z. McLeod and Sam Mintz. It is a sequel to the 1931 film Skippy. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson, Enid Bennett and Helen Jerome Eddy. It" }, { "title": "Soul of the Slums", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "William Collier Jr., Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "Soul of the Slums is a 1931 American Pre-Code crime melodrama directed by Frank R. Strayer from an original screenplay by W. Scott Darling. The film stars William Collier Jr., Blanche Mehaffey, and Murray Smith, and was released by Action Pictures on November 15, 1931." }, { "title": "The Spider", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran", "extract": "The Spider is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and William Cameron Menzies and starring Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, El Brendel and John Arledge. It was released on September 27, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation. It was based on the 1927 play The Spider by Fulton Oursler a" }, { "title": "The Spirit of Notre Dame", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Sally Blane, William Bakewell", "extract": "The Spirit of Notre Dame is a 1931 American drama film directed by Russell Mack, written by Walter DeLeon, Robert Keith, Richard Schayer and Dale Van Every, and starring Lew Ayres, Sally Blane, William Bakewell, Andy Devine, Harry Barris and J. Farrell MacDonald. It was released on October 13, 1931," }, { "title": "Sporting Blood", "year": 1931, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Clark Gable, Madge Evans, Ernest Torrence", "extract": "Sporting Blood is a 1931 American MGM pre-Code sports drama film directed by Charles Brabin. The film stars Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, and Madge Evans. Two other pictures bore this same title, one released in 1916 by Fox and another by MGM in Sporting Blood (1940). Although they, too, centered on" }, { "title": "Sporting Chance", "year": 1931, "genres": "Action, Drama", "cast": "William Collier Jr., Claudia Dell, James Hall", "extract": "Sporting Chance is a 1931 drama film directed and produced by Albert Herman, and written by King Baggot. The film was released on 21 November 1931 by Peerless Pictures Corporation and States Rights." }, { "title": "The Spy", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Johnson, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "The Spy is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and written by Ernest Pascal. The film stars Kay Johnson, Neil Hamilton, John Halliday, Milton Holmes, Freddie Burke Frederick and Austen Jewell. The film was released on April 26, 1931, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Squaw Man", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Lupe Vélez, Eleanor Boardman", "extract": "The Squaw Man is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was his third time filming the same play but the first in sound. It stars Warner Baxter in the leading role." }, { "title": "The Star Witness", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Walter Huston, Frances Starr", "extract": "The Star Witness is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by William A. Wellman. The film stars Walter Huston, Frances Starr, Grant Mitchell, and Chic Sale. The Star Witness was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th Academy Awards for Bes" }, { "title": "Stepping Out", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charlotte Greenwood, Leila Hyams, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Stepping Out is a 1931 American Pre-Code farce directed by Charles Reisner and produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1929 Broadway play Stepping Out by Elmer Harris. Lilian Bond appeared in the original Broadway play and in this film in the same role." }, { "title": "Stolen Heaven", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, Louis Calhern", "extract": "Stolen Heaven is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott and starring Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, and Louis Calhern. It was released on February 21, 1931, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The Stolen Jools", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Short", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Buster Keaton, Norma Shearer", "extract": "The Stolen Jools is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy short produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, featuring many cameo appearances by film stars of the day. The stars appeared in the film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitari" }, { "title": "Strangers May Kiss", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "Strangers May Kiss is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and noncredit-directed by George Fitzmaurice. The movie stars Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and Neil Hamilton. The movie was an adaptation of the book Strangers May Kiss, which was written by Ur" }, { "title": "Street Scene", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Estelle Taylor, Beulah Bondi", "extract": "Street Scene is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by King Vidor. With a screenplay by Elmer Rice adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, Street Scene takes place on a New York City street from one evening until the following afternoon." }, { "title": "Strictly Dishonorable", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox, Lewis Stone", "extract": "Strictly Dishonorable is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox and Lewis Stone, George Meeker, and Sidney Toler. It was written by Gladys Lehman and based on Preston Sturges' 1929 hit Broadway play of the same name. Strictly Disho" }, { "title": "The Struggle", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Hal Skelly, Zita Johann", "extract": "The Struggle is a 1931 American pre-Code feature film directed by D. W. Griffith and based on the 1877 novel L'Assommoir by Émile Zola. It was Griffith's only full-sound film besides Abraham Lincoln (1930). After several films directed by Griffith failed at the box office, The Struggle was his last " }, { "title": "Subway Express", "year": 1931, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Jack Holt, Aileen Pringle", "extract": "Subway Express is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Jack Holt, Aileen Pringle and Fred Kelsey." }, { "title": "Suicide Fleet", "year": 1931, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "William Boyd, James Gleason, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "Suicide Fleet is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell, written by Lew Lipton and F. McGrew Willis, and starring William Boyd, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, and Ginger Rogers. It was released on November 20, 1931, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Sundown Trail", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Marion Shilling", "extract": "Sundown Trail is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Tom Keene, Marion Shilling, Nick Stuart, Hooper Atchley and Stanley Blystone. It was released on September 11, 1931, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Sunrise Trail", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "The Sunrise Trail is a 1931 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and written by Wellyn Totman. Produced by Trem Carr, the film was released on 7 February 1931 by Tiffany Productions, Inc." }, { "title": "Surrender", "year": 1931, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Leila Hyams, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Surrender is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by William K. Howard, written by S.N. Behrman, and starring Warner Baxter, Leila Hyams, Ralph Bellamy, C. Aubrey Smith, and Alexander Kirkland. It is based on Axelle, a novel by Pierre Benoit. The film is widely considered to have exerted an " }, { "title": "Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Jean Hersholt", "extract": "Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) is a 1931 American pre-Code film directed and produced by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable. The film was based on the novel by David Graham Phillips and made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was the only film in which Greta Garbo was paired with Cl" }, { "title": "Svengali", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp", "extract": "Svengali is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo. The film stars John Barrymore and Marian Marsh. It is based on the 1894 George du Maurier novel Trilby and was among the many film adaptations of the book. The film was shot from January 12 to February 21, 1931. On its release " }, { "title": "Swanee River", "year": 1931, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Grant Withers, Thelma Todd, Philo McCullough", "extract": "Swanee River is a 1931 American musical drama film directed by Raymond Cannon and starring Grant Withers, Thelma Todd and Philo McCullough. It is now considered a lost film." }, { "title": "Sweepstakes", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Gleason, Marian Nixon", "extract": "Sweepstakes is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell from a screenplay written by Lew Lipton and Ralph Murphy. The film stars Eddie Quillan, James Gleason, Marian Nixon, Lew Cody, and Paul Hurst, which centers around the travails and romances of jockey Buddy Doyle, known " }, { "title": "Tabu", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Silent", "cast": "Matahi, Anne Chevalier", "extract": "Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, sometimes simply called Tabu, is a 1931 American silent film directed by F. W. Murnau. A docufiction, it is split into two chapters: The first, called \"Paradise\", depicts the lives of two lovers on a South Seas island until they are forced to escape the island when t" }, { "title": "A Tailor Made Man", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "William Haines, Dorothy Jordan", "extract": "A Tailor Made Man is a 1931 American MGM pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Wood. Adapted from the 1908 Hungarian play A Szerencse Fia by Gábor Drégely, the film stars William Haines and Dorothy Jordan." }, { "title": "Tarnished Lady", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tallulah Bankhead, Clive Brook", "extract": "Tarnished Lady is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Clive Brook. The screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart is based on his short story, A Story of a New York Lady." }, { "title": "Ten Cents a Dance", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "Ten Cents a Dance is a 1931 American pre-Code romance-drama film directed by Lionel Barrymore and starring Barbara Stanwyck as a married taxi dancer who falls in love with one of her customers. The film was inspired by the popular song of the same name, which is sung over the title sequence. The fil" }, { "title": "Ten Nights in a Barroom", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Farnum, Tom Santschi, Phyllis Barrington", "extract": "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room is a 1931 American Pre-Code film directed by William A. O'Connor. The film is a remake of a 1910 movie and follows the storyline in the 1854 novel, Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There by Timothy Shay Arthur." }, { "title": "The Texas Ranger", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Carmelita Geraghty", "extract": "The Texas Ranger is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "Their Mad Moment", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Warner Baxter", "extract": "Their Mad Moment is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Chandler Sprague and starring Dorothy Mackaill, Warner Baxter and ZaSu Pitts. An uncredited Hamilton MacFadden also directed some scenes. It is based on the 1927 novel Basquerie by Eleanor Mercein Kelly. A Spanish-language ve" }, { "title": "This Modern Age", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Frederick", "extract": "This Modern Age is a 1931 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Frederick and Albert Conti." }, { "title": "Three Girls Lost", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, John Wayne", "extract": "Three Girls Lost is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Loretta Young, Lew Cody, and John Wayne. The film also featured Ward Bond, and co-starred Wayne with Paul Fix for the first time. Based on a story by Robert Hardy Andrews, the film is about a young man (" }, { "title": "Three Who Loved", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Betty Compson, Conrad Nagel", "extract": "Three Who Loved is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by George Archainbaud from a screenplay by Beulah Marie Dix based on a story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Martin Flavin. The film revolves around a love triangle. It was produced by RKO Pictures, which also distributed the film, rel" }, { "title": "The Tip-Off", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Eddie Quillan, Ginger Rogers, Robert Armstrong", "extract": "The Tip-Off is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell, written by Earl Baldwin, and starring Eddie Quillan, Robert Armstrong, Ginger Rogers, Joan Peers and Ralf Harolde. The film was released on October 16, 1931, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Tonight or Never", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Gloria Swanson, Constance Cummings", "extract": "Tonight or Never is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Gloria Swanson, Melvyn Douglas and Boris Karloff." }, { "title": "Too Many Cooks", "year": 1931, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "Too Many Cooks is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter, written by Jane Murfin and starring Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee, Roscoe Ates and Robert McWade. It was released on July 18, 1931 by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Too Young to Marry", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Loretta Young, Grant Withers", "extract": "Too Young to Marry is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Loretta Young and Grant Withers, a married couple in real life, although it ended with an annulment. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It is based on a 1929 play Broken Dishes b" }, { "title": "Touchdown", "year": 1931, "genres": "Sports", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Peggy Shannon", "extract": "Touchdown is a 1931 American pre-Code football film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Richard Arlen, Peggy Shannon, Jack Oakie and Regis Toomey. Jim Thorpe and Herman Brix appear uncredited as unbilled football players." }, { "title": "Trader Horn", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, C. Aubrey Smith", "extract": "Trader Horn is a 1931 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Harry Carey and Edwina Booth. It is the first non-documentary film shot on location in Africa. The film is based on the book of the same name by trader and adventurer Alfred Aloysius Horn and tells of adven" }, { "title": "Transatlantic", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Myrna Loy, John Halliday", "extract": "Transatlantic is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edmund Lowe. It won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Gordon Wiles." }, { "title": "Transgression", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "Transgression is a 1931 Pre-Code American drama film directed by Herbert Brenon, using a screenplay written by Elizabeth Meehan, adapted from Kate Jordan's 1921 novel, The Next Corner. The film stars Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, and Ricardo Cortez, and deals with the romantic entanglements of a wealt" }, { "title": "Trapped", "year": 1931, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Nick Stuart, Priscilla Dean, Nina Quartero", "extract": "Trapped is a 1931 American crime drama film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and starring Nick Stuart, Priscilla Dean and Nina Quartero." }, { "title": "Traveling Husbands", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Evelyn Brent, Constance Cummings", "extract": "Traveling Husbands is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Sloane based on a screenplay by Humphrey Pearson. The film stars Constance Cummings, Frank Albertson, Evelyn Brent, Dorothy Peterson and Hugh Herbert. Hugh Herbert's brother, Tom, made his screen debut with a small role in th" }, { "title": "24 Hours", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins, Regis Toomey", "extract": "24 Hours is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Clive Brook, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins and Regis Toomey. It was based on the novel Twenty-Four Hours by Louis Bromfield and the play Shattered Glass by Will D. Lengle and Lew Levenson. In the film, an a" }, { "title": "Two Fisted Justice", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "Two Fisted Justice is a 1931 American Western film directed by George Arthur Durlam that takes place during the American Civil War. The film stars Tom Tyler, Barbara Weeks, and William Walling." }, { "title": "The Two Gun Man", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Lucille Powers", "extract": "Two Gun Man is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Lucille Powers, and Charles King. It was released on May 15, 1931, by Tiffany Productions and was later re=released by Amity Pictures." }, { "title": "Under Eighteen", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Marian Marsh, Anita Page", "extract": "Under Eighteen is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Marian Marsh, Anita Page, Regis Toomey, and Warren William. It is based on the short story \"Sky Life\" by Frank Mitchell Dazey and Agnes Christine Johnston." }, { "title": "Under Suspicion", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lois Moran, J. Harold Murray", "extract": "\n\nUnder Suspicion is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by A. F. Erickson and starring J. Harold Murray and Lois Moran. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Unfaithful", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Juliette Compton", "extract": "Unfaithful is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell, written by Eve Unsell and John Van Druten, and starring Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Paul Cavanagh, Juliette Compton, Donald Cook and Emily Fitzroy. It was released on March 14, 1931, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The Unholy Garden", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Fay Wray, Estelle Taylor", "extract": "The Unholy Garden is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Ronald Colman and Fay Wray. It was based on a story by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur." }, { "title": "Up for Murder", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "Up for Murder is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film written and directed by Monta Bell and starring Lew Ayres, Genevieve Tobin, Purnell Pratt, Richard Tucker, Frank McHugh and Frederick Burt. It was released on May 27, 1931, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Up Pops the Devil", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Carole Lombard, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "Up Pops the Devil is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The screenplay concerns an advertising man who quits his job to become a novelist, upsetting his wife and straining their marriage. The film was released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay is based o" }, { "title": "The Vice Squad", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Kay Francis, Paul Lukas, Judith Wood", "extract": "The Vice Squad is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell, written by Oliver H.P. Garrett, and starring Paul Lukas, Kay Francis, Judith Wood, William B. Davidson, Rockliffe Fellowes, Esther Howard and Monte Carter. It was released on May 30, 1931, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The Viking", "year": 1931, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Louise Huntington, Charles Starrett", "extract": "The Viking, also known as White Thunder and Vikings of the Ice Field, is a 1931 Newfoundland/American adventure film about sealing directed by George Melford. The Viking was the first film to record sound and dialogue on location with the use of magnetic wire recording. It is best known for the expl" }, { "title": "The Virtuous Husband", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Betty Compson, Elliott Nugent, Jean Arthur", "extract": "The Virtuous Husband is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Vin Moore and written by Jerry Horwin, Edward Ludwig, Fred Niblo, Jr. and Dale Van Every. The film stars Betty Compson, Elliott Nugent, Jean Arthur, J. C. Nugent, Alison Skipworth and Tully Marshall. The film was released on Ap" }, { "title": "Waterloo Bridge", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, War, Romance", "cast": "Mae Clarke, Bette Davis, Frederick Kerr", "extract": "Waterloo Bridge is a 1931 American pre-Code drama romance war film directed by James Whale and starring Mae Clarke and Kent Douglass. The screenplay by Benn Levy and Tom Reed is based on the 1930 play Waterloo Bridge by Robert E. Sherwood." }, { "title": "Way Back Home", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Phillips Lord, Bette Davis, Frank Albertson", "extract": "Way Back Home is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Phillips Lord, Effie Palmer, Frank Albertson, and Bette Davis. The screenplay by Jane Murfin is based on characters created for the NBC Radio show Seth Parker by Phillips Lord." }, { "title": "West of Broadway", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Gilbert, Lois Moran", "extract": "West of Broadway is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and written by Ralph Graves, Bess Meredyth, Gene Markey, and James Kevin McGuinness. The film stars John Gilbert, El Brendel, Lois Moran, Madge Evans and Ralph Bellamy. The film was released on November 28, 1931, by M" }, { "title": "White Renegade", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Santschi, Blanche Mehaffey, Philo McCullough", "extract": "" }, { "title": "White Shoulders", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Mary Astor, Jack Holt", "extract": "White Shoulders is a lost 1931 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Melville W. Brown and starring Mary Astor and Jack Holt, with major supporting roles by Ricardo Cortez and Sidney Toler. The film was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. The screenplay by Jane Murfin and J. Walter R" }, { "title": "Wicked", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Elissa Landi, Victor McLaglen, Una Merkel", "extract": "Wicked, also known as Condannata in Italy and Malvada in Spain, is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Elissa Landi, Victor McLaglen, and Una Merkel. The screenplay concerns a woman who commits murder while trying to save her bandit husband and bears a child in pr" }, { "title": "Wild Horse", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Alberta Vaughn", "extract": "Wild Horse is a 1931 American Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hoot Gibson and Alberta Vaughn. It was based on the Cosmopolitan Magazine short story by Peter B. Kyne." }, { "title": "Woman Hungry", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Sidney Blackmer, Lila Lee", "extract": "Woman Hungry is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film with music photographed entirely in Technicolor. The film was based on the play The Great Divide which was written by William Vaughn Moody. The story was filmed as a silent film by MGM as The Great Divide (1925) and as an early silent/sound hybri" }, { "title": "The Woman Between", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lili Damita, Lester Vail", "extract": "The Woman Between is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Howard Estabrook. The film stars Lili Damita, Lester Vail, O.P. Heggie, Miriam Seegar and Anita Louise. It was released on August 8, 1931 by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "A Woman of Experience", "year": 1931, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, William Bakewell, Lew Cody", "extract": "A Woman of Experience is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Helen Twelvetrees, William Bakewell and Lew Cody, based on the play The Registered Woman by John Farrow. During World War I, a woman is rejected for volunteer work because of her dubious reputation," }, { "title": "Women Go on Forever", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clara Kimball Young, Marian Nixon", "extract": "Women Go on Forever is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Walter Lang and starring Clara Kimball Young. It was adapted from the 1927 play of the same name starring Mary Boland and James Cagney." }, { "title": "Women Love Once", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Paul Lukas, Eleanor Boardman, Juliette Compton", "extract": "Women Love Once is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edward Goodman and written by Zoë Akins. The film stars Paul Lukas, Eleanor Boardman, Juliette Compton, Geoffrey Kerr, Judith Wood and Marilyn Knowlden. The film was released on July 4, 1931, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Women of All Nations", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Greta Nissen", "extract": "Women of All Nations is a 1931 American pre-Code military comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Greta Nissen and El Brendel. It was the second of three sequels to Walsh's 1926 film, What Price Glory?, with McLaglen and Lowe reprising their roles." }, { "title": "Women Men Marry", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Natalie Moorhead, Sally Blane, Randolph Scott", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Working Girls", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Judith Wood, Dorothy Hall, Paul Lukas", "extract": "Working Girls is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner and written by Zoë Akins, based on the play Blind Mice, written by Vera Caspary and Winifred Lenihan. The film stars Judith Wood, Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, Paul Lukas, Stuart Erwin, and Frances Dee. The film was released o" }, { "title": "X Marks the Spot", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Sally Blane, Lew Cody, Fred Kohler", "extract": "X Marks the Spot is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and released by Tiffany Pictures, which operated from 1921 to 1932." }, { "title": "Yankee Don", "year": 1931, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Lupita Tovar", "extract": "Yankee Don is a 1931 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Richard Talmadge, Lupita Tovar and Julian Rivero." }, { "title": "The Yellow Ticket", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Laurence Olivier, Elissa Landi", "extract": "The Yellow Ticket is a 1931 pre-Code American drama film based on the 1914 play of the same name by Michael Morton, produced by the Fox Film Corporation, directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Elissa Landi, Lionel Barrymore and Laurence Olivier. Boris Karloff appears briefly in a small supporting rol" }, { "title": "Young as You Feel", "year": 1931, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Fifi D'Orsay, Lucien Littlefield", "extract": "Young as You Feel is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Will Rogers, Fifi D'Orsay and Lucien Littlefield. The story was later remade by Fox in 1940 under the same title as part of the Jones Family series of films." }, { "title": "Young Donovan's Kid", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, Marion Shilling, Jackie Cooper", "extract": "Young Donovan's Kid is a 1931 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Fred Niblo, from a screenplay by J. Walter Ruben, based upon the short story, Big Brother, by Rex Beach. It was a remake of a 1923 silent film of the same, produced by Famous Players-Lasky, and directed by Allan Dwan. This ve" }, { "title": "Young Sinners", "year": 1931, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Thomas Meighan, Dorothy Jordan", "extract": "Young Sinners is an American Pre-Code drama film released on May 17, 1931, directed by John G. Blystone. The screenplay was initially written by Maurine Watkins though the script filmed was William Conselman's, not Watkins'.. Conselman scrapped her screenplay in favor of his own based on the play Yo" }, { "title": "20,000 Years in Sing Sing", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron", "extract": "20,000 Years in Sing Sing is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film set in Sing Sing Penitentiary, the maximum security prison in Ossining, New York, starring Spencer Tracy as an inmate and Bette Davis as his girlfriend. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and based upon the nonfiction book Twenty Thousa" }, { "title": "70,000 Witnesses", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Dorothy Jordan, Phillips Holmes", "extract": "70,000 Witnesses is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Ralph Murphy, written by Garrett Fort, Robert N. Lee, Allen Rivkin and P.J. Wolfson, and starring Phillips Holmes, Dorothy Jordan, Charlie Ruggles, Johnny Mack Brown, J. Farrell MacDonald, Lew Cody and David Landau. It was release" }, { "title": "Afraid to Talk", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Sidney Fox, Eric Linden, Louis Calhern", "extract": "Afraid to Talk is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Tom Reed. The film stars Eric Linden, Sidney Fox, Tully Marshall, Louis Calhern, George Meeker and Robert Warwick." }, { "title": "After the Ball", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Esther Ralston, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "After the Ball is a 1932 British-American comedy film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Esther Ralston, Basil Rathbone and Marie Burke." }, { "title": "After Tomorrow", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Farrell, Marian Nixon", "extract": "After Tomorrow is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Charles Farrell, Marian Nixon, Minna Gombell, Josephine Hull and William Collier, Sr." }, { "title": "The Age of Consent", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Wilson, Arline Judge, John Halliday", "extract": "The Age of Consent is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Gregory La Cava. The film stars Richard Cromwell as a young man who becomes involved with a waitress of a seedy restaurant, co-starring Dorothy Wilson and Arline Judge." }, { "title": "Air Mail", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "Air Mail is a 1932 American pre-Code adventure film directed by John Ford, based on a story by Dale Van Every and Frank \"Spig\" Wead. The film stars Ralph Bellamy, Pat O'Brien and Gloria Stuart. A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress." }, { "title": "Alias Mary Smith", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery, Crime", "cast": "Blanche Mehaffey, Raymond Hatton", "extract": "Alias Mary Smith is a 1932 American mystery crime film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Blanche Mehaffey, John Darrow and Raymond Hatton. It was released by the independent company Mayfair Pictures." }, { "title": "Alias the Doctor", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Barthelmess, Marian Marsh", "extract": "Alias the Doctor is a 1932 pre-Code American drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Richard Barthelmess and Marian Marsh." }, { "title": "The All American", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Andy Devine", "extract": "The All American is a 1932 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Russell Mack and written by Ferdinand Reyher and Frank Wead. The film stars Richard Arlen, Andy Devine and Gloria Stuart. It was given its premiere in Los Angeles on October 7, 1932, by Universal Pictures. Many noted real-lif" }, { "title": "Almost Married", "year": 1932, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Violet Heming, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Almost Married is a 1932 American pre-Code thriller film directed by William Cameron Menzies and written by Guy Bolton, Alexander Kirkland and Wallace Smith. The film stars Violet Heming, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander Kirkland and Alan Dinehart." }, { "title": "Amateur Daddy", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Marian Nixon", "extract": "Amateur Daddy is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Frank Dolan and Doris Malloy. The film stars Warner Baxter, Marian Nixon, Rita La Roy, and David Landau. The film was released on April 10, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "American Madness", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson", "extract": "American Madness is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Frank Capra and starring Walter Huston as a New York banker embroiled in scandal." }, { "title": "The Animal Kingdom", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Leslie Howard, Ann Harding, Myrna Loy", "extract": "The Animal Kingdom is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith based upon a comedy of manners play of the same name by Philip Barry. The film stars Leslie Howard, Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, Ilka Chase, and Neil Hamilton. Howard, Gargan, and Chase also st" }, { "title": "Aren't We All?", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Gertrude Lawrence, Hugh Wakefield", "extract": "\n\nAren't We All? is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Gertrude Lawrence, Hugh Wakefield and Owen Nares. It is based on the play Aren't We All? by Frederick Lonsdale. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios." }, { "title": "Are You Listening?", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Haines, Madge Evans, Anita Page", "extract": "Are You Listening? is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring William Haines, Madge Evans and Anita Page." }, { "title": "The Arm of the Law", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery, Action", "cast": "Rex Bell, Marceline Day, Lina Basquette", "extract": "The Arm of the Law is a 1932 American pre-Code action film directed by Louis King and starring Rex Bell, Marceline Day and Lina Basquette. It was distributed by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Arsène Lupin", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley", "extract": "Arsène Lupin is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Jack Conway and starring John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The film is based on a popular 1909 play by Maurice Leblanc and Francis de Croisset. Leblanc created the character Ar" }, { "title": "As the Devil Commands", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Alan Dinehart, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "As the Devil Commands is a 1932 American pre-Code film written by Jo Swerling from a story by Keene Thompson. It is directed by Roy William Neill and stars Alan Dinehart, Mae Clarke and Neil Hamilton." }, { "title": "As You Desire Me", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Erich von Stroheim", "extract": "As You Desire Me is a 1932 American pre-Code film adaptation of the 1929 play by Luigi Pirandello released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was produced and directed by George Fitzmaurice with Irving Thalberg as co-producer. The adaptation was by Gene Markey, the cinematography by\nWilliam H. Daniels, the " }, { "title": "Attorney for the Defense", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Constance Cummings, Evelyn Brent", "extract": "Attorney for the Defense is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Edmund Lowe, Evelyn Brent, and Constance Cummings." }, { "title": "Bachelor's Affairs", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Minna Gombell, Joan Marsh", "extract": "Bachelor's Affairs also known as Fancy Free is a 1932 American Pre-Code film based on the play \"Precious\" by James Forbes. While its availability for viewing is currently limited, it has been preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive." }, { "title": "Bachelor Mother", "year": 1932, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Evalyn Knapp, Margaret Seddon", "extract": "Bachelor Mother is a 1932 Pre-Code action film directed by Charles Hutchison." }, { "title": "Back Street", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Irene Dunne, John Boles, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Back Street is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and John Boles. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Fannie Hurst, it tells the story of a woman who spends her life as the secret mistress of a wealthy married man. The devotion and " }, { "title": "Battling Buckaroo", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lane Chandler, Doris Hill, Yakima Canutt", "extract": "Battling Buckaroo is a 1932 American western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lane Chandler, Doris Hill and Yakima Canutt." }, { "title": "The Beast of the City", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford", "extract": "The Beast of the City is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film featuring cops as vigilantes and known for its singularly vicious ending. Written by W.R. Burnett, Ben Hecht (uncredited), and John Lee Mahin, and directed by Charles Brabin, the film stars Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean" }, { "title": "Beauty and the Boss", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Marian Marsh, David Manners, Warren William", "extract": "Beauty and the Boss is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Marian Marsh, David Manners and Warren William. It was based on a 1928 Hungarian play by Ladislas Fodor about a secretary who eventually marries her boss. An English language adaptation of the " }, { "title": "Beauty Parlor", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Kent, Joyce Compton, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "Beauty Parlor (Movie) is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Barbara Kent, Joyce Compton and John Harron." }, { "title": "Behind Jury Doors", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Helen Chandler, William Collier Jr., Blanche Friderici", "extract": "Behind Jury Doors is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Helen Chandler, William Collier Jr. and Blanche Friderici." }, { "title": "Behind Stone Walls", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edward Nugent, Priscilla Dean", "extract": "Behind Stone Walls is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Edward J. Nugent, Priscilla Dean and Ann Christy." }, { "title": "Behind the Mask", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Horror, Crime", "cast": "Jack Holt, Boris Karloff, Constance Cummings", "extract": "Behind the Mask is a 1932 American pre-Code crime/horror film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Jack Holt, Boris Karloff and Edward Van Sloan." }, { "title": "Between Fighting Men", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Ruth Hall, Josephine Dunn", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Beyond the Rockies", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "Beyond the Rockies is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Fred Allen and written by Oliver Drake. The film stars Tom Keene, Rochelle Hudson, Marie Wells, Julian Rivero and Ernie Adams. The film was released on July 8, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Big Broadcast", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bing Crosby, George Burns, Gracie Allen", "extract": "The Big Broadcast is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Stuart Erwin, and Leila Hyams. Based on the play Wild Waves by William Ford Manley, the film is about a radio-singer who becomes a popular hit with audiences, but takes a disrespectfu" }, { "title": "Big City Blues", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Eric Linden, Joan Blondell, Walter Catlett", "extract": "Big City Blues is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and distributed by Warner Bros. The film is based on the play New York Town by Ward Morehouse and stars Joan Blondell and Eric Linden, with uncredited early appearances by Humphrey Bogart and Lyle Talbot." }, { "title": "The Big Stampede", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Noah Beery", "extract": "The Big Stampede is a 1932 pre-Code American Western film starring John Wayne and Noah Beery. It is a remake of the 1927 film The Land Beyond the Law." }, { "title": "The Big Timer", "year": 1932, "genres": "Sports, Drama, War", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings, Thelma Todd", "extract": "The Big Timer is a 1932 American Pre-Code sports drama film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings and Thelma Todd. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it is about a boxer whose success goes to his head." }, { "title": "Big Town", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Lester Vail, Frances Dade", "extract": "" }, { "title": "A Bill of Divorcement", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Billie Burke, Katharine Hepburn", "extract": "A Bill of Divorcement is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn in her film debut. It is based on the 1921 British play of the same name, written by Clemence Dane as a reaction to a law passed in Britain in the early 1920s that " }, { "title": "Bird of Paradise", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance, Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Dolores del Río, Joel McCrea", "extract": "Bird of Paradise is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic adventure drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Dolores del Río and Joel McCrea. Based on the 1912 play of the same name by Richard Walton Tully, it was released by RKO Radio Pictures." }, { "title": "Blessed Event", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Mary Brian", "extract": "Blessed Event is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Lee Tracy as a newspaper gossip columnist who becomes entangled with a gangster. The Tracy character was reportedly patterned after Walter Winchell, famous gossip columnist of the era. The film was Dick" }, { "title": "Blonde Venus", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Cary Grant", "extract": "Blonde Venus is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall and Cary Grant. It was produced, edited and directed by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Jules Furthman and S. K. Lauren, adapted from a story by Furthman and von Sternberg. The original story \"Mo" }, { "title": "Blondie of the Follies", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Billie Dove", "extract": "Blondie of the Follies is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edmund Goulding and written by Anita Loos and Frances Marion." }, { "title": "The Boiling Point", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Helen Foster", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Border Devils", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gabby Hayes, Kathleen Collins, Harry Carey", "extract": "Border Devils is a 1932 American Western black and white sound film directed by William Nigh and starring Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, and Gabby Hayes. The film is Collins's last role and her only sound film." }, { "title": "Breach of Promise", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Mae Clarke, Theodore von Eltz", "extract": "Breach of Promise is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Chester Morris, Mae Clarke and Mary Doran." }, { "title": "Broadway to Cheyenne", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Marceline Day", "extract": "Broadway to Cheyenne is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film is also known as From Broadway to Cheyenne. The film successfully combines the Western with the gangster film and vigilante film." }, { "title": "Broken Lullaby", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Nancy Carroll", "extract": "Broken Lullaby is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda is based on the 1930 play L'homme que j'ai tué by Maurice Rostand and its 1931 English-language adaptation, The Man I Killed, by R" }, { "title": "The Broken Wing", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Lupe Vélez, Melvyn Douglas, Leo Carrillo", "extract": "The Broken Wing is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt, adapted from the play of the same name by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. The film stars Lupe Vélez, Leo Carrillo, Melvyn Douglas, George Barbier, Willard Rob" }, { "title": "Business and Pleasure", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Joel McCrea, Dorothy Peterson", "extract": "Business and Pleasure is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by David Butler, starring Will Rogers and featuring Boris Karloff." }, { "title": "But the Flesh Is Weak", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Nora Gregor, Heather Thatcher", "extract": "But the Flesh Is Weak is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Ivor Novello based on his 1928 play The Truth Game. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Nora Gregor, Heather Thatcher, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith and Nils Asther. The film was released on A" }, { "title": "By Whose Hand?", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Barbara Weeks, Tom Dugan", "extract": "By Whose Hand? is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Ben Lyon, Barbara Weeks and Kenneth Thomson." }, { "title": "The Cabin in the Cotton", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Jordan", "extract": "The Cabin in the Cotton is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. The screenplay by Paul Green is based on the novel of the same title by Harry Harrison Kroll." }, { "title": "Call Her Savage", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clara Bow, Thelma Todd, Gilbert Roland", "extract": "Call Her Savage is a 1932 pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Clara Bow. The film was Bow's second-to-last film role. It is also one of the first portrayals of homosexuals on screen, including a scene in a gay bar." }, { "title": "Cannonball Express", "year": 1932, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Rex Lease, Leon Ames, Ruth Renick", "extract": "Cannonball Express is a 1932 American action film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Rex Lease, Tom Moore and Lucile Browne." }, { "title": "Careless Lady", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Bennett, John Boles", "extract": "Careless Lady is a 1932 American comedy film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and written by Guy Bolton. The film stars Joan Bennett, John Boles, Minna Gombell, Weldon Heyburn, Nora Lane and Raul Roulien. The film was released on April 3, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Carnival Boat", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "William Boyd, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "Carnival Boat is a 1932 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by James Seymour. The film stars William Boyd, Ginger Rogers, Fred Kohler, and Hobart Bosworth. The film was released on March 21, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Central Park", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Wallace Ford, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Central Park is a 1932 United States pre-Code feature-length crime drama film directed by John G. Adolfi. This rarely seen film stars Wallace Ford and Joan Blondell and exists in a nitrate print at the Library of Congress. It has seen a DVD release by Teakwood Video." }, { "title": "Chandu the Magician", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery, Fantasy", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Bela Lugosi", "extract": "Chandu the Magician is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery-fantasy film starring Edmund Lowe as Frank Chandler and Bela Lugosi as the villain Roxor that he must stop. Based on the radio play of the same name, written by Harry A. Earnshaw, Vera M. Oldham and R.R. Morgan. The radio series was broadcast f" }, { "title": "Charlie Chan's Chance", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Marian Nixon, H. B. Warner", "extract": "Charlie Chan's Chance is a 1932 American pre-Code murder mystery film, the third to star Warner Oland as detective Charlie Chan. It is based on the 1928 novel Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers, who also contributed to the film. The film is considered to be lost." }, { "title": "Cheaters at Play", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Thomas Meighan, Charlotte Greenwood", "extract": "Cheaters at Play is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Charlotte Greenwood, William Bakewell, Ralph Morgan, Barbara Weeks and Linda Watkins. The film was released on January 27, 1932, by Fox Film Cor" }, { "title": "Cock of the Air", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Chester Morris, Billie Dove, Walter Catlett", "extract": "Cock of the Air is a 1932 American pre-Code aviation comedy film directed by Tom Buckingham and written by Charles Lederer and Robert E. Sherwood. The film stars Chester Morris, Billie Dove, Matt Moore, Walter Catlett and Luis Alberni. Cock of the Air was released on January 23, 1932, by United Arti" }, { "title": "The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "June Clyde, Norman Foster", "extract": "The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars George Sidney, Charles Murray, June Clyde, Norman Foster, Esther Howard, and Emma Dunn. The film was released on March 28, 1932, by Universal Pict" }, { "title": "Come On Danger!", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Julie Haydon", "extract": "Come On Danger! is a 1932 Pre-Code Western film, and the first film Tom Keene would make at RKO Studios. It made a profit of $30,000." }, { "title": "Come On, Tarzan", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Merna Kennedy, Niles Welch", "extract": "Come On, Tarzan is a 1932 American pre-Code western film starring Ken Maynard, Merna Kennedy, and Niles Welch." }, { "title": "The Conquerors", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Family, Western", "cast": "Richard Dix, Edna May Oliver, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "The Conquerors is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film that spans several generations in a family that lives through a series of financial crises with faith in the future of the country. It was directed by William A. Wellman, and stars Richard Dix and Ann Harding as a young couple who move from New" }, { "title": "Cornered", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Cornered is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Tim McCoy. It was produced and released by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "The County Fair", "year": 1932, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Hobart Bosworth, Marion Shilling", "extract": "The County Fair is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis King and starring Hobart Bosworth, Marion Shilling and Ralph Ince. A Kentucky Colonel and a former jockey manage to defeat a gang of criminals who hope to rig a horse race." }, { "title": "Cowboy Counsellor", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Cowboy Counsellor is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film starring Hoot Gibson and directed by George Melford. It mixed in strong elements of comedy with courtroom drama. One reviewer deemed it \"the best of Gibson's films for Allied.\"" }, { "title": "The Crash", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, George Brent", "extract": "The Crash is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Dieterle. The film is based on the 1932 novel Children of Pleasure written by Larry Barretto, and stars Ruth Chatterton as a luxury-loving wife devastated by the Wall Street crash of 1929." }, { "title": "Crashin' Broadway", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Doris Hill", "extract": "Crashin' Broadway is a 1933 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and written by Wellyn Totman." }, { "title": "The Crooked Circle", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "ZaSu Pitts, Ben Lyon, James Gleason", "extract": "The Crooked Circle is a 1932 American pre-Code film, a comedy-mystery directed by H. Bruce Humberstone." }, { "title": "Crooner", "year": 1932, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "David Manners, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Crooner is a 1932 American pre-Code musical drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring David Manners along with Ann Dvorak and Ken Murray. It concerns the abrupt rise and fall of a popular crooner, Teddy Taylor." }, { "title": "Cross-Examination", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "H. B. Warner, Sally Blane", "extract": "Cross-Examination is a 1932 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring H. B. Warner, Sally Blane and Natalie Moorhead." }, { "title": "The Crowd Roars", "year": 1932, "genres": "Sports, War", "cast": "James Cagney, Joan Blondell", "extract": "The Crowd Roars is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Howard Hawks starring James Cagney and featuring Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden, Guy Kibbee, and Frank McHugh. A film of the same name was made in 1938 with a different story, starring Robert Taylor." }, { "title": "The Crusader", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Evelyn Brent, H. B. Warner", "extract": "The Crusader is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film based upon the play of the same name by Wilson Collison, directed by Frank R. Strayer, and starring Evelyn Brent." }, { "title": "Cynara", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Phyllis Barry", "extract": "Cynara is an American pre-Code 1932 romantic drama film about a British lawyer who pays a heavy price for an affair. It stars Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, and Phyllis Barry. It is based on the 1928 novel An Imperfect Lover by Robert Gore-Browne. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin" }, { "title": "Dancers in the Dark", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, George Raft", "extract": "Dancers in the Dark is a 1932 American pre-Code film about a taxi dancer, a big band leader, and a gangster." }, { "title": "Dance Team", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Dunn, Sally Eilers", "extract": "Dance Team is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Edwin J. Burke. The film stars James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Ralph Morgan, Minna Gombell, Edward Crandall and Nora Lane. The film was released on January 17, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Daring Danger", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Alberta Vaughn", "extract": "Daring Danger is a 1932 American pre-Code Western directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "The Dark Horse", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Political", "cast": "Bette Davis, Warren William, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "The Dark Horse is a 1932 American pre-Code political comedy film, starring Warren William and Bette Davis. The movie was directed by Alfred E. Green." }, { "title": "The Death Kiss", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "David Manners, Adrienne Ames", "extract": "The Death Kiss is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film starring David Manners as a crusading studio writer, Adrienne Ames as an actress, and Bela Lugosi as a studio manager. The thriller features three leading players from the previous year's Dracula, and was the first film directed by Edwin L. Mar" }, { "title": "Deception", "year": 1932, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Leo Carillo, Thelma Todd", "extract": "Deception is a 1932 American Pre-Code sports drama centering on crooked fight promoter Jim Hurley and naive former football player Bucky O'Neill whom he dupes into becoming an untrained wrestler in fixed bouts. When Hurley's girlfriend Lola Del Mont becomes romantically attracted to O'Neill, Hurley" }, { "title": "The Dentist", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Short", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Marjorie Kane", "extract": "The Dentist is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy short starring W. C. Fields. The film is one of four shorts Fields made with the \"king of comedy,\" Mack Sennett, at Paramount. Although Sennett was near the end of his career, he found good use of the new medium of talking pictures for comedy, as the fi" }, { "title": "Destry Rides Again", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Mix, Claudia Dell, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Destry Rides Again is a 1932 American pre-Code Western movie starring Tom Mix and directed by Benjamin Stoloff, about a man framed for a crime he didn't commit, who returns to wreak havoc following his release from prison. The film was based on a novel by Max Brand. The supporting cast includes Clau" }, { "title": "Devil and the Deep", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton", "extract": "Devil and the Deep is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering, based on Maurice Larrouy's novel, and starring Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton and Cary Grant. It follows a naval commander who has alienated his wife due to his insane jealousy over every man she s" }, { "title": "The Devil Is Driving", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "The Devil is Driving is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Edmund Lowe. The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many pre-Code films. It runs a mere 63 minutes, and like many Pre-Code movies deals openly with issues like sex and violence. Lo" }, { "title": "Devil on Deck", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Reed Howes, Molly O'Day", "extract": "Devil on Deck is a 1932 Pre-code talking film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Reed Howes and Molly O'Day. It was produced and distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, a B-movie studio that turned out occasionally some successful pictures like The Great Gabbo." }, { "title": "Devil's Lottery", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Elissa Landi, Victor McLaglen, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "Devil's Lottery is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Taylor and written by Guy Bolton. The film stars Elissa Landi, Victor McLaglen, Alexander Kirkland, Ralph Morgan, Paul Cavanagh and Barbara Weeks. The film was released on March 27, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Discarded Lovers", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Natalie Moorhead, Russell Hopton, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "Discarded Lovers is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer." }, { "title": "Disorderly Conduct", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Sally Eilers", "extract": "Disorderly Conduct is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by John W. Considine Jr. starring Spencer Tracy, Sally Eilers and Ralph Bellamy. It was the seventh picture Tracy made under his contract with Fox Film Corporation, and the first to make a profit since his debut Up the River." }, { "title": "Divorce in the Family", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Conrad Nagel, Lewis Stone", "extract": "Divorce in the Family is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Delmer Daves. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Conrad Nagel, Lewis Stone, Lois Wilson and Jean Parker. It was released on August 27, 1932, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Divorce Racket", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Rennie, Olive Borden", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Docks of San Francisco", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Mary Nolan, Marjorie Beebe", "extract": "Docks of San Francisco is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Mary Nolan, Jason Robards Sr. and Marjorie Beebe. It was originally released by Mayfair Pictures, and later re-released by Commonwealth Pictures in 1948. The film was long considered to be a lost f" }, { "title": "Doctor X", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Horror, Mystery", "cast": "Fay Wray, Lionel Atwill, Lee Tracy", "extract": "Doctor X is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery horror film produced jointly by First National and Warner Bros. Based on the 1931 play originally titled The Terror by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller, it was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray and Lee Tracy." }, { "title": "Doomed Battalion", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Luis Trenker, Tala Birell", "extract": "Doomed Battalion is a 1932 American drama film directed by Cyril Gardner and written by Karl Hartl, Patrick Kearney, Paul Perez and Luis Trenker. The film stars Luis Trenker, Tala Birell, Albert Conti, Victor Varconi, Henry Armetta and Gustav von Seyffertitz. The film was released on June 16, 1932, " }, { "title": "Down to Earth", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Dorothy Jordan", "extract": "Down to Earth is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Will Rogers, Dorothy Jordan and Irene Rich. It is a sequel to the 1929 film They Had to See Paris, with the Peters family returning to America where their wealthy lifestyle is suddenly hit by the Great Depres" }, { "title": "Downstairs", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Hedda Hopper", "extract": "Downstairs is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film. It stars John Gilbert as a charming but self-serving chauffeur who wreaks havoc on his new employer's household, romancing and fleecing the women on the staff, and blackmailing the employer's wife. Gilbert had written the story in 1928 for a propose" }, { "title": "The Drifter", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Farnum, Noah Beery Sr., Phyllis Barrington", "extract": "The Drifter is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. O'Connor." }, { "title": "Drifting Souls", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lois Wilson, Theodore von Eltz, Raymond Hatton", "extract": "Drifting Souls is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Louis King and starring Lois Wilson, Theodore von Eltz and Raymond Hatton." }, { "title": "Dynamite Denny", "year": 1932, "genres": "Action, Drama", "cast": "Jay Wilsey, Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "Dynamite Denny is a 1932 American drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer from an original screenplay by W. Scott Darling. The film stars Jay Wilsey, Blanche Mehaffey, and William V. Mong. Produced by Action Pictures, it was distributed through Mayfair pictures, and was released on May 27, 1932." }, { "title": "Dynamite Ranch", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Ruth Hall", "extract": "Dynamite Ranch is a 1932 American Western film directed by Forrest Sheldon and written by Barry Barrington. The film stars Ken Maynard, Ruth Hall, Alan Roscoe, Martha Mattox, Arthur Hoyt and Albert J. Smith. The film was produced by K.B.S. Productions released on July 31, 1932, by Sono Art-World Wid" }, { "title": "Emma", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt", "extract": "Emma is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Marie Dressler, written by Leonard Praskins from a story by Frances Marion, and directed by Clarence Brown. The supporting cast features Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt and Myrna Loy." }, { "title": "End of the Trail", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Luana Walters, Wheeler Oakman", "extract": "End of the Trail is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "Escapade", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jameson Thomas, Sally Blane", "extract": "Escapade is a 1932 Pre-Code American crime film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jameson Thomas, Sally Blane and Anthony Bushell. It is also known by the alternative title of Dangerous Ground." }, { "title": "Evenings for Sale", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Herbert Marshall, Sari Maritza", "extract": "Evenings for Sale is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Stuart Walker and written by S.K. Lauren, Agnes Brand Leahy and I. A. R. Wylie. The film stars Herbert Marshall, Sari Maritza, Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, George Barbier and Bert Roach. The film was released on November 12, 1932" }, { "title": "The Expert", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Charles Sale, Dickie Moore, Lois Wilson", "extract": "The Expert is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama directed by Archie Mayo and starring Chic Sale and Dickie Moore. It is based on a 1924 Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman play, Minick, which is based on the short story \"Old Man Minick\" by Ferber. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Bro" }, { "title": "Exposed", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "William Collier Jr., Barbara Kent, Raymond Hatton", "extract": "Exposed is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Albert Herman and starring William Collier Jr., Barbara Kent and Raymond Hatton. It was released in Britain by Butcher's Film Service under the alternative title of\tStrange Roads." }, { "title": "Exposure", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lila Lee, Walter Byron", "extract": "Exposure is a 1932 American drama film directed by Norman Houston and starring Lila Lee, Walter Byron and Tully Marshall." }, { "title": "The Face on the Barroom Floor", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Dulcie Cooper, Bramwell Fletcher", "extract": "The Face on the Barroom Floor is a 1932 pre-Code American crime film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Dulcie Cooper, Bramwell Fletcher and Alice Ward." }, { "title": "Faithless", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Tallulah Bankhead, Robert Montgomery, Hugh Herbert", "extract": "Faithless is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film about a spoiled socialite who learns a sharp lesson when she loses all her money during the Great Depression. The film stars Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Montgomery and is based on Mildred Cram's novel Tinfoil, which was the film's working ti" }, { "title": "False Faces", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Peggy Shannon, Lila Lee", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Famous Ferguson Case", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell", "extract": "The Famous Ferguson Case is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell and Vivienne Osborne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Okey." }, { "title": "A Farewell to Arms", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, War, Romance", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou", "extract": "A Farewell to Arms is a 1932 American pre-Code romance drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, and Adolphe Menjou. Based on the 1929 semi-autobiographical novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, with a screenplay by Oliver H. P. Garrett and Benjamin Glazer, " }, { "title": "Fast Companions", "year": 1932, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Tom Brown, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "Fast Companions is a 1932 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Tom Brown, Maureen O'Sullivan and James Gleason." }, { "title": "Fast Life", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "William Haines, Madge Evans, Conrad Nagel", "extract": "Fast Life is a 1932 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film starring William Haines and Madge Evans, directed by Harry A. Pollard and is based upon the story Let's Go by E.J. Rath." }, { "title": "The Fighting Champ", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Arletta Duncan", "extract": "The Fighting Champ is a 1932 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and written by Wellyn Totman. The film stars Bob Steele, Arletta Duncan, Kit Guard, George Chesebro, George \"Gabby\" Hayes and Charles King. The film was released on December 15, 1932, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "The Fighting Fool", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Marceline Day", "extract": "The Fighting Fool is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and released by Columbia Pictures starring Tim McCoy, Marceline Day, and William V. Mong." }, { "title": "Fighting for Justice", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Joyce Compton", "extract": "Fighting for Justice is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film, directed by Otto Brower. It stars Tim McCoy and Joyce Compton." }, { "title": "The Fighting Gentleman", "year": 1932, "genres": "Sport, Drama, Sports", "cast": "William Collier Jr., Josephine Dunn", "extract": "The Fighting Gentleman is a 1932 American pre-Code sports-drama film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer with William Collier, Jr. and Josephine Dunn in the leads." }, { "title": "The Final Edition", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Mae Clarke, Bradley Page", "extract": "The Final Edition is a 1932 American crime drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Pat O'Brien, Mae Clark and Morgan Wallace. Made by Columbia Pictures, it is based on a story by Roy Chanslor." }, { "title": "Fireman, Save My Child", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Lilian Bond", "extract": "Fireman, Save My Child is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film starring comedian Joe E. Brown and directed by Lloyd Bacon. The picture was produced by the First National Pictures and released by their parent Warner Brothers. The supporting cast features Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond and Guy Kibbee." }, { "title": "The First Year", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell", "extract": "The First Year is a 1932 American pre-Code film based on a 1920 play of the same name that originally ran on Broadway at the Little Theatre. The play was written by Frank Craven and produced by John Golden. It closed in 1922 after 760 performances." }, { "title": "Flames", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Noel Francis", "extract": "Flames is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Karl Brown and starring Johnny Mack Brown, George Cooper and Noel Francis. It follows the adventures of two young firefighters and the girlfriends they meet after rescuing their stranded cat." }, { "title": "Flaming Guns", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Mix, Ruth Hall", "extract": "Flaming Guns is a 1932 American Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and written by Jack Cunningham. The film stars Tom Mix, William Farnum, Ruth Hall, Clarence Wilson, George Hackathorne and Duke R. Lee. The film was released on December 22, 1932, by Universal Pictures. It was based on a story by" }, { "title": "Flesh", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley", "extract": "Flesh is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Wallace Beery as a German wrestler. Some of the script was written by Moss Hart and an uncredited William Faulkner, and the film was co-produced and directed by John Ford, who removed his director's credit from the picture." }, { "title": "Flowers and Trees", "year": 1932, "genres": "Animated", "cast": "", "extract": "Flowers and Trees is a 1932 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Burt Gillett, and released to theatres by United Artists on July 30, 1932. It was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full-color three-strip Technicolor process after several years of two" }, { "title": "A Fool's Advice", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Frank Fay, Nat Pendleton", "extract": "A Fool's Advice is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Ralph Ceder. The film is also known as His Honor the Mayor and Meet the Mayor. It was produced by its star, Frank Fay, and released by Warner Bros. Pictures." }, { "title": "Forbidden", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Forbidden is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, and Ralph Bellamy. An original story inspired by the 1931 novel Back Street by Fannie Hurst, with a screenplay by Jo Swerling, the film is about a young librarian who falls in " }, { "title": "Forbidden Company", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Blane, John Darrow", "extract": "Forbidden Company is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Sally Blane, John Darrow and John St. Polis." }, { "title": "Forbidden Trail", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "Forbidden Trail is a 1932 American pre-Code\nwestern film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks and George Cooper." }, { "title": "Forgotten Commandments", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sari Maritza, Gene Raymond, Marguerite Churchill", "extract": "Forgotten Commandments is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and William Schorr and written by James B. Fagan and Agnes Brand Leahy. The film stars Sari Maritza, Gene Raymond, Marguerite Churchill, Irving Pichel, Harry Beresford and Kent Taylor. The film was released on" }, { "title": "The Forty-Niners", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Betty Mack", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Fourth Horseman", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Mix, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "The Fourth Horseman is a 1932 American Western film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Jack Cunningham. The film stars Tom Mix, Margaret Lindsay, Fred Kohler, Donald Kirke, Raymond Hatton and Buddy Roosevelt. It was released on September 25, 1932, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Freaks", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Horror", "cast": "Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova", "extract": "Freaks is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film produced and directed by Tod Browning, starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, and Roscoe Ates." }, { "title": "Frisco Jenny", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern", "extract": "Frisco Jenny is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Ruth Chatterton and Louis Calhern. Its storyline bears a resemblance to Chatterton's previous hit film, Madame X (1929)." }, { "title": "The Gambling Sex", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Hall, Grant Withers", "extract": "The Gambling Sex is a 1932 American drama film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Ruth Hall, Grant Withers and Maston Williams." }, { "title": "The Gay Buckaroo", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Roy D'Arcy", "extract": "The Gay Buckaroo is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Hoot Gibson, Merna Kennedy, and Roy D'Arcy, and was released on January 17, 1932." }, { "title": "The Gay Caballero", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Victor McLaglen", "extract": "The Gay Caballero is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Barry Conners and Philip Klein. The film stars George O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Conchita Montenegro, Linda Watkins, C. Henry Gordon and Weldon Heyburn. The film's screenplay was adapted from the no" }, { "title": "Get That Girl", "year": 1932, "genres": "Action, Mystery", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Shirley Grey, Carl Stockdale", "extract": "Get That Girl is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by George Crone and starring Richard Talmadge, Shirley Grey and Fred Malatesta." }, { "title": "Ghost City", "year": 1932, "genres": "Action, Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, Helen Foster", "extract": "Ghost City is a 1932 American western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Bill Cody, Andy Shuford and Helen Foster. It was distributed by Monogram Pictures which specialized in low-budget second features, many of them westerns." }, { "title": "Ghost Valley", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Merna Kennedy", "extract": "Ghost Valley is a 1932 American pre-Code film starring Tom Keene. It made a profit of $20,000." }, { "title": "Girl Crazy", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey", "extract": "Girl Crazy is a 1932 American pre-Code musical film adaptation of the 1930 stage play of the same name. The film was very unlike the stage play except for its score. It was tailored for the comic talents of Wheeler & Woolsey, a popular comedy team of the time. Three songs written by George and Ira G" }, { "title": "The Girl from Calgary", "year": 1932, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Fifi D'Orsay, Paul Kelly", "extract": "The Girl from Calgary is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Phil Whitman, and starring Fifi D'Orsay and Paul Kelly." }, { "title": "The Girl from Chicago", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Grace Smith, Carl Mahon, Juano Hernandez", "extract": "The Girl from Chicago is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, with an all-African-American cast including lead actors Grace Smith and Carl Mahon. The story concerns a federal agent who falls in love while on assignment in Mississippi. He helps his lover escape" }, { "title": "Girl of the Rio", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance, Musical", "cast": "Dolores del Río, Leo Carrillo", "extract": "Girl of the Rio is a 1932 American Pre-Code RKO musical film starred Dolores del Río and Leo Carrillo. Directed by Herbert Brenon, the screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan and Louis Stevens, based on the play, The Dove by Willard Mack, which was itself based on a magazine article by Gerald Bea" }, { "title": "Gold", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Hoxie, Alice Day, Lafe McKee", "extract": "Gold is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower. An early sound B western, the film starred Jack Hoxie in the second of his six sound westerns, featuring Hooper Atchley as the villain Kramer. The film also marked the last screen appearance of silent movie actress Alice Day." }, { "title": "The Golden West", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Marion Burns", "extract": "The Golden West is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by David Howard and written by Gordon Rigby. The film stars George O'Brien, Janet Chandler, Marion Burns, Arthur Pierson, Onslow Stevens and Emmett Corrigan. It is based on the novel The Last Trail by Zane Grey. The film was released " }, { "title": "Gorilla Ship", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Ralph Ince, Vera Reynolds, Reed Howes", "extract": "Gorilla Ship is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Strayer from an original screenplay by George Waggner. Starring Ralph Ince, Vera Reynolds, and Reed Howes, the film was produced by Ralph M. Like, Ltd. and distributed by Mayfair Pictures. It was released on June 11, 1932." }, { "title": "Grand Hotel", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford", "extract": "Grand Hotel is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay by William A. Drake is based on the 1930 play of the same title by Drake, who had adapted it from the 1929 novel Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum. To date, it is the only" }, { "title": "The Greeks Had a Word for Them", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Madge Evans", "extract": "The Greeks Had a Word for Them is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lowell Sherman, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and released by United Artists. It stars Ina Claire, Joan Blondell, and Madge Evans and is based on the play The Greeks Had a Word for It by Zoe Akins. The studio originally" }, { "title": "Guilty as Hell", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Richard Arlen", "extract": "Guilty as Hell is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Arthur Kober and Frank Partos. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Richard Arlen, Adrienne Ames, Henry Stephenson, Ralph Ince and Noel Francis. The film was released on August 5, 1932, by Param" }, { "title": "Guilty or Not Guilty (film)", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Betty Compson, Claudia Dell", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Guns for Hire", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lane Chandler, Neal Hart", "extract": "Guns for Hire is a 1932 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Lane Chandler, Sally Darling and Neal Hart." }, { "title": "The Half-Naked Truth", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lupe Vélez, Lee Tracy, Franklin Pangborn", "extract": "The Half-Naked Truth is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava. The plot involves Lee Tracy as a carnival pitchman who finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer played by Lupe Vélez, into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario portrayed by Frank Mo" }, { "title": "Handle with Care", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Dunn, Boots Mallory", "extract": "Handle with Care is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by David Butler and starring James Dunn, Boots Mallory, and El Brendel. Victor Jory appears in a supporting role. The film's working title was Divided by Two." }, { "title": "Harlem Is Heaven", "year": 1932, "genres": "Musical, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Anise Boyer, Bill Robinson, Eubie Blake", "extract": "Harlem Is Heaven is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama and musical film directed by Irwin Franklyn and featuring a virtually all African-American cast. Bill \"Bojangles\" Robinson stars in his first leading role on screen, along with Putney Dandridge, John Mason, and some of the top entertainers of " }, { "title": "Hat Check Girl", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Sally Eilers, Ben Lyon, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "Hat Check Girl is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Barry Conners and Philip Klein. The film stars Sally Eilers, Ben Lyon, Ginger Rogers and Monroe Owsley. The film was released on October 8, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Hatchet Man", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young", "extract": "The Hatchet Man (1932) is a pre-Code film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Edward G. Robinson. Warner Bros. had purchased the David Belasco/Achmed Abdullah play The Honorable Mr. Wong about the Tong gang wars. Made during the few years before strict enforcement of the Production Code, The" }, { "title": "Haunted Gold", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Blue Washington", "extract": "Haunted Gold is a 1932 Pre-Production Code, American Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring John Wayne. It is a remake of the 1928 film The Phantom City, starring Ken Maynard and his horse Tarzan. Filmed in 1932, two years before the implementation of Hollywood's Production Code, the f" }, { "title": "He Learned About Women", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Alison Skipworth", "extract": "He Learned About Women is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and written by Lloyd Corrigan, Harlan Thompson and Ray Harris. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Susan Fleming, Alison Skipworth, Gordon Westcott, Grant Mitchell, and Sidney Toler. The film was released on November " }, { "title": "The Heart of New York", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Sidney, Ruth Hall", "extract": "The Heart of New York is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring the vaudeville team of Smith & Dale and George Sidney. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and based on the Broadway play Mendel, Inc. by David Freedman." }, { "title": "The Heart Punch", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lloyd Hughes, Marion Shilling, Mae Busch", "extract": "The Heart Punch is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by B. Reeves Eason, and starring Lloyd Hughes, Marion Shilling and Mae Busch. It was one of the first films from Mayfair Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola." }, { "title": "Hearts of Humanity", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Hersholt, Claudia Dell", "extract": "Hearts of Humanity is a 1932 American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Jean Hersholt, Jackie Searl, and J. Farrell MacDonald, and was released on September 1, 1932." }, { "title": "Hello Trouble", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Lina Basquette", "extract": "Hello Trouble is a 1932 American pre-Code Western movie directed by Lambert Hillyer. The film stars Buck Jones and Lina Basquette." }, { "title": "Hell Fire Austin", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Nat Pendleton", "extract": "Hell-Fire Austin is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Forrest Sheldon." }, { "title": "Hell's Headquarters", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Mulhall, Barbara Weeks, Frank Mayo", "extract": "Hell's Headquarters is a 1932 American pre-Code \"jungle adventure\" film directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Jack Mulhall, Barbara Weeks, and Frank Mayo. Set in contemporary Africa, it portrays the search by an American big-game hunter and others for a large and highly valuable cache of elephant" }, { "title": "Hell's Highway", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "Hell's Highway is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Rowland Brown." }, { "title": "Hell's House", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien, Junior Durkin", "extract": "Hell's House is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film starring Junior Durkin, featuring Bette Davis and directed by Howard Higgin. The screenplay by Paul Gangelin and B. Harrison Orkow, set during the waning days of the Prohibition era, is based on a story by Higgin." }, { "title": "Her Mad Night", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Conway Tearle, Irene Rich", "extract": "Her Mad Night is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Conway Tearle, Irene Rich and Mary Carlisle. It is also known by the title Held For Murder." }, { "title": "Heritage of the Desert", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Sally Blane", "extract": "Heritage of the Desert is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott and Sally Blane. This was the first movie that Henry Hathaway directed." }, { "title": "Hidden Gold", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Mix, Raymond Hatton", "extract": "Hidden Gold is a 1932 American Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and written by James Mulhauser and Jack Natteford. The film stars Tom Mix, Judith Barrie, Raymond Hatton, Eddie Gribbon, Donald Kirke and Wallis Clark. The film was released on November 3, 1932, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Hidden Valley", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Gertrude Messinger", "extract": "Hidden Valley is a 1932 American western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Bob Steele, Gertrude Messinger and Francis McDonald." }, { "title": "High Pressure", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "William Powell, Evelyn Brent", "extract": "High Pressure is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring William Powell and Evelyn Brent. It is based on the play Hot Money by Aben Kandel. The film is preserved at the Library of Congress and in the Warner Archive." }, { "title": "High Speed", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Buck Jones, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "High Speed is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "Hold 'Em Jail", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey", "extract": "Hold 'Em Jail is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Wheeler and Woolsey. They play a couple of boobs who are wrongfully convicted for firearm possession and sent to prison, where they somehow end up playing on the warden's football team." }, { "title": "Hollywood Speaks", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Genevieve Tobin, Pat O'Brien", "extract": "Hollywood Speaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film." }, { "title": "Honor of the Mounted", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Stanley Blystone", "extract": "Honor of the Mounted is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Tom Tyler, Stanley Blystone and Francis McDonald." }, { "title": "The Honor of the Press", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Edward Nugent, Rita La Roy, Dorothy Gulliver", "extract": "The Honor of the Press is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Edward J. Nugent, Rita La Roy and Dorothy Gulliver. It was produced as a second feature for release by Mayfair Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola." }, { "title": "The Horror", "year": 1932, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Leslie King, Nyreda Montez", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Horse Feathers", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Thelma Todd", "extract": "Horse Feathers is a 1932 pre-Code comedy film starring the Marx Brothers. It stars the Four Marx Brothers, Thelma Todd and David Landau. It was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, and Will B. Johnstone. Kalmar and Ruby also wrote the original songs for the film. Several of the film's" }, { "title": "Hot Saturday", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Cary Grant", "extract": "Hot Saturday is a 1932 American pre-Code \"programmer\" drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, and Randolph Scott. This was Grant's first role as a leading man. Based on the novel Hot Saturday by Harvey Fergusson, the film is about a pretty, virtuous small-tow" }, { "title": "Hotel Continental", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Peggy Shannon, Theodore von Eltz", "extract": "Hotel Continental is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Peggy Shannon, Theodore von Eltz and J. Farrell MacDonald. Various criminals search for loot stashed in a luxury hotel which is about to close." }, { "title": "Huddle", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "Ramon Novarro, Madge Evans", "extract": "Huddle is a 1932 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Ramon Novarro, Madge Evans, Ralph Graves and Una Merkel. This was the first of two films Ramon Novarro would make in 1932, and his first after appearing in the acclaimed, successful Mata Hari." }, { "title": "Hypnotized", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Murray, Ernest Torrence, Wallace Ford", "extract": "Hypnotized is a 1932 American comedy film directed by Mack Sennett. The film presents various comic plotlines about a group of circus performers on a transatlantic crossing. The plots include a prize ticket winner being hoodwinked by a crooked hypnotist and his attempts to recover the winning ticket" }, { "title": "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a 1932 American pre-Code crime-drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932. The film received positive reviews and three Academy Award nomina" }, { "title": "If I Had a Million", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, W. C. Fields", "extract": "If I Had a Million is a 1932 American pre-Code Paramount Studios anthology film starring Gary Cooper, George Raft, Charles Laughton, W.C. Fields, Jack Oakie, Frances Dee and Charlie Ruggles, among others. There were seven directors: Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Norman Z. McLeod, J" }, { "title": "The Impatient Maiden", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, Una Merkel", "extract": "The Impatient Maiden is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by James Whale, starring Lew Ayres and Mae Clarke, and released by Universal Pictures. The screenplay was written by Richard Schayer and Winifred Dunn, based on the novel The Impatient Virgin, by Donald Henderson Clarke." }, { "title": "Island of Lost Souls", "year": 1932, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Bela Lugosi", "extract": "Island of Lost Souls is a 1932 American science fiction horror film that was directed by Erle C. Kenton and produced by Paramount Productions. The film is based on H. G. Wells' 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau, and stars Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen and Kathleen Burke. Island of Lost Souls " }, { "title": "Is My Face Red?", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond", "extract": "Is My Face Red? is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Ben Markson and Casey Robinson. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond, Robert Armstrong and Arline Judge. It was released on June 17, 1932 by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "It's Tough to Be Famous", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Brian", "extract": "It's Tough to Be Famous is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Robert Lord. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mary Brian, Emma Dunn, Walter Catlett and David Landau. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 2, 1932." }, { "title": "Jenny Lind", "year": 1932, "genres": "Musical, Biography", "cast": "Grace Moore, Andre Luguet", "extract": "Jenny Lind is a 1932 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Grace Moore, André Luguet and André Berley. It is a French-language remake of the 1930 film A Lady's Morals, which also starred Moore but had a largely different cast and crew. Alternative language versions w" }, { "title": "Jewel Robbery", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Crime, Action, Romance", "cast": "William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson", "extract": "Jewel Robbery is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy heist film, directed by William Dieterle and starring William Powell and Kay Francis. It is based on the 1931 Hungarian play Ékszerrablás a Váci-utcában by Ladislas Fodor and its subsequent English adaptation, Jewel Robbery by Bertram Bloch." }, { "title": "The Kid from Spain", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Eddie Cantor, Lyda Roberti", "extract": "The Kid from Spain is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Leo McCarey. Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar composed the songs, and Busby Berkeley is credited with creating and directing the film's musical scenes. It was Jane Wyman's film debut." }, { "title": "The King Murder", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Conway Tearle, Natalie Moorhead", "extract": "The King Murder is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Conway Tearle, Natalie Moorhead and Marceline Day." }, { "title": "Klondike", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Thelma Todd, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "Klondike is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Phil Rosen about a man who is put on trial for manslaughter after a surgery on a patient's brain goes awry. The film is also known as The Doctor's Sacrifice in the United Kingdom. It was silent film star Priscilla Dean's final film." }, { "title": "Kongo", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Walter Huston, Lupe Vélez", "extract": "Kongo is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by William J. Cowen and starring Walter Huston, Lupe Vélez, Conrad Nagel, and Virginia Bruce. It is an adaptation of the 1926 Broadway play of the same name that starred Huston as well. The film is also a remake of the 1928 silent film West of Zanzibar" }, { "title": "Ladies of the Jury", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Roscoe Ates", "extract": "Ladies of the Jury is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lowell Sherman and written by Marion Dix, Edward Salisbury Field and Eddie Welch based on the 1929 play of the same name by John Frederick Ballard. The film stars Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Ken Murray, Roscoe Ates and Kitty Ke" }, { "title": "Lady and Gent", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Bancroft, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "Lady and Gent is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts for Paramount, featuring a young Charles Starrett, Syd Saylor and an early supporting role by John Wayne." }, { "title": "Lady with a Past", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon", "extract": "Lady with a Past is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Constance Bennett as a shy and very proper young lady who decides to invent a scandalous past for herself to spice up her life. It is based on the novel of the same name by Harriet Henry." }, { "title": "The Last Man", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery, War", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Constance Cummings", "extract": "The Last Man is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Charles Bickford, Constance Cummings and Alec B. Francis." }, { "title": "The Last Mile", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Preston Foster, Noel Madison", "extract": "The Last Mile is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Samuel Bischoff and starring Preston Foster.\nThe picture is based on John Wexley's 1930 Broadway play, The Last Mile. Actor Howard Phillips appeared in both the play and the film but in different roles. In 1959, the play was adap" }, { "title": "Law and Lawless", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Hoxie, Julian Rivero", "extract": "Law and Lawless is a 1932 American pre-Code western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Jack Hoxie, Julian Rivero, and Yakima Canutt. It was released on November 30, 1932, by Majestic Pictures." }, { "title": "Law and Order", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Harry Woods", "extract": "Law and Order is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film starring Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Andy Devine, Russell Hopton and Russell Simpson. It was the first movie to depict the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, in Tombstone, Arizona." }, { "title": "Law of the Sea", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Farnum, Priscilla Dean, Sally Blane", "extract": "The Law of the Sea is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Otto Brower, and starring William Farnum, Sally Blane and Rex Bell, as well as Priscilla Dean in one of her last films. Produced by Chadwick Pictures and originally distributed through Monogram Pictures, the film has had several v" }, { "title": "Law of the North", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, William L. Thorne", "extract": "Law of the North is a 1932 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Bill Cody, Andy Shuford and Nadine Dore. It was the penultimate Monogram Pictures eight-film Western film series \"the Bill and Andy series\", with Bill Cody co-starring with child actor Andy Shuford." }, { "title": "Law of the West", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Nancy Drexel", "extract": "Law of the West is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury starring his son Bob Steele." }, { "title": "Lawless Valley", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lane Chandler, Gertrude Messinger", "extract": "Lawless Valley is a 1932 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Lane Chandler, Gertrude Messinger and Richard Cramer." }, { "title": "Lawyer Man", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Powell, Joan Blondell", "extract": "Lawyer Man is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Dieterle, based on the novel by Max Trell. The film stars William Powell and Joan Blondell. It was produced by Warner Bros. By the time of the release, several actors were credited in the studio, but were not seen in the film. The" }, { "title": "Lena Rivers", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charlotte Henry, Beryl Mercer", "extract": "Lena Rivers, aka The Sin of Lena Rivers, is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Phil Rosen based on the 1856 novel by Mary Jane Holmes. Filmed on several occasions throughout the silent era." }, { "title": "Letty Lynton", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery", "extract": "Letty Lynton is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery and Nils Asther. The film was directed by Clarence Brown and based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes; the novel itself is based on an historical murder allegedly committed " }, { "title": "Life Begins", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, Eric Linden", "extract": "Life Begins is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon, and Glenda Farrell. The film was adapted from the 1932 play of the same name by Mary M. Axelson. It was released by Warner Bros. on September 10, 1932. The film was praised for its honest portraya" }, { "title": "Life Goes On", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Elsie Randolph, Betty Stockfeld", "extract": "\n\nLife Goes On is a 1932 British crime film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Elsie Randolph, Betty Stockfeld and Warwick Ward. It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios as a supporting feature for release by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Little Orphan Annie", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mitzi Green, May Robson", "extract": "Little Orphan Annie is a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem \"Little Orphant Annie\" by James Whitcomb Riley, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York Daily News." }, { "title": "The Local Bad Man", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Sally Blane", "extract": "The Local Bad Man is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower." }, { "title": "The Lone Trail", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Lease, Virginia Brown Faire", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Lost Squadron", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, War, Action", "cast": "Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Erich von Stroheim", "extract": "The Lost Squadron is a 1932 American pre-Code drama, action, film starring Richard Dix, Mary Astor, and Robert Armstrong, with Erich von Stroheim and Joel McCrea in supporting roles, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the novel The Lost Squadron (1932) by Dick Grace, the film is about thre" }, { "title": "Love Affair", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Humphrey Bogart, Hale Hamilton", "extract": "Love Affair is a 1932 American pre-Code romance film based on Ursula Parrott's short story of the same name. The film is directed by Thornton Freeland and produced by Columbia Pictures. Love Affair follows an adventurous socialite, who is in love with an aviation designer." }, { "title": "Love Bound", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Jack Mulhall, Natalie Moorhead, Clara Kimball Young", "extract": "Love Bound is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Jack Mulhall, Natalie Moorhead, Clara Kimball Young. It is a second feature produced by the Poverty Row studio Peerless Pictures. The film is also known as Murder on the High Seas, the alternative title it wa" }, { "title": "Love in High Gear", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alberta Vaughn, Tyrell Davis", "extract": "Love in High Gear is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring silent veteran Harrison Ford in his final film role and co–starring Alberta Vaughn,Tyrell Davis and Arthur Hoyt. It was released by the independent Mayfair Pictures." }, { "title": "Love Is a Racket", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Love Is a Racket is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Ann Dvorak. The movie was written by Courtney Terrett from the novel by Rian James, and directed by William A. Wellman." }, { "title": "Love Me Tonight", "year": 1932, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Ruggles", "extract": "Love Me Tonight is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy film produced and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, with music by Rodgers and Hart. It stars Maurice Chevalier as a tailor who poses as a nobleman and Jeanette MacDonald as a princess with whom he falls in love. It also stars Charles Ruggles as " }, { "title": "Lovers Courageous", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans", "extract": "Lovers Courageous is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Frederick Lonsdale. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Roland Young, Frederick Kerr, Reginald Owen and Beryl Mercer. The film was released on January 23, 1932, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Lucky Larrigan", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Helen Foster, Stanley Blystone", "extract": "Lucky Larrigan is a 1932 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Wellyn Totman. The film stars Rex Bell, Helen Foster, Stanley Blystone, Julian Rivero, John Elliott and Gordon De Main. The film was released on December 1, 1932, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Madame Butterfly", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Irving Pichel", "extract": "Madame Butterfly is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering, based on David Belasco's play and the story by John Luther Long. It was adapted by Josephine Lovett and Joseph Moncure March. It stars Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney. Music is credited to W. Franke Harling, cinematograp" }, { "title": "Madame Racketeer", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alison Skipworth, Richard Bennett, George Raft", "extract": "Madame Racketeer is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film featuring Alison Skipworth, Richard Bennett and George Raft. The movie was directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Alexander Hall. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Madison Square Garden", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Marian Nixon, William Boyd", "extract": "Madison Square Garden is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Thomson Burtis, Allen Rivkin and P.J. Wolfson." }, { "title": "Make Me a Star", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Make Me a Star is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin and ZaSu Pitts. The film is a remake of the 1924 silent film Merton of the Movies, based upon the 1922 novel of that name, and the 1923 play adapted from the novel by" }, { "title": "Malay Nights", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Dorothy Burgess, Ralph Ince", "extract": "Malay Nights is a 1932 American drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Dorothy Burgess and Raymond Hatton. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature for release by Mayfair Pictures. It is also known by the alternative title Shadows of Singapore." }, { "title": "Manhattan Tower", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mary Brian, Irene Rich", "extract": "Manhattan Tower is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Frank R. Strayer starring Mary Brian and James Hall." }, { "title": "Man About Town", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Karen Morley", "extract": "Man About Town is a 1932 American drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by Leon Gordon. The film stars Warner Baxter, Karen Morley, Conway Tearle, Alan Mowbray, Leni Stengel and Lilian Bond. The film was released on May 22, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Man Against Woman", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jack Holt, Lillian Miles", "extract": "Man Against Woman is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Jack Holt, Lillian Miles and Walter Connolly. The film was originally known as Plainclothes Man." }, { "title": "The Man Called Back", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Doris Kenyon", "extract": "The Man Called Back is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Robert Florey." }, { "title": "The Man from Arizona", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Nat Carr", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Man from Hell's Edges", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Nancy Drexel", "extract": "The Man from Hell's Edges is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film starring Bob Steele, written and direct by Steele's father, Robert N. Bradbury, for Trem Carr Pictures. It was released in the United States on June 15, 1932." }, { "title": "The Man from New Mexico", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Caryl Lincoln", "extract": "The Man from New Mexico is a 1932 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Tom Tyler, Caryl Lincoln and Robert D. Walker." }, { "title": "The Man from Yesterday", "year": 1932, "genres": "War, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Clive Brook", "extract": "The Man from Yesterday is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic war drama film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Berthold Viertel, and written by Oliver H. P. Garrett, based on a story by Neil Blackwell and Rowland G. Edwards." }, { "title": "Man Wanted", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Kay Francis, David Manners", "extract": "Man Wanted is a pre-Code 1932 romance film starring Kay Francis as a married magazine editor who hires a handsome secretary, David Manners. The film features Una Merkel and Andy Devine in supporting roles." }, { "title": "The Man Who Played God", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, George Arliss, Violet Heming", "extract": "The Man Who Played God is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by John G. Adolfi. George Arliss stars as a concert pianist embittered by the loss of his hearing, who eventually finds redemption by helping others; it also features a then little-known Bette Dav" }, { "title": "A Man's Land", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Marion Shilling", "extract": "A Man's Land is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film, written by Adele Buffington and directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Hoot Gibson, Marion Shilling, and Robert Ellis, and was released on June 11, 1932." }, { "title": "Mark of the Spur", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Custer, Lillian Rich", "extract": "Mark of the Spur is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Custer, Lillian Rich and George Chesebro." }, { "title": "The Mask of Fu Manchu", "year": 1932, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction, Adventure", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley", "extract": "The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) is an American pre-Code adventure film directed by Charles Brabin. Written by Irene Kuhn, Edgar Allan Woolf and John Willard, it was based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Sax Rohmer. Starring Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu, and featuring Myrna Loy as his depraved daugh" }, { "title": "Mason of the Mounted", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, Nancy Drexel", "extract": "Mason of the Mounted is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser. It was the fourth Monogram Pictures eight-film Western film series \"the Bill and Andy series\" with Bill Cody co-starring with child actor Andy Shuford." }, { "title": "The Match King", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warren William, Lili Damita", "extract": "The Match King is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film made by First National Pictures, directed by William Keighley and Howard Bretherton. The film starred Warren William and Lili Damita, and follows the rise and fall of Swedish safety match tycoon Ivar Kreuger. Based on the novel by Einar Thorvalds" }, { "title": "McKenna of the Mounted", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Greta Granstedt", "extract": "McKenna of the Mounted is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman. A print is housed in the Library of Congress collection." }, { "title": "Me and My Gal", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett", "extract": "Me and My Gal is a 1932 American pre-Code crime romantic comedy-drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett, directed by Raoul Walsh, and released by the Fox Film Corporation. The film tells the story of jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan (Tracy), who falls in love with waterfront cafe waitre" }, { "title": "The Menace", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "H. B. Warner, Bette Davis, Natalie Moorhead", "extract": "The Menace is a 1932 American pre-Code American crime drama film directed by Roy William Neill. The screenplay by Roy Chanslor, Dorothy Howell, and Charles Logue is based on the 1927 novel The Feathered Serpent by Edgar Wallace." }, { "title": "Men Are Such Fools", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Vivienne Osborne", "extract": "Men Are Such Fools is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Nigh and written by Viola Brothers Shore and Ethel Doherty. The film stars Leo Carrillo, Vivienne Osborne, Una Merkel, Joseph Cawthorn and Tom Moore. The film was released on November 11, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Men of America", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Dorothy Wilson", "extract": "Men of America is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Ralph Ince and written by Samuel Ornitz and Jack Jungmeyer. The film stars William Boyd, Charles \"Chic\" Sale, Dorothy Wilson, Ralph Ince, and Henry Armetta. The film was released on November 25, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Men of Chance", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor", "extract": "Men of Chance is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Archainbaud, starring Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor, and John Halliday." }, { "title": "Merrily We Go to Hell", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Fredric March, Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant", "extract": "Merrily We Go to Hell is a 1932 pre-Code film directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney. The supporting cast features a prominent early appearance by Cary Grant, billed ninth in the cast but with a larger part than this would suggest. The picture's title is an example " }, { "title": "The Midnight Lady", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Sarah Padden, John Darrow, Claudia Dell", "extract": "The Midnight Lady is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Sarah Padden, John Darrow and Claudia Dell. It is also known by the alternative title of Dream Mother." }, { "title": "Midnight Morals", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Alberta Vaughn, Rex Lease", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Midnight Patrol", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Regis Toomey, Betty Bronson", "extract": "The Midnight Patrol is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Regis Toomey, Betty Bronson, and Edwina Booth, and was released on April 10, 1932. Written by George Jeske (screenplay) and Arthur Hoeri (story)." }, { "title": "The Midnight Warning", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "William Boyd, Claudia Dell", "extract": "The Midnight Warning is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring William 'Stage' Boyd, Claudia Dell and Huntley Gordon. The film is also known as Eyes of Mystery." }, { "title": "Million Dollar Legs", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Jack Oakie, Hugh Herbert", "extract": "Million Dollar Legs is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Oakie and W.C. Fields, directed by Edward F. Cline, produced by Herman J. Mankiewicz and B.P. Schulberg, co-written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film was inspired by the 1932 Summer Olympics" }, { "title": "The Miracle Man", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Chester Morris", "extract": "The Miracle Man is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Sylvia Sidney and Chester Morris, and featuring Boris Karloff. It is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name starring Lon Chaney. The film was originally supposed to star Tyrone Power Sr., as the Preache" }, { "title": "Misleading Lady", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Edmund Lowe", "extract": "The Misleading Lady is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Stuart Walker, and starring Claudette Colbert and Edmund Lowe. The film is based on the 1913 Broadway play by Charles W. Goddard and Paul Dickey. It is also a remake of the 1920 Metro silent film original which starred Bert Lyte" }, { "title": "Miss Pinkerton", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Joan Blondell, George Brent", "extract": "Miss Pinkerton is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy mystery film about a nurse who becomes involved in a murder investigation. It stars Joan Blondell, George Brent and Ruth Hall." }, { "title": "The Monster Walks", "year": 1932, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds, Sheldon Lewis", "extract": "The Monster Walks is a 1932 American Pre-Code black-and-white horror film directed by Frank R. Strayer." }, { "title": "The Most Dangerous Game", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure, Thriller, Horror", "cast": "Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong", "extract": "The Most Dangerous Game is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel, starring Joel McCrea, Fay Wray and Leslie Banks." }, { "title": "The Mouthpiece", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime, Drama, War", "cast": "Warren William, Sidney Fox", "extract": "The Mouthpiece is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film starring Warren William and directed by James Flood and Elliott Nugent. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film is currently available on DVD in the Forbidden Hollywood series." }, { "title": "Movie Crazy", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth Thomson", "extract": "Movie Crazy is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Harold Lloyd in his third sound feature." }, { "title": "Mr. Robinson Crusoe", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks, William Farnum", "extract": "Mr. Robinson Crusoe is a 1932 Pre-Code American film. It is one of the few \"talkie\" films starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., in his penultimate film role; Fairbanks also produced the film and provided the story during the Great Depression. The film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland, a veteran silen" }, { "title": "The Mummy", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners", "extract": "The Mummy is a 1932 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed by Karl Freund. The screenplay by John L. Balderston was adapted from a treatise written by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer. Released by Universal Studios as a part of the Universal Classic Monsters franchise, the film st" }, { "title": "Murder at Dawn", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Josephine Dunn, Jack Mulhall", "extract": "Murder at Dawn is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is also known as The Death Ray in the United Kingdom." }, { "title": "Murders in the Rue Morgue", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime, Horror", "cast": "Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames", "extract": "Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1932 American horror film directed by Robert Florey, based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue\". The plot is about Doctor Mirakle, a carnival sideshow entertainer and scientist who kidnaps Parisian women to mix their blood with that of " }, { "title": "My Pal, the King", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Mix, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "My Pal, the King is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Kurt Neumann, starring Tom Mix, and featuring Mickey Rooney and James Kirkwood. The screenplay concerns a rodeo cowboy who helps a child king." }, { "title": "Mystery Ranch", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Charles Middleton, Cecilia Parker, George O'Brien", "extract": "Mystery Ranch is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by David Howard and written by Alfred A. Cohn. The film stars George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Charles Middleton, Charles Stevens, Forrester Harvey and Noble Johnson. The film was released on July 1, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "New Morals for Old", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Robert Young, Lewis Stone", "extract": "New Morals for Old is a 1932 American pre-Code romance-drama film produced and distributed by MGM. It is based on the 1931 Broadway play After All, in which Humphrey Bogart had a significant role. Bogart's stage role is portrayed by David Newell in the film." }, { "title": "Night After Night", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "George Raft, Constance Cummings, Mae West", "extract": "Night After Night is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring George Raft, Constance Cummings, and Mae West in her first movie role. Others in the cast include Wynne Gibson, Alison Skipworth, Roscoe Karns, Louis Calhern, and Bradley Page. Directed by Archie Mayo, it was adapted for the screen by" }, { "title": "The Night Club Lady", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Mayo Methot", "extract": "The Night Club Lady is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Adolphe Menjou, Mayo Methot and Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher. It was followed by a sequel The Circus Queen Murder in 1933 with Menjou reprising his role. A third, unrelated film featuring Thatcher Col" }, { "title": "Night Court", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Walter Huston, Anita Page, Phillips Holmes", "extract": "Night Court is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and written by Bayard Veiller and Lenore Coffee. The film stars Phillips Holmes, Walter Huston, Anita Page, Lewis Stone and Mary Carlisle. The film was released June 4, 1932, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Night of June 13", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Clive Brook, Lila Lee", "extract": "The Night of June 13 is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Stephen Roberts. The film stars Clive Brook, Frances Dee, Charlie Ruggles, Gene Raymond, Lila Lee, Mary Boland and Adrianne Allen. The film was released on September 23, 1932, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The Night Mayor", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "The Night Mayor is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Lee Tracy, Evalyn Knapp and Don Dillaway." }, { "title": "The Night Rider", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Harry Carey, Elinor Fair", "extract": "The Night Rider is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and William Nigh." }, { "title": "Night World", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff", "extract": "Night World is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film featuring Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, and Boris Karloff. The supporting cast includes George Raft and Hedda Hopper." }, { "title": "No Greater Love", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dickie Moore, Beryl Mercer, Hobart Bosworth", "extract": "" }, { "title": "No Living Witness", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery", "extract": "No Living Witness is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by E. Mason Hopper and written by Norman Houston. The film stars Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery Sr., Barbara Kent, Carmel Myers, Otis Harlan, Dorothy Revier, J. Carrol Naish, Ferike Boros and John Ince. The film was released on September " }, { "title": "No Man of Her Own", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Clark Gable, Carole Lombard", "extract": "No Man of Her Own is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film starring Clark Gable and Carole Lombard as a married couple in their only film together, several years before their own legendary marriage in real life. The film was directed by Wesley Ruggles, and originated as an adaptation o" }, { "title": "No More Orchids", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "No More Orchids is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama film starring Carole Lombard and Lyle Talbot as mismatched lovers, based on the novel of the same name by Grace Perkins." }, { "title": "No One Man", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Ricardo Cortez, Paul Lukas", "extract": "No One Man is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Carole Lombard and Ricardo Cortez, and directed by Lloyd Corrigan. It is based on a novel by Rupert Hughes." }, { "title": "Officer Thirteen", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "Officer Thirteen is a 1932 American crime film directed by George Melford and starring Monte Blue, Lila Lee and Charles Delaney. The film features an early performance from the future star Mickey Rooney in a supporting role. As of September 6, 2012, the film is in public domain." }, { "title": "Okay, America!", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "Okay, America! is a 1932 American Pre-Code film, about a gossip columnist's rise to fame, based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell." }, { "title": "The Old Dark House", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Horror", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton", "extract": "The Old Dark House is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy horror film directed by James Whale. Based on the 1927 novel Benighted by J.B. Priestley, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Raymond Masse" }, { "title": "Once in a Lifetime", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Sidney Fox", "extract": "Once in a Lifetime is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film based on Once in a Lifetime by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by Russell Mack and stars Jack Oakie, Sidney Fox and Aline MacMahon." }, { "title": "One Hour with You", "year": 1932, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "One Hour with You is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy film about a married couple who are attracted to other people. It was produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch \"with the assistance of\" George Cukor, and written by Samson Raphaelson from the play Only a Dream by Lothar Schmidt. It stars Ma" }, { "title": "One Man Law", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Shirley Grey", "extract": "One Man Law is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer. The film stars Buck Jones, Shirley Grey, and Robert Ellis. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was filmed on location at the Walker Ranch in Placerita Canyon." }, { "title": "One Way Passage", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, War, Romance", "cast": "William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahon", "extract": "One Way Passage is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic film starring William Powell and Kay Francis as star-crossed lovers, directed by Tay Garnett and released by Warner Bros. The screenplay by Wilson Mizner and Joseph Jackson is based on a story by Robert Lord, who won the Academy Award for Best Sto" }, { "title": "Out of Singapore", "year": 1932, "genres": "Action, Drama", "cast": "Noah Beery Sr., Miriam Seegar, Dorothy Burgess", "extract": "Out of Singapore is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Noah Beery, Dorothy Burgess and Miriam Seegar. The film was re-released by Astor Pictures in 1941 as Gangsters of the Sea." }, { "title": "Outlaw Justice", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Hoxie, Dorothy Gulliver", "extract": "Outlaw Justice is a 1932 American pre-Code western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Jack Hoxie, Dorothy Gulliver and Donald Keith. It was produced as a second feature for release by Majestic Pictures." }, { "title": "Pack Up Your Troubles", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Don Dillaway", "extract": "Pack Up Your Troubles is a 1932 pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film directed by George Marshall and Raymond McCarey, named after the World War I song \"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile\". It is the team's second feature-length film." }, { "title": "The Painted Woman", "year": 1932, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Peggy Shannon", "extract": "The Painted Woman is a 1932 American pre-Code thriller film starring Spencer Tracy, Peggy Shannon and Irving Pichel and directed by John G. Blystone." }, { "title": "Panama Flo", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Charles Bickford", "extract": "Panama Flo is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Garrett Fort. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Armstrong, Charles Bickford, Marjorie Peterson and Maude Eburne. The film was released on January 19, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "A Parisian Romance", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Lew Cody, Marion Shilling", "extract": "A Parisian Romance is a 1932 American drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Lew Cody, Marion Shilling and Gilbert Roland. It is based on the play of the same title by Octave Feuillet, which had previously been made into a 1916 silent film." }, { "title": "Partners", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Nancy Drexel", "extract": "Partners is a 1932 American Western film directed by Fred Allen, from a screenplay by Donald W. Lee. The film stars Tom Keene, with Nancy Drexel and Bobby Nelson in supporting roles. It made a profit of $30,000." }, { "title": "The Passionate Plumber", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante", "extract": "The Passionate Plumber is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick, and starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Irene Purcell. The screenplay by Laurence E. Johnson and Ralph Spence is based on the 1926 play Dans sa candeur naïve by Jacques Deval. It is the second screen a" }, { "title": "A Passport to Hell", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Elissa Landi, Paul Lukas", "extract": "A Passport to Hell is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by Leon Gordon and Bradley King. The film stars Elissa Landi, Paul Lukas, Warner Oland, Alexander Kirkland, Donald Crisp and Earle Foxe. The film was released on August 14, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Passport to Paradise", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Mulhall, Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "Passport to Paradise is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Jack Mulhall, Blanche Mehaffey and Eddie Phillips. It was produced as a second feature for release by the independent company Mayfair Pictures. The film is now considered to be lost." }, { "title": "Payment Deferred", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime, Thriller, Drama", "cast": "Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "Payment Deferred is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film, starring Charles Laughton as a man so desperate for money, he resorts to murder. It was based on the 1931 play of the same name by Jeffrey Dell, which was in turn based on the 1926 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. Laughton also " }, { "title": "The Penal Code", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Regis Toomey, Pat O'Malley", "extract": "The Penal Code is a 1932 American film directed by George Melford." }, { "title": "The Penguin Pool Murder", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Edna May Oliver, Mae Clarke", "extract": "The Penguin Pool Murder is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy/mystery film starring Edna May Oliver as Hildegarde Withers, a witness in a murder case at the New York Aquarium, with James Gleason as the police inspector in charge of the case, who investigates with her unwanted help, and Robert Armstrong" }, { "title": "The Phantom Express", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery, Crime, Drama", "cast": "William Collier Jr., Sally Blane", "extract": "The Phantom Express is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery crime-drama directed by Emory Johnson and based on the Emory Johnson story. The film stars William Collier, Jr. as Bruce Harrington, Sally Blane as Carolyn Nolan and Hobart Bosworth as Mr. Harrington. It was commercially released on August 15, " }, { "title": "The Phantom of Crestwood", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley", "extract": "The Phantom of Crestwood is a 1932 American pre-Code murder-mystery film released by Radio Pictures, directed by J. Walter Ruben, and starring Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Anita Louise, H.B. Warner, and Pauline Frederick. Morley plays Jenny Wren, who plans to extort mone" }, { "title": "The Phantom President", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Political, Satire", "cast": "George M. Cohan, Claudette Colbert", "extract": "The Phantom President is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy and political satire film. It was directed by Norman Taurog, starred George M. Cohan, Claudette Colbert, and Jimmy Durante, with songs by Richard Rodgers (music) and Lorenz Hart (lyrics)." }, { "title": "Play Girl", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Winnie Lightner, Loretta Young", "extract": "Play Girl is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Winnie Lightner, Loretta Young, and Norman Foster. The screenplay concerns a young woman who marries a professional gambler." }, { "title": "Police Court", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Henry B. Walthall, Leon Janney", "extract": "Police Court is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Henry B. Walthall, Leon Janney, Lionel Belmore, and King Baggot. Directed by Louis King and released by Monogram Pictures, the screenplay was adapted by Stuart Anthony from his story. Police Court features an all-star cast from the silent " }, { "title": "Polly of the Circus", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marion Davies, Clark Gable", "extract": "Polly of the Circus is a 1932 American pre-Code MGM drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Marion Davies and Clark Gable." }, { "title": "Prestige", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Melvyn Douglas, Ann Harding", "extract": "Prestige is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Tay Garnett and written by Tay Garnett, Rollo Lloyd and Francis Edward Faragoh. The film stars Ann Harding, Adolphe Menjou, Melvyn Douglas and Guy Bates Post. The film was released on January 22, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Pride of the Legion", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Victor Jory, Barbara Kent", "extract": "The Pride of the Legion is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Victor Jory, Barbara Kent and Sally Blane." }, { "title": "Probation", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Blane, John Darrow", "extract": "Probation is an American Pre-Code 1932 film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Clara Kimball Young and Betty Grable. The film was distributed by the Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation." }, { "title": "Prosperity", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page", "extract": "Prosperity is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama film starring Marie Dressler and Polly Moran. The two leading actresses play longtime matriarchal ladies comically sparring off each other, and trying to control their intertwined lives." }, { "title": "The Purchase Price", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "The Purchase Price is a 1932 pre-Code American romantic drama film directed by William Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent and Lyle Talbot. Adapted from the novel by Arthur Stringer, with a screenplay by Robert Lord, the film is about an attractive nightclub singer who leaves her cri" }, { "title": "Rackety Rax", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Action", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Greta Nissen", "extract": "Rackety Rax is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy action film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Victor McLaglen, Greta Nissen and Nell O'Day." }, { "title": "The Racing Strain", "year": 1932, "genres": "Sports", "cast": "Wallace Reid Jr., Phyllis Barrington, Mae Busch", "extract": "The Racing Strain is a 1932 American film directed by Jerome Storm." }, { "title": "Racing Youth", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Slim Summerville, Louise Fazenda", "extract": "Racing Youth is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Vin Moore and written by Earle Snell. The film stars Slim Summerville, Louise Fazenda, Frank Albertson, June Clyde, Arthur Stuart Hull and Forrest Stanley. The film was released on April 1, 1932, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Radio Patrol", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Lila Lee, June Clyde", "extract": "Radio Patrol is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn, written by Tom Reed and Richard Schayer, and starring Robert Armstrong, Russell Hopton, Lila Lee, June Clyde, Sidney Toler and Andy Devine. It was released on June 2, 1932, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Rain", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Walter Huston", "extract": "Rain is a 1932 pre-Code drama film that stars Joan Crawford as prostitute Sadie Thompson. Directed by Lewis Milestone and set in the South Seas, the production was filmed in part at Santa Catalina Island and what is now Crystal Cove State Park in California. The film also features Walter Huston in t" }, { "title": "The Rainbow Trail", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Roscoe Ates", "extract": "The Rainbow Trail is a 1932 Pre-Code Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien. The picture is an adaptation of Zane Grey's novel of the same name and a sequel to the 1931 film Riders of the Purple Sage, which also stars O'Brien." }, { "title": "Rasputin and the Empress", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore", "extract": "Rasputin and the Empress is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Richard Boleslawski and written by Charles MacArthur. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the film is set in Imperial Russia and stars the Barrymore siblings. It is the only film in which all three siblings appear together." }, { "title": "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Family", "cast": "Marian Nixon, Mae Marsh, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1932 film based on the 1903 children's classic novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin." }, { "title": "The Reckless Rider", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lane Chandler, Phyllis Barrington", "extract": "The Reckless Rider is a 1932 American western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lane Chandler, Phyllis Barrington and Neal Hart. It was a loose remake of the 1928 FBO Pictures film When the Law Rides also written by Oliver Drake." }, { "title": "The Reckoning", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Sally Blane, James Murray", "extract": "The Reckoning is a 1932 pre-Code talking film crime-drama directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Sally Blane and James Murray. It was released on state rights and through a company called Peerless." }, { "title": "Red Dust", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor", "extract": "Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming, and starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Mary Astor. It is based on the 1928 play of the same name by Wilson Collison, and was adapted for the screen by John Mahin. Red Dust is the second of six movies Gable and H" }, { "title": "Red-Haired Alibi", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Merna Kennedy, Theodore von Eltz, Grant Withers", "extract": "\n\nThe Red-Haired Alibi is an American pre-Code feature-length film produced by Tower Productions. The film was produced by Sigmund Neufeld. The title is often written as Red-Haired Alibi." }, { "title": "Red-Headed Woman", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Charles Boyer", "extract": "Red-Headed Woman is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Katharine Brush, and a screenplay by Anita Loos. It was directed by Jack Conway and stars Jean Harlow as a woman who uses sex to advance her social position" }, { "title": "Renegades of the West", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Roscoe Ates", "extract": "Renegades of the West is a 1932 American Western film directed by Casey Robinson and written by Albert S. Le Vino. The film stars Tom Keene, Roscoe Ates, Betty Furness, James Mason and Carl Miller. The film was released on November 25, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Reserved for Ladies (UK as Service for Ladies)", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Leslie Howard, George Grossmith Jr., Benita Hume", "extract": "Service for Ladies is a 1932 British comedy film, the second based on the novel The Head Waiter by Ernest Vajda. The film was directed by Alexander Korda and starred Leslie Howard." }, { "title": "The Rich Are Always with Us", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, George Brent", "extract": "The Rich Are Always with Us is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, and Bette Davis. The screenplay by Austin Parker is based on the novel of the same name by Ethel Pettit." }, { "title": "Ride Him, Cowboy", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "John Wayne, Otis Harlan, Ruth Hall", "extract": "Ride Him, Cowboy is a 1932 pre-Code Western film directed by Fred Allen for Warner Brothers, starring a 25-year-old John Wayne. Based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Kenneth Perkins, the film is a remake of The Unknown Cavalier, a 1926 silent Western starring Ken Maynard, with much stock foota" }, { "title": "The Rider of Death Valley", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Mix, Lois Wilson", "extract": "The Rider of Death Valley is a 1932 American Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Jack Cunningham. The film stars Tom Mix, Lois Wilson, Fred Kohler, Forrest Stanley, Edith Fellows and Willard Robertson. The film was released on April 24, 1932, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Riders of the Desert", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Gertrude Messinger", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Riding Tornado", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Shirley Grey, Montagu Love", "extract": "The Riding Tornado is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "Ridin' for Justice", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Mary Doran, Russell Simpson", "extract": "Ridin' for Justice is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Buck Jones, Mary Doran, and Russell Simpson." }, { "title": "The Roadhouse Murder", "year": 1932, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Dorothy Jordan, Eric Linden", "extract": "The Roadhouse Murder is a 1932 American pre-Code thriller film directed by J. Walter Ruben and written by J. Walter Ruben and Gene Fowler. The film stars Dorothy Jordan, Eric Linden, Purnell Pratt, Roscoe Ates and David Landau. The film was released on April 28, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Roar of the Dragon", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Richard Dix, Gwili Andre, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "Roar of the Dragon is a 1932 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Howard Estabrook. The film stars Richard Dix, Gwili Andre, Edward Everett Horton, Arline Judge and ZaSu Pitts. The film was released on July 8, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Rockabye", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea", "extract": "Rockabye is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, and Paul Lukas. The final version was directed by George Cukor after studio executives decided that the original film as directed by George Fitzmaurice was unreleasable. The screenplay by Jane Murfin is based on" }, { "title": "The Saddle Buster", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Helen Foster", "extract": "The Saddle Buster is a 1932 American Western film directed by Fred Allen and starring Tom Keene and Helen Foster." }, { "title": "Sally of the Subway", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Jack Mulhall, Dorothy Revier, Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "Sally of the Subway is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Jack Mulhall, Dorothy Revier and Blanche Mehaffey. It was produced as a second feature for release by Mayfair Pictures." }, { "title": "The Savage Girl", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Rochelle Hudson, Walter Byron, Harry Myers", "extract": "The Savage Girl is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Harry L. Fraser." }, { "title": "Scandal for Sale", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Rose Hobart", "extract": "Scandal for Sale is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Russell Mack and starring Charles Bickford, Rose Hobart and Pat O'Brien. The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles D. Hall." }, { "title": "Scarface", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War", "cast": "Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft", "extract": "Scarface is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard Hughes. The screenplay, by Ben Hecht, is based loosely on the 1929 novel by Armitage Trail which was inspired by Al Capone. The film stars Paul Muni as Italian immigrant gangster Antonio \"Ton" }, { "title": "The Scarlet Brand", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Custer, Betty Mack", "extract": "The Scarlet Brand is a 1932 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Custer, Betty Mack and Robert D. Walker." }, { "title": "Scarlet Dawn", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Nancy Carroll", "extract": "Scarlet Dawn is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama directed by William Dieterle and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Nancy Carroll as refugees from the Russian Revolution. It is based on the novel Revolt by Mary C. McCall, Jr." }, { "title": "A Scarlet Week-End", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Dorothy Revier, Theodore von Eltz, Phyllis Barrington", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Secrets of the French Police", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Gwili Andre, Gregory Ratoff, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Secrets of the French Police is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Gwili Andre, Gregory Ratoff, and Frank Morgan." }, { "title": "The Secrets of Wu Sin", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Lois Wilson, Grant Withers, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "The Secrets of Wu Sin is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Lois Wilson, Grant Withers and Dorothy Revier. It was made by the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures." }, { "title": "Self Defense", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pauline Frederick, Theodore von Eltz", "extract": "Self Defense is a 1932 pre-Code American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Pauline Frederick. It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "The Seventh Commandment", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Victoria Vinton, George LeMaire, James Harrison", "extract": "The Seventh Commandment is a 1932 American crime film directed by Dwain Esper and James P. Hogan and starring Victoria Vinton, George LeMaire and James Harrison. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. The title refers to the Seventh Commandment \"Thou shalt not commit adultery\". It is no" }, { "title": "Shanghai Express", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, Clive Brook", "extract": "Shanghai Express is a 1932 American pre-Code film about a group of train passengers held hostage by a warlord during the Chinese Civil War. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg and stars Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. The screenplay was written by Jules Furthman bas" }, { "title": "She Wanted a Millionaire", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Spencer Tracy", "extract": "She Wanted a Millionaire is a 1932 American pre-Code film starring Joan Bennett and Spencer Tracy. The film, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, was directed by John G. Blystone and also features Una Merkel. It is the only film that Bennett and Tracy made together in which she was bill" }, { "title": "Sherlock Holmes", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Clive Brook, Miriam Jordan", "extract": "Sherlock Holmes is a 1932 American Pre-Code film starring Clive Brook as the eponymous London detective. The movie is based on the successful stage play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, in turn based on the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, and is directed by William K. Howard for the Fox Film Corp" }, { "title": "Shop Angel", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marion Shilling, Holmes Herbert", "extract": "Shop Angel is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Marion Shilling, Holmes Herbert and Anthony Bushell." }, { "title": "Shopworn", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Regis Toomey, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Shopworn is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Regis Toomey. Written by Jo Swerling and Robert Riskin, based on a story by Sarah Y. Mason, the film is about a poor hardworking waitress who meets and falls in love with a wealthy coll" }, { "title": "The Sign of the Cross", "year": 1932, "genres": "", "cast": "Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton", "extract": "The Sign of the Cross is a 1932 American pre-Code epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and released by Paramount Pictures. Based on the original 1895 play by English playwright Wilson Barrett, the screenplay was written by Waldemar Young and Sidney Buchman. It stars Fredric March, Eli" }, { "title": "The Silent Witness", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Lionel Atwill, Greta Nissen, Helen Mack", "extract": "The Silent Witness is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Lionel Atwill, Greta Nissen, and Helen Mack. It was adapted from a play by Jack DeLeon and Jack Celestin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Cramer who worked on many Fox Film productions " }, { "title": "Silver Dollar", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Bebe Daniels", "extract": "Silver Dollar is a 1932 American pre-Code biographical film starring Edward G. Robinson, Bebe Daniels and Aline MacMahon. Based on David Karsner's biography of the same name, it tells the story of the rise and fall of Horace Tabor, a silver tycoon in 19th century Colorado." }, { "title": "The Silver Lining", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Betty Compson", "extract": "The Silver Lining is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Alan Crosland and written by Claire Corvalho and Gertrude Orr. Starring Maureen O'Sullivan, Betty Compson, John Warburton, and Montagu Love. it was released on April 16, 1932, by United Artists." }, { "title": "Sin's Pay Day", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Dorothy Revier, Forrest Stanley, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "Sin's Pay Day is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Lloyd Whitlock, Dorothy Revier and Mickey Rooney. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. It was later reissued under the alternative title \tSlums of New York with advertising material devoting " }, { "title": "Single-Handed Sanders", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Margaret Morris", "extract": "Single-Handed Sanders is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Charles A. Post and starring Tom Tyler and Margaret Morris." }, { "title": "Sinister Hands", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Jack Mulhall, Phyllis Barrington, Crauford Kent", "extract": "Sinister Hands is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Armand Schaefer." }, { "title": "Sinners in the Sun", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Chester Morris", "extract": "Sinners in the Sun is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Alexander Hall, and starring Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Adrienne Ames, and Alison Skipworth. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Sister to Judas", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claire Windsor, Holmes Herbert", "extract": "Sister to Judas is a 1932 American drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Claire Windsor, Holmes Herbert and John Harron." }, { "title": "Six Hours to Live", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Science Fiction", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Miriam Jordan", "extract": "Six Hours to Live is a 1932 American pre-Code science fiction drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Warner Baxter, Miriam Jordan and John Boles." }, { "title": "Sky Bride", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Jack Oakie, Virginia Bruce", "extract": "Sky Bride is a 78-minute 1932 drama film, produced by Paramount Pictures and directed by Stephen Roberts. The film stars Richard Arlen, Jack Oakie and Virginia Bruce. Sky Bride depicts the life of barnstorming pilots flying in the years following World War I. All over North America, skilled pilots, " }, { "title": "Sky Devils", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Sky Devils, also known as Ground Hogs, is a 1932 American Pre-Code aviation comedy film, starring Spencer Tracy as a draft dodger who blunders into a war zone." }, { "title": "Skyscraper Souls", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Warren William, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "Skyscraper Souls is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Warren William, Anita Page, Maureen O'Sullivan, Gregory Ratoff, and Verree Teasdale. Directed by Edgar Selwyn, it is based on the 1931 novel Skyscraper by Faith Baldwin." }, { "title": "Slightly Married", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Evalyn Knapp, Marie Prevost", "extract": "Slightly Married, also known as Strange Marriage, is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Evalyn Knapp, Walter Byron and Marie Prevost." }, { "title": "Smilin' Through", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard", "extract": "Smilin' Through is a 1932 American pre-Code MGM romantic drama film based on the 1919 play of the same name written by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin under the pseudonym of Allan Langdon Martin. It was adapted from the play by James Bernard Fagan, Donald Ogden Stewart, Ernest Vajda and Claudine West. The" }, { "title": "So Big", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore", "extract": "So Big is a 1932 pre-Code American drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck. The screenplay by J. Grubb Alexander and Robert Lord is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, by Edna Ferber." }, { "title": "Society Girl", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Dunn, Peggy Shannon", "extract": "Society Girl is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring James Dunn, Peggy Shannon and Spencer Tracy. The film presents a rare supporting role for Tracy, momentarily at the nadir of his career with Fox Film Corporation, who plays Briscoe, a boxer's frustrated manager. T" }, { "title": "The Son-Daughter", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Hayes, Ramon Novarro", "extract": "The Son-Daughter is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown and written by John F. Goodrich, Claudine West, and Leon Gordon, adapted from the play of the same name by David Belasco. The film stars Helen Hayes, Ramon Novarro, Lewis Stone, Warner Oland, and Ralph Morgan. The fil" }, { "title": "Son of Oklahoma", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Josie Sedgwick, Carmen Laroux", "extract": "Son of Oklahoma is a 1932 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring his son Bob Steele." }, { "title": "South of Santa Fe", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Ed Brady", "extract": "South of Santa Fe is a 1932 American western film directed by Bert Glennon and starring Bob Steele, Ed Brady and Eddie Dunn. It was made by the producer Trem Carr and distributed by the independent Sono Art-World Wide Pictures." }, { "title": "South of the Rio Grande", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Mona Maris", "extract": "South of the Rio Grande is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones. A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection." }, { "title": "Speak Easily", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Thelma Todd", "extract": "Speak Easily is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Thelma Todd, and directed by Edward Sedgwick. The studio also paired Keaton and Durante as a comedy team during this period in The Passionate Plumber and What! No Beer? Keaton later used many of the physi" }, { "title": "Speed Demon", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Collier Jr., Joan Marsh", "extract": "Speed Demon is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring William Collier Jr." }, { "title": "Speed Madness", "year": 1932, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Nancy Drexel, Huntley Gordon", "extract": "Speed Madness is a 1932 American action film directed by George Crone and starring Richard Talmadge, Nancy Drexel and Huntley Gordon." }, { "title": "Spirit of the West", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Doris Hill", "extract": "Spirit of the West is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film, directed by Otto Brower and starring Hoot Gibson, Doris Hill, and Hooper Atchley." }, { "title": "The Sport Parade", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joel McCrea, Marian Marsh", "extract": "The Sport Parade is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Dudley Murphy and starring Joel McCrea, Marian Marsh, William Gargan, Robert Benchley, and Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. Benchley also co-wrote the screenplay. The film includes location shots of New Y" }, { "title": "State's Attorney", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Helen Twelvetrees, William Boyd", "extract": "State's Attorney is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film made at RKO and starring John Barrymore. George Archainbaud directed and the film could more or less be considered a warm up for Barrymore when he later went to Universal to film the similar Counsellor at Law. Remade in 1937 and 1951 both title" }, { "title": "Steady Company", "year": 1932, "genres": "Action, War", "cast": "Norman Foster, June Clyde", "extract": "Steady Company is a 1932 pre-Code American action film directed by Edward Ludwig, written by Edward Ludwig and Earle Snell, and starring Norman Foster, June Clyde, ZaSu Pitts, Henry Armetta, J. Farrell MacDonald and Maurice Black. It was released on March 14, 1932, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Stepping Sisters", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Louise Dresser, Minna Gombell", "extract": "Stepping Sisters is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Seymour Felix and starring Louise Dresser, Minna Gombell and Jobyna Howland." }, { "title": "The Stoker", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Monte Blue, Dorothy Burgess, Noah Beery", "extract": "The Stoker is a 1932 American film directed by Chester M. Franklin." }, { "title": "Stowaway", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Fay Wray, Leon Ames, Montagu Love", "extract": "Stowaway is a 1932 American pre-Code romance film directed by Phil Whitman, written by Norman Springer, and starring Fay Wray, Leon Ames, Montagu Love, Lee Moran, and Roscoe Karns. It was released on March 1, 1932, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "A Strange Adventure", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Regis Toomey, June Clyde", "extract": "A Strange Adventure is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Phil Whitman and starring Regis Toomey, June Clyde and Lucille La Verne. It is also known by the alternative title of The Wayne Murder Case." }, { "title": "The Strange Case of Clara Deane", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Wynne Gibson, Pat O'Brien", "extract": "The Strange Case of Clara Deane is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Max Marcin, written by Max Marcin, and starring Wynne Gibson, Pat O'Brien, Dudley Digges, Frances Dee, George Barbier, Russell Gleason and Lee Kohlmar. It was released on May 6, 1932, by Paramount" }, { "title": "Strange Interlude", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Clark Gable", "extract": "Strange Interlude is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Norma Shearer and Clark Gable, and is based on the 1928 play Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill. It is greatly shortened from the play: the stage production la" }, { "title": "Strange Justice", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marian Marsh, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Strange Justice is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger, written by William A. Drake, and starring Marian Marsh, Reginald Denny, Richard Bennett, Norman Foster and Irving Pichel. It was released on October 7, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Strange Love of Molly Louvain", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ann Dvorak, Lee Tracy", "extract": "The Strange Love of Molly Louvain is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Ann Dvorak and Lee Tracy. The script was based on the play Tinsel Girl by Maurine Dallas Watkins." }, { "title": "Strangers of the Evening", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "ZaSu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield", "extract": "Strangers of the Evening is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film produced by Samuel Bischoff for Tiffany Pictures, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, and starring ZaSu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield and Eugene Pallette. Based on Tiffany Thayer's novel The Illustrious Corpse, the screenplay was adapted by" }, { "title": "Strangers in Love", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Fredric March, Kay Francis", "extract": "Strangers in Love is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lothar Mendes, written by Grover Jones, William J. Locke and William Slavens McNutt, and starring Fredric March, Kay Francis, Stuart Erwin, Juliette Compton, George Barbier, Sidney Toler and Earle Foxe. It was released on March 4," }, { "title": "Stranger in Town", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles 'Chic' Sale, Ann Dvorak, David Manners", "extract": "Stranger in Town is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Charles \"Chic\" Sale and Ann Dvorak." }, { "title": "Street of Women", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Kay Francis, Roland Young", "extract": "Street of Women is a 1932 pre-Code romantic drama directed by Archie Mayo and starring Kay Francis and Roland Young." }, { "title": "A Successful Calamity", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Arliss, Mary Astor", "extract": "A Successful Calamity is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Arliss, supported by Mary Astor and Evelyn Knapp, and directed by John G. Adolfi. Based on the 1917 play A Successful Calamity by Clare Kummer, the film is about an elderly millionaire who must deal with his selfish, young" }, { "title": "Sundown Rider", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "Sundown Rider is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. A print is held by the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation." }, { "title": "Sunset Trail", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Ruth Hiatt, Philo McCullough", "extract": "The Sunset Trail is a 1932 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason." }, { "title": "Symphony of Six Million", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Irene Dunne", "extract": "Symphony of Six Million is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Ricardo Cortez, Irene Dunne and Gregory Ratoff. Based on the story Night Bell by Fannie Hurst, the film concerns the rise of a Jewish physician from humble roots to the top of his profession and the soc" }, { "title": "Tangled Destinies", "year": 1932, "genres": "Thriller, Mystery", "cast": "Gene Morgan, Doris Hill, Glenn Tryon", "extract": "Tangled Destinies is a 1932 pre-Code American murder mystery film directed by Frank R. Strayer. The film is also known as Who Killed Harvey Forbes? in the United Kingdom." }, { "title": "Tangled Fortunes", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buzz Barton, Caryl Lincoln", "extract": "Tangled Fortunes is a 1932 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buzz Barton, Francis X. Bushman Jr. and Caryl Lincoln." }, { "title": "Tarzan the Ape Man", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure, Action", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "Tarzan the Ape Man is a 1932 pre-Code American action adventure film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous jungle hero Tarzan and starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith and Maureen O'Sullivan. It was Weissmuller's first of 12 Tarzan films. O'Sull" }, { "title": "Taxi!", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Cagney, Loretta Young", "extract": "Taxi! is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring James Cagney and Loretta Young." }, { "title": "Temptation's Workshop", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Foster, Tyrell Davis", "extract": "Temptation's Workshop is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Helen Foster, Tyrell Davis and Dorothy Granger. It was released by the independent Poverty Row studio Mayfair Pictures." }, { "title": "The Tenderfoot", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Western", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "The Tenderfoot is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy western film directed by Ray Enright and written by Earl Baldwin, Monty Banks and Arthur Caesar. The film stars Joe E. Brown and Ginger Rogers. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 23, 1932. It is based on Richard Carle's 1903 play The Tender" }, { "title": "Tess of the Storm Country", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell", "extract": "Tess of the Storm Country is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by directed by Alfred Santell and starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, and Dudley Digges. It was released by Fox Film Corporation. It is based on the novel of the same name by Grace Miller White and its adaptation for the s" }, { "title": "Tex Takes a Holiday", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Wallace MacDonald, Virginia Brown Faire", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Texan", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jay Wilsey, Lucile Browne", "extract": "The Texan is a 1932 American Western film directed by Clifford S. Smith, starring Jay Wilsey, Lucile Browne, and Bobby Nelson." }, { "title": "The Texas Bad Man", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Tom Mix, Lucille Powers", "extract": "The Texas Bad Man is a 1932 American Western film directed by Edward Laemmle, written by Jack Cunningham and Richard Schayer, and starring Tom Mix, Lucille Powers, Willard Robertson, Fred Kohler, Joseph W. Girard and Tetsu Komai. It was released on June 30, 1932, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Texas Buddies", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Nancy Drexel", "extract": "Texas Buddies is a 1932 American Western film written and directed by Robert North Bradbury. The film stars Bob Steele, Nancy Drexel, Francis McDonald, Harry Semels, George \"Gabby\" Hayes and William Dyer. The film was released on October 19, 1932, by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures." }, { "title": "Texas Cyclone", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, John Wayne", "extract": "Texas Cyclone is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman for Columbia Pictures. The film stars Tim McCoy as \"Texas Grant\", Shirley Grey, Wheeler Oakman and John Wayne, and features an early appearance by Walter Brennan as the sheriff." }, { "title": "Texas Gun Fighter", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Sheila Mannors", "extract": "Texas Gun Fighter is a 1932 American Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard. It was produced and distributed by the soon to be defunct Tiffany Pictures." }, { "title": "Texas Pioneers", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, LeRoy Mason, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Texas Pioneers is a 1932 American Western film written and directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Bill Cody, Andy Shuford, LeRoy Mason, Sheila Bromley, John Elliott and Harry Allen. The film was released on June 18, 1932, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "The Texas Tornado", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lane Chandler, Doris Hill, Ben Corbett", "extract": "The Texas Tornado is a 1932 pre-Code American Western film directed by Oliver Drake and starring Lane Chandler, Doris Hill and Ben Corbett." }, { "title": "That Night in London", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Robert Donat, Pearl Argyle, Miles Mander", "extract": "That Night in London is a 1932 British crime film directed by Rowland V. Lee, produced by Alexander Korda, and written by Dorothy Greenhill and Arthur Wimperis. It stars Robert Donat, Pearl Argyle, Miles Mander and Roy Emerton. It was released in the United States under the alternative title of Over" }, { "title": "That's My Boy", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Dorothy Jordan", "extract": "That's My Boy is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Richard Cromwell and Dorothy Jordan. John Wayne had a very small uncredited role in the film." }, { "title": "They Call It Sin", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, George Brent", "extract": "They Call It Sin is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Loretta Young as a farmer's daughter who follows a traveling salesman to New York City, only to discover he already is engaged." }, { "title": "They Just Had to Get Married", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young", "extract": "They Just Had to Get Married is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young, and Verree Teasdale." }, { "title": "They Never Come Back", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Regis Toomey, Dorothy Sebastian", "extract": "They Never Come Back is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Regis Toomey and Dorothy Sebastian." }, { "title": "Thirteen Women", "year": 1932, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "Thirteen Women is a 1932 American pre-Code psychological thriller film, produced by David O. Selznick and directed by George Archainbaud. It stars Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne and Ricardo Cortez. The film is based on the 1930 bestselling novel of the same name by Tiffany Thayer and was adapted for the scr" }, { "title": "The Thirteenth Guest", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy, Thriller", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "The Thirteenth Guest is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery comedy thriller film, released on August 9, 1932. The film is also known as Lady Beware in the United Kingdom. It is based on the 1929 novel The Thirteenth Guest written by crime fiction author Armitage Trail, best known for the novel Scarface" }, { "title": "This Is the Night", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Roland Young, Thelma Todd, Cary Grant", "extract": "This Is the Night is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle, and starring Lili Damita, Charles Ruggles, Roland Young, Thelma Todd, and Cary Grant in his film debut. It was made by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "This Reckless Age", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, Peggy Shannon", "extract": "This Reckless Age is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers and produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a Broadway play The Goose Hangs High by Lewis Beach." }, { "title": "This Sporting Age", "year": 1932, "genres": "Sports, Drama, Sport", "cast": "Jack Holt, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "This Sporting Age is a 1932 American sports drama film directed by Andrew Bennison and A.F. Erickson and starring Jack Holt, Evalyn Knapp and Walter Byron." }, { "title": "Those We Love", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mary Astor, Kenneth MacKenna", "extract": "Those We Love is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Robert Florey. It was adapted by F. Hugh Herbert from the play by George Abbott and S.K. Lauren. The film was independently produced and distributed." }, { "title": "Three on a Match", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "Three on a Match is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama released by Warner Bros. The film was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and stars Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis. The film also features Lyle Talbot, Humphrey Bogart, Allen Jenkins and Edward Arnold." }, { "title": "Three Wise Girls", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Jean Harlow, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Three Wise Girls is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by William Beaudine and featuring Jean Harlow in her first starring role. The supporting cast features a young Andy Devine. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection." }, { "title": "Thrill of Youth", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "June Clyde, Dorothy Peterson", "extract": "Thrill of Youth is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring June Clyde and Dorothy Peterson." }, { "title": "Thunder Below", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Bickford", "extract": "Thunder Below is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Wallace, written by Sidney Buchman and Josephine Lovett, and starring Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Bickford, Paul Lukas, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Forbes and Leslie Fenton. It was released on June 17, 1932, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Tiger Shark", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, War, Romance", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen", "extract": "Tiger Shark is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama romantic film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen and Zita Johann." }, { "title": "Tomorrow and Tomorrow", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas", "extract": "Tomorrow and Tomorrow is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film that was adapted from Philip Barry's play of the same name by Josephine Lovett. It was directed by Richard Wallace and stars Ruth Chatterton, Robert Ames, Paul Lukas, Harold Minjir, Tad Alexander, Walter Walker and Arthur Pierson. It was r" }, { "title": "Tom Brown of Culver", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tom Brown, Richard Cromwell", "extract": "Tom Brown of Culver is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by William Wyler." }, { "title": "Tombstone Canyon", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "Tombstone Canyon is a 1932 American Western film directed by Alan James." }, { "title": "Too Busy to Work", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Will Rogers, Marian Nixon", "extract": "Too Busy to Work is a 1932 American drama film directed by John G. Blystone, written by Barry Conners and Philip Klein, and starring Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Dick Powell, Frederick Burton, Charles Middleton and Louise Beavers. It was released on December 2, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Trailing the Killer", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Francis McDonald, Heinie Conklin", "extract": "Trailing the Killer, also known as Call of the Wilderness and Lobo, is a 1932 American film directed by Herman C. Raymaker and released by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures." }, { "title": "Trapped in Tia Juana", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Western", "cast": "Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo, Dot Farley", "extract": "Trapped in Tia Juana is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Wallace Fox. Duncan Renaldo plays twin brothers separated at birth: West Point graduate Kenneth Holbert and Mexican bandit El Zorro." }, { "title": "The Trial of Vivienne Ware", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Donald Cook", "extract": "The Trial of Vivienne Ware is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William K. Howard, written by Barry Conners and Philip Klein, and starring Joan Bennett, Donald Cook, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, ZaSu Pitts, Lilian Bond and Alan Dinehart. It was released on May 1, 1932, by Fox Film Corpo" }, { "title": "Trouble in Paradise", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall", "extract": "Trouble in Paradise is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, and Herbert Marshall. Based on the 1931 play The Honest Finder by Hungarian playwright László Aladár, the lead characters are a gentleman thief and a lady pickpoc" }, { "title": "Two Against the World", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "Two Against the World is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Constance Bennett as a woman who tries her best to keep her sister and brother out of trouble. It is based on the play A Dangerous Set by Marion Dix and Jerry Horwin." }, { "title": "Two-Fisted Law", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, John Wayne", "extract": "Two-Fisted Law is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman for Columbia Pictures, starring Tim McCoy and featuring John Wayne playing a character named \"Duke\". The picture also features Alice Day, Wheeler Oakman, Tully Marshall, Wallace MacDonald, and Walter Brennan." }, { "title": "Two Kinds of Women", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Phillips Holmes", "extract": "Two Kinds of Women is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William C. deMille, written by Benjamin Glazer, adapted from the play by Robert E. Sherwood, and starring Miriam Hopkins, Phillips Holmes, Irving Pichel, Wynne Gibson, Stanley Fields and Vivienne Osborne. It was released on Januar" }, { "title": "Two Seconds", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Two Seconds is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne and Preston Foster. It was based on a successful Broadway play of the same name by Elliott Lester. The title refers to the two seconds it takes the condemned person to " }, { "title": "Unashamed", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Young", "extract": "Unashamed is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Harry Beaumont, written by Bayard Veiller and starring Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan and Monroe Owsley. It was released on July 2, 1932 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Under-Cover Man", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "George Raft, Nancy Carroll", "extract": "Under Cover Man is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by James Flood and starring George Raft and Nancy Carroll." }, { "title": "The Unexpected Father", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "The Unexpected Father is a 1932 American comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts, and Cora Sue Collins." }, { "title": "Unholy Love", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "H. B. Warner, Lila Lee", "extract": "Unholy Love is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed and produced by Albert Ray. It was the first film adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's 1857 French novel Madame Bovary produced." }, { "title": "Union Depot", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Blondell", "extract": "Union Depot is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Alfred E. Green for Warner Bros., starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Blondell, and based on an unpublished play by Joe Laurie Jr., Gene Fowler, and Douglas Durkin. The film, an ensemble piece for the studio's contract players, also featur" }, { "title": "The Unwritten Law", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Greta Nissen, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher", "extract": "The Unwritten Law is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Greta Nissen, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, and Mary Brian. It was released on November 15, 1932." }, { "title": "Uptown New York", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Uptown New York is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Jack Oakie, Shirley Grey, and Leon Ames. It is based on the story by Vina Delmar." }, { "title": "The Vanishing Frontier", "year": 1932, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "The Vanishing Frontier is a 1932 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Phil Rosen, written by Stuart Anthony, and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Evalyn Knapp, ZaSu Pitts, Raymond Hatton, Ben Alexander, J. Farrell MacDonald and Wallace MacDonald. It was released on July 29, 1932, by Paramount Pic" }, { "title": "Vanishing Men", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Adele Lacy, Raymond Keane", "extract": "Vanishing Men is a 1932 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Tom Tyler, Adele Lacy, and Raymond Keane. The film depicts the story of Russ Whitely (Keane), a young man who has become involved with cattle rustling, his complicated relationship with Sheriff Doug Barrett (Tyler" }, { "title": "Vanity Fair", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle, Barbara Kent", "extract": "Vanity Fair is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle and Anthony Bushell. The film is modernized adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name with the original Regency-era story reset in Twentieth Century " }, { "title": "Vanity Street", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Helen Chandler", "extract": "Vanity Street is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Charles Bickford, Helen Chandler and Mayo Methot." }, { "title": "Virtue", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance, War", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Pat O'Brien, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Virtue is a 1932 American Pre-Code romance film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Carole Lombard and Pat O'Brien." }, { "title": "War Babies", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy, Short", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Georgie Smith", "extract": "War Babies is a 1932 American comedy short film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the second in a series of eight one-reelers that satirized adult films and themes called Baby Burlesks. The casts in the series are pre-schoolers dressed in adult costumes on top and diapers fastened with large safety " }, { "title": "War Correspondent", "year": 1932, "genres": "Action, Drama", "cast": "Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Lila Lee", "extract": "War Correspondent is a 1932 American drama film directed by Paul Sloane. The film stars Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Lila Lee. Although set in war-torn China, War Correspondent was entirely shot in California." }, { "title": "The Washington Masquerade", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley", "extract": "The Washington Masquerade is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Brabin and written by John Meehan and Samuel Blythe. The film stars Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, Diane Sinclair, Nils Asther and Reginald Barlow. The film was released on July 9, 1932, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Washington Merry-Go-Round", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Constance Cummings", "extract": "Washington Merry-Go-Round is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by James Cruze and starring Lee Tracy, Constance Cummings, Walter Connolly, and Alan Dinehart. It was produced by Walter Wanger." }, { "title": "Wayward", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen", "extract": "Wayward is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Gladys Unger. The film stars Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Pauline Frederick, John Litel, and Margalo Gillmore. It was released on February 19, 1932, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Week Ends Only", "year": 1932, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Ben Lyon", "extract": "Week Ends Only is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Joan Bennett, Ben Lyon and John Halliday. It was made by Fox Film Corporation. The screenplay was written by William M. Conselman and Samuel Hopkins Adams, based on novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams." }, { "title": "Week-End Marriage", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Loretta Young, Norman Foster", "extract": "Week-End Marriage is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Loretta Young. It was produced by First National Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. It is based on the 1932 novel, Week-End Marriage, by Faith Baldwin. The film is preserved at the Library of C" }, { "title": "The Western Code", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Nora Lane", "extract": "The Western Code is a 1932 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, and Mischa Auer." }, { "title": "Western Limited", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Estelle Taylor, Edmund Burns, Lucien Prival", "extract": "Western Limited is a 1932 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Estelle Taylor, Edmund Burns, and Lucien Prival. It was released on August 5, 1932." }, { "title": "Westward Passage", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier", "extract": "Westward Passage is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Milton and starring Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, ZaSu Pitts and Irving Pichel. The screenplay concerns a woman who falls in love and marries, but soon discovers how unpleasant her new husband is. The film marked Olivier's s" }, { "title": "The Wet Parade", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Young, Myrna Loy", "extract": "The Wet Parade is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Robert Young, Myrna Loy, Walter Huston, Lewis Stone and Jimmy Durante. It is based on the 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair. The film shows how two families are devastated by the effects of alcohol consumption a" }, { "title": "What Price Hollywood?", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "What Price Hollywood? is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Constance Bennett with Lowell Sherman. The screenplay by Gene Fowler, Rowland Brown, Jane Murfin and Ben Markson is based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns and Louis Stevens. The supporting cast fea" }, { "title": "When a Feller Needs a Friend", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Ralph Graves", "extract": "When a Feller Needs a Friend is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry A. Pollard and written by Frank Butler and Sylvia Thalberg. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Charles \"Chic\" Sale, Ralph Graves, Dorothy Peterson, Andy Shuford, and Helen Parrish. The film was released on April 30, 193" }, { "title": "While Paris Sleeps", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Helen Mack", "extract": "While Paris Sleeps is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Victor McLaglen, Helen Mack and Rita La Roy." }, { "title": "Whistlin' Dan", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Joyzelle Joyner", "extract": "Whistlin' Dan is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Joyzelle Joyner, and Georges Renavent. It was released on March 20, 1932, by Tiffany Productions. It was re-released in 1937 by Amity Pictures." }, { "title": "White Eagle", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "White Eagle is a 1932 American pre-Code Western movie directed by Lambert Hillyer. The film stars Buck Jones, Barbara Weeks, and Robert Ellis. Columbia Pictures later adapted this film into a 1941 serial of the same title, also starring Buck Jones." }, { "title": "White Zombie", "year": 1932, "genres": "Horror, Independent, War", "cast": "Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn", "extract": "White Zombie is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film independently produced by Edward Halperin and directed by Victor Halperin. The screenplay by Garnett Weston, based on The Magic Island by William Seabrook, is about a young woman's transformation into a zombie at the hands of an evil voodoo master" }, { "title": "The Widow in Scarlet", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Dorothy Revier, Kenneth Harlan", "extract": "The Widow in Scarlet is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Dorothy Revier, Kenneth Harlan and Lloyd Whitlock. It was distributed by the independent Mayfair Pictures." }, { "title": "Wild Girl", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama, Historical, Western", "cast": "Charles Farrell, Joan Bennett", "extract": "Wild Girl is a 1932 American pre-Code historical drama western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Charles Farrell, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, and Eugene Pallette. The film was based on a play by Paul Armstrong Jr., which in turn was based on the 1889 short story, Salomy Jane's Kiss, and 191" }, { "title": "Wild Horse Mesa", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Sally Blane", "extract": "Wild Horse Mesa is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott and Sally Blane. Based on the novel Wild Horse Mesa by Zane Grey, the film is about an Arizona rancher who goes after a gang that is trapping and catching wild horses using barbed-wire enc" }, { "title": "Winner Take All", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Cagney, Marian Nixon", "extract": "Winner Take All is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring James Cagney as a boxer. The film also features a single scene of George Raft conducting a band that had been lifted from Queen of the Nightclubs, an earlier film and lost film. Cagney and Raft would not mak" }, { "title": "The Wiser Sex", "year": 1932, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "The Wiser Sex is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and Victor Viertel and starring Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Lilyan Tashman, William \"Stage\" Boyd and Ross Alexander. Made by Paramount Pictures, its working title was The Weaker Sex." }, { "title": "Without Honor", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Harry Carey, Mae Busch", "extract": "Without Honor is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by William Nigh." }, { "title": "A Woman Commands", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pola Negri, Roland Young, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "A Woman Commands is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri, Roland Young, and Basil Rathbone. Some additional scenes were directed by an uncredited Harry Joe Brown." }, { "title": "The Woman from Monte Carlo", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lil Dagover, Walter Huston, Warren William", "extract": "The Woman from Monte Carlo is an American pre-Code film produced by Warner Bros. subsidiary First National Pictures in 1931 and released on January 9, 1932. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and gave top billing to German star Lil Dagover in her sole Hollywood film. Leading men Walter Huston and War" }, { "title": "The Woman in Room 13", "year": 1932, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Elissa Landi, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "The Woman in Room 13 is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Henry King and adapted by Guy Bolton from the play of the same name. The film stars Elissa Landi, Ralph Bellamy, Neil Hamilton, Myrna Loy, Gilbert Roland and Walter Walker. The film was released on May 15, 1932, by Fox Film Co" }, { "title": "Women Won't Tell", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sarah Padden, Otis Harlan", "extract": "Women Won't Tell is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Sarah Padden, Otis Harlan and Gloria Shea. It was written by Lela E. Rogers, mother of Ginger Rogers." }, { "title": "The World and the Flesh", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Bancroft, Miriam Hopkins", "extract": "The World and the Flesh is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett. The film stars George Bancroft, Miriam Hopkins, Alan Mowbray, George E. Stone, Mitchell Lewis, Max Wagner and Harry Cording. The film was released on April 22, 1932, by Paramo" }, { "title": "The Wyoming Whirlwind", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lane Chandler, Adele Lacy", "extract": "The Wyoming Whirlwind is a 1932 American western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lane Chandler, Adele Lacy and Harry Todd. It was produced by the independent Willis Kent as a second feature" }, { "title": "You Said a Mouthful", "year": 1932, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "You Said a Mouthful is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Robert Lord and Bolton Mallory. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Preston Foster, Allen Hoskins, Harry Gribbon, Edwin Maxwell and Sheila Terry. The film was released by Warner Bros. on Decemb" }, { "title": "Young America", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Doris Kenyon", "extract": "Young America is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film about two juvenile delinquents - Arthur and Nutty - directed by Frank Borzage and starring Spencer Tracy and Doris Kenyon. It was first adapted for the screen by Maurine Watkins from the play by Fred Ballard. William M. Conselman rewrote the scree" }, { "title": "Young Blood", "year": 1932, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Helen Foster", "extract": "Young Blood is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Bob Steele, Helen Foster, and Charles King. It was released on November 5, 1932." }, { "title": "Young Bride", "year": 1932, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Eric Linden", "extract": "Young Bride is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Garrett Fort, Ralph Murphy and Jane Murfin. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Eric Linden, Arline Judge, Roscoe Ates and Polly Walters. The film was released on April 8, 1932, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "42nd Street", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "42nd Street is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, and a script by Rian James and James Seymour, adapted from the 1932 novel of the same name by Bradford Ropes. Starring an ensemble cast of Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Roge" }, { "title": "Above the Clouds", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Dorothy Wilson", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Ace of Aces", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Richard Dix, Ralph Bellamy, Elizabeth Allan", "extract": "Ace of Aces, also known as Bird of Prey, is a 1933 American pre-Code war film based on the story \"The Bird of Prey\" by World War I pilot John Monk Saunders that explores how war can turn a man's moral compass from pacifism to warmonger. Starring Richard Dix, it was similar to many of the period film" }, { "title": "Adorable", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Henri Garat, C. Aubrey Smith", "extract": "\n \t\nAdorable is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by William Dieterle and starring Janet Gaynor as a princess who disguises herself in order to go out socially and have fun, falling in love with a \"commoner\" in the process. The film also stars Herbert Mundin and Sterling Holloway" }, { "title": "Advice to the Lovelorn", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Sally Blane", "extract": "Advice to the Lovelorn is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Lee Tracy, Sally Blane, Paul Harvey and Sterling Holloway. The film was released on December 1, 1933, by United Artists. It is based on the novel Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West with a number " }, { "title": "After Tonight", "year": 1933, "genres": "Spy, War", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Gilbert Roland", "extract": "After Tonight is a 1933 American pre-Code World War I spy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Constance Bennett and Gilbert Roland. The studio considered firing Bennett after the film lost $100,000 at the box office." }, { "title": "Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Farrell, Wynne Gibson, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and written by Humphrey Pearson and Edward Kaufman. The film stars Charles Farrell, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, ZaSu Pitts, Betty Furness and Blanche Friderici. The film was released on November 3, 1933, " }, { "title": "Air Hostess", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Evalyn Knapp, James Murray", "extract": "Air Hostess is a 1933 American Pre-Code aviation-themed melodrama based on a serial published in a 1919 True Story Magazine article called Air Hostess by Grace Perkins, also known as Dora Macy. Director Albert Rogell who had moved from shorts to B-films, had been interested in aviation having alread" }, { "title": "Alice in Wonderland", "year": 1933, "genres": "Fantasy", "cast": "Charlotte Henry, Edward Everett Horton, W. C. Fields", "extract": "Alice in Wonderland is a 1933 American pre-Code fantasy film adapted from the novels by Lewis Carroll. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures, featuring an all-star cast. It is all live action, except for the Walrus and The Carpenter sequence, which was animated by Harman-Ising Studio." }, { "title": "Alimony Madness", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Chandler, Leon Ames, Alberta Vaughn", "extract": "Alimony Madness is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Helen Chandler, Leon Ames, and Edward Earle. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola." }, { "title": "Ann Carver's Profession", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Fay Wray, Gene Raymond", "extract": "Ann Carver's Profession is an American pre-Code 1933 film directed by Edward Buzzell. It focuses on the relationship of a female lawyer and her husband, and on the strain that her financial success places on their marriage. The film stars actress Fay Wray and this film was made during the year she c" }, { "title": "Ann Vickers", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Edna May Oliver", "extract": "Ann Vickers is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama directed by John Cromwell and starring Irene Dunne and Walter Huston. It is based on the novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis." }, { "title": "Another Language", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Helen Hayes", "extract": "Another Language is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Robert Montgomery and Helen Hayes." }, { "title": "Arizona to Broadway", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Romance", "cast": "James Dunn, Joan Bennett, Herbert Mundin", "extract": "Arizona to Broadway is a 1933 American pre-Code crime romance film directed by James Tinling and starring James Dunn and Joan Bennett. It was made by Fox Film Corporation. The screenplay was written by William M. Conselman and Henry Johnson." }, { "title": "As the Devil Commands", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Mae Clarke, Alan Dinehart, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "As the Devil Commands is a 1932 American pre-Code film written by Jo Swerling from a story by Keene Thompson. It is directed by Roy William Neill and stars Alan Dinehart, Mae Clarke and Neil Hamilton." }, { "title": "The Avenger", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ralph Forbes, Adrienne Ames, Charlotte Merriam", "extract": "The Avenger is a 1933 American drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Ralph Forbes, Adrienne Ames and Arthur Vinton. The screenplay concerns a former district attorney who seeks vengeance against the gang who framed him leading to his disgrace." }, { "title": "Baby Face", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook", "extract": "Baby Face is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green for Warner Bros., starring Barbara Stanwyck as Lily Powers, and featuring George Brent. Based on a story by Darryl F. Zanuck, Baby Face portrays an attractive young woman who uses sex to advance her social and financial sta" }, { "title": "The Barbarian", "year": 1933, "genres": "Adventure, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Myrna Loy, Ramon Novarro, Edward Arnold", "extract": "The Barbarian, also known as A Night in Cairo, is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film produced and directed by Sam Wood and starring Ramon Novarro and Myrna Loy. Written by Elmer Harris and Anita Loos, and based on the 1911 play The Arab by Edgar Selwyn, the film is about an American woman " }, { "title": "Beauty for Sale", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Madge Evans, Otto Kruger, Alice Brady", "extract": "Beauty for Sale is a 1933 American pre-Code film about the romantic entanglements of three beauty salon employees. Based on the 1933 novel Beauty by Faith Baldwin, it stars Madge Evans, Alice Brady, Otto Kruger and Una Merkel." }, { "title": "Bed of Roses", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Franklin Pangborn", "extract": "Bed of Roses (1933) is a pre-Code romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Constance Bennett. The picture was released by RKO Radio Pictures with a supporting cast featuring Joel McCrea and Pert Kelton." }, { "title": "A Bedtime Story", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Maurice Chevalier, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Twelvetrees", "extract": "A Bedtime Story is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Maurice Chevalier." }, { "title": "Before Dawn", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland", "extract": "Before Dawn is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Irving Pichel and written by Garrett Fort. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland, Dudley Digges and Gertrude Hoffman. It is one of the few Oland films from this period in which he does not play an Asian character. The" }, { "title": "Before Midnight", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery, Crime", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer", "extract": "Before Midnight is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer and Claude Gillingwater. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it was the first in a series of four films featuring Inspector Steve Trent of the NYPD. Bellamy " }, { "title": "Before Morning", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Taylor Holmes", "extract": "Before Morning is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama directed by Arthur Hoerl, and starring Leo Carrillo, Lora Baxter, and Taylor Holmes. The film was\nadapted for the screen by \nArthur Hoerl, from the 1933 Broadway play of the same name by Edward and Edna Riley." }, { "title": "Below the Sea", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Frederick Vodeding", "extract": "Below the Sea is a 1933 American Pre-Code action film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy and Esther Howard." }, { "title": "Berkeley Square", "year": 1933, "genres": "Fantasy, Drama", "cast": "Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor", "extract": "Berkeley Square is a 1933 American pre-Code fantasy drama film produced by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Leslie Howard and Heather Angel. It recounts the tale of young American Peter Standish, played by Howard, who, explained by S.T. Joshi, is a \"portrayal of a man of t" }, { "title": "Best of Enemies", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Buddy Rogers, Marian Nixon, Greta Nissen", "extract": "Best of Enemies is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Rian James and written by Sam Mintz and Rian James. The film stars Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, Marian Nixon, Frank Morgan, Greta Nissen, Joseph Cawthorn and Arno Frey. The film was released on June 23, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Big Bluff", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Reginald Denny, Claudia Dell", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Big Brain", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Phillips Holmes, Fay Wray", "extract": "The Big Brain is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Sy Bartlett and Warren Duff. The film stars George E. Stone, Phillips Holmes, Fay Wray, Minna Gombell and Lilian Bond. The film was released on August 5, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Big Chance", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "John Darrow, Mickey Rooney, Natalie Moorhead", "extract": "The Big Chance is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Albert Herman. It was produced by the independent Eagle Pictures and released on the states-rights market." }, { "title": "The Big Cage", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clyde Beatty, Anita Page", "extract": "The Big Cage is a 1933 American pre-Code circus film starring Clyde Beatty and Anita Page, and featuring Raymond Hatton, Wallace Ford, Andy Devine and Mickey Rooney, with Walter Brennan and Louise Beavers in bit parts. It was originally released by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Big Executive", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Sharon Lynn", "extract": "Big Executive is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Alice Duer Miller and Laurence Stallings. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Richard Bennett, Elizabeth Young, Sharon Lynn, Dorothy Peterson, Barton MacLane and Charles Middleton. The film was released on Augu" }, { "title": "Big Time or Bust", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Regis Toomey, Gloria Shea, Walter Byron", "extract": "Big Time or Bust is a 1933 American comedy-drama directed by Sam Newfield, which stars Regis Toomey, Gloria Shea, and Walter Byron." }, { "title": "The Billion Dollar Scandal", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Constance Cummings", "extract": "The Billion Dollar Scandal is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Beatrice Banyard, Willard Mack and Gene Towne. The film stars Robert Armstrong, Constance Cummings, Olga Baclanova, Frank Morgan, James Gleason, Irving Pichel and Warren Hymer. The film was r" }, { "title": "The Bitter Tea of General Yen", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori", "extract": "The Bitter Tea of General Yen is a 1933 American pre-Code drama war film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, and featuring Nils Asther and Walter Connolly. Based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Grace Zaring Stone, the film is about an American missionary in Shanghai during t" }, { "title": "Black Beauty", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Esther Ralston, Alexander Kirkland, Hale Hamilton", "extract": "Black Beauty is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Esther Ralston, Alexander Kirkland and Gavin Gordon. It is one of a number of adaptations of Anna Sewell's 1877 novel Black Beauty, with the setting moved from Victorian Britain to a plantation in Virginia." }, { "title": "Blind Adventure", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack", "extract": "Blind Adventure is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and starring Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Ralph Bellamy, and Roland Young. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures." }, { "title": "Blondie Johnson", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "Blondie Johnson is a 1933 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joan Blondell and Chester Morris. It was produced by Warner Bros." }, { "title": "Blood Money", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "George Bancroft, Judith Anderson, Frances Dee", "extract": "Blood Money is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Rowland Brown about a crooked bail bondsman named Bill Bailey, played by George Bancroft, with Chick Chandler as crime boss Drury Darling, Judith Anderson as Drury's sister and Bailey's lover, and Frances Dee as a thrill-seeking, l" }, { "title": "Bombshell", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Franchot Tone", "extract": "Bombshell is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic screwball comedy film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Forbes and Franchot Tone. It is based on the unproduced play of the same name by Caroline Francke and Mack Crane, and was adapted f" }, { "title": "Bondage", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Jordan, Alexander Kirkland, Merle Tottenham", "extract": "Bondage is a 1933 pre-Code American drama film directed by Alfred Santell and written by Arthur Kober and Doris Malloy. The film stars Dorothy Jordan, Alexander Kirkland, Merle Tottenham, Nydia Westman, Jane Darwell, and Edward Woods. The film was released on March 31, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Bowery", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Action", "cast": "Wallace Beery, George Raft, Jackie Cooper", "extract": "The Bowery is a 1933 American pre-Code action film set in the Lower East Side of Manhattan around the start of the 20th century directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Wallace Beery and George Raft. The supporting cast features Jackie Cooper, Fay Wray, and Pert Kelton." }, { "title": "Breed of the Border", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Marion Byron", "extract": "Breed of the Border is a 1933 American Western feature film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Bob Steele. It was distributed through Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Brief Moment", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond", "extract": "Brief Moment is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by David Burton and starring Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond. It is based on the 1931 play of the same name by S. N. Behrman." }, { "title": "Broadway Bad", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Ricardo Cortez, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "Broadway Bad is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Maude Fulton. The film stars Joan Blondell, Ricardo Cortez, Ginger Rogers, Adrienne Ames, and Francis McDonald. The film was released on February 24, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Broadway Through a Keyhole", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Constance Cummings, Russ Columbo", "extract": "Broadway Through a Keyhole, also billed as Broadway Thru a Keyhole, is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film produced by Twentieth Century Pictures and released by United Artists." }, { "title": "Broadway to Hollywood", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Alice Brady, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Broadway to Hollywood is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Willard Mack, produced by Harry Rapf, cinematography by Norbert Brodine and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film features many of MGM's stars of the time, including Frank Morgan, Alice Brady, May Robson, Madge Evans, Jim" }, { "title": "Broken Dreams", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Martha Sleeper, Joseph Cawthorn", "extract": "Broken Dreams is a 1933 drama film, directed by Robert G. Vignola. It starred Randolph Scott and Martha Sleeper. It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Bureau of Missing Persons", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "Bureau of Missing Persons is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film with comic overtones directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell. The screenplay by Robert Presnell is based on the book Missing Men by former New York City Police Captain John H. Ayer" }, { "title": "By Appointment Only", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Aileen Pringle, Lew Cody, Sally O'Neil", "extract": "By Appointment Only is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by Frank R. Strayer." }, { "title": "The California Trail", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Helen Mack", "extract": "The California Trail is a 1933 American pre-Code\nWestern film directed by Lambert Hillyer starring Buck Jones, Helen Mack and Luis Alberni." }, { "title": "By Candlelight", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Elissa Landi, Paul Lukas, Nils Asther", "extract": "By Candlelight is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by James Whale. The film is based on the Austrian play Candle Light by Siegfried Geyer and Karl Farkas, which was adapted to the English-speaking stage by P. G. Wodehouse. The film stars Elissa Landi, Paul Lukas, Nils Asther, and Doroth" }, { "title": "Captured!", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "Captured! is a 1933 American pre-Code film about World War I prisoners of war in a German camp. The film was directed by Roy Del Ruth and stars Leslie Howard and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Captured! was based on the short story \"Fellow Prisoners\" (1930) by Sir Philip Gibbs." }, { "title": "Carnival Lady", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Boots Mallory, Allen Vincent, Gertrude Astor", "extract": "Carnival Lady is a 1933 American drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Boots Mallory, Allen Vincent and Donald Kerr." }, { "title": "Cavalcade", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Beryl Mercer", "extract": "Cavalcade is a 1933 American epic pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd. The screenplay by Reginald Berkeley and Sonya Levien is based on the 1931 play of the same title by Noël Coward. The film stars Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook." }, { "title": "Central Airport", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Barthelmess, James Murray, Sally Eilers", "extract": "Central Airport is a 1933 American pre-Code aviation drama film directed by William A. Wellman, based on the John C. \"Jack\" Moffitt story, \"Hawk's Mate\". The film stars Richard Barthelmess and Sally Eilers. Central Airport was produced and released by Warner Bros., on April 15, 1933. John Wayne had " }, { "title": "Chance at Heaven", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marian Nixon", "extract": "Chance at Heaven is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Julien Josephson and Sarah Y. Mason based on a 1932 short story of the same name by Vina Delmar. The film stars Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marian Nixon, Andy Devine and Lucien Littlefield. It was re" }, { "title": "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Heather Angel, Virginia Cherrill", "extract": "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) is an American pre-Code murder mystery film starring Warner Oland as the Oriental detective Charlie Chan. It was based on the Earl Derr Biggers novel The House Without a Key (1925)." }, { "title": "Cheating Blondes", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Thelma Todd, Inez Courtney, Mae Busch", "extract": "Cheating Blondes is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Thelma Todd, Ralf Harolde and Inez Courtney." }, { "title": "The Cheyenne Kid", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Roscoe Ates", "extract": "The Cheyenne Kid is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Robert F. Hill and written by Jack Curtis. The film stars Tom Keene, Mary Mason, Roscoe Ates, Otto Hoffman and Al Bridge. The film was released on January 20, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Chief", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ed Wynn, Dorothy Mackaill", "extract": "The Chief is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Arthur Caesar and Robert E. Hopkins. The film stars Ed Wynn, Charles \"Chic\" Sale, Dorothy Mackaill, William \"Stage\" Boyd, Effie Ellsler and C. Henry Gordon. The film was released on November 3, 1933, by Metr" }, { "title": "Child of Manhattan", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, John Boles", "extract": "Child of Manhattan is a 1933 American pre-Code melodrama film based on the play Child of Manhattan by Preston Sturges, which was presented on Broadway in 1932. The film was directed by Edward Buzzell and written for the screen by Gertrude Purcell, and stars Nancy Carroll, star of musical comedies at" }, { "title": "Christopher Bean", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marie Dressler, Lionel Barrymore", "extract": "Christopher Bean is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Wood and written by Laurence E. Johnson and Sylvia Thalberg, based on the 1932 play, The Late Christopher Bean, by Sidney Howard. The film stars Marie Dressler, Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack, Beulah Bondi, and Russell Hardie. Th" }, { "title": "Christopher Strong", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive", "extract": "Christopher Strong is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film produced by RKO and directed by Dorothy Arzner. It is a tale of illicit love among the English aristocracy and stars Colin Clive and Katharine Hepburn. The screenplay by Zoë Akins is an adaptation of the 1932 British novel Christophe" }, { "title": "The Circus Queen Murder", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Donald Cook, Greta Nissen", "extract": "The Circus Queen Murder is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Adolphe Menjou, Donald Cook and Greta Nissen. It is the sequel to the 1932 film The Night Club Lady in which Menjou had also starred as Thatcher Colt. The film is based on a story by \"Anthony " }, { "title": "Clear All Wires!", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Benita Hume", "extract": "Clear All Wires! is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by George Hill and written by Bella and Samuel Spewack and Delmer Daves. The film stars Lee Tracy, Benita Hume, Una Merkel, James Gleason, Alan Edwards and Eugene Sigaloff. The film was released on February 24, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-" }, { "title": "Cocktail Hour", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Bebe Daniels", "extract": "Cocktail Hour is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures and starring Bebe Daniels. This film was directed by Victor Schertzinger." }, { "title": "The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Murray, Andy Devine, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Charlie Murray, Andy Devine, and Maureen O'Sullivan. It is the last film in the Cohens and Kellys series and the first director credit for George Stevens." }, { "title": "College Coach", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Pat O'Brien", "extract": "College Coach is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak. The film features John Wayne in his last bit-part role." }, { "title": "College Humor", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Mary Carlisle", "extract": "College Humor is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, Mary Kornman and Mary Carlisle. Based on a story by Dean Fales, the film is about a college professor and the school's star football player who become rival" }, { "title": "The Constant Woman", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Claire Windsor", "extract": "The Constant Woman (1933), also known as Auction in Souls and Hell in a Circus, is an American Pre-Code film directed by Victor Schertzinger. It is based on the 1913 Eugene O'Neill play Recklessness." }, { "title": "Convention City", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Erotic", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Mary Astor", "extract": "Convention City is a 1933 American pre-Code sex comedy film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Mary Astor and Adolphe Menjou. The film was produced by Henry Blanke and First National Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros." }, { "title": "Corruption", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Preston Foster, Tully Marshall, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "Corruption is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by Charles E. Roberts and starring Evalyn Knapp and Preston Foster. The film is also known as Double Exposure in the United Kingdom." }, { "title": "Counsellor at Law", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels", "extract": "Counsellor at Law is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Elmer Rice is based on his 1931 Broadway play of the same title." }, { "title": "Cradle Song", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothea Wieck, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing", "extract": "Cradle Song is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Dorothea Wieck and Evelyn Venable. It is based on the 1911 play of the same name by Gregorio Martínez Sierra." }, { "title": "The Crime of the Century", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Jean Hersholt, Wynne Gibson, Frances Dee", "extract": "The Crime of the Century is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by William Beaudine and featuring a star-studded cast including Jean Hersholt, Wynne Gibson, Stuart Erwin, Frances Dee, and David Landau." }, { "title": "Cross Fire", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Betty Furness", "extract": "Cross Fire is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film starring Tom Keene. It made a profit of $26,000." }, { "title": "Curtain at Eight", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Mackaill, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "Curtain at Eight is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Mackaill and Paul Cavanagh." }, { "title": "Damaged Lives", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lyman Williams, Diane Sinclair, Jason Robards Sr.", "extract": "Damaged Lives is a 1933 Canadian/American pre-Code exploitation film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The screenplay is based on the French play Les Avariés (1901) by Eugène Brieux." }, { "title": "Dance Girl Dance", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Alan Dinehart, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "Dance Girl Dance is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Frank Strayer from an original screenplay by Robert Ellis. The picture stars Alan Dinehart, Evalyn Knapp, and Edward Nugent, and premiered on September 1, 1933." }, { "title": "Dance Hall Hostess", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Chandler, Jason Robards Sr., Alberta Vaughn", "extract": "Dance Hall Hostess is a 1933 American drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Helen Chandler, Jason Robards Sr. and Alberta Vaughn." }, { "title": "Dancing Lady", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire", "extract": "Dancing Lady is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, and featuring Franchot Tone, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, and Ted Healy and His Stooges. The picture was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, produced by John W. Considine Jr. and David O. Selznick, and was bas" }, { "title": "Dangerous Crossroads", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Action", "cast": "Jackie Searl, Diane Sinclair", "extract": "Dangerous Crossroads is a 1933 American pre-Code action film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Lew Levenson. The film stars Charles \"Chic\" Sale, Diane Sinclair, Frank Albertson, Preston Foster, Jackie Searl and Niles Welch. The film was released on June 15, 1933, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Dangerously Yours", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Miriam Jordan, Herbert Mundin", "extract": "Dangerously Yours is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle, starring Warner Baxter, Miriam Jordan and Herbert Mundin." }, { "title": "Daring Daughters", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Marian Marsh, Kenneth Thomson, Bert Roach", "extract": "Daring Daughters is a 1933 American pre-Code melodrama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Marian Marsh, Kenneth Thomson, and Joan Marsh, and was released on March 25, 1933." }, { "title": "Day of Reckoning", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, Una Merkel, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "Day of Reckoning is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Richard Dix, Madge Evans and Conway Tearle. It is based on a novel by Morris Lavine. When a man is sent to prison, his wife is romanced by another man." }, { "title": "Deadwood Pass", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Lafe McKee, Slim Whitaker", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Deluge", "year": 1933, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Peggy Shannon, Sidney Blackmer", "extract": "Deluge is a 1933 American apocalyptic science fiction film, directed by Felix E. Feist, and released by RKO Radio Pictures." }, { "title": "Design for Living", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins", "extract": "Design for Living is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch from a screenplay by Ben Hecht, based on the 1932 play of the same name by Noël Coward. Starring Fredric March, Gary Cooper, and Miriam Hopkins, the film is about a woman who cannot decide between two men who love h" }, { "title": "Destination Unknown", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Hale", "extract": "Destination Unknown is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Tay Garnett and written by Tom Buckingham. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Hale, Sr., Russell Hopton, Tom Brown and Betty Compson. The film was released on April 1, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Devil's Brother", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd", "extract": "The Devil's Brother or Fra Diavolo outside the U.S. is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It is based on Daniel Auber's operetta Fra Diavolo about the Italian bandit Fra Diavolo." }, { "title": "The Devil's in Love", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Loretta Young, Victor Jory, Vivienne Osborne", "extract": "The Devil's in Love is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Dieterle and written by Howard Estabrook. The film stars Victor Jory, Loretta Young, Vivienne Osborne, David Manners, C. Henry Gordon and Herbert Mundin. The film was released on July 21, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Devil's Mate", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Peggy Shannon, Preston Foster", "extract": "The Devil's Mate is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Phil Rosen, starring Peggy Shannon and Preston Foster." }, { "title": "Diamond Trail", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Frances Rich", "extract": "Diamond Trail is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by Harry L. Fraser." }, { "title": "Dinner at Eight", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow", "extract": "Dinner at Eight is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Frances Marion and Herman J. Mankiewicz, based on George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's 1932 play of the same title. The film features an ensemble cast of Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace" }, { "title": "Diplomaniacs", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Marjorie White", "extract": "Diplomaniacs is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Wheeler and Woolsey. The film in noted for its absurdist political satire, somewhat in the manner of Million Dollar Legs or Duck Soup, both of which were released within a year of Diplomaniacs." }, { "title": "Disgraced!", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Bruce Cabot, Adrienne Ames", "extract": "Disgraced! is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Francis Martin and Alice D. G. Miller. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Bruce Cabot, Adrienne Ames, William Harrigan, Ken Murray, Charles Middleton and Adrienne D'Ambricourt. The film was released on July " }, { "title": "Doctor Bull", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Vera Allen", "extract": "Doctor Bull is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, based on the James Gould Cozzens novel The Last Adam. Will Rogers portrays a small-town doctor who must deal with a typhoid outbreak in the community." }, { "title": "Don't Bet on Love", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "Don't Bet on Love is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Murray Roth and written by Howard Emmett Rogers, Murray Roth and Ben Ryan. The film stars Lew Ayres, Ginger Rogers, Charley Grapewin, Shirley Grey, Tom Dugan and Merna Kennedy. The film was released on July 1, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Double Harness", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Ann Harding, William Powell", "extract": "Double Harness (1933) is an American pre-Code film starring Ann Harding and William Powell. It was based on the play of the same name by Edward Poor Montgomery. A young woman maneuvers a lazy playboy into marrying her." }, { "title": "Drum Taps", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Charles Stevens", "extract": "Drum Taps is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed and co-written by J.P. McGowan. It stars Ken Maynard and his brother Kermit Maynard playing brothers." }, { "title": "Duck Soup", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Margaret Dumont", "extract": "Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical black comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin, directed by Leo McCarey. Released theatrically by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it starred the Marx Brothers and also featured" }, { "title": "The Eagle and the Hawk", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Fredric March, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard", "extract": "The Eagle and the Hawk is a 1933 American Pre-Code aerial war film set in World War I. It was directed by Stuart Walker and Mitchell Leisen and was based on an original story by John Monk Saunders. The film stars Fredric March and Cary Grant as Royal Flying Corps fighter pilots. The supporting cast " }, { "title": "East of Fifth Avenue", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Wallace Ford, Mary Carlisle", "extract": "East of Fifth Avenue is a 1933 American drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Wallace Ford, Mary Carlisle and Dorothy Tree. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The plot revolves around the inhabitants of a cheap New York boarding house." }, { "title": "Easy Millions", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Dorothy Burgess", "extract": "Easy Millions is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Dorothy Burgess and Merna Kennedy." }, { "title": "The Eleventh Commandment", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marian Marsh, Theodore von Eltz", "extract": "The Eleventh Commandment is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Melford and starring Marian Marsh, Theodore von Eltz and Alan Hale. It is based on a play by Brandon Fleming. The story had previously been made into a 1924 British silent film." }, { "title": "Elmer, the Great", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "Elmer, the Great is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Joe E. Brown and Patricia Ellis." }, { "title": "Emergency Call", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "William Boyd, Wynne Gibson, Betty Furness", "extract": "Emergency Call is a 1933 American Pre-Code action film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Houston Branch and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The film stars William Boyd, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, George E. Stone and Betty Furness. The film was released on June 24, 1933 by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Emperor Jones", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Paul Robeson, Frank H. Wilson, Dudley Digges", "extract": "The Emperor Jones is a 1933 American pre-Code film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play of the same title, directed by iconoclast Dudley Murphy, written for the screen by playwright DuBose Heyward and starring Paul Robeson in the title role, and co-starring Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi " }, { "title": "Employees' Entrance", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, Warren William, Wallace Ford", "extract": "Employees' Entrance is a 1933 pre-Code film about the devious manager of a New York department store and his romantic involvement with a reluctant new employee. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth. In 2019, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry f" }, { "title": "Eskimo", "year": 1933, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Ray Mala, Lulu Wong", "extract": "Eskimo is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It is based on the books Der Eskimo and Die Flucht ins weisse Land by Danish explorer and author Peter Freuchen. The film stars Ray Mala as Mala, Lulu Wong Wing as Mala's first wife Ab" }, { "title": "Ever in My Heart", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Ever in My Heart is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, and Ralph Bellamy. It portrays the tragic consequences of the virulent propaganda that spread false stories of atrocities and stigmatized anything German during the Great War." }, { "title": "Ex-Lady", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, Gene Raymond, Claire Dodd", "extract": "Ex-Lady is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy/drama film directed by Robert Florey. The screenplay by David Boehm is a remake of the Barbara Stanwyck film Illicit (1931), both crediting a story by Edith Fitzgerald and Robert Riskin. The film focuses on a pair of lovers, commercial illustrator Helen Bau" }, { "title": "Face in the Sky", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Marian Nixon, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "Face in the Sky is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film." }, { "title": "Fargo Express", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Helen Mack, Paul Fix", "extract": "Fargo Express is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alan James and starring Ken Maynard, Helen Mack and Roy Stewart." }, { "title": "Fast Workers", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Gilbert, Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Fast Workers, also known as Rivets, is a 1933 pre-Code drama film starring John Gilbert and Robert Armstrong as construction workers and romantic rivals for the character played by Mae Clarke. The film, which is based on the unproduced play Rivets by John McDermott, was directed by an uncredited Tod" }, { "title": "Female", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson", "extract": "Female is a 1933 Warner Bros. pre-Code film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Ruth Chatterton and George Brent. It is based on the 1933 novel of the same name by Donald Henderson Clarke." }, { "title": "The Fiddlin' Buckaroo", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Gloria Shea", "extract": "The Fiddlin' Buckaroo is a 1933 American Western film directed by Ken Maynard and written by Nate Gatzert. The film stars Ken Maynard, Gloria Shea, Fred Kohler, Frank Rice, Jack Rockwell and Joseph W. Girard. The film was released on July 20, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Fighting Code", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Diane Sinclair, Ward Bond", "extract": "The Fighting Code is a 1933 American Western film written and directed by Lambert Hillyer. The film stars Buck Jones, \nDiane Sinclair, Ward Bond, Richard Alexander, Alfred P. James and Erville Alderson. The film was released on December 30, 1933, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "The Fighting Parson", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Marceline Day", "extract": "The Fighting Parson is a 1933 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Hoot Gibson, Marceline Day and Ethel Wales." }, { "title": "Fighting Texans", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Luana Walters", "extract": "Fighting Texans is a 1933 American Western film directed by Armand Schaefer and written by Wellyn Totman. The film stars Rex Bell, Luana Walters, Betty Mack, Yakima Canutt, Wally Wales and George \"Gabby\" Hayes. The film was released on June 15, 1933, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "File 113", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Lew Cody, Mary Nolan", "extract": "File 113 is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Chester Franklin and starring Lew Cody, Mary Nolan and June Clyde. Monsieur Lecoq, a Parisian detective solves a series of crimes. It is based on a story by the nineteenth century French writer Émile Gaboriau." }, { "title": "Flaming Gold", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Boyd, Pat O'Brien, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Flaming Gold is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ralph Ince and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and John F. Goodrich. The film stars William Boyd, Pat O'Brien, Mae Clarke, Rollo Lloyd and Helen Ware. The film was released on September 29, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Flying Devils", "year": 1933, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Arline Judge, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Flying Devils is a 1933 American Pre-Code action film dealing with aviation. The film was directed by former Hollywood agent Russell Birdwell and photographed by film noir cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca. The screenplay was written by Byron Morgan and Louis Stevens, based on an original story by S" }, { "title": "Flying Down to Rio", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Dolores del Río, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore. The song" }, { "title": "Fog", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Thriller", "cast": "Mary Brian, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Fog is a 1933 American pre-Code thriller film directed by Albert S. Rogell and produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It stars Mary Brian, Donald Cook and Reginald Denny.\nThe Library of Congress holds a print of the film." }, { "title": "Footlight Parade", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler", "extract": "Footlight Parade is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell and featuring Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert and Ruth Donnelly. The film was written by Manuel Seff and James Seymour based on a story by Robert Lord and Peter Milne, a" }, { "title": "Forgotten", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lee Kohlmar, June Clyde", "extract": "Forgotten is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by Richard Thorpe." }, { "title": "Found Alive", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Bedford, Maurice Murphy, Robert Frazer", "extract": "Found Alive is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Barbara Bedford, Maurice Murphy and Robert Frazer." }, { "title": "From Headquarters", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "From Headquarters is a 1933 American pre-Code murder mystery film starring George Brent, Margaret Lindsay and Eugene Pallette, and directed by William Dieterle." }, { "title": "From Hell to Heaven", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Jack Oakie, Adrienne Ames", "extract": "From Hell to Heaven is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film. It was directed by Erle C. Kenton, and features an ensemble cast including Carole Lombard, Jack Oakie, Adrienne Ames and Sidney Blackmer. It was adapted from the stage play by Lawrence Hazard." }, { "title": "The Fugitive", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "The Fugitive is a 1933 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Rex Bell, Cecilia Parker and Bob Kortman." }, { "title": "Fury of the Jungle", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon", "extract": "Fury of the Jungle is a 1933 American adventure film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon and Alan Dinehart. It was co-written by Dore Schary from a story by Horace McCoy." }, { "title": "Gabriel Over the White House", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Fantasy, Political", "cast": "Walter Huston, Franchot Tone, Karen Morley", "extract": "Gabriel Over the White House is a 1933 American pre-Code political fantasy film starring Walter Huston as a genial but politically corrupt U.S. President who has a near-fatal automobile accident and comes under divine influence—specifically the Archangel Gabriel and the spirit of Abraham Lincoln. Ev" }, { "title": "The Gallant Fool", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Arletta Duncan", "extract": "The Gallant Fool is a 1933 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Bob Steele, Arletta Duncan and George 'Gabby' Hayes." }, { "title": "Galloping Romeo", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Doris Hill", "extract": "Galloping Romeo is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film released by Monogram Pictures, written and directed by Robert N. Bradbury, and starring Bob Steele." }, { "title": "Gambling Ship", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Cary Grant, Jack La Rue, Benita Hume", "extract": "Gambling Ship is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Max Marcin, and starring Cary Grant and Benita Hume. It was based on Paul Cain's short stories: \"Fast One\", \"Lead Party\", \"Velvet\" and \"The Heat\", which were published in Black Mask magazine. It was released on Jun" }, { "title": "Gigolettes of Paris", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Madge Bellamy, Gilbert Roland, Natalie Moorhead", "extract": "Gigolettes of Paris is a 1933 American movie directed by Alphonse Martell, produced by Equitable Pictures, and starring Madge Bellamy and Gilbert Roland." }, { "title": "The Girl in 419", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, David Manners", "extract": "The Girl in 419 is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes and written by Allen Rivkin, Manuel Seff and P.J. Wolfson. The film stars James Dunn, Gloria Stuart, David Manners, William Harrigan, Shirley Grey and Jack La Rue. The film was released on May 26, 193" }, { "title": "Girl Missing", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Glenda Farrell, Mary Brian, Ben Lyon", "extract": "Girl Missing is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film starring Glenda Farrell, Ben Lyon and Mary Brian. It was directed by Robert Florey and released by Warner Bros. on March 4, 1933. Two women stranded in Palm Beach become involved in the case of a new bride who goes missing on her wedding night." }, { "title": "Girl Without a Room", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Marguerite Churchill", "extract": "Girl Without a Room is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film starring Charles Farrell, Charles Ruggles, and Marguerite Churchill. This early light comedy farce set in Paris was written by Claude Binyon, Frank Butler, and Jack Lait, and directed by Ralph Murphy." }, { "title": "Going Hollywood", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Marion Davies, Ned Sparks", "extract": "Going Hollywood is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Marion Davies and Bing Crosby. It was written by Donald Ogden Stewart and based on a story by Frances Marion. Going Hollywood was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on December 22, 1933." }, { "title": "Gold Diggers of 1933", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Warren Williams, Ginger Rogers, Aline MacMahon", "extract": "Gold Diggers of 1933 is a pre-Code Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics), staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It stars Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler, and Dick Powell, and features Guy Kibbee, N" }, { "title": "Golden Harvest", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "Golden Harvest is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Casey Robinson. The film stars Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Genevieve Tobin, Roscoe Ates, Julie Haydon, Elizabeth Patterson and Berton Churchill. The film was released on September " }, { "title": "Goldie Gets Along", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lili Damita, Charles Morton", "extract": "Goldie Gets Along is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Lili Damita, Charles Morton and Sam Hardy. The screenplay was written by William A. Drake, based on the 1931 novel of the same title by Hawthorne Hurst." }, { "title": "Goodbye Again", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Warren William, Joan Blondell, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "Goodbye Again is a 1933 pre-Code romantic comedy film made by First National Pictures and Warner Bros." }, { "title": "Goodbye Love", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Verree Teasdale", "extract": "Goodbye Love is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Charles Ruggles." }, { "title": "Grand Slam", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Loretta Young, Paul Lukas, Frank McHugh", "extract": "Grand Slam is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William Dieterle and Alfred E. Green and starring Paul Lukas, Loretta Young and Frank McHugh. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 18, 1933." }, { "title": "The Great Jasper", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, Edna May Oliver", "extract": "The Great Jasper is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by J. Walter Ruben and written by H.W. Hanemann and Samuel Ornitz. The film stars Richard Dix, Edna May Oliver, Florence Eldridge, Wera Engels and Walter Walker. The film was released on February 17, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Gun Justice", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "Gun Justice is a 1933 American Western film directed by Alan James and written by Robert Quigley. The film stars Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker, Hooper Atchley, Walter Miller, William Gould and Jack Rockwell. The film was released on December 11, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Gun Law", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Hoxie, Betty Boyd, Mary Carr", "extract": "Gun Law is a 1933 American pre-Code\nWestern film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Hoxie, Betty Boyd and Mary Carr. It was remade in 1937 as Melody of the Plains." }, { "title": "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and set in the Great Depression." }, { "title": "Hard to Handle", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Cagney, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "Hard to Handle (1933) is a pre-Code comedy film starring James Cagney as a breezily clowning con artist who organizes a Depression-era dance marathon. His character remarks at one point, \"The mass is a cow. It must be milked\". The movie was produced at Warner Bros. and directed by Mervyn LeRoy." }, { "title": "Havana Widows", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Havana Widows is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ray Enright, starring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. It was released by Warner Bros. on November 18, 1933. Two chorus girls travel to Havana in search of rich husbands. Their target is Deacon Jones, a self-appointed moralist who ca" }, { "title": "He Couldn't Take It", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ray Walker, Virginia Cherrill", "extract": "He Couldn't Take It is a 1933 American comedy film directed by William Nigh and starring Ray Walker, Virginia Cherrill and George E. Stone. The script was written by Dore Schary and George Waggner and was made for Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Headline Shooter", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Gargan, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Headline Shooter is a 1933 American pre-Code drama about the life of a newsreel photographer. Director Otto Brower intertwined the screenplay written by Agnes Christine Johnston, Allen Rivkin, and Arthur Kober, with actual newsreel footage of natural and man-made disasters. The film starred William " }, { "title": "Hell and High Water", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Guy Standing", "extract": "Hell and High Water is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt and written by Grover Jones, Agnes Brand Leahy, William Slavens McNutt and Max Miller. The film stars Richard Arlen, Judith Allen, Charley Grapewin, Gertrude Hoffman, Guy Standing, and Will" }, { "title": "Hell Below", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Jimmy Durante", "extract": "Hell Below is a 1933 American MGM pre-Code film set in the Adriatic Sea during World War I about submarine warfare based on Commander Edward Ellsberg's novel Pigboats. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Robert Young, Madge Evans and Jimmy Durante." }, { "title": "Hello, Everybody!", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Kate Smith, Randolph Scott", "extract": "Hello, Everybody! is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Lawrence Hazard, Fannie Hurst, and Dorothy Yost. The film stars Kate Smith, Randolph Scott, Sally Blane, Charley Grapewin, George Barbier, Wade Boteler and Julia Swayne Gordon. The film was releas" }, { "title": "Hello, Sister!", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "James Dunn, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Hello, Sister! is a 1933 American pre-Code drama-romance film produced by Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Erich von Stroheim, Raoul Walsh, and Alfred L. Werker, although no directorial credit is given. The film is a re-edited version of von Stroheim's now-lost film Walking Down Broadway." }, { "title": "Her Bodyguard", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "Her Bodyguard is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Edmund Lowe, Wynne Gibson and Edward Arnold." }, { "title": "Her First Mate", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Una Merkel", "extract": "Her First Mate is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William Wyler and written by Clarence Marks, Earle Snell and H. M. Walker, who adapted it from the play written by Frank Craven, John Golden and Daniel Jarrett. The film stars Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Una Merkel, Warren Hymer, B" }, { "title": "Her Forgotten Past", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Monte Blue, Barbara Kent, Henry B. Walthall", "extract": "Her Forgotten Past is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Wesley Ford and starring Monte Blue, Barbara Kent and Henry B. Walthall." }, { "title": "Her Resale Value", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "June Clyde, Noel Francis, Crauford Kent", "extract": "Her Resale Value is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring June Clyde, George J. Lewis and Noel Francis. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola." }, { "title": "Her Splendid Folly", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lilian Bond, Theodore von Eltz", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Heroes for Sale", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Loretta Young", "extract": "Heroes for Sale (1933) is an American pre-Code drama film directed by William Wellman, starring Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, and Loretta Young, and released by Warner Bros. and First National Pictures. The 76-minute original is considered lost; a 71-minute version is available from Turner En" }, { "title": "High Gear", "year": 1933, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "James Murray, Joan Marsh, Theodore von Eltz", "extract": "High Gear is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by Leigh Jason. It stars James Murray and Joan Marsh. The film was known as The Big Thrill in the United Kingdom." }, { "title": "His Double Life", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Roland Young, Lillian Gish, Montagu Love", "extract": "His Double Life is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Broadway theatrical impresario and first time film director Arthur Hopkins with directorial input from the experienced William C. deMille, Cecil's older brother. It stars Roland Young and Lillian Gish." }, { "title": "His Private Secretary", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Wayne, Evalyn Knapp, Reginald Barlow", "extract": "His Private Secretary is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Phil Whitman and starring Evalyn Knapp and John Wayne. It is an early Wayne non-Western film appearance, made when he was 26 years old." }, { "title": "Hold Me Tight", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Dunn, Sally Eilers, June Clyde", "extract": "Hold Me Tight is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by David Butler and written by Gladys Lehman. The film stars James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Frank McHugh and June Clyde. The film was released on May 20, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Hold the Press", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Hold the Press is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Tim McCoy, Shirley Grey, and Wheeler Oakman, and was released on October 25, 1933." }, { "title": "Hold Your Man", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "Hold Your Man is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Sam Wood and starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, the third of their six films together. The screenplay by Anita Loos and Howard Emmett Rogers was based on a story by Loos." }, { "title": "Hoop-La", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clara Bow, Preston Foster", "extract": "Hoop-La is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Clara Bow, Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell and Minna Gombell also in the cast. The film is based on the play The Barker by Kenyon Nicholson, which was also filmed in 1928 under the same title as the play." }, { "title": "Horse Play", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Leila Hyams", "extract": "Horse Play is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by H. M. Walker and Dale Van Every. The film stars Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Leila Hyams, May Beatty, Una O'Connor and David Torrence. The film was released on June 1, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Hot Pepper", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lupe Vélez, Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen", "extract": "Hot Pepper (1933) is an American pre-Code comedy film starring Lupe Vélez, Edmund Lowe, and Victor McLaglen, directed by John G. Blystone and released by Fox Film Corporation. The film appeared before the enforcement of the Production Code." }, { "title": "Hotel Variety", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical, Crime", "cast": "Hal Skelly, Olive Borden, Sally Rand", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The House on 56th Street", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "The House on 56th Street is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film. The film's plot involves a miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction and imprisonment, and alienation of a prisoner from her only living relative." }, { "title": "Humanity", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ralph Morgan, Irene Ware", "extract": "Humanity is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by Bradley King. The film stars Ralph Morgan, Boots Mallory, Alexander Kirkland, Irene Ware, Noel Madison and Wade Boteler. The film was released om March 3, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "I Am Suzanne", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond, Leslie Banks", "extract": "I Am Suzanne! is a 1933 American pre-Code romance film involving puppeteers in Paris written by Edwin Justus Mayer, directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starring Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond and Leslie Banks. The picture's puppetry sequences feature the Yale Puppeteers and Podrecca's Piccoli Theater. The " }, { "title": "I Cover the Waterfront", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Ben Lyon, Ernest Torrence", "extract": "I Cover the Waterfront is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrence, and Hobart Cavanaugh." }, { "title": "I Have Lived", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Alan Dinehart, Anita Page, Gertrude Astor", "extract": "I Have Lived is a 1933 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Alan Dinehart, Anita Page and Allen Vincent." }, { "title": "I Love That Man", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Nancy Carroll", "extract": "I Love That Man is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by C. Graham Baker, Casey Robinson and Gene Towne. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Nancy Carroll, Robert Armstrong, Lew Cody, Warren Hymer, Grant Mitchell and Dorothy Burgess. The film was released on June 9, " }, { "title": "I Loved a Woman", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Kay Francis, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "I Loved a Woman is a 1933 American pre-Code drama directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Kay Francis, Edward G. Robinson, and Genevieve Tobin. According to producer Hal Wallis' autobiography, Robinson and Francis \"were oddly matched. Kay was so tall that we had to put Eddie [Robinson] on a box in som" }, { "title": "I Loved You Wednesday", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Elissa Landi", "extract": "I Loved You Wednesday is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Henry King and William Cameron Menzies and written by Philip Klein and Horace Jackson, adapted from the 1932 play of the same title by Molly Ricardel and William DuBois. The film stars Warner Baxter, Elissa Landi, Victor" }, { "title": "I'm No Angel", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Mae West, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold", "extract": "I'm No Angel is a 1933 pre-Code film directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Mae West and Cary Grant. West received sole story and screenplay credit. It is one of her films that was not subjected to heavy censorship." }, { "title": "If I Were Free", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Clive Brook, Nils Asther", "extract": "If I Were Free is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Elliott Nugent and written by Dwight Taylor, based on the play, Behold, We Live by John Van Druten. The film stars Irene Dunne, Clive Brook, Nils Asther and Henry Stephenson. The film was released on December 1, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Important Witness", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Noel Francis, Dorothy Burgess", "extract": "The Important Witness is an American 1933 pre-Code crime drama directed by Sam Newfield which stars Noel Francis, Dorothy Burgess, and Donald Dillaway." }, { "title": "In the Money", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Lois Wilson", "extract": "In the Money is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Strayer from an original screenplay by Robert Ellis. Starring Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Lois Wilson, and Warren Hymer, the film was produced and distributed by the common tandem duo of Poverty Row studios, Invincible Corp. and " }, { "title": "Infernal Machine", "year": 1933, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Chester Morris, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "Infernal Machine is a 1933 American pre-Code thriller film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Chester Morris, Genevieve Tobin and Victor Jory. The film was based on a novel by Karl Sloboda. Released by Fox Film Corporation, the title is sometimes written as The Infernal Machine. After finishing " }, { "title": "International House", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Stuart Erwin, George Burns", "extract": "International House is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce and W. C. Fields, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and released by Paramount Pictures. The tagline of the film was \"The Grand Hotel of comedy\". It is a mixture of comedy and musical acts tied together by a slim " }, { "title": "The Intruder", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery, Drama, Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Lila Lee, Monte Blue, William B. Davidson", "extract": "The Intruder is a 1933 Pre code comedy crime film directed by Albert Ray and starring Monte Blue and Lila Lee, two silent screen veterans. The cast also featured Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman and Mischa Auer. Shot at the RKO-Pathé Studios in California, it was produced and distributed by the Poverty Row " }, { "title": "The Invisible Man", "year": 1933, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Henry Travers", "extract": "The Invisible Man is a 1933 American science fiction horror film directed by James Whale based on H. G. Wells' 1897 novel The Invisible Man, produced by Universal Pictures, and starring Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains and William Harrigan. The film involves a Dr. Jack Griffin (Rains) who is covered in b" }, { "title": "The Iron Master", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Reginald Denny, Lila Lee", "extract": "" }, { "title": "It's Great to Be Alive", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Science Fiction", "cast": "Edna May Oliver, Gloria Stuart, Raul Roulien", "extract": "It's Great to Be Alive (1933) is an American Pre-Code science fiction musical comedy film produced by Fox Film Corporation, is a remake of The Last Man on Earth (1924), and later influenced the novel Mr. Adam (1946) by Pat Frank." }, { "title": "Jennie Gerhardt", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Mary Astor, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Jennie Gerhardt is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering for Paramount Pictures. It stars Sylvia Sidney, Mary Astor, and Edward Arnold. The film is based on the 1911 novel Jennie Gerhardt by Theodore Dreiser." }, { "title": "Jimmy and Sally", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "James Dunn, Claire Trevor", "extract": "Jimmy and Sally is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by James Tinling and written by Paul Schofield and Marguerite Roberts with additional dialogue by William Conselman. Starring James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Harvey Stephens, Lya Lys, and Jed Prouty, the story concerns a self-centered" }, { "title": "Jungle Bride", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Anita Page, Charles Starrett, Kenneth Thomson", "extract": "Jungle Bride is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and Albert H. Kelley." }, { "title": "Justice Takes a Holiday", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "H.B. Warner, John Ince", "extract": "Justice Takes a Holiday is a 1933 American crime film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by John T. Neville. The film stars H. B. Warner, Patricia O'Brien, John Ince, Matty Kemp, Huntley Gordon, Audrey Ferris and Robert Frazer. The film was released on April 18, 1933, by Mayfair Pictures." }, { "title": "The Kennel Murder Case", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "The Kennel Murder Case is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film adapted from the 1933 novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine. Directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Bros., it stars William Powell and Mary Astor. Powell's role as Philo Vance is not the actor's first performance as the aristocratic s" }, { "title": "The Keyhole", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, George Brent, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "The Keyhole is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Kay Francis, George Brent, Glenda Farrell and Allen Jenkins. It was released by Warner Bros. on March 25, 1933. A woman with two husbands tries to divorce one of them by heading down to Havana where things" }, { "title": "King for a Night", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Chester Morris, Helen Twelvetrees, Alice White", "extract": "King for a Night is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Kurt Neumann starring Chester Morris and Helen Twelvetrees." }, { "title": "King Kong", "year": 1933, "genres": "Adventure, Horror", "cast": "Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot", "extract": "King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it is the first film in the King Kong franchise. The film stars Fay Wray," }, { "title": "King of the Arena", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Lucile Browne", "extract": "King of the Arena is a 1933 American pre-Code\nWestern film written and directed by Alan James. The film stars Ken Maynard, Lucile Browne, John St. Polis, Bob Kortman, Michael Visaroff and James A. Marcus. The film was released on June 1, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "King of the Jungle", "year": 1933, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Buster Crabbe, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel", "extract": "King of the Jungle is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and Max Marcin and written by Charles Thurley Stoneham, Max Marcin, Fred Niblo, Jr. and Philip Wylie. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Frances Dee, Sidney Toler, Nydia Westman, Robert Barrat, Irving Pichel an" }, { "title": "King of the Wild Horses", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Janney, Dorothy Appleby", "extract": "King of the Wild Horses is a 1933 American Columbia Pictures Western film directed by Earl Haley. It was produced and released by Columbia Pictures with stunts by Yakima Canutt." }, { "title": "The King's Vacation", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "George Arliss, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "The King's Vacation is a 1933 American pre-Code romance film starring George Arliss and Marjorie Gateson and directed by John G. Adolfi. The supporting cast features Dick Powell, Patricia Ellis, Florence Arliss, Dudley Digges and O. P. Heggie." }, { "title": "The Kiss Before the Mirror", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas", "extract": "The Kiss Before the Mirror is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film adapted from the 1932 play by Ladislas Fodor, directed by James Whale and starring Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas, and Gloria Stuart." }, { "title": "Kiss of Araby", "year": 1933, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Maria Alba, Walter Byron, Claire Windsor", "extract": "Kiss of Araby is a 1933 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Maria Alba, Walter Byron and Claire Windsor. It is an action melodrama set in the Middle East." }, { "title": "Ladies Must Love", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "June Knight, Neil Hamilton, Sally O'Neil", "extract": "Ladies Must Love is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by E. A. Dupont and written by John Francis Larkin. The film stars June Knight, Neil Hamilton, Sally O'Neil, Dorothy Burgess, Mary Carlisle and George E. Stone. The film was released on September 25, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Ladies They Talk About", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster", "extract": "Ladies They Talk About is a 1933 pre-Code American crime drama directed by Howard Bretherton and William Keighley, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, and Lyle Talbot. The film is about an attractive woman who is a member of a bank-robbery gang. It is based on the play Gangstress, or Wome" }, { "title": "Lady for a Day", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Lady for a Day is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1929 short story \"Madame La Gimp\" by Damon Runyon. It was the first film for which Capra received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and the first Columbia" }, { "title": "Lady Killer", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Crime, Drama", "cast": "James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Lady Killer is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film starring James Cagney, Mae Clarke, and Margaret Lindsay, based on the story \"The Finger Man\" by Rosalind Keating Shaffer. The picture was directed by Roy Del Ruth." }, { "title": "A Lady's Profession", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alison Skipworth, Roland Young, Sari Maritza", "extract": "A Lady's Profession is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Walter DeLeon and Nina Wilcox Putnam. The film stars Alison Skipworth, Roland Young, Sari Maritza, Kent Taylor, Roscoe Karns, Warren Hymer and George Barbier. The film was r" }, { "title": "The Last Trail", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Claire Trevor", "extract": "The Last Trail is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by James Tinling and written by Stuart Anthony. The film stars George O'Brien, Claire Trevor, El Brendel, Matt McHugh, J. Carrol Naish, and George Reed. The film was released on August 25, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation. The picture was" }, { "title": "Laughing at Life", "year": 1933, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Conchita Montenegro", "extract": "Laughing at Life is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by Ford Beebe." }, { "title": "Laughter in Hell", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart, Merna Kennedy", "extract": "Laughter in Hell is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Pat O'Brien. The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many Pre-Code films. Adapted from the 1932 novel of the same name by Jim Tully, the film was inspired in part by I Am a Fugitive" }, { "title": "Let's Fall in Love", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Musical", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Ann Sothern", "extract": "Let's Fall in Love is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic musical film starring Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern. Released by Columbia Pictures, the film was directed by David Burton and written by Herbert Fields." }, { "title": "Life in the Raw", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Greta Nissen", "extract": "Life in the Raw is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film, based on Zane Grey's short story \"From Missouri\", directed by Louis King and written by Stuart Anthony. It was Claire Trevor's film debut." }, { "title": "The Life of Jimmy Dolan", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young", "extract": "The Life of Jimmy Dolan, released in the UK as The Kid's Last Fight, is a 1933 American pre-Code film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young. John Wayne has a small supporting role as a frightened boxer. The story was based on a 1933 play called \"Sucker\" by Bertram Millhauser. The film was" }, { "title": "Lilly Turner", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Frank McHugh, Robert Barrat", "extract": "Lilly Turner is a 1933 American pre-Code melodrama directed by William A. Wellman and starring Ruth Chatterton. It was based on the 1932 play of the same name by Phillip Dunning and George Abbott." }, { "title": "The Little Giant", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Russell Hopton", "extract": "The Little Giant is a 1933 American pre-Code crime comedy romance. It follows the attempts of an ex-gangster to make his way into high society." }, { "title": "Little Women", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas", "extract": "Little Women is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee and Jean Parker. The screenplay, written by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman, is based on the 1868-69 two-volume novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott." }, { "title": "The Lone Avenger", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Niles Welch", "extract": "The Lone Avenger is a 1933 American Western film directed by Alan James and written by Forrest Sheldon and Betty Burbridge. The film stars Ken Maynard, Muriel Gordon, James Marcus, Alan Bridge, Niles Welch and William Bailey. The film was released on May 14, 1933, by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures." }, { "title": "Lone Cowboy", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Lila Lee", "extract": "Lone Cowboy is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Paul Sloane and written by Paul Sloane, Agnes Brand Leahy, Bobby Vernon, and Will James. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Lila Lee, and Addison Richards. The film was released on December 1, 1933, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Looking Forward", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume", "extract": "Looking Forward is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown starring Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone and Benita Hume. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The sets and costumes were designed by studio regulars Cedric Gibbons and Adrian. Based on the 1932 Dodie " }, { "title": "Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Verree Teasdale", "extract": "Love, Honor, and Oh Baby! is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film, starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, and George Barbier. The 1940 Universal Pictures film with the same title is not a remake. Adapted from the stage play, \"Oh, Promise Me\". Pitts plays a secretary that plots with her ambulance cha" }, { "title": "Love Is Dangerous", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Warburton, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "Love Is Dangerous is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring John Warburton, Rochelle Hudson, Bradley Page, Judith Vosselli, and Dorothy Revier. The film is also known as Love Is Like That." }, { "title": "Lucky Devils", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "William Boyd, Bruce Cabot", "extract": "Lucky Devils is a 1933 American Pre-Code action film about group of Hollywood stuntmen and their dangerous daredevil stunt work, starring William Boyd and Bruce Cabot, and features an early appearance by Lon Chaney Jr." }, { "title": "Lucky Dog", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tom O'Brien, Harry Holman", "extract": "Lucky Dog is a 1933 American drama film directed by Zion Myers and written by Zion Myers and Roland Asher. The film stars Charles \"Chic\" Sale, Tom O'Brien, Harry Holman and Clarence Geldart. The film was released on April 20, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Luxury Liner", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Brent, Zita Johann, Alice White", "extract": "Luxury Liner is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring George Brent, Zita Johann and Vivienne Osborne. It was based on a 1932 novel by Gina Kaus, and made by Paramount Pictures. Mendes worked on a number of films for Paramount during the era. Shortly after making " }, { "title": "The Mad Game", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, J. Carrol Naish", "extract": "The Mad Game is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor." }, { "title": "Made on Broadway", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Sally Eilers", "extract": "Made on Broadway is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and written by Courtney Terrett. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Sally Eilers, Madge Evans, Eugene Pallette, C. Henry Gordon and Jean Parker. The film was released on May 19, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Mama Loves Papa", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland", "extract": "Mama Loves Papa is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, with a story by Nunnally Johnson and Douglas MacLean, and a screenplay by MacLean, Keene Thompson, and Arthur Kober. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures and stars Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland." }, { "title": "The Man from Monterey", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Lafe McKee", "extract": "The Man from Monterey is a 1933 American pre-Code Western directed by Mack V. Wright and starring John Wayne. The picture was released by Warner Bros. Pictures. This film was the last of six films John Wayne made at Warner Bros. between 1932 and 1933." }, { "title": "Man Hunt", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Junior Durkin, Charlotte Henry", "extract": "Man Hunt is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Sam Mintz and Leonard Praskins. The film stars Junior Durkin, Charlotte Henry, Dorothy Davenport, Arthur Vinton and Edward LeSaint. The film was released on May 24, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Man of Action", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Caryl Lincoln", "extract": "" }, { "title": "A Man of Sentiment", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marian Marsh, Owen Moore", "extract": "A Man of Sentiment is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Marian Marsh, Owen Moore and Christian Rub." }, { "title": "Man of the Forest", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Verna Hillie, Noah Beery", "extract": "Man of the Forest is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway, based upon a novel by Zane Grey, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Randolph Scott and Verna Hillie. The supporting cast features Harry Carey, Noah Beery Sr., Barton MacLane, Buster Crabbe and Guinn \"Big" }, { "title": "The Man Who Dared", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Preston Foster, Zita Johann", "extract": "The Man Who Dared is a 1933 American pre-Code \ndrama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. The film stars Preston Foster, Zita Johann, Joan Marsh, Phillip Trent, and June Lang. The film was released on June 30, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Man's Castle", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young", "extract": "Man's Castle is a 1933 pre-Code American film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young." }, { "title": "Marriage on Approval", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Barbara Kent, William Farnum", "extract": "Marriage on Approval is a 1933 pre-Code American drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Barbara Kent, Don Dillaway and William Farnum. It was released in the United Kingdom by British Lion under the alternative title of Married in Haste." }, { "title": "Mary Stevens, M.D.", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "Mary Stevens, M.D. is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot and Glenda Farrell. The film was directed by Lloyd Bacon and based on the story by Virginia Kellogg. It was released by Warner Bros. on July 22, 1933. A female doctor who has romantic troubles decides to have" }, { "title": "The Masquerader", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Elissa Landi", "extract": "The Masquerader is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Ronald Colman, Elissa Landi and Juliette Compton." }, { "title": "Master of Men", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Walter Connolly", "extract": "Master of Men is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Jack Holt, Fay Wray and Walter Connolly. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "The Mayor of Hell", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War", "cast": "James Cagney, Allen Jenkins, Dudley Digges", "extract": "The Mayor of Hell is a 1933 American pre-Code Warner Brothers film starring James Cagney. The film was remade in 1938 as Crime School with Humphrey Bogart taking over James Cagney's role and Hell's Kitchen with Ronald Reagan in 1939." }, { "title": "Meet the Baron", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver", "extract": "Meet the Baron is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver, ZaSu Pitts, Ted Healy and His Stooges. The title of the film refers to Pearl's character of Baron Munchhausen, which he made famous on his radio show." }, { "title": "Melody Cruise", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "June Brewster, Shirley Chambers", "extract": "Melody Cruise is a 1933 American pre-Code musical romantic comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich, his first feature film with sound. The film received praise for Sandrich's creative direction and solidly established him as a commercial director." }, { "title": "Men Must Fight", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Diana Wynyard, Lewis Stone, Phillips Holmes", "extract": "Men Must Fight is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Diana Wynyard, Lewis Stone and Phillips Holmes. It is based on the 1932 Broadway play of the same name by Reginald Lawrence and S. K. Lauren. When her lover is killed in World War I, a woman raises their son as a pacifist. However, when " }, { "title": "Midnight Club", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "George Raft, Clive Brook, Alison Skipworth", "extract": "Midnight Club is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film about a gang of London jewel thieves infiltrated by an undercover agent. The film was directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes. Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures it is based on the 1931 short story Gangster's Glory\nby E. Phi" }, { "title": "Midnight Mary", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Loretta Young, Franchot Tone", "extract": "Midnight Mary is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, and Franchot Tone." }, { "title": "The Midnight Patrol", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Short", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy", "extract": "The Midnight Patrol is a short American pre-Code comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy released August 3, 1933." }, { "title": "Midshipman Jack", "year": 1933, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Betty Furness", "extract": "Midshipman Jack is a 1933 American pre-Code action film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by Frank Wead and F. McGrew Willis. The film stars Bruce Cabot, Betty Furness, Frank Albertson, Arthur Lake, and Florence Lake. The film was released on September 22, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Mind Reader", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warren William, Constance Cummings", "extract": "The Mind Reader is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and written by Robert Lord and Wilson Mizner. The film stars Warren William, Constance Cummings, Allen Jenkins, Natalie Moorhead, Mayo Methot and Clarence Muse. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 1, 1933." }, { "title": "The Monkey's Paw", "year": 1933, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Ivan F. Simpson, C. Aubrey Smith", "extract": "The Monkey's Paw is a 1933 American pre-Code horror film co-directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack (prologue) and Wesley Ruggles, based on the short story, \"The Monkey's Paw\" (1902) by W. W. Jacobs. The film was considered lost until pictures from it were posted online in 2016; the extant copy is dubbed i" }, { "title": "Moonlight and Pretzels", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "William Frawley, Mary Brian", "extract": "Moonlight and Pretzels is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical film, directed by Karl Freund, about a man who puts on a Broadway show. The film was released by Universal Studios and featured Mary Brian and William Frawley, now best-known as \"Fred Mertz\" on the 1950s TV show I Love Lucy; Freund was the g" }, { "title": "Morning Glory", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.", "extract": "Morning Glory is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film which tells the story of an eager would-be actress and her journey to stardom, and her gains and losses. The picture stars Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Adolphe Menjou, was adapted by Howard J. Green from a then-unproduced stage pl" }, { "title": "Mr. Broadway", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ed Sullivan, Jack Benny, Ruth Etting", "extract": "Mr. Broadway is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film written by Abel Green and Ed Sullivan. The film was directed by Johnnie Walker (1894–1949) who was also a silent film actor and producer, and stars Sullivan along with a cast of celebrity walk-ons. It was shot in New York City." }, { "title": "Mr. Skitch", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "Mr. Skitch is a 1933 American comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Sonya Levien and Ralph Spence. The film stars Will Rogers, Rochelle Hudson, ZaSu Pitts, Florence Desmond, Harry Green and Charles Starrett. The film was released on December 22, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Murder on the Campus", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Shirley Grey, Charles Starrett, Ruth Hall", "extract": "Murder on the Campus is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is also known as On the Stroke of Nine in the United Kingdom. It is based on the novel The Campanile Murders, by Whitman Chambers." }, { "title": "Murders in the Zoo", "year": 1933, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Charlie Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Kathleen Burke", "extract": "Murders in the Zoo is 1933 pre-Code horror film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller. Particularly dark, even for its time, film critic Leonard Maltin called the film \"astonishingly grisly.\"" }, { "title": "My Lips Betray", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Lilian Harvey, John Boles", "extract": "My Lips Betray is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Lilian Harvey, John Boles and El Brendel. The film's sets were designed by the art director Joseph C. Wright." }, { "title": "My Weakness", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Lilian Harvey, Lew Ayres", "extract": "My Weakness is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by David Butler and starring Lilian Harvey, Lew Ayres and Charles Butterworth. It was the second of four films made by the British-German actress Harvey in Hollywood, who had emerged as major star during Weimar Germany." }, { "title": "My Woman", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Victor Jory", "extract": "My Woman is a 1933 American pre-Code drama romance film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Helen Twelvetrees, Victor Jory and Wallace Ford." }, { "title": "Myrt and Marge", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Myrtle Vail, Donna Damerel (actress), Ted Healy", "extract": "Myrt and Marge is a 1933 American pre-Code Universal Studios feature film, starring Myrtle Vail and Donna Damerel. The film is noteworthy today because it co-stars Ted Healy and his Stooges, shortly before the trio split from him and became the Three Stooges. The team included Bonnie Bonnell, who wa" }, { "title": "The Mysterious Rider", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Kent Taylor, Lona Andre", "extract": "The Mysterious Rider is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Fred Allen and written by Harvey Gates and Robert N. Lee. The film stars Kent Taylor, Lona Andre, Berton Churchill, Irving Pichel, Warren Hymer, Gail Patrick and Cora Sue Collins. The film was released on January 20, 1933, by " }, { "title": "The Mystic Hour", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Charles Hutchison, Lucille Powers, Montagu Love", "extract": "The Mystic Hour is a 1933 American mystery film directed by Melville De Lay and starring Charles Hutchison, Lucille Powers and Montagu Love. It is also known by the alternative title of At Twelve Midnight. The film was one of the earliest releases of the Poverty Row studio Reliable Pictures. The mov" }, { "title": "Mystery of the Wax Museum", "year": 1933, "genres": "Horror, Mystery", "cast": "Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "Mystery of the Wax Museum is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery-horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, and Frank McHugh. It was produced and released by Warner Bros. and filmed in two-color Technicolor; Doctor X and Mystery of the Wax Museum were t" }, { "title": "Nagana", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tala Birell, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "Nagana is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ernst L. Frank and written by Don Ryan and Dale Van Every. The film stars Tala Birell, Melvyn Douglas, Miki Morita, Onslow Stevens, Everett Brown and Billy McClain. The film was released on February 1, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Narrow Corner", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks, Patricia Ellis, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "The Narrow Corner is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Patricia Ellis and Ralph Bellamy. It is an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's 1932 novel The Narrow Corner. It was remade in 1936 as Isle of Fury." }, { "title": "Neighbors' Wives", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Tom Moore, Vivien Oakland", "extract": "Neighbors' Wives is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Dorothy Mackaill, Tom Moore and Mary Kornman." }, { "title": "Night Flight", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Clark Gable", "extract": "Night Flight is a 1933 American pre-Code aviation drama film produced by David O. Selznick, distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Clarence Brown and starring John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable, Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy." }, { "title": "Night of Terror", "year": 1933, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Bela Lugosi, Sally Blane, Wallace Ford", "extract": "Night of Terror is a 1933 American pre-Code horror film directed by Benjamin Stoloff, and starring Bela Lugosi, Sally Blane, Wallace Ford, and Tully Marshall. Despite receiving top billing, Bela Lugosi has a relatively small part. The film is also known as He Lived to Kill and Terror in the Night." }, { "title": "No Marriage Ties", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan", "extract": "No Marriage Ties is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by J. Walter Ruben and written by Arthur Caesar, H.W. Hanemann, Sam Mintz. The film stars Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan, Doris Kenyon, Alan Dinehart and David Landau. The film was released on August 8, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "No Other Woman", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Charles Bickford", "extract": "No Other Woman is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic melodrama film starring Irene Dunne, and featuring Charles Bickford, Gwili Andre and Eric Linden. It was directed by J. Walter Ruben from a screenplay by Wanda Tuchock and Bernard Schubert based on the play Just a Woman by Eugene Walter, which ran " }, { "title": "Notorious But Nice", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marian Marsh, Betty Compson, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "Notorious but Nice is a 1933 pre-Code American sound film drama directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Marian Marsh and Betty Compson. It was produced and distributed by B movie studio Chesterfield Motion Pictures." }, { "title": "The Nuisance", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Madge Evans", "extract": "The Nuisance is a 1933 American pre-Code film starring Lee Tracy as a lawyer, Madge Evans as his love interest, and Frank Morgan as his accomplice." }, { "title": "Obey the Law", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Lois Wilson", "extract": "Obey the Law is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film released by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Oliver Twist", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Irving Pichel, Dickie Moore", "extract": "Oliver Twist is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by William J. Cowen. The earliest sound adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel of the same name, it stars Dickie Moore as Oliver, Irving Pichel as Fagin, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William \"Stage\" Boyd as Bill Sikes." }, { "title": "Olsen's Big Moment", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "El Brendel, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "Olsen's Big Moment is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Henry Johnson and James J. Tynan. The film stars El Brendel, Walter Catlett, Barbara Weeks, Susan Fleming, John Arledge and Joe Sawyer. The film was released on November 17, 1933, by Fox Film Corp" }, { "title": "On Your Guard", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Dorothy Burgess, DeWitt Jennings", "extract": "" }, { "title": "One Man's Journey", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, May Robson, Joel McCrea", "extract": "One Man's Journey is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Eli Watt. The picture was based on the short story Failure written by Katharine Haviland-Taylor. It was remade by RKO as A Man to Remember (1938). The story tells of a small-town doctor working under difficult " }, { "title": "One Sunday Afternoon", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Fay Wray", "extract": "One Sunday Afternoon is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Roberts and starring Gary Cooper and Fay Wray. Based on the 1933 Broadway play by James Hagan, the film is about a middle-aged dentist who reminisces about his unrequited love for a beautiful woman and hi" }, { "title": "One Year Later", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mary Brian, Russell Hopton", "extract": "One Year Later is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by E. Mason Hopper." }, { "title": "Only Yesterday", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Margaret Sullavan, John Boles", "extract": "Only Yesterday is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film about a young woman who becomes pregnant by her boyfriend before he rushes off to fight in World War I. It stars Margaret Sullavan and John Boles." }, { "title": "Our Betters", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Anita Louise", "extract": "Our Betters is a 1933 American pre-Code satirical comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Constance Bennett, Anita Louise and Gilbert Roland. The screenplay by Jane Murfin and Harry Wagstaff Gribble is based on the 1917 play of the same title by Somerset Maugham. Tommy Atkins worked as ass" }, { "title": "Out All Night", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Out All Night is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and written by William Anthony McGuire. The film stars Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Laura Hope Crews, Shirley Grey, Alexander Carr and Rollo Lloyd. The film was released April 8, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Paddy the Next Best Thing", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter", "extract": "Paddy the Next Best Thing is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter and Walter Connolly. The screenplay was written by Edwin J. Burke, based on the 1912 novel Paddy the Next Best Thing by Gertrude Page and its later stage adap" }, { "title": "Parachute Jumper", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Bette Davis, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.", "extract": "Parachute Jumper is a 1933 American pre-Code black-and-white comedy drama film directed by Alfred E. Green. Based on a story by Rian James titled \"Some Call It Love\", it stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bette Davis and Frank McHugh." }, { "title": "Parole Girl", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Mae Clarke, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Parole Girl is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Edward Cline. The film stars Mae Clarke and Ralph Bellamy." }, { "title": "The Past of Mary Holmes", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Eric Linden, Jean Arthur", "extract": "The Past of Mary Holmes is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film, directed by Harlan Thompson and Slavko Vorkapich, and released by RKO. The film is a remake of the silent film The Goose Woman (1925), which is based on a short story by Rex Beach, partly based on the Hall-Mills murder case." }, { "title": "Peg o' My Heart", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Marion Davies, Onslow Stevens", "extract": "Peg o' My Heart is a 1933 American Pre-Code film adaptation of the play of the same name by J. Hartley Manners. It starred Marion Davies as a poor Irish girl, Margaret 'Peg' O'Connell, who stands to inherit a fortune if she satisfies certain conditions." }, { "title": "Penthouse", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Penthouse is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film starring Warner Baxter as a lawyer and Myrna Loy as a call girl who helps him with a murder case. The film features Charles Butterworth as the butler, Mae Clarke as the murder victim, Phillips Holmes as the suspected murderer, and C. Henry Gordon as t" }, { "title": "The Perils of Pauline (1933 serial)", "year": 1933, "genres": "", "cast": "Evalyn Knapp, Sonny Ray", "extract": "The Perils of Pauline is a 1933 American Pre-Code film serial, and sound film remake, of the Pathé original. The 12-chapter \"cliffhanger\" was produced by Universal Studios. Evalyn Knapp, herself a graduate of Pathé silent short subjects, starred as the heroine, Pauline Hargraves. Historic newsreel f" }, { "title": "The Phantom Broadcast", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Ralph Forbes, Vivienne Osborne", "extract": "The Phantom Broadcast is a 1933 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ralph Forbes, Vivienne Osborne and Gail Patrick. It was based on a story by Tristram Tupper entitled Phantom of the Air." }, { "title": "Phantom Thunderbolt", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Frances Lee", "extract": "Phantom Thunderbolt is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alan James." }, { "title": "Pick-Up", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, George Raft", "extract": "Pick-Up is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Marion Gering and starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft." }, { "title": "Picture Brides", "year": 1933, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Dorothy Mackaill, Regis Toomey", "extract": "Picture Brides is a 1933 American Pre-Code adventure film, directed by Phil Rosen. The film stars Dorothy Mackaill, Regis Toomey and Alan Hale." }, { "title": "Picture Snatcher", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Picture Snatcher is a 1933 American pre-code drama film starring James Cagney as a gangster who decides to quit to pursue his dream." }, { "title": "Pilgrimage", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Henrietta Crosman, Norman Foster", "extract": "Pilgrimage is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Ford. The film was a box office disappointment for Fox." }, { "title": "Pleasure Cruise", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Genevieve Tobin, Roland Young, Ralph Forbes", "extract": "Pleasure Cruise is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Guy Bolton. The film stars Genevieve Tobin, Roland Young, Ralph Forbes, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin and Minna Gombell. The film was released on March 24, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Police Call", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Nick Stuart, Merna Kennedy, Roberta Gale", "extract": "Police Call is a 1933 Pre-code American crime drama film directed by Phil Whitman and starring Nick Stuart and Merna Kennedy." }, { "title": "Police Car 17", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "Police Car 17 is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp and Edwin Maxwell." }, { "title": "The Power and the Glory", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore", "extract": "The Power and the Glory is a 1933 pre-Code film starring Spencer Tracy and Colleen Moore, written by Preston Sturges, and directed by William K. Howard. The picture's screenplay was Sturges' first script, which he delivered complete in the form of a finished shooting script, for which he received $1" }, { "title": "Primavera en otoño", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Catalina Bárcena", "extract": "Primavera en otoño is a 1933 Spanish-language American romantic comedy directed by Eugene Forde and stars Catalina Bárcena." }, { "title": "Private Detective 62", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "William Powell, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "Private Detective 62 is a 1933 American pre-Code detective film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring William Powell as a private detective who falls for a woman whom he has been hired to frame in a scandal." }, { "title": "Private Jones", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "Private Jones is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Russell Mack and written by Prescott Chaplin, Bill Cohen, George Jessel, William N. Robson and Sam Spewack. The film, which stars Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Donald Cook, Emma Dunn, Shirley Grey and Frank McHugh, was released by Univers" }, { "title": "The Private Life of Henry VIII", "year": 1933, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Charles Laughton, Binnie Barnes", "extract": "The Private Life of Henry VIII is a 1933 British film directed and co-produced by Alexander Korda and starring Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Merle Oberon and Elsa Lanchester. It was written by Lajos Bíró and Arthur Wimperis for London Film Productions, Korda's production company. The film, which f" }, { "title": "The Prizefighter and the Lady", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Myrna Loy, Walter Huston, Max Baer", "extract": "The Prizefighter and the Lady is a 1933 pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romance film starring Myrna Loy and the professional boxers Max Baer, Primo Carnera, and Jack Dempsey. The film was adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin and John Meehan from a story by Frances Marion. Marion was nominated for a" }, { "title": "Professional Sweetheart", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Professional Sweetheart is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy directed by William A. Seiter from a screenplay by Maurine Watkins. It stars Ginger Rogers in her first film for RKO Radio Pictures, with Norman Foster, ZaSu Pitts and Frank McHugh. The film is a satire of the radio industry." }, { "title": "Queen Christina", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Greta Garbo, John Gilbert", "extract": "Queen Christina is a pre-Code Hollywood biographical film, produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933 by Walter Wanger and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. It stars Swedish-born actress Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in their fourth and last film together." }, { "title": "Racetrack", "year": 1933, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Lee Moran", "extract": "Racetrack is a 1933 American pre-Code drama directed by James Cruze and starring Leo Carrillo, Junior Coughlan and Kay Hammond. This film is now considered lost" }, { "title": "Rafter Romance", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster, George Sidney", "extract": "Rafter Romance is an American 1933 pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film, which was based on the 1932 novel of the same name by John Wells, stars Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster and George Sidney, and features Robert Benchley, Laura Hop" }, { "title": "Ranger's Code", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Doris Hill", "extract": "Ranger's Code is a 1933 American Western film directed by Robert North Bradbury and written by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Bob Steele, Doris Hill, Ernie Adams, George Nash, Ed Brady and George \"Gabby\" Hayes. The film was released on August 15, 1933, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Rainbow Over Broadway", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Joan Marsh, Frank Albertson", "extract": "Rainbow Over Broadway is a 1933 American pre-Code\nmusical drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Joan Marsh, Frank Albertson and Lucien Littlefield. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell." }, { "title": "Rainbow Ranch", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "Rainbow Ranch is a 1933 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Harry L. Fraser and Phil Dunham. The film stars Rex Bell, Cecilia Parker, Bob Kortman, Harry Bowen, Henry Hall and Vane Calvert. The film was released on July 25, 1933, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Reform Girl", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Noel Francis, Richard Gallagher", "extract": "Reform Girl is a 1933 American crime drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Noel Francis, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher and Hale Hamilton. Shortly after being released from reform school, a young woman is recruited as the long lost daughter of a prominent Senator as part of an attempt to disc" }, { "title": "The Return of Casey Jones", "year": 1933, "genres": "Action, Adventure", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Ruth Hall, George Walsh", "extract": "The Return of Casey Jones is a 1933 American Pre-Code action adventure film directed by John P. McCarthy, written by Harry L. Fraser and starring Charles Starrett and Ruth Hall. The film is based on the story of the same name by John Johns, published in the April 1933 issue of Railroad Stories magaz" }, { "title": "Reunion in Vienna", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Diana Wynyard, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Reunion in Vienna is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama produced and distributed by MGM. Sidney Franklin served as director. The film stars John Barrymore in a story taken from the 1931 stage play of the same name by Robert Emmet Sherwood." }, { "title": "Revenge at Monte Carlo", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Mystery", "cast": "June Collyer, José Crespo, Dorothy Gulliver", "extract": "Revenge at Monte Carlo is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring June Collyer, José Crespo and Wheeler Oakman. It is also known by the alternative title of Mystery at Monte Carlo." }, { "title": "Riders of Destiny", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "John Wayne, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "Riders of Destiny is a 1933 pre-Code Western musical film starring 26-year-old John Wayne as Singin' Sandy Saunders, the screen's second singing cowboy. It was the first of a series of sixteen Lone Star Westerns made for Monogram Pictures between 1933-1935, by Wayne and director Robert N. Bradbury, " }, { "title": "The Right to Romance", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Harding, Robert Young, Nils Asther", "extract": "The Right to Romance is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Ann Harding and Robert Young and released by RKO Radio Pictures." }, { "title": "Riot Squad", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Madge Bellamy, Pat O'Malley", "extract": "Riot Squad is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Madge Bellamy, Pat O'Malley and Addison Richards. It was produced as a second feature and distributed by the independent company Mayfair Pictures." }, { "title": "Robbers' Roost", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "Robbers' Roost is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by David Howard and Louis King and written by Dudley Nichols. The film stars George O'Brien and Maureen O'Sullivan. It is based on the novel Robbers' Roost by Zane Grey. The film premiered in September 13 to early November or December " }, { "title": "Roman Scandals", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "Roman Scandals is a 1933 American black-and-white pre-Code musical film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was directed by Frank Tuttle. The film features a number of intricate production numbers choreographed by Busby Berkeley. The song \"Keep Youn" }, { "title": "Rustlers' Roundup", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Mix, Diane Sinclair", "extract": "Rustlers' Roundup is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry MacRae and written by Frank Howard Clark. The film stars Tom Mix, Noah Beery Jr., Douglass Dumbrille, Roy Stewart and Nelson McDowell. The film was released on March 16, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Rusty Rides Alone", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "Rusty Rides Alone is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Tim McCoy. The film was remade in 1939 as Riders of the Sage." }, { "title": "Sagebrush Trail", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Lane Chandler", "extract": "Sagebrush Trail is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film with locations filmed at Bronson Canyon starring John Wayne and featuring Lane Chandler and Yakima Canutt. It was the second Lone Star Productions film released by Monogram Pictures. It was shown as An Innocent Man in the UK, and this version " }, { "title": "Sailor Be Good", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Vivienne Osborne", "extract": "Sailor Be Good is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Ethel Doherty, Viola Brothers Shore and Ralph Spence. Starring Jack Oakie, Vivienne Osborne, George E. Stone, Max Hoffman Jr. and Lincoln Stedman, the film was released on March 7, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Sailor's Luck", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "James Dunn, Sally Eilers", "extract": "Sailor's Luck is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh for Fox Film Corporation. It stars James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Victor Jory, and Frank Moran." }, { "title": "Saturday's Millions", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Sports, War", "cast": "Robert Young, Andy Devine, Leila Hyams", "extract": "Saturday's Millions is a 1933 American Pre-Code sports drama film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Robert Young, Andy Devine, Leila Hyams and Johnny Mack Brown. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is an adaptation of a story by Falkland Cary that was published in " }, { "title": "Scarlet River", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson", "extract": "Scarlet River is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower, written by Harold Shumate, and starring Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Roscoe Ates, Lon Chaney Jr. and Edgar Kennedy. It was released on March 10, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Second Hand Wife", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Eilers, Helen Vinson, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Second Hand Wife is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film written and directed by Hamilton MacFadden. The film stars Sally Eilers, Helen Vinson, Ralph Bellamy, and Victor Jory. The film was released on January 8, 1933 by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Secret of Madame Blanche", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill", "extract": "The Secret of Madame Blanche is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Brabin and written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. The film stars Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill, Phillips Holmes, Una Merkel and Douglas Walton. The film was released on February 3, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-Ma" }, { "title": "Secret of the Blue Room", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart, Paul Lukas", "extract": "The Secret of the Blue Room is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart, Paul Lukas and Edward Arnold. The film's plot concerns a group of wealthy people who stay at a European mansion that features a blue room that is said to be cursed" }, { "title": "Secret Sinners", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Mulhall, Sue Carol, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "Secret Sinners is a 1933 American drama film directed by Wesley Ford and starring Jack Mulhall, Sue Carol and Nick Stuart." }, { "title": "Secrets", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Mary Pickford, Leslie Howard", "extract": "Secrets is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Mary Pickford in her last film role. The film is a remake of Secrets (1924), a silent film starring Norma Talmadge, which was based on a 1922 play of the same name." }, { "title": "Sensation Hunters", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Arline Judge, Preston Foster", "extract": "Sensation Hunters is a 1933 American pre-Code B movie directed by Charles Vidor, starring Arline Judge, Preston Foster and Marion Burns, and released by Monogram Pictures. The film briefly features Walter Brennan as a stuttering waiter." }, { "title": "The Shadow Laughs", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Hal Skelly, Rose Hobart", "extract": "The Shadow Laughs is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Arthur Hoerl and starring Hal Skelly, Rose Hobart and Harry T. Morey." }, { "title": "Shadows of Sing Sing", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Mary Brian, Bruce Cabot", "extract": "Shadows of Sing Sing is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Mary Brian, Bruce Cabot, and Grant Mitchell, and was released on October 27, 1933." }, { "title": "Shanghai Madness", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray", "extract": "Shanghai Madness is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray, Ralph Morgan, and Albert Conti. It was released by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "She Done Him Wrong", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Mae West, Cary Grant, Gilbert Roland", "extract": "She Done Him Wrong is a 1933 pre-Code American crime/comedy film starring Mae West and Cary Grant, directed by Lowell Sherman. The plot includes melodramatic and musical elements, with a supporting cast featuring Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery Sr., Rochelle Hudson, and Louise Beavers. The fi" }, { "title": "She Had to Say Yes", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "She Had to Say Yes is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by George Amy and Busby Berkeley. It was Berkley's directorial debut. Loretta Young stars as a secretary who receives unwanted sexual advances when she is sent out on dates with her employer's clients. The film was promoted with the teaser" }, { "title": "Ship of Wanted Men", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Dorothy Sebastian, Fred Kohler, Leon Ames", "extract": "Ship of Wanted Men is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Dorothy Sebastian, Fred Kohler and Leon Ames. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fred Preble." }, { "title": "Should Ladies Behave", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Alice Brady", "extract": "Should Ladies Behave is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and written by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack, adapted from the play, \"The Vinegar Tree\" by Paul Osborn. The film stars Lionel Barrymore, Alice Brady, Conway Tearle, Katharine Alexander and Mary Carlisle. The film" }, { "title": "A Shriek in the Night", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery, Crime, Romance", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "A Shriek in the Night is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery crime film with elements of romance directed by Albert Ray and starring Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, and Harvey Clark. It was produced by the independent studio Allied Pictures, and remains the company's best-known release." }, { "title": "Silent Men", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, J. Carrol Naish", "extract": "Silent Men is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Tim McCoy." }, { "title": "The Silk Express", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Neil Hamilton, Sheila Terry", "extract": "The Silk Express is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ray Enright and written by Houston Branch and Ben Markson. The film, starring Neil Hamilton, Sheila Terry, Arthur Byron, Guy Kibbee, Dudley Digges and Arthur Hohl, was released by Warner Bros. on June 10, 1933." }, { "title": "The Silver Cord", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea", "extract": "The Silver Cord is a 1933 American pre-Code film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by John Cromwell, and based on a 1926 Broadway play, The Silver Cord by Sidney Howard, that starred Laura Hope Crews as an overly possessive mother." }, { "title": "The Sin of Nora Moran", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Noir", "cast": "Zita Johann, John Miljan", "extract": "The Sin of Nora Moran is a 1933 American pre-code melodrama and proto-noir film directed by Phil Goldstone and based on the short story \"Burnt Offering\" by W. Maxwell Goodhue. The film is also known as Voice from the Grave. Since the protagonist is put to death for a crime she did not commit, some s" }, { "title": "Sing Sinner Sing", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Ruth Donnelly", "extract": "Sing Sinner Sing is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Howard Christie." }, { "title": "Sitting Pretty", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers, Thelma Todd", "extract": "Sitting Pretty is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy film that tells the story of two aspiring but untalented songwriters played by Jack Oakie and Jack Haley. They are joined by Ginger Rogers and Thelma Todd on their trip from New York City to Hollywood to find their fortune. This film was dire" }, { "title": "Skyway", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Ray Walker, Kathryn Crawford", "extract": "Skyway is a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Lewis D. Collins." }, { "title": "Smoke Lightning", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Nell O'Day", "extract": "Smoke Lightning is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by David Howard and written by Sidney D. Mitchell and Gordon Rigby. The film stars George O'Brien, Nell O'Day, Betsy King Ross, Frank Atkinson, Clarence Wilson and Morgan Wallace. It is based on the story \"Cañon Walls\" by Zane Grey. T" }, { "title": "Smoky", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Victor Jory, Irene Bentley", "extract": "Smoky is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Stuart Anthony and Paul Perez. The film stars Victor Jory, Irene Bentley, Frank Campeau, Hank Mann, and LeRoy Mason. It is the first of three film adaptations of the 1926 novel Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James, wh" }, { "title": "So This Is Africa", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Raquel Torres", "extract": "So This Is Africa is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Raquel Torres, and Esther Muir. It was Wheeler and Woolsey's only film for Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Soldiers of the Storm", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Regis Toomey, Anita Page", "extract": "Soldiers of the Storm is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Regis Toomey, Anita Page and Robert Ellis." }, { "title": "The Solitaire Man", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland", "extract": "The Solitaire Man is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Herbert Marshall and Mary Boland." }, { "title": "Somewhere in Sonora", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Henry B. Walthall, Shirley Palmer", "extract": "Somewhere in Sonora is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring John Wayne. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film of the same name. The story was based on a 1925 novel named \"Somewhere South\" by Will Levington Comfort." }, { "title": "Son of a Sailor", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh", "extract": "Son of a Sailor is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Alfred A. Cohn, Paul Gerard Smith, Ernest Pagano, and H. M. Walker. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Thelma Todd, Johnny Mack Brown, and Sheila Terry. The film was released by Warner Bros. on D" }, { "title": "Son of the Border", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Julie Haydon", "extract": "Son of the Border is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Lloyd Nosler, written by Wellyn Totman, and starring Tom Keene, Julie Haydon, Edgar Kennedy, Lon Chaney, Jr. and David Durand. It was released on May 5, 1933 by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Son of Kong", "year": 1933, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack", "extract": "The Son of Kong is a 1933 American Pre-Code adventure monster film produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by Ernest Schoedsack and featuring special effects by Willis O'Brien and Buzz Gibson, the film stars Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack and Frank Reicher. The film is the sequel to King Kong, being releas" }, { "title": "The Song of Songs", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, Brian Aherne", "extract": "The Song of Songs is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Marlene Dietrich as a naive German peasant named Lily who moves to Berlin and suffers a considerable amount of heartache. This particular version of the film was based on the 1908 novel The Song " }, { "title": "Sons of the Desert", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch", "extract": "Sons of the Desert is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. Directed by William A. Seiter, it was released in the United States on December 29, 1933. In the United Kingdom, the film was originally released under the title Fraternally Yours." }, { "title": "Song of the Eagle", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian", "extract": "Song of the Eagle is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Charles Bickford, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian and Jean Hersholt. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Its release coincided with the ongoing repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment that had outl" }, { "title": "The Sphinx", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Lionel Atwill, Sheila Terry", "extract": "The Sphinx is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery drama film directed by Phil Rosen. The film was remade by William Beaudine as Phantom Killer in 1942." }, { "title": "Stage Mother", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Alice Brady, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "Stage Mother is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Alice Brady and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film is about a frustrated vaudeville performer who pushes her daughter into becoming a star dancer; selfishness, deceit and blackmail drive mother and daughter apart u" }, { "title": "State Fair", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers", "extract": "State Fair (1933) is an American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. The picture tells the story of a farm family's multi-day visit to the Iowa State Fair, where the parents seek to win prizes in agricultural and cooking competitio" }, { "title": "State Trooper", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Regis Toomey, Evalyn Knapp, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "State Trooper is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Regis Toomey." }, { "title": "Storm at Daybreak", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Nils Asther", "extract": "Storm at Daybreak is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Boleslawski, written by Bertram Millhauser, and starring Kay Francis, Nils Asther, Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Eugene Pallette and C. Henry Gordon. It was released on July 14, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Story of Temple Drake", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Jack La Rue", "extract": "The Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts and starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue. It tells the story of Temple Drake, a reckless woman in the American South who falls into the hands of a brutal gangster and rapist. It was adapted from the highl" }, { "title": "Straightaway", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Sue Carol", "extract": "Straightaway is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Otto Brower and starring Tim McCoy, Sue Carol, and William Bakewell." }, { "title": "Strange People", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "John Darrow, Gloria Shea", "extract": "Strange People is a 1933 American mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring John Darrow, Gloria Shea and Hale Hamilton." }, { "title": "The Stranger's Return", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Franchot Tone", "extract": "The Stranger's Return is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Miriam Hopkins, Lionel Barrymore and Franchot Tone. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Miriam Hopkins was loaned out to MGM for the picture while under contract to Paramount." }, { "title": "Strawberry Roan", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Ruth Hall", "extract": "Strawberry Roan is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alan James and starring Ken Maynard, Ruth Hall and Harold Goodwin." }, { "title": "Strictly Personal", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Marjorie Rambeau, Dorothy Jordan, Louis Calhern", "extract": "Strictly Personal is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ralph Murphy, written by Beatrice Banyard, Willard Mack, Wilson Mizner, Casey Robinson and Robert T. Shannon, and starring Marjorie Rambeau, Dorothy Jordan, Eddie Quillan, Edward Ellis, Louis Calhern, Dorothy Burgess and Rollo Lloy" }, { "title": "A Study in Scarlet", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller", "cast": "Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong", "extract": "A Study in Scarlet is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes and Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke. The title comes from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel of the same name, the first in the Holmes series, but the screenplay by R" }, { "title": "Sunset Pass", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Tom Keene", "extract": "Sunset Pass is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott, Tom Keene, Harry Carey, and Noah Beery. The picture was based on a Zane Grey novel, along with several other theatrical films with similar casts also based upon Zane Grey novels directed by H" }, { "title": "Supernatural", "year": 1933, "genres": "Horror, Supernatural", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Alan Dinehart, Randolph Scott", "extract": "Supernatural is a 1933 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed by Victor Halperin, and starring Carole Lombard and Alan Dinehart. The film follows a woman who attends a staged séance only to find herself possessed by the spirit of an executed murderess." }, { "title": "Sweepings", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "Sweepings is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Cromwell, written by Lester Cohen, and starring Lionel Barrymore, Eric Linden, William Gargan, Gloria Stuart and Alan Dinehart. It was released on April 14, 1933, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (film)", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Mary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe", "extract": "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Luther Reed and Albert DeMond. The film stars Mary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe, Charles Starrett, Florence Lake, Eddie Tamblyn and Sally Starr. The film was released on October 26, 1933, by Monogram Pict" }, { "title": "Take a Chance", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Dunn, June Knight", "extract": "Take a Chance is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Monte Brice and Laurence Schwab and written by Monte Brice, Buddy G. DeSylva, Laurence Schwab, Sid Silvers and Richard A. Whiting. It is based on the musical of the same name. The film stars James Dunn, June Knight, Lillian Roth, Clif" }, { "title": "The Telegraph Trail", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Frank McHugh, Marceline Day", "extract": "The Telegraph Trail is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Tenny Wright and starring John Wayne and Frank McHugh. The film also starred stuntman Yakima Canutt as Indian Chief High Wolf, Marceline Day as the heroine, and Duke the Wonder Horse as John Wayne's trusty steed." }, { "title": "Terror Aboard", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "John Halliday, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Terror Aboard is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Paul Sloane, written by Robert Presnell Sr., Manuel Seff and Harvey F. Thew, and starring John Halliday, Charlie Ruggles, Shirley Grey, Neil Hamilton, Jack La Rue, Verree Teasdale and Stanley Fields. It was released on April 14, 1933" }, { "title": "Terror Trail", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Mix, Raymond Hatton", "extract": "Terror Trail is a 1933 American Western film directed by Armand Schaefer, written by Jack Cunningham, and starring Tom Mix, Naomi Judge, Arthur Rankin, John St. Polis, Frank Brownlee and Raymond Hatton. It was released on February 2, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "This Day and Age", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Richard Cromwell", "extract": "This Day and Age is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charles Bickford and Richard Cromwell. It is one of his rarest films and has been released on home video through the Universal Pictures Vault Series DVD collection." }, { "title": "This Is America", "year": 1933, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Alois Havrilla", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Three-Cornered Moon", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen", "extract": "Three Cornered Moon is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent, written by Ray Harris and S.K. Lauren, and starring Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Mary Boland, and Wallace Ford. Based on a 1933 play by Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg, the film reached No. 9 in the National Bo" }, { "title": "Three Little Pigs", "year": 1933, "genres": "Animated, Short", "cast": "Pinto Colvig, Billy Bletcher", "extract": "Three Little Pigs is an animated short film released on May 25, 1933 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett. Based on the fable of the same name, the Silly Symphony won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film of 1933. The short cost $22,000 and grossed $2" }, { "title": "The Thrill Hunter", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "The Thrill Hunter is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by George B. Seitz. Buck Jones stars as a habitual teller of tall tales, while Dorothy Revier plays the film star he tries to impress." }, { "title": "The Thundering Herd", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, Buster Crabbe", "extract": "The Thundering Herd is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, Buster Crabbe, Noah Beery, Sr. and Harry Carey." }, { "title": "Tillie and Gus", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Alison Skipworth", "extract": "Tillie and Gus is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Francis Martin, co-written by Martin and Walter DeLeon, and starring W.C. Fields, Alison Skipworth, Baby LeRoy, Julie Bishop, and Clarence Wilson. It is based on a short story by Rupert Hughes entitled Don't Call Me Madame. The film " }, { "title": "To the Last Man", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston", "extract": "To the Last Man is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott and Esther Ralston. The screenplay by Jack Cunningham was based on a story by Zane Grey. The Paramount property was previously made as a silent film, Victor Fleming's 1923 film version of " }, { "title": "Today We Live", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Drama, War", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Roland Young", "extract": "Today We Live is a 1933 American pre-Code romance drama film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and starring Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young and Franchot Tone." }, { "title": "Tomorrow at Seven", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Chester Morris, Vivienne Osborne, Frank McHugh", "extract": "Tomorrow at Seven is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery comedy film directed by Ray Enright and written by Ralph Spence. The plot sees a group of people gathered in an old mansion being menaced by a killer known as \"The Black Ace\"." }, { "title": "Tonight Is Ours", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Fredric March", "extract": "Tonight Is Ours is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Walker and starring Claudette Colbert, Fredric March and Alison Skipworth. Made by Paramount Pictures, it is based on the play The Queen Was in the Parlour by Noël Coward." }, { "title": "Too Much Harmony", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie", "extract": "Too Much Harmony is a 1933 American black-and-white pre-Code musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Harry Green, and Judith Allen. It was released by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Topaze", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Topaze is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by D'Abbadie D'Arrast and starring John Barrymore and Myrna Loy. It was based on the 1928 French play of the same name by Marcel Pagnol. Another film version of Topaze, this one made in the original French was also released that year, starring Louis J" }, { "title": "Torch Singer", "year": 1933, "genres": "Musical, Romance", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "Torch Singer is a 1933 American Pre-Code Paramount Pictures film directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes and starring Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners and Lyda Roberti. The screenplay was written by Lenore J. Coffee and Lynn Starling, based on the short story Mike by Grace Perki" }, { "title": "The Trail Drive", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "The Trail Drive is a 1933 American Western film directed by Alan James and written by Alan James and Nate Gatzert. The film stars Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker, William Gould, Frank Rice, Bob Kortman and Fern Emmett. The film was released on September 4, 1933, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Trailing North", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "Bob Steele, Doris Hill", "extract": "Trailing North is a 1933 pre-Code American western drama film directed by John P. McCarthy. It was released in 1933 in the US by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Treason", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Treason is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Buck Jones." }, { "title": "Trick for Trick", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Ralph Morgan, Sally Blane", "extract": "Trick for Trick is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden, written by Howard J. Green, and starring Ralph Morgan, Victor Jory, Sally Blane, Tom Dugan, Luis Alberni and Edward Van Sloan. It was released on April 21, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Trouble Busters", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Hoxie, Lane Chandler", "extract": "Trouble Busters is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Hoxie, Lane Chandler and Kaye Edwards." }, { "title": "Tugboat Annie", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "Tugboat Annie is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, written by Norman Reilly Raine and Zelda Sears, and starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery as a comically quarrelsome middle-aged couple who operate a tugboat. Dressler and Beery were MGM's most popular screen team at that t" }, { "title": "Turn Back the Clock", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Fantasy", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Turn Back the Clock is a 1933 American pre-Code MGM fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Edgar Selwyn, written by Selwyn and Ben Hecht, and starring Mae Clarke and Lee Tracy. The protagonist has 20 years of his life to live over." }, { "title": "Twin Husbands", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Miljan, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Twin Husbands is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by Frank R. Strayer." }, { "title": "Under Secret Orders", "year": 1933, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Don Dillaway, Nina Quartero, Phyllis Barrington", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Under the Tonto Rim", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Fred Kohler", "extract": "Under the Tonto Rim is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Stuart Erwin and Verna Hillie. The film is a remake of a 1928 silent film starring Richard Arlen and Mary Brian. Both are based on the Zane Grey 1926 novel of the same name, as is a 1947 film." }, { "title": "Unknown Valley", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "Unknown Valley is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones, Cecilia Parker and Wade Boteler. It was shot at the Iverson Ranch in California." }, { "title": "The Vampire Bat", "year": 1933, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Fay Wray, Lionel Atwill, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "The Vampire Bat is a 1933 American Pre-Code horror film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, and Dwight Frye." }, { "title": "Via Pony Express", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Hoxie, Lane Chandler, Marceline Day", "extract": "Via Pony Express is a 1933 pre-Code American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Hoxie, Lane Chandler and Marceline Day." }, { "title": "Voltaire", "year": 1933, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "George Arliss, Doris Kenyon", "extract": "Voltaire is a 1933 American pre-Code biographical film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring George Arliss as the renowned 18th-century French writer and philosopher." }, { "title": "Walls of Gold", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Eilers, Norman Foster", "extract": "Walls of Gold is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and starring Sally Eilers, Norman Foster, and Ralph Morgan." }, { "title": "War of the Range", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Caryl Lincoln, Charles K. French", "extract": "War of the Range is a 1933 American western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Tom Tyler, Charles K. French and Lane Chandler. It was made by the independent Poverty Row company the Monarch Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Warrior's Husband", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Elissa Landi, David Manners", "extract": "The Warrior's Husband is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring Elissa Landi, David Manners, and Ernest Truex. It tells the story of the Amazons, who ruled over men thanks to the sacred girdle of Diana, and Hercules who came to steal it. The film is based on a 1932" }, { "title": "The Way to Love", "year": 1933, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Maurice Chevalier, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "The Way to Love is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Maurice Chevalier and Ann Dvorak. Edward Everett Horton was the principal featured player." }, { "title": "West of Singapore", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Betty Compson, Weldon Heyburn, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "West of Singapore is a 1933 American pre-Code\ndrama film directed by Albert Ray and starring Betty Compson, Weldon Heyburn and Margaret Lindsay." }, { "title": "What! No Beer?", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Phyllis Barry", "extract": "What - No Beer? is a 1933 Pre-Code comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante. MGM had also paired Keaton and Durante as a comedy team during this period in The Passionate Plumber and Speak Easily." }, { "title": "What Price Decency", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Burgess, Alan Hale", "extract": "What Price Decency is a 1933 American drama film directed by Arthur Gregor and starring Dorothy Burgess, Alan Hale and Walter Byron. The director adapted the story from one his own plays. It is now considered a lost film." }, { "title": "What Price Innocence?", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Parker, Minna Gombell", "extract": "What Price Innocence? is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film written and directed by, and co-starring, Willard Mack. Produced on a low budget for Columbia Pictures, it has been classed as an exploitation film and \"sex hygiene film\" because it touches on teenage pregnancy and morality in a didactic m" }, { "title": "When Ladies Meet", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, Robert Montgomery", "extract": "When Ladies Meet is a 1933 pre-Code film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, Robert Montgomery, Alice Brady, and Frank Morgan. The film is the first adaptation of the 1932 Rachel Crothers play of the same name. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction " }, { "title": "When Strangers Marry", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Holt, Lilian Bond", "extract": "When Strangers Marry is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Jack Holt, Lilian Bond and Gustav von Seyffertitz." }, { "title": "The Whirlwind", "year": 1933, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Pat O'Malley", "extract": "The Whirlwind is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Tim McCoy." }, { "title": "Whistling in the Dark", "year": 1933, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Una Merkel, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Whistling in the Dark is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Ernest Truex and Una Merkel. The plot concerns a mystery writer whose scheme for a perfect murder comes to the attention of a gangster, who plans to use it." }, { "title": "The White Sister", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Helen Hayes, Clark Gable", "extract": "The White Sister is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Helen Hayes and Clark Gable. It was based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Francis Marion Crawford and was a remake of the silent film The White Sister (1923)." }, { "title": "White Woman", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton", "extract": "White Woman is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Walker and starring Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, and Charles Bickford. The screenplay concerns a young widow who remarries and accompanies her husband to his remote jungle rubber plantation." }, { "title": "Wild Boys of the Road", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Frankie Darro, Dorothy Coonan", "extract": "Wild Boys of the Road is a 1933 pre-Code Depression-era American drama film directed by William Wellman and starring Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, and Grant Mitchell. It tells the story of several teens forced into becoming hobos. The screenplay by Earl Baldwin is based on the story Desperate Yout" }, { "title": "Wine, Women and Song", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lilyan Tashman, Lew Cody", "extract": "Wine, Women and Song is a 1933 American drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Lilyan Tashman, Lew Cody and Marjorie Reynolds." }, { "title": "The Woman Accused", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll", "extract": "The Woman Accused is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Nancy Carroll and Cary Grant as a young engaged couple on a sea cruise, with the woman being implicated in the death of her former lover. The supporting cast includes Jack La Rue in a sequence opposite Gran" }, { "title": "The Woman I Stole", "year": 1933, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Jack Holt, Fay Wray", "extract": "The Woman I Stole is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Irving Cummings, starring Jack Holt, Fay Wray and Donald Cook. It is based on the novel Tampico by Joseph Hergesheimer, with the setting shifted from Mexico to North Africa." }, { "title": "The Woman Who Dared", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claudia Dell, Monroe Owsley, Lola Lane", "extract": "The Woman Who Dared is a 1933 American drama black and white film directed by Millard Webb, produced by William Berke and scored by Lee Zahler." }, { "title": "The Women in His Life", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Otto Kruger, Una Merkel", "extract": "The Women in His Life is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Otto Kruger." }, { "title": "The Working Man", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Arliss, Bette Davis", "extract": "The Working Man is a 1933 pre-Code American comedy film starring George Arliss and Bette Davis, and directed by John G. Adolfi. The screenplay by Charles Kenyon and Maude T. Howell is based on the story The Adopted Father by Edgar Franklin. The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection" }, { "title": "The World Changes", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Paul Muni, Aline MacMahon, Mary Astor", "extract": "The World Changes is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as an ambitious farm boy who becomes rich, but does not handle success well. Aline MacMahon and Mary Astor play his mother and wife respectively." }, { "title": "The World Gone Mad", "year": 1933, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "The World Gone Mad is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton. It was made on a low-budget by the independent Majestic Pictures, a Poverty Row forerunner of Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Worst Woman in Paris?", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Benita Hume, Adolphe Menjou", "extract": "The Worst Woman in Paris? is a 1933 American drama film directed by Monta Bell and written by Monta Bell and Marion Dix. The film stars Benita Hume, Adolphe Menjou, Harvey Stephens, Helen Chandler, Margaret Seddon and Adele St. Mauer. The film was released on October 20, 1933, by Fox Film Corporatio" }, { "title": "The Wrecker", "year": 1933, "genres": "Action, Romance", "cast": "Jack Holt, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "The Wrecker is a 1933 American Pre-Code action-romance film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Jack Holt, Genevieve Tobin and George E. Stone. The screenplay was by Jo Swerling. The film was produced and released by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Zoo in Budapest", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Loretta Young, Gene Raymond", "extract": "Zoo in Budapest is a 1933 American Pre-Code romance/melodrama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Loretta Young, Gene Raymond, O.P. Heggie, and Paul Fix. Gene Raymond, playing Zani, a young, mischievous man who has grown up only around the animals and the people that work and visit the zoo." }, { "title": "India Speaks", "year": 1933, "genres": "Documentary, Adventure", "cast": "Narrated by, Richard Halliburton", "extract": "India Speaks is a 1933 Pre-Code adventure film, combining elements of documentaries and travelogue programs, mostly taking place on the Indian sub-continent along with staged bits spliced in to aid story flow. Produced by Walter Futter from a screenplay by Norman Houston, the film was directed, narr" }, { "title": "This Is America", "year": 1933, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Alois Havrilla (narrator)", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Dora's Dunking Doughnuts", "year": 1933, "genres": "Comedy, Short", "cast": "Andy Clyde, Shirley Temple", "extract": "Dora's Dunking Doughnuts is a 1933 American short subject directed by Harry Edwards." }, { "title": "Lot in Sodom", "year": 1933, "genres": "Short, Silent", "cast": "Friedrich Haak", "extract": "Lot in Sodom is a 1933 short silent experimental film, based on the Biblical tale of the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. It was directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber." }, { "title": "Narcotic", "year": 1933, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Harry Cording, Joan Dix", "extract": "" }, { "title": "365 Nights in Hollywood", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Alice Faye, Grant Mitchell, James Dunn", "extract": "365 Nights in Hollywood is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by George Marshall and starring Alice Faye and James Dunn." }, { "title": "6 Day Bike Rider", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Maxine Doyle, Frank McHugh", "extract": "6 Day Bike Rider is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Earl Baldwin, and starring Joe E. Brown, Maxine Doyle, Frank McHugh, Gordon Westcott, Arthur Aylesworth and Lottie Williams. The film's production lasted for 11 days, starting on July 9, 1934. A multi-bicyclist colli" }, { "title": "Adventures of Texas Jack", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hal Taliaferro, Jay Wilsey, Victoria Vinton", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Affairs of Cellini", "year": 1934, "genres": "Historical, Comedy", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Fay Wray", "extract": "The Affairs of Cellini is a 1934 comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Frank Morgan, Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Fay Wray, and Louis Calhern. It is set in Florence. The film was adapted by Bess Meredyth from the play The Firebrand of Florence by Edwin Justus Mayer." }, { "title": "Affairs of a Gentleman", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "Affairs of a Gentleman is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Cyril Hume, Peter Ruric and Milton Krims, adapted from the play by Edith Ellis and Edward Ellis (actor). The film stars Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Patricia Ellis, Phillip Reed, Onslow Stevens and Do" }, { "title": "Against the Law", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Sally Blane", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Age of Innocence", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Irene Dunne, John Boles, Helen Westley", "extract": "The Age of Innocence is a 1934 American drama film directed by Philip Moeller and starring Irene Dunne, John Boles and Lionel Atwill. The film is an adaptation of the 1920 novel The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, set in the fashionable New York society of the 1870s. Prolific on Broadway, Philip " }, { "title": "All Men Are Enemies", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Mona Barrie, Hugh Williams", "extract": "All Men Are Enemies is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and written by Lenore J. Coffee. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Mona Barrie, Hugh Williams, Herbert Mundin, Henry Stephenson and Walter Byron. The film was released on April 20, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation" }, { "title": "All of Me", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Fredric March, George Raft, Miriam Hopkins", "extract": "All of Me is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by James Flood and starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, and George Raft. The film was written by actor Thomas Mitchell and Sidney Buchman from Rose Porter's play Chrysalis." }, { "title": "Among the Missing", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Billie Seward", "extract": "Among the Missing is a 1934 American drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Richard Cromwell, Henrietta Crosman and Billie Seward." }, { "title": "Anne of Green Gables", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, Helen Westley, O. P. Heggie", "extract": "Anne of Green Gables is a 1934 film directed by George Nicholls, Jr., based upon the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Dawn O'Day, who portrayed the title character in the film, changed her stage name to Anne Shirley, which she was billed as for this and all su" }, { "title": "Are We Civilized?", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Independent", "cast": "Frank McGlynn, William Farnum, Anita Louise", "extract": "Are We Civilized? is an independently released 1934 pre-Code American social problem film directed by Edwin Carewe which constituted a veiled attack on Adolf Hitler. The film was given a negative review by Time magazine upon its release. Footage of dinosaurs in the film are recycled from the 1918 Wi" }, { "title": "As Husbands Go", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Helen Vinson", "extract": "As Husbands Go is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. It is based on the 1931 play As Husbands Go by Rachel Crothers. The film stars Warner Baxter, Helen Vinson, Warner Oland, Catherine Doucet, G. P. Huntley, Frank O'Conn" }, { "title": "As the Earth Turns", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Donald Woods, Jean Muir, Dorothy Peterson", "extract": "As the Earth Turns is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Jean Muir and Donald Woods, based on a Pulitzer Prize-nominated best-selling novel by Gladys Hasty Carroll." }, { "title": "Babbitt", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Babbitt is a 1934 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis directed by William Keighley and starring Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee and Claire Dodd. The screenplay is about a staid small-town businessman who gets ensnared in shady dealings." }, { "title": "Babes in Toyland", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Fantasy, Musical", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlotte Henry", "extract": "Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical Christmas film released on November 30, 1934. The film is also known by the alternative titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet, and March of the Wooden Soldiers, a 73-minute abridged version." }, { "title": "Baby Take a Bow", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Claire Trevor, James Dunn", "extract": "Baby Take a Bow is a 1934 American comedy-drama film directed by Harry Lachman and is one of the earliest Hays code Hollywood films. The screenplay by Philip Klein and Edward E. Paramore Jr. is based on the 1926 play Square Crooks by James P. Judge. Shirley Temple plays the child of an ex-convict tr" }, { "title": "Bachelor Bait", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Rochelle Hudson, Grady Sutton", "extract": "Bachelor Bait is a 1934 American comedy film about a man who is fired from his job issuing marriage licenses at city hall because of the actions of a co-worker. He starts a match making business which becomes very successful because of Mr. Watts' ability to find suitable matches for everybody except" }, { "title": "Bachelor of Arts", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anita Louise, Mae Marsh", "extract": "Bachelor of Arts is a 1934 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Lamar Trotti. The film stars Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Arline Judge and Frank Albertson. The film was released on November 23, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Badge of Honor", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Buster Crabbe, Ruth Hall, Betty Blythe", "extract": "Badge of Honor is a 1934 American drama film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Buster Crabbe, Ruth Hall and Betty Blythe. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature for distribution by Mayfair Pictures. Crabbe was loaned out from Paramount Pictures for the production. The film's" }, { "title": "The Band Plays On", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Young, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "The Band Plays On is a 1934 American drama film directed by Russell Mack and written by Bernard Schubert, Ralph Spence and Harvey Gates. The film stars Robert Young, Stuart Erwin, Leo Carrillo, Betty Furness, Ted Healy and Preston Foster. The film was released on December 21, 1934, by Metro-Goldwyn-" }, { "title": "The Barrets of Wimpole Street", "year": 1934, "genres": "Historical, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton", "extract": "The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1934 American romantic drama film directed by Sidney Franklin based on the 1930 play of the same title by Rudolf Besier. It depicts the real-life romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, despite the opposition of her abusive father Edward Moult" }, { "title": "The Beast of Borneo", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Horror", "cast": "Eugene Sigaloff, Mae Stuart", "extract": "The Beast of Borneo is a 1934 American pre-code film directed by Harry Garson. The film is made up mostly of leftover footage from Universal Studios's East of Borneo, made in 1931. A couple of added dialogue scenes were spliced into what was essentially a travelogue and a series of close-ups of an e" }, { "title": "Bedside", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warren William, Jean Muir, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "Bedside is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Warren William, Jean Muir and Allen Jenkins." }, { "title": "Beggars in Ermine", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lionel Atwill, Jameson Thomas, Betty Furness", "extract": "Beggars in Ermine is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Phil Rosen." }, { "title": "Beggar's Holiday", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally O'Neil, Hardie Albright, J. Farrell MacDonald", "extract": "Beggar's Holiday is a 1934 American drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Hardie Albright, J. Farrell MacDonald and Sally O'Neil. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. Scenes were shot at the Talisman Studios. In Britain it was distributed by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Behold My Wife!", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Ann Sheridan, H. B. Warner", "extract": "Behold My Wife! is a 1934 drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen. It stars Sylvia Sidney and Gene Raymond. Based on a novel by Sir Gilbert Parker, The Translation of a Savage, the story had been filmed before in the silent era in 1920 as Behold My Wife! starring Mabel Julienne Scott and Milton Sills" }, { "title": "Belle of the Nineties", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Western", "cast": "Mae West, Johnny Mack Brown, Katherine DeMille", "extract": "Belle of the Nineties is a 1934 American Western film directed by Leo McCarey and released by Paramount Pictures. Mae West's fourth motion picture, it was based on her original story It Ain't No Sin, which was also to be the film's title until censors objected. Johnny Mack Brown, Duke Ellington, and" }, { "title": "Beloved", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "John Boles, Gloria Stuart, Morgan Farley", "extract": "Beloved is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Paul Gangelin and George O'Neil. The film stars John Boles, Gloria Stuart, Morgan Farley, Ruth Hall, Albert Conti and Dorothy Peterson. The film was released on January 22, 1934, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Beyond the Law", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Beyond the Law is a 1934 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "The Big Shakedown", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "The Big Shakedown is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Charles Farrell and Bette Davis, and directed by John Francis Dillon. The screenplay is based on the story \"Cut Rate\" by Niven Busch and Samuel G. Engel. The film also stars Ricardo Cortez and Glenda Farrell and was director John Fran" }, { "title": "The Black Cat", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime, Horror", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners", "extract": "The Black Cat is a 1934 American pre-Code horror film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. It was Universal Pictures' biggest box office hit of the year, and was the first of eight films to feature both Karloff and Lugosi. In 1941, Lugosi appeared in a comedy horror" }, { "title": "Black Moon", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Horror", "cast": "Fay Wray, Dorothy Burgess, Jack Holt", "extract": "Black Moon is a 1934 American pre-Code horror film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Jack Holt, Fay Wray, and Dorothy Burgess. It is based on a short story by Clements Ripley that first appeared in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan. The film centers on a young woman who returns to the tro" }, { "title": "Blind Date", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance, Drama", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Neil Hamilton, Paul Kelly", "extract": "Blind Date is a 1934 American drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Ann Sothern, Neil Hamilton, and Paul Kelly." }, { "title": "Blue Steel", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Eleanor Hunt", "extract": "Blue Steel is a 1934 American pre-Code Monogram Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne. Wayne plays a U.S. Marshal who is trying to capture the Polka Dot Bandit, who has taken off with $4,000. The film also featured Yakima Canutt and George \"Gabby\" Hayes. It was released" }, { "title": "Bolero", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "George Raft, Carole Lombard, Sally Rand", "extract": "Bolero is a 1934 American pre-Code musical drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring George Raft and Carole Lombard. The Paramount production was a rare chance for Raft to star and to play a dancer, which had been his profession in New York City, rather than portraying a gangster. The film " }, { "title": "Bombay Mail", "year": 1934, "genres": "Thriller, Drama", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Ralph Forbes, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Bombay Mail is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Tom Reed. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Ralph Forbes, Shirley Grey, Hedda Hopper, Onslow Stevens, and Jameson Thomas. The film was released on January 6, 1934, by Universal Pictures. The film is based on the L" }, { "title": "The Border Menace", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, George Chesebro", "extract": "The Border Menace is a 1934 American western film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Bill Cody, Miriam Rice, George Chesebro and Jimmy Aubrey who also edited the film. It was produced by an independent Poverty Row outfit Aywon Film Corporation for release as a second feature. Location shooting " }, { "title": "Border Guns", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Born to be Bad", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Marion Burns", "extract": "Born to Be Bad is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant, and directed by Lowell Sherman." }, { "title": "Boss Cowboy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buddy Roosevelt, Frances Morris", "extract": "Boss Cowboy is a 1934 Western B movie remake of Rough Ridin' (1924)produced and directed by low-budget independent filmmaker Victor Adamson and starring Buddy Roosevelt." }, { "title": "Bottoms Up", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, John Boles, Pat Paterson", "extract": "Bottoms Up is a 1934 American pre-Code musical comedy film made by Fox Film Corporation, and was directed by David Butler who co-wrote original story and screenplay with producer Buddy G. DeSylva and co-star Sid Silvers. The picture stars Spencer Tracy, Pat Paterson, John Boles and Herbert Mundin, a" }, { "title": "Bright Eyes", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Drama", "cast": "Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Lois Wilson", "extract": "Bright Eyes is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by William Conselman is based on a story by David Butler and Edwin J. Burke." }, { "title": "British Agent", "year": 1934, "genres": "Spy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, Cesar Romero", "extract": "British Agent is a 1934 American romantic espionage film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Leslie Howard and Kay Francis. It is based on Memoirs of a British Agent, the 1932 autobiography of R. H. Bruce Lockhart, who worked for the British Secret Service during the Russian Revolution and had a" }, { "title": "Broadway Bill", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Myrna Loy, Warner Baxter, Walter Connolly", "extract": "Broadway Bill is a 1934 American comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy. Screenplay by Robert Riskin and based on the short story \"Strictly Confidential\" by Mark Hellinger, the film is about a man's love for his thoroughbred race horse and the woman who he" }, { "title": "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery, Adventure", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Charles Butterworth", "extract": "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back is a 1934 American comedy-mystery-adventure film directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film stars Ronald Colman and Loretta Young. It was a loose sequel to the 1929 film Bulldog Drummond which had also starred Colman." }, { "title": "By Your Leave", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Frank Morgan, Genevieve Tobin, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "By Your Leave is a 1934 American domestic comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan from a script by Allan Scott, Lewis Foster, and Sam Mintz. The screenplay was based on a play of the same name by Gladys Hurlbut and Emma B. C. Wells, which had a short run early in the year at the Morosco Theatre. The " }, { "title": "Call It Luck", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Pat Paterson, Herbert Mundin", "extract": "Call It Luck is a 1934 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. The film stars Pat Paterson, Herbert Mundin, Charles Starrett, Gordon Westcott, Georgia Caine and Theodore von Eltz. The film was released on June 1, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Captain Hates the Sea", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Alison Skipworth, John Gilbert", "extract": "The Captain Hates the Sea is a 1934 comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and released by Columbia Pictures. The film, which involves a Grand Hotel-style series of intertwining stories involving the passengers on a cruise ship, is notable as the last feature film of silent film icon John Gilbert a" }, { "title": "Caravan", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Charles Boyer, Loretta Young, Jean Parker", "extract": "Caravan is a 1934 American musical film released by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Erik Charell, and starring Charles Boyer, Loretta Young, Phillips Holmes and Jean Parker. Fox also produced a French language version of this film, Caravane (1934) starring Boyer, Annabella, and Conchita Montenegr" }, { "title": "Carolina", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Lionel Barrymore, Henrietta Crosman", "extract": "Carolina is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Henry King, with a screenplay by Reginald Berkley based on the 1931 play The House of Connelly by Paul Green, and starring Janet Gaynor, Lionel Barrymore, and Robert Young. The supporting cast features Stepin Fetchit and Shirley T" }, { "title": "The Case of the Howling Dog", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Warren William, Mary Astor", "extract": "The Case of the Howling Dog is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Alan Crosland, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner. The film stars Warren William and Mary Astor. This was the first in a series of four films in which William played Perry Mason. The next three film" }, { "title": "The Cat and the Fiddle", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical, Romance", "cast": "Ramon Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald", "extract": "The Cat and the Fiddle is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic musical film directed by William K. Howard based on the hit 1931 Broadway musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, about a romance between a struggling composer and an American singer. The film stars Ramon Novarro and Je" }, { "title": "The Cat's-Paw", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel", "extract": "The Cat's-Paw (1934) is a comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Sam Taylor. It was Lloyd's seventh and final collaboration with Taylor and the fourth of his seven starring roles in sound." }, { "title": "Chained", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger", "extract": "Chained is a 1934 American drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable with supporting performances by Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin, Una O'Connor and Akim Tamiroff. The screenplay was written by John Lee Mahin, Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich based upon a story " }, { "title": "Change of Heart", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, James Dunn, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "Change of Heart is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, James Dunn, and Ginger Rogers. The movie, about a quartet of college chums who all move to 1934 New York City, was written by James Gleason and Sonya Levien from Kathleen Norris's novel, Manhattan Love Son" }, { "title": "Charlie Chan in London", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Mona Barrie, Ray Milland", "extract": "Charlie Chan in London is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde. The film stars Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. This is the sixth film produced by Fox with Warner Oland as the detective, and the second not to be lost, after The Black Camel (1931)." }, { "title": "Charlie Chan's Courage", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Donald Woods", "extract": "Charlie Chan's Courage (1934) is the fifth film in which Warner Oland played detective Charlie Chan. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film The Chinese Parrot, based upon the novel by Earl Derr Biggers. Both are considered lost films." }, { "title": "Cheaters", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "William Boyd, June Collyer", "extract": "Cheaters is a 1934 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring William Boyd, June Collyer and Dorothy Mackaill." }, { "title": "Cheating Cheaters", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Fay Wray, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Cheating Cheaters is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe, written by James Mulhauser, Allen Rivkin and Gladys Buchanan Unger and starring Fay Wray and Cesar Romero, with a supporting cast featuring Minna Gombell, Henry Armetta, Francis L. Sullivan and Hugh O'Connell. The picture w" }, { "title": "The Circus Clown", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "The Circus Clown is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film about a man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father. It stars Joe E. Brown and Patricia Ellis." }, { "title": "City Limits", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Frank Craven, Sally Blane, Claude Gillingwater", "extract": "City Limits is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William Nigh and starring Frank Craven, Sally Blane, Ray Walker and Claude Gillingwater. It was remade in 1941 as Father Steps Out." }, { "title": "City Park", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Sally Blane, Matty Kemp", "extract": "City Park is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Sally Blane, Henry B. Walthall and Matty Kemp." }, { "title": "Cleopatra", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon", "extract": "Cleopatra is a 1934 American epic film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and distributed by Paramount Pictures. A retelling of the story of Cleopatra VII of Egypt, the screenplay was written by Waldemar Young and Vincent Lawrence and was based on Bartlett Cormack's adaptation of historical material. Clau" }, { "title": "Cockeyed Cavaliers", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Thelma Todd", "extract": "Cockeyed Cavaliers is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film starring the comedy duo of Wheeler & Woolsey. Directed by Mark Sandrich from a screenplay by Edward Kaufman, Grant Garrett, Ralph Spence and Ben Holmes. Also featured in the cast were Dorothy Lee and Thelma Todd." }, { "title": "College Rhythm", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Joe Penner", "extract": "College Rhythm is a 1934 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Jack Oakie, Mary Brian, and Joe Penner. The budget was $537,000. Filming started August 16, 1934." }, { "title": "Come On Marines!", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino", "extract": "Come On Marines! is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Richard Arlen and Ida Lupino." }, { "title": "Coming Out Party", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Frances Dee, Gene Raymond, Nigel Bruce", "extract": "Coming Out Party is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone starring Frances Dee, Gene Raymond, Alison Skipworth and Nigel Bruce. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Count of Monte Cristo", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern", "extract": "The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Robert Donat and Elissa Landi. Based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the story concerns a man who is unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter" }, { "title": "The Countess of Monte Cristo", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Fay Wray, Paul Lukas", "extract": "The Countess of Monte Cristo is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Karl Freund and starring Fay Wray, Paul Lukas and Reginald Owen. The film was a remake of a 1932 German film The Countess of Monte Cristo. It was remade in 1948 under the same title." }, { "title": "The Crime Doctor", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Otto Kruger, Karen Morley", "extract": "The Crime Doctor is a 1934 American crime drama directed by John Robertson from a screenplay by Jane Murfin, adapted from the novel The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill. The film stars Otto Kruger, Karen Morley, and Nils Asther. RKO Radio Pictures produced and distributed the film which was releas" }, { "title": "The Crime of Helen Stanley", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey, Gail Patrick", "extract": "The Crime of Helen Stanley is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey and Gail Patrick. The film is also known as Murder in the Studio. It was the third in a series of four films featuring Bellamy as Inspector Trent of the NYPD follow" }, { "title": "Crime Without Passion", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claude Rains, Margo", "extract": "Crime Without Passion is a 1934 American drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur and starring Claude Rains. It is the first of four pictures written, produced and directed by Hecht and MacArthur for Paramount Pictures. Sixty to seventy percent of the film was directed by cinematograph" }, { "title": "Crimson Romance", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Sari Maritza, Erich von Stroheim", "extract": "Crimson Romance is a 1934 American drama film directed by David Howard and written by Milton Krims and Doris Schroeder. The film stars Ben Lyon, Sari Maritza, Erich von Stroheim, James Bush, William Bakewell and Hardie Albright. The low-budget project utilized footage from Hell's Angels (1930) and w" }, { "title": "The Crosby Case", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Wynne Gibson, Onslow Stevens", "extract": "The Crosby Case is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Warren B. Duff and Gordon Kahn. The film stars Wynne Gibson, Onslow Stevens, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Alan Dinehart, Warren Hymer, William Collier, Sr. and John Wray. The film was released on March 5," }, { "title": "Cross Country Cruise", "year": 1934, "genres": "Romance, War", "cast": "Lew Ayres, June Knight, Alice White", "extract": "Cross Country Cruise is a 1934 American Pre-Code romance film directed by Edward Buzzell and written by Elmer Blaney Harris. The film stars Lew Ayres, June Knight, Alice White, Alan Dinehart, Minna Gombell, and Eugene Pallette. The film was released on January 15, 1934, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Cross Streets", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claire Windsor, Johnny Mack Brown", "extract": "Cross Streets is a 1934 American melodrama film directed by Frank R. Strayer, which stars Claire Windsor, Johnny Mack Brown, and Anita Louise. The screenplay was written by Gordon Morris and Anthony Coldeway, was produced by Invincible Pictures and was released by Chesterfield Motion Pictures on Jan" }, { "title": "The Curtain Falls", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Lee, Holmes Herbert", "extract": "The Curtain Falls is a 1934 drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Henrietta Crosman as an elderly actress on the brink of retirement. This film was made and released by the Poverty Row motion picture studio Chesterfield Pictures and was filmed at RKO Studios in Hollywood. Karl Brown wro" }, { "title": "Dames", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler", "extract": "Dames is a 1934 Warner Bros. musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright with dance numbers created by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, ZaSu Pitts, and Hugh Herbert. Production numbers and songs include \"When You Were a Smile on Your Mother's Lips \"" }, { "title": "Dancing Man", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Reginald Denny, Judith Allen, Natalie Moorhead", "extract": "Dancing Man is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Albert Ray and starring Reginald Denny, Judith Allen and Edmund Breese. Allen was loaned out from Paramount Pictures where she was under contract." }, { "title": "Dangerous Corner", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Virginia Bruce, Conrad Nagel, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "Dangerous Corner is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen, using a screenplay by Anne Morrison Chapin, Madeleine Ruthven, Ralph Berton, and Eugene Berton, which was based on a novel and play of the same name by J. B. Priestley. It starred Virginia Bruce, Conrad Nagel, and Melvyn Dougla" }, { "title": "Dark Hazard", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Genevieve Tobin, Robert Barrat", "extract": "Dark Hazard is 1934 pre-Code American drama film starring Edward G. Robinson and directed by Alfred E. Green. It is based on a novel by W. R. Burnett. It was produced by First National Pictures and released through Warner Bros." }, { "title": "David Harum", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Louise Dresser", "extract": "David Harum is a 1934 American comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Walter Woods. The film stars Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor, Stepin Fetchit, Noah Beery, Sr. and Roger Imhof. The film was released on March 3, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Death on the Diamond", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Robert Young, Madge Evans", "extract": "Death on the Diamond is a 1934 comedy-mystery film starring Robert Young. It was based on the novel Death on the Diamond: A Baseball Mystery Story by Cortland Fitzsimmons, directed by Edward Sedgwick and produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Death Takes a Holiday", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Fredric March, Helen Westley, Kent Taylor", "extract": "Death Takes a Holiday is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing. It is based on the 1924 Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella (1891–1957), as adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris." }, { "title": "The Defense Rests", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Holt, Jean Arthur", "extract": "The Defense Rests is a 1934 American film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, and Nat Pendleton. The movie was produced in May 1934 and released on 15 July 1934." }, { "title": "Devil Tiger", "year": 1934, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Marion Burns, Kane Richmond", "extract": "Devil Tiger is a 1934 American action film directed by Clyde E. Elliott and written by James O. Spearing, Russell G. Shields and Lew Lehr. The film stars Marion Burns, Kane Richmond, Harry Woods and Ah Lee. The film was released on February 8, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Double Door", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Evelyn Venable, Anne Revere, Kent Taylor", "extract": "Double Door is a 1934 American pre-Code thriller film directed by Charles Vidor, written by Jack Cunningham and Gladys Lehman, and starring Evelyn Venable, Mary Morris, Anne Revere, and Kent Taylor. The film follows a young bride who finds herself tormented by her wealthy husband's abusive spinster " }, { "title": "The Dover Road", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook", "extract": "Where Sinners Meet is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by J. Walter Ruben and starring Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook and Billie Burke. It was adapted by writer Henry William Hanemann from Clara Beranger's 1927 movie The Little Adventuress, which in turn was a rewrite from the 1921" }, { "title": "Down to Their Last Yacht", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Adventure", "cast": "Mary Boland, Polly Moran, Ned Sparks", "extract": "Down to Their Last Yacht is a 1934 comic adventure produced and distributed by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Dragon Murder Case", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Warren William, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "The Dragon Murder Case is a 1934 mystery film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine, starring Warren William as private detective Philo Vance, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot and Eugene Pallette, and featuring Helen Lowell, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, Dorothy Tree, George E. Sto" }, { "title": "Dr. Monica", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Warren William, Jean Muir", "extract": "Dr. Monica is a 1934 American pre-Code melodrama film produced by Warner Bros. starring Kay Francis, Warren William, and Jean Muir. An obstetrician, who is unable to have children, discovers that the baby she is about to deliver was fathered by her husband." }, { "title": "The Dude Ranger", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Irene Hervey", "extract": "The Dude Ranger is a 1934 American Western film directed by Edward F. Cline based on the novel by Zane Grey. Parts of the film were shot in Johnson Canyon, Springdale, Zion National Park, and the Virgin River in Utah. The Grand Canyon was also a filming location." }, { "title": "Easy to Love", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Genevieve Tobin, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Astor", "extract": "Easy to Love is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film starring Genevieve Tobin, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Astor, and Edward Everett Horton. This was William Keighley's solo directorial debut – he had co-directed two earlier films with Howard Bretherton. It contains a mildly risqué scene with Tobi" }, { "title": "Eight Girls in a Boat", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Wilson, Douglass Montgomery, Kay Johnson", "extract": "Eight Girls in a Boat is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Wallace and written by Helmut Brandis, Lewis R. Foster and Casey Robinson. It is a remake of the 1932 German film Eight Girls in a Boat, which was also co-written by Brandis." }, { "title": "Elinor Norton", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Gilbert Roland", "extract": "Elinor Norton is a 1934 American drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Rose Franken and Philip Klein. It is based on the 1933 novel, The State versus Elinor Norton by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The film stars Claire Trevor, Gilbert Roland, Henrietta Crosman, Hugh Williams and Norman F" }, { "title": "Elmer and Elsie", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Bancroft, Frances Fuller", "extract": "Elmer and Elsie is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Gilbert Pratt and written by Humphrey Pearson. The film stars George Bancroft, Frances Fuller, Roscoe Karns, George Barbier, Nella Walker and Charles Sellon. The film was released on August 4, 1934, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Embarrassing Moments", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Chester Morris, Marian Nixon", "extract": "Embarrassing Moments is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue, Dickson Morgan and Gladys Buchanan Unger. The film stars Chester Morris, Marian Nixon, Walter Woolf King, Alan Mowbray, George E. Stone and John Wray. The film was released on September 1, 19" }, { "title": "Enlighten Thy Daughter", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Herbert Rawlinson, Charles Eaton, Claire Whitney", "extract": "Enlighten Thy Daughter is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Varley and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Charles Eaton and Claire Whitney. It was shot at the Photocolor Studios in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. It is a remake of the 1917 silent film of the same title by Ivan Abramson." }, { "title": "Evelyn Prentice", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War", "cast": "William Powell, Myrna Loy, Rosalind Russell", "extract": "Evelyn Prentice is a 1934 American crime drama film starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, and featuring Una Merkel and Rosalind Russell in her film debut. The movie was based on the 1933 novel of the same name by W. E. Woodward. Filmed between the original Thin Man and the first of its sequels, Wil" }, { "title": "Ever Since Eve", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George O'Brien, Mary Brian, Herbert Mundin", "extract": "Ever Since Eve is a 1934 American drama film directed by George Marshall and written by Stuart Anthony and Henry Johnson. The film stars George O'Brien, Mary Brian, Herbert Mundin, Betty Blythe, Roger Imhof and Russell Simpson. The film was released on March 25, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Fashions of 1934", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Musical", "cast": "William Powell, Bette Davis, Frank McHugh", "extract": "Fashions of 1934 is a 1934 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by William Dieterle with musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. The screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert and Carl Erickson was based on the story The Fashion Plate by Harry Collins and Warren Duff. The film stars Wil" }, { "title": "Father Brown, Detective", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, War", "cast": "Walter Connolly, Paul Lukas", "extract": "Father Brown, Detective is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Walter Connolly, Paul Lukas and Gertrude Michael. It is based on the 1910 Father Brown story \"The Blue Cross\" by G. K. Chesterton." }, { "title": "Ferocious Pal", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western, Adventure", "cast": "Tom London, Henry Roquemore", "extract": "Ferocious Pal is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Joseph Anthony Roach. The film stars Kazan the Wonder Dog, Ruth Sullivan, Gene Toler, Robert Seiter, Tom London and Harry Dunkinson. The film was released on February 2, 1934, by Principal Distributing." }, { "title": "Fifteen Wives", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Conway Tearle, Natalie Moorhead", "extract": "Fifteen Wives is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Conway Tearle, Natalie Moorhead and Raymond Hatton. After arriving from South America, a man is murdered at a New York hotel. When the police investigate, they discover he has fifteen wives." }, { "title": "Fighting Hero", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Dick Botiller", "extract": "Fighting Hero is a 1934 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Renee Borden, and Edward Hearn." }, { "title": "The Fighting Ranger", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "The Fighting Ranger is a 1934 American pre-Code Western film directed by George B. Seitz." }, { "title": "Fighting to Live", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Marion Shilling, Steve Pendleton", "extract": "Fighting to Live is a 1934 American Pre-Code western film directed by Edward F. Cline." }, { "title": "Fighting Through", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Reb Russell, Lucille Lund", "extract": "Fighting Through is a 1934 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Reb Russell, Lucille Lund and Yakima Canutt." }, { "title": "Finishing School", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Frances Dee, Ginger Rogers, Bruce Cabot", "extract": "Finishing School is a 1934 pre-Code romantic drama film starring Frances Dee as a young woman who gets into trouble after being sent to a finishing school by her neglectful parents." }, { "title": "Flirtation", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jeanette Loff, Ben Alexander, Arthur Tracy", "extract": "Flirtation is a 1934 American drama film directed by Leo Birinsky and starring Jeanette Loff, Ben Alexander and Arthur Tracy. A young man from the country moves to the city and falls in love with a burlesque dancer." }, { "title": "Flirtation Walk", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical, Romance", "cast": "Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ross Alexander", "extract": "Flirtation Walk is a 1934 American romantic musical film written by Delmer Daves and Lou Edelman, and directed by Frank Borzage. It focuses on a soldier who falls in love with a general's daughter during the general's brief stop in Hawaii but is bereft when she leaves with her father for the Philipp" }, { "title": "Flirting with Danger", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Adventure", "cast": "William Cagney, Maria Alba", "extract": "Flirting with Danger is a 1934 American comedy adventure film directed by Vin Moore and starring Robert Armstrong, Edgar Kennedy and William Cagney. The picture was released by Monogram Pictures and has a running time of 62 minutes." }, { "title": "Fog Over Frisco", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "Fog Over Frisco is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by William Dieterle. The screenplay by Robert N. Lee and Eugene Solow was based on the short story The Five Fragments by George Dyer." }, { "title": "Forsaking All Others", "year": 1934, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery", "extract": "Forsaking All Others is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke, and starring Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. The screenplay was written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, which was based upon a 1933 play by Edward Barry Roberts and Frank Morgan Cavett starring T" }, { "title": "The Fountain", "year": 1934, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Ann Harding, Jean Hersholt, Brian Aherne", "extract": "The Fountain is a 1934 American romance film starring Ann Harding. It was directed by John Cromwell and distributed by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Four Frightened People", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Adventure", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Mary Boland, Herbert Marshall", "extract": "Four Frightened People is a 1934 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland, and William Gargan. It is based on the 1931 novel by E. Arnot Robertson." }, { "title": "Friends of Mr. Sweeney", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, War", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Ann Dvorak, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "Friends of Mr. Sweeney is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Warren B. Duff, Sid Sutherland, F. Hugh Herbert and Erwin S. Gelsey. It is based on the 1925 novel Friends of Mr. Sweeney by Elmer Davis. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Ann Dvorak, Eugene Pallette, Robert" }, { "title": "Frontier Days", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, Ada Ince, Wheeler Oakman", "extract": "Frontier Days is a 1934 American western film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Bill Cody, Ada Ince and Wheeler Oakman. It was produced by independent Poverty Row outfit Altmount Pictures for release as a second feature. Location shooting took place in the Alabama Hills in California." }, { "title": "Frontier Marshal", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Irene Bentley", "extract": "Frontier Marshal is a 1934 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring George O'Brien. Produced by Fox Film and Sol M. Wurtzel, the film is the first based on Stuart N. Lake's enormously popular but largely fictitious \"biography\" of Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. " }, { "title": "Fugitive Lady", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Florence Rice, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "Fugitive Lady is an American 1934 film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Florence Rice, Neil Hamilton and Donald Cook. Lucille Ball had an uncredited role in the film." }, { "title": "Fugitive Lovers", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Madge Evans, Robert Montgomery", "extract": "Fugitive Lovers is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Richard Boleslavsky. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it stars Madge Evans and Robert Montgomery with a supporting cast of Nat Pendleton, C. Henry Gordon, Ruth Selwyn, and Ted Healy and his Stooges, who are credited as \"The Th" }, { "title": "Fugitive Road", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Erich von Stroheim, Wera Engels", "extract": "Fugitive Road is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Erich von Stroheim, Wera Engels and Leslie Fenton. It is set a border post in Austria following World War I. A variety of different people trying to cross the border end up stranded there, including an Ameri" }, { "title": "Gallant Lady", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Harding, Clive Brook", "extract": "Gallant Lady is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Gregory La Cava and written by Sam Mintz. The film stars Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Otto Kruger, Tullio Carminati, Dickie Moore, Janet Beecher and Betty Lawford. The film was released on January 5, 1934, by United Artists." }, { "title": "Gambling", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "George M. Cohan, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "Gambling is a 1934 American crime film directed by Rowland V. Lee and written by Garrett Graham. It is based on the 1929 play Gambling by George M. Cohan. The film stars George M. Cohan, Wynne Gibson, Dorothy Burgess, Theodore Newton, Harold Healy and Walter Gilbert. The film was released on Novembe" }, { "title": "Gambling Lady", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Pat O'Brien, Joel McCrea", "extract": "Gambling Lady is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and Pat O'Brien." }, { "title": "The Gay Bride", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zazu Pitts", "extract": "The Gay Bride is a 1934 black-and-white gangster screwball comedy starring Carole Lombard as a wisecracking gold-digger and Chester Morris as the poor man she despises. It was directed by Jack Conway and written by the husband-and-wife team of Sam and Bella Spewak, based on the story \"Repeal\" by Cha" }, { "title": "The Gay Divorcee", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady", "extract": "The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American musical film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It also features Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, and Erik Rhodes. The screenplay was written by George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost, and Edward Kaufman. It was based on" }, { "title": "Gentlemen Are Born", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Franchot Tone, Jean Muir, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Gentlemen Are Born is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Franchot Tone, Jean Muir and Margaret Lindsay. The film's pre-release title was Just Out of College. A news item in Daily Variety notes that Warner Bros. was sued for $250,000 by Ronald Wagoner and James F. Wic" }, { "title": "George White's Scandals", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Rudy Vallée, Alice Faye", "extract": "George White's Scandals is a 1934 American pre-Code musical film directed by George White and written by Jack Yellen. The film stars Rudy Vallée, Jimmy Durante, Alice Faye, Adrienne Ames, Gregory Ratoff, Cliff Edwards and Dixie Dunbar. The film was released on March 16, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation" }, { "title": "The Ghost Walks", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, Horror", "cast": "June Collyer, John Miljan", "extract": "The Ghost Walks is a 1934 American horror film directed by Frank R. Strayer starring John Miljan and June Collyer." }, { "title": "Gift of Gab", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Gloria Stuart, Ruth Etting", "extract": "Gift of Gab is a 1934 black-and-white film released by Universal Pictures. Edmund Lowe stars as a man with the \"Gift of Gab\"—he can sell anyone anything. The film costars Ruth Etting, Ethel Waters, Victor Moore, and Gloria Stuart, and features Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. The film's sets were desi" }, { "title": "The Girl from Missouri", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone", "extract": "The Girl from Missouri is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The movie was written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway." }, { "title": "Girl in Danger", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Girl in Danger is a 1934 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey and Arthur Hohl. Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, it was the fourth and final entry in a series featuring Bellamy as NYPD Inspector Steve Trent. The three previous films w" }, { "title": "A Girl of the Limberlost", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Louise Dresser, Marian Marsh", "extract": "A Girl of the Limberlost is a 1934 American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Louise Dresser, Ralph Morgan and Marian Marsh, and was released on October 15, 1934. This is the second film adaption of Gene Stratton-Porter's 1909 novel of the same name. The first film adaptation had bee" }, { "title": "Girl o' My Dreams", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mary Carlisle, Sterling Holloway", "extract": "Girl o' My Dreams is a 1934 American college comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and featuring Sterling Holloway and Lon Chaney Jr." }, { "title": "Glamour", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Paul Lukas, Constance Cummings", "extract": "Glamour is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Paul Lukas, Constance Cummings and Phillip Reed." }, { "title": "Good Dame", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March", "extract": "Good Dame is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering and written by Sam Hellman, Vincent Lawrence and William R. Lipman. The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Jack La Rue, Noel Francis, Russell Hopton, Bradley Page and Kathleen Burke. The film was released on February 16" }, { "title": "Grand Canary", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Madge Evans", "extract": "Grand Canary is a 1934 American drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter, Madge Evans and Marjorie Rambeau. It is an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's 1933 novel of the same title." }, { "title": "Great Expectations", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Phillips Holmes, Jane Wyatt, Florence Reed", "extract": "Great Expectations is a 1934 adaptation of the 1861 Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Filmed with mostly American actors, it was the first sound version of the novel and was produced in Hollywood by Universal Studios and directed by Stuart Walker. It stars Phillips Holmes as Pip, Jane Wyatt as" }, { "title": "The Great Flirtation", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Elissa Landi, Adolphe Menjou, David Manners", "extract": "The Great Flirtation is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Elissa Landi, Adolphe Menjou, David Manners and Lynne Overman. The film was released on June 15, 1934 by Paramount Pictures. It was based on an unpublished story I Love an Actress by Gregory Rato" }, { "title": "Green Eyes", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Shirley Grey, Charles Starrett", "extract": "Green Eyes is a 1934 American Pre-Code Chesterfield Pictures film directed by Richard Thorpe." }, { "title": "Gridiron Flash", "year": 1934, "genres": "Sports", "cast": "Eddie Quillan, Betty Furness", "extract": "Gridiron Flash is a 1934 film. It made a profit of $43,000." }, { "title": "Half a Sinner", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Blane, Joel McCrea", "extract": "Half a Sinner is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Sally Blane, Joel McCrea and Berton Churchill. It was based on the play Alias the Deacon, which was also the basis of 1927 and 1940 films." }, { "title": "Handy Andy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Mary Carlisle", "extract": "Handy Andy is a 1934 American comedy film directed by David Butler and written by William M. Conselman, Kubec Glasmon and Henry Johnson, adapted in turn from the play \"Merry Andrew\" by Lewis Beach. The film stars Will Rogers, Peggy Wood, Mary Carlisle, Paul Harvey, Frank Melton and Roger Imhof. The " }, { "title": "Happiness Ahead", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Josephine Hutchinson, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "Happiness Ahead is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Dick Powell with Josephine Hutchinson. This was Hutchinson's (credited) debut." }, { "title": "Happy Landing", "year": 1934, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Julie Bishop, William Farnum", "extract": "Happy Landing is a 1934 American action film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Ray Walker, Julie Bishop and William Farnum." }, { "title": "Harlem After Midnight", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Silent", "cast": "Rex Ingram, Lawrence Chenault", "extract": "Harlem After Midnight (1934) is a black-and-white silent film directed by author and director Oscar Micheaux. A drama film, it featured an \"all-colored cast\". As in most of the films created by Micheaux there is an all-black casting for the drama film. It is a lost film." }, { "title": "Hat, Coat, and Glove", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Robbins", "extract": "Hat, Coat and Glove is a 1934 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Worthington Miner from a screenplay by Francis Faragoh. It starred Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Robbins, and John Beal." }, { "title": "Have a Heart", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Jean Parker, James Dunn, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "Have a Heart is a 1934 American drama film directed by David Butler and written by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. The film stars Jean Parker, James Dunn, Una Merkel, Stuart Erwin and Willard Robertson. The film was released on September 7, 1934, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "He Was Her Man", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Victor Jory", "extract": "He Was Her Man is a 1934 American pre-Code mob film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, and Victor Jory. The film was directed by Lloyd Bacon." }, { "title": "Heat Lightning", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster", "extract": "Heat Lightning is a 1934 Pre-Code drama film starring Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, and Preston Foster. It is based on the play of the same name by Leon Abrams and George Abbott." }, { "title": "Hell Bent for Love", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Lilian Bond", "extract": "Hell Bent for Love is a 1934 American Pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Tim McCoy and Lilian Bond." }, { "title": "The Hell Cat", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Ann Sothern, Minna Gombell", "extract": "The Hell Cat is a 1934 pre-Code American crime film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Robert Armstrong, Ann Sothern and Benny Baker." }, { "title": "Hell in the Heavens", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Conchita Montenegro", "extract": "Hell in the Heavens is a 1934 American aviation drama film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Byron Morgan, Ted Parsons and Jack Yellen based on the stage play Der Flieger by Hermann Rossmann. The film stars Warner Baxter, Conchita Montenegro, Russell Hardie, Herbert Mundin, Andy Devine and" }, { "title": "Helldorado", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Madge Evans", "extract": "Helldorado is a 1934 American drama film directed by James Cruze and written by Philip Dunne, Frances Hyland, and Rex Taylor. The film stars Richard Arlen, Madge Evans, Ralph Bellamy, James Gleason, Helen Jerome Eddy and Henry B. Walthall. The film was released on December 21, 1934, by Fox Film Corp" }, { "title": "Here Comes the Groom", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Mary Boland, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "Here Comes the Groom is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Richard Flournoy and Casey Robinson. The film stars Jack Haley, Mary Boland, Neil Hamilton, Patricia Ellis, Isabel Jewell, Lawrence Gray and Sidney Toler. The film was released on June 22, 1934, b" }, { "title": "Here Comes the Navy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "Here Comes the Navy is a 1934 American romantic comedy film written by Earl Baldwin and Ben Markson and directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart and Frank McHugh. Stuart was Oscar-nominated 63 years later for another nautical epic, Titanic (1997)." }, { "title": "Here is My Heart", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Roland Young", "extract": "Here Is My Heart is a 1934 American musical comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, and Roland Young. It is based on the play La Grande-duchesse et le garçon d'étage by Alfred Savoir." }, { "title": "Hi Nellie!", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "Hi, Nellie! is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni and Glenda Farrell. A newspaper editor is demoted to writing an advice column for refusing to go along with the crowd in declaring a missing lawyer to be a thief." }, { "title": "Hide-Out", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Crime, Romance", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Hide-Out is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy, crime, drama, romance film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Robert Montgomery and Maureen O'Sullivan. It also features a young Mickey Rooney. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing - Original Story. It was re-made in 1941 as I" }, { "title": "High School Girl", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen MacKellar, Mahlon Hamilton, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Hips, Hips, Hooray!", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Thelma Todd", "extract": "Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 American Pre-Code slapstick comedy starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd, and Dorothy Lee. During its initial theatrical run, it was preceded by the two-color Technicolor short Not Tonight, Josephine, directed by Edward F. Cline." }, { "title": "Hired Wife", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Greta Nissen, Weldon Heyburn, James Kirkwood", "extract": "Hired Wife is a 1934 American drama film directed by George Melford and starring Greta Nissen, Weldon Heyburn and James Kirkwood. It was produced as a second feature by the independent company Pinnacle Productions. It was shot at the Sun Haven Studios in Florida rather than in Hollywood. Location sh" }, { "title": "His Greatest Gamble", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, Dorothy Wilson", "extract": "His Greatest Gamble is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Robertson from a screenplay by Sidney Buchman and Harry Hervey, based on a story by Salisbury Field. The film stars Richard Dix, Dorothy Wilson, Bruce Cabot, and Erin O'Brien-Moore. Edith Fellows also has a role, playing the characte" }, { "title": "Hold That Girl", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Dunn, Claire Trevor", "extract": "Hold That Girl is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. The film stars James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Alan Edwards, Gertrude Michael, John Davidson and Robert McWade. The film was released on March 24, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Hollywood Mystery", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "June Clyde, Frank Albertson, José Crespo", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Hollywood Party", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jimmy Durante, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy", "extract": "Hollywood Party, also known under its working title of Hollywood Revue of 1933 and Star Spangled Banquet, is a 1934 American pre-Code musical film starring Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez and Mickey Mouse. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Each sequence featur" }, { "title": "House of Mystery", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, Horror", "cast": "Clay Clement, Joyzelle Joyner, Gabby Hayes", "extract": "The House of Mystery is a 1934 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by William Nigh. The film was an adaptation of the play The Ape by Adam Hull Shirk." }, { "title": "The House of Rothschild", "year": 1934, "genres": "Biography, Drama, Historical", "cast": "George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young", "extract": "The House of Rothschild is a 1934 American pre-Code historical drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George Arliss, Loretta Young and Boris Karloff. It was adapted by Nunnally Johnson from the play by George Hembert Westley, and chronicles the rise of the Rothschild family of European" }, { "title": "Housewife", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, George Brent, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Housewife is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green, and starring George Brent, Bette Davis, and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay by Manuel Seff and Lillie Hayward is based on a story by Hayward and Robert Lord." }, { "title": "The Human Side", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Doris Kenyon", "extract": "The Human Side is a 1934 American drama film directed by Edward Buzzell and written by Edward Buzzell, Frank Craven and Ernest Pascal. The film stars Adolphe Menjou, Doris Kenyon, Charlotte Henry, Reginald Owen, Joseph Cawthorn and Betty Lawford. The film was released on September 1, 1934, by Univer" }, { "title": "I Am a Thief", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges", "extract": "I Am a Thief is a 1934 American crime-drama film directed by Robert Florey." }, { "title": "I Believed in You", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Rosemary Ames, John Boles", "extract": "I Believed in You is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Irving Cummings and written by William M. Conselman. The film stars Rosemary Ames, John Boles, Victor Jory, Gertrude Michael, George Meeker and Leslie Fenton. The film was released on February 23, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "I Give My Love", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Paul Lukas, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "I Give My Love is a 1934 American drama film directed by Karl Freund and written by Doris Anderson and Milton Krims. The film stars Paul Lukas, Wynne Gibson, Eric Linden, Anita Louise, John Darrow and Dorothy Appleby. The film was released on July 17, 1934, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "I Like It That Way", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Marian Marsh", "extract": "I Like It That Way is a 1934 American pre-Code musical film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Gloria Stuart, Roger Pryor and Marian Marsh." }, { "title": "I Sell Anything", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "I Sell Anything is a 1934 American film directed by Robert Florey and starring Pat O'Brien, Ann Dvorak, and Claire Dodd. It was produced by First National Pictures. Robert Florey directed." }, { "title": "I'll Fix It", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Jack Holt, Mona Barrie", "extract": "I'll Fix It is a 1934 American romantic comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Jack Holt, Mona Barrie and Winnie Lightner. An extremely powerful machine politics fixer is frustrated when his attempts to secure his younger brother a place on a school football team are blocked by an in" }, { "title": "I'll Tell the World", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "I'll Tell the World is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Ralph Spence and Dale Van Every. The film stars Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Roger Pryor, Onslow Stevens, Alec B. Francis and Willard Robertson. The film was released on April 21, 1934, by Universal P" }, { "title": "I've Got Your Number", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "I've Got Your Number is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins and Glenda Farrell. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 24, 1934. Two telephone repairmen romance a pair of blondes with many adventures." }, { "title": "Imitation of Life", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Fredi Washington, Louise Beavers", "extract": "Imitation of Life is a 1934 American drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by William Hurlbut, based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same name, was augmented by eight additional uncredited writers, including Preston Sturges and Finley Peter Dunne. The film stars Claudette Colbert," }, { "title": "In Love with Life", "year": 1934, "genres": "Sports", "cast": "Lila Lee, Dickie Moore", "extract": "In Love with Life is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Frank R. Strayer." }, { "title": "In Old Santa Fe", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "In Old Santa Fe is a 1934 American Western film directed by David Howard, starring Ken Maynard, George \"Gabby\" Hayes and Evalyn Knapp and featuring the first screen appearance of Gene Autry, singing a bluegrass rendition of \"Wyoming Waltz\" accompanied by his own acoustic guitar with Smiley Burnette " }, { "title": "Inside Information", "year": 1934, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Rex Lease, Marion Shilling, Philo McCullough", "extract": "Inside Information is a 1934 American film directed by Robert F. Hill." }, { "title": "It Happened One Night", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Roscoe Karns", "extract": "It Happened One Night is a 1934 pre-Code American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite tries to get out from under her father's thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter. " }, { "title": "It's a Gift", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Kathleen Howard", "extract": "It's a Gift is a 1934 American comedy film starring W.C. Fields. It was Fields's 16th sound film, and his fifth in 1934 alone. It was directed by Norman McLeod, who had directed Fields in his cameo as Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland (1933)." }, { "title": "Jane Eyre", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Virginia Bruce, Colin Clive", "extract": "Jane Eyre is a 1934 American romantic drama film directed by Christy Cabanne, starring Virginia Bruce and Colin Clive. It is based on the 1847 novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, and is the first adaptation to use sound." }, { "title": "Jealousy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, George Murphy", "extract": "Jealousy is a 1934 American drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Nancy Carroll, George Murphy, Donald Cook and Raymond Walburn. The film was released on November 23, 1934 by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Jimmy the Gent", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Crime", "cast": "James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "Jimmy the Gent is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-crime film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney and Bette Davis and featuring Allen Jenkins. It was the first pairing of Cagney and Davis, who would reunite for The Bride Came C.O.D. seven years later." }, { "title": "Journal of a Crime", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd", "extract": "Journal of a Crime is a 1934 American pre-Code crime drama film produced by First National Pictures. It was directed by William Keighley and stars Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou and Claire Dodd. The film is a remake of the 1933 French film Une vie perdue, written by Jacques Deval." }, { "title": "Judge Priest", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Tom Brown", "extract": "Judge Priest is a 1934 American comedy film starring Will Rogers. The film was directed by John Ford, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel in association with Fox Film, and based on humorist Irvin S. Cobb's character Judge Priest. The picture is set in post-reconstruction Kentucky and the supporting cast feat" }, { "title": "Kansas City Princess", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Robert Armstrong", "extract": "Kansas City Princess is a 1934 American comedy film starring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. The film was directed by William Keighley with a script written by Sy Bartlett and Manuel Seff." }, { "title": "Keep 'Em Rolling", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Walter Huston, Frank Conroy, G. Pat Collins", "extract": "Keep 'Em Rolling is a 1934 American drama film, directed by George Archainbaud from a screenplay by Albert Shelby Le Vino and F. McGrew Willis. It starred Walter Huston and Frances Dee and the men of the US Army 16th Field Artillery. Filmed partially at Fort Myer, VA, during WW I, the story revolves" }, { "title": "Kentucky Kernels", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Mary Carlisle", "extract": "Kentucky Kernels is a 1934 American comedy directed by George Stevens and starring the comedy duo of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. The screenplay was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Fred Guiol, from a story by Kalmar and Ruby." }, { "title": "The Key", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Powell, Edna Best, Colin Clive", "extract": "The Key is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was re-issued as High Peril in 1960." }, { "title": "Kid Millions", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern, Ethel Merman", "extract": "Kid Millions is a 1934 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and starring Eddie Cantor. Its elaborate \"Ice Cream Fantasy Finale\" production number was filmed in three-strip Technicolor, one of the earliest uses of that process in a feature-length fil" }, { "title": "King Kelly of the U.S.A.", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Edgar Kennedy, Irene Ware", "extract": "King Kelly of the U.S.A. is a 1934 American romantic musical film directed by Leonard Fields. The film stars then popular singer Guy Robertson in his only feature film appearance." }, { "title": "Kiss and Make-Up", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Cary Grant, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "Kiss and Make-Up is a 1934 romantic comedy film starring Cary Grant as a doctor who specializes in making women beautiful. Genevieve Tobin and Helen Mack play his romantic entanglements. The film was based on the play Kozmetika by István Békeffy. All of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1934 were cast in rol" }, { "title": "Ladies Should Listen", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Cary Grant, Frances Drake", "extract": "Ladies Should Listen is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Cary Grant, Edward Everett Horton, Frances Drake, and Nydia Westman." }, { "title": "Lady by Choice", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Carole Lombard, May Robson, Walter Connolly", "extract": "Lady by Choice is a 1934 American romantic drama film released by Columbia Pictures starring Carole Lombard as a fan dancer and May Robson as a homeless drunk asked to pose as the dancer's mother for a publicity stunt, with unexpected consequences. Promoted as a follow-up to Frank Capra's 1933 hit L" }, { "title": "The Last Gentleman", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Arliss, Edna May Oliver", "extract": "The Last Gentleman is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Maude T. Howell, Leonard Praskins and Paul Schofield. The film stars George Arliss, Edna May Oliver, Janet Beecher, Charlotte Henry and Ralph Morgan. The film was released on April 28, 1934, by Unit" }, { "title": "The Last Round-Up", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Monte Blue, Barton MacLane", "extract": "The Last Round-Up is a 1934 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott, Monte Blue, and Barbara Fritchie." }, { "title": "Laughing Boy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lupe Vélez, Ramon Novarro, William B. Davidson", "extract": "Laughing Boy is a 1934 pre-Code film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and is based on the 1929 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Oliver La Farge." }, { "title": "The Lawless Frontier", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Sheila Terry", "extract": "The Lawless Frontier is a 1934 American Monogram Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, Sheila Terry, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, and Earl Dwire. It was the tenth of the Lone Star westerns. The picture was made on a budget of $11,000, shot in less than a week at Red Rock Cany" }, { "title": "Lazy River", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Parker, Robert Young", "extract": "Lazy River is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Jean Parker and Robert Young." }, { "title": "The Lemon Drop Kid", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Helen Mack", "extract": "The Lemon Drop Kid is a 1934 American comedy and drama directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Howard J. Green, J.P. McEvoy and Damon Runyon. The film stars Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, William Frawley, Minna Gombell, Baby LeRoy, Kitty Kelly and Henry B. Walthall. The film was released on September 28," }, { "title": "Let's Be Ritzy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "Let's Be Ritzy is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Harry Sauber and Earle Snell. The film stars Lew Ayres, Patricia Ellis, Isabel Jewell, Frank McHugh, Berton Churchill and Robert McWade. The film was released on May 1, 1934, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Let's Talk It Over", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Let's Talk It Over is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Chester Morris, Mae Clarke and Frank Craven." }, { "title": "Let's Try Again", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Helen Vinson", "extract": "Let's Try Again is a 1934 American melodrama film starring Clive Brook. It was known in Britain as Marriage Symphony." }, { "title": "The Life of Vergie Winters", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Harding, John Boles", "extract": "The Life of Vergie Winters is a 1934 American Pre-Code film, starring Ann Harding and John Boles." }, { "title": "Lighting Bill", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jay Wilsey, Alma Rayford", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Lightning Strikes Twice", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Thelma Todd", "extract": "Lightning Strikes Twice is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes from a screenplay by Joseph A. Fields and John Grey. It stars Ben Lyon, Thelma Todd, and Pert Kelton. A print is held by the Library of Congress." }, { "title": "Limehouse Blues", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "George Raft, Jean Parker, Anna May Wong", "extract": "Limehouse Blues is a 1934 American crime film, directed by Alexander Hall. The film is set in the Limehouse district in the East End of London and its Chinatown. Among the stars of the film were George Raft and Anna May Wong. The film is named after the song \"Limehouse Blues\"." }, { "title": "The Line-Up", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War", "cast": "William Gargan, Marian Nixon, John Miljan", "extract": "The Line-Up is a 1934 American crime film directed by Howard Higgin and starring William Gargan, Marian Nixon and Paul Hurst." }, { "title": "Little Man, What Now?", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Margaret Sullavan, Douglass Montgomery, Alan Hale", "extract": "Little Man, What Now? is a 1934 pre-Code American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Margaret Sullavan. It is based on the novel of the same name by Hans Fallada. The novel had been turned into a German film the previous year. The film was a box-office disappointment for Universal." }, { "title": "Little Men", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ralph Morgan, Erin O'Brien-Moore", "extract": "Little Men is a 1934 American feature film based on Louisa May Alcott's 1871 novel Little Men, starring Ralph Morgan and Erin O'Brien-Moore, directed by Phil Rosen, and was released by Mascot Pictures. Alcott wrote Little Men in response to her prior novel, Little Women, hoping to achieve the same l" }, { "title": "The Little Minister", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, John Beal", "extract": "The Little Minister is a 1934 American drama film starring Katharine Hepburn and directed by Richard Wallace. The screenplay by Jane Murfin, Sarah Y. Mason, and Victor Heerman is based on the 1891 novel and subsequent 1897 play of the same title by J.M. Barrie. The picture was the fifth film adaptat" }, { "title": "Little Miss Marker", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Shirley Temple, Charles Bickford", "extract": "Little Miss Marker is an American Pre-Code 1934 comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Hall. It was written by William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman, and Gladys Lehman after a 1932 short story of the same name by Damon Runyon. It stars Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou and Dorothy Dell in a story about a you" }, { "title": "Long Lost Father", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Helen Chandler", "extract": "Long Lost Father is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film starring John Barrymore, Helen Chandler, Donald Cook, Alan Mowbray, and Doris Lloyd. It was directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack. It was based on a 1933 novel of the same title by the British writer Gladys Stern." }, { "title": "Looking for Trouble", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Constance Cummings", "extract": "Looking for Trouble is a 1934 American Pre-Code crime film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Spencer Tracy, Jack Oakie and Constance Cummings. After he is rejected by a woman, a man leaves his safe job and joins a gang that robs banks. The film features actual stock earthquake footage." }, { "title": "Lost in the Stratosphere", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Cagney, June Collyer", "extract": "Lost in the Stratosphere is a 1934 American aviation drama film directed by Melville W. Brown and starring William Cagney, Edward J. Nugent, and June Collyer. In one of his few roles in front of the cameras, Cagney was the lookalike younger brother of James Cagney." }, { "title": "A Lost Lady", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Morgan, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "A Lost Lady is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring by Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Morgan, and Ricardo Cortez. Based on the 1923 novel A Lost Lady by Willa Cather, with a screenplay by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola, the film is about a woman whose fiancé is murdered by his" }, { "title": "The Lost Patrol", "year": 1934, "genres": "War", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Wallace Ford, Boris Karloff", "extract": "The Lost Patrol is a 1934 American pre-Code war film by RKO, directed and produced by John Ford, with Merian C. Cooper as executive producer and Cliff Reid as associate producer from a screenplay by Dudley Nichols from the 1927 novel Patrol by Philip MacDonald. Max Steiner provided the Oscar-nominat" }, { "title": "Love Birds", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "Love Birds is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Doris Anderson, Henry Myers, and Tom Reed. The film stars Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Mickey Rooney, Frederick Burton, Emmett Vogan, and Dorothy Christy. The film was released on May 4, 1934, by Univers" }, { "title": "The Love Captive", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Nils Asther", "extract": "The Love Captive is a 1934 American drama film directed by Max Marcin and written by Karen DeWolf, adapted from Marcin's play of the same name. The film stars Gloria Stuart, Nils Asther, Paul Kelly, Alan Dinehart, Renee Gadd, and Russ Brown. The film was released on June 7, 1934, by Universal Pictur" }, { "title": "Love Past Thirty", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Aileen Pringle, Theodore von Eltz, Phyllis Barry", "extract": "Love Past Thirty is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Vin Moore and starring Aileen Pringle, Theodore von Eltz and Phyllis Barry." }, { "title": "Love Time", "year": 1934, "genres": "Historical, Romance, Drama", "cast": "Pat Paterson, Nils Asther", "extract": "Love Time is a 1934 American historical drama film directed by James Tinling and starring Pat Paterson, Nils Asther and Herbert Mundin. The film was released on September 21, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. The film is a romanticized biopic of the nineteenth century Austrian composer Franz Schubert, " }, { "title": "The Lucky Texan", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Barbara Sheldon, George \"Gabby\" Hayes", "extract": "The Lucky Texan is a 1934 American Lonestar Films B-movie Western film featuring John Wayne, Barbara Sheldon, Gabby Hayes, and the legendary stuntman and actor Yakima Canutt. It was written and directed by Robert N. Bradbury. It also contains a rare appearance by \"Gabby\" Hayes without a beard and in" }, { "title": "Madame DuBarry", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Historical", "cast": "Dolores del Río, Victor Jory, Osgood Perkins", "extract": "Madame DuBarry is a 1934 American historical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dolores del Río, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory and Osgood Perkins. The film portrays the life of Madame Du Barry, the last mistress of King Louis XV of France. While this film does not serve accuracy to Madame D" }, { "title": "Madame Spy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Fay Wray, Nils Asther, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Madame Spy is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Karl Freund and starring Fay Wray, Oscar Apfel, Edward Arnold and Nils Asther. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is a remake of the 1932 film Under False Flag which was produced by Deutsche Universal, the German s" }, { "title": "The Man from Hell", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Reb Russell, Fred Kohler", "extract": "The Man from Hell is a 1934 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Reb Russell, Fred Kohler and George 'Gabby' Hayes." }, { "title": "The Man from Utah", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Polly Ann Young, George \"Gabby\" Hayes", "extract": "The Man from Utah is a 1934 pre-Code Monogram Western film starring John Wayne, Polly Ann Young and the stuntman/actor Yakima Canutt. It was written by Lindsley Parsons and directed by Robert N. Bradbury. Wayne has a \"singing cowboy scene\" in the film, wherein his voice is dubbed." }, { "title": "Man of Two Worlds", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Elissa Landi, Francis Lederer", "extract": "Man of Two Worlds is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by J. Walter Ruben and starring Francis Lederer, Elissa Landi and Henry Stephenson." }, { "title": "The Man Trailer", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "The Man Trailer is a 1934 American pre-Code western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones and Cecilia Parker. It was a remake of the 1930 film The Lone Rider which had also starred Jones. It was shot at the Iverson Ranch." }, { "title": "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Claude Rains, Joan Bennett, Lionel Atwill", "extract": "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head is a 1934 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Jean Bart and Samuel Ornitz. The film stars Claude Rains, Joan Bennett, Lionel Atwill, Juanita Quigley, Henry O'Neill and Henry Armetta. The film was released on December 24, 1934, by Universal Pict" }, { "title": "The Man with Two Faces", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "The Man with Two Faces is an American drama film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Edward G. Robinson and Mary Astor. The supporting cast features Ricardo Cortez, Louis Calhern, Mae Clarke, and David Landau. The story was adapted by Tom Reed and Niven Busch from the play The Dark Tower by George" }, { "title": "A Man's Game", "year": 1934, "genres": "Action, Drama", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "A Man's Game is a 1934 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Released by Columbia Pictures, the film stars Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp and Ward Bond." }, { "title": "Managed Money", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Short", "cast": "Junior Coghlan, Shirley Temple", "extract": "Managed Money is a 1934 short comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. The film stars Frank Coghlan Jr. and Shirley Temple. It was also known as Frolics of Youth and Measured Money. This was the second film in which Temple starred as Mary Lou. The film tells the story of Sonny and Sid prospecting for" }, { "title": "Mandalay", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland", "extract": "Mandalay is a 1934 American pre Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and written by Austin Parker and Charles Kenyon based on a story by Paul Hervey Fox. The film stars Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland and Lyle Talbot, and features Ruth Donnelly and Reginald Owen." }, { "title": "Manhattan Love Song", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Dixie Lee", "extract": "Manhattan Love Song is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Leonard Fields." }, { "title": "Manhattan Melodrama", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance, Crime", "cast": "Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film, produced by MGM, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, and starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy. The movie also provided one of Mickey Rooney's earliest film roles. The film is based on a story by Arthur Caesar, who won the Academy Awa" }, { "title": "Maniac", "year": 1934, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Bill Woods, Horace Carpenter", "extract": "Maniac is a 1934 American black-and-white exploitation horror film directed by Dwain Esper and written by Hildagarde Stadie, Esper's wife, as a loose adaptation of the 1843 Edgar Allan Poe story \"The Black Cat\", with references to his \"Murders in the Rue Morgue\". Esper and Stadie also made the 1936 " }, { "title": "Many Happy Returns", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Gracie Allen, George Burns, George Barbier", "extract": "Many Happy Returns is a 1934 American pre-Code Paramount Pictures comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Gracie Allen, George Burns, and George Barbier." }, { "title": "Marie Galante", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparks", "extract": "Marie Galante is a 1934 American film directed by Henry King, starring Ketti Gallian and Spencer Tracy, adapted from a French novel by Jacques Deval. Later in the same year the novel was adapted into a French musical titled Marie Galante, with book and lyrics by Jacques Deval and music by Kurt Weill" }, { "title": "The Marines Are Coming", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Action, War", "cast": "William Haines, Conrad Nagel, Esther Ralston", "extract": "The Marines Are Coming is a 1934 American action drama film directed by David Howard and starring William Haines, Conrad Nagel and Esther Ralston. It was produced and distributed by the independent Mascot Pictures. It was the final film acting role of Haines who had a major success in the 1928 film " }, { "title": "Marrying Widows", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Judith Allen, Johnny Mack Brown, Minna Gombell", "extract": "Marrying Widows is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Judith Allen, Johnny Mack Brown and Minna Gombell." }, { "title": "Massacre", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Massacre is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland. The film stars Richard Barthelmess and Ann Dvorak as its Native American protagonists, and also features Charles Middleton, Sidney Toler, Claire Dodd and Clarence Muse." }, { "title": "The Meanest Gal in Town", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "ZaSu Pitts, El Brendel", "extract": "The Meanest Gal in Town is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic comedy, directed by Russell Mack from a screenplay written by Richard Schayer, Russell Mack, and H. W. Hanemann, and starring Zasu Pitts, El Brendel, Pert Kelton, and James Gleason." }, { "title": "Melody in Spring", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Lanny Ross, Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, Ann Sothern", "extract": "Melody in Spring is a 1934 American pre-Code musical film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by Benn W. Levy, Frank Leon Smith, and Jane Storm. The film stars Lanny Ross, Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, Ann Sothern, George Meeker, and Herman Bing. The film was released on April 20, 1934, by Para" }, { "title": "Men in White", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy", "extract": "Men in White is a 1934 pre-Code film starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy, and directed by Ryszard Bolesławski. The story is loosely based on the Sidney Kingsley Pulitzer-Prize-winning play of the same name. Due to suggestions of illicit romance and abortion, the film was frequently cut. The Legion of" }, { "title": "Men of the Night", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Judith Allen", "extract": "Men of the Night is a 1934 American drama film written and directed by Lambert Hillyer, which stars Bruce Cabot, Judith Allen, and Ward Bond." }, { "title": "Menace", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "Menace is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Ralph Murphy." }, { "title": "The Merry Frinks", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "The Merry Frinks is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee and Hugh Herbert. It is also known by the alternative title of Happy Family." }, { "title": "The Merry Widow", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald with a supporting cast featuring Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, Sterling Holloway, Donald Meek, J" }, { "title": "Midnight", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Sidney Fox, Margaret Wycherly, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "Midnight is a 1934 American drama film, the first directed by Chester Erskine, and starring Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull and Margaret Wycherly. It was based on a Theatre Guild play with the same name by Paul and Claire Sifton. The film was produced for Universal and was shot on a modest budge" }, { "title": "Midnight Alibi", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Midnight Alibi is a 1934 pre-Code crime comedy-drama directed by Alan Crosland, produced by First National Pictures, distributed by Warner Bros. and starring Richard Barthelmess. Midnight Alibi is an adaptation of Damon Runyon's 1933 short story The Old Doll's House." }, { "title": "The Mighty Barnum", "year": 1934, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Bruce", "extract": "The Mighty Barnum is a 1934 film starring Wallace Beery as P.T. Barnum. The movie was written by Gene Fowler and Bess Meredyth, adapted from their play of the same name, and directed by Walter Lang. Beery had played Barnum four years earlier in A Lady's Morals, a highly fictionalized biography of si" }, { "title": "Mills of the Gods", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Silent", "cast": "May Robson, Fay Wray", "extract": "The Mills of the Gods is an American silent film. It was the first three-reel \"feature\" directed by Ralph Ince; production company Vitagraph entrusted him with this longer project after being impressed by his work on the two-reel Double Danger." }, { "title": "Million Dollar Baby", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Arline Judge, Ray Walker, Jeanette Loff", "extract": "Million Dollar Baby is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Arline Judge, Ray Walker and Jimmy Fay." }, { "title": "Million Dollar Ransom", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Phillips Holmes, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Million Dollar Ransom is a 1934 American drama film directed by Murray Roth and written by William R. Lipman and Ben Ryan. The film stars Phillips Holmes, Edward Arnold, Mary Carlisle, Wini Shaw, Andy Devine and Robert Gleckler. The film was released on September 1, 1934, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Dorothea Wieck, Alice Brady", "extract": "Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen is a 1934 pre-Code American comedy-drama film, starring Dorothea Wieck, Alice Brady, and Baby LeRoy, written by Adela Rogers St. Johns and Jane Storm from a novel and story by Rupert Hughes, and directed by Alexander Hall. The events depicted in the film were allegedly bas" }, { "title": "Money Means Nothing", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Wallace Ford, Gloria Shea", "extract": "Money Means Nothing is a 1934 American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Wallace Ford, Gloria Shea, and Edgar Kennedy, and was released on June 14, 1934." }, { "title": "Monte Carlo Nights", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Mary Brian, John Darrow, Gabby Hayes", "extract": "Monte Carlo Nights is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by William Nigh." }, { "title": "The Most Precious Thing in Life", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Jean Arthur", "extract": "The Most Precious Thing in Life is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Richard Cromwell, Jean Arthur, Donald Cook, Anita Louise, and Mary Forbes." }, { "title": "Moulin Rouge", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Franchot Tone, Tullio Carminati", "extract": "Moulin Rouge is an American pre-Code musical film released on January 19, 1934, by United Artists, starring Constance Bennett and Franchot Tone. It contained the songs \"Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night\", and \"Boulevard of Broken Dreams\" with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin." }, { "title": "Murder at the Vanities", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Carl Brisson", "extract": "Murder at the Vanities is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical film based on the 1933 Broadway show with music by Victor Young. It was released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Mitchell Leisen, stars Victor McLaglen, Carl Brisson, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Gertrude Michael, Toby Wing, and Jes" }, { "title": "Murder in the Clouds", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, Action", "cast": "Lyle Talbot, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Murder in the Clouds is a 1934 American action film dealing with aviation. The film stars Lyle Talbot and Ann Dvorak, and is directed by D. Ross Lederman. Although standard formula \"B\" film fare, it was notable as the screenplay and original story was written by Dore Schary as a freelance writer, du" }, { "title": "Murder in the Private Car", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, Romance", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel", "extract": "Murder in the Private Car is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery romance film starring Mary Carlisle, Charles Ruggles and Una Merkel. Directed by Harry Beaumont, the production is based on the play The Rear Car by Edward E. Rose. David Townsend was the film's art director." }, { "title": "Murder in Trinidad", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nigel Bruce, Heather Angel", "extract": "Murder in Trinidad is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis King and starring Nigel Bruce, Heather Angel, Victor Jory, and Murray Kinnell." }, { "title": "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Pauline Lord, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1934 American comedy-drama film, directed by Norman Taurog, and is based on the 1904 Broadway play by Anne Crawford Flexner, which itself is taken from the novel of the same name by Alice Hegan Rice. The film stars Broadway stage actress Pauline Lord, and is one " }, { "title": "Murder on the Blackboard", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Edna May Oliver, James Gleason", "extract": "Murder on the Blackboard is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery/comedy film starring Edna May Oliver as schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and James Gleason as Police Inspector Oscar Piper. Together, they investigate a murder at Withers' school. It was based on the novel of the same name by Stuart Palmer" }, { "title": "Music in the Air", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Gloria Swanson, John Boles", "extract": "Music in the Air is a 1934 American romantic comedy musical film based on Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Broadway musical of the same name. It was part of the popular subgenre of operetta films made during the era. The film was a commercial failure on its release, losing $389,000. This was t" }, { "title": "The Mysterious Mr. Wong", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, Horror", "cast": "Bela Lugosi, Arline Judge, Wallace Ford", "extract": "The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a tongue-in-cheek 1934 mystery film starring Bela Lugosi as a powerful Fu Manchu type criminal mastermind of the Chinatown underworld, and Wallace Ford as a wisecracking reporter. The film is based on Harry Stephen Keeler's 1928 short story \"The Strange Adventure of the Tw" }, { "title": "The Mystery of Mr. X", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan", "extract": "The Mystery of Mr. X is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film starring Robert Montgomery as a jewel thief who gets mixed up in a series of murders in London. It is based on the 1933 novel X v. Rex by Philip MacDonald, was remade in 1952 as The Hour of 13." }, { "title": "Mystery Liner", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Noah Beery, Astrid Allwyn", "extract": "Mystery Liner is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by William Nigh, starring Noah Beery, Sr., and based on an Edgar Wallace story originally published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1924. The film was entered as a feature attraction at the 1934 International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art i" }, { "title": "Mystery Ranch", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Roberta Gale", "extract": "Mystery Ranch is a 1934 American comedy Western film co-produced and directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Tom Tyler, Roberta Gale and Jack Perrin. It was Tyler's first of 18 films for Reliable Pictures." }, { "title": "Name the Woman", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge", "extract": "Name the Woman is a 1934 American mystery drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge and Rita La Roy. It is not a remake of the studio's 1928 silent film of the same name, although Variety wrongly reported this at the time." }, { "title": "Nana", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anna Sten, Lionel Atwill", "extract": "Nana is a 1934 American pre-Code film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, starring Anna Sten. and directed by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice." }, { "title": "Neath the Arizona Skies", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Sheila Terry", "extract": "'Neath the Arizona Skies is a 1934 Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser, produced by Lone Star Productions, released by Monogram Pictures and starring John Wayne. Wayne's character attempts to locate a little girl's father, so that she may claim a $50,000 Indian oil claim. The film co-stars Shei" }, { "title": "The Ninth Guest", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Genevieve Tobin, Donald Cook", "extract": "The Ninth Guest, sometimes abbreviated as The 9th Guest, is a 1934 American pre-Code murder mystery film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Donald Cook and Genevieve Tobin." }, { "title": "No Greater Glory", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "George P. Breakston, Jimmy Butler", "extract": "No Greater Glory is a 1934 American Pre-Code allegorical anti-war film directed by Frank Borzage and based on the novel A Pál utcai fiúk by Ferenc Molnár, known in English as \"The Boys of Paul Street.\" The film's box office performance was described as \"dismal\"." }, { "title": "No More Women", "year": 1934, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Sally Blane", "extract": "No More Women is a 1934 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Sally Blane and Minna Gombell. The film was released and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was part of a long-running series that paired Lowe and McLaglen as friendly " }, { "title": "No Ransom", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Leila Hyams, Phillips Holmes, Jack La Rue", "extract": "No Ransom is a 1934 American film directed by Frec C. Newmeyer." }, { "title": "The Notorious Sophie Lang", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "The Notorious Sophie Lang is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh and Alison Skipworth." }, { "title": "Now and Forever", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance, Drama", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple", "extract": "Now and Forever is a 1934 American drama film directed by Henry Hathaway. The screenplay by Vincent Lawrence and Sylvia Thalberg was based on the story \"Honor Bright\" by Jack Kirkland and Melville Baker. The film stars Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, and Shirley Temple in a story about a small-time swi" }, { "title": "Now I'll Tell", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, Alice Faye", "extract": "Now I'll Tell is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edwin J. Burke starring Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, and Alice Faye. It was produced by Fox Film shortly before the company's merger with Twentieth Century Pictures. It marked the final screen appearance of former silent star Alic" }, { "title": "Of Human Bondage", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Kay Johnson", "extract": "Of Human Bondage is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen is based on the 1915 novel Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham." }, { "title": "The Oil Raider", "year": 1934, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Buster Crabbe, Gloria Shea, George Irving", "extract": "The Oil Raider is a 1934 American action film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Buster Crabbe, Gloria Shea and George Irving. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature and was distributed by independent company Mayfair Pictures." }, { "title": "The Old Fashioned Way", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Baby LeRoy, Judith Allen", "extract": "The Old Fashioned Way is a 1934 American comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by William Beaudine and stars W. C. Fields. The script was written by Jack Cunningham based on a story by \"Charles Bogle\"." }, { "title": "Once to Every Bachelor", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marian Nixon, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "Once to Every Bachelor is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Marian Nixon, Neil Hamilton and William Austin." }, { "title": "Once to Every Woman", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray", "extract": "Once to Every Woman is a 1934 American pre-Code film adaptation of A. J. Cronin's 1933 short story Kaleidoscope in \"K\". The film was made by Columbia Pictures and stars Ralph Bellamy and Fay Wray." }, { "title": "One Exciting Adventure", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Binnie Barnes, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank and starring Binnie Barnes, Neil Hamilton and Paul Cavanagh. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream." }, { "title": "One Hour Late", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Conrad Nagel", "extract": "One Hour Late is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Kathryn Scola and Paul Gerard Smith. The film stars Joe Morrison, Helen Twelvetrees, Conrad Nagel, and Arline Judge. One Hour Late was released on December 14, 1934, by Paramount Pictures. The film was intended as a" }, { "title": "One in a Million", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Wilson, Charles Starrett", "extract": "One in a Million is a 1934 American drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Dorothy Wilson, Charles Starrett and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams." }, { "title": "One Is Guilty", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey", "extract": "One Is Guilty is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey and Rita La Roy. It is the second in a series of four films featuring Bellamy as Inspector Steve Trent following Before Midnight. Two further films The Crime of Helen Sta" }, { "title": "One More River", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Diana Wynyard, Frank Lawton, Jane Wyatt", "extract": "One More River is a 1934 American drama film mystery directed by James Whale. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and starred Colin Clive, Diana Wynyard and stage actress Mrs Patrick Campbell in one of her very few films. The film marked Jane Wyatt's screen debut. It is based on th" }, { "title": "One Night of Love", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical, Romance", "cast": "Grace Moore, Mona Barrie, Tullio Carminati", "extract": "One Night of Love is a 1934 American Columbia Pictures romantic musical film set in the opera world, starring Grace Moore and Tullio Carminati. The film was directed by Victor Schertzinger and adapted from the story Don't Fall in Love, by Charles Beahan and Dorothy Speare." }, { "title": "Operator 13", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Marion Davies, Gary Cooper, The Mills Brothers", "extract": "Operator 13 is a 1934 American pre-Code romance film directed by Richard Boleslawski and starring Marion Davies, Gary Cooper, and Jean Parker." }, { "title": "Orient Express", "year": 1934, "genres": "Thriller, Drama", "cast": "Heather Angel, Ralph Morgan", "extract": "Orient Express is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Heather Angel, Norman Foster and Ralph Morgan. It is based on the 1932 novel Stamboul Train by Graham Greene." }, { "title": "Our Daily Bread", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper", "extract": "Our Daily Bread is a 1934 American drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Karen Morley, Tom Keene, and John Qualen. The film is a sequel to Vidor's silent classic The Crowd (1928), using the same characters although with different actors. Vidor tried to interest Irving Thalberg of MGM in the" }, { "title": "Outcast Lady", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall, Hugh Williams", "extract": "Outcast Lady is a 1934 sound film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced and distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. The film stars Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall and Mrs. Patrick Campbell. It is a sound version of Michael Arlen's 1924 novel The Green Hat, filmed in 1928 by MGM as A Woman of Af" }, { "title": "The Painted Veil", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent", "extract": "The Painted Veil is a 1934 American drama directed by Richard Boleslawski and starring Greta Garbo. The film was produced by Hunt Stromberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Based on the 1925 novel The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham, with a screenplay by John Meehan, Salka Viertel, and Edith Fitzgerald," }, { "title": "Palooka", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "Palooka is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Stuart Erwin in the titular role, Lupe Velez and Jimmy Durante, and based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. The film was adapted by Jack Jevne, Arthur Kober, Gertrude Purcell, Murray Roth and Ben Ryan from the " }, { "title": "Paradise Valley", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Wheeler Oakman, Walter Brennan", "extract": "Paradise Valley is a 1934 American western film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Jean Chatburn, Wheeler Oakman and Walter Brennan. It was an independent production made on Poverty Row." }, { "title": "Pardon My Pups", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Short", "cast": "Junior Coghlan, Shirley Temple", "extract": "Pardon My Pups is a 1934 Shirley Temple short film about a young boy named Sonny Rogers who wants a motorcycle for his birthday but his stubborn father insists on getting an expensive hunting dog instead even though Sonny hates dogs and the father blatantly just wants the dog for himself. Sonny runs" }, { "title": "Paris Interlude", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Madge Evans, Robert Young, Ted Healy", "extract": "Paris Interlude is a 1934 American drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Wells Root. The film stars Madge Evans, Otto Kruger, Robert Young, Una Merkel, Ted Healy and Louise Henry. The film was released on July 27, 1934, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Party's Over", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Ann Sothern", "extract": "The Party's Over is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang." }, { "title": "Peck's Bad Boy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Thomas Meighan, Dorothy Peterson", "extract": "Henry \"Hennery\" Peck, popularly known as Peck's Bad Boy, is a fictional character created by George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916). First appearing in the 1883 novel Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, the Bad Boy has appeared in numerous print, stage, and film adaptations. The character is portrayed as a mischievo" }, { "title": "The Pecos Dandy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George J. Lewis, Dorothy Gulliver", "extract": "The Pecos Dandy is a 1934 American western film directed by Victor Adamson and Horace B. Carpenter and starring George J. Lewis, Dorothy Gulliver and Robert Walker. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. It is now considered a lost film." }, { "title": "The Personality Kid", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Claire Dodd", "extract": "The Personality Kid is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland, starring Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell. The film was based on a story by Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker. It was released by Warner Bros. on July 7, 1934. A young prizefighter's success corrupts him and leads him to neglect" }, { "title": "The Poor Rich", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Edna May Oliver", "extract": "The Poor Rich is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Ebba Havez and Dale Van Every. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Edna May Oliver, Andy Devine, Leila Hyams, Grant Mitchell and Thelma Todd. The film was released on February 26, 1934, by Universal Pi" }, { "title": "Port of Lost Dreams", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "William Boyd, George F. Marion, Lola Lane", "extract": "Port of Lost Dreams is a 1934 American drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring William Boyd, Lola Lane and George F. Marion." }, { "title": "The Prescott Kid", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Sheila Mannors", "extract": "The Prescott Kid is a 1934 American Western film directed by David Selman, from an original screenplay by Ford Beebe, which stars Tim McCoy, Sheila Mannors, and Joseph Sauers. The picture was released on November, 1934. The screenplay was based on a short story, \"Wolves of Catclaw\", by Claude Rister" }, { "title": "The President Vanishes", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Political", "cast": "Edward Arnold, Arthur Byron", "extract": "The President Vanishes is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name." }, { "title": "The Private Life of Don Juan", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon, Benita Hume", "extract": "The Private Life of Don Juan is a 1934 British comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon and Benita Hume. At the age of 51, it was the final role of Fairbanks, who died five years later. The film is about the life of the aging Don Juan, based on the 1" }, { "title": "Private Scandal", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "ZaSu Pitts, Phillips Holmes", "extract": "Private Scandal is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Vera Caspary, Garrett Fort and Bruce Manning. The film stars ZaSu Pitts, Phillips Holmes, Mary Brian, Ned Sparks, Lew Cody, June Brewster and Harold Waldridge. The film was released on May 11, 1934, by Pa" }, { "title": "Pursued", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Rosemary Ames, Victor Jory", "extract": "Pursued is a 1934 American drama film directed by Louis King and starring Rosemary Ames, Victor Jory and Russell Hardie. Produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It is based on a story from the Saturday Evening Post, The Painted Lady, by Larry Evans. It was previously filmed by Fox as a sil" }, { "title": "The Pursuit of Happiness", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Historical", "cast": "Francis Lederer, Joan Bennett", "extract": "The Pursuit of Happiness is a 1934 American historical comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and written by Stephen Morehouse Avery, J.P. McEvoy and Virginia Van Upp. The film stars Francis Lederer, Joan Bennett, Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, Walter Kingsford, Minor Watson and Adrian Morris. The fi" }, { "title": "The Quitter", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn", "extract": "The Quitter is a 1934 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn and Barbara Weeks. It was produced and distributed by the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures, later absorbed into Republic." }, { "title": "Randy Rides Alone", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn", "extract": "Randy Rides Alone is a 1934 American Pre-Code Western film starring John Wayne, Yakima Canutt, and George Hayes. The 53-minute black-and-white film was directed by Harry L. Fraser, produced by Paul Malvern for Lone Star Productions, and released by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Range Riders", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buddy Roosevelt, Lew Meehan", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Rawhide Mail", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Perrin, Nelson McDowell", "extract": "Rawhide Mail is a 1934 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Jack Perrin, Nelson McDowell and Chris-Pin Martin." }, { "title": "Rawhide Romance", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jay Wilsey, Lafe McKee", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Rawhide Terror", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western, Horror", "cast": "Art Mix, Edmund Cobb, Frances Morris", "extract": "The Rawhide Terror is a 1934 American Western horror film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and Jack Nelson." }, { "title": "Ready for Love", "year": 1934, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, Marjorie Rambeau", "extract": "Ready for Love is a 1934 American romantic comedy film directed by Marion Gering and presented by Adolph Zukor for Paramount Pictures. It stars Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, and Marjorie Rambeau. It is inspired by the play The Whipping by Eulalie Spence, based on the 1930 novel The Whipping by Roy Flan" }, { "title": "Red Morning", "year": 1934, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Steffi Duna, Regis Toomey", "extract": "Red Morning is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Wallace Fox from a screenplay by John Twist and Wallace Fox, based on a story by Gouverneur Morris. The film stars Steffi Duna, Regis Toomey, Raymond Hatton, and Mitchell Lewis." }, { "title": "Registered Nurse", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bebe Daniels, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "Registered Nurse is a 1934 American Pre-Code film produced by First National Pictures and released through its parent company Warner Bros. The film was directed by Robert Florey and stars Bebe Daniels in her final role for Warner Bros." }, { "title": "Return of the Terror", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery, War", "cast": "Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "Return of the Terror is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Peter Milne and Eugene Solow. The film stars Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, John Halliday, and Frank McHugh, and features Robert Barrat and Irving Pichel. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 7, 1934" }, { "title": "The Richest Girl in the World", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Fay Wray, Joel McCrea", "extract": "The Richest Girl in the World is a 1934 romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea. Norman Krasna was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. It was remade in 1944 as Bride by Mistake with Laraine Day and Alan Marshal." }, { "title": "Riding Speed", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jay Wilsey, Bud Osborne, Lafe McKee", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Ridin' Thru", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Ruth Hiatt, Lafe McKee", "extract": "Ridin' Thru is a 1934 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Ruth Hiatt and Lafe McKee." }, { "title": "Riptide", "year": 1934, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Herbert Marshall", "extract": "Riptide is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and Herbert Marshall, written and directed by Edmund Goulding, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Road to Ruin", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Foster, Nell O'Day", "extract": "The Road to Ruin is a 1934 pre-Code exploitation film directed by Dorothy Davenport, under the name \"Mrs. Wallace Reid\", and Melville Shyer, and written by Davenport with the uncredited contribution of the film's producer, Willis Kent. The film, now in the public domain, portrays a young woman whose" }, { "title": "Rocky Rhodes", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Sheila Terry", "extract": "Rocky Rhodes is a 1934 American Western film directed by Alfred Raboch and written by Edward Churchill. The film stars Buck Jones, Sheila Terry, Stanley Fields, Walter Miller, Alfred P. James and Paul Fix. The film was released on September 24, 1934, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Romance in the Rain", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Heather Angel, Esther Ralston", "extract": "Romance in the Rain is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Stuart Walker and written by Barry Trivers and Gladys Buchanan Unger. The film stars Roger Pryor, Heather Angel, Esther Ralston, Victor Moore, Ruth Donnelly and Henry Armetta. The film was released on August 13, 1934, by Universal Pictur" }, { "title": "Sadie McKee", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Sadie McKee is a 1934 American pre-Code, romantic-drama film directed by Clarence Brown, starring Joan Crawford, and featuring Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, and Esther Ralston. The film is based on the 1933 short story \"Pretty Sadie McKee\", by Viña Delmar. Crawford plays the title char" }, { "title": "The Scarlet Empress", "year": 1934, "genres": "Historical, Drama", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe", "extract": "The Scarlet Empress is a 1934 American historical drama film starring Marlene Dietrich and John Lodge about the life of Catherine the Great. It was directed and produced by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Eleanor McGeary, loosely based on the diary of Catherine arranged by Manuel Komroff." }, { "title": "The Scarlet Letter", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Colleen Moore, Henry B. Walthall, Alan Hale", "extract": "The Scarlet Letter is a 1934 American film directed by Robert G. Vignola and based on the 1850 novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne." }, { "title": "School for Girls", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Sidney Fox, Lois Wilson", "extract": "School for Girls is a 1935 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Sidney Fox, Paul Kelly and Lois Wilson." }, { "title": "A Scream in the Night", "year": 1934, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Lon Chaney Jr., Sheila Terry", "extract": "A Scream in the Night is a 1934 American film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Lon Chaney Jr. It is distinct from the 1919 silent film of the same name, co-directed by Leander de Cordova and Burton L. King, and starring Ruth Budd and Ralph Kellard." }, { "title": "Search for Beauty", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Buster Crabbe, Ida Lupino", "extract": "Search for Beauty is a 1934 pre-Code dramedy film, with some musical Busby Berkeley-esque athletic sequences, directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Buster Crabbe and Ida Lupino. They play a pair of lovers and aquatic champion Olympians who become the face of a health magazine, which over their obj" }, { "title": "The Secret Bride", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Warren William, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "The Secret Bride is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Warren William. Based on the play Concealment by Leonard Ide, the film is about governor's daughter and a state attorney general who are forced to keep their marriage secret after the govern" }, { "title": "Secret of the Chateau", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Claire Dodd, Alice White", "extract": "Secret of the Chateau is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film stars Claire Dodd, Alice White, Osgood Perkins, Jack La Rue, George E. Stone and Clark Williams. On its release, reviews from Variety, The Film Daily and The Motion Picture Herald all commented that the film w" }, { "title": "Servants' Entrance", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Lew Ayres", "extract": "Servants' Entrance is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical comedy film. It was written by Samson Raphaelson from the Sigrid Boo novel and directed by Frank Lloyd, with a cartoon sequence by Walt Disney in which an understandably startled Janet Gaynor sings a song while obstreperous animated singing silv" }, { "title": "Sequoia", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Jean Parker, Samuel S. Hinds", "extract": "Sequoia is a 1934 American drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and written by Ann Cunningham, Sam Armstrong and Carey Wilson. The film stars Jean Parker, Russell Hardie, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Hurst and Willie Fung. The film was released on December 22, 1934, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "She Had to Choose", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Isabel Jewell, Sally Blane", "extract": "She Had to Choose is a 1934 American film directed by Ralph Ceder. A romantic comedy/ crime drama, it is set in California during The Depression." }, { "title": "She Learned About Sailors", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alice Faye, Lew Ayres", "extract": "She Learned About Sailors is a 1934 comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Alice Faye, Lew Ayres, and Susan Fleming. The film is about a night club singer in Shanghai who falls in love with an American sailor. Songs for the film were written by Richard A. Whiting and Sidney Clare." }, { "title": "She Love Me Not", "year": 1934, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle", "extract": "She Loves Me Not is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bing Crosby and Miriam Hopkins. Based on the novel She Loves Me Not by Edward Hope and the subsequent play by Howard Lindsay, the film is about a cabaret dancer who witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from g" }, { "title": "She Made Her Bed", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Sally Eilers", "extract": "She Made Her Bed is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by James M. Cain, Casey Robinson and Frank R. Adams. The film stars Richard Arlen, Sally Eilers, Robert Armstrong, Grace Bradley, Roscoe Ates and Charley Grapewin. It was released on March 9, 1934, " }, { "title": "She Was a Lady", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Donald Woods", "extract": "She Was a Lady is a 1934 American drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Gertrude Purcell. It is based on the 1934 novel She Was a Lady by Elisabeth Cobb. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Donald Woods, Ralph Morgan, Monroe Owsley, Irving Pichel and Doris Lloyd. The film was releas" }, { "title": "Shock", "year": 1934, "genres": "War", "cast": "Ralph Forbes, Gwenllian Gill, Douglas Walton", "extract": "Shock is a 1934 American film written by Madeleine Ruthven from a story by Roy J. Pomeroy. It is also directed by Pomeroy and stars Ralph Forbes, Gwenllian Gill and Monroe Owsley." }, { "title": "Shoot the Works", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Dell", "extract": "Shoot the Works is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Claude Binyon, Gene Fowler, Howard J. Green and Ben Hecht. It is based on the Gene Fowler and Harold Hecht 1932 play The Great Magoo. The film stars Jack Oakie, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Dell, Alison Skipwort" }, { "title": "The Show-Off", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Madge Evans, Henry Wadsworth", "extract": "The Show-Off is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Spencer Tracy, Madge Evans and Henry Wadsworth. It is notable for being the first movie Tracy made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; he was on loan-out from Fox at the time and later moved to MGM." }, { "title": "Side Streets", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Paul Kelly", "extract": "Side Streets, also known in the UK as A Woman in Her Thirties, is a 1934 American romantic melodrama film starring Aline MacMahon and Paul Kelly. The screenplay concerns a spinster who hires, then marries, a destitute sailor who is not always faithful." }, { "title": "The Silver Streak", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Sally Blane", "extract": "The Silver Streak is a 1934 American black-and-white film drama from RKO, loosely based on the record-setting \"dawn-to-dusk\" run of the Pioneer Zephyr on May 26, 1934. The film stars Sally Blane, Charles Starrett, William Farnum, and Hardie Albright." }, { "title": "Sing and Like It", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "ZaSu Pitts, Pert Kelton, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "Sing and Like It is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter from a screenplay by Marion Dix and Laird Doyle, based on the unpublished short story So You Won't Sing, Eh? by Aben Kandel. The film stars ZaSu Pitts, Pert Kelton, and Edward Everett Horton." }, { "title": "Sing Sing Nights", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Conway Tearle, Jameson Thomas", "extract": "Sing Sing Nights is a 1934 American film directed by Lewis D. Collins, based on the 1927 novel by American Author Harry Stephen Keeler." }, { "title": "Sisters Under the Skin", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Elissa Landi, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Sisters Under the Skin, later renamed The Romantic Age, is a 1934 American drama film directed by David Burton and starring Elissa Landi, Frank Morgan, and Joseph Schildkraut. It was the first film Landi made for Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Six of a Kind", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, George Burns", "extract": "Six of a Kind is an American 1934 pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W.C. Fields, George Burns, and Gracie Allen. It is a whimsical and often absurd road movie about two couples who decide to share their expenses on a trip to Hollywood. It include" }, { "title": "Sixteen Fathoms Deep", "year": 1934, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Sally O'Neil, Lon Chaney Jr.", "extract": "Sixteen Fathoms Deep is a 1934 American film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lon Chaney Jr and Sally O'Neil. It was an early leading role for Chaney, then billed under his birth name \"Creighton Chaney\"." }, { "title": "Sleepers East", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Wynne Gibson, Mona Barrie", "extract": "Sleepers East is a 1934 American crime film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and written by Lester Cole. It is based on the 1933 novel Sleepers East by Frederick Nebel. The film stars Wynne Gibson, Preston Foster, Mona Barrie, Harvey Stephens, Roger Imhof and J. Carrol Naish. The film was released on Ja" }, { "title": "Smarty", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Warren William", "extract": "Smarty, known in the United Kingdom as Hit Me Again, is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Robert Florey and starring Warren William and Joan Blondell. It was adapted from F. Hugh Herbert's play by Carl Erickson (writer)." }, { "title": "Smoking Guns", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Gloria Shea, Walter Miller", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Social Register", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Colleen Moore, Charles Winninger", "extract": "Social Register is an American 1934 pre-Code comedy-drama musical film starring Colleen Moore. The film re-united her with her old friend and one of the first directors to give her film career a start, Marshall Neilan. The film was based on the 1931 play of the same name by Anita Loos and John Emers" }, { "title": "Sons of Steel", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Polly Ann Young", "extract": "Sons of Steel is a 1934 American film directed by Charles Lamont." }, { "title": "Speed Wings", "year": 1934, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "Speed Wings is a 1934 American Pre-Code action film directed by Otto Brower and starring Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp, and William Bakewell." }, { "title": "Spitfire", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Sara Haden, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Spitfire is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film based on the play Trigger by Lula Vollmer. It was directed by John Cromwell and starred Katharine Hepburn, Robert Young and Ralph Bellamy." }, { "title": "Springtime for Henry", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Otto Kruger, Nancy Carroll, Nigel Bruce", "extract": "Springtime for Henry is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Otto Kruger, Nancy Carroll and Nigel Bruce. It was based on a play of the same name by the British writer Benn W. Levy which enjoyed an eight-month run on Broadway. The film was made on a budget of $250,000 and" }, { "title": "The St. Louis Kid", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Cagney, Allen Jenkins, Robert Barrat", "extract": "The St. Louis Kid is a 1934 drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring James Cagney." }, { "title": "St. Louis Woman", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Jeanette Loff, Johnny Mack Brown, Earle Foxe", "extract": "St. Louis Woman is a 1934 American pre-Code musical drama film directed by Albert Ray and starring Jeanette Loff, Johnny Mack Brown and Earle Foxe. It is also known by the alternative title of Missouri Nightingale." }, { "title": "Stamboul Quest", "year": 1934, "genres": "Spy, War", "cast": "Myrna Loy, George Brent, Lionel Atwill", "extract": "Stamboul Quest is a 1934 American spy film set in World War I, directed by Sam Wood, starring Myrna Loy and George Brent and featuring Lionel Atwill. The screenplay was written by Herman J. Mankiewicz from a story by Leo Birinski." }, { "title": "Stand Up and Cheer!", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, Shirley Temple", "extract": "Stand Up and Cheer! is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Hamilton MacFadden. The screenplay by Lew Brown and Ralph Spence was based upon a story idea by Will Rogers and Philip Klein. The film is about efforts undertaken during the Great Depression to boost the morale of the country. " }, { "title": "The Star Packer", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Gabby Hayes, Verna Hillie", "extract": "The Star Packer is a 1934 Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Yakima Canutt, and Verna Hillie." }, { "title": "Stingaree", "year": 1934, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Richard Rix", "extract": "Stingaree is an American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by William A. Wellman released by RKO Radio Pictures in 1934. The film was based on a 1905 novel by Ernest William Hornung. Set in Australia, it stars Irene Dunne as Hilda Bouverie and Richard Dix as Stingaree. Hollywood had previously f" }, { "title": "Stolen Sweets", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Sally Blane, Jameson Thomas", "extract": "Stolen Sweets is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and written by Karl Brown. The film stars Sally Blane, Charles Starrett, Jameson Thomas, Claude King, John Harron and Polly Ann Young. The film was released on March 15, 1934, by Chesterfield Pictures." }, { "title": "Straight Is the Way", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Franchot Tone, May Robson", "extract": "Straight Is the Way is a 1934 American drama film directed by Paul Sloane, written by Bernard Schubert, and starring Franchot Tone, May Robson, Karen Morley, Gladys George, Nat Pendleton and Jack La Rue. It is based upon the stage play by Dana Burnet and George Abbott. It was released on August 10, " }, { "title": "Strange Wives", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Roger Pryor, Esther Ralston", "extract": "Strange Wives is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe, written by James Mulhauser, Barry Trivers, and Gladys Buchanan Unger, and starring Roger Pryor, June Clayworth, Esther Ralston, Hugh O'Connell, Ralph Forbes, and Cesar Romero. It was released on December 10, 1934, by Universal " }, { "title": "Strictly Dynamite", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez", "extract": "Strictly Dynamite is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Lupe Vélez and Jimmy Durante." }, { "title": "Student Tour", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jimmy Durante, Maxine Doyle", "extract": "Student Tour is a 1934 American musical film directed by Charles Reisner, written by Ralph Spence and Philip Dunne, and starring Jimmy Durante, Charles Butterworth, Maxine Doyle, Phil Regan, Douglas Fowley and Nelson Eddy. It was released on October 5, 1934, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Success at Any Price", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Genevieve Tobin, Colleen Moore", "extract": "Success at Any Price is a 1934 sound film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Genevieve Tobin, Frank Morgan and silent film star Colleen Moore. It is based on the 1932 play Success Story by John Howard Lawson." }, { "title": "A Successful Failure", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Russell Hopton, Gloria Shea, Jameson Thomas", "extract": "A Successful Failure is a 1934 American film directed by Arthur Lubin. It was Lubin's first film as director." }, { "title": "Such Women Are Dangerous", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Rosemary Ames", "extract": "Such Women Are Dangerous is a 1934 American drama film directed by James Flood, written by Oscar M. Sheridan, Jane Storm and Lenore Coffee, and starring Warner Baxter, Rosemary Ames, Rochelle Hudson, Mona Barrie, Herbert Mundin and Henrietta Crosman. It was released on June 8, 1934, by Fox Film Corp" }, { "title": "Sweet Adeline", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Hugh Herbert, Donald Woods", "extract": "Sweet Adeline is a 1934 musical film adaptation of the 1929 Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II Broadway play of the same title. It stars Irene Dunne and Donald Woods and was directed by Mervyn LeRoy." }, { "title": "Take the Stand", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Jack La Rue, Thelma Todd, Gail Patrick", "extract": "Take the Stand is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Jack LaRue, Thelma Todd, and Gail Patrick. It was released on September 7, 1934." }, { "title": "Tarzan and His Mate", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Action", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "Tarzan and His Mate is a 1934 American pre-Code action adventure film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by Cedric Gibbons, it was the second in the Tarzan film series and starred Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan." }, { "title": "Terror of the Plains", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Roberta Gale", "extract": "Terror of the Plains is a 1934 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Roberta Gale and William Gould." }, { "title": "That's Gratitude", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Arthur Byron, Mary Carlisle", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Their Big Moment", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "ZaSu Pitts, Slim Summerville", "extract": "Their Big Moment is a 1934 American mystery film directed by James Cruze, from a screenplay by Arthur Caesar and Marion Dix. The film starred ZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville. It is based on the 1933 West End play Afterwards by Walter C. Hackett which had run for more than two hundred performances in" }, { "title": "There's Always Tomorrow", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Frank Morgan, Binnie Barnes", "extract": "There's Always Tomorrow is a 1934 American drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by William Hurlbut. The film stars Frank Morgan, Binnie Barnes, Lois Wilson, Louise Latimer, Elizabeth Young and Alan Hale Sr. The film was released on November 1, 1934, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Thin Man", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Crime, Mystery", "cast": "William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "The Thin Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a leisure-class couple who enjoy copious drinking and flirtatious banter. Ni" }, { "title": "Thirty Day Princess", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Cary Grant, Sylvia Sidney, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Thirty Day Princess is a 1934 pre-Code comedy film directed by Marion Gering and starring Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant and Edward Arnold. The film was based on a story of the same name by Clarence Budington Kelland, adapted by Sam Hellman and Edwin Justus Mayer, and written by Preston Sturges and Frank" }, { "title": "This Man Is Mine", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Constance Cummings, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "This Man is Mine is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by John Cromwell and starring Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, and Constance Cummings. It is based on the play Love Flies in the Window by Anne Morrison Chapin." }, { "title": "This Side of Heaven", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Fay Bainter, Tom Brown", "extract": "This Side of Heaven is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by William K. Howard, written by Zelda Sears, Eve Greene, Edgar Allan Woolf and Florence Ryerson, and starring Lionel Barrymore, Fay Bainter, Mae Clarke, Tom Brown and Una Merkel. It was released on February 2, 1934, by Metro-Goldwy" }, { "title": "Thunder Over Texas", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Guinn \"Big Boy\" Williams, Marion Shilling", "extract": "Thunder Over Texas is a 1934 American populist contemporary Western film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer under the alias Joen Warner and produced by two nephews of Universal Pictures head Carl Laemmle, Arthur and Max Alexander's Poverty Row Beacon Productions. The film's story was written by Shirley Ulme" }, { "title": "Ticket to a Crime", "year": 1934, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Ralph Graves, Lois Wilson, Lola Lane", "extract": "Ticket to a Crime is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Ralph Graves, Lois Wilson and Lola Lane. A private detective and his assistant solve a murder at a country club." }, { "title": "Tomorrow's Youth", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dickie Moore, Gloria Shea", "extract": "Tomorrow's Youth is a 1934 American film directed by Charles Lamont." }, { "title": "The Trail Beyond", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Verna Hillie, Noah Beery Sr.", "extract": "The Trail Beyond is a 1934 Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr., and Noah Beery Jr. The motion picture was based on the novel The Wolf Hunters by James Oliver Curwood, which was also adapted as a silent film (1926) and a later sound film (1949), both ca" }, { "title": "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Jack Benny, Nancy Carroll, Sydney Howard", "extract": "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round is a 1934 American drama film with musical and comedic elements, directed by Benjamin Stoloff." }, { "title": "Treasure Island", "year": 1934, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore", "extract": "Treasure Island is a 1934 film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, and Nigel Bruce. It is an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous 1883 novel of the same name. Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map and travels on a sailing ship " }, { "title": "The Trumpet Blows", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Raft, Adolphe Menjou, Frances Drake", "extract": "The Trumpet Blows is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by Stephen Roberts, featuring George Raft as a Mexican matador, Adolphe Menjou as a retired bandito clearly based on Pancho Villa, and Frances Drake as Chulita, the woman they both want to marry." }, { "title": "Twentieth Century", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Carole Lombard, John Barrymore, Walter Connolly", "extract": "Twentieth Century is a 1934 American pre-Code screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard. Much of the film is set on the 20th Century Limited train as it travels from Chicago to New York City. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur adapted their 1932 Broad" }, { "title": "Twenty Million Sweethearts", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Ted Fio Rito", "extract": "Twenty Million Sweethearts is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, and The Mills Brothers. The film was remade in 1949 as My Dream Is Yours." }, { "title": "Twisted Rails", "year": 1934, "genres": "Action, Western", "cast": "Philo McCullough, Donald Keith", "extract": "Twisted Rails is a 1934 American Western film directed by Albert Herman. It was distributed by the independent Imperial Distributing Corporation for the states-rights market. The plot concerns $50,000 in gold that is hidden on a train and a gang's efforts to get it." }, { "title": "Two Alone", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tom Brown, Jean Parker", "extract": "Two Alone is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Tom Brown and Jean Parker. According to RKO records the film lost $158,000. Based on the play Wild Birds by Dan Totheroh, most remember the film primarily for its early skinny-dipping scene. Jean Parker was borrowed f" }, { "title": "Two Heads on a Pillow", "year": 1934, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Neil Hamilton, Miriam Jordan", "extract": "Two Heads on a Pillow is a 1934 American romance film directed by William Nigh and written by Albert DeMond. The film stars Neil Hamilton, Miriam Jordan, Henry Armetta, Hardie Albright, Dorothy Appleby and Mary Forbes. The film was released on October 2, 1934, by Liberty Pictures." }, { "title": "Uncertain Lady", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Genevieve Tobin, Edward Everett Horton, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "Uncertain Lady is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Karl Freund, written by Daniel Evans, Doris Anderson, Edward A. Curtiss, George O'Neil and Don Ryan, and starring Edward Everett Horton, Genevieve Tobin, Paul Cavanagh, Mary Nash, Renee Gadd and Donald Reed. It was released on April 3, 1934, " }, { "title": "Unknown Blonde", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edward Arnold, Barbara Barondess, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "Unknown Blonde is a 1934 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Hobart Henley and starring Edward Arnold, Barbara Barondess and Dorothy Revier. It was released by the independent Majestic Pictures. It was based on the 1932 novel Collusion by Theodore D. Irwin. The film's sets were designed b" }, { "title": "Upper World", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, Warren William, Mary Astor", "extract": "Upperworld is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Warren William as a wealthy married railroad tycoon whose friendship with a showgirl, played by Ginger Rogers, leads to blackmail and murder. Upperworld is one of the last films released before the strict enforce" }, { "title": "A Very Honorable Guy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Alice White, Irene Franklin", "extract": "A Very Honorable Guy is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Earl Baldwin, and starring Joe E. Brown, Alice White, Robert Barrat, Alan Dinehart, Irene Franklin and Hobart Cavanaugh. It was released by Warner Bros. on May 5, 1934." }, { "title": "Viva Villa!", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Mary Astor", "extract": "Viva Villa! is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Jack Conway and starring Wallace Beery as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The screenplay was written by Ben Hecht, adapted from the 1933 book Viva Villa! by Edgecumb Pinchon and O. B. Stade. The film was shot on location in Mexico and prod" }, { "title": "Voice in the Night", "year": 1934, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Ward Bond", "extract": "Voice in the Night is a 1934 American action film directed by Charles C. Coleman and starring Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, and Joseph Crehan. It was produced as a second feature by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Wagon Wheels", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick", "extract": "Wagon Wheels is a 1934 Western film directed by Charles Barton and starring Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick. It is a remake of 1931's Fighting Caravans, using stock footage from the original and substituting a new cast. It was based on the Zane Grey novel Fighting Caravans. The supporting cast featu" }, { "title": "Wake Up and Dream", "year": 1934, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Russ Columbo, June Knight", "extract": "Wake Up and Dream is a 1934 American musical film directed by Kurt Neumann, written by John Meehan Jr., and starring Russ Columbo, Roger Pryor, June Knight, Catherine Doucet, Henry Armetta and Andy Devine. It was released on October 1, 1934, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Way of the West", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hal Taliaferro, William Desmond", "extract": "The Way of the West is a 1934 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey." }, { "title": "We Live Again", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anna Sten, Fredric March, C. Aubrey Smith", "extract": "We Live Again is a 1934 film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Anna Sten and Fredric March. The film is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection (Voskraeseniye). The screenplay was written by Maxwell Anderson with contributions from a number of writers, including Preston Sturge" }, { "title": "We're Not Dressing", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bing Crosby, George Burns, Gracie Allen", "extract": "We're Not Dressing is a 1934 pre-Code screwball musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Ethel Merman. Based on the 1902 J. M. Barrie play The Admirable Crichton, the film is about a beautiful yacht owner (Lombard) who bec" }, { "title": "We're Rich Again", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Billie Burke, Edna May Oliver, Buster Crabbe", "extract": "We're Rich Again is a 1934 American comedy-drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke, and Marian Nixon. It is based on the play And Who Will Be Clever by Alden Nash." }, { "title": "Wednesday's Child", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Karen Morley, Edward Arnold, Frankie Thomas", "extract": "Wednesday's Child is a 1934 American drama film directed by John S. Robertson and written by Willis Goldbeck, based on the 1934 play Wednesday's Child by Leopold L. Atlas. The film stars Karen Morley, Edward Arnold, Frankie Thomas, Robert Shayne and Frank Conroy. The film was released on October 26," }, { "title": "West of the Divide", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Virginia Faire Brown, George Hayes", "extract": "West of the Divide is a 1934 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury for Monogram, and starring John Wayne, Yakima Canutt and Gabby Hayes." }, { "title": "West of the Pecos", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Dix, Samuel S. Hinds, Martha Sleeper", "extract": "West of the Pecos is a 1934 American Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Richard Dix and Martha Sleeper. The screenplay was written Milton Krims and John Twist, who adapted the serial of the same name by Zane Grey, appearing beginning in The American Magazine in 1931 and later as the 19" }, { "title": "Western Racketeers", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Cody, Edna Aslin, Hal Taliaferro", "extract": "Western Racketeers is a 1934 American western film directed by Robert J. Horner and starring Bill Cody, Edna Aslin and Hal Taliaferro It was an independent film produced on Poverty Row." }, { "title": "The Westerner", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Marion Shilling", "extract": "The Westerner is a 1934 American Western film directed by David Selman and starring Tim McCoy, Marion Shilling and Joe Sawyer. It was released by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Wharf Angel", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Dell", "extract": "Wharf Angel is a 1934 American drama film directed by William Cameron Menzies and George Somnes and starring Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Dell, David Landau, and Preston Foster. Wharf Angel was the first screenplay of Stephen Morehouse Avery." }, { "title": "What Every Woman Knows", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Helen Hayes, Madge Evans, Dudley Digges", "extract": "What Every Woman Knows is a 1934 American romantic comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Helen Hayes, Brian Aherne and Madge Evans. The film was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is based on the play What Every Woman Knows (1908) by J. M. Barrie. It was filmed by Par" }, { "title": "What's Your Racket?", "year": 1934, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Regis Toomey, Noel Francis, J. Carrol Naish", "extract": "What's Your Racket? is a 1934 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Fred Guiol and starring Regis Toomey, Noel Francis and J. Carrol Naish. It was produced on Poverty Row by independent studio Mayfair Pictures." }, { "title": "When a Man Sees Red", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "When a Man Sees Red is a 1934 American Western film written and directed by Alan James and starring Buck Jones, Peggy Campbell, Dorothy Revier, LeRoy Mason, Syd Saylor and Frank LaRue. It was released on November 24, 1934, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "When Lightning Strikes", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Francis X. Bushman Jr., Tom London", "extract": "For the Kiss song see Sonic Boom " }, { "title": "When Strangers Meet", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge", "extract": "When Strangers Meet is a 1934 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge, and Lucien Littlefield. It was released on July 20, 1934." }, { "title": "Whirlpool", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Jean Arthur, Jack Holt, Donald Cook", "extract": "Whirlpool is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Jack Holt and Jean Arthur. The screenplay concerns a carnival owner convicted of manslaughter after a man is killed in a fight." }, { "title": "The Whirlwind Rider", "year": 1934, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jay Wilsey, George Chesebro", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The White Parade", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, John Boles, Dorothy Wilson", "extract": "The White Parade is a 1934 film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Loretta Young and John Boles. It was written by Rian James, Jesse Lasky Jr., Sonya Levien and Ernest Pascal, from the novel by Rian James." }, { "title": "Whom the Gods Destroy", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Walter Connolly, Robert Young, Doris Kenyon", "extract": "Whom the Gods Destroy is a 1934 American drama film directed by Walter Lang and starring Walter Connolly." }, { "title": "A Wicked Woman", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mady Christians, Jean Parker, Charles Bickford", "extract": "A Wicked Woman is a 1934 drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Mady Christians as a woman who kills her abusive husband to protect her family and builds a new life to raise their four children. The film also stars Jean Parker and Charles Bickford. It was based on the novel Wicked Woman " }, { "title": "Wild Cargo", "year": 1934, "genres": "Documentary, Adventure", "cast": "Frank Buck", "extract": "Wild Cargo is a 1934 jungle adventure documentary starring Frank Buck. Buck depicts the ingenious methods by which he traps wild birds, mammals and reptiles. Many scenes were photographed on the vast Malayan estates of Buck's friend, Sultan Ibrahim of Johor, who appears in person in the film." }, { "title": "Wild Gold", "year": 1934, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "John Boles, Claire Trevor", "extract": "Wild Gold is a 1934 American romance film directed by George Marshall and written by Lester Cole and Henry Johnson. The film stars John Boles, Claire Trevor, Harry Green, Roger Imhof, Ruth Gillette, Monroe Owsley and Edward Gargan. The film was released on June 8, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Witching Hour", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Halliday, Judith Allen, William Frawley", "extract": "The Witching Hour is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Sir Guy Standing, John Halliday, Judith Allen and Tom Brown." }, { "title": "The Woman Condemned", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Claudia Dell, Lola Lane, Jason Robards Sr.", "extract": "The Woman Condemned is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Dorothy Davenport, best known as a silent actress and the wife of actor Wallace Reid." }, { "title": "Woman in the Dark", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "Woman in the Dark is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Phil Rosen and based on a 1933 short story by Dashiell Hammett. It was filmed at Biograph Studios by Select Pictures and released by RKO Radio Pictures." }, { "title": "A Woman's Man", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "John Halliday, Marguerite De La Motte", "extract": "A Woman's Man is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Halliday, Marguerite De La Motte and Wallace Ford. The screenplay concerns a film star diva who storms off the film set and begins a romance with a publicity-hungry boxer." }, { "title": "Wonder Bar", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Al Jolson, Dolores del Río, Kay Francis", "extract": "Wonder Bar is a 1934 American pre-Code film adaptation of a Broadway musical of the same name directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created by Busby Berkeley." }, { "title": "The World Accuses", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dickie Moore, Cora Sue Collins", "extract": "The World Accuses is a 1934 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Vivian Tobin, Dickie Moore and Cora Sue Collins." }, { "title": "The World Moves On", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Franchot Tone, Madeleine Carroll, Reginald Denny", "extract": "The World Moves On is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Ford and starring Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone. It was the first Hollywood code approved film." }, { "title": "You Belong to Me", "year": 1934, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, Helen Morgan", "extract": "You Belong to Me is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Elizabeth Alexander, Walter DeLeon, Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, Helen Morgan, David Holt, Arthur Pierson, Lynne Overman and Dean Jagger. The film was released" }, { "title": "You Can't Buy Everything", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "May Robson, Jean Parker, Lewis Stone", "extract": "You Can't Buy Everything is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Charles Reisner and Sandy Roth and starring May Robson, Jean Parker and Lewis Stone. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Working titles of the film were Rich Widow and Old Hannibal. According to Motion Picture H" }, { "title": "You're Telling Me!", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Buster Crabbe, Joan Marsh", "extract": "You're Telling Me! is a 1934 pre-Code comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring W.C. Fields. It is a remake of the silent film So's Your Old Man (1926), also starring Fields. Both films are adapted from the story Mr. Bisbee’s Princess by Julian Leonard Street. It was released by Paramount " }, { "title": "Young and Beautiful", "year": 1934, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "William Haines, Joseph Cawthorn, Judith Allen", "extract": "Young and Beautiful is a 1934 American romantic comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring William Haines and Judith Allen. The screenplay concerns a press agent who goes to great lengths to make his actress girlfriend a star, only to risk losing her in the process." }, { "title": "$10 Raise", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Karen Morley", "extract": "$10 Raise is a 1935 American comedy film directed by George Marshall, written by Henry Johnson and Lou Breslow, and starring Edward Everett Horton, Karen Morley, Alan Dinehart, Glen Boles, Berton Churchill and Rosina Lawrence. It was released on May 4, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "1,000 Dollars a Minute", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Leila Hyams, Edward Brophy", "extract": "1,000 Dollars a Minute is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring Roger Pryor and Leila Hyams. The film was released on October 22, 1935. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording." }, { "title": "Accent on Youth", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Herbert Marshall", "extract": "Accent on Youth is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Herbert Fields and Claude Binyon based on the 1934 play of the same name written by Samson Raphaelson. The film stars Sylvia Sidney and Herbert Marshall and features Phillip Reed, Holmes Herbert, Catherine Douce" }, { "title": "Adventurous Knights", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "David Sharpe, Gertrude Messinger, Mary Kornman", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Affair of Susan", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "ZaSu Pitts, Hugh O'Connell", "extract": "The Affair of Susan is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Zasu Pitts, Hugh O'Connell and Walter Catlett. It is a remake of the 1928 silent film Lonesome. Two lonely people meet at an amusement park on Coney Island." }, { "title": "After Office Hours", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Billie Burke", "extract": "After Office Hours is a 1935 crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz." }, { "title": "After the Dance", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Noir, Romance", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, George Murphy, Thelma Todd", "extract": "After the Dance is a 1935 American Proto-Noir, crime romance drama film melodrama directed by Leo Bulgakov and starring Nancy Carroll, George Murphy and Thelma Todd." }, { "title": "Age of Indiscretion", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson", "extract": "Age of Indiscretion is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Leon Gordon and Otis Garrett. The film stars Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, May Robson, David Holt and Ralph Forbes." }, { "title": "Ah, Wilderness!", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "Ah, Wilderness! is a 1935 American comedy-drama film adaptation of the 1933 Eugene O'Neill play of the same name. Directed by Clarence Brown, the film stars Wallace Beery and features Lionel Barrymore, Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Spring Byington, and a young Mickey Rooney. Rooney stars as Richard i" }, { "title": "Air Hawks", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Action, Science Fiction", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Tala Birell, Douglass Dumbrille", "extract": "Air Hawks is a 1935 American aviation-themed science fiction film based on Ben Pivar's \"Air Fury\", an unpublished story. Director Albert Rogell who had moved from shorts to B-films, was interested in aviation and had already helmed The Flying Marine (1929) and Air Hostess (1933). In Air Hawks, the s" }, { "title": "Alias Mary Dow", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Eilers, Ray Milland", "extract": "Alias Mary Dow is a 1935 American drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Sally Eilers, Ray Milland and Henry O'Neill." }, { "title": "Alibi Ike", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland", "extract": "Alibi Ike is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland and William Frawley. Based on the short story of the same name by Ring Lardner, first published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 31, 1915, the film is about an ace baseball pl" }, { "title": "Alice Adams", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Evelyn Venable", "extract": "Alice Adams is a 1935 romantic drama film directed by George Stevens and starring Katharine Hepburn. It was made by RKO and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The screenplay was by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner, and Jane Murfin. The film was adapted from the novel Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington. The mus" }, { "title": "All the King's Horses", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Carl Brisson, Mary Ellis, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "All the Kings Horses is a 1935 American comedy musical film adapted from the 1934 Broadway musical of the same name by Frederick Herendeen and Edward A. Horan which was in turn based on the play Carlo Rocco by Lawrence Clarke and Max Giersberg. The film was directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Carl" }, { "title": "Anna Karenina", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "Anna Karenina is a 1935 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1877 novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and directed by Clarence Brown. The film stars Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, and Maureen O'Sullivan. There are several other film adaptations of the novel." }, { "title": "Annapolis Farewell", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Guy Standing, Richard Cromwell", "extract": "Annapolis Farewell is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alexander Hall and written by Frank Craven and Jack Wagner. The film stars Guy Standing, Rosalind Keith, Tom Brown, Richard Cromwell, John Howard and Benny Baker. The film was released on August 23, 1935, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Annie Oakley", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Melvyn Douglas, Preston Foster", "extract": "Annie Oakley is a 1935 American Western film directed by George Stevens and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas and Moroni Olsen. The film is based on the life of Annie Oakley." }, { "title": "Another Face", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Wallace Ford, Brian Donlevy, Phyllis Brooks", "extract": "Another Face is a 1935 film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Wallace Ford, Brian Donlevy and Phyllis Brooks. A wanted gangster has plastic surgery and becomes an actor." }, { "title": "Arizona Bad Man", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Reb Russell, Lois January, Edmund Cobb", "extract": "Arizona Bad Man is a 1935 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and starring Reb Russell, Lois January and Edmund Cobb." }, { "title": "The Arizonian", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Dix, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster, Louis Calhern", "extract": "The Arizonian is a 1935 American Western film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Richard Dix, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster, and Louis Calhern. The screenplay was by Dudley Nichols. The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 28, 1935." }, { "title": "Atlantic Adventure", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, Lloyd Nolan", "extract": "Atlantic Adventure is a 1935 American comedy mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Nancy Carroll, Lloyd Nolan and Harry Langdon." }, { "title": "The Awakening of Jim Burke", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Holt, Florence Rice", "extract": "The Awakening of Jim Burke is a 1935 American drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Michael L. Simmons. The film stars Jack Holt, Florence Rice, Jimmy Butler, Kathleen Burke, Robert Middlemass and Ralph Remley. The film was released on May 18, 1935, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Baby Face Harrington", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton", "extract": "Baby Face Harrington is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh and written by Nunnally Johnson, Edwin H. Knopf and Charles Lederer. The film stars Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Harvey Stephens, Eugene Pallette and Nat Pendleton. The film was released on April 12, 1935, by Metro-Goldw" }, { "title": "Bad Boy", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Dunn, Dorothy Wilson", "extract": "Bad Boy is a 1935 American comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Allen Rivkin. The film stars James Dunn, Dorothy Wilson, Louise Fazenda, Victor Kilian, John Wray and Luis Alberni. The film was released on October 25, 1935, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Bar 20 Rides Again", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "William Boyd, Jean Rouverol", "extract": "Bar 20 Rides Again is a 1935 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Gerald Geraghty and Doris Schroeder. The film stars William Boyd, James Ellison, Jean Rouverol, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Harry Worth, Frank McGlynn Jr. and Howard Lang. The film was released on December 6, 1" }, { "title": "Barbary Coast", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Historical, Western", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea", "extract": "Barbary Coast is a 1935 American historical Western film directed by Howard Hawks. Shot in black-and-white and set in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, the film combines elements of the Western genre with those of crime, melodrama and adventure. It features a wide range of actors, from hero Joel M" }, { "title": "Becky Sharp", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Cedric Hardwicke, Frances Dee", "extract": "Becky Sharp is a 1935 American Technicolor historical drama film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins who was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. Other supporting cast were William Faversham, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, and Alan M" }, { "title": "Behind the Evidence", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Norman Foster, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Behind the Evidence is a 1935 American crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Norman Foster, Sheila Bromley and Donald Cook. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Behind the Green Lights", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Norman Foster, Judith Allen", "extract": "Behind the Green Lights is a 1935 American crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Norman Foster, Judith Allen and Sidney Blackmer." }, { "title": "The Best Man Wins", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Jack Holt, Bela Lugosi", "extract": "The Best Man Wins is a 1935 American crime film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Edmund Lowe, Jack Holt and Bela Lugosi." }, { "title": "The Big Broadcast of 1936", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman", "extract": "The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, and is the second in the series of Big Broadcast movies." }, { "title": "Biography of a Bachelor Girl", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Biography of a Bachelor Girl is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and written by Horace Jackson and Anita Loos. It is based upon the play, \"Biography,\" by S. N. Behrman. The film stars Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Edward Everett Horton, Edward Arnold, Una Merkel and Charl" }, { "title": "The Bishop Misbehaves", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "The Bishop Misbehaves is a 1935 American comedy crime film directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Sullivan and Lucile Watson. It was based on the 1934 play of the same title by Frederick J. Jackson. Dupont made the film after signing a one-film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Maye" }, { "title": "Black Fury", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Paul Muni, Karen Morley, Barton MacLane", "extract": "Black Fury is a 1935 American crime film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Paul Muni, Karen Morley, and William Gargan. It was adapted by Abem Finkel and Carl Erickson from the short story \"Jan Volkanik\" by Judge Michael A. Musmanno and the play Bohunk by Harry R. Irving. The plot is based on " }, { "title": "The Black Room", "year": 1935, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Boris Karloff", "extract": "The Black Room is a 1935 American horror film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Boris Karloff. Cinematography was done by Allen G. Siegler." }, { "title": "Black Sheep", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Claire Trevor", "extract": "Black Sheep is a 1935 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Edmund Lowe, Claire Trevor, and Tom Brown." }, { "title": "Bonnie Scotland", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Lang", "extract": "Bonnie Scotland is a 1935 American film directed by James W. Horne and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was produced by Hal Roach for Hal Roach Studios. Although the film begins in Scotland, a large part of the action is set in British India." }, { "title": "Bordertown", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "Bordertown is a 1935 American drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Paul Muni and Bette Davis. The screenplay by Laird Doyle and Wallace Smith is based on Robert Lord's adaptation of the 1934 novel Border Town by Carroll Graham. The supporting cast features Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallett" }, { "title": "Border Brigands", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Lona Andre", "extract": "Border Brigands is a 1935 American Western film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Stuart Anthony. The film stars Buck Jones, Lona Andre, Fred Kohler, Frank Rice, Hank Bell and Edward Keane. The film was released on June 1, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Born to Battle", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Jean Carmen", "extract": "Born to Battle is a 1935 American Western film produced by Bernard B. Ray and Harry S. Webb and directed by Webb for Reliable Pictures." }, { "title": "Born to Gamble", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Onslow Stevens, H. B. Warner, Maxine Doyle", "extract": "Born to Gamble (1935) is an American film directed by Phil Rosen and released by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Break of Hearts", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer", "extract": "Break of Hearts is a 1935 RKO film starring Katharine Hepburn and Charles Boyer. The screenplay was written by the team of Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman, with Anthony Veiller, from a story by Lester Cohen, specifically for Hepburn." }, { "title": "The Bride Comes Home", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Robert Young", "extract": "The Bride Comes Home is a 1935 comedy film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Robert Young. It was written by Claude Binyon and Elisabeth Sanxay Holding." }, { "title": "Bride of Frankenstein", "year": 1935, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive", "extract": "Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American science fiction horror film, and the first sequel to Universal Pictures' 1931 film Frankenstein. As with the first film, Bride of Frankenstein was directed by James Whale starring Boris Karloff as the Monster and Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein. The sequel fe" }, { "title": "Bright Lights", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Ann Dvorak, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "Bright Lights is a 1935 film directed by Busby Berkeley." }, { "title": "Broadway Gondolier", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Adolphe Menjou", "extract": "Broadway Gondolier (1935) is a musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film was released by Warner Bros., and featured Dick Powell, Joan Blondell and Adolphe Menjou." }, { "title": "Broadway Hostess", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Winifred Shaw, Genevieve Tobin, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "Broadway Hostess is a 1935 American romantic comedy musical film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Wini Shaw, Genevieve Tobin and Lyle Talbot. The film was nominated at the 1935 Academy Awards for the short lived Best Dance Direction category. For which Bobby Connolly was nominated for, along " }, { "title": "Broadway Melody of 1936", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, Jack Benny", "extract": "Broadway Melody of 1936 is a musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1935. In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site of many prestigious MGM premieres. It was a follow-up of sorts to the successful The Broadway Melody, which had been released in 1929, although, there is n" }, { "title": "The Call of the Wild", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Western", "cast": "Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie", "extract": "Call of the Wild is a 1935 American adventure western film an adaptation of Jack London's 1903 novel The Call of the Wild. The film is directed by William A. Wellman, and stars Clark Gable, Loretta Young and Jack Oakie. The screenplay is by Gene Fowler and Leonard Praskins. This is the last film to " }, { "title": "Calling All Cars", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jack La Rue, Lillian Miles", "extract": "Calling All Cars is a 1935 American crime film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Jack La Rue, Lillian Miles and Jack Norton. It was originally made for distribution by Mayfair Pictures, but the company had ceased business by the time of its release." }, { "title": "The Calling of Dan Matthews", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Charlotte Wynters, Donald Cook", "extract": "The Calling of Dan Matthews is a 1935 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Richard Arlen, Charlotte Wynters and Douglass Dumbrille. It was based on the novel of the same title by Harold Bell Wright." }, { "title": "Calm Yourself", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Young, Madge Evans", "extract": "Calm Yourself is a 1935 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Arthur Kober. The film stars Robert Young, Madge Evans, Betty Furness, Ralph Morgan, Nat Pendleton and Hardie Albright. The film was released on June 28, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Cappy Ricks Returns", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert McWade, Ray Walker", "extract": "Cappy Ricks Returns is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Mack V. Wright and written by George Waggner. The film stars Robert McWade, Ray Walker, Florine McKinney, Lucien Littlefield, Bradley Page and Lois Wilson. The film was released on September 25, 1935, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Captain Blood", "year": 1935, "genres": "Adventure, Action", "cast": "Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill", "extract": "Captain Blood is a 1935 American black-and-white swashbuckling pirate film from First National Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Harry Joe Brown and Gordon Hollingshead, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Ross Alexander." }, { "title": "Captain Hurricane", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "James Barton, Helen Westley, Gene Lockhart", "extract": "Captain Hurricane is a 1935 American drama film about the life of fishermen in Cape Cod." }, { "title": "Car 99", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Thriller", "cast": "Fred MacMurray, Ann Sheridan, Guy Standing", "extract": "Car 99 is a 1935 American thriller film directed by Charles Barton and written by Karl Detzer and C. Gardner Sullivan. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Ann Sheridan, Guy Standing, Marina Koshetz, Dean Jagger, William Frawley and Frank Craven. The film was released on March 2, 1935, by Paramount Pictur" }, { "title": "Cardinal Richelieu", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance, Historical", "cast": "George Arliss, Maureen O'Sullivan, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Cardinal Richelieu is a 1935 American historical film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring George Arliss, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold and Cesar Romero. It was based on the 1839 play Richelieu by Edward Bulwer-Lytton depicting the life of the great seventeenth century French statesman Cardin" }, { "title": "Carnival", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jimmy Durante, Lee Tracy, Sally Eilers", "extract": "Carnival is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring Jimmy Durante and Sally Eilers." }, { "title": "The Case of the Curious Bride", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Warren William, Claire Dodd, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "The Case of the Curious Bride is a 1935 American mystery film, the second in a series of four starring Warren William as Perry Mason, following The Case of the Howling Dog. The script was based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner, published by William Morrow and Company, which" }, { "title": "The Case of the Lucky Legs", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "The Case of the Lucky Legs is a 1935 mystery film, the third in a series of Perry Mason films starring Warren William as the famed lawyer." }, { "title": "Case of the Missing Man", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Roger Pryor, Joan Perry", "extract": "The Case of the Missing Man is a 1935 American mystery crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Roger Pryor, Joan Perry and Thurston Hall." }, { "title": "The Casino Murder Case", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Rosalind Russell", "extract": "The Casino Murder Case is a 1935 American mystery film starring Paul Lukas and Alison Skipworth. It was directed by Edwin L. Marin from a screenplay by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine. It was the ninth film in the Philo Vance film se" }, { "title": "Champagne for Breakfast", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Mary Carlisle, Hardie Albright", "extract": "Champagne for Breakfast is a 1935 American comedy-drama film, directed by Melville Brown. It stars Mary Carlisle, Hardie Albright, and Joan Marsh, and was released on June 18, 1935." }, { "title": "Charlie Chan in Egypt", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Warner Oland, Rita Hayworth, Pat Paterson", "extract": "Charlie Chan in Egypt is the eighth of 16 20th Century Fox Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland in the title role. It was released in 1935." }, { "title": "Charlie Chan in Paris", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Warner Oland, Mary Brian", "extract": "Charlie Chan in Paris is the seventh film produced by Fox with Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Long thought lost, it is available on DVD as part of Twentieth Century Fox Home Video's Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 1. Hamilton MacFadden directed some early scenes before Lewis Seiler took over. It is the" }, { "title": "Charlie Chan in Shanghai", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Warner Oland, Irene Hervey, Jon Hall", "extract": "Charlie Chan in Shanghai is the ninth Charlie Chan film produced by Fox Film Corporation with the title character played by Warner Oland." }, { "title": "Chasing Yesterday", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Anne Shirley, O. P. Heggie, Helen Westley", "extract": "Chasing Yesterday is a 1935 American historical drama film directed by George Nicholls Jr. using a screenplay by Francis Edward Faragoh, adapted from the 1881 novel Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard, by Anatole France. Released on May 3, 1935, the film stars Anne Shirley, O. P. Heggie, and Helen Westley" }, { "title": "Cheers of the Crowd", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Russell Hopton, Irene Ware", "extract": "Cheers of the Crowd is a 1935 American drama film directed by Vin Moore and starring Russell Hopton, Irene Ware and Harry Holman." }, { "title": "The Cheyenne Tornado", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Reb Russell, Victoria Vinton, Roger Williams", "extract": "The Cheyenne Tornado is a 1935 American Western film directed by William A. O'Connor and starring Reb Russell, Victoria Vinton and Roger Williams." }, { "title": "China Seas", "year": 1935, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery", "extract": "China Seas is a 1935 American adventure film starring Clark Gable as a brave sea captain, Jean Harlow as his brassy paramour, and Wallace Beery as a suspect character. The oceangoing epic also features Lewis Stone, Rosalind Russell, Akim Tamiroff, and Hattie McDaniel, while humorist Robert Benchley " }, { "title": "Chinatown Squad", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Lyle Talbot, Valerie Hobson", "extract": "Chinatown Squad is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Murray Roth, written by Dore Schary and Ben Ryan starring Lyle Talbot, Valerie Hobson, Hugh O'Connell, and Andy Devine, and featuring Leslie Fenton and Bradley Page. The film was released on May 31, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Circumstantial Evidence", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Chick Chandler, Shirley Grey, Claude King", "extract": "Circumstantial Evidence is a 1935 drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Chick Chandler, Shirley Grey and Arthur Vinton." }, { "title": "Clive of India", "year": 1935, "genres": "Historical, Biography", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive", "extract": "Clive of India is a 1935 American historical biographical film starring Ronald Colman about the life of Robert Clive. It was based on R. J. Minney's play of the same name, and was co-written by Minney and W. P. Lipscomb and directed by Richard Boleslawski. Colin Clive, who appears in the film, was a" }, { "title": "College Scandal", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Arline Judge, Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie", "extract": "College Scandal is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent and written by Frank Partos, Charles Brackett and Marguerite Roberts. The film stars Arline Judge, Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, William Frawley, Benny Baker, William Benedict and Mary Nash. The film was released on June 21, 1935" }, { "title": "Collegiate", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Frances Langford, Betty Grable", "extract": "Collegiate is a 1936 American musical film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin and Alice Duer Miller. The film stars Joe Penner, Jack Oakie, Ned Sparks, Frances Langford, Betty Grable and Lynne Overman. The film was released on January 22, 1936, by Paramount Picture" }, { "title": "Condemned to Live", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery, Horror", "cast": "Ralph Morgan, Maxine Doyle, Russell Gleason", "extract": "Condemned to Live is a 1935 American horror film starring Ralph Morgan and Maxine Doyle, and directed by Frank R. Strayer. The film is unusual for its time, as it approaches the topic of vampirism from a sympathetic standpoint and presents it as if it were an illness." }, { "title": "Confidential", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "Confidential is a 1935 American crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Wellyn Totman and Olive Cooper. The film stars Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp, Theodore von Eltz, Warren Hymer, J. Carrol Naish and Herbert Rawlinson. The film was released on October 16, 1935, by Mascot Pictures." }, { "title": "Convention Girl", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Rose Hobart, Weldon Heyburn", "extract": "Convention Girl, also known as Atlantic City Romance, is a 1935 American comedy film starring Rose Hobart and featuring Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges. The film was directed by Luther Reed." }, { "title": "Coronado", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Alice White, Johnny Downs, Eddy Duchin", "extract": "Coronado is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by Don Hartman and Frank Butler. The film stars Johnny Downs Betty Burgess, Jack Haley, Andy Devine, Leon Errol, Alice White and Eddy Duchin. The film was released on November 29, 1935, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The County Chairman", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Evelyn Venable", "extract": "The County Chairman is a 1935 American comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Will Rogers, Evelyn Venable and Kent Taylor. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. It is based on the 1903 play of the same name by George Ade which had previously been adapted into a " }, { "title": "The Cowboy Millionaire", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Edgar Kennedy", "extract": "The Cowboy Millionaire is a 1935 American Western film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by George Waggner and Daniel Jarrett. The film stars George O'Brien, Evalyn Bostock, Edgar Kennedy, Maude Allen, Stephen Chase and Daniel Jarrett. The film was released on May 10, 1935, by Fox Film Corpora" }, { "title": "Crime and Punishment", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Peter Lorre, Edward Arnold, Marian Marsh", "extract": "Crime and Punishment is a 1935 American drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg for Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Joseph Anthony and S.K. Lauren from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel of the same title. The film stars Peter Lorre in the lead role of Raskolnikov." }, { "title": "The Crime of Dr. Crespi", "year": 1935, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Erich von Stroheim, Dwight Frye", "extract": "The Crime of Dr. Crespi is a 1935 American horror film starring Erich von Stroheim, Paul Guilfoyle, Jeanne Kelly, Dwight Frye, Harriet Russell, and John Bohn. It was released by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Crimson Trail", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Polly Ann Young, Ward Bond", "extract": "The Crimson Trail is a 1935 American Western film directed by Alfred Raboch and written by Jack Natteford. The film stars Buck Jones, Polly Ann Young, Ward Bond, John Bleifer, Paul Fix and Carl Stockdale. The film was released on March 11, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Crusades", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Historical", "cast": "Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, C. Aubrey Smith", "extract": "The Crusades is a 1935 American historical adventure film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and originally released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Loretta Young as Berengaria of Navarre and Henry Wilcoxon as Richard I of England. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematograph" }, { "title": "Curly Top", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Shirley Temple, John Boles, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Danger Ahead", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lawrence Gray, Fuzzy Knight, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Danger Ahead is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by Albert Herman, produced and released by Victory Pictures Corporation." }, { "title": "Dangerous", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Alison Skipworth", "extract": "Dangerous is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Bette Davis in her first Oscar-winning role. The screenplay by Laird Doyle is based on his story Hard Luck Dame." }, { "title": "Dante's Inferno", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Horror", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Henry B. Walthall, Rita Hayworth", "extract": "Dante's Inferno is a 1935 American drama horror film starring Spencer Tracy and loosely based on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The film remains primarily remembered for a 10-minute depiction of hell realised by director Harry Lachman, himself an established post-impressionist painter. This was Fo" }, { "title": "The Daring Young Man", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton", "extract": "The Daring Young Man is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Sam Hellman, William Hurlbut and Glenn Tryon. The film stars James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton, Sidney Toler, Warren Hymer and Stanley Fields. This is the film to be released on May 24, 1935, by Fox " }, { "title": "The Dark Angel", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Merle Oberon, Fredric March, Herbert Marshall", "extract": "The Dark Angel is a 1935 film that tells the story of three childhood friends, Kitty, Alan, and Gerald who come of age in England during the First World War. The script was written by Lillian Hellman and Mordaunt Shairp, adapted from the play by Guy Bolton. It was directed by Sidney Franklin, produc" }, { "title": "David Copperfield", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Frank Lawton, Roland Young, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "David Copperfield is a 1935 American film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer based upon Charles Dickens' 1850 novel The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger." }, { "title": "The Dawn Rider", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Marion Burns", "extract": "The Dawn Rider is a 1935 American Western film starring John Wayne and directed by Robert N. Bradbury." }, { "title": "Death Flies East", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Florence Rice", "extract": "Death Flies East is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Conrad Nagel, Florence Rice and Raymond Walburn. The action takes place on an airline flight with a murderer aboard. The film was an early example of the aviation \"disaster film\" genre." }, { "title": "Death from a Distance", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Russell Hopton, Lola Lane", "extract": "Death from a Distance is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Russell Hopton, Lola Lane and George F. Marion. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell." }, { "title": "The Desert Trail", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Mary Kornman", "extract": "The Desert Trail is a 1935 American Monogram Western film starring John Wayne and directed by Lewis D. Collins. The movie also features Eddy Chandler, Mary Kornman, and Paul Fix." }, { "title": "Devil Dogs of the Air", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "Devil Dogs of the Air is a 1935 Warner Bros. film, directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, playing similar roles as close friends after making their debut as a \"buddy team\" in Here Comes the Navy. Devil Dogs of the Air was the second of nine features that James Cagney and " }, { "title": "The Devil is a Woman", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero", "extract": "The Devil Is a Woman is a 1935 American romance film directed and photographed by Josef von Sternberg, adapted from the 1898 novel La Femme et le pantin by Pierre Louÿs. The film was based on a screenplay by John Dos Passos, and stars Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero, Edward Everett Hor" }, { "title": "Diamond Jim", "year": 1935, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Binnie Barnes", "extract": "Diamond Jim is a 1935 biographical film based on the published biography Diamond Jim Brady by Parker Morell. It follows the life of legendary entrepreneur James Buchanan Brady, including his romance with entertainer Lillian Russell, and stars Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Cesar Romero and Binnie Barne" }, { "title": "Dinky", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Mary Astor", "extract": "Dinky is a 1935 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "Dizzy Dames", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Marjorie Rambeau, Florine McKinney", "extract": "Dizzy Dames is a 1935 American musical film directed by William Nigh and written by George Waggner. The film stars Marjorie Rambeau, Florine McKinney, Lawrence Gray, Inez Courtney, Berton Churchill and Fuzzy Knight. The film was released on May 29, 1935, by Liberty Pictures." }, { "title": "A Dog of Flanders", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Frankie Thomas, O. P. Heggie, Helen Parrish", "extract": "A Dog of Flanders is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Sloman, based on a screenplay by Ainsworth Morgan from the story by Dorothy Yost, which she adapted from the 1872 novel of the same name by Ouida. The film stars Frankie Thomas, appearing in only his second film." }, { "title": "Don't Bet on Blondes", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Warren William, Claire Dodd", "extract": "Don't Bet on Blondes is a 1935 American romantic comedy film." }, { "title": "Doubting Thomas", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth", "extract": "Doubting Thomas is a 1935 American comedy film directed by David Butler and written by William Conselman and Bartlett Cormack. It is based on the 1922 play The Torch Bearers by George Kelly. The film stars Will Rogers, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Sterling Holloway, Andrew Tombes and Gail Patrick" }, { "title": "Dr. Socrates", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Dr. Socrates is a 1935 American crime film directed by William Dieterle and starring Paul Muni as a doctor forced to treat a wounded gangster, played by Barton MacLane." }, { "title": "Dressed to Thrill", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Tutta Rolf, Clive Brook", "extract": "Dressed to Thrill is a 1935 American musical film directed by Harry Lachman and written by Samson Raphaelson. The film stars Tutta Rolf, Clive Brook, Robert Barrat, Nydia Westman and Dina Smirnova. The film was released on August 16, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Eagle's Brood", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "William Boyd, James Ellison", "extract": "The Eagle's Brood is a 1935 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Doris Schroeder and Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, James Ellison, William Farnum, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Addison Richards, Nana Martinez and Frank Shannon. The film was released on October 25" }, { "title": "East of Java", "year": 1935, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Young, Frank Albertson", "extract": "East of Java is a 1935 American drama film directed by George Melford and starring Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Young and Frank Albertson." }, { "title": "Eight Bells", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Ralph Bellamy, Catherine Doucet", "extract": "Eight Bells is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Ann Sothern, Ralph Bellamy and Catherine Doucet. Produced by Columbia Pictures, it is based on the 1933 play Eight Bells by Percy G. Mandley." }, { "title": "Enchanted April", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Ann Harding, Frank Morgan, Jane Baxter", "extract": "Enchanted April is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Ann Harding, Frank Morgan and Katharine Alexander. It was made by RKO Pictures. The original 1922 novel The Enchanted April has also been adapted for the stage multiple times, and adapted for the 1991 film b" }, { "title": "Enter Madame", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Cary Grant, Elissa Landi", "extract": "Enter Madame is an American romantic comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent, starring Elissa Landi and Cary Grant, and released by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Escapade", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "William Powell, Luise Rainer, Reginald Owen", "extract": "Escapade is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring William Powell and Luise Rainer. It is a remake of Maskerade (1934)." }, { "title": "Escape from Devil's Island", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Victor Jory, Florence Rice", "extract": "Escape from Devil's Island is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Earle Snell and Fred Niblo Jr. The film stars Victor Jory, Florence Rice, Norman Foster, Stanley Andrews, Daniel L. Haynes and Herbert Heywood. The film was released on November 24, 1935, by Colu" }, { "title": "Every Night at Eight", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "George Raft, Alice Faye, Frances Langford", "extract": "Every Night at Eight is a 1935 American comedy musical film starring George Raft and Alice Faye and made by Walter Wanger Productions Inc. and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Walter Wanger from a screenplay by C. Graham Baker, Bert Hanlon and Gene Towne based on th" }, { "title": "False Pretenses", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Irene Ware, Sidney Blackmer", "extract": "False Pretenses is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Irene Ware." }, { "title": "The Farmer Takes a Wife", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Henry Fonda, Janet Gaynor, Charles Bickford", "extract": "The Farmer Takes a Wife is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Victor Fleming, written by Edwin J. Burke, and starring Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda and Charles Bickford. It is based on the 1934 Broadway play The Farmer Takes a Wife by Marc Connelly and Frank B. Elser, with Fonda reprising his stage" }, { "title": "A Feather in Her Hat", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pauline Lord, Basil Rathbone, Louis Hayward", "extract": "A Feather in Her Hat is a 1935 melodrama film starring Pauline Lord as a working-class woman with ambitions for her son. It is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by I. A. R. Wylie." }, { "title": "Fighting Caballero", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Lease, Dorothy Gulliver", "extract": "Fighting Caballero is a 1935 American black-and-white Western B-film produced by Weiss Productions Inc. and distributed by Superior Talking Pictures Inc. It was one of a series of Westerns starring Rex Lease. It was produced by Louis Weiss from a screenplay by Elmer Clifton and George M. Merrick, an" }, { "title": "Fighting Lady", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Peggy Shannon, Jack Mulhall", "extract": "Fighting Lady is a 1935 American drama film directed by Carlos F. Borcosque and starring Peggy Shannon, Jack Mulhall and Marion Lessing. The film was a low-budget Poverty Row production, distributed in some regions by Majestic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Fighting Pilot", "year": 1935, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Gertrude Messinger", "extract": "The Fighting Pilot is a 1935 American action film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Richard Talmadge, Gertrude Messinger and Robert Frazer. When an inventor develops a new type of aircraft, a crooked businessman attempts to steals the aircraft and its blueprints. The company test pilot, who is " }, { "title": "Fighting Shadows", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Geneva Mitchell", "extract": "Fighting Shadows is a 1935 American Western film directed by David Selman from a screenplay by Ford Beebe, which stars Tim McCoy, Robert Allen, Geneva Mitchell, and Ward Bond." }, { "title": "Fighting Youth", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Farrell, June Martel", "extract": "Fighting Youth is a 1935 American drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Henry Johnson, Hamilton MacFadden and newspaper reporter Florabel Muir. The film stars Charles Farrell, June Martel, Andy Devine, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ann Sheridan and Edward Nugent. The film was released on " }, { "title": "The Flame Within", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Ann Harding, Louis Heyward", "extract": "The Flame Within is a 1935 American drama film written and directed by Edmund Goulding. The film stars Ann Harding, Herbert Marshall, Maureen O'Sullivan, Louis Hayward, Henry Stephenson and Margaret Seddon. The film was released on May 17, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Florentine Dagger", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery, Noir", "cast": "Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "The Florentine Dagger is a 1935 American film noir mystery film directed by Robert Florey." }, { "title": "Folies Bergère de Paris", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Maurice Chevalier, Merle Oberon, Ann Sothern", "extract": "Folies Bergère de Paris is a 1935 American musical comedy film produced by Darryl Zanuck for 20th Century Films, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Maurice Chevalier, Merle Oberon and Ann Southern. At the 8th Academy Awards, the “Straw Hat” number, choreographed by Dave Gould, won the short-lived" }, { "title": "Forbidden Heaven", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Farrell, Charlotte Henry", "extract": "Forbidden Heaven is a 1935 American drama film directed by Reginald Barker and written by Sada Cowan and Jefferson Parker. The film stars Charles Farrell, Charlotte Henry, Beryl Mercer, Fred Walton, Eric Wilton and Phyllis Barry. The film was released on October 5, 1935, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Forced Landing", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Esther Ralston, Onslow Stevens", "extract": "Forced Landing is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Melville W. Brown and written by William Scott Darling. The film stars Esther Ralston, Onslow Stevens, Sidney Blackmer, Toby Wing, Edward Nugent and Barbara Pepper. Forced Landing was released on November 2, 1935, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Four Hours to Kill!", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Richard Barthelmess, Roscoe Karns, Ray Milland", "extract": "Four Hours to Kill! is a 1935 American drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Richard Barthelmess." }, { "title": "Freckles", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Tom Brown, Virginia Weidler", "extract": "Freckles is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Killy and William Hamilton from a screenplay written by Dorothy Yost, adapted by Mary Mayes from Gene Stratton-Porter's 1904 novel of the same name. Two earlier adaptations of Stratton-Porter's novel had been produced, the first by Paramount " }, { "title": "Frisco Kid", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "James Cagney, Ricardo Cortez, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "Frisco Kid is a 1935 film starring James Cagney and directed by Lloyd Bacon. Set in San Francisco in the 1850s, it traces the rise and fall of a sailor who achieves wealth and success on San Francisco's Barbary Coast but is spurned by the woman he loves. The supporting cast also features Ricardo Cor" }, { "title": "Frisco Waterfront", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Helen Twelvetrees", "extract": "Frisco Waterfront is a 1935 American drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and Joseph Santley and starring Ben Lyon, Helen Twelvetrees and Rod La Rocque." }, { "title": "Front Page Woman", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns", "extract": "Front Page Woman is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz. The screenplay by Laird Doyle, Lillie Hayward and Roy Chanslor based on the novel Women Are Bum Newspapermen by Richard Macauley." }, { "title": "G Men", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, Edward Pawley", "extract": "G Men is a 1935 Warner Bros. crime film starring James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, Margaret Lindsay and Lloyd Nolan in his film debut. According to Variety, the movie was one of the top-grossing films of 1935. The supporting cast features Robert Armstrong and Barton MacLane." }, { "title": "Gallant Defender", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett", "extract": "Gallant Defender is a 1935 American Western film directed by David Selman and starring Charles Starrett." }, { "title": "The Gay Deception", "year": 1935, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Francis Lederer, Frances Dee", "extract": "The Gay Deception is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring Francis Lederer and Frances Dee. Writers Stephen Morehouse Avery and Don Hartman were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story." }, { "title": "George White's 1935 Scandals", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Alice Faye, Eleanor Powell", "extract": "George White's 1935 Scandals is an American musical film, written by Jack Yellen and produced in 1935 by Fox Film Corporation. It was a follow-up to the 1934 release, George White's Scandals." }, { "title": "Gigolette", "year": 1935, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Adrienne Ames, Ralph Bellamy, Donald Cook, Robert Armstrong", "extract": "Gigolette is a 1935 American romance film directed by Charles Lamont from a screenplay and story by Gordon Kahn. The film stars Adrienne Ames, Ralph Bellamy, Donald Cook, and Robert Armstrong." }, { "title": "The Gilded Lily", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland", "extract": "The Gilded Lily is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, and C. Aubrey Smith. The production's screenplay, written by Claude Binyon, is about a stenographer who becomes a famous café entertainer courted by an Engl" }, { "title": "Ginger", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jane Withers, O. P. Heggie", "extract": "Ginger is a 1935 American comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Arthur Kober. The film stars Jane Withers, O. P. Heggie, Jackie Searl, Katharine Alexander, and Walter Woolf King. It was Withers' first starring role." }, { "title": "The Girl Friend", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, War", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Jack Haley", "extract": "The Girl Friend is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Ann Sothern, Jack Haley and Roger Pryor." }, { "title": "The Girl from 10th Avenue", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, Ian Hunter, Alison Skipworth", "extract": "The Girl from 10th Avenue is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green. The screenplay by Charles Kenyon is based on the 1914 play Outcast by Hubert Henry Davies. The film was released in the United Kingdom as Men on Her Mind." }, { "title": "The Girl Who Came Back", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Shirley Grey, Noel Madison", "extract": "The Girl Who Came Back is a 1935 American crime film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Shirley Grey, Sidney Blackmer, and Noel Madison." }, { "title": "The Glass Key", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Suspense", "cast": "George Raft, Edward Arnold, Claire Dodd", "extract": "The Glass Key, released in 1935, was based upon the 1931 suspense novel The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett, directed by Frank Tuttle, starring George Raft and featuring Edward Arnold, Claire Dodd, Guinn \"Big Boy\" Williams and Ray Milland. Ann Sheridan has a brief speaking role as Raft's character's n" }, { "title": "Go Into Your Dance", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "Go into Your Dance is a 1935 American musical drama film starring Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, and Glenda Farrell. The film was directed by Archie Mayo and is based on the novel of the same name by Bradford Ropes. It was released by Warner Bros. on April 20, 1935. An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixe" }, { "title": "Goin' to Town", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Mae West, Paul Cavanagh, Gilbert Emery", "extract": "Goin' To Town is a 1935 musical comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and written by Mae West. The film stars Mae West, Paul Cavanagh, Gilbert Emery, Marjorie Gateson, Tito Coral and Ivan Lebedeff. The film was released on April 25, 1935, by Paramount Pictures. the film stars West as Lady Lou, a we" }, { "title": "Going Highbrow", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance, Musical", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, ZaSu Pitts, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Going Highbrow is a 1935 American comedy-musical film directed by Robert Florey. Guy Kibbee and ZaSu Pitts play a newly rich couple, so eager to buy their way into society they hire a waitress to pose as their daughter." }, { "title": "Gold Diggers of 1935", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Alice Brady, Hugh Herbert", "extract": "Gold Diggers of 1935 is an American musical film directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, his first time as a film's overall director. It stars Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart, Alice Brady, Hugh Herbert, Glenda Farrell, and Frank McHugh, and features Joseph Cawthorn, Grant Mitchell, " }, { "title": "The Good Fairy", "year": 1935, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan", "extract": "The Good Fairy is a 1935 romantic comedy film written by Preston Sturges, based on the 1930 play A jó tündér by Ferenc Molnár as translated and adapted by Jane Hinton, which was produced on Broadway in 1931. The film was directed by William Wyler and stars Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank " }, { "title": "The Goose and the Gander", "year": 1935, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Kay Francis, George Brent", "extract": "The Goose and the Gander is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Kay Francis, George Brent and Genevieve Tobin. A woman finds out her ex-husband's new wife is cheating on him and decides to expose her." }, { "title": "Grand Exit", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Ann Sothern", "extract": "Grand Exit is a 1935 American detective mystery film with comedy elements, directed for Columbia Pictures by Erle C. Kenton, with screenplay by Bruce Manning and Lionel Houser, based on a story by Gene Towne and Graham Baker. The leads, in their second film together, are Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern," }, { "title": "Grand Old Girl", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "May Robson, Fred MacMurray, Edward Van Sloan", "extract": "Grand Old Girl is a 1935 American drama film directed by John Robertson from a screenplay by Milton Krims, John Twist, Arthur T. Horman, adapted from a story by Wanda Tuchock. The film stars May Robson, Mary Carlisle, Fred MacMurray, and Alan Hale, other cast members included Ben Alexander." }, { "title": "Great God Gold", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sidney Blackmer, Martha Sleeper", "extract": "Great God Gold is a 1935 film. It was Arthur Lubin's second film as director." }, { "title": "The Great Hotel Murder", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Rosemary Ames", "extract": "The Great Hotel Murder is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Rosemary Ames and Mary Carlisle. It is based on Recipe for Murder a 1934 story by Vincent Starrett." }, { "title": "The Great Impersonation", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Valerie Hobson", "extract": "The Great Impersonation is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Edmund Lowe, Valerie Hobson and Wera Engels. It was adapted from the 1920 novel The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was made by Universal Pictures with some aesthetic similarities to the Uni" }, { "title": "Guard That Girl", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Florence Rice, Ward Bond", "extract": "Guard That Girl is a 1935 American mystery film written and directed by Lambert Hillyer, which stars Robert Allen, Florence Rice, and Ward Bond." }, { "title": "Gun Play", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Marion Shilling, Frank Yaconelli", "extract": "Gun Play is a 1935 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Marion Shilling and Frank Yaconelli." }, { "title": "Hands Across the Table", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Hands Across the Table is a 1935 American romantic screwball comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Carole Lombard as a manicurist looking for a rich husband and Fred MacMurray as a poor playboy, with Ralph Bellamy as a wealthy ex-pilot in a wheelchair. " }, { "title": "Happiness C.O.D.", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Donald Meek, Irene Ware", "extract": "Happiness C.O.D. is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Maude Eburne, Donald Meek and Irene Ware." }, { "title": "Hard Rock Harrigan", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Irene Hervey", "extract": "Hard Rock Harrigan is a 1935 American drama film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien, Irene Hervey and Fred Kohler." }, { "title": "Harmony Lane", "year": 1935, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Douglass Montgomery, Evelyn Venable, Adrienne Ames", "extract": "Harmony Lane is a 1935 low-budget American film directed by Joseph Santley, based upon the life of Stephen Foster, released by Mascot Pictures." }, { "title": "The Headline Woman", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Roger Pryor, Heather Angel, Franklin Pangborn", "extract": "The Headline Woman is a 1935 American crime film directed by William Nigh and starring Heather Angel and Ford Sterling." }, { "title": "The Healer", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Judith Allen, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "The Healer is a 1935 American film directed by Reginald Barker. The film is also known as Little Pal." }, { "title": "Heir to Trouble", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Joan Perry", "extract": "Heir to Trouble is a 1935 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Nate Gatzert. The film stars Ken Maynard, Joan Perry, Harry Woods, Martin Faust, Harry Bowen and Wally Wales. The film was released on December 17, 1935, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Here Comes Cookie", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Burns, Gracie Allen", "extract": "Here Comes Cookie is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, written by Don Hartman, and starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, George Barbier, Betty Furness, Andrew Tombes and Rafael Storm. The picture was released on August 30, 1935, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Here Comes the Band", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Ted Lewis, Virginia Bruce, Nat Pendleton", "extract": "Here Comes the Band is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Paul Sloane and written by Paul Sloane, Ralph Spence and Victor Mansfield. The film stars Ted Lewis and His Orchestra, Ted Lewis, Virginia Bruce, Harry Stockwell, Ted Healy and Nat Pendleton. The film was released on August 30, 1935, by " }, { "title": "Here's to Romance", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Nino Martini, Genevieve Tobin, Anita Louise", "extract": "Here's to Romance is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Nino Martini, Genevieve Tobin and Anita Louise." }, { "title": "Hi, Gaucho!", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Carroll, Steffi Duna, Rod La Rocque, Montagu Love", "extract": "Hi, Gaucho! was a 1935 American comedy film directed by Tommy Atkins, from a screenplay by Adele Buffington. Released by RKO Radio Pictures on October 11, 1935, the film stars John Carroll, Steffi Duna, Rod La Rocque, and Montagu Love." }, { "title": "His Family Tree", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Family", "cast": "James Barton, Margaret Callahan", "extract": "His Family Tree is a 1935 comedy film directed by Charles Vidor." }, { "title": "His Fighting Blood", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Kermit Maynard, Polly Ann Young, Paul Fix", "extract": "His Fighting Blood is a 1935 American Western film directed by John English and starring Kermit Maynard, Polly Ann Young and Paul Fix. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fred Preble." }, { "title": "His Night Out", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Irene Hervey", "extract": "His Night Out is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William Nigh and written by Harry Clork and Doris Malloy. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Irene Hervey, Jack La Rue, Robert McWade, Lola Lane and Willard Robertson. The film was released on October 1, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Hitch Hike Lady", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alison Skipworth, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Hitch Hike Lady is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Aubrey Scotto and written by Gordon Rigby and Lester Cole. The film stars Alison Skipworth, Mae Clarke, Arthur Treacher, James Ellison, Warren Hymer and Beryl Mercer. The film was released on December 28, 1935, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Hold 'Em Yale", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Patricia Ellis, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Hold 'Em Yale is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Damon Runyon, Paul Gerard Smith, and Eddie Welch. The film stars Patricia Ellis, Cesar Romero, Buster Crabbe, William Frawley, Andy Devine, and George Barbier; it was released on April 27, 1935, by Paramount Pict" }, { "title": "Home on the Range", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Jackie Coogan, Evelyn Brent", "extract": "Home on the Range is a 1935 American drama film directed by Arthur Jacobson and starring Jackie Coogan, Randolph Scott and Evelyn Brent. Andre Sennwald of the New York Times described the film \"to be a strictly makeshift Western\". The supporting cast features Dean Jagger, Fuzzy Knight and Ann Sherid" }, { "title": "Honeymoon Limited", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Neil Hamilton, Irene Hervey", "extract": "Honeymoon Limited is a 1935 American film." }, { "title": "Hong Kong Nights", "year": 1935, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Tom Keene, Wera Engels", "extract": "Hong Kong Nights is a 1935 American thriller film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Tom Keene, Wera Engels and Warren Hymer. An American customs agent tracks gunrunners operating out of Hong Kong." }, { "title": "Hooray for Love", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond", "extract": "Hooray for Love is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Walter Lang from a screenplay by Lawrence Hazard and Ray Harris, which was based on an unpublished story by Marc Lachmann titled The Show Must Go On. Starring Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond, they were supported by Bill Robinson, Fats W" }, { "title": "The Hoosier Schoolmaster", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Norman Foster, Charlotte Henry", "extract": "The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana is an 1871 novel by the American author Edward Eggleston. The novel originated from a series of stories written for Hearth and Home, a periodical edited by Eggleston, and was based on the experiences of his brother, George Cary Eggleston" }, { "title": "Hop-Along Cassidy", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, James Ellison, Paula Stone", "extract": "Hop-Along Cassidy is a 1935 American Western film that features the character Hop-Along Cassidy created by writer Clarence E. Mulford. This is the first of 66 Hopalong Cassidy films produced between 1935 and 1948 and all starring William Boyd in the title role. William Boyd was originally offered th" }, { "title": "Hot Off the Press", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack La Rue, Monte Blue", "extract": "Hot Off the Press is a 1935 American drama film directed by Albert Herman. It was the second of eight adaptations of Peter B. Kyne stories." }, { "title": "Hot Tip", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "ZaSu Pitts, James Gleason, Margaret Callahan, Russell Gleason", "extract": "Hot Tip is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and James Gleason from a screenplay by Hugh Cummings, Olive Cooper, and Louis Stevens, based on William Slavens McNutt's short story, \"Leander Clicks\", which had been published in the August 1928 edition of Red Book Magazine. Gleason als" }, { "title": "I Dream Too Much", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Henry Fonda, Lily Pons, Lucille Ball", "extract": "I Dream Too Much is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by John Cromwell. It stars Henry Fonda, Lily Pons, and Lucille Ball in one of her earlier roles. It has been described as a \"somewhat wispy operetta.\" Songs are by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. The film was nominated for an Academy " }, { "title": "I Found Stella Parish", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Paul Lukas", "extract": "I Found Stella Parish is a 1935 melodrama starring Kay Francis as a beloved actress whose dark secret is revealed to the world." }, { "title": "I Live for Love", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Dolores del Río, Everett Marshall, Don Alvarado", "extract": "I Live for Love is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Dolores del Río, Everett Marshall and Guy Kibbee." }, { "title": "I Live My Life", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne", "extract": "I Live My Life is a 1935 American comedy-drama film starring Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne, and Frank Morgan, and is based on the story \"Claustrophobia\" by A. Carter Goodloe." }, { "title": "I'll Love You Always", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Nancy Carroll, George Murphy", "extract": "I'll Love You Always is a 1935 American drama film directed by Leo Bulgakov and starring Nancy Carroll, George Murphy and Raymond Walburn." }, { "title": "I've Been Around", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "I've Been Around is a 1935 American drama film directed by Philip Cahn and starring Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson and G. P. Huntley. On their wedding night, a woman tells her husband that she loves another man." }, { "title": "If You Could Only Cook", "year": 1935, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Herbert Marshall, Jean Arthur", "extract": "If You Could Only Cook (1935) is a screwball comedy of mistaken identity starring Herbert Marshall as a frustrated automobile executive and Jean Arthur as a young woman who talks him into posing as her husband so they can land jobs as a butler and a cook." }, { "title": "The Imperfect Lady", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Frank Morgan, Cicely Courtneidge", "extract": "The Perfect Gentleman is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Morgan, Cicely Courtneidge and Heather Angel. It was based on a play by Edward Childs Carpenter. The screenplay concerns the father of a British country vicar, who almost brings scandal on the family when " }, { "title": "In Caliente", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Dolores del Río, Pat O'Brien, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "In Caliente is a 1935 American romantic musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dolores del Río and Pat O'Brien. The film was written by Ralph Block and Warren Duff. The musical numbers were choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It was released by Warner Bros. on May 25, 1935." }, { "title": "In Old Kentucky", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson, Charles Sellon", "extract": "In Old Kentucky is a 1935 American comedy film starring Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson and Russell Hardie. Two feuding families decide to settle a dispute with a horse race. It was Rogers' last film and was released posthumously after he was killed in a plane crash on August 15, 1935. The picture's sup" }, { "title": "In Person", "year": 1935, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, George Brent, Alan Mowbray", "extract": "In Person is a 1935 romantic musical comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and George Brent." }, { "title": "In Spite of Danger", "year": 1935, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh", "extract": "In Spite of Danger is a 1935 American action film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Anthony Coldeway. The film stars Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh, Arthur Hohl, Charley Grapewin, Charles Middleton and Edward LeSaint. The film was released on March 8, 1935, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "The Informer", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Preston Foster, Donald Meek", "extract": "The Informer is a 1935 American drama thriller film directed and produced by John Ford, adapted by Dudley Nichols from the 1925 novel of the same title by Irish novelist Liam O'Flaherty. Set in 1922, the plot concerns the underside of the Irish War of Independence and centers on a disgraced Republic" }, { "title": "The Irish in Us", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Olivia de Havilland", "extract": "The Irish in Us is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and Olivia de Havilland. Written by Earl Baldwin based on a story by Frank Orsatti, the film is about an Irish family consisting of a mother and three sons: a cop, a fireman, and a boxing p" }, { "title": "The Irish Gringo", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Farnum, Bryant Washburn", "extract": "The Irish Gringo is a 1935 American western film directed by William C. Thompson and starring Pat Carlyle, William Farnum and Karlyn May." }, { "title": "It Happened in New York", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Gertrude Michael, Heather Angel, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "It Happened in New York is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Gertrude Michael, Heather Angel and Lyle Talbot. It is based on a play Bagdad on the Hudson by Ward Morehouse and Jean Dalrymple. A New York taxi driver is hired as a bodyguard to a film star, whose" }, { "title": "It's a Great Life", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Joe Morrison, Paul Kelly", "extract": "" }, { "title": "It's a Small World", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Wendy Barrie, Raymond Walburn", "extract": "It's a Small World is a 1935 screwball comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Wendy Barrie, directed by Irving Cummings. In production February 2–March 2, 1935, it was Barrie's American film debut." }, { "title": "It's in the Air", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Benny, Una Merkel, Mary Carlisle", "extract": "It's in the Air is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Byron Morgan and Lew Lipton. The film stars Jack Benny in his final film for MGM, Ted Healy, Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton, Mary Carlisle and Grant Mitchell. It's in the Air was released on October 11, 1935, by Met" }, { "title": "The Ivory-Handled Gun", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Walter Miller", "extract": "The Ivory-Handled Gun is a 1935 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Buck Jones, Charlotte Wynters, Walter Miller, Frank Rice, Carl Stockdale and Joseph W. Girard. The film was released on November 11, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Jalna", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Johnson, Ian Hunter, C. Aubrey Smith", "extract": "Jalna is a 1935 RKO Radio Pictures film based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Mazo de la Roche. It stars Kay Johnson, Ian Hunter and C. Aubrey Smith. In the film, a newlywed has to adjust to her husband's odd family." }, { "title": "The Judgement Book", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Conway Tearle, Bernadene Hayes", "extract": "The Judgement Book is a 1935 American Western film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Conway Tearle, Bernadene Hayes and Howard Lang." }, { "title": "Justice of the Range", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ward Bond, Gabby Hayes, Tim McCoy", "extract": "Justice of the Range is a 1935 American Western film directed by David Selman, which stars Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, and Ward Bond." }, { "title": "The Keeper of the Bees", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Neil Hamilton, Betty Furness", "extract": "Keeper of the Bees is a 1935 American film directed by Christy Cabanne. The film depicts WWI veteran Jamie McFarland and his search for meaning in his last six months to live, and Molly Campbell, a young woman looking to save her sister's child from being left alone. It also features Emma Dunn as Ma" }, { "title": "Kentucky Blue Streak", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edward J. Nugent, Frank Coghlan Jr., Cornelius Keefe", "extract": "Kentucky Blue Streak is a 1935 American film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Edward J. Nugent, Frank Coghlan Jr. and Cornelius Keefe. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor." }, { "title": "Kind Lady", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "Kind Lady is a 1935 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz starring Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone and Mary Carlisle. It is based on the play of the same name by Edward Chodorov and a short story called The Silver Mask by Hugh Walpole." }, { "title": "King Solomon of Broadway", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Page", "extract": "King Solomon of Broadway is a 1935 American musical film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Page and Pinky Tomlin. A shady figure wins a nightclub during a card game." }, { "title": "Laddie", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "John Beal, Gloria Stuart, Virginia Weidler", "extract": "Laddie is a 1935 American comedy-drama film directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by Ray Harris and Dorothy Yost, based on the 1913 novel, Laddie: A True Blue Story, by Gene Stratton-Porter. The film stars John Beal, Gloria Stuart, and Virginia Weidler." }, { "title": "Ladies Crave Excitement", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Action, Drama", "cast": "Norman Foster, Esther Ralston", "extract": "Ladies Crave Excitement is a 1935 American action–comedy drama film released by Mascot Pictures, directed by Nick Grinde and starring Norman Foster, Evalyn Knapp and Esther Ralston." }, { "title": "Ladies Love Danger", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mona Barrie, Gilbert Roland", "extract": "Ladies Love Danger is a 1935 American comedy film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Samson Raphaelson, Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Mona Barrie, Gilbert Roland, Donald Cook, Adrienne Ames, Hardie Albright and Herbert Mundin. The film was released on May 3, 1935, by Fox " }, { "title": "The Lady in Scarlet", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Reginald Denny, Patricia Farr, Jameson Thomas", "extract": "The Lady in Scarlet is a 1935 American film directed by Charles Lamont. It was made by Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation." }, { "title": "Lady Tubbs", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alice Brady, Douglass Montgomery, Anita Louise", "extract": "Lady Tubbs is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Alan Crosland and written by Barry Trivers. The film stars Alice Brady, Douglass Montgomery, Anita Louise, Alan Mowbray, June Clayworth and Hedda Hopper. The film was released on July 2, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Laramie Kid", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Alberta Vaughn", "extract": "The Laramie Kid is a 1935 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Alberta Vaughn in her penultimate film and Al Ferguson." }, { "title": "The Last Days of Pompeii", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale", "extract": "The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) is an RKO Radio Pictures film starring Preston Foster and directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper, creators of the original King Kong. Although inspired by the novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the film has nothing to do with the book. Inde" }, { "title": "The Last of the Clintons", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Harry Carey, Betty Mack, Victor Potel", "extract": "The Last of the Clintons is a 1935 American western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Harry Carey, Betty Mack and Victor Potel. It was the last film released by the Poverty Row studio Ajax Pictures before it closed down." }, { "title": "Last of the Pagans", "year": 1935, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Ray Mala, Lotus Long", "extract": "Last of the Pagans is a 1935 MGM film based on the Herman Melville novel Typee (1846)." }, { "title": "The Last Outpost", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, War, Adventure", "cast": "Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Kathleen Burke", "extract": "The Last Outpost is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Charles Barton and Louis J. Gasnier and written by Charles Brackett, Frank Partos and Philip MacDonald. It is based on F. Britten Austin's novel The Drum. The film stars Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Gertrude Michael, Kathleen Burke, Colin T" }, { "title": "Law Beyond the Range", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Billie Seward", "extract": "Law Beyond the Range is a 1935 American Western film directed by Ford Beebe and written by Lambert Hillyer. The film stars Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Robert Allen, Guy Usher, Harry Todd and Walter Brennan. The film was released on February 15, 1935, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Lawless Range", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Lawless Range is a 1935 American Western film released by Republic Pictures, directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne. He appears as a \"singing cowboy\" in the film, with his singing voice dubbed by Glenn Strange, who later found lasting film fame himself as Frankenstein's Monster." }, { "title": "Lawless Riders", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Geneva Mitchell", "extract": "Lawless Riders is a 1935 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Nate Gatzert. The film stars Ken Maynard, Geneva Mitchell, Harry Woods, Frank Yaconelli, Wally Wales and Slim Whitaker. The film was released on December 6, 1935, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Let 'Em Have It", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Virginia Bruce", "extract": "Let 'Em Have It is a 1935 American gangster film directed by Sam Wood. The film was also known under the title False Faces in the United Kingdom and The Legion of Valour in Australia." }, { "title": "Let's Live Tonight", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Lilian Harvey, Tullio Carminati, Hugh Williams", "extract": "Let's Live Tonight is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Lilian Harvey, Tullio Carminati and Janet Beecher. The film was made as part of an unsuccessful attempt to establish Harvey, who was a top box office draw in Germany, as a major star in Hollywood. " }, { "title": "Life Begins at 40", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Rochelle Hudson, George Barbier", "extract": "Life Begins at 40 is a 1935 black-and-white film starring Will Rogers and Richard Cromwell. It is based on the non-fiction self-help book Life Begins at Forty by Walter B. Pitkin." }, { "title": "Life Returns", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Science Fiction", "cast": "Onslow Stevens, Lois Wilson", "extract": "Life Returns is an American film directed by Eugene Frenke. The film stars Onslow Stevens, George P. Breakston and Lois Wilson with a plot that involves a doctor who is convinced that the dead can be brought back to life gets the chance to prove his theory on a dog that has recently died. Eugene Fre" }, { "title": "Lightning Triggers", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Reb Russell, Fred Kohler, Jack Rockwell", "extract": "Lightning Triggers is a 1935 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and starring Reb Russell, Yvonne Pelletier and Fred Kohler." }, { "title": "Little Big Shot", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Sybil Jason, Ward Bond", "extract": "Little Big Shot is a 1935 American film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Sybil Jason and Glenda Farrell. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 7, 1935. A young girl endears herself to her caretakers after her father is murdered by mobsters." }, { "title": "The Little Colonel", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Hattie McDaniel", "extract": "The Little Colonel is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by William M. Conselman was adapted from the children's novel of the same name by Annie Fellows Johnston, originally published in 1895. It focuses on the reconciliation of an estranged father and daughte" }, { "title": "The Littlest Rebel", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt", "extract": "The Littlest Rebel is a 1935 American musical drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by Edwin J. Burke was adapted from a play of the same name by Edward Peple." }, { "title": "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell", "extract": "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 American adventure film starring Gary Cooper, directed by Henry Hathaway, and written by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, and Achmed Abdullah. The setting and title come from the 1930 autobiography of the British soldier" }, { "title": "The Live Wire", "year": 1935, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Alberta Vaughn", "extract": "The Live Wire is a 1935 American adventure film directed and produced by Harry S. Webb for Reliable Pictures, starring stuntman Richard Talmadge in the lead role." }, { "title": "Living on Velvet", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "George Brent, Kay Francis, Henry O'Neill", "extract": "Living on Velvet is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Kay Francis, Warren William and George Brent." }, { "title": "The Lone Wolf Returns", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery, Crime", "cast": "Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick", "extract": "The Lone Wolf Returns is a 1935 American crime film starring Melvyn Douglas as jewel thief Michael Lanyard, aka the Lone Wolf. Retired, the Lone Wolf is forced back into crime, but turns the tables on his enemies. It is based on the 1923 Louis Joseph Vance novel The Lone Wolf Returns, which had prev" }, { "title": "Lottery Lover", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Pat Paterson", "extract": "Lottery Lover is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Franz Schulz and Billy Wilder. The film stars Lew Ayres, Pat Paterson, Peggy Fears, Sterling Holloway, Walter Woolf King and Alan Dinehart. The film was released on January 4, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Love in Bloom", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "George Burns, Gracie Allen, Dixie Lee", "extract": "Love in Bloom is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent and written by Frank R. Adams, J.P. McEvoy, John P. Medbury and Keene Thompson. The film stars George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joe Morrison, Dixie Lee, J. C. Nugent, Lee Kohlmar and Richard Carle. The film was released on March 15, " }, { "title": "Love Me Forever", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Grace Moore, Leo Carrillo, Spring Byington", "extract": "Love Me Forever is a 1935 American drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording." }, { "title": "Mad Love", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Horror", "cast": "Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive", "extract": "Mad Love is a 1935 American horror film, an adaptation of Maurice Renard's novel The Hands of Orlac. It was directed by German-émigré film maker Karl Freund, and stars Peter Lorre as Dr. Gogol, Frances Drake as Yvonne Orlac and Colin Clive as Stephen Orlac. The plot revolves around Doctor Gogol's ob" }, { "title": "Magnificent Obsession", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Irene Dunne, Ralph Morgan", "extract": "Magnificent Obsession is a 1935 drama film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Lloyd C. Douglas. The film was adapted by Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman, and George O'Neil, directed by John M. Stahl, and stars Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Charles Butterworth, and Betty Furness." }, { "title": "Make a Million", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Pauline Brooks, James Burke", "extract": "Make a Million is a 1935 American film directed by Lewis D. Collins." }, { "title": "Man of Iron", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barton MacLane, Mary Astor", "extract": "Man of Iron is a 1935 American drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by William Wister Haines. The film stars Barton MacLane, Mary Astor, John Eldredge, Dorothy Peterson, Joseph Crehan and Craig Reynolds. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 21, 1935." }, { "title": "Man on the Flying Trapeze", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Mary Brian", "extract": "Man on the Flying Trapeze is a 1935 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields as a henpecked husband who experiences a series of misadventures while taking a day off from work to attend a wrestling match. As with his other roles of this nature, Fields is put-upon throughout the film, but triumphs i" }, { "title": "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett, Colin Clive", "extract": "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo is a 1935 American romantic comedy film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Stephen Roberts, and starred Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett, and Colin Clive. The screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson and Howard Smith, based on a play by Ilya Surgutcho" }, { "title": "Manhattan Moon", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Dorothy Page, Hugh O'Connell", "extract": "Manhattan Moon is an American romantic comedy directed by Stuart Walker, and stars Ricardo Cortez and Dorothy Page. It was released on August 5, 1935." }, { "title": "Mark of the Vampire", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery, Horror", "cast": "Bela Lugosi, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan", "extract": "Mark of the Vampire is a 1935 American horror film, starring Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, and Jean Hersholt, and directed by Tod Browning. It has been described as a talkie remake of Browning's silent London After Midnight (1927), though it does not credit the older" }, { "title": "Mary Burns, Fugitive", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "Mary Burns, Fugitive is a 1935 American drama film directed by William K. Howard." }, { "title": "Mary Jane's Pa", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Mary Jane's Pa is a 1935 American drama film directed by William Keighley and written by Tom Reed and Peter Milne. The film stars Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown, Robert McWade, Minor Watson, and Nan Grey. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 27, 1935." }, { "title": "Maybe It's Love", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Ross Alexander, Ruth Donnelly", "extract": "Maybe It's Love is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann and written by Jerry Wald and Harry Sauber. The film stars Gloria Stuart, Ross Alexander, Frank McHugh, Ruth Donnelly, Helen Lowell and Henry Travers. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 12, 1935." }, { "title": "McFadden's Flats", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Walter C. Kelly, Andy Clyde", "extract": "McFadden's Flats is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Arthur Caesar, Edward Kaufman, Andy Rice and Casey Robinson. The film stars Walter C. Kelly, Andy Clyde, Richard Cromwell, Jane Darwell, Betty Furness, George Barbier and Phyllis Brooks. The film was released on " }, { "title": "The Melody Lingers On", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Josephine Hutchinson, Mona Barrie", "extract": "The Melody Lingers On is a 1935 American film." }, { "title": "Melody Trail", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford", "extract": "Melody Trail is a 1935 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, and Smiley Burnette. Written by Sherman L. Lowe and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy who goes after the men who kidnapped the baby he should have been babysitting. The fil" }, { "title": "Men of Action", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Frankie Darro, Edwin Maxwell, Fred Kohler", "extract": "Men of Action is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alan James from a screenplay by Forrest Sheldon, John W. Krafft, and Barry Barringer based on Peter B. Kyne's story, \"The New Freedom.\" The film stars Frankie Darro, Roy Mason, and Barbara Worth." }, { "title": "Men of the Hour", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Billie Seward, Wallace Ford", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Men Without Names", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans, J. C. Nugent", "extract": "Men Without Names is a 1935 American crime film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Kubec Glasmon and Howard J. Green. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans, David Holt, Lynne Overman, Elizabeth Patterson, J. C. Nugent, Grant Mitchell and John Wray. The film was released on June 29, 1935, b" }, { "title": "Metropolitan", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Lawrence Tibbett, Alice Brady, Virginia Bruce", "extract": "Metropolitan is a 1935 back-stage drama film interlaced with songs and musical segments from opera." }, { "title": "Midnight Phantom", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Reginald Denny, Claudia Dell, Lloyd Hughes", "extract": "Midnight Phantom is a 1935 American film directed by Bernard B. Ray." }, { "title": "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Fantasy, Romance", "cast": "Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1935 American romantic comedy fantasy film of William Shakespeare's play, directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, and starring James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland, Jean Muir, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Victor Jory and " }, { "title": "Million Dollar Haul", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Reed Howes, Janet Chandler, William Farnum", "extract": "Million Dollar Haul is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Albert Herman and starring Reed Howes, Janet Chandler and William Farnum." }, { "title": "Millions in the Air", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Howard, Wendy Barrie", "extract": "Millions in the Air is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Sig Herzig and Jane Storm. The film stars John Howard, Wendy Barrie, Willie Howard, George Barbier, Benny Baker, Eleanore Whitney and Robert Cummings. The film was released on December 12, 1935, by Paramount Pi" }, { "title": "Les Misérables", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Charles Laughton, Fredric March, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "Les Misérables is a 1935 American drama film starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton based upon the 1862 Victor Hugo novel of the same name. The movie was adapted by W. P. Lipscomb and directed by Richard Boleslawski. This was the last film for Twentieth Century Pictures before it merged with Fo" }, { "title": "Miss Pacific Fleet", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert", "extract": "Miss Pacific Fleet is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray Enright. The film stars Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, and Hugh Herbert. The film was based on the short story of the same name by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan in the Collier's magazine. It was released by Warner Bros. on December 14, 19" }, { "title": "Mississippi", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Joan Bennett, W. C. Fields", "extract": "Mississippi is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields, and Joan Bennett." }, { "title": "Mister Dynamite", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Action", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Matt McHugh, Esther Ralston", "extract": "Mister Dynamite is a 1935 American action film directed by Alan Crosland and written by Doris Malloy and Harry Clork. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Jean Dixon, Victor Varconi, Esther Ralston, Verna Hillie and Minor Watson. The film was released on April 22, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Moonlight on the Prairie", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "Dick Foran, Sheila Bromley, George E. Stone", "extract": "Moonlight on the Prairie is a 1935 American Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman. It was the first of a Warner Bros. singing cowboy film series with Dick Foran and his Palomino Smoke. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection." }, { "title": "Motive for Revenge", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Donald Cook, Irene Hervey, Doris Lloyd", "extract": "Motive for Revenge is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Burt P. Lynwood, written by Stuart Anthony and starring Donald Cook, Irene Hervey and Doris Lloyd. After being released from prison, a former bank teller imprisoned for embezzlement is suspected of murdering his former wife's new husband" }, { "title": "Murder by Television", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Bela Lugosi, June Collyer", "extract": "Murder by Television (1935) is an American mystery film starring Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, and Huntley Gordon. The film is also known as The Houghland Murder Case. The cast also includes Hattie McDaniel." }, { "title": "Murder in Harlem", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle, Alice B. Russell", "extract": "Murder in Harlem is a 1935 American race film written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, who also appears in the film. He remade his 1921 silent film The Gunsaulus Mystery." }, { "title": "Murder in the Fleet", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Arthur Byron, Una Merkel", "extract": "Murder In the Fleet is a 1935 American murder mystery/comedy-drama film set aboard USS Carolina. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was directed by Edward Sedgwick and stars Robert Taylor and Jean Parker." }, { "title": "The Murder Man", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, William Demarest", "extract": "The Murder Man is a 1935 American crime-drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, and Lionel Atwill, and directed by Tim Whelan. The picture was Tracy's first film in what would be a twenty-year career with MGM. Tracy plays an investigative reporter who specializes in murder cases. The film" }, { "title": "Murder on a Honeymoon", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Edna May Oliver, Leo G. Carroll, Lola Lane", "extract": "Murder on a Honeymoon is a 1935 American mystery film starring Edna May Oliver and James Gleason. This was the third and last time Oliver portrayed astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers; the two previous films were The Penguin Pool Murder (1932) and Murder on the Blackboard (1934). The film was di" }, { "title": "Music Is Magic", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Alice Faye, Bebe Daniels", "extract": "Music Is Magic is a 1935 Fox musical film directed by George Marshall. The movie stars Alice Faye and Bebe Daniels and is based on a play by Jesse Lasky Jr. and Gladys Unger. The movie was Daniels' last American screen appearance." }, { "title": "Mutiny Ahead", "year": 1935, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Neil Hamilton, Kathleen Burke, Leon Ames", "extract": "Mutiny Ahead is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Thomas Atkins and starring Neil Hamilton, Kathleen Burke and Leon Ames." }, { "title": "Mutiny on the Bounty", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone", "extract": "Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1935 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, based on the 1932 Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty." }, { "title": "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Claude Rains, Douglass Montgomery, E. E. Clive", "extract": "The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a 1935 American melodrama film directed by Stuart Walker and based on the unfinished 1870 novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens." }, { "title": "The Mystery Man", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Maxine Doyle", "extract": "The Mystery Man is a 1935 American film directed by Ray McCarey." }, { "title": "Mystery Woman", "year": 1935, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Mona Barrie, Gilbert Roland", "extract": "Mystery Woman is a 1935 American thriller film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Philip MacDonald. The film stars Mona Barrie, Gilbert Roland, John Halliday, Rod La Rocque, Mischa Auer and Billy Bevan. The film was released on January 8, 1935, Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Naughty Marietta", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Elsa Lanchester", "extract": "Naughty Marietta is a 1935 American romantic musical film based on the 1910 operetta of the same name by Victor Herbert. Jeanette MacDonald stars as a princess who flees an arranged marriage. She sails for New Orleans and is rescued from pirates by Captain Richard Warrington." }, { "title": "Navy Wife", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Darwell", "extract": "Navy Wife is a 1935 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Sonya Levien and Edward T. Lowe Jr. It is based on the 1935 novel Beauty's Daughter by Kathleen Norris. The film stars Claire Trevor, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Darwell, Warren Hymer, Ben Lyon and Kathleen Burke. The film was rel" }, { "title": "Nevada", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buster Crabbe, Kathleen Burke", "extract": "Nevada is a 1935 American Western film directed by Charles Barton and written by Garnett Weston and Stuart Anthony. It is based on the 1928 novel Nevada by Zane Grey. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Kathleen Burke, Syd Saylor, Monte Blue, William Duncan and Richard Carle. The film was released on Nove" }, { "title": "Never Too Late", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Thelma White", "extract": "Never Too Late is a 1935 American crime film directed by Bernard B. Ray and stars Richard Talmadge, Thelma White and Robert Frazer." }, { "title": "The New Frontier", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Muriel Evans", "extract": "The New Frontier is a 1935 American Western film starring John Wayne, directed by Carl Pierson for Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "A Night at the Opera", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Marx Brothers, Kitty Carlisle", "extract": "A Night at the Opera is a 1935 American comedy film starring the Marx Brothers, and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, and Walter Woolf King. It was the first of five films the Marx Brothers made under contract for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after their departure from Paramo" }, { "title": "A Night at the Ritz", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "William Gargan, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "A Night at the Ritz is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann and starring William Gargan, Patricia Ellis and Allen Jenkins. The art direction was by Esdras Hartley. The film is of interest because the storyline, involving a con artist trying to profit off an impersonation, somewh" }, { "title": "The Night Is Young", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Romance", "cast": "Ramon Novarro, Evelyn Laye", "extract": "The Night Is Young is a 1935 American romantic musical film starring Ramon Novarro and Evelyn Laye. The film is based on a story written by Vicki Baum and directed by Dudley Murphy." }, { "title": "Night Life of the Gods", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Fantasy", "cast": "Alan Mowbray, Gilbert Emery, Henry Armetta", "extract": "Night Life of the Gods is a 1935 American fantasy film released by Universal Pictures. Based on a 1931 novel by Thorne Smith, the film was directed by Lowell Sherman and starred Alan Mowbray as a scientist who devises a ray that can turn people to stone and bring statues to life." }, { "title": "The Nitwits", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey", "extract": "The Nitwits is a 1935 American comedy film directed by George Stevens from a screenplay written by Fred Guiol and Al Boasberg, based on a story by Stuart Palmer. Released by RKO on June 7, 1935, the film stars the comedy duo of Wheeler & Woolsey, with featured roles being filled by Fred Keating, Bet" }, { "title": "No More Ladies", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Joan Fontaine", "extract": "No More Ladies is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith. The film stars Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery, and co-stars Charlie Ruggles, Franchot Tone, and Edna May Oliver. The screenplay credited to Donald Ogden Stewart and Horace Jackson is based on a stage comedy o" }, { "title": "North of Arizona", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Perrin, Blanche Mehaffey", "extract": "North of Arizona is a 1935 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Perrin, Blanche Mehaffey and Lane Chandler. It was a low-budget B film made by Reliable Pictures." }, { "title": "A Notorious Gentleman", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Helen Vinson", "extract": "A Notorious Gentleman is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Leopold Atlas, Rufus King and Robert Tasker. The film stars Charles Bickford, Helen Vinson, Onslow Stevens, Dudley Digges, Sidney Blackmer and John Darrow. The film was released on January 21, 1935, by Univ" }, { "title": "The Nut Farm", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Betty Alden, Oscar Apfel, Wallace Ford", "extract": "The Nut Farm is a 1935 American film directed by Melville W. Brown, adapted from the John Charles Brownell Broadway play of the same name, which ran for 40 performances from 14 Oct.-Nov. 1929 at the Biltmore Theater. Wallace Ford is the titled star and the only cast-member common to the play and fil" }, { "title": "O'Shaughnessy's Boy", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Leona Maricle, Jackie Cooper", "extract": "O'Shaughnessy's Boy is a 1935 film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and directed by Richard Boleslawski. The picture was partly set in a circus. The cinematographer was James Wong Howe." }, { "title": "Oil for the Lamps of China", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Jean Muir", "extract": "Oil for the Lamps of China is a 1935 drama film starring Pat O'Brien and Josephine Hutchinson. It is based on the novel of the same name by Alice Tisdale Hobart. A man blindly puts his faith in his employer. The film was loosely remade in 1941 as Law of the Tropics." }, { "title": "The Old Homestead", "year": 1935, "genres": "Romance, Musical, Western", "cast": "Mary Carlisle, Lawrence Gray", "extract": "The Old Homestead is a 1935 American romantic western musical film directed by William Nigh." }, { "title": "Old Man Rhythm", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, War", "cast": "Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, George Barbier, Barbara Kent, Grace Bradley", "extract": "Old Man Rhythm is a 1935 American musical film directed by Edward Ludwig from a screenplay by Sig Herzig and Ernest Pagano, based on a story by Herzig, Lewis Gensler, and Don Hartman. The musical director was Roy Webb, with music composed by Lewis Gensler and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film stars " }, { "title": "On Probation", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Monte Blue, Lucile Browne", "extract": "On Probation is a 1935 American drama film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Monte Blue, Lucile Browne and William Bakewell." }, { "title": "Once in a Blue Moon", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jimmy Savo, Cecilia Loftus, George Mitchell", "extract": "" }, { "title": "One Frightened Night", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Horror, Mystery", "cast": "Lucien Littlefield, Mary Carlisle, Regis Toomey", "extract": "One Frightened Night is a 1935 American comedy mystery film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Charley Grapewin, Lucien Littlefield and Mary Carlisle. The film has entered the public domain." }, { "title": "One More Spring", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Jane Darwell", "extract": "One More Spring is a 1935 American comedy drama film about three people, played by Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, and Walter Woolf King, living together in a tool room at Central Park as an alternative to being homeless. The film was written by Edwin J. Burke from the Robert Nathan novel of the same n" }, { "title": "One New York Night", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel", "extract": "One New York Night is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Frank Davis. The film stars Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel, Harvey Stephens, Steffi Duna and Charles Starrett. The film was released on March 3, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on the West En" }, { "title": "One Way Ticket", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lloyd Nolan, Walter Connolly", "extract": "One Way Ticket is a 1935 American crime film directed by Herbert Biberman starring Lloyd Nolan, Peggy Conklin and Walter Connolly. The film is based on the 1934 novel One-Way Ticket by Ethel Turner." }, { "title": "Orchids to You", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Boles, Jean Muir, Charles Butterworth", "extract": "Orchids to You is a 1935 American drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring John Boles, Jean Muir and Charles Butterworth. The screenplay concerns a flower shop owner and a married attorney who begin a romance after meeting in court." }, { "title": "Our Little Girl", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Rosemary Ames, Joel McCrea", "extract": "Our Little Girl is a 1935 American drama, in which Shirley Temple and Joel McCrea play the leading roles. The film was the final work of the veteran director, John S. Robertson." }, { "title": "Outlaw Rule", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Reb Russell, Betty Mack, Al Bridge", "extract": "Outlaw Rule is a 1935 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and starring Reb Russell, Betty Mack and Al Bridge." }, { "title": "The Outlaw Tamer", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lane Chandler, Blanche Mehaffey, George 'Gabby' Hayes", "extract": "The Outlaw Tamer is a 1935 American western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Lane Chandler, Blanche Mehaffey and George 'Gabby' Hayes." }, { "title": "Outlawed Guns", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Roy D'Arcy", "extract": "Outlawed Guns is a 1935 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Buck Jones, Ruth Channing, Frank McGlynn, Sr., Roy D'Arcy, Pat J. O'Brien and Joseph W. Girard. The film was released on July 29, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Pace That Kills", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sheila Bromley, Lois January, Charles Delaney", "extract": "The Pace That Kills is a 1935 American exploitation film directed by William O'Connor. The film, starring Lois January, tells the story of Jane Bradford, who gets involved with a drug dealer and becomes addicted to cocaine. Similar to other movies of the genre, the final film was a reissued work wit" }, { "title": "Page Miss Glory", "year": 1935, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Marion Davies, Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell", "extract": "Page Miss Glory is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring Marion Davies, Pat O'Brien, and Dick Powell. It was based on the play of the same name by Joseph Schrank and Philip Dunning." }, { "title": "Paradise Canyon", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Marion Burns", "extract": "Paradise Canyon is a 1935 Western film starring John Wayne, directed by Carl L. Pierson. The film was Wayne's final Monogram Pictures/Lone Star Production Western. The film was released years later in a colorized version on home video/dvd under the title Guns Along the Trail." }, { "title": "Paris in Spring", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Mary Ellis, Tullio Carminati, Ida Lupino", "extract": "Paris in Spring is a 1935 black and white musical comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone for Paramount Pictures. It is based on a play by Dwight Taylor, with a screen play by Samuel Hoffenstein and Franz Schulz." }, { "title": "Party Wire", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jean Arthur, Victor Jory, Charley Grapewin", "extract": "Party Wire is a 1935 drama film starring Jean Arthur and Victor Jory. It was based on the novel of the same name by Bruce Manning. In a small town, an overheard conversation on a telephone party line results in gossip that causes a great deal of trouble for a young woman and a wealthy man." }, { "title": "The Payoff", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Dunn, Claire Dodd, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "The Payoff is a 1935 American dramatic film directed by Robert Florey. James Dunn stars as a newspaper reporter promoted to the sports desk, but saddled with a wife whose spending habits drive her into a relationship with a blackmailing racketeer." }, { "title": "People Will Talk", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Leila Hyams", "extract": "People Will Talk is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Alfred Santell and written by Herbert Fields. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, Leila Hyams, Dean Jagger, Ruthelma Stevens, and Cecil Cunningham. The film was released on May 24, 1935, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The People's Enemy", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War", "cast": "Melvyn Douglas, Preston Foster, Lila Lee", "extract": "The People's Enemy is a 1935 American crime film directed by Crane Wilbur, from a screenplay by Gordon Kahn and Edward Dean Sullivan, based on Sullivan's story. The film stars Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, and Charles Coburn." }, { "title": "The Perfect Clue", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "David Manners, Betty Blythe", "extract": "The Perfect Clue is a 1935 American comedy crime film produced by Larry Darmour for Majestic Pictures, directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring David Manners, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher and Betty Blythe. The screenplay was written by Albert DeMond based on the story Lawless Honeymoon by Lolita Ann" }, { "title": "The Perfect Gentleman", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Frank Morgan, Cicely Courtneidge, Heather Angel", "extract": "The Perfect Gentleman is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Morgan, Cicely Courtneidge and Heather Angel. It was based on a play by Edward Childs Carpenter. The screenplay concerns the father of a British country vicar, who almost brings scandal on the family when " }, { "title": "Personal Maid's Secret", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Anita Louise", "extract": "Personal Maid's Secret is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Arthur Greville Collins and written by Lillie Hayward and F. Hugh Herbert. The film stars Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Anita Louise, Ruth Donnelly, Arthur Treacher and Frank Albertson. The film was released by Warner Bros. on Octobe" }, { "title": "Peter Ibbetson", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Fantasy", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Ann Harding, Ida Lupino", "extract": "Peter Ibbetson is a 1935 American black-and-white drama/fantasy film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper and Ann Harding. The film is loosely based on the 1891 novel of the same name by George du Maurier. A tale of a love that transcends all obstacles, it relates the story of two you" }, { "title": "Powdersmoke Range", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson", "extract": "Powdersmoke Range is a 1935 black-and-white Western film directed by Wallace Fox starring Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Guinn Williams and Bob Steele. It is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by William Colt MacDonald with characters who would later appear in Republic's The Three Mesquiteers film " }, { "title": "Princess O'Hara", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jean Parker, Chester Morris, Ralph Remley", "extract": "Princess O'Hara is a 1935 American comedy film directed by David Burton and starring Jean Parker, Chester Morris and Leon Errol. The story was re-used for the 1943 Abbott and Costello film It Ain't Hay." }, { "title": "Private Worlds", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Charles Boyer", "extract": "Private Worlds is a 1935 dramatic film which tells the story of the staff and patients at a mental hospital and the chief of the hospital, who has problems dealing with a female psychiatrist. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea, Joan Bennett, and Helen Vinson." }, { "title": "Professional Soldier", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Freddie Bartholomew, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "Professional Soldier is a 1935 adventure film based on a 1931 story by Damon Runyon, \"Gentlemen, the King!\" It stars Victor McLaglen and Freddie Bartholomew. The film was directed by Tay Garnett, and produced by Twentieth Century Fox." }, { "title": "Public Hero No. 1", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, Joseph Calleia", "extract": "Public Hero ﹟1 is a 1935 American crime film starring Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris and Joseph Calleia. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production was directed by J. Walter Ruben." }, { "title": "The Public Menace", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Jean Arthur, George Murphy", "extract": "The Public Menace is a 1935 American black-and-white romantic drama film starring Jean Arthur, George Murphy and Douglass Dumbrille. A newspaper reporter keeps losing and regaining his job due to a manicurist he is persuaded to marry." }, { "title": "Public Opinion", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lois Wilson, Shirley Grey", "extract": "Public Opinion is a 1935 American drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Lois Wilson, Crane Wilbur and Shirley Grey." }, { "title": "Pursuit", "year": 1935, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Chester Morris, Sally Eilers", "extract": "Pursuit is a 1935 American action film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Wells Root. The film stars Chester Morris, Sally Eilers, Scotty Beckett, Henry Travers, C. Henry Gordon and Dorothy Peterson. The film was released on August 9, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Racing Luck", "year": 1935, "genres": "Action", "cast": "William Boyd, Barbara Worth", "extract": "Racing Luck is a 1935 American action film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Joseph O'Donnell and George Wallace Sayre. The film stars William Boyd, Barbara Worth, George Ernest, Esther Muir, Ernest Hilliard and Onest Conley. The film was released on November 19, 1935, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Rainbow's End", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Oscar Apfel, June Gale", "extract": "Rainbow's End is a 1935 American Western film directed by Norval Spencer and starring Hoot Gibson." }, { "title": "Rainbow Valley", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Lucile Browne", "extract": "Rainbow Valley is a 1935 American Western film released by Monogram Pictures, written by Lindsley Parsons, directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne and Gabby Hayes." }, { "title": "The Rainmakers", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "The Rainmakers is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol from a screenplay by Grant Garrett and Leslie Goodwins, based on a story by Guiol and Albert Traynor. RKO Radio Pictures released the film on October 25, 1935, starring the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey and Dorothy Lee." }, { "title": "The Raven", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Horror", "cast": "Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Irene Ware", "extract": "The Raven is a 1935 American horror film directed by Louis Friedlander and starring Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. Billed as having been \"suggested by\" Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem of the same title, excerpts of which are quoted at a few points in the film, it was adapted from an original screenplay " }, { "title": "Reckless", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jean Harlow, William Powell, Rosalind Russell", "extract": "Reckless is a 1935 American musical film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, and May Robson. David O. Selznick wrote the story, using the pseudonym Oliver Jeffries, basing it loosely on the scandal of the 1931 marriage between torch singer Libby Holman" }, { "title": "Reckless Roads", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Judith Allen, Regis Toomey", "extract": "Reckless Roads is a 1935 American drama film directed by Burt P. Lynwood and starring Judith Allen, Regis Toomey and Lloyd Hughes." }, { "title": "The Red Blood of Courage", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "Kermit Maynard, Ann Sheridan", "extract": "Red Blood of Courage is a 1935 American drama film directed by John English from a screenplay by Barry Barringer. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Ann Sheridan, and Reginald Barlow." }, { "title": "Red Hot Tires", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Lyle Talbot, Mary Astor", "extract": "Red Hot Tires is a 1935 American crime drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by D. Ross Lederman, and starring Lyle Talbot and Mary Astor. The plot involves a racing driver (Talbot) falsely accused of murdering a rival driver during a race and his friends' attempts to prove h" }, { "title": "Red Salute", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Young, Purnell Pratt", "extract": "Red Salute is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Young. Based on a story by Humphrey Pearson, the film is about the daughter of a US Army general who becomes involved with a suspected communist agitator." }, { "title": "Redheads on Parade", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "John Boles, Dixie Lee", "extract": "Redheads on Parade is a 1935 American musical film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by Don Hartman and Rian James. The film stars John Boles, Dixie Lee, Jack Haley, Raymond Walburn, Alan Dinehart and Patsy O'Connor. The film was released on August 30, 1935, by 20th Century Fox and produced b" }, { "title": "Remember Last Night?", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Constance Cummings, Robert Young, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Remember Last Night? is a 1935 American mystery comedy film directed by James Whale. The film, based on the novel The Hangover Murders, is about the investigation of the murder of one of a group of friends. The survivors are unable to recall the events of the night of the murder because they were al" }, { "title": "Rendezvous", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Spy, War", "cast": "William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Rendezvous is a 1935 American spy film set in World War I, directed by William K. Howard, starring William Powell and Rosalind Russell and featuring Binnie Barnes, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero and Samuel S. Hinds. Powell plays an American cryptologist who tangles with German spies while falling in lo" }, { "title": "Rendezvous at Midnight", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Valerie Hobson", "extract": "Rendezvous at Midnight is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Ralph Bellamy, Valerie Hobson, Catherine Doucet and Irene Ware. The film was produced and distributed by Hollywood studio Universal Pictures. The film's title was originally intended for Secret of the Cha" }, { "title": "Rescue Squad", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Ralph Forbes, Verna Hillie", "extract": "Rescue Squad is a 1935 American crime film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Ralph Forbes, Verna Hillie and Leon Ames." }, { "title": "The Return of Peter Grimm", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack, Edward Ellis, Donald Meek", "extract": "The Return of Peter Grimm is a 1935 American drama film directed George Nicholls, Jr. from a screenplay by Francis Edward Faragoh based upon the 1911 Broadway play of the same name by David Belasco. Produced by Kenneth Macgowan and released by RKO Radio Pictures on September 13, 1935, it stars Lione" }, { "title": "The Revenge Rider", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Billie Seward", "extract": "The Revenge Rider is a 1935 American Western film directed by David Selman, which stars Tim McCoy, Robert Allen, and Billie Seward." }, { "title": "Riding Wild", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Billie Seward", "extract": "Riding Wild is a 1935 American Western film directed by David Selman, which stars Tim McCoy, Niles Welch, and Billie Seward." }, { "title": "Rio Rattler", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Marion Shilling", "extract": "Rio Rattler is a 1935 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray." }, { "title": "The Right to Live", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Josephine Hutchinson, George Brent, Peggy Wood", "extract": "The Right to Live is a 1935 American drama film directed by William Keighley and starring Josephine Hutchinson, George Brent and Colin Clive. The film was shot at Warner Brothers's Burbank Studios, with sets designed by the art director Esdras Hartley." }, { "title": "Rip Roaring Riley", "year": 1935, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Lloyd Hughes, Marion Burns, Grant Withers", "extract": "Rip Roaring Riley is a 1935 American action film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Elmer Clifton and starring Lloyd Hughes, Marion Burns and Grant Withers. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor. A second feature, it was released in America by Puritan Pictures and in Brita" }, { "title": "Roaring Roads", "year": 1935, "genres": "Action", "cast": "David Sharpe, Gertrude Messinger, Mary Kornman", "extract": "Roaring Roads is a 1935 American action film directed by Charles E. Roberts and Ray Nazarro. It featured three actors from the Our Gang films: David Sharpe, Mary Kornman and Mickey Daniels. It was the second and last film in the series Our Young Friends, the first being Adventurous Knights." }, { "title": "Roberta", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers", "extract": "Roberta is a 1935 American musical film by RKO starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott. It was an adaptation of the 1933 Broadway musical Roberta, which in turn was based on the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller. It was a solid hit, showing a net profit of mor" }, { "title": "Rocky Mountain Mystery", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Ann Sheridan", "extract": "Rocky Mountain Mystery is a 1935 American Western film directed by Charles Barton and starring Randolph Scott, Mrs. Leslie Carter, and Ann Sheridan. Based on an unpublished novel Golden Dreams by Zane Grey, the film is about a mining engineer who teams up with a crusty deputy sheriff to solve a seri" }, { "title": "Romance in Manhattan", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, Francis Lederer, Jimmy Butler", "extract": "Romance in Manhattan is a 1935 American comedy/romance film directed by Stephen Roberts, starring Francis Lederer and Ginger Rogers, and released by RKO Radio Pictures." }, { "title": "Rough Riding Ranger", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Western", "cast": "Rex Lease, Bobby Nelson, Janet Chandler", "extract": "Rough Riding Ranger is a 1935 American Western film directed by Elmer Clifton." }, { "title": "Ruggles of Red Gap", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Western", "cast": "Charles Laughton, Roland Young, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Ruggles of Red Gap is a 1935 American comedy western film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles, and ZaSu Pitts and featuring Roland Young and Leila Hyams. It was based on the best-selling 1915 novel by Harry Leon Wilson, adapted by Humphrey Pearson, wit" }, { "title": "Rumba", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "George Raft, Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick", "extract": "Rumba is a 1935 musical drama film starring George Raft as a Cuban dancer and Carole Lombard as a Manhattan socialite. The movie was directed by Marion Gering and is considered an unsuccessful follow-up to Raft and Lombard's smash hit Bolero the previous year." }, { "title": "Rustler's Paradise", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Harry Carey, Slim Whitaker, Carmen Bailey", "extract": "Rustler's Paradise is a 1935 American western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger and Edmund Cobb. It was produced by the Poverty Row studio Ajax Pictures for release as a second feature. It was later reissued by Astor Pictures in 1947." }, { "title": "The Sagebrush Troubadour", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Barbara Pepper", "extract": "The Sagebrush Troubadour is a 1935 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Barbara Pepper, and Smiley Burnette. Written by Oliver Drake and Joseph F. Poland, the film is about two Texas Rangers traveling undercover as western troubadours in search of the killer of an o" }, { "title": "The Scoundrel", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Noël Coward, Martha Sleeper, Alexander Woollcott", "extract": "The Scoundrel is a 1935 drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and starring Noël Coward, Julie Haydon, Stanley Ridges, Rosita Moreno and Lionel Stander. It was Coward's film debut, aside from a bit role in a silent film. It deals with supernatural redemption in a way rather similar " }, { "title": "Secrets of Chinatown", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery, Thriller", "cast": "Nick Stuart, Lucile Browne, James Flavin", "extract": "Secrets of Chinatown is a 1935 Canadian-American mystery thriller film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Nick Stuart, Lucile Browne and James Flavin." }, { "title": "Seven Keys to Baldpate", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Gene Raymond, Eric Blore", "extract": "Seven Keys to Baldpate is a 1935 film directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy and starring Gene Raymond and Eric Blore. It is one of several filmed versions based on the popular 1913 play." }, { "title": "Shadow of Doubt", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Bruce", "extract": "Shadow of Doubt is a 1935 American mystery film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Wells Root. The film stars Ricardo Cortez as Sim Sturdevant, whose fiance Trenna Plaice is suspected in the murder of movie producer Len Hayworth. Sturdevant's aunt investigates and identifies the real killer." }, { "title": "The Shadow of Silk Lennox", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime, Horror", "cast": "Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Mulhall", "extract": "The Shadow of Silk Lennox is a 1935 American gangster film directed by Ray Kirkwood and Jack Nelson and starring Lon Chaney Jr before his breakthrough into horror films." }, { "title": "Shanghai", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, Charles Boyer, Warner Oland", "extract": "Shanghai is a 1935 film directed by James Flood, produced by Walter Wanger, distributed by Paramount Pictures, and starring Loretta Young and Charles Boyer. The picture's supporting cast features Warner Oland, Alison Skipworth, Charley Grapewin, Olive Tell and Keye Luke, and the running time is 75 m" }, { "title": "She", "year": 1935, "genres": "Adventure, Fantasy", "cast": "Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Nigel Bruce", "extract": "She is a 1935 American film produced by Merian C. Cooper. Based on the 1887 novel of the same name by H. Rider Haggard, the screenplay draws on all the books in the series: the first aforementioned book, She and Allan, The Return of She and Wisdom's Daughter." }, { "title": "She Couldn't Take It", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Walter Connolly, Wallace Ford", "extract": "She Couldn't Take It is a 1935 screwball comedy film made at Columbia Pictures, directed by Tay Garnett, written by C. Graham Baker, Gene Towne and Oliver H.P. Garrett, and starring George Raft and Joan Bennett. It was one of the few comedies Raft made in his career." }, { "title": "She Gets Her Man", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Ward Bond, ZaSu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield", "extract": "She Gets Her Man is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William Nigh and written by Aben Kandel. The film stars ZaSu Pitts, Hugh O'Connell, Helen Twelvetrees, Lucien Littlefield, Edward Brophy, and Warren Hymer. It was released on August 5, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "She Married Her Boss", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Dixon", "extract": "She Married Her Boss is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Claudette Colbert." }, { "title": "Ship Cafe", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Carl Brisson, Arline Judge, Mady Christians", "extract": "Ship Cafe is a 1935 American musical film directed by Robert Florey." }, { "title": "Shipmates Forever", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler", "extract": "Shipmates Forever is a 1935 American musical film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Delmer Daves. Set at the United States Naval Academy, the film stars Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone, Ross Alexander, John Arledge, Eddie Acuff, and Dick Foran. The film was released by Warner Bros. on O" }, { "title": "A Shot in the Dark", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Marion Shilling", "extract": "A Shot in the Dark is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Charles Lamont." }, { "title": "Show Them No Mercy!", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Rochelle Hudson, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Show Them No Mercy! is a 1935 American crime film directed by George Marshall and written by Kubec Glasmon and Henry Lehrman. The film stars Rochelle Hudson, Cesar Romero, Bruce Cabot, Edward Norris, Edward Brophy and Warren Hymer. The film was released on December 6, 1935, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Silk Hat Kid", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Silk Hat Kid is a 1935 American crime film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Edward Eliscu, Lou Breslow and Dore Schary. The film, starring Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, Paul Kelly, Ralf Harolde, William Harrigan and Billy Lee, was released on July 19, 1935, by 20th Century-Fox Film Corporati" }, { "title": "Silent Valley", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Al Bridge", "extract": "Silent Valley is a 1935 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Tom Tyler, Al Bridge and Nancy Deshon." }, { "title": "The Silver Bullet", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Jayne Regan", "extract": "The Silver Bullet is a 1935 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Tom Tyler, Jayne Regan and Lafe McKee." }, { "title": "The Singing Vagabond", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford", "extract": "The Singing Vagabond is a 1935 American Western film directed by Carl Pierson and starring Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, and Smiley Burnette. Written by Oliver Drake and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a cowboy who rides to the rescue when badguys kidnap a beautiful woman." }, { "title": "Skybound", "year": 1935, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Lloyd Hughes, Edward J. Nugent, Lona Andre", "extract": "Skybound is a 1935 American action film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Lloyd Hughes, Edward J. Nugent and Lona Andre. It was produced as an independent second feature on Poverty Row and distributed by Puritan Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor." }, { "title": "Smart Girl", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Ida Lupino, Kent Taylor, Joseph Cawthorn", "extract": "Smart Girl is a 1935 film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring Ida Lupino." }, { "title": "So Red the Rose", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Walter Connolly, Margaret Sullavan, Randolph Scott", "extract": "So Red the Rose is a 1935 American drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Margaret Sullavan, Walter Connolly, and Randolph Scott. The Civil War-era romance is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Stark Young." }, { "title": "Social Error", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Gertrude Messinger, Monte Blue", "extract": "Social Error is a 1935 American crime film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring David Sharpe, Gertrude Messinger and Monte Blue. It was re-released by Astor Pictures in 1948." }, { "title": "Society Doctor", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Virginia Bruce", "extract": "Society Doctor is a 1935 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Taylor, Chester Morris, and Virginia Bruce. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was inspired by an unproduced play by Theodore Reeves." }, { "title": "Society Fever", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Lois Wilson, Guinn Williams, Hedda Hopper", "extract": "Society Fever is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Lois Wilson, Lloyd Hughes and Hedda Hopper. The film entered the public domain in 1964, because its copyright was not renewed." }, { "title": "The Spanish Cape Mystery", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Donald Cook, Helen Twelvetrees", "extract": "The Spanish Cape Mystery is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Donald Cook, Helen Twelvetrees and Berton Churchill. It is based on the novel of the same name featuring the detective Ellery Queen." }, { "title": "Special Agent", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, George Brent", "extract": "Special Agent is a 1935 American drama film directed by William Keighley and starring Bette Davis and George Brent. The screenplay by Laird Doyle and Abem Finkel is based on a story by Martin Mooney. The film was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and released by Warner Bros." }, { "title": "Speed Limited", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Ralph Graves, Evelyn Brent", "extract": "Speed Limited is a 1935 American crime film directed by Albert Herman and starring Evelyn Brent. It was made by the low-budget Poverty Row company Regent Pictures" }, { "title": "Splendor", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Helen Westley", "extract": "Splendor is a 1935 American drama film starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and distributed by United Artists." }, { "title": "Spring Tonic", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Claire Trevor", "extract": "Spring Tonic is a 1935 American comedy film adapted from the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. It was directed by Clyde Bruckman and stars Lew Ayres, Claire Trevor, Walter Woolf King, Jack Haley, ZaSu Pitts and Tala Birell. It was released on April 19, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Square Shooter", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Jacqueline Wells", "extract": "Square Shooter, which was also known under the title Quicksand, is a 1935 American Western film directed by David Selman and starring Tim McCoy, Jacqueline Wells, and Erville Alderson." }, { "title": "Star of Midnight", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Ward Bond", "extract": "Star of Midnight is a 1935 American mystery comedy film directed by Stephen Roberts. William Powell was loaned out to RKO Pictures from MGM to star with Ginger Rogers." }, { "title": "Stars Over Broadway", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, James Melton, Jane Froman", "extract": "Stars Over Broadway is a 1935 American musical film directed by William Keighley, written by Jerry Wald, Julius J. Epstein, & Pat C. Flick, and starring Pat O'Brien, Jane Froman, James Melton, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, and Eddie Conrad. It was released by Warner Bros. on November 23, 1935." }, { "title": "Steamboat Round the Bend", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "Steamboat Round the Bend is a 1935 American comedy film directed by John Ford, released by 20th Century Fox and produced by Fox Film Corporation, based on the 1933 novel of the same name by author Ben Lucien Burman. It was the final film made by star Will Rogers and was released posthumously, a mont" }, { "title": "Stolen Harmony", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Crime", "cast": "George Raft, Ben Bernie, Lloyd Nolan", "extract": "Stolen Harmony is a 1935 American crime film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George Raft, Ben Bernie and Grace Bradley. It is a semi-musical, featuring Big Band numbers. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Stone of Silver Creek", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Noel Francis", "extract": "Stone of Silver Creek is a 1935 American Western film directed by Nick Grinde, written by Earle Snell, and starring Buck Jones, Noel Francis, Niles Welch, Marion Shilling, Peggy Campbell and Murdock MacQuarrie. It was released on April 15, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Storm Over the Andes", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Gene Lockhart, Jack Holt, Antonio Moreno", "extract": "Storm Over the Andes is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Jack Holt, Antonio Moreno and Mona Barrie. The low-budget programmer is set against the backdrop of the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia. A separate Spanish-language version, titled Alas Sobre El Ch" }, { "title": "Stormy", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "Noah Beery Jr., Fred Kohler, J. Farrell MacDonald", "extract": "Stormy is a 1935 American drama film directed by Lew Landers, written by Ben Grauman Kohn and George H. Plympton, and starring Noah Beery, Jr., Jean Rogers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Raymond Hatton, Walter Miller and Fred Kohler. It was released on October 22, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Straight from the Heart", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mary Astor, Roger Pryor, Juanita Quigley", "extract": "Straight from the Heart is a 1935 American drama film directed by Scott R. Beal and starring Mary Astor, Roger Pryor, and Juanita Quigley." }, { "title": "Stranded", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Brent, Kay Francis, Robert Barrat", "extract": "Stranded is a 1935 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Kay Francis, George Brent and Patricia Ellis." }, { "title": "Strangers All", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "May Robson, Preston Foster", "extract": "Strangers All is a 1935 American drama film directed by Charles Vidor from a screenplay by Milton Krims. The film stars May Robson and Preston Foster, and was released by RKO Radio Pictures on April 26, 1935." }, { "title": "Streamline Express", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Victor Jory, Esther Ralston", "extract": "Streamline Express is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Leonard Fields, starring Victor Jory, Evelyn Venable and Esther Ralston, distributed by Mascot Pictures. The film is an adaptation of Twentieth Century, released the previous year, in which Ralph Forbes appears in a similar role." }, { "title": "Suicide Squad", "year": 1935, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Norman Foster, Joyce Compton, Robert Homans", "extract": "Suicide Squad is a 1935 American action film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Norman Foster, Joyce Compton and Robert Homans." }, { "title": "Sunset Range", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Mary Doran", "extract": "Sunset Range is a 1935 American Western film set in modern times directed by Ray McCarey and starring Hoot Gibson. The film received a mostly positive reception, with praise for Gibson's acting and delivery of humor in what was his first western film in two years." }, { "title": "Super-Speed", "year": 1935, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Norman Foster, Florence Rice", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Sweepstake Annie", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marian Nixon, Wera Engels", "extract": "Sweepstake Annie is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William Nigh and starring Tom Brown, Marian Nixon and Wera Engels." }, { "title": "Sweet Music", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Rudy Vallée, Ann Dvorak, Helen Morgan", "extract": "Sweet Music is a 1935 American musical film directed by Alfred E. Green, written by Jerry Wald, Carl Erickson and Warren Duff, and starring Rudy Vallée, Ann Dvorak, Ned Sparks, Helen Morgan, Robert Armstrong and Allen Jenkins. It was released by Warner Bros. on February 23, 1935." }, { "title": "Sweet Surrender", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Frank Parker, Tamara Drasin", "extract": "Sweet Surrender is a 1935 American musical film directed by Monte Brice, written by Charles Beahan and John V.A. Weaver, and starring Frank Parker, Tamara, Helen Lynd, Russ Brown, Arthur Pierson and Otis Sheridan. It was released on December 1, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Swellhead", "year": 1935, "genres": "Sports, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Wallace Ford, Barbara Kent", "extract": "Swellhead is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Wallace Ford, Dickie Moore and Barbara Kent." }, { "title": "Sylvia Scarlett", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Adventure, Romance", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn", "extract": "Sylvia Scarlett is a 1935 American romantic comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, based on The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett, a 1918 novel by Compton MacKenzie. Directed by George Cukor, it was notorious as one of the most famous unsuccessful movies of the 1930s. Hepb" }, { "title": "Symphony of Living", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Evelyn Brent, Al Shean", "extract": "Symphony of Living is a 1935 American film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Evelyn Brent." }, { "title": "A Tale of Two Cities", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris. The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton and Elizabeth Allan as Lucie Manette. The supporting players include Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Luc" }, { "title": "Texas Jack", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Perrin, Jayne Regan", "extract": "Texas Jack is a 1935 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Jack Perrin, Jayne Regan and Nelson McDowell." }, { "title": "Texas Terror", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western, Romance", "cast": "John Wayne, Lucile Brown", "extract": "Texas Terror is a 1935 American Monogram romantic Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, George \"Gabby\" Hayes and Lucile Brown." }, { "title": "Thanks a Million", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Raymond Walburn, Patsy Kelly", "extract": "Thanks a Million is a 1935 musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It stars Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak and Fred Allen, and features Patsy Kelly, David Rubinoff and Paul Whiteman and his band with singer/pianist Ramona. The script by Nunnally Johnson was base" }, { "title": "This Is the Life", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jane Withers, Sally Blane", "extract": "This Is the Life is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Lamar Trotti and Arthur T. Horman. The film stars Jane Withers, John McGuire, Sally Blane, Sidney Toler, Gloria Roy and Gordon Westcott. The film was released on October 18, 1935, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Three Kids and a Queen", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "May Robson, Henry Armetta", "extract": "Three Kids and a Queen is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig, written by Samuel Ornitz and Barry Trivers, and starring May Robson, Henry Armetta, Herman Bing, Frankie Darro, Bill Burrud and William \"Billy\" Benedict. It was released on October 21, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Three Musketeers", "year": 1935, "genres": "Adventure, Action", "cast": "Paul Lukas, Walter Abel, Heather Angel", "extract": "The Three Musketeers is a 1935 film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Walter Abel, Heather Angel, Ian Keith, Margot Grahame, and Paul Lukas. It is the first English-language talking picture version of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Three Musketeers." }, { "title": "The Throwback", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Muriel Evans", "extract": "The Throwback is a 1935 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor, written by Frances Guihan, and starring Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Bryant Washburn, Eddie Phillips and Paul Fix. It was released on October 1, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Thunder in the Night", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, Paul Cavanagh", "extract": "Thunder in the Night is a 1935 American crime film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Frances Hyland and Eugene Solow. It is based on the 1934 play A Woman Lies by Ladislas Fodor. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, Paul Cavanagh, Una O'Connor, Gene Lockhart and John Qualen. The fil" }, { "title": "Thunder Mountain", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Frances Grant", "extract": "Thunder Mountain is a 1935 American Western film directed by David Howard, written by Daniel Jarrett and Don Swift, and starring George O'Brien, Barbara Fritchie, Frances Grant, Morgan Wallace, George \"Gabby\" Hayes and Edward LeSaint. It is based on the novel Thunder Mountain by Zane Grey. The film " }, { "title": "Times Square Lady", "year": 1935, "genres": "Romance, Musical, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Virginia Bruce, Pinky Tomlin", "extract": "Times Square Lady is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Taylor, Virginia Bruce and Helen Twelvetrees. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "To Beat the Band", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Hugh Herbert, Roger Pryor, Helen Broderick", "extract": "To Beat the Band is a 1935 American romantic comedy directed by Benjamin Stoloff using a screenplay by Rian James based on a story by George Marion, Jr. The film stars Hugh Herbert, Helen Broderick, Roger Pryor, and Fred Keating, and features Johnny Mercer in a small role. Baritone Ronald Graham was" }, { "title": "Together We Live", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Esther Ralston, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Together We Live is a 1935 drama film distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film was directed by Willard Mack. The film's events are related to the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike. Two starring actors were dead at the time of release which led to them receiving lower billing, including Mack who di" }, { "title": "Toll of the Desert", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Fred Kohler, Betty Mack, Roger Williams", "extract": "Toll of the Desert is a 1935 American western film directed by William Berke and starring Fred Kohler, Jr., Betty Mack, and Roger Williams." }, { "title": "Too Tough to Kill", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Victor Jory, Sally O'Neil, Johnny Arthur", "extract": "Too Tough to Kill is a 1935 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Victor Jory." }, { "title": "Top Hat", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Dance", "cast": "Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "Top Hat is a 1935 American musical screwball comedy film in which Fred Astaire plays an American tap dancer named Jerry Travers, who comes to London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick. He meets and attempts to impress Dale Tremont to win her affection. The film also features Eric Blore as" }, { "title": "Trails End", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Conway Tearle, Claudia Dell, Fred Kohler", "extract": "Trails End is a 1935 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Conway Tearle, Claudia Dell and Fred Kohler. It is based on a story by James Oliver Curwood. It was given a subsequent release by Astor Pictures following World War II." }, { "title": "Transient Lady", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Gene Raymond, Henry Hull, Frances Drake", "extract": "Transient Lady is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Buzzell, written by Edward Buzzell, Arthur Caesar and Harvey F. Thew, and starring Gene Raymond, Henry Hull, Frances Drake, June Clayworth, Clark Williams and Edward Ellis. It was released on March 4, 1935, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Traveling Saleslady", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, William Gargan", "extract": "Traveling Saleslady is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. It was released by Warner Bros. on March 28, 1935. It is one of five films by Warner Bros. where Farrell and Blondell were paired as two blonde bombshells. The other films includ" }, { "title": "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Lucile Browne", "extract": "Tumbling Tumbleweeds is a 1935 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Lucile Browne. Written by Ford Beebe, the film is about a cowboy who returns home after a five-year absence to find his father murdered and his boyhood pal accused of the dastar" }, { "title": "Two-Fisted", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Gail Patrick", "extract": "Two-Fisted is a 1935 American comedy film directed by James Cruze, written by Sam Hellman, Francis Martin and Eddie Moran, and starring Lee Tracy, Roscoe Karns, Gail Patrick, Kent Taylor, Grace Bradley and Billy Lee. The film was released on October 4, 1935, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Two for Tonight", "year": 1935, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland", "extract": "Two for Tonight is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Joan Bennett, and Mary Boland. Based on the play Two for Tonight by J. O. Lief and Max Lief, the film is about a songwriter who composes a full-length theatrical piece within a few days." }, { "title": "Two Sinners", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Otto Kruger, Martha Sleeper", "extract": "Two Sinners is a 1935 film directed by Arthur Lubin." }, { "title": "Twenty Dollars a Week", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "James Murray, Dorothy Revier, William Worthington", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Unconquered Bandit", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, William Gould", "extract": "Unconquered Bandit is a 1935 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Lillian Gilmore and Slim Whitaker. The film is a remake of Dynamite Ranch (1932)," }, { "title": "Under Pressure", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Charles Bickford", "extract": "Under Pressure is a 1935 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh, written by Borden Chase, Lester Cole and Noel Pierce, and starring Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Florence Rice, Marjorie Rambeau, Charles Bickford and Sig Ruman. It was released on February 1, 1935, by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "Under the Pampas Moon", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Ketti Gallian, Jack La Rue", "extract": "Under the Pampas Moon, also known as The Gaucho, is a 1935 American Western film directed by James Tinling and starring Warner Baxter and Ketti Gallian. Baxter plays an Argentine gaucho. Rita Hayworth also had an early role in the film. The film has been cited as a \"ludicrously dated essay into Sout" }, { "title": "Unknown Woman", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Marian Marsh", "extract": "Unknown Woman is a 1935 American drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Richard Cromwell, Marian Marsh and Douglass Dumbrille." }, { "title": "The Unwelcome Stranger", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Holt, Mona Barrie, Ralph Morgan", "extract": "The Unwelcome Stranger is a 1935 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Jack Holt, Mona Barrie, and Ralph Morgan. It was released on April 20, 1935." }, { "title": "Vagabond Lady", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Young, Evelyn Venable, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Vagabond Lady is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and written by Frank Butler. The film stars Robert Young and Evelyn Venable. The film was released on May 3, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Vanessa: Her Love Story", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery, Otto Kruger", "extract": "Vanessa: Her Love Story is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by William K. Howard, starring Robert Montgomery, Helen Hayes, and May Robson. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was based on the 1933 novel Vanessa by Hugh Walpole. The film premiered on 1 March 1935." }, { "title": "Village Tale", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Kay Johnson, Robert Barrat", "extract": "Village Tale is a 1935 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Randolph Scott, Kay Johnson, Arthur Hohl, and Robert Barrat. The screenplay by Allan Scott was adapted from author and scenarist Phil Stong in his 1934 novel of the same name. Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, it was rel" }, { "title": "The Virginia Judge", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Marsha Hunt, Walter C. Kelly", "extract": "The Virginia Judge is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Sedgwick, written by Frank R. Adams and Inés López, and starring Walter C. Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Stepin Fetchit, Johnny Downs, Robert Cummings and Virginia Hammond. It was released on September 17, 1935, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Wagon Trail", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger, Edward Norris", "extract": "Wagon Trail is a 1935 American western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger and Edward Norris. It was produced as an independent second feature in Hollywood's Poverty Row. It was re-released by Astor Pictures in 1948." }, { "title": "Wanderer of the Wasteland", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dean Jagger, Gail Patrick", "extract": "Wanderer of the Wasteland is a 1935 American Western film directed by Otho Lovering and written by Stuart Anthony. It is based on the 1923 novel Wanderer of the Wasteland by Zane Grey. The film stars Dean Jagger, Gail Patrick, Edward Ellis, Monte Blue, Buster Crabbe and Trixie Friganza. The film was" }, { "title": "Waterfront Lady", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Ann Rutherford, Frank Albertson, Ward Bond", "extract": "Waterfront Lady is a 1935 American film directed by Joseph Santley." }, { "title": "Way Down East", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Henry Fonda, Rochelle Hudson, Margaret Hamilton", "extract": "Way Down East is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by Henry King and starring Rochelle Hudson, Henry Fonda, Slim Summerville, Margaret Hamilton, Andy Devine and Spring Byington. It was released by 20th Century Fox and produced by Fox Film Corporation." }, { "title": "The Wedding Night", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, Helen Vinson", "extract": "The Wedding Night is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Gary Cooper and Anna Sten. Written by Edith Fitzgerald and based on a story by Edwin H. Knopf, the film is about a financially strapped novelist who returns to his country home in Connecticut looking for ins" }, { "title": "Welcome Home", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Dunn, Arline Judge", "extract": "Welcome Home is a 1935 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring James Dunn, Arline Judge, Raymond Walburn, Rosina Lawrence, William Frawley and Charles Sellon. Written by Marion Orth and Paul Gerard Smith, the film was released on August 9, 1935, by 20th Century-Fox Film Corporati" }, { "title": "We're in the Money", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert", "extract": "We're in the Money is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright. It was released by Warner Bros. on August 17, 1935. The film stars Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell and is one of five Warner Bros. films in which they were paired as blonde bombshell comedy duo. The other films incl" }, { "title": "We're Only Human", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Preston Foster, Jane Wyatt", "extract": "We're Only Human is a 1935 American drama film directed by James Flood from a screenplay by Rian James. Starring Preston Foster, Jane Wyatt, and James Gleason, it was released by RKO Radio Pictures on December 27, 1935." }, { "title": "Werewolf of London", "year": 1935, "genres": "Horror, Science Fiction", "cast": "Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson", "extract": "Werewolf of London is a 1935 horror film directed by Stuart Walker and starring Henry Hull as the titular werewolf. The supporting cast includes Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, Lester Matthews, and Spring Byington. Jack Pierce, who is best known for creating the iconic makeup worn by Boris Karloff in " }, { "title": "West Point of the Air", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Wallace Beery, Rosalind Russell", "extract": "West Point of the Air is a 1935 American drama film directed by Richard Rosson and starring Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Rosalind Russell, and Robert Taylor. The screenplay concerns pilot training in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the early 1930s." }, { "title": "Western Courage", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Geneva Mitchell", "extract": "Western Courage is a 1935 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Ken Maynard, Geneva Mitchell and Charles K. French." }, { "title": "Western Frontier", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Lucile Browne", "extract": "Western Frontier is a 1935 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Nate Gatzert. The film stars Ken Maynard, Lucile Browne, Nora Lane, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Frank Yaconelli and Otis Harlan. The film was released on August 7, 1935, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Westward Ho", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Hank Bell", "extract": "Westward Ho is a 1935 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury. It stars John Wayne and Sheila Bromley, with Yakima Canutt in a supporting role. Released by the recently created Republic Pictures, it was produced by Paul Malvern who had previously released his John Wayne Lone Star Wester" }, { "title": "What Price Crime", "year": 1935, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Virginia Cherrill", "extract": "What Price Crime or What Price Crime? is a 1935 American crime film directed by Albert Herman and starring Charles Starrett, Noel Madison and Virginia Cherrill." }, { "title": "When a Man's a Man", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Dorothy Wilson", "extract": "When a Man's a Man is a 1935 American Western film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Frank Mitchell Dazey and Agnes Christine Johnston. The film stars George O'Brien, Dorothy Wilson, Paul Kelly, Harry Woods, Jimmy Butler and Richard Carlyle. The film was released on February 15, 1935, by Fo" }, { "title": "While the Patient Slept", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "While the Patient Slept is a 1935 comedy murder mystery film directed by Ray Enright starring Aline MacMahon as a nurse/crime sleuth and Guy Kibbee as her boyfriend and police detective. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Mignon G. Eberhart." }, { "title": "Whipsaw", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Crime", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, John Qualen", "extract": "Whipsaw is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy. Written by Howard Emmett Rogers, based on a story by James Edward Grant, the film is about a government agent working undercover traveling across the country with an unsuspecting woman, hoping " }, { "title": "Whispering Smith Speaks", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western, Action, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Irene Ware", "extract": "Whispering Smith Speaks is a 1935 American action film directed by David Howard and written by Daniel Jarrett, Don Swift, Rex Taylor and Gilbert Wright. The film stars George O'Brien, Irene Ware, Kenneth Thomson, Maude Allen, Spencer Charters and Victor Potel. The film was released on December 20, 1" }, { "title": "The White Cockatoo", "year": 1935, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Jean Muir, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "The White Cockatoo is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Jean Muir, Ricardo Cortez and Ruth Donnelly. It was based on the 1933 novel of the same name by Mignon G. Eberhart. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection." }, { "title": "White Lies", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Victor Jory, Fay Wray, Walter Connolly", "extract": "White Lies is a 1934 American crime film directed by Leo Bulgakov and starring Victor Jory, Fay Wray, and Walter Connolly." }, { "title": "The Whole Town's Talking", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Byron", "extract": "The Whole Town's Talking is a 1935 American comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson as a law-abiding man who bears a striking resemblance to a killer, with Jean Arthur as his love interest. It was directed by John Ford from a screenplay by Jo Swerling and Robert Riskin based on a story by W.R. Burne" }, { "title": "Wings in the Dark", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Matt McHugh", "extract": "Wings in the Dark is a 1935 film directed by James Flood and starring Myrna Loy and Cary Grant and focusing on a daring woman aviator and an inventor thrust into a desperate situation. Wings in the Dark was produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. The film was the first that Loy and Grant made together, alt" }, { "title": "The Winning Ticket", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Louise Fazenda", "extract": "The Winning Ticket is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Leo Carrillo, Louise Fazenda, and Ted Healy. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Without Children", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marguerite Churchill, Bruce Cabot, Evelyn Brent", "extract": "Without Children, also known as Penthouse Party, is a 1935 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Marguerite Churchill, Bruce Cabot and Evelyn Brent." }, { "title": "Without Regret", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Elissa Landi, Paul Cavanagh, Frances Drake", "extract": "Without Regret is a 1935 American drama film directed by Harold Young and starring Elissa Landi, Paul Cavanagh and Frances Drake. It also features an early appearance by David Niven." }, { "title": "Wolf Riders", "year": 1935, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Perrin, Lafe McKee", "extract": "Wolf Riders is a 1935 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Perrin, Lillian Gilmore and Lafe McKee." }, { "title": "The Woman in Red", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Genevieve Tobin, Gene Raymond", "extract": "The Woman in Red is a 1935 American drama film directed by Robert Florey and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Gene Raymond. Based on the novel North Shore by Wallace Irwin, the film is about a woman equestrian who meets and falls in love with a traveling polo player from a once wealthy family. After th" }, { "title": "Woman Wanted", "year": 1935, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Joel McCrea, Louis Calhern", "extract": "Woman Wanted is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Maureen O'Sullivan and Joel McCrea. Written by Leonard Fields and David Silverstein, the film is about a woman wrongly convicted of murder who escapes with the help of a young lawyer who hides her from the poli" }, { "title": "Women Must Dress", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Minna Gombell, Lenita Lane", "extract": "Women Must Dress is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Minna Gombell and Gavin Gordon. It was produced and co-written by the former silent film actress Dorothy Davenport, who had been working as a producer since the death of her husband Wallace Reid in 1923" }, { "title": "Your Uncle Dudley", "year": 1935, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson, John McGuire", "extract": "Your Uncle Dudley is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Allen Birkin, Joseph Hoffman and Dore Schary. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson, John McGuire, Rosina Lawrence, Alan Dinehart and Marjorie Gateson. The film was released on December 13, 1935, by " }, { "title": "13 Hours by Air", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Brian Donlevy", "extract": "13 Hours by Air is a 1936 drama film made by Paramount Pictures and directed by Mitchell Leisen. The film stars Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Kenyon Nicholson and Bogart Rogers, based on story Wild Wings by Rogers and Frank Mitchell Dazey. 13 Hours by Air was also th" }, { "title": "15 Maiden Lane", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero, Lloyd Nolan", "extract": "15 Maiden Lane is a 1936 American crime film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero, and Lloyd Nolan. The plot involves an insurance investigator (Trevor) who infiltrates a gang who had stolen jewels from the eponymous building on Maiden Lane in the Fulton Street District of" }, { "title": "36 Hours to Kill", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Brian Donlevy, Gloria Stuart, Warren Hymer", "extract": "36 Hours to Kill is a 1936 American drama film directed by Eugene Forde, written by Lou Breslow and John Patrick, and starring Brian Donlevy, Gloria Stuart, Douglas Fowley, Isabel Jewell, Stepin Fetchit and Julius Tannen. It is based on the short story \"Across the Aisle\" by W. R. Burnett. The film w" }, { "title": "Absolute Quiet", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Lionel Atwill, Raymond Walburn, Irene Hervey", "extract": "Absolute Quiet is a 1936 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Harry Clork. The film stars Lionel Atwill, Irene Hervey, Raymond Walburn, Stuart Erwin, Ann Loring and Louis Hayward. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, it was released on April 24, 1936, and distributed by Loew's In" }, { "title": "The Accusing Finger", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Paul Kelly, Kent Taylor, Marsha Hunt", "extract": "The Accusing Finger is a 1936 American drama film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Madeleine Ruthven, Brian Marlow, John Bright and Robert Tasker. The film stars Paul Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Kent Taylor, Robert Cummings, Harry Carey, Bernadene Hayes and Joe Sawyer. The film was released on Octo" }, { "title": "Aces and Eights", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Luana Walters, Rex Lease", "extract": "Aces and Eights is a 1936 American film, a Puritan Pictures production directed by Sam Newfield." }, { "title": "Aces Wild", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger", "extract": "Aces Wild is a 1936 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger and Theodore Lorch." }, { "title": "Adventure in Manhattan", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Thriller, War", "cast": "Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen", "extract": "Adventure in Manhattan is a 1936 American screwball comedy thriller film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea. The screenplay was written by Sidney Buchman, Harry Sauber, Jack Kirkland, and John Howard Lawson. The story was written by Joseph Krumgold, suggested by the n" }, { "title": "After the Thin Man", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart", "extract": "After the Thin Man is a 1936 American murder mystery comedy film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and James Stewart. A sequel to the 1934 feature The Thin Man, the film presents Powell and Loy as Dashiell Hammett's characters Nick and Nora Charles. The film also feat" }, { "title": "Alibi for Murder", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "William Gargan, Marguerite Churchill", "extract": "Alibi for Murder is a 1936 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring William Gargan, Marguerite Churchill and Gene Morgan." }, { "title": "All American Chump", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Betty Furness, Edmund Gwenn", "extract": "All American Chump is a 1936 American comedy film produced by MGM, directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Lawrence Kimble. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Robert Armstrong, Betty Furness, Edmund Gwenn and Harvey Stephens." }, { "title": "Along Came Love", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Irene Hervey, H. B. Warner, Charles Starrett", "extract": "Along Came Love is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Bert Lytell and written by Arthur Caesar. The film stars Irene Hervey, Charles Starrett, Doris Kenyon, H. B. Warner, Irene Franklin and Bernadene Hayes. The film was released on November 6, 1936, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Ambush Valley", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Custer, Victoria Vinton", "extract": "Ambush Valley is a 1936 American Western directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Bob Custer and Victoria Vinton. It was produced by Ray and Harry S. Webb for Reliable Pictures." }, { "title": "And So They Were Married", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Mary Astor, Melvyn Douglas, Edith Fellows", "extract": "And So They Were Married is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent that features Melvyn Douglas and Mary Astor. The film was released by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "And Sudden Death", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Frances Drake", "extract": "And Sudden Death is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Barton and written by Joseph Moncure March. The film stars Randolph Scott, Frances Drake, and Tom Brown; with supporting actors Billy Lee, Fuzzy Knight, Terry Walker and Porter Hall. The film was released on June 16, 1936, by Paramou" }, { "title": "Anthony Adverse", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Romance, Historical", "cast": "Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise, Edmund Gwenn", "extract": "Anthony Adverse is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Hervey Allen's 1933 historical novel, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at " }, { "title": "Anything Goes", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Ida Lupino", "extract": "Anything Goes is a 1936 American musical film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles and Ida Lupino. Based on the 1934 stage musical Anything Goes by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, the stage version contains songs by Cole Porter." }, { "title": "Arizona Mahoney", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Joe Cook, Robert Cummings, June Martel", "extract": "Arizona Mahoney is a 1936 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Stuart Anthony and Robert Yost. The film stars Joe Cook, Robert Cummings, June Martel, Buster Crabbe, Marjorie Gateson and John Miljan. It is based on the short story \"Stairs of Sand\" by Zane Grey. The film was" }, { "title": "The Arizona Raiders", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buster Crabbe, Raymond Hatton, Marsha Hunt", "extract": "The Arizona Raiders is a 1936 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Buster Crabbe and Marsha Hunt. It was based on a Zane Grey novel and released by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "August Weekend", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Valerie Hobson, Paul Harvey", "extract": "August Weekend or August Week End or Week-End Madness is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Valerie Hobson, Paul Harvey and G. P. Huntley. The screenplay was adapted by Paul Perez from a story by Faith Baldwin. It was produced by Chesterfield Motion Pictures and distr" }, { "title": "Avenging Waters", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Beth Marion, Ward Bond", "extract": "Avenging Waters is a 1936 Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Ken Maynard, Beth Marion, Ward Bond and John Elliott. It was written by Nate Gatzert." }, { "title": "Back to Nature", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Dixie Dunbar", "extract": "Back to Nature is a 1936 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Dixie Dunbar. It is part of the Jones Family series of films." }, { "title": "Banjo on My Knee", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan", "extract": "Banjo on My Knee is a 1936 American musical comedy-drama film directed by John Cromwell. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording." }, { "title": "Below the Deadline", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Cecilia Parker, Russell Hopton, Theodore von Eltz", "extract": "Below the Deadline is a 1936 American film directed by Charles Lamont." }, { "title": "Beloved Enemy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, David Niven", "extract": "Beloved Enemy is a 1936 American drama film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, and David Niven. It was loosely based on the life of Michael Collins." }, { "title": "Bengal Tiger", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Barton MacLane, June Travis", "extract": "Bengal Tiger is a 1936 American drama film directed by Louis King and starring Barton MacLane, June Travis and Warren Hull. The plot closely resembles that of the 1932 film Tiger Shark." }, { "title": "Beware of Ladies", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Donald Cook, Judith Allen", "extract": "Beware of Ladies is a 1936 American crime film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Donald Cook, Judith Allen and George Meeker. A female newspaper reporter is sent by her editor to cover a political contest between a naïve newcomer and a seasoned and corrupt veteran." }, { "title": "Beyond the Caribbean", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "André Roosevelt, Carol Jeffries", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Big Broadcast of 1937", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen", "extract": "The Big Broadcast of 1937 is a 1936 Paramount Pictures production directed by Mitchell Leisen, and is the third in the series of Big Broadcast movies. The musical comedy stars Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross, Ray Milland, Benny Fields, Frank Forest and th" }, { "title": "Big Brown Eyes", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery, Crime", "cast": "Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "Big Brown Eyes is a 1936 American crime comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Cary Grant and Joan Bennett." }, { "title": "The Big Game", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "James Gleason, Bruce Cabot, June Travis", "extract": "The Big Game is a 1936 American sports drama film directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and produced by RKO Radio Pictures, which released the film on October 9, 1936. The screenplay was written by Irwin Shaw, adapted from the 1936 novel of the same name by Francis Wallace. The film stars Philip Huston, " }, { "title": "The Big Noise", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Guy Kibbee, Warren Hull, Alma Lloyd", "extract": "The Big Noise is a 1936 American romantic–comedy crime film directed by Frank McDonald. It starred Guy Kibbee, Warren Hull, Alma Lloyd, Dick Foran, Marie Wilson, and Henry O'Neill." }, { "title": "The Big Show", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "Gene Autry, Sons of the Pioneers", "extract": "The Big Show is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring Gene Autry, Kay Hughes, and Smiley Burnette. Written by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a singing cowboy who confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double at the Texas Centenn" }, { "title": "Black Gold", "year": 1936, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Frankie Darro, Gloria Shea", "extract": "Black Gold is a 1936 American action film directed by Russell Hopton and starring Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason and Gloria Shea." }, { "title": "Blackmailer", "year": 1936, "genres": "Thriller, Comedy", "cast": "William Gargan, Florence Rice, H. B. Warner", "extract": "Blackmailer is a 1936 American comedy thriller film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring William Gargan, Florence Rice, and H.B. Warner. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "The Bohemian Girl", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd", "extract": "The Bohemian Girl is a 1936 comedic feature film version of the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe. Directed by James W. Horne and Charles Rogers, and it was produced at the Hal Roach Studios, and stars Laurel and Hardy, and Thelma Todd in her final film role. This was also the only ap" }, { "title": "The Bold Caballero", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure, Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Heather Angel, Sig Ruman", "extract": "The Bold Caballero is a 1936 American Western film written and directed by Wells Root. It is based on the character Zorro, created by Johnston McCulley. The characters Don Alejandro Vega and Bernardo are notably absent. Native American stars include Chief Thundercloud as Don Diego Vega/Zorro's aide " }, { "title": "Border Caballero", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Lois January", "extract": "Border Caballero is a 1936 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield." }, { "title": "Border Flight", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Frances Farmer, John Howard, Grant Withers", "extract": "Border Flight is a 1936 American aviation drama film directed by Otho Lovering and written by Stuart Anthony, Arthur J. Beckhard and Ewing Scott. The film stars Frances Farmer, John Howard, Roscoe Karns, Robert Cummings, Grant Withers and Samuel S. Hinds. Border flight was based on the exploits of t" }, { "title": "The Border Patrolman", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Polly Ann Young, Mary Doran", "extract": "The Border Patrolman is a 1936 American Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien." }, { "title": "Born to Dance", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, War", "cast": "Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce", "extract": "Born to Dance is an American musical film starring Eleanor Powell and James Stewart, directed by Roy Del Ruth and released in 1936 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The score was composed by Cole Porter." }, { "title": "Born to Fight", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Frankie Darro, Jack La Rue, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Born to Fight is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Hutchison from a screenplay by Stephen Norris, based on the short story, \"To Him Who Dares\" by Peter B. Kyne. The film stars Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, and Jack LaRue." }, { "title": "The Boss Rider of Gun Creek", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Muriel Evans", "extract": "The Boss Rider of Gun Creek is a 1936 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark, Alphonse Ethier, Tom Chatterton and Josef Swickard. The film was released on December 1, 1936, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Boulder Dam", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ross Alexander, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "Boulder Dam is a 1936 American drama film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Sy Bartlett and Ralph Block. The film stars Ross Alexander, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot, Eddie Acuff, Henry O'Neill and Egon Brecher. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 7, 1936." }, { "title": "The Bride Walks Out", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Hattie McDaniel", "extract": "The Bride Walks Out is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, and Robert Young. Based on an original story by Howard Emmett Rogers, the film is about a woman forced to give up her job as a fashion model by her new husband. Unable to " }, { "title": "Brides Are Like That", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ross Alexander, Anita Louise", "extract": "Brides Are Like That is a 1936 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann and written by Ben Markson. The film stars Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Joseph Cawthorn, Kathleen Lockhart, Gene Lockhart and Dick Purcell. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 18, 1936." }, { "title": "The Bridge of Sighs", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Onslow Stevens, Dorothy Tree, Walter Byron", "extract": "The Bridge of Sighs is a 1936 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Onslow Stevens, Dorothy Tree and Jack La Rue." }, { "title": "Brilliant Marriage", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Marsh, Hugh Marlowe, Inez Courtney", "extract": "Brilliant Marriage is a 1936 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Joan Marsh, Ray Walker and Inez Courtney." }, { "title": "Bulldog Edition", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Evalyn Knapp, Ray Walker", "extract": "Bulldog Edition is a 1936 American film directed by Charles Lamont. The film is also known as Lady Reporter in the United Kingdom." }, { "title": "Bullets or Ballots", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "Bullets or Ballots is a 1936 American gangster film starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, and Humphrey Bogart. Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang. This is the first of several films featuring both Robinson and Bogart." }, { "title": "Bunker Bean", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Owen Davis, Louise Latimer, Lucille Ball", "extract": "Bunker Bean is a 1936 American black-and-white comedy film adapted from a novel by Harry Leon Wilson and the subsequent play adapted by Lee Wilson Dodd. It was directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy, produced by William Sistrom, and starred Owen Davis, Jr. as the title character. The cast inc" }, { "title": "Burning Gold", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "William Boyd, Judith Allen", "extract": "Burning Gold is a 1936 American drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring William Boyd, Judith Allen and Lloyd Ingraham. It is a modern-day western about a World War I veteran who becomes a wildcat prospector for oil and enjoys a major strike." }, { "title": "Cain and Mabel", "year": 1936, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "Cain and Mabel is a 1936 romantic comedy film designed as a vehicle for Marion Davies in which she co-stars with Clark Gable. The story had been filmed before, in 1924, by William Randolph Hearst's production company, Cosmopolitan, as a silent called The Great White Way, starring Anita Stewart and O" }, { "title": "California Mail", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dick Foran, Edmund Cobb", "extract": " California Mail is a 1936 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Roy Chanslor and Harold Buckley. The film stars Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Edmund Cobb, Milton Kibbee, Tom Brower and James Farley. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 14, 1936. It was the fourth o" }, { "title": "Call of the Prairie", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "William Boyd, Muriel Evans", "extract": "Call of the Prairie is a 1936 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Doris Schroeder and Vernon Smith. The film stars William Boyd, James Ellison, Muriel Evans, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Chester Conklin, Al Bridge and Willie Fung. The film was released on March 6, 1936, by Pa" }, { "title": "Camille", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore", "extract": "Camille is a 1936 American romantic drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by George Cukor, and produced by Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoë Akins, and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1848 novel and 1852 play La dame aux camélias by Alexa" }, { "title": "Can This Be Dixie?", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jane Withers, Slim Summerville, Hattie McDaniel", "extract": "Can This Be Dixie? is a 1936 American film featuring child star Jane Withers." }, { "title": "Captain Calamity", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure, Romance", "cast": "George Houston, Marian Nixon, Vince Barnett", "extract": "Captain Calamity is a 1936 American South Seas adventure film directed by John Reinhardt and starring George Houston released by Grand National Pictures. It was filmed in an early colour process called Hirlicolor at Talisman Studios and Santa Catalina Island, California." }, { "title": "Captain January", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Buddy Ebsen, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Captain January is a 1936 American musical comedy-drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend is based on the 1890 children's book of the same name by Laura E. Richards. The film stars Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, and Sara Haden." }, { "title": "The Captain's Kid", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "May Robson, Sybil Jason, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "The Captain's Kid is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Tom Reed. The film stars May Robson, Sybil Jason, Guy Kibbee, Jane Bryan, Fred Lawrence and Dick Purcell. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 14, 1936." }, { "title": "Career Woman", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Isabel Jewell", "extract": "Career Woman is a 1936 American drama film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Lamar Trotti. The film stars Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Isabel Jewell, Eric Linden, Virginia Field and Gene Lockhart. The film was released on December 18, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Caryl of the Mountains", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Lois Wilde, Ralph Bushman", "extract": "Caryl of the Mountains is a 1936 American film directed by Bernard B. Ray. It was made for Reliable Pictures and shot at Big Bear Lake, California." }, { "title": "The Case Against Mrs. Ames", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Madeleine Carroll, George Brent, Beulah Bondi", "extract": "The Case Against Mrs. Ames is a 1936 mystery-drama film written by C. Graham Baker and Gene Towne based on a serial of the same name by Arthur Somers Roche originally published in Collier's Weekly magazine in 1934, and then as a novel in 1936. The film was directed by William A. Seiter and stars Mad" }, { "title": "The Case of the Black Cat", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Guy Usher", "extract": "The Case of the Black Cat is a 1936 American mystery film directed by William C. McGann and an uncredited Alan Crosland, based on the 1935 Perry Mason novel The Case of the Caretaker's Cat by Erle Stanley Gardner. The film stars Ricardo Cortez as Perry Mason and co-stars June Travis and Jane Bryan i" }, { "title": "The Case of the Velvet Claws", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Warren William, Claire Dodd", "extract": "The Case of the Velvet Claws is a 1936 mystery film, based on the first Perry Mason novel (1933) by Erle Stanley Gardner and featuring the fourth and final appearance of Warren William as defense attorney Mason." }, { "title": "The Cattle Thief", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Geneva Mitchell, Ward Bond", "extract": "The Cattle Thief is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Ken Maynard, Geneva Mitchell and Ward Bond. It was remade in 1939 as Riders of the Frontier." }, { "title": "Cavalcade of the West", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Rex Lease, Marion Shilling", "extract": "Cavalcade of the West is a 1936 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser." }, { "title": "Cavalry", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Frances Grant", "extract": "Cavalry is a 1936 American Western film produced by A.W. Hackel, written and directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring his son Bob Steele." }, { "title": "Ceiling Zero", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, War", "cast": "James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Barton MacLane", "extract": "Ceiling Zero is a 1936 American adventure drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. The picture stars Cagney as daredevil womanizing pilot \"Dizzy\" Davis and O'Brien as Jake Lee, his war veteran buddy and the operations manager of an airline company. Based on a st" }, { "title": "Champagne Charlie", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Paul Cavanagh, Thomas Beck", "extract": "Champagne Charlie is a 1936 American drama film directed by James Tinling and starring Paul Cavanagh and Helen Wood." }, { "title": "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Historical", "cast": "Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp", "extract": "The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 American historical adventure film from Warner Bros., starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Samuel Bischoff, with Hal B. Wallis as the executive producer. The film's screenplay is by Michael Jacoby an" }, { "title": "Charlie Chan at the Circus", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Keye Luke", "extract": "Charlie Chan at the Circus is the 11th film produced by Fox starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. A seemingly harmless family outing drags a vacationing Chan into a murder investigation." }, { "title": "Charlie Chan at the Opera", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery, War", "cast": "Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Boris Karloff", "extract": "Charlie Chan at the Opera is considered by many to be the best Warner Oland Charlie Chan film, probably due to the presence of Boris Karloff as the principal suspect, as well as faux operatic music composed by Oscar Levant. This is the 13th film starring Oland as Chan; it was directed by H. Bruce Hu" }, { "title": "Charlie Chan at the Race Track", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Keye Luke", "extract": "Charlie Chan at the Race Track is the 12th film in the 20th Century Fox-produced Charlie Chan series starring Warner Oland in the title role." }, { "title": "Charlie Chan's Secret", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence", "extract": "Charlie Chan's Secret is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring Warner Oland, Henrietta Crosman and Rosina Lawrence. It is the tenth film in Fox's Charlie Chan series featuring Oland as the detective." }, { "title": "Chatterbox", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, Phillips Holmes, Lucille Ball", "extract": "Chatterbox is a 1936 American drama film directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and starring Anne Shirley as a young woman who dreams of becoming an actress. The film is based upon the play Long Ago Ladies by David Carb." }, { "title": "China Clipper", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "China Clipper is a 1936 drama film directed by Ray Enright, written by Frank Wead and starring Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander, Beverly Roberts, Humphrey Bogart and, in his final motion-picture appearance, veteran actor Henry B. Walthall. Walthall was gravely ill during production and his illness was in" }, { "title": "Code of the Range", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Edward Coxen", "extract": "Code of the Range is a 1936 American western film directed by Charles C. Coleman and starring Charles Starrett, Mary Blake and Edward Coxen." }, { "title": "Colleen", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert", "extract": "Colleen is a 1936 Warner Bros. romantic musical film directed by Alfred E. Green. It stars Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, and Joan Blondell." }, { "title": "College Holiday", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny", "extract": "College Holiday is a 1936 Paramount comedy. The film stars Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Martha Raye. It was directed by Frank Tuttle." }, { "title": "Come and Get It", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan, (", "extract": "Come and Get It is a 1936 American lumberjack drama film directed by Howard Hawks and William Wyler. The screenplay by Jane Murfin and Jules Furthman is based on the 1935 novel of the same title by Edna Ferber." }, { "title": "Come Closer, Folks", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Dunn, Marian Marsh, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "Come Closer, Folks is a 1936 American comedy film directed by D. Ross Lederman. A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection." }, { "title": "Comin' Round the Mountain", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford", "extract": "Comin' Round the Mountain is a 1936 Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, and Smiley Burnette. Based on a story by Oliver Drake, the film is about a Pony Express rider who is robbed and left to die in the desert, where he is saved by a wild horse he capture" }, { "title": "Conflict", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Sport, War", "cast": "John Wayne", "extract": "Conflict is a 1936 American drama sport film directed by David Howard and starring John Wayne, Ward Bond and Jean Rogers." }, { "title": "Counterfeit", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lloyd Nolan, Chester Morris, George McKay", "extract": "Counterfeit is a 1936 American crime film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Chester Morris, Marian Marsh, Margot Grahame and Lloyd Nolan. A treasury department agent goes undercover to infiltrate a gang who have kidnapped an employee of the department and are forcing him to produce counterfeit" }, { "title": "Counterfeit Lady", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Joan Perry", "extract": "Counterfeit Lady is a 1936 American comedy film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "The Country Beyond", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Rochelle Hudson, Paul Kelly, Alan Hale", "extract": "The Country Beyond is a 1936 American drama film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Adele Comandini and Lamar Trotti. The film stars Rochelle Hudson, Paul Kelly, Robert Kent, Alan Hale, Sr., Alan Dinehart and Andrew Tombes. The film was released on April 24, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "The Country Doctor", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Hersholt, Jane Darwell, John Qualen", "extract": "The Country Doctor is a 1936 American drama film directed by Henry King and written by Sonya Levien. The film stars Jean Hersholt, June Lang, Slim Summerville, Michael Whalen, Dorothy Peterson and Robert Barrat. The Country Doctor was released on March 12, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Country Gentlemen", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Chic Johnson, Ole Olsen, Joyce Compton", "extract": "Country Gentlemen is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Ralph Staub for Republic Pictures with the comedy duo of Olsen and Johnson." }, { "title": "The Cowboy and the Kid", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier", "extract": "The Cowboy and the Kid is a 1936 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Bill Burrud, Dorothy Revier, Harry Worth, Oliver Eckhardt and Mary Mersch. The film was released on July 1, 1936, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Cowboy Star", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith", "extract": "The Cowboy Star is a 1936 American Western film directed by David Selman and starring Charles Starrett." }, { "title": "Crack-Up", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Peter Lorre, Brian Donlevy, Helen Wood", "extract": "Crack-Up is a 1936 American film directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Peter Lorre plays a harmless, half-addled aircraft enthusiast who is actually a ruthless spy desperate to get his hands on the blueprints for an experimental aircraft. He faces off against Ace Martin, played by Brian Donlevy, the pilot " }, { "title": "Craig's Wife", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Alma Kruger", "extract": "Craig's Wife is a 1936 American drama film starring Rosalind Russell as a domineering wife. It was based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1925 Broadway play of the same name by George Kelly, and directed by Dorothy Arzner. Former MGM star William Haines was the film's production designer. Previously fi" }, { "title": "Crash Donovan", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Nan Grey", "extract": "Crash Donovan is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Nigh and Jean Negulesco and starring Jack Holt, John 'Dusty' King and Nan Grey. It marked the directorial debut of the Romanian-born Negulesco." }, { "title": "The Crime of Dr. Forbes", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Robert Kent, Henry Armetta", "extract": "The Crime of Dr. Forbes is a 1936 American crime film directed by George Marshall and starring Gloria Stuart, Robert Kent and Henry Armetta." }, { "title": "Dancing Feet", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Joan Marsh", "extract": "Dancing Feet is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Jerome Chodorov, Olive Cooper and Wellyn Totman. It is based on the 1931 novel Dancing Feet by Rob Eden. The film stars Ben Lyon, Joan Marsh, Edward Nugent, Isabel Jewell, James Burke and Purnell Pratt. The film wa" }, { "title": "Dancing Pirate", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Charles Collins, Frank Morgan, Steffi Duna", "extract": "Dancing Pirate is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan. It is the third film shot in the three strip Technicolor process and the first musical in that format. Produced by the makers of Becky Sharp, the film was based on the December 1930 Colliers Magazine story Glorious Buc" }, { "title": "Dangerous Intrigue", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Shea, Joan Perry", "extract": "Dangerous Intrigue is a 1936 American drama film directed by David Selman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Shea and Joan Perry." }, { "title": "Dangerous Waters", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Robert Armstrong, Jack Holt, Edwin Maxwell", "extract": "Dangerous Waters is a 1936 American adventure film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Richard Schayer, Hazel Jamieson and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Jack Holt, Robert Armstrong, Grace Bradley, Diana Gibson, Charles Murray and Willard Robertson. The film was released on February 10" }, { "title": "Daniel Boone", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, Historical, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine", "extract": "Daniel Boone is a 1936 American historical film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien, Heather Angel, and John Carradine." }, { "title": "The Dark Hour", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Irene Ware, Hedda Hopper", "extract": "The Dark Hour is a 1936 American film directed by Charles Lamont." }, { "title": "Death in the Air", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Henry Hall, Wheeler Oakman, Leon Ames", "extract": "Death in the Air is a 1937 American film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Lona Andre, John Carroll, Leon Ames and Henry Hall. The film is also known as Murder in the Air in the United Kingdom and as The Mysterious Bombardier. The film was Fanchon Royer's first production for her new company, F" }, { "title": "Desert Gold", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buster Crabbe, Robert Cummings, Marsha Hunt", "extract": "Desert Gold is a 1936 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan, starring Buster Crabbe and Marsha Hunt, based on a Zane Grey novel and released by Paramount Pictures. The film's sets were designed by David S. Garber, overseen by Hans Dreier." }, { "title": "Desert Guns", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Conway Tearle, Margaret Morris", "extract": "Desert Guns is a 1936 American Western film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Conway Tearle, Margaret Morris and William Gould." }, { "title": "Desert Justice", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Perrin, Warren Hymer, David Sharpe", "extract": "Desert Justice is a 1936 American western film directed by William Berke and starring Jack Perrin, Warren Hymer and David Sharpe." }, { "title": "Desert Phantom", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Desert Phantom is a 1936 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby." }, { "title": "Desire", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Crime, Romance", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, William Frawley", "extract": "Desire is a 1936 American romantic crime comedy-drama film directed by Frank Borzage, starring Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper, and produced by Borzage and Ernst Lubitsch. The picture is a remake of the 1933 German film Happy Days in Aranjuez. The screenplay was written by Samuel Hoffenstein, Edwin" }, { "title": "The Devil Is a Sissy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "The Devil is a Sissy is a 1936 American MGM comedy-drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and Rowland Brown. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney, three of the biggest child stars of the 1930s." }, { "title": "The Devil on Horseback", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Lili Damita, Fred Keating", "extract": "The Devil on Horseback is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Crane Wilbur and starring Lili Damita, Fred Keating, and Renee Torres. A separate Spanish-language version was also produced. It was based on a play written by Crane Wilber himself about a Latin American freedom fighter." }, { "title": "Devil's Squadron", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Richard Dix, Lloyd Nolan, Karen Morley", "extract": "Devil's Squadron is a 1936 American drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Richard Dix, Karen Morley and Lloyd Nolan. The following written prologue appears after the opening credits: \"This picture is dedicated to the test pilots....those men who knowingly face death every time they leav" }, { "title": "The Devil-Doll", "year": 1936, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Pedro de Cordoba", "extract": "The Devil-Doll (1936) is a horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film was adapted from the novel Burn Witch Burn! (1932) by Abraham Merritt. It has become a cult film." }, { "title": "Dimples", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Dimples is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by William A. Seiter. The screenplay was written by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman. The film is about a young mid-nineteenth century street entertainer who is separated from her pickpocket grandfather when given a home by a wealthy New York City" }, { "title": "Dodge City Trail", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Marion Weldon", "extract": "Dodge City Trail is a 1936 American Western film directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, and Marion Weldon." }, { "title": "Dodsworth", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Walter Huston, (, Best Actor, nominee), Ruth Chatterton", "extract": "Dodsworth is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor and David Niven. Sidney Howard based the screenplay on his 1934 stage adaptation of the 1929 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis. Huston reprised his stage role" }, { "title": "Don't Gamble with Love", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Bruce Cabot", "extract": "Don't Gamble with Love is a 1936 American drama film directed by Dudley Murphy and starring Ann Sothern, Bruce Cabot and Irving Pichel." }, { "title": "Don't Get Personal", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Dunn, Sally Eilers", "extract": "Don't Get Personal is a 1936 American comedy film directed by William Nigh and written by George Waggner, Clarence Marks and Houston Branch. The film stars James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Pinky Tomlin, Spencer Charters, Doris Lloyd and George Cleveland. The film was released on February 12, 1936, by Unive" }, { "title": "Don't Turn 'Em Loose", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Crime, Drama", "cast": "Lewis Stone, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot, Louise Latimer, Betty Grable", "extract": "Don't Turn 'Em Loose is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Ben Stoloff and produced by RKO Radio Pictures, who released the film on September 18, 1936. Written by Harry Segall and Ferdinand Reyher, the production's screenplay is at least partially based on \"Homecoming\" by Thomas Walsh, a s" }, { "title": "Doughnuts and Society", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Maude Eburne, Louise Fazenda, Franklin Pangborn", "extract": "Doughnuts and Society is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Karen DeWolf, Robert St. Claire, Wallace MacDonald, Matt Brooks and Gertrude Orr. The film stars Louise Fazenda, Maude Eburne, Ann Rutherford, Edward Nugent, Hedda Hopper and Franklin Pangborn. The film " }, { "title": "Down the Stretch", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Willie Best, Mickey Rooney, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "Down the Stretch is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Clemens and written by William Jacobs. The film stars Patricia Ellis, Mickey Rooney, Dennis Moore, Willie Best, Gordon Hart and Wild Bill Elliott. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 18, 1936." }, { "title": "Down to the Sea", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ben Lyon, Ann Rutherford", "extract": "Down to the Sea is a 1936 American drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Robert Lee Johnson and Wellyn Totman. The film stars Russell Hardie, Ben Lyon, Ann Rutherford, Irving Pichel, Fritz Leiber and Vince Barnett. The film was released on May 30, 1936, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Dracula's Daughter", "year": 1936, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, John Carradine", "extract": "Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 American vampire horror film produced by Universal Pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film Dracula. Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, the film stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden in the title role, and Marguerite Churchill, and features, as the on" }, { "title": "The Drag-Net", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Rod La Rocque, Marian Nixon, Betty Compson", "extract": "The Drag-Net is a 1936 American crime film directed by Vin Moore and starring Rod La Rocque, Marian Nixon and Betty Compson. It was made as a second feature at the Talisman Studios in Hollywood." }, { "title": "Drift Fence", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buster Crabbe, Katherine DeMille, Tom Keene", "extract": "Drift Fence is a 1936 American Western film, directed by Otho Lovering and released by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Early to Bed", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Lucien Littlefield", "extract": "Early to Bed is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, written by Arthur Kober, Lucien Littlefield, S. J. Perelman and Chandler Sprague, and starring Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles, George Barbier, Gail Patrick, Robert McWade and Lucien Littlefield. It was released on June 25, 1936," }, { "title": "Earthworm Tractors", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Earthworm Tractors is a 1936 American film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown and June Travis. The film is also known as A Natural Born Salesman in the United Kingdom." }, { "title": "Easy Money", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Onslow Stevens, Kay Linaker", "extract": "Easy Money is a 1936 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Onslow Stevens, Kay Linaker and Noel Madison." }, { "title": "Easy to Take", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marsha Hunt, John Howard, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "Easy to Take is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Glenn Tryon and written by Virginia Van Upp. The film stars Marsha Hunt, John Howard, Eugene Pallette, Richard Carle, Douglas Scott and Robert Greig. The film was released on November 6, 1936, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Educating Father", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Dixie Dunbar", "extract": "Educating Father is a 1936 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, and Dixie Dunbar. It was part of the Jones Family series of films." }, { "title": "Ellis Island", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon, Bradley Page", "extract": "Ellis Island is a 1936 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon and Jack La Rue." }, { "title": "Empty Saddles", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Louise Brooks", "extract": "Empty Saddles is a 1936 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander. It is a Buck Jones B Western." }, { "title": "End of the Trail", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Holt, Louise Henry", "extract": "End of the Trail is a 1936 American Western film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Jack Holt, Louise Henry and Douglass Dumbrille." }, { "title": "Everybody's Old Man", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Irvin S. Cobb, Rochelle Hudson, Sara Haden", "extract": "Everybody's Old Man is a 1936 American drama film directed by James Flood and written by Patterson McNutt and A.E. Thomas. The film stars Irvin S. Cobb, Rochelle Hudson, Johnny Downs, Norman Foster, Alan Dinehart, Sara Haden, Donald Meek and Warren Hymer. The film was released on March 20, 1936, by " }, { "title": "Every Saturday Night", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "June Lang, Thomas Beck", "extract": "Every Saturday Night is a 1936 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring June Lang, Thomas Beck and Jed Prouty. This is the first of 17 low-budget films about the Jones Family." }, { "title": "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "William Powell, Jean Arthur, Eric Blore", "extract": "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford is a 1936 American comedy-mystery film. William Powell and Jean Arthur star as a divorced couple who investigate a murder at a racetrack. This was the last film directed by Stephen Roberts before his untimely death from a heart attack." }, { "title": "Exclusive Story", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Franchot Tone, Madge Evans, Joseph Calleia", "extract": "Exclusive Story is a 1936 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Michael Fessier. The film stars Franchot Tone, Madge Evans, Stuart Erwin, Joseph Calleia, Robert Barrat and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on January 17, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "F-Man", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Haley, William Frawley", "extract": "F-Man is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Richard Connell, Henry Johnson, Paul Gerard Smith and Eddie Welch. The film stars Jack Haley, William Frawley, Grace Bradley, Adrienne Marden, Onslow Stevens and Franklin Parker. The film was released on May 2, 1936, by " }, { "title": "A Face in the Fog", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Lawrence Gray, June Collyer, Forrest Taylor", "extract": "A Face in the Fog is a 1936 American film directed by Robert F. Hill." }, { "title": "The Farmer in the Dell", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Frank Albertson, Moroni Olsen, Lucille Ball", "extract": "The Farmer in the Dell is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes from a screenplay by Sam Mintz and John Grey, adapted from Phil Stong's 1935 novel, which was similarly titled, Farmer in the Dell. The film was premiered by RKO Radio Pictures in New York City on March 6, 1936, and release" }, { "title": "Fast Bullets", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Rex Lease", "extract": "Fast Bullets is a 1936 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Rex Lease and Margaret Nearing. It was the 14th of Tom Tyler's 18 Westerns for Reliable Pictures." }, { "title": "Fatal Lady", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Mystery, War", "cast": "Mary Ellis, Ruth Donnelly, Samuel S. Hinds", "extract": "Fatal Lady is a 1936 American musical mystery film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Walter Pidgeon, Mary Ellis and Ruth Donnelly. It recorded a loss of $296,665." }, { "title": "Federal Agent", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "William Boyd, Irene Ware", "extract": "Federal Agent is a 1936 American crime film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Barry Barringer. The film stars William Boyd, Irene Ware, Don Alvarado, Lenita Lane, George Cooper and Charles A. Browne. The film was released on April 14, 1936, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Feud of the West", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Joan Barclay", "extract": "Feud of the West is a 1936 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Hoot Gibson, Buzz Barton and Bob Kortman. It is a B film made by the Poverty Row company Diversion Pictures." }, { "title": "The Final Hour", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Marguerite Churchill", "extract": "The Final Hour, also released as San Fransisco Nights, is a 1936 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "The First Baby", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marjorie Gateson, Shirley Deane, Hattie McDaniel", "extract": "The First Baby is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Lamar Trotti. The film stars Johnny Downs, Shirley Deane, Jane Darwell, Dixie Dunbar, Marjorie Gateson and Gene Lockhart. The film was released on April 2, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Florida Special", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Frances Drake, Jack Oakie, Claude Gillingwater", "extract": "Florida Special is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by David Boehm, Marguerite Roberts, Laura Perelman and S. J. Perelman. The film stars Jack Oakie, Sally Eilers, Kent Taylor, Frances Drake, Claude Gillingwater and Sam Hearn. The film was released on April 21, 1936, " }, { "title": "Flying Hostess", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Gargan, Judith Barrett", "extract": "Flying Hostess is a 1936 American drama film directed by Murray Roth and starring William Gargan, Judith Barrett and William Hall. A group of stewardesses undergo their training, and later thwart the hijacking of an airplane." }, { "title": "Follow the Fleet", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball", "extract": "Follow the Fleet is a 1936 American RKO musical comedy film with a nautical theme starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their fifth collaboration as dance partners. It also features Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, and Astrid Allwyn, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Lucille Ball and Bet" }, { "title": "Follow Your Heart", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Marion Talley, Luis Alberni, Nigel Bruce", "extract": "Follow Your Heart is a 1936 American film directed by Aubrey Scotto." }, { "title": "For the Service", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Beth Marion", "extract": "For the Service is a 1936 American Western film directed by Buck Jones and written by Isadore Bernstein. The film stars Buck Jones, Phillip Trent, Edward Keane, Fred Kohler, Beth Marion, Frank McGlynn, Sr. and Ben Corbett. The film was released on June 1, 1936, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Forgotten Faces", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael", "extract": "Forgotten Faces is a 1936 American drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael and James Burke. Marshall and Michael had also starred in Till We Meet Again earlier in 1936." }, { "title": "Four Days' Wonder", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Kenneth Howell, Martha Sleeper", "extract": "Four Days' Wonder is a 1936 American comedy mystery film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Jeanne Dante, Kenneth Howell and Martha Sleeper. Produced by Universal Pictures, the film is based on the 1933 novel \"Four Days' Wonder\" by British writer A. A. Milne. It was the first feature directed by" }, { "title": "Frankie and Johnny", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Helen Morgan, Chester Morris, Walter Kingsford", "extract": "Frankie and Johnny is a 1936 American film." }, { "title": "Freshman Love", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Frank McHugh, Patricia Ellis, Mary Treen", "extract": "Freshman Love is a 1936 sound film based on George Ade's oft filmed 1904 play The College Widow, adaptations of which were filmed twice previously, in 1915 and 1927, and parodied by the Marx Brothers in their 1932 film Horse Feathers. This version is directed by William McGann and is a comedy-musica" }, { "title": "From Nine to Nine", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Ruth Roland, Roland Drew", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Fugitive in the Sky", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Muir, Warren Hull", "extract": "Fugitive in the Sky is a 1936 American aviation drama film directed by Nick Grinde and written by George Bricker. The stars are Jean Muir, Warren Hull, Gordon Oliver, Carlyle Moore Jr., Howard Phillips, Winifred Shaw and Mary Treen. Fugitive in the Sky was released by Warner Bros. on November 28, 19" }, { "title": "The Fugitive Sheriff", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Beth Marion", "extract": "The Fugitive Sheriff is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Ken Maynard, Beth Marion and Walter Miller." }, { "title": "Fury", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Brennan", "extract": "Fury is a 1936 American drama film directed by Fritz Lang that tells the story of an innocent man who narrowly escapes being burned to death by a lynch mob and the revenge he then seeks. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and stars Sylvia Sidney and Tracy, with a supporting cast featuring" }, { "title": "Galloping Dynamite", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Kermit Maynard, John Merton, Stanley Blystone", "extract": "Galloping Dynamite is a 1936 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Sherman L. Lowe, Charles R. Condon, Stanley Roberts and Jesse Duffy. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Ariane Allen, John Merton, David Sharpe, Stanley Blystone, John Ward and Earl Dwire. The film was released" }, { "title": "Gambling with Souls", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Wheeler Oakman, Bryant Washburn", "extract": "Gambling with Souls is a 1936 American exploitation film directed by Elmer Clifton." }, { "title": "The Garden Murder Case", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume", "extract": "The Garden Murder Case is a 1936 mystery/drama, the tenth in the Philo Vance film series, following after 1935's The Casino Murder Case. In this entry to the series, Vance is played by Edmund Lowe, and Virginia Bruce co-stars. The film also features Benita Hume, Douglas Walton, and Nat Pendleton. It" }, { "title": "The Garden of Allah", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Romance", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "The Garden of Allah is a 1936 American adventure drama romance film directed by Richard Boleslawski, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer. The screenplay was written by William P. Lipscomb and Lynn Riggs, who based it on the 1904 novel of the same title by R" }, { "title": "The Gay Desperado", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo", "extract": "The Gay Desperado is a 1936 comedy film starring Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, and Nino Martini and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Mary Pickford, and originally released by United Artists. The film was restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the Mary Pickford Foundation, and rele" }, { "title": "The General Died at Dawn", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, (, Best Supporting Actor", "extract": "The General Died at Dawn is a 1936 American drama film that tells the story of a mercenary who meets a beautiful girl while trying to keep arms from getting to a vicious warlord in war-torn China. The movie was written by Charles G. Booth and Clifford Odets, and directed by Lewis Milestone." }, { "title": "General Spanky", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George McFarland, Phillips Holmes, Rosina Lawrence", "extract": "General Spanky is a 1936 American comedy film produced by Hal Roach. A spin-off of Roach's popular Our Gang short subjects, the film stars George McFarland, Phillips Holmes, Rosina Lawrence, Billie Thomas and Carl Switzer. Directed by Fred Newmeyer and Gordon Douglas, it was originally released to t" }, { "title": "Gentle Julia", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jane Withers, Tom Brown, Marsha Hunt", "extract": "Gentle Julia is a 1936 American drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Jane Withers, Tom Brown and Marsha Hunt. It is an adaptation of the 1922 novel of the same title by Booth Tarkington." }, { "title": "The Gentleman from Louisiana", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry", "extract": "The Gentleman from Louisiana is a 1936 American drama film directed by Irving Pichel and written by Joseph Fields and Gordon Rigby. The film stars Eddie Quillan, Charles \"Chic\" Sale, Charlotte Henry, John Miljan, Marjorie Gateson and Pierre Watkin. The film was released on August 15, 1936, by Republ" }, { "title": "Ghost Patrol", "year": 1936, "genres": "Action, Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Claudia Dell", "extract": "Ghost Patrol is a 1936 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield." }, { "title": "Ghost-Town Gold", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune", "extract": "Ghost-Town Gold is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and was the second entry of the 51-film series of Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movies. It was based on the 1935 novel of the same name by William Colt MacDonald." }, { "title": "Ghost Town", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Harry Carey, David Sharpe, Jane Novak", "extract": "Ghost Town is a 1936 American western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Harry Carey, David Sharpe and Ruth Findlay. It was produced by William Berke" }, { "title": "The Girl from Mandalay", "year": 1936, "genres": "Action, War", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Kay Linaker, Esther Ralston", "extract": "The Girl from Mandalay is a 1936 American action film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Wellyn Totman and Endre Bohem. It is based on the 1931 novel Tiger Valley by Reginald Campbell. The film stars Conrad Nagel, Kay Linaker, Donald Cook, Esther Ralston, Harry Stubbs and Reginald Barlow. " }, { "title": "Girl of the Ozarks", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Virginia Weidler, Henrietta Crosman, Leif Erickson", "extract": "Girl of the Ozarks is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Shea and written by Stuart Anthony, Maurine Babb, John Bright, Michael L. Simmons and Robert Tasker. The film stars Virginia Weidler, Henrietta Crosman, Leif Erickson, Elizabeth Russell, Russell Simpson, and Janet Young. The film w" }, { "title": "The Girl on the Front Page", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Crime", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Edmund Lowe, Spring Byington", "extract": "The Girl on the Front Page is a 1936 American comedy crime film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Edmund Lowe, Gloria Stuart and Reginald Owen. It was produced and distributed by Hollywood major Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Girls' Dormitory", "year": 1936, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Herbert Marshall, Ruth Chatterton, Simone Simon", "extract": "Girls' Dormitory is a 1936 American romance film directed by Irving Cummings based upon the 1934 play Mature by Ladislas Fodor, and adapted for the screen by Gene Markey." }, { "title": "Give Me Your Heart", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, George Brent, Roland Young, Patric Knowles", "extract": "Give Me Your Heart was a 1936 American drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Kay Francis, George Brent and Roland Young. It was a melodrama based on the 1934 London play Sweet Aloes, by Joyce Carey. Leading lady Kay Francis, playing the familiar role of a self-sacrificing mother, had a dif" }, { "title": "Give Us This Night", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Gladys Swarthout, Jan Kiepura", "extract": "Give Us This Night is one of five movies produced by Paramount Pictures featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera singer, who had also expanded her talents into movies." }, { "title": "Go-Get-'Em, Haines", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "William Boyd, Sheila Terry, Eleanor Hunt", "extract": "Go-Get-'Em, Haines is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Sam Newfield. It was William Boyd's last non-Hopalong Cassidy role." }, { "title": "Go West, Young Man", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mae West, Warren William, Alice Brady", "extract": "Go West, Young Man is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Mae West, Warren William, and Randolph Scott. Released by Paramount Pictures and based on the 1934 play Personal Appearance by Lawrence Riley, the film is about a movie star who gets stranded out in the country" }, { "title": "Gold Diggers of 1937", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore", "extract": "Gold Diggers of 1937 is a Warner Bros. movie musical directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, who were married at the time, with Glenda Farrell and Victor Moore." }, { "title": "The Golden Arrow", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, George Brent, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "The Golden Arrow (1936) is an American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Bette Davis and George Brent. The screenplay by Charles Kenyon is based on a story of the same title by Michael Arlen published in the September 14, 1935 issue of Liberty." }, { "title": "The Gorgeous Hussy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "The Gorgeous Hussy is a 1936 American period film directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor. The screenplay was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery and Ainsworth Morgan, which was based on a 1934 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams. The supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymo" }, { "title": "Grand Jury", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Fred Stone, Louise Latimer, Owen Davis Jr.", "extract": "Grand Jury is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell from a screenplay by Joseph A. Fields and Philip G. Epstein, based on a story by James Edward Grant and Thomas Lennon. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it premiered in New York City on July 31, 1936, and was r" }, { "title": "Great Guy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime, Noir", "cast": "James Cagney, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Great Guy is a 1936 American crime film noir directed by John G. Blystone and starring James Cagney. In the film, an honest inspector for the New York Department of Weights and Measures takes on corrupt merchants and politicians." }, { "title": "The Great Ziegfeld", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Biography, Drama", "cast": "William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, (, Academy Award for Best Actress", "extract": "The Great Ziegfeld is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg. It stars William Powell as the theatrical impresario Florenz \"Flo\" Ziegfeld Jr., Luise Rainer as Anna Held, and Myrna Loy as Billie Burke." }, { "title": "The Green Pastures", "year": 1936, "genres": "Fantasy", "cast": "Rex Ingram, Al Stokes, Eddie Anderson", "extract": "The Green Pastures is a 1936 American film depicting stories from the Bible as visualized by black characters. It starred Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, and Eddie \"Rochester\" Anderson. It was based on the 1928 novel Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun by Roark Bradford and the 1930 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of " }, { "title": "Gun Grit", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Perrin, David Sharpe, Roger Williams", "extract": "Gun Grit is a 1936 American western film directed by William Berke and starring Jack Perrin, David Sharpe and Roger Williams. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. The film is also known by the alternative title of Protection Racket in the United Kingdom." }, { "title": "The Gun Ranger", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Eleanor Stewart", "extract": "The Gun Ranger is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury." }, { "title": "Guns and Guitars", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette", "extract": "Guns and Guitars is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Dorothy Dix in her final film appearance. Written by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a singing cowboy who helps protect a county from fever-ridden cattle, and after" }, { "title": "Half Angel", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Frances Dee, Brian Donlevy", "extract": "Half Angel is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Gene Fowler, Bess Meredyth and Allen Rivkin. The film stars Frances Dee, Brian Donlevy, Charles Butterworth, Helen Westley, Henry Stephenson and Sara Haden. The film was released on May 22, 1936, by 20th Century Fox" }, { "title": "Happy Go Lucky", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Phil Regan, Evelyn Venable", "extract": "Happy Go Lucky is a 1936 American musical film directed by Aubrey Scotto and written by Olive Cooper. The film stars Phil Regan, Evelyn Venable, Jed Prouty, William Newell, Jonathan Hale and Harlan Briggs. The film was released on December 14, 1936. by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Harvester", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alice Brady, Ann Rutherford", "extract": "The Harvester is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Homer Croy, Robert Lee Johnson, Elizabeth Meehan and Gertrude Orr. It is based on the 1911 novel The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter, which had previously been turned into a 1927 silent film of the same title. T" }, { "title": "Hats Off", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Mae Clarke, John Payne, Luis Alberni", "extract": "Hats Off (1936) is an American film directed by Boris Petroff, and originally released by Grand National Pictures. The film is now in the public domain." }, { "title": "Headin' for the Rio Grande", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tex Ritter, Warner Richmond, Eleanor Stewart", "extract": "Headin' for the Rio Grande is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert North Bradbury and written by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film stars Tex Ritter, Eleanor Stewart, Syd Saylor, Warner Richmond, Charles King, Earl Dwire, Forrest Taylor, William Desmond and Snub Pollard. The film was released" }, { "title": "Heart of the West", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "William Boyd, James Ellison", "extract": "Heart of the West is a 1936 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Doris Schroeder. The film stars William Boyd, James Ellison, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Sidney Blackmer, Lynn Gabriel, Fred Kohler and Warner Richmond. The film was released on July 24, 1936, by Paramount Pictu" }, { "title": "Hearts Divided", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Claude Rains, Dick Powell, Marion Davies", "extract": "Hearts Divided is a 1936 American musical film about the real-life marriage between American Elizabeth 'Betsy' Patterson and Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon. It stars Marion Davies and Dick Powell as the couple. The film was a remake of the 1928 Glorious Betsy, which was in turn based on the p" }, { "title": "Hearts in Bondage", "year": 1936, "genres": "War, Drama", "cast": "James Dunn, Mae Clarke, David Manners", "extract": "Hearts in Bondage is a 1936 American black-and-white war drama film directed by Lew Ayres for Republic Pictures. Set during the American Civil War, the film depicts the Union Navy's deliberate sinking of USS Merrimack, the Confederate States Navy's salvage and refitting of the ship as the ironclad C" }, { "title": "Hell-Ship Morgan", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "George Bancroft, Ann Sothern", "extract": "Hell-Ship Morgan is a 1936 American romantic drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman and written by Harold Shumate." }, { "title": "Her Master's Voice", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Peggy Conklin, Laura Hope Crews", "extract": "Her Master's Voice is a 1936 film directed by Joseph Santley and based on the 1933 play Her Master's Voice by Clare Kummer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexander Toluboff." }, { "title": "Here Comes Carter", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ross Alexander, Glenda Farrell, Anne Nagel", "extract": "Here Comes Carter is a 1936 American comedy film directed by William Clemens and written by Roy Chanslor. The film stars Ross Alexander, Glenda Farrell and Anne Nagel. Last film produced by First National Pictures and released on October 24, 1936. In Britain the film was released under the title \"Th" }, { "title": "Here Comes Trouble", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Paul Kelly, Arline Judge", "extract": "Here Comes Trouble is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler, starring Paul Kelly, Arline Judge and Mona Barrie. The film was released on February 21, 1936 by 20th Century Fox. Duke Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when he is give a cigarette lighter containing" }, { "title": "Heroes of the Range", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, June Gale", "extract": "Heroes of the Range is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Ken Maynard, June Gale and Harry Woods." }, { "title": "Hideaway Girl", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Shirley Ross, Robert Cummings, Martha Raye", "extract": "Hideaway Girl is a 1936 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and written by David Garth and Joseph Moncure March. The film stars Shirley Ross, Robert Cummings, Martha Raye, Monroe Owsley, Elizabeth Russell and Louis Da Pron. The film was released on November 20, 1936, by Paramount Pic" }, { "title": "High Tension", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Brian Donlevy, Glenda Farrell, Norman Foster", "extract": "High Tension is a 1936 American comedy-drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Brian Donlevy, Glenda Farrell, and Norman Foster. It was released by 20th Century Fox on July 17, 1936. The film was based on the story written by J. Robert Bren and Norman Houston." }, { "title": "His Brother's Wife", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Hersholt", "extract": "His Brother's Wife is a 1936 American romantic drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor. Written by Leon Gordon and John Meehan, based on a story by George Auerbach, the film is about a scientist preparing to leave for the jungles of South America to work" }, { "title": "Hitch Hike to Heaven", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Henrietta Crosman, Herbert Rawlinson", "extract": "Hitch Hike to Heaven is a 1936 American drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Henrietta Crosman, Herbert Rawlinson and Russell Gleason. An actor becomes arrogant after enjoying success in Hollywood and neglects his wife and son." }, { "title": "Hollywood Boulevard", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "John Halliday, Robert Cummings, Marsha Hunt", "extract": "Hollywood Boulevard (1936) is a comedy film directed by Robert Florey and released by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Hopalong Cassidy Returns", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Gail Sheridan", "extract": "Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936) is a Western film sequel starring William Boyd, the seventh of the \"Hopalong Cassidy\" westerns." }, { "title": "Hot Money", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joseph Cawthorn, Beverly Roberts, Ross Alexander", "extract": "Hot Money is a 1936 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann and written by William Jacobs. The film stars Ross Alexander, Beverly Roberts, Joseph Cawthorn, Paul Graetz, Andrew Tombes and Cy Kendall. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 18, 1936. It was based on the play of the sa" }, { "title": "The House of a Thousand Candles", "year": 1936, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke", "extract": "The House of a Thousand Candles is a 1936 American thriller film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke and Irving Pichel. It is based on the 1906 novel by Meredith Nicholson. The novel had been filmed twice before, once in 1915 and again in 1919 by Henry King." }, { "title": "House of Secrets", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Mystery, Thriller", "cast": "Muriel Evans, Leslie Fenton, Noel Madison", "extract": "House of Secrets is a 1936 American mystery thriller film directed by Roland D. Reed and starring Leslie Fenton, Muriel Evans and Noel Madison. It is based on the 1926 British novel The House of Secrets by Sydney Horler, which Chesterfield Pictures had previously made into a 1929 film The House of S" }, { "title": "Human Cargo", "year": 1936, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy, and, Alan Dinehart", "extract": "Human Cargo is a 1936 American action film, directed by Allan Dwan and released by 20th Century Fox. It stars Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy, Alan Dinehart, and Rita Hayworth. Rival reporters team up to catch alien smugglers." }, { "title": "I Conquer the Sea!", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Steffi Duna, Dennis Morgan, Douglas Walton", "extract": "I Conquer the Sea! is a 1936 American drama film. Directed by Victor Halperin, the film stars Steffi Duna, Dennis Morgan, and Douglas Walton. It was released on January 24, 1936." }, { "title": "I Cover Chinatown", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Elaine Shepard, Theodore von Eltz", "extract": "I Cover Chinatown is a 1936 American crime film directed by Norman Foster and starring Foster, Elaine Shepard and Theodore von Eltz. A San Francisco Chinatown tour guide gets mixed up with a murder. It was Foster's debut as a director and one of his final appearances as an actor." }, { "title": "I Married a Doctor", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander", "extract": "I Married a Doctor is a 1936 American drama film directed by Archie Mayo and written by Casey Robinson. It is an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s novel Main Street. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee, Louise Fazenda and Olin Howland. The film was released by W" }, { "title": "I'd Give My Life", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Guy Standing, Frances Drake", "extract": "I'd Give My Life is a 1936 American drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by George O'Neil based upon the play The Noose. The film stars Guy Standing, Frances Drake, Tom Brown, Janet Beecher, Robert Gleckler, and Helen Lowell. The film was released on August 14, 1936, by Paramount Pictur" }, { "title": "Idaho Kid", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Marion Shilling, David Sharpe", "extract": "Idaho Kid is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Rex Bell, Marion Shilling and David Sharpe." }, { "title": "In His Steps", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Invisible Ray", "year": 1936, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake", "extract": "The Invisible Ray is a 1936 American science-fiction horror film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It stars Boris Karloff as Dr. Janos Rukh, a scientist who comes in contact with a meteorite composed of an element known as \"Radium X\". After exposure to its rays begins to make him glow in the dark, his to" }, { "title": "Isle of Fury", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods", "extract": "Isle of Fury is a 1936 American adventure film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, and Donald Woods. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros." }, { "title": "It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Reginald Denny, Evelyn Brent, Jack La Rue", "extract": "It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did is a 1936 American romantic crime film directed by Phil Rosen. The film is also known as It Couldn't Have Happened." }, { "title": "It Had to Happen", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Raft, Rosalind Russell, Alan Dinehart", "extract": "It Had to Happen is a 1936 American drama film starring George Raft and Rosalind Russell. The movie was written by Kathryn Scola, and Howard Ellis Smith, and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It is based on the 1909 short story \"Canavan, the Man Who Had His Way\" by Rupert Hughes." }, { "title": "It's Up to You", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Erville Alderson, Betty Blythe, James P. Burtis", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Jailbreak", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barton MacLane, June Travis", "extract": "Jailbreak is a 1936 American (Precursor) film noir, crime, mystery, drama film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Robert Hardy Andrews and Joseph Hoffman. The film stars Barton MacLane, June Travis, Craig Reynolds, Dick Purcell, Joe King, and George E. Stone. The film was released by Warner Bros" }, { "title": "The Jungle Princess", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Molly Lamont", "extract": "The Jungle Princess is a 1936 American adventure film directed by Wilhelm Thiele starring Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland." }, { "title": "Kelly of the Secret Service", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Lloyd Hughes, Jack Mulhall, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Kelly of the Secret Service is a 1936 American mystery film produced by Sam Katzman. Directed by Robert F. Hill, it stars Lloyd Hughes, Jack Mulhall and Sheila Bromley." }, { "title": "Kelly the Second", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Patsy Kelly, Guinn Williams, Charley Chase", "extract": "Kelly the Second is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Gus Meins and starring Patsy Kelly, Guinn Williams, and Charley Chase. This Hal Roach studio film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The title is a pun, \"Second\" referring not to lineage but a boxer's corner man." }, { "title": "The Kid Ranger", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, William Farnum, Joan Barclay", "extract": "The Kid Ranger is a 1936 American Western film starring Bob Steele. It was done for Supreme Pictures and was produced by A. W. Hackel." }, { "title": "Killer at Large", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Mary Brian, George McKay, Betty Compson", "extract": "Killer at Large is a 1936 American mystery film directed by David Selman from a script by Harold Shumate, which stars Mary Brian, Russell Hardie, and George McKay." }, { "title": "King of Burlesque", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Fats Waller", "extract": "King of Burlesque is a 1936 musical film about a former burlesque producer played by Warner Baxter who moves into a legitimate theatre and does very well, until he marries a socialite. Sammy Lee received an Academy Award nomination for the now dead category of Best Dance Direction at the 8th Academy" }, { "title": "King of Hockey", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dick Purcell, Anne Nagel, Marie Wilson", "extract": "King of Hockey is a 1936 American drama film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by George Bricker. The film stars Dick Purcell, Anne Nagel, Marie Wilson, Wayne Morris, George E. Stone and Joseph Crehan. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 19, 1936." }, { "title": "King of the Pecos", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Muriel Evans", "extract": "King of the Pecos is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring John Wayne and Muriel Evans." }, { "title": "King of the Royal Mounted", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, Drama, War", "cast": "Robert Kent, Rosalind Keith, Alan Dinehart", "extract": "King of the Royal Mounted is a 1936 American drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Earle Snell and Don Swift. The film stars Robert Kent, Rosalind Keith, Alan Dinehart, Arthur Loft, Grady Sutton and Frank McGlynn Sr. The film was released on September 11, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "The King Steps Out", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Grace Moore, Franchot Tone, Victor Jory", "extract": "The King Steps Out is a 1936 American light comedy film directed by Josef von Sternberg based on the early years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as \"Sisi\" or \"Sissi\", and her courtship and marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austria, after he was initially engaged to her older sister Duchess Helene" }, { "title": "Klondike Annie", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Western", "cast": "Mae West, Victor McLaglen", "extract": "Klondike Annie is a 1936 American Western film starring Mae West and Victor McLaglen. The film was co-written by West from her play Frisco Kate, which she wrote in 1921 and a story written by the duo Marion Morgan and George Brendan Dowell. Raoul Walsh directed." }, { "title": "Ladies in Love", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Loretta Young, Janet Gaynor, Don Ameche", "extract": "Ladies in Love (1936) is a romantic comedy film based upon the play by Leslie Bush-Fekete. It was directed by Edward H. Griffith and stars Janet Gaynor, Constance Bennett and Loretta Young. The film revolves around three roommates in exotic Budapest and their comical romantic adventures. Gaynor, Ben" }, { "title": "Lady Be Careful", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle", "extract": "Lady Be Careful is a 1936 American drama film directed by Theodore Reed and written by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, and Harry Ruskin, adapted from the play by Kenyon Nicholson and Charles Knox Robinson. The film stars Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, Benny Baker, Buster Crabbe, Grant Withers, and Irving " }, { "title": "The Lady Consents", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Ann Harding, Herbert Marshall", "extract": "The Lady Consents is a 1936 American romantic melodrama film directed by Stephen Roberts, starring Ann Harding, Herbert Marshall, and Margaret Lindsay. The screenplay was written by P. J. Wolfson and Anthony Veiller, from Wolfson's story \"The Indestructible Mrs. Talbot\". RKO Radio Pictures released " }, { "title": "Lady from Nowhere", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Mary Astor, Charles Quigley", "extract": "Lady from Nowhere is a 1936 American crime film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring Mary Astor, Charles Quigley and Thurston Hall." }, { "title": "Lady Luck", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Patricia Farr, Iris Adrian, Jameson Thomas", "extract": "Lady Luck is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It was made by Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation." }, { "title": "Lady of Secrets", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ruth Chatterton, Lionel Atwill, Otto Kruger", "extract": "Lady of Secrets is a 1936 American drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Ruth Chatterton, Otto Kruger and Lionel Atwill." }, { "title": "Last of the Warrens", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Margaret Marquis", "extract": "Last of the Warrens is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury." }, { "title": "The Last Outlaw", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson", "extract": "The Last Outlaw is a 1936 American Western film directed by Christy Cabanne from a screenplay by John Twist and Jack Townley. The original story was credited to \"E. Murray Campbell\" and John Ford, who directed the 1919 version. Harry Carey starred in both versions." }, { "title": "The Last of the Mohicans", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure, Drama, Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Bruce Cabot, Henry Wilcoxon", "extract": "The Last of the Mohicans is a 1936 American Western film directed by George B. Seitz from a screenplay by Philip Dunne, based on the 1826 novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper. The film stars Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, and Henry Wilcoxon." }, { "title": "Laughing at Trouble", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jane Darwell, Allan Lane", "extract": "Laughing at Trouble is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Jane Darwell, Brook Byron, Allan Lane, Sara Haden, Lois Wilson, and Margaret Hamilton. The film was released on December 11, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Laughing Irish Eyes", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Phil Regan, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "Laughing Irish Eyes is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Olive Cooper, Ben Ryan and Stanley Rauh. The film stars Phil Regan, Walter C. Kelly, Evalyn Knapp, Ray Walker, Mary Gordon and Warren Hymer. The film was released on March 4, 1936, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Law in Her Hands", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrell, Warren Hull", "extract": "The Law in Her Hands is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Clemens and written by George Bricker and Luci Ward. The film stars Margaret Lindsay and Glenda Farrell. It was released by Warner Bros. on May 16, 1936. The film's working title was \"Lawyer Woman\". Mary and Dorothy open their ow" }, { "title": "The Lawless Nineties", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Gabby Hayes", "extract": "The Lawless Nineties is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring John Wayne and Lane Chandler as federal agents in Wyoming. The film also stars a 19-year-old Ann Rutherford as well as George Hayes." }, { "title": "The Leathernecks Have Landed", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, War", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Clay Clement, Ward Bond", "extract": "The Leathernecks Have Landed is a 1936 American adventure film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Seton I. Miller. The film stars Lew Ayres, Isabel Jewell, James Ellison, James Burke, J. Carrol Naish and Clay Clement. The film was released on February 17, 1936, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Leavenworth Case", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Donald Cook, Jean Rouverol", "extract": "The Leavenworth Case is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Albert DeMond and Sidney Sutherland. It is based on the 1878 novel The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green. The film stars Donald Cook, Jean Rouverol, Norman Foster, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Maude Eburne" }, { "title": "Legion of Terror", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Action", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Ward Bond, Marguerite Churchill", "extract": "Legion of Terror is a 1936 American drama/action film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. The film, which stars Bruce Cabot, Marguerite Churchill, Ward Bond, and Crawford Weaver, is a fictionalized story about the real-life Ku Klux Klan splinter group called the Black Legion of the 1930s. It was inspir" }, { "title": "Let's Make a Million", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charlotte Wynters, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "Let's Make a Million is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Manuel Seff and Robert Yost. The film stars Charlotte Wynters, Edward Everett Horton, Porter Hall, J. M. Kerrigan, Margaret Seddon and Margaret McWade. The film was released on December 13, 1936, by Paramount " }, { "title": "Let's Sing Again", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Bobby Breen, Henry Armetta, Vivienne Osborne", "extract": "Let's Sing Again is a 1936 American film directed by Kurt Neumann." }, { "title": "Libeled Lady", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance, War", "cast": "Jean Harlow, William Powell, Spencer Tracy", "extract": "Libeled Lady is a 1936 screwball comedy film starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy, written by George Oppenheimer, Howard Emmett Rogers, Wallace Sullivan, and Maurine Dallas Watkins, and directed by Jack Conway. This was the fifth of fourteen films in which Powell and Lo" }, { "title": "Lightnin' Bill Carson", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Lois January, Rex Lease", "extract": "Lightnin' Bill Carson is a 1936 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield." }, { "title": "The Lion's Den", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury", "extract": "The Lion's Den is a 1936 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury and Don Barclay." }, { "title": "The Lion Man", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure, Silent", "cast": "Jon Hall, Kathleen Burke", "extract": "The Lion Man is a 1936 American film very loosely based on The Lad and the Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the 1917 silent movie of the same title. It was directed by John P. McCarthy and produced by Arthur Alexander and Max Alexander. The film stars Jon Hall then appearing under his real name Cha" }, { "title": "Little Lord Fauntleroy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Freddie Bartholomew, C. Aubrey Smith, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "Little Lord Fauntleroy is a 1936 drama film based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, and C. Aubrey Smith. The first film produced by David O. Selznick's Selznick International Pictures, it was the studio's most profita" }, { "title": "Little Miss Nobody", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Ralph Morgan", "extract": "Little Miss Nobody is a 1936 American drama film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Lou Breslow, Paul Burger and Edward Eliscu. The film stars Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Ralph Morgan, Sara Haden, Harry Carey and Betty Jean Hainey. The film was released on June 5, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "The Little Red Schoolhouse", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lloyd Hughes, Dickie Moore, Ann Doran", "extract": "The Little Red Schoolhouse is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Frank Coghlan Jr., Lloyd Hughes and Dickie Moore. A boy runs away from school and heads for New York City." }, { "title": "Lloyd's of London", "year": 1936, "genres": "Historical, Drama", "cast": "Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll, Tyrone Power", "extract": "Lloyd's of London is a 1936 American drama film directed by Henry King. It stars Freddie Bartholomew, Tyrone Power, Madeleine Carroll, and Guy Standing. The supporting cast includes George Sanders, Virginia Field, and C. Aubrey Smith. Loosely based on historical events, the film follows the dealings" }, { "title": "The Lonely Trail", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ann Rutherford", "extract": "The Lonely Trail is a 1936 American Western film starring John Wayne and Ann Rutherford." }, { "title": "Love Before Breakfast", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Cesar Romero, Preston Foster", "extract": "Love Before Breakfast is a 1936 American romantic comedy starring Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, and Cesar Romero, based on Faith Baldwin's short story Spinster Dinner, published in International-Cosmopolitan in July 1934. The film was directed by Walter Lang from a screenplay by Herbert Fields ass" }, { "title": "Love Begins at 20", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Hugh Herbert, Patricia Ellis, Warren Hull", "extract": "Love Begins at 20 is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Dalton Trumbo and Tom Reed, based on the 1929 play Broken Dishes by Martin Flavin. The film stars Hugh Herbert, Patricia Ellis, Warren Hull, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dorothy Vaughan and Clarence Wilson. The film was " }, { "title": "Love Letters of a Star", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Polly Rowles, Walter Coy, Ralph Forbes", "extract": "Love Letters of a Star is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Milton Carruth and Lewis R. Foster and written by Milton Carruth, Lewis R. Foster, and James Mulhauser. The film stars Henry Hunter, Polly Rowles, C. Henry Gordon, Walter Coy, Hobart Cavanaugh, Mary Alice Rice, and Ralph Forbes. The " }, { "title": "Love on a Bet", "year": 1936, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, Helen Broderick", "extract": "Love on a Bet is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Leigh Jason using a screenplay by P. J. Wolfson and Philip G. Epstein, based on a story by Kenneth Earl. The film stars Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, and Helen Broderick, and was released by RKO Radio Pictures on February 1, 1936." }, { "title": "Love on the Run", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone", "extract": "Love on the Run is a 1936 American romantic comedy film, directed by W.S. Van Dyke, produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone and Reginald Owen in a story about rival newspaper correspondents assigned to cover the marriage of a socialite. The screenplay" }, { "title": "The Luckiest Girl in the World", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Jane Wyatt, Eugene Pallette, Catherine Doucet", "extract": "The Luckiest Girl in the World is a 1936 American comedy film directed Edward Buzzell and written by Herbert Fields and Henry Myers. The film stars Jane Wyatt, Louis Hayward, Nat Pendleton, Eugene Pallette, Catherine Doucet and Phillip Reed. The film was released on October 1, 1936, by Universal Pic" }, { "title": "Lucky Terror", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Charles Hill, Lona Andre", "extract": "Lucky Terror is a 1936 American Western film directed by Alan James." }, { "title": "M'Liss", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, John Beal, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "M'Liss is a 1936 drama film starring Anne Shirley. The film was directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and based upon a Bret Harte short story. It is a remake of the 1918 film M'liss starring Mary Pickford in the title role." }, { "title": "Mad Holiday", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Elissa Landi, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Mad Holiday is a 1936 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Elissa Landi, ZaSu Pitts, Ted Healy, Edmund Gwenn and Edgar Kennedy. The film was released on November 13, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Magnificent Brute", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon", "extract": "The Magnificent Brute is a 1936 American drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Victor McLaglen, Binnie Barnes and Jean Dixon. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Otterson." }, { "title": "Make Way for a Lady", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance, Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael", "extract": "Make Way for a Lady is a 1936 romantic comedy/drama directed by David Burton, starring Herbert Marshall and Anne Shirley. June Drew is the teenaged \"lady\" based on Elizabeth Jordan's novel Daddy and I." }, { "title": "A Man Betrayed", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Edward J. Nugent, Kay Hughes, Theodore von Eltz", "extract": "A Man Betrayed is a 1936 American comedy crime drama film directed by John H. Auer." }, { "title": "Man Hunt", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill", "extract": "Man Hunt is a 1936 American comedy film directed by William Clemens and written by Roy Chanslor. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill, Charles \"Chic\" Sale, William Gargan, Dick Purcell and Olin Howland. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 15, 1936." }, { "title": "Man of the Frontier", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette", "extract": "Red River Valley, later retitled Man of the Frontier for American television screening, is a 1936 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Frances Grant. Written by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a \"ditch rider\" and his sidekic" }, { "title": "The Man I Marry", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Doris Nolan, Nigel Bruce", "extract": "The Man I Marry is a 1936 American drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Harry Clork and M. Coates Webster. The film stars Doris Nolan, Michael Whalen, Charles \"Chic\" Sale, Nigel Bruce, Richard \"Skeets\" Gallagher, Marjorie Gateson, Cliff Edwards and Gerald Oliver Smith. The film was rel" }, { "title": "The Man Who Lived Twice", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Thurston Hall, Isabel Jewell", "extract": "The Man Who Lived Twice is a 1936 American crime film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Marian Marsh and Thurston Hall. It was remade as Man in the Dark in 1953." }, { "title": "The Mandarin Mystery", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, Rita La Roy", "extract": "The Mandarin Mystery is a 1936 American film directed by Ralph Staub, loosely based on The Chinese Orange Mystery, a novel featuring detective character Ellery Queen." }, { "title": "Marihuana", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Hugh McArthur, Dorothy Dehn, Paul Ellis", "extract": "Marihuana is a 1936 exploitation film directed by Dwain Esper, and written by Esper's wife, Hildagarde Stadie." }, { "title": "Mariners of the Sky", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "William Gargan, Claire Dodd", "extract": "Mariners of the Sky is a 1936 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Nate Watt, in his directorial debut. The film stars William Gargan, Claire Dodd and Douglas Fowley. Filmed with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, it was a mild recruiting film in an era when the United States military " }, { "title": "Mary of Scotland", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Moroni Olsen", "extract": "Mary of Scotland is a 1936 RKO film starring Katharine Hepburn as the 16th-century ruler Mary, Queen of Scots. Directed by John Ford, it is an adaptation of the 1933 Maxwell Anderson play, with Fredric March reprising the role of Bothwell, which he also performed on stage during the run of play. The" }, { "title": "Meet Nero Wolfe", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Edward Arnold, Lionel Stander, Dennie Moore", "extract": "Meet Nero Wolfe is a 1936 mystery film based on the 1934 novel Fer-de-Lance, written by Rex Stout. Set in New York, the story introduced the detective genius Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin. The partnership endured through 33 novels and 39 short stories written by Stout, but continued in" }, { "title": "A Message to Garcia", "year": 1936, "genres": "War, Adventure, Spy", "cast": "John Boles, Barbara Stanwyck, Wallace Beery", "extract": "A Message to Garcia is a 1936 American adventure spy film directed by George Marshall and starring Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles. The film is inspired by the 1899 essay \"A Message to Garcia\" by Elbert Hubbard, loosely based on an incident during the ramp up to the Spanish–American W" }, { "title": "The Milky Way", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Helen Mack", "extract": "The Milky Way is a 1936 American comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. Directed by comedy veteran Leo McCarey, the film was written by Grover Jones, Frank Butler and Richard Connell based on a play of the same name by Lynn Root and Harry Clork that was presented on Broadway in 1934." }, { "title": "The Millionaire Kid", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bryant Washburn, Betty Compson", "extract": "The Millionaire Kid is a 1936 American drama film produced and released by Reliable Pictures with former silent stars Bryant Washburn and Betty Compson in the leads and with several other familiar silent personalities in supporting roles." }, { "title": "Mind Your Own Business", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Alice Brady, Gene Lockhart", "extract": "Mind Your Own Business is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by John Francis Larkin and Dore Schary. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Alice Brady, Lyle Talbot, Benny Baker, Gene Lockhart, and Jack La Rue. It was released on December 18, 1936 by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The Mine with the Iron Door", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure, War, Western", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "The Mine with the Iron Door is a 1936 American adventure western film directed by David Howard and starring Richard Arlen, Cecilia Parker and Henry B. Walthall. It is an adaptation of Harold Bell Wright's novel of the same title which had previously been turned into a 1924 silent The Mine with the I" }, { "title": "Missing Girls", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Roger Pryor, Muriel Evans, Noel Madison", "extract": "Missing Girls is a 1936 American film directed by Phil Rosen." }, { "title": "Modern Times", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard", "extract": "Modern Times is a 1936 American part-talkie satirical romantic black comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character, his last performance as the character, struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The movie stars Chaplin, Paulette Godd" }, { "title": "The Moon's Our Home", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Henry Fonda, Margaret Sullavan, Walter Brennan", "extract": "The Moon's Our Home is a 1936 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter. It was adapted from a novel of the same name written by Faith Baldwin and first published in serial form in Cosmopolitan magazine." }, { "title": "Moonlight Murder", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Chester Morris, Madge Evans, Benita Hume", "extract": "Moonlight Murder is a 1936 American crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. The film stars Chester Morris, Madge Evans, Leo Carrillo, Frank McHugh, Benita Hume, Grant Mitchell, Katharine Alexander and J. Carrol Naish. The film was released on Marc" }, { "title": "More Than a Secretary", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Jean Arthur, George Brent, Ruth Donnelly", "extract": "More Than a Secretary is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Dale Van Every and Lynn Starling. The story was adapted by Ethel Hill and Aben Kandel, based on the magazine story \"Safari in Manhattan\" by Matt Taylor. It tells the story of a health magazine se" }, { "title": "Mr. Cinderella", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher", "extract": "Mr. Cinderella is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Richard Flournoy and Arthur V. Jones. The film stars Jack Haley, Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn, Robert McWade and Rosina Lawrence. The film was released on October 23, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Ma" }, { "title": "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance, Drama", "cast": "Gary Cooper, (, Best Actor, nominee), Jean Arthur", "extract": "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a 1936 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in her first featured role. Based on the 1935 short story \"Opera Hat\" by Clarence Budington Kelland, which appeared in serial form in The American Magazine, the screen" }, { "title": "Mummy's Boys", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Barbara Pepper", "extract": "Mummy's Boys is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and written by Jack Townley, Philip G. Epstein and Charles E. Roberts. The film stars Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Barbara Pepper, Moroni Olsen, Frank M. Thomas and Willie Best. The film was released on October 2, 1936, by RKO Pictu" }, { "title": "Murder at Glen Athol", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "John Miljan, Irene Ware, Iris Adrian", "extract": "Murder at Glen Athol is a 1936 American film directed by Frank R. Strayer." }, { "title": "Murder by an Aristocrat", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Lyle Talbot, Marguerite Churchill, Claire Dodd", "extract": "Murder by an Aristocrat is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Lyle Talbot, Marguerite Churchill and Claire Dodd. The film was based on a 1932 novel of the same title by Mignon G. Eberhart, with sets designed by Hugh Reticker. It was the seventh of 12 B-mysteries rel" }, { "title": "The Murder of Dr. Harrigan", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, Mary Astor", "extract": "The Murder of Dr. Harrigan is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Peter Milne and Sy Bartlett. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, John Eldredge, Mary Astor, Joseph Crehan and Frank Reicher. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 11, 1936.\nA story" }, { "title": "Murder on a Bridle Path", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery, War", "cast": "James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer", "extract": "Murder on a Bridle Path is a 1936 mystery film directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy, starring James Gleason and Helen Broderick. This film was the fourth production in the Hildegarde Withers series, and the only one in which Broderick played Hildegarde Withers." }, { "title": "Murder with Pictures", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery, Crime", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Gail Patrick", "extract": "Murder with Pictures is a 1936 American crime-mystery film based on a story by George Harmon Coxe. The film was directed by Charles Barton, the screenplay was written by Jack Moffitt and Sidney Salkow. Lew Ayres starred as Kent Murdock, Gail Patrick starred as Meg Archer; Paul Kelly and Benny Baker " }, { "title": "The Music Goes 'Round", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Harry Richman, Rochelle Hudson, Walter Connolly", "extract": "The Music Goes 'Round is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Harry Richman, Rochelle Hudson and Walter Connolly." }, { "title": "Muss 'Em Up", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Preston Foster, Margaret Callahan", "extract": "Muss 'Em Up is a 1936 American detective drama film directed by Charles Vidor from a screenplay by Erwin Gelsey. RKO Radio pictures premiered the film in New York City on February 1, 1936, with a nationwide opening on February 14. The film stars Preston Foster and Margaret Callahan, with a supportin" }, { "title": "My American Wife", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Francis Lederer, Ann Sothern, Billie Burke", "extract": "My American Wife is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Harold Young and written by Elmer Davis, Edith Fitzgerald and Virginia Van Upp. The film stars Francis Lederer, Ann Sothern, Fred Stone, Billie Burke, Ernest Cossart and Grant Mitchell. The film was released on August 7, 1936, by Paramount " }, { "title": "My Man Godfrey", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance, War", "cast": "William Powell, (, Best Actor, nominee), Carole Lombard", "extract": "My Man Godfrey is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, who had been briefly married years before appearing together in the film. The screenplay for My Man Godfrey was written by Morrie Ryskind, with uncredited contributions" }, { "title": "My Marriage", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick", "extract": "My Marriage is a 1936 American drama film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Frances Hyland. The film stars Claire Trevor, Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick, Paul Kelly, Helen Wood and Thomas Beck. The film was released on January 31, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "The Mysterious Avenger", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Joan Perry", "extract": "The Mysterious Avenger is a 1936 American Western film directed by David Selman. It features an early appearance by Jon Hall." }, { "title": "Mysterious Crossing", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "James Dunn, Jean Rogers", "extract": "Mysterious Crossing is a 1936 American film. It was directed by Arthur Lubin." }, { "title": "Neighborhood House", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charley Chase, Rosina Lawrence, Darla Hood", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Next Time We Love", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Ray Milland", "extract": "Next Time We Love is a 1936 American melodrama film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Ray Milland. The adapted screenplay was by Melville Baker, with an uncredited Preston Sturges and Doris Anderson, based on Ursula Parrott's 1935 novel Next Time We Liv" }, { "title": "Night Cargo", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Lloyd Hughes, Julie Bishop", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Night Waitress", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Margot Grahame, Gordon Jones, Billy Gilbert", "extract": "Night Waitress is a 1936 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Marcus Goodrich. The film stars Margot Grahame, Gordon Jones, Vinton Hayworth, Marc Lawrence and Billy Gilbert. The film was released on December 18, 1936, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Nobody's Fool", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Glenda Farrell, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Nobody's Fool is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Arthur Greville Collins and written by Ralph Block, Ben Markson, and Jerry Sackheim. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Glenda Farrell and Cesar Romero. The movie's working title was \"Unconscious\". It was released by Universal Pictures on J" }, { "title": "North of Nome", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack Holt, Evelyn Venable", "extract": "North of Nome is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Jack Holt, Evelyn Venable and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams." }, { "title": "O'Malley of the Mounted", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Irene Ware", "extract": "O'Malley of the Mounted is a 1936 American Western film directed by David Howard and written by Frank Howard Clark and Daniel Jarrett. The film stars George O'Brien, Irene Ware, Stanley Fields, James Bush, Victor Potel and Reginald Barlow. The film was released on March 27, 1936, by 20th Century Fox" }, { "title": "Oh, Susanna!", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Frances Grant", "extract": "Oh, Susanna! is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Frances Grant. Written by Oliver Drake, the film is about a cowboy who is robbed and then thrown from a train by an escaped murderer who then takes on the cowboy's identity." }, { "title": "The Old Corral", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Irene Manning", "extract": " The Old Corral is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Irene Manning. Based on a story by Bernard McConville, the film is about a sheriff of a small western town who sings his way into a relationship with a singer from a Chicago nightcl" }, { "title": "Old Hutch", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "Old Hutch is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by J. Walter Ruben and starring Wallace Beery as a man who finds $100,000 in the depths of the Depression. It is a remake of the 1920 Will Rogers film Honest Hutch. The supporting cast features Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Robert McWade, Vir" }, { "title": "One in a Million", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Sonja Henie, Adolphe Menjou, Don Ameche", "extract": "One in a Million is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Sonja Henie, Adolphe Menjou and Don Ameche. It marked the Hollywood debut of the ice skater Henie. It was the first of a series of Twentieth Century-Fox musicals made by Henie, although she had previousl" }, { "title": "One Rainy Afternoon", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert, Roland Young", "extract": "One Rainy Afternoon is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Francis Lederer and Ida Lupino, and featuring Hugh Herbert, Roland Young and Erik Rhodes. It also marked the last film appearance by actress Florence Lawrence, who died in 1938, who had an uncredited bit" }, { "title": "The Oregon Trail", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ann Rutherford", "extract": "The Oregon Trail is a 1936 American Western film directed by Scott Pembroke for Republic Pictures and starring John Wayne. It is a lost film with no known prints remaining. In 2013, film collector Kent Sperring discovered 40 photographs that were taken during the making of the film. The Oregon Trail" }, { "title": "Our Relations", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Alan Hale", "extract": "Our Relations is a 1936 feature film starring Laurel and Hardy, produced by Stan Laurel for Hal Roach Studios. This is the third of three films in which they play a dual role: the first was Brats and the second was Twice Two. The story is based on the short story \"The Money Box\" by W.W. Jacobs, auth" }, { "title": "Paddy O'Day", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jane Withers, Pinky Tomlin, Rita Hayworth", "extract": "Paddy O'Day is a 1936 American comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Seiler and released by 20th Century Fox. It stars Jane Withers, Pinky Tomlin, and Rita Hayworth. The story follows the adventures of a plucky Irish girl who arrives at Ellis Island only to discover that her mother, a cook in a wealth" }, { "title": "Palm Springs", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Frances Langford, Guy Standing", "extract": "Palm Springs is a 1936 film directed by Aubrey Scotto which features an early performance by David Niven." }, { "title": "Panic on the Air", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Florence Rice", "extract": "Panic on the Air is a 1936 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Lew Ayres." }, { "title": "Parole!", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Henry Hunter, Ann Preston, Anthony Quinn", "extract": "Parole! is a 1936 American crime film directed by Lew Landers and written by Kubec Glasmon and Horace McCoy. The film stars Henry Hunter, Ann Preston, Alan Dinehart, Alan Baxter, Alan Hale Sr. and Grant Mitchell. The film was released on June 14, 1936, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Pennies from Heaven", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, Louis Armstrong", "extract": "Pennies From Heaven is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, and Edith Fellows." }, { "title": "Pepper", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jane Withers, Irvin S. Cobb, Dean Jagger", "extract": "Pepper is a 1936 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Jefferson Parker, Murray Roth and Lamar Trotti. The film stars Jane Withers, Irvin S. Cobb, Slim Summerville, Dean Jagger, Muriel Robert and Ivan Lebedeff. The film was released on August 8, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "The Petrified Forest", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "The Petrified Forest is a 1936 American film directed by Archie Mayo and based on Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway drama of the same name. The motion picture stars Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay was written by Delmer Daves and Charles Kenyon, and adaptations were la" }, { "title": "Petticoat Fever", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Reginald Owen", "extract": "Petticoat Fever is a 1936 American comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice and written by Harold Goldman. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Reginald Owen, Winifred Shotter and Otto Yamaoka. The film was released on March 20, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Phantom of the Range", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Beth Marion", "extract": "The Phantom of the Range is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert F. Hill." }, { "title": "Phantom Patrol", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Kermit Maynard, Joan Barclay", "extract": "Phantom Patrol is a 1936 American Western film directed by Charles Hutchison." }, { "title": "Picadilly Jim", "year": 1936, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke", "extract": "Piccadilly Jim is a 1936 romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The film is based on the 1917 novel Piccadilly Jim written by P. G. Wodehouse." }, { "title": "Pigskin Parade", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, (, Best Supporting Actor, nominee), Patsy Kelly", "extract": "Pigskin Parade is a 1936 American musical comedy film which tells the story of husband-and-wife college football coaches who convince a backwoods player to play for their team so they can go to the big game. It was written by William M. Conselman, Mary Kelly, Nat Perrin, Arthur Sheekman, Harry Tugen" }, { "title": "Pinto Rustlers", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, George Walsh", "extract": "Pinto Rustlers is a 1936 American western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, George Walsh and Al St. John." }, { "title": "The Plainsman", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison", "extract": "The Plainsman is a 1936 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. The film presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill Cody, and General George Custer, with a gun-" }, { "title": "The Plot Thickens", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts, Louise Latimer", "extract": "The Plot Thickens is a 1936 mystery film directed by William Sistrom, starring James Gleason and ZaSu Pitts, who plays the schoolteacher and amateur sleuth Hildegarde Withers from Stuart Palmer's stories. Gleason reprised his role as Hildegarde's friendly nemesis, Inspector Oscar Piper, from RKO Rad" }, { "title": "Polo Joe", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Carol Hughes", "extract": "Polo Joe is a 1936 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann and starring Joe E. Brown, Carol Hughes and Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher. The screenplay concerns a man who, despite his fear of horses, takes up polo to impress a woman." }, { "title": "Poor Little Rich Girl", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Jack Haley", "extract": "Poor Little Rich Girl, advertised as The Poor Little Rich Girl, is a 1936 American musical film directed by Irving Cummings. The screenplay by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman, and Harry Tugend was based on stories by Eleanor Gates and Ralph Spence, and the 1917 Mary Pickford vehicle of the same name. The" }, { "title": "Poppy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell", "extract": "Poppy is a 1936 comedy film starring W. C. Fields and Rochelle Hudson. The film was based on a 1923 stage revue of the same name starring Fields and Madge Kennedy. This was the second film version of the revue featuring Fields, following Sally of the Sawdust in 1925 with Carol Dempster in the title " }, { "title": "Postal Inspector", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Patricia Ellis, Ricardo Cortez, Bela Lugosi", "extract": "Postal Inspector is a 1936 American crime film directed by Otto Brower." }, { "title": "The President's Mystery", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Henry Wilcoxon, Sidney Blackmer, Betty Furness", "extract": "The President's Mystery is a 1936 American film directed by Phil Rosen." }, { "title": "The Preview Murder Mystery", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Reginald Denny, Frances Drake, Gail Patrick", "extract": "The Preview Murder Mystery is a 1936 American mystery-comedy, directed by Robert Florey and shot in the Paramount studio. The plot follows a studio public relations man who attempts to trap a killer using television technology, allowing on-screen glimpses of technicians like Florey's cinematographer" }, { "title": "Pride of the Marines", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Florence Rice", "extract": "Pride of the Marines is a 1936 American comedy film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "The Princess Comes Across", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray", "extract": "The Princess Comes Across is a 1936 mystery/comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray, the second of the four times they were paired together. Lombard, playing an actress from Brooklyn pretending to be a Swedish princess, does a \"film-length takeoff\" on" }, { "title": "Prison Shadows", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edward J. Nugent, Lucille Lund, Joan Barclay", "extract": "Prison Shadows is a 1936 American crime film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Edward J. Nugent, Lucille Lund and Joan Barclay." }, { "title": "The Prisoner of Shark Island", "year": 1936, "genres": "Biography, Drama", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "The Prisoner of Shark Island is a 1936 American drama film loosely based on the life of Maryland physician Samuel Mudd, who treated the injured presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth and later spent time in prison after his controversial conviction for being one of Booth's accomplices. The film was" }, { "title": "Private Number", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, Robert Taylor, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "Private Number is a 1936 American drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Loretta Young, Robert Taylor and Basil Rathbone. Sometimes known by the alternative title of Secret Interlude, the film was based on the play Common Clay by Cleves Kinkead which had previously been made into a film of" }, { "title": "Public Enemy's Wife", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Public Enemy's Wife is a 1936 American crime film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Abem Finkel and Harold Buckley. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, Robert Armstrong, Cesar Romero, Dick Foran and Joe King. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 25, 1936." }, { "title": "Put on the Spot", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Edward Nugent, Maxine Doyle, Lucille Lund", "extract": "Rio Grande Romance is a 1936 American film directed by Robert F. Hill" }, { "title": "Racing Blood", "year": 1936, "genres": "Sports, Crime", "cast": "Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Gladys Blake", "extract": "Racing Blood is a 1936 American crime film directed by Victor Halperin and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Gladys Blake, Arthur Housman, James Eagles, Matthew Betz, Si Wills and Fred Toones. The film was released on November 15, 1936, by Conn Pictures Corpor" }, { "title": "Rainbow on the River", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Bobby Breen, May Robson, Charles Butterworth", "extract": "Rainbow on the River is a 1936 American musical film directed by Kurt Neumann from a screenplay by Harry Chandlee, Earle Snell, and William Hurlbut, based upon the novel Toinette's Philip by C. V. Jamison. Produced by Bobby Breen Productions and Principal Productions, the movie was premiered in New " }, { "title": "Ramona", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Western", "cast": "Loretta Young, Don Ameche", "extract": "Ramona is a 1936 American Drama Western film directed by Henry King, based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. This was the third adaptation of the film, and the first one with sound. It was the fourth American feature film using the new three strip Technicolor process. It starred Loretta You" }, { "title": "Rebellion", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Rita Hayworth, Duncan Renaldo", "extract": "Rebellion is a 1936 American Western film directed by Lynn Shores and starring Tom Keene, Rita Hayworth, and Duncan Renaldo." }, { "title": "The Reckless Way", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Marian Nixon, Kane Richmond, Inez Courtney", "extract": "The Reckless Way is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Marian Nixon, Kane Richmond and Inez Courtney. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor." }, { "title": "Red Lights Ahead", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Andy Clyde, Lucile Gleason, Ann Doran", "extract": "Red Lights Ahead is a 1936 American film directed by Roland D. Reed. It was the last film released by the Poverty Row studio Chesterfield Pictures before it became part of Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Red River Valley", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Frances Grant", "extract": "Red River Valley, later retitled Man of the Frontier for American television screening, is a 1936 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Frances Grant. Written by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a \"ditch rider\" and his sidekic" }, { "title": "Reefer Madness", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig", "extract": "Reefer Madness is a 1936 American propaganda film about drugs, revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try marijuana -- upon trying it, they become addicted, eventually leading them to become involved in various crimes such as a hit and r" }, { "title": "Rembrandt", "year": 1936, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester", "extract": "Rembrandt is a 1936 British biographical film made by London Film Productions of the life of 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The film was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by June Head and Lajos Bíró based on a story by Carl Zuckmayer. The music score was by G" }, { "title": "The Return of Jimmy Valentine", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Roger Pryor, Charlotte Henry", "extract": "The Return of Jimmy Valentine is a 1936 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Olive Cooper and Jack Natteford. The film stars Roger Pryor, Charlotte Henry, Robert Warwick, James P. Burtis, Edgar Kennedy and J. Carrol Naish. The film was released on February 22, 1936, by Rep" }, { "title": "The Return of Sophie Lang", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gertrude Michael, Guy Standing, Ray Milland", "extract": "The Return of Sophie Lang is a 1936 American drama film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Frederick Irving Anderson, Brian Marlow and Patterson McNutt. The film stars Gertrude Michael, Guy Standing, Ray Milland, Elizabeth Patterson, Colin Tapley and Paul Harvey. The film was released on " }, { "title": "Reunion", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jean Hersholt, Rochelle Hudson, The, Dionne Quintuplets", "extract": "Reunion is a 1936 film produced by 20th Century Fox and directed by Norman Taurog." }, { "title": "Revolt of the Zombies", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Horror", "cast": "Dean Jagger, Dorothy Stone, Roy D'Arcy", "extract": "Revolt of the Zombies is a 1936 American horror film directed by Victor Halperin, produced by Edward Halperin, and stars Dean Jagger and Dorothy Stone. One of the earliest zombie films, it was initially conceived as a loose sequel to the director's moderately successful White Zombie (1932) but, due " }, { "title": "Rhythm on the Range", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Western", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns", "extract": "Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American Western musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, and Bob Burns. Based on a story by Mervin J. Houser, the film is about a cowboy who meets a beautiful young woman while returning from a rodeo in the east, and invites her " }, { "title": "Ride 'Em Cowboy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Luana Walters", "extract": "Ride 'Em Cowboy is a 1936 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Luana Walters, Donald Kirke, George Cooper, J. P. McGowan and Joseph W. Girard. The film was released on September 20, 1936, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Ride Ranger Ride", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Kay Hughes", "extract": "Ride Ranger Ride is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Kay Hughes. Based on a story by Bernard McConville and Karen DeWolf, and a screenplay by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a Texas Ranger working undercover to protec" }, { "title": "The Riding Avenger", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Ruth Mix, June Gale", "extract": "The Riding Avenger is a 1936 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Hoot Gibson, Ruth Mix and June Gale. Originally made by Diversion Pictures, it was picked up for distribution by Grand National Pictures." }, { "title": "Ridin' On", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Joan Barclay, Rex Lease", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Riffraff", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "Riffraff is a 1936 American film directed by J. Walter Ruben and starring Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy. The screenplay was written by Frances Marion, Anita Loos and H. W. Hannaford." }, { "title": "Ring Around the Moon", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Donald Cook, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Ann Doran", "extract": "Ring Around the Moon is a 1936 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Donald Cook, Erin O'Brien-Moore and Ann Doran." }, { "title": "Rio Grande Ranger", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Allen, Iris Meredith", "extract": "Rio Grande Ranger is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Robert Allen, Iris Meredith and Paul Sutton." }, { "title": "Rio Grande Romance", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Edward J. Nugent, Maxine Doyle", "extract": "Rio Grande Romance is a 1936 American film directed by Robert F. Hill" }, { "title": "Road Gang", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Donald Woods, Kay Linaker", "extract": "Road Gang is a 1936 film directed by Louis King, written by Dalton Trumbo, produced by Bryan Foy, and starring Donald Woods and Kay Linaker. The film shows economic and social injustice due to political corruption." }, { "title": "The Road to Glory", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Fredric March, June Lang", "extract": "The Road to Glory is a 1936 dramatic film depiction of World War I trench warfare in France directed by Howard Hawks, starring Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, and June Lang, and produced by 20th Century Fox.\nIt is vaguely inspired by Roland Dorgelès’ 1919 novel and Raymond Bernard’s " }, { "title": "Roaming Lady", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Action, Comedy", "cast": "Fay Wray, Thurston Hall, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Roaming Lady is a 1936 American comedy action film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy and Thurston Hall." }, { "title": "Roamin' Wild", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Al Ferguson", "extract": "Roamin' Wild is a 1936 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Tom Tyler and Max Davidson. It was produced and released by the independent Reliable Pictures." }, { "title": "Roarin' Guns", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Rex Lease", "extract": "Roarin' Guns is a 1936 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield." }, { "title": "Roarin' Lead", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan", "extract": "Roarin' Lead is a 1936 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and Mack V. Wright and was the third entry of the 51-film series of Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movies." }, { "title": "Robin Hood of El Dorado", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot", "extract": "Robin Hood of El Dorado is a 1936 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman for MGM. It stars Warner Baxter as real-life Mexican folk hero Joaquin Murrieta and Ann Loring as his love interest, with Bruce Cabot as Bill Warren and J. Carrol Naish as Murrietta's notorious partner, Three-Fing" }, { "title": "The Rogues Tavern", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Horror, Mystery", "cast": "Wallace Ford, Joan Woodbury, Barbara Pepper", "extract": "The Rogues' Tavern is a 1936 American murder mystery film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Wallace Ford, Barbara Pepper, and Joan Woodbury. The film was produced by Mercury Pictures, and released by Puritan Picture on June 4, 1936." }, { "title": "Romeo and Juliet", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Norma Shearer, (, Best Actress, nominee), Leslie Howard", "extract": "Romeo and Juliet is a 1936 American film adapted from the play by William Shakespeare, directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Talbot Jennings. The film stars Leslie Howard as Romeo and Norma Shearer as Juliet, and the supporting cast features John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone, and Andy Devine." }, { "title": "Rose Bowl", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Eleanore Whitney, Tom Brown, Buster Crabbe", "extract": "Rose Bowl is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and written by Marguerite Roberts. The film stars Eleanore Whitney, Tom Brown, Buster Crabbe, William Frawley, Benny Baker and Nydia Westman. The film was released on October 30, 1936, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Rose Marie", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart", "extract": "Rose Marie is a 1936 American musical film starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, and Reginald Owen that was directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It was the second of three movie adaptations from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer of the 1924 Broadway musical of the same name. A silent version was released in 1928 and a" }, { "title": "Rose of the Rancho", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "John Boles, Gladys Swarthout, Charles Bickford", "extract": "Rose of the Rancho is a 1936 American action film directed by Marion Gering and written by Frank Partos, Charles Brackett, Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman, adapted from the play of the same name by David Belasco and Richard Walton Tully. The film stars John Boles, Gladys Swarthout, Charles Bickford, " }, { "title": "San Francisco", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Disaster, Musical", "cast": "Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, (, Best Actor", "extract": "San Francisco is a 1936 musical-drama disaster film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The film stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy. MacDonald's singing helped make this film a major hit, coming on the heels of her other 1936 blockbu" }, { "title": "Santa Fe Bound", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Tyler, Richard Cramer", "extract": "Santa Fe Bound is a 1936 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and produced by Webb and Bernard B. Ray for Reliable Pictures." }, { "title": "Satan Met a Lady", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth", "extract": "Satan Met a Lady is a 1936 American detective film directed by William Dieterle and starring Bette Davis and Warren William." }, { "title": "Sea Spoilers", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "John Wayne, Nan Grey", "extract": "Sea Spoilers is a 1936 American drama mystery film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring John Wayne." }, { "title": "Second Wife", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Gertrude Michael, Walter Abel", "extract": "Second Wife is a 1936 film directed by Edward Killy and starring Gertrude Michael and Walter Abel." }, { "title": "Secret Patrol", "year": 1936, "genres": "Action, Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Henry Mollison", "extract": "Secret Patrol is a 1936 American-Canadian Western film directed by David Selman and starring Charles Starrett, Finis Barton and J.P. McGowan. It was shot in Vancouver." }, { "title": "Senor Jim", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Conway Tearle, Barbara Bedford, Betty Mack", "extract": "Señor Jim is a 1936 American Western film directed by Jacques Jaccard and starring Conway Tearle, Barbara Bedford and Alberta Dugan." }, { "title": "Shakedown", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Joan Perry, Henry Mollison", "extract": "Shakedown is a 1936 American crime drama film, directed by David Selman from a screenplay by Grace Neville based on a story by Barry Shipman. The film stars Lew Ayres, Joan Perry, and Thurston Hall, and was released on July 17, 1936. This was Perry's film debut." }, { "title": "Show Boat", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Romance", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Paul Robeson", "extract": "Show Boat is a 1936 romantic musical film directed by James Whale, based on the 1927 musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, which in turn was adapted from the 1926 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber." }, { "title": "Silly Billies", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee", "extract": "Silly Billies is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol from a screenplay by Al Boasberg and Jack Townley, based on a story by Guiol and Thomas Lennon. The film was the twentieth feature for the comedy duo of Wheeler and Woolsey, and also stars Dorothy Lee, who had been in a number of th" }, { "title": "Silks and Saddles", "year": 1936, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Bruce Bennett, Toby Wing", "extract": "Silks and Saddles is a 1936 American film starring Herman Brix. It was one of a number of films he made for producer Sam Katzman." }, { "title": "Silver Spurs", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gabby Hayes, Buck Jones, Muriel Evans", "extract": "Silver Spurs is a 1936 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Joseph F. Poland. Starring Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, J. P. McGowan, Robert Frazer and W. E. Lawrence, it was released on January 29, 1936, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Sing, Baby, Sing", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff", "extract": "Sing, Baby, Sing is a 1936 American film. Richard A. Whiting and Walter Bullock received an Academy Award nomination in Best Original Song at the 9th Academy Awards for their song \"When Did You Leave Heaven\"." }, { "title": "Sing Me a Love Song", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "James Melton, Patricia Ellis, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "Sing Me a Love Song is a 1936 American musical film directed by Ray Enright and written by Sig Herzig and Jerry Wald. The film stars James Melton, Patricia Ellis, Hugh Herbert, ZaSu Pitts, Allen Jenkins and Nat Pendleton. The Warner Bros. film premiered in New York City on Christmas Day 1936 and wen" }, { "title": "The Singing Cowboy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Lois Wilde", "extract": "The Singing Cowboy is a 1936 American Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Lois Wilde and Lon Chaney Jr. Based on a story by Tom Gibson, the film is about a cowboy who decides to sing on television in order to raise money for the orphaned daughter of his " }, { "title": "The Singing Kid", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Al Jolson, Sybil Jason, Beverly Roberts", "extract": "The Singing Kid is a 1936 American musical film directed by William Keighley and written by Warren Duff and Pat C. Flick. Starring Al Jolson, Sybil Jason, Beverly Roberts, Edward Everett Horton, Lyle Talbot and Allen Jenkins, it was released by Warner Bros. on April 11, 1936." }, { "title": "Sinner Take All", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "Sinner Take All is a 1936 murder mystery film directed by Errol Taggart and starring Bruce Cabot and Margaret Lindsay." }, { "title": "Sins of Man", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Hersholt, Don Ameche, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "Sins of Man is a 1936 American drama film, directed by Otto Brower and released by 20th Century Fox. It stars Jean Hersholt, Don Ameche, and Allen Jenkins." }, { "title": "Sitting on the Moon", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Roger Pryor, Grace Bradley", "extract": "Sitting on the Moon is a 1936 American musical film directed by Ralph Staub and released by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Sky Parade", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "William Gargan, Katherine DeMille", "extract": "The Sky Parade is a 1936 American aviation drama film directed by Otho Lovering and written by Arthur J. Beckhard, Robert M. Burtt, Brian Marlow, Wilfred G. Moore and Byron Morgan. Starring Jimmie Allen, William Gargan, Katherine DeMille, Kent Taylor, Grant Withers and Syd Saylor, it was released on" }, { "title": "Small Town Girl", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Janet Gaynor, James Stewart", "extract": "Small Town Girl is a 1936 romantic comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, and James Stewart. The supporting cast features Binnie Barnes, Andy Devine, Lewis Stone and Edgar Kennedy." }, { "title": "Smartest Girl in Town", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Eric Blore", "extract": "Smartest Girl in Town is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley, written by Viola Brothers Shore, and starring Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Erik Rhodes and Harry Jans. It was released on November 27, 1936, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Snowed Under", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "Snowed Under is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring George Brent as a playwright who is working under a tight deadline. He becomes snowed-in in his remote cabin with two ex-wives and a girlfriend, played by Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell and Patricia Ellis." }, { "title": "Soak the Rich", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Walter Connolly, Lionel Stander, Ilka Chase", "extract": "Soak the Rich is a 1936 American comedy film written and directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and starring Walter Connolly, John Howard, Mary Zimbalist, Lionel Stander, Ilka Chase and Alice Duer Miller. It was released on January 17, 1936, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "A Son Comes Home", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mary Boland, Julie Haydon", "extract": "A Son Comes Home is a 1936 American drama film directed by E.A. Dupont and starring Mary Boland, Julie Haydon and Donald Woods. It was one of three films made by Dupont for Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Song and Dance Man", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen", "extract": "Song and Dance Man is a 1936 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan, written by Maude Fulton, adapted from the play by George M. Cohan. It stars Claire Trevor, Paul Kelly, Michael Whalen, Ruth Donnelly, James Burke and Helen Troy. It was released on March 11, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Song of the Gringo", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tex Ritter, Joan Woodbury, Monte Blue", "extract": "Song of the Gringo is a 1936 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy. The film is also known as The Old Corral in the United Kingdom. The film was the debut of singing cowboy Tex Ritter. It was co-written by former outlaw and judge Al Jennings who appears as a judge in the film." }, { "title": "Song of the Saddle", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dick Foran, Alma Lloyd", "extract": " Song of the Saddle is a 1936 American Western film starring Dick Foran, Alma Lloyd, Charles Middleton, and featuring an uncredited Sons of the Pioneers with Roy Rogers." }, { "title": "Song of the Trail", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Kermit Maynard, Evelyn Brent", "extract": "Song of the Trail is a 1936 American Western film directed by Russell Hopton and starring Kermit Maynard, Evelyn Brent and Andrea Leeds." }, { "title": "Sons o' Guns", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Joan Blondell", "extract": "Sons O' Guns is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Jerry Wald and Julius J. Epstein. It stars Joe E. Brown, and features Joan Blondell, with Beverly Roberts, Eric Blore, Craig Reynolds and Wini Shaw. It was released by Warner Bros. on May 30, 1936." }, { "title": "Special Investigator", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Richard Dix, Margaret Callahan, Owen Davis Jr.", "extract": "Special Investigator is a 1936 RKO Radio Pictures American crime-drama film, starring Richard Dix and featuring Margaret Callahan, Erik Rhodes and Owen Davis, Jr. It was directed by Louis King from a screenplay by Louis Stevens, Thomas Lennon and Ferdinand Reyher, based on \"Fugitive Gold\", a story b" }, { "title": "Speed", "year": 1936, "genres": "Action", "cast": "James Stewart, Wendy Barrie, Ralph Morgan", "extract": "Speed is a 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer action film directed by Edwin L. Marin. It starred James Stewart, in his first starring role, and Wendy Barrie. Although only a low-budget \"B\" movie, the film was notable for its realistic cinematography by Lester White, incorporating scenes from the Indianapolis " }, { "title": "The Speed Reporter", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Luana Walters", "extract": "The Speed Reporter is a 1936 American crime film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Richard Talmadge, Luana Walters and Richard Cramer. It was produced as a second feature by the independent company Reliable Pictures." }, { "title": "Spendthrift", "year": 1936, "genres": "Romance", "cast": "Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian", "extract": "Spendthrift is a 1936 American romance film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian and George Barbier and released by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Stage Struck", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Frank McHugh", "extract": "Stage Struck is 1936 American musical film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Dick Powell, Joan Blondell and Warren William." }, { "title": "Stampede", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett", "extract": "Stampede is a 1936 Canadian American Western film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Charles Starrett." }, { "title": "Star for a Night", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Jane Darwell, Dean Jagger", "extract": "Star for a Night is a 1936 American drama film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Claire Trevor, Jane Darwell and Arline Judge." }, { "title": "Step on It", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Richard Talmadge, Lois Wilde", "extract": "Step on It is a 1936 American crime film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Richard Talmadge, Lois Wilde and Roger Williams. After being kicked off the force, a former police officer single-handedly goes after a gang staging truck hold-ups." }, { "title": "The Story of Louis Pasteur", "year": 1936, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Paul Muni, (, Academy Award for Best Actor, ), Josephine Hutchinson", "extract": "The Story of Louis Pasteur is a 1936 American black-and-white biographical film from Warner Bros., produced by Henry Blanke, directed by William Dieterle, that stars Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise and Donald Woods, and Paul Muni as the renowned scientist who developed major advances in microbiol" }, { "title": "Stowaway", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Drama", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "Stowaway is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by William A. Seiter. The screenplay by William M. Conselman, Nat Perrin, and Arthur Sheekman is based on a story by Samuel G. Engel. The film is about a young orphan called \"Ching Ching\" who meets wealthy playboy Tommy Randall in Shanghai and " }, { "title": "Straight from the Shoulder", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Katherine Locke", "extract": "Straight from the Shoulder is a 1936 American drama film directed by Stuart Heisler, written by Lucian Cary and Madeleine Ruthven, and starring Ralph Bellamy, Katherine Locke, David Holt, Andy Clyde, Purnell Pratt and Onslow Stevens. It was released on August 28, 1936, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Strike Me Pink", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman", "extract": "Strike Me Pink is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, starring Eddie Cantor and Ethel Merman, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn." }, { "title": "Sunset of Power", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Donald Kirke", "extract": "Sunset of Power is a 1936 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor, written by Earle Snell, and starring Buck Jones, Dorothy Dix, Charles Middleton, Donald Kirke, Ben Corbett and Charles King. It was released on January 22, 1936, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Sutter's Gold", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Edward Arnold, Lee Tracy, Montagu Love", "extract": "Sutter's Gold is a 1936 American Western film. It is a fictionalized version of the aftermath of the discovery of gold on Sutter's property, spurring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Edward Arnold plays John Sutter. The supporting cast includes Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katherine Alexander, Montagu" }, { "title": "Suzy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, Cary Grant", "extract": "Suzy is a 1936 American drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone and Cary Grant. The film was partially written by Dorothy Parker, based on a novel by Herbert Gorman. The Academy Award-nominated theme for Suzy, \"Did I Remember?\", was sung by Virginia Verrill " }, { "title": "Swing Time", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore", "extract": "Swing Time is a 1936 American musical comedy film, the sixth of ten starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Directed by George Stevens for RKO, it features Helen Broderick, Victor Moore, Betty Furness, Eric Blore and Georges Metaxa, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Set mainly" }, { "title": "Sworn Enemy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Florence Rice, Robert Young, Joseph Calleia", "extract": "Sworn Enemy is a 1936 American crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin, written by Wells Root, and starring Robert Young, Florence Rice, Joseph Calleia, Lewis Stone and Nat Pendleton. It was released on September 11, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Tango", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marian Nixon, Chick Chandler, Franklin Pangborn", "extract": "Tango is a 1936 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Marian Nixon, Chick Chandler and Marie Prevost." }, { "title": "Tarzan Escapes", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller, John Buckler", "extract": "Tarzan Escapes is a 1936 Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the third in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tarzan series to feature Johnny Weissmuller as the \"King of the Apes\". Previous films were Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and Tarzan and His Mate (1934), with Jane's bi" }, { "title": "A Tenderfoot Goes West", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Jack La Rue, Russell Gleason, Virginia Carroll", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Texas Rangers", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Fred MacMurray, Jean Parker, Jack Oakie", "extract": "The Texas Rangers is a 1936 American Western film directed by King Vidor and starring Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie. The picture was nominated for Best Sound Recording at the 1936 Oscars. The film was inspired by incidents from Walter Prescott Webb's 1935 history book The Texas Rangers, A Century Of" }, { "title": "Thank You, Jeeves!", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Arthur Treacher, Virginia Field, David Niven", "extract": "Thank You, Jeeves! is a 1936 comedy film directed by Arthur Greville Collins, written by Stephen Gross and Joseph Hoffman, and starring Arthur Treacher, Virginia Field, David Niven, Lester Matthews, Colin Tapley and John Graham Spacey. It was released on October 4, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "That Girl from Paris", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Lily Pons, Gene Raymond, Lucille Ball", "extract": "That Girl from Paris is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, and Gene Raymond. The film made a profit of $101,000. John O. Aalberg was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording." }, { "title": "Theodora Goes Wild", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Irene Dunne, (, Best Actress, nominee), Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "Theodora Goes Wild is a 1936 American screwball comedy film that tells the story of the residents in a small town who are incensed by a risqué novel, unaware that the book was written under a pseudonym by a member of the town's leading family. It stars Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas and was directed" }, { "title": "These Three", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, Catherine Doucet, Bonita Granville", "extract": "These Three is a 1936 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, and Bonita Granville. The screenplay by Lillian Hellman is based on her 1934 play The Children's Hour." }, { "title": "They Met in a Taxi", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Fay Wray, Chester Morris, Raymond Walburn", "extract": "They Met in a Taxi is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Chester Morris, Fay Wray and Raymond Walburn. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Thirteen Hours by Air", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "13 Hours by Air is a 1936 drama film made by Paramount Pictures and directed by Mitchell Leisen. The film stars Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Kenyon Nicholson and Bogart Rogers, based on story Wild Wings by Rogers and Frank Mitchell Dazey. 13 Hours by Air was also th" }, { "title": "Three Cheers for Love", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Eleanore Whitney, Robert Cummings", "extract": "Three Cheers for Love is a 1936 American musical film directed by Ray McCarey, written by George Marion, Jr., and starring Eleanore Whitney, Robert Cummings, William Frawley, Elizabeth Patterson, Roscoe Karns and John Halliday. It was released on June 26, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Three Godfathers", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Chester Morris, Walter Brennan, Irene Hervey", "extract": "Three Godfathers is a 1936 American Western film directed by Richard Boleslawski and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan, and Irene Hervey. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Peter B. Kyne. Three bank robbers find a newborn baby and his" }, { "title": "Three Live Ghosts", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Beryl Mercer, Claud Allister", "extract": "Three Live Ghosts is a 1936 American comedy film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Richard Arlen, Claud Allister and Cecilia Parker." }, { "title": "Three Married Men", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Lynne Overman, Roscoe Karns, Mary Brian", "extract": "Three Married Men is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell, written by Alan Campbell and Dorothy Parker, and starring Lynne Overman, William Frawley, Roscoe Karns, Mary Brian, George Barbier and Marjorie Gateson. It was released on September 24, 1936, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Three Men on a Horse", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Three Men on a Horse is a 1936 comedy film directed and produced by Mervyn LeRoy, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name written by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm. A mild-mannered greeting card poet has the uncanny ability to pick winners in horse races." }, { "title": "The Three Mesquiteers", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan", "extract": "The Three Mesquiteers is a 1936 Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie, starring Bob Livingston, Ray \"Crash\" Corrigan and Syd Saylor. It is first in a 51-film series of \"Three Mesquiteers\" films based on characters from the novels written by William Colt MacDonald, eight of which starred John Wayne. Th" }, { "title": "Three of a Kind", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Evalyn Knapp, Chick Chandler, Berton Churchill", "extract": "Three of a Kind is a 1936 American film directed by Phil Rosen. It was made by Invincible Pictures Corporation which was later absorbed into Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Three on the Trail", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "William Boyd, Muriel Evans", "extract": "Three on the Trail is a 1936 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton, written by Doris Schroeder and Vernon Smith, and starring William Boyd, James Ellison, Onslow Stevens, Muriel Evans, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Claude King and William Duncan. It was released on April 24, 1936, by Paramount" }, { "title": "Three Smart Girls", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Deanna Durbin, Binnie Barnes, Ray Milland", "extract": "Three Smart Girls is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Barbara Read, Nan Grey, Deanna Durbin, and Ray Milland. The film's screenplay was written by Adele Comandini and Austin Parker, and is about three sisters who travel to New York City to prevent their fathe" }, { "title": "The Three Wise Guys", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Young, Betty Furness, Bruce Cabot", "extract": "The Three Wise Guys is a 1936 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz, written by Elmer Harris and Damon Runyon, and starring Robert Young, Betty Furness, Raymond Walburn, Thurston Hall, Bruce Cabot and Donald Meek. It was released on May 15, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Ticket to Paradise", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Roger Pryor, Wendy Barrie", "extract": "Ticket to Paradise is a 1936 American drama film directed by Aubrey Scotto, written by Jack Natteford and Nathanael West, and starring Roger Pryor, Wendy Barrie, Claude Gillingwater, Andrew Tombes, Luis Alberni and E. E. Clive. It was released on June 25, 1936, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Till We Meet Again", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael, Lionel Atwill", "extract": "Till We Meet Again is a 1936 American film directed by Robert Florey and starring Herbert Marshall and Gertrude Michael. Marshall and Michael also starred in Till We Meet Again, released later in 1936." }, { "title": "Times Square Playboy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Gene Lockhart, Warren William, June Travis", "extract": "Times Square Playboy is a 1936 American romance film directed by William C. McGann and starring Warren William, June Travis and Barton MacLane. It is also known by the alternative title of His Best Man. The film's art direction was by Esdras Hartley, its costume design by Orry-Kelly." }, { "title": "Timothy's Quest", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Eleanore Whitney, Tom Keene, Dickie Moore", "extract": "Timothy's Quest is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and written by Virginia Van Upp, Dore Schary and Gilbert Pratt, based on a novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin." }, { "title": "To Mary With Love", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Myrna Loy, Warner Baxter, Claire Trevor", "extract": "To Mary – with Love is a 1936 American drama film directed by John Cromwell, written by Richard Sherman and Howard Ellis Smith, and starring Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Ian Hunter, Claire Trevor, Jean Dixon and Pat Somerset. The film was released on August 1, 1936, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Too Many Parents", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Frances Farmer, Lester Matthews, Anne Grey", "extract": "Too Many Parents is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan, written by Virginia Van Upp and Doris Malloy, and starring Frances Farmer, Lester Matthews, Porter Hall, Henry Travers, Billy Lee, George Ernest and Sherwood Bailey. It was released on March 30, 1936, by Paramount Picture" }, { "title": "Too Much Beef", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Constance Bergen", "extract": "Too Much Beef is a 1936 American Western film written and directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Rex Bell, Constance Bergen, Forrest Taylor, Lloyd Ingraham, Marjorie O'Connell and Vincent Dennis. The film was released on June 6, 1936, by Grand National Films Inc." }, { "title": "Tough Guy", "year": 1936, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Joseph Calleia", "extract": "Tough Guy is a 1936 American action film directed by Chester Franklin, written by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, and starring Jackie Cooper, Joseph Calleia, Rin Tin Tin, Jr., Harvey Stephens, Jean Hersholt, and Edward Pawley. It was released on January 24, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Trail Dust", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, James Ellison, Gwynne Shipman", "extract": "Trail Dust is a 1936 American Western film directed by Nate Watt, written by Al Martin, and starring William Boyd, James Ellison, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Gwynne Shipman, Britt Wood and Dick Dickson. It was released on December 11, 1936, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine", "year": 1936, "genres": "Romance, Adventure, Western", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda", "extract": "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1936 American adventure romance western film based on the novel of the same name. The picture was directed by Henry Hathaway starring Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. It was the second full-length feature film to be shot in three-strip Technicolor an" }, { "title": "Trailin' West", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dick Foran, Paula Stone, Bill Elliott", "extract": "Trailin' West is a 1936 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Anthony Coldeway and starring Dick Foran, Paula Stone, and Wild Bill Elliott." }, { "title": "Trapped by Television", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction", "cast": "Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, Joyce Compton", "extract": "Trapped by Television is a 1936 American comedy-drama crime science fiction film directed by Del Lord and starring Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot and Nat Pendleton. The film is also known as Caught by Television in the United Kingdom." }, { "title": "Treachery Rides the Range", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dick Foran, Paula Stone, Monte Blue", "extract": "Treachery Rides the Range is a 1936 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald, written by William Jacobs, and starring Dick Foran, Paula Stone, Craig Reynolds, Monte Blue, Carlyle Moore Jr. and Henry Otho. It was released by Warner Bros. on May 2, 1936." }, { "title": "Trouble for Two", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen", "extract": "Trouble for Two is a 1936 American mystery film directed by J. Walter Ruben and starring Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell. It is based on The Suicide Club, a short story collection by Robert Louis Stevenson. A European prince, unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, finds intrigue at an u" }, { "title": "Tugboat Princess", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Walter C. Kelly, Valerie Hobson", "extract": "Tugboat Princess is a 1936 American-Canadian drama film directed by David Selman and starring Walter C. Kelly, Valerie Hobson and Edith Fellows." }, { "title": "Tundra", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Merrill McCormick, Frank Baker, Earl Dwire", "extract": "Tundra is a 1936 drama film directed by Norman Dawn and featuring Merrill McCormick, Frank Baker and Earl Dwire. Originally the film was backed by Universal Pictures, but it was dropped when Carl Laemmle lost control of the studio. Production and distribution was then taken over by the independent B" }, { "title": "Two Against the World", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, Claire Dodd", "extract": "Two Against the World, also known as One Fatal Hour, is a 1936 melodrama film directed by William C. McGann and starring Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts and Linda Perry. The film is based on the 1930 play Five Star Final by Louis Weitzenkorn and is a much shorter remake of the film Five Star Final " }, { "title": "Two-Fisted Gentleman", "year": 1936, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "James Dunn, June Clayworth, Muriel Evans", "extract": "Two-Fisted Gentleman is a 1936 American drama film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring James Dunn, June Clayworth and George McKay." }, { "title": "Two in a Crowd", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Joel McCrea, Elisha Cook Jr.", "extract": "Two in a Crowd is a 1936 romantic comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Joan Bennett and Joel McCrea. It was released by Universal Pictures. The screenplay was written by Lewis R. Foster, Doris Malloy, and Earle Snell, based on story by Lewis R. Foster." }, { "title": "Two in Revolt", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Arledge, Louise Latimer, Moroni Olsen", "extract": "Two in Revolt is a 1936 American drama film directed by Glenn Tryon. Released on April 3, 1936, by RKO Radio Pictures, the film stars John Arledge, Louise Latimer, and Moroni Olsen, and features Lightning the dog and Warrior the horse." }, { "title": "Two in the Dark", "year": 1936, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford", "extract": "Two in the Dark is a 1936 mystery film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Gail Patrick, and Alan Hale. The screenplay concerns an amnesiac suspected of murder." }, { "title": "Two Minutes to Play", "year": 1936, "genres": "Sports, Comedy", "cast": "Bruce Bennett, Edward Nugent, Betty Compson", "extract": "Two Minutes to Play is a 1936 American sports comedy film directed by Robert F. Hill. Martin Granville (Brix), the son of a disgraced college football player, enrolls in his father's college and joins the football team after being charmed into it by the flirtatious Pat Meredith (Martel). He begins d" }, { "title": "Under Two Flags", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure, Romance", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen, Rosalind Russell, Nigel Bruce", "extract": "Under Two Flags is a 1936 American adventure romance film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen, and Rosalind Russell. The picture was based on the 1867 novel of the same name by the writer Ouida. The film was widely popular with audiences of its time" }, { "title": "Under Your Spell", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Lawrence Tibbett, Wendy Barrie, Berton Churchill", "extract": "Under Your Spell is a 1936 American romantic comedy film with music directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Frances Hyland and Saul Elkins is based on a story by Sy Bartlett and Bernice Mason." }, { "title": "Undercover Man", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Suzanne Kaaren", "extract": "Undercover Man is a 1936 American Western film directed by Albert Ray, written by Andrew Bennison, and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Suzanne Kaaren, Ted Adams, Frank Darien, Horace Murphy and Lloyd Ingraham. It was released on September 24, 1936, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Unknown Ranger", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Walter Miller, Bud Osborne", "extract": "The Unknown Ranger is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Bob Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller. It was released on October 30, 1936." }, { "title": "The Unguarded Hour", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Roland Young", "extract": "The Unguarded Hour is a 1936 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Loretta Young and Franchot Tone. In England, a prominent young prosecutor in a murder trial is unaware that his wife is involved." }, { "title": "Valiant Is the Word for Carrie", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gladys George, (, Best Actress, nominee), Arline Judge", "extract": "Valiant Is the Word for Carrie is a 1936 American drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Claude Binyon, based on the 1935 novel of the same name by Barry Benefield. The film stars Gladys George, Arline Judge, John Howard, Dudley Digges, Harry Carey, and Isabel Jewell." }, { "title": "Vengeance of Rannah", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Custer, Victoria Vinton", "extract": "Vengeance of Rannah is a 1936 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray, produced by Ray and Harry S. Webb for Reliable Pictures, and starring Bob Custer and Rin Tin Tin, Jr." }, { "title": "The Voice of Bugle Ann", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "The Voice of Bugle Ann is a 1936 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan. It was based on a novel of the same name by MacKinlay Kantor." }, { "title": "The Walking Dead", "year": 1936, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn", "extract": "The Walking Dead is a 1936 American horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Boris Karloff, who plays a wrongly executed man who is restored to life by a scientist. The supporting cast features Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill, and Barton MacLane. The film was distributed by Warner Br" }, { "title": "Walking on Air", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Jessie Ralph", "extract": "Walking on Air is a 1936 American comedy film starring Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern, with a supporting cast which includes Jessie Ralph and Henry Stephenson. It was directed by Joseph Santley using a screenplay by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Viola Brothers Shore, and Rian James, based on the short stor" }, { "title": "Wanted! Jane Turner", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ann Preston, Lee Tracy, John McGuire", "extract": "Wanted! Jane Turner is a 1936 American crime drama film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Edmund L. Hartmann and John Twist, based on Twist's story. Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, it was premiered in New York City on November 27, 1936, with a national release the following week on Decem" }, { "title": "We Went to College", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Butterworth, Walter Abel, Una Merkel", "extract": "We Went to College is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley, written by Richard Maibaum and Maurice Rapf, and starring Charles Butterworth, Walter Abel, Hugh Herbert, Una Merkel and Edith Atwater. It was released on June 19, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Wedding Present", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Conrad Nagel", "extract": "Wedding Present is a 1936 romantic screwball comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Joan Bennett and Cary Grant. The screenplay was written by Joseph Anthony, based on a story by Paul Gallico. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "We're in the Legion Now!", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure, Comedy", "cast": "Reginald Denny, Esther Ralston", "extract": "We're in the Legion Now is a 1936 American adventure comedy film directed by Crane Wilbur and shot in Magnacolor. The film is also known as The Rest Cure, which was the title of the 1934 original J.D. Newsom story the film was based on." }, { "title": "West of Nevada", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Bell, Joan Barclay", "extract": "West of Nevada is a 1936 American Western film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Rex Bell, Joan Barclay and Al St. John." }, { "title": "The White Angel", "year": 1936, "genres": "Action, Drama, Historical", "cast": "Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Donald Crisp", "extract": "The White Angel is a 1936 American historical drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Kay Francis, Ian Hunter and Donald Woods. The film depicts Florence Nightingale's pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War. It was produced and distributed by Hollywood studio Warner Brothers." }, { "title": "White Fang", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Michael Whalen, Jean Muir", "extract": "White Fang is a 1936 American action film directed by David Butler and written by Sam Duncan, Gene Fowler and Hal Long. The film stars Michael Whalen, Jean Muir, Slim Summerville, Charles Winninger, John Carradine and Jane Darwell. It is based on the 1906 novel White Fang by Jack London. The film wa" }, { "title": "White Hunter", "year": 1936, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Warner Baxter, June Lang, Gail Patrick, Wilfrid Lawson", "extract": "White Hunter is a 1936 American adventure film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Sam Duncan, Kenneth Earl and Georg Wilhelm Pabst. The film stars Warner Baxter, June Lang, Gail Patrick, Alison Skipworth, Wilfrid Lawson and George Hassell. The film was released on November 25, 1936, by 20th " }, { "title": "White Legion", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ian Keith, Tala Birell", "extract": "White Legion is a 1936 American drama film written and directed by Karl Brown. The film stars Ian Keith, Tala Birell, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Suzanne Kaaren, Lionel Pape, Rollo Lloyd, Teru Shimada and Nigel De Brulier. The film was released on October 25, 1936, by Grand National Films Inc." }, { "title": "Wife vs. Secretary", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow", "extract": "Wife vs. Secretary is a 1936 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and co-produced by Clarence Brown and starring Clark Gable as a successful businessman, Jean Harlow as his secretary, and Myrna Loy as his wife, supported by James Stewart, in one of his first memorable roles, as the secretary" }, { "title": "The Widow from Monte Carlo", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Dolores del Río, Warren William, Colin Clive", "extract": "The Widow from Monte Carlo is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Arthur Greville Collins and starring Warren William, Dolores del Río, Louise Fazenda and Colin Clive. It was based on the play A Present from Margate by Ian Hay and A.E.W. Mason. It was shot at Warner Brothers's Burbank Studios wi" }, { "title": "Wild Brian Kent", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Wild Brian Kent is a 1936 American drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Ralph Bellamy, Mae Clarke and Helen Lowell." }, { "title": "Wildcat Trooper", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, Adventure", "cast": "Kermit Maynard, Hobart Bosworth, Lois Wilde", "extract": "Wildcat Trooper is a 1936 American adventure film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Hobart Bosworth, Fuzzy Knight, Lois Wilde, Jim Thorpe, Yakima Canutt, Eddie Phillips, John Merton, Frank Hagney and Roger Williams. The film was released on Jul" }, { "title": "Wild Horse Round-Up", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "Kermit Maynard, Beth Marion", "extract": "Wild Horse Round-Up is a 1936 American drama film directed by Alan James from a screenplay by Joseph O'Donnell, based on a short story by James Oliver Curwood. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Betty Lloyd, and Dickie Jones." }, { "title": "Winds of the Wasteland", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Phyllis Fraser", "extract": "Winds of the Wasteland is a 1936 Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring John Wayne and Phyllis Fraser. The film was released by Republic Pictures. The film was later released in a colorized version on home video/dvd under the title Stagecoach Run. It features an early appearance from J" }, { "title": "Winterset", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Burgess Meredith, Margo, Eduardo Ciannelli", "extract": "Winterset is a 1936 American crime film directed by Alfred Santell, based on the 1935 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson, in a loose dramatization of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial and execution in 1928. The script retains elements of the blank verse poetic meter on which Anderson based his 193" }, { "title": "With Love and Kisses", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing, Kane Richmond", "extract": "With Love and Kisses is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing and Kane Richmond. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature for release by Ambassador Pictures." }, { "title": "Without Orders", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Eilers, Robert Armstrong, Frances Sage, Charley Grapewin", "extract": "Without Orders is a 1936 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and starring Sally Eilers, Robert Armstrong, Frances Sage, Charley Grapewin and Vinton Haworth. It was produced by RKO Radio Pictures, who released the picture on October 23, 1936. The screenplay was written by Samuel Briskin and C" }, { "title": "The Witness Chair", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Harding, Walter Abel", "extract": "The Witness Chair is a 1936 courtroom drama film directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and starring Ann Harding and Walter Abel." }, { "title": "Wives Never Know", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, Adolphe Menjou", "extract": "Wives Never Know is a 1936 American black-and-white comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent. Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Edwin Justus Mayer and Keene Thompson, the film stars Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, and Adolphe Menjou, and was produced by Adolph Zukor for Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "A Woman Rebels", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Herbert Marshall, Elizabeth Allan", "extract": "A Woman Rebels is a 1936 American historical drama film adapted from the 1930 novel Portrait of a Rebel by Netta Syrett and starring Katharine Hepburn as Pamela Thistlewaite, who rebels against the social mores of Victorian England. The film was directed by Mark Sandrich; it was the film debut of Va" }, { "title": "Woman Trap", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gertrude Michael, George Murphy, Akim Tamiroff", "extract": "Woman Trap is a 1936 American drama film directed by Harold Young and written by Brian Marlow and Eugene Walter. The film stars Gertrude Michael, George Murphy, Akim Tamiroff, Sidney Blackmer, Samuel S. Hinds and Dean Jagger. The film was released on March 6, 1936, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Women Are Trouble", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Florence Rice", "extract": "Women Are Trouble is a 1936 American crime film directed by Errol Taggart and written by Michael Fessier. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Paul Kelly, Florence Rice, Margaret Irving, Cy Kendall and John Harrington. The film was released on July 31, 1936, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Yellow Cargo", "year": 1936, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Conrad Hunt, Vince Barnett, Eleanor Hunt", "extract": "Yellow Cargo is a 1936 American Poverty Row crime film written and directed by Crane Wilbur for Grand National Pictures. The film was rereleased in 1947 as Sinful Cargo. Starring Conrad Nagel as Alan O'Connor and producer George A. Hirliman's wife Eleanor Hunt as Bobbie Reynolds, it was the first of" }, { "title": "Yellow Dust", "year": 1936, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Dix, Leila Hyams, Moroni Olsen", "extract": "Yellow Dust is a 1936 American Western film directed by Wallace Fox from a screenplay by Cyril Hume, John Twist, and John Francis Larkin. The film stars Richard Dix and Leila Hyams, with a supporting cast including Moroni Olsen, Jessie Ralph, Andy Clyde, and Onslow Stevens. RKO Radio Pictures premie" }, { "title": "Yellowstone", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Judith Barrett, Alan Hale", "extract": "Yellowstone is a 1936 American crime film set in Yellowstone National Park, directed by Arthur Lubin and released by Universal Studios." }, { "title": "Yiddle with His Fiddle", "year": 1936, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Molly Picon, Leon Liebgold", "extract": "Yidl Mitn Fidl, is a 1936 musical Yiddish film." }, { "title": "You May Be Next", "year": 1936, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Lloyd Nolan", "extract": "You May Be Next is a 1936 American crime film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Ann Sothern, Lloyd Nolan and Douglass Dumbrille." }, { "title": "Yours for the Asking", "year": 1936, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Raft, Ida Lupino, Dolores Costello", "extract": "Yours for the Asking is a 1936 American comedy film film starring George Raft as a casino owner and Dolores Costello as the socialite he hires as hostess. The movie also features Ida Lupino and was directed by Alexander Hall." }, { "title": "The 13th Man", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Weldon Heyburn, Milburn Stone, Robert Homans", "extract": "The 13th Man, also known as The Thirteenth Man, is a 1937 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Weldon Heyburn, Inez Courtney and Selmer Jackson. It was the first film released by the relaunched Monogram Pictures after the studio withdrew from a merger with Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "3 Dumb Clucks", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Short", "cast": "Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard", "extract": "3 Dumb Clucks is a 1937 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. It is the 22nd entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959." }, { "title": "45 Fathers", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jane Withers, Richard Carle, Hattie McDaniel", "extract": "45 Fathers is a 1937 American comedy film directed by James Tinling, written by Frances Hyland and Albert Ray, and starring Jane Withers, Thomas Beck, Louise Henry, Richard Carle, Nella Walker and Andrew Tombes. It was released on November 26, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "52nd Street", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Dorothy Peterson, Kenny Baker, ZaSu Pitts", "extract": "52nd Street is a 1937 American drama film directed by Harold Young and starring Ian Hunter. Leo Carrillo and Pat Paterson. An independent production by Walter Wanger it was distributed by United Artists. It portrays the rise of 52nd Street in Manhattan as a major hub of nightclubs in the 1930s." }, { "title": "Adventure's End", "year": 1937, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "John Wayne, Diana Gibson, Montagu Love", "extract": "Adventure's End is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring John Wayne and Diana Gibson. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is considered lost, as no prints are known to exist." }, { "title": "The Adventurous Blonde", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel", "extract": "The Adventurous Blonde is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Robertson White and David Diamond. The film stars Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. It was released on November 13, 1937. This is the third film in the Torchy Blane movie series by Warner Bros. " }, { "title": "Affairs of Cappy Ricks", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Walter Brennan, Mary Brian, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "Affairs of Cappy Ricks is a 1937 American comedy-drama film directed by Ralph Staub and starring Walter Brennan, Mary Brian, Lyle Talbot, Frank Shields, and Frank Melton. The plot is about a captain who returns home from a long voyage and has to take charge of his business and family." }, { "title": "Alcatraz Island", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ann Sheridan, George E. Stone, John Litel", "extract": "Alcatraz Island is a 1937 American drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars John Litel, Ann Sheridan, Mary Maguire, Gordon Oliver, Dick Purcell and Ben Welden. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 6, 1937." }, { "title": "Ali Baba Goes to Town", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Gypsy Rose Lee", "extract": "Ali Baba Goes to Town is a 1937 musical film directed by David Butler and starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius \"Al\" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the Arabian Nights. He falls asleep and dreams he is in Baghdad as" }, { "title": "All American Sweetheart", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Patricia Farr, Scott Kolk", "extract": "All American Sweetheart is a 1937 American crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Grace Neville, Fred Niblo Jr. and Michael L. Simmons. The film stars Patricia Farr, Scott Kolk, Gene Morgan, James Eagles, Arthur Loft and Joe Twerp. The film was released on December 20, 1937, by Columb" }, { "title": "All Over Town", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Mary Howard", "extract": "All Over Town is a 1937 American comedy film directed by James W. Horne and starring Olsen and Johnson." }, { "title": "Amateur Crook", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Joan Barclay, Bruce Bennett, Vivien Oakland", "extract": "Amateur Crook is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Sam Katzman." }, { "title": "Angel", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, Melvyn Douglas, Herbert Marshall", "extract": "Angel is a 1937 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch from a screenplay by Samson Raphaelson and Frederick Lonsdale. It was adapted by Guy Bolton and Russell Medcraft from the play Angyal by Melchior Lengyel. The music score was by Frederick Hollander, Werner R. Heymann " }, { "title": "Angel's Holiday", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jane Withers, Joan Davis, Sally Blane", "extract": "Angel's Holiday is a 1937 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root. The film stars Jane Withers, Joan Davis, Sally Blane, Robert Kent, Harold Huber and Frank Jenks. The film was released on June 7, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Annapolis Salute", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "James Ellison, Marsha Hunt, Van Heflin", "extract": "Annapolis Salute is a 1937 film. A few scenes were shot at William Paca House." }, { "title": "Another Dawn", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Errol Flynn, Ian Hunter", "extract": "Another Dawn is a 1937 American film melodrama directed by William Dieterle and starring Errol Flynn and Kay Francis. It is based on Somerset Maugham's 1919 play Caesar's Wife. The film received dismissive reviews." }, { "title": "Arizona Days", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Western", "cast": "Tex Ritter, Syd Saylor, William Faversham", "extract": "Arizona Days is a 1937 American Western film directed by John English and starring Tex Ritter, Eleanor Stewart, Syd Saylor. It is the third Western singing cowboy Ritter made for producer Edward Finney for Grand National Pictures. Many public domain prints are missing sequences from the original rel" }, { "title": "Arizona Gunfighter", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Jean Carmen, Ted Adams", "extract": "Arizona Gunfighter is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Bob Steele." }, { "title": "Armored Car", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Robert Wilcox, Judith Barrett, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Armored Car is a 1937 American crime film directed by Lewis R. Foster and written by Lewis R. Foster and Robert N. Lee. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Judith Barrett, Cesar Romero, Irving Pichel, David Oliver and William Lundigan. The film was released on June 1, 1937, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Artists and Models", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen", "extract": "Artists and Models is a 1937 black-and-white American musical comedy film, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Jack Benny and Ida Lupino. It was produced by Lewis E. Gensler." }, { "title": "As Good as Married", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "John Boles, Doris Nolan", "extract": "As Good as Married is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring John Boles, Doris Nolan and Walter Pidgeon. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures. Filming started in December 1936." }, { "title": "Atlantic Flight", "year": 1937, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Dick Merrill, Jack Lambie, Paula Stone", "extract": "Atlantic Flight is a 1937 American film made by Monogram Pictures chiefs Trem Carr and W. Ray Johnston who had just reformed the studio after having had a troubled merger for two years with Herbert J. Yates and Republic Pictures. This film was conceived as a low-budget feature meant to capitalize on" }, { "title": "The Awful Truth", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "The Awful Truth is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Based on the 1922 play The Awful Truth by Arthur Richman (1886-1944), the film recounts a distrustful rich couple who begin divorce proceedings, only to interfere with one anothe" }, { "title": "Back in Circulation", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "Back in Circulation is a 1937 American film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell. Based on the short story \"Angle Shooter\" by Adela Rogers St. Johns, Blondell plays a fast-moving newspaper reporter who senses a story when she spots a young recent widow partying in a nig" }, { "title": "Bad Guy", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Virginia Grey, Charley Grapewin", "extract": "Bad Guy is a 1937 American crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Earl Felton and Harry Ruskin. The film stars Bruce Cabot, Virginia Grey, Edward Norris, Jean Chatburn and Cliff Edwards. It was released on August 27, 1937 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Bad Man of Brimstone", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Virginia Bruce, Lewis Stone", "extract": "The Bad Man of Brimstone is a 1937 American Western film directed by J. Walter Ruben and starring Wallace Beery, Virginia Bruce and Dennis O'Keefe. The screenplay was written by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum, from a story by Ruben and Maurice Rapf." }, { "title": "Bank Alarm", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett", "extract": "Bank Alarm is a 1937 American crime film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Conrad Nagel and Eleanor Hunt in the last of their four film G-Man film series." }, { "title": "Bar-Z Bad Men", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Lois January", "extract": "Bar-Z Bad Men is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Johnny Mack Brown." }, { "title": "The Barrier", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Jean Parker, Otto Kruger", "extract": "The Barrier is a 1937 adventure film directed by Lesley Selander. The story was previously filmed by MGM as a silent in 1926." }, { "title": "Battle of Greed", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "James Bush, Jimmy Butler, Tom Keene", "extract": "Battle of Greed is a 1937 American Western film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Tom Keene, Gwynne Shipman and James Bush. A silver strike in Virginia City leads to cutthroat completion to exploit the discovery." }, { "title": "Beg, Borrow or Steal", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Florence Rice, Frank Morgan, Herman Bing", "extract": "Beg, Borrow or Steal is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Leonard Lee, Harry Ruskin and Marion Parsonnet. The film stars Frank Morgan, Florence Rice, John Beal, Janet Beecher, Herman Bing and Erik Rhodes. The film was released on December 3, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn" }, { "title": "Behind the Headlines", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Diana Gibson", "extract": "Behind the Headlines is a 1937 American drama film directed by Richard Rosson from a screenplay by Edmund Hartmann and J. Robert Bren, based on an original story by Thomas Ahearn. It was produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, who released the film on May 14, 1937. The film stars Lee Tracy a" }, { "title": "Behind the Mike", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "William Gargan, Judith Barrett", "extract": "Behind the Mike is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Sidney Salkow, which stars William Gargan, Judith Barrett, Don Wilson, and Sterling Holloway. The screenplay was written by Barry Trivers from a story by Thomas Ahearn and Walton Butterfield. The film was released on September 26, 1937." }, { "title": "Between Two Women", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Franchot Tone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Virginia Bruce", "extract": "Between Two Women is a 1937 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Frederick Stephani and Marion Parsonnet. The film stars Franchot Tone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Virginia Bruce, Leonard Penn and Cliff Edwards. The film was released on July 9, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Big Business", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane", "extract": "Big Business is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series of films. The film's art direction was by Chester Gore." }, { "title": "Big City", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Luise Rainer, Eddie Quillan", "extract": "Big City is a 1937 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy. The film was also released as Skyscraper Wilderness." }, { "title": "The Big Shot", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Guy Kibbee, Cora Witherspoon", "extract": "The Big Shot is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and Bert Granet, based on a story by Lawrence Pohle and Thomas Ahearn. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Cora Witherspoon, Dorothy Moore, and Russell Hicks. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictu" }, { "title": "Big Town Girl", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Donald Woods, Spencer Charters", "extract": "Big Town Girl is a 1937 American drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Lou Breslow, Robert Ellis, Helen Logan and John Patrick. The film stars Claire Trevor, Donald Woods, Alan Dinehart, Alan Baxter, Murray Alper and Spencer Charters. The film was released on December 3, 1937, by 20" }, { "title": "Bill Cracks Down", "year": 1937, "genres": "Action, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Grant Withers, Beatrice Roberts", "extract": "Bill Cracks Down is a 1937 American action romantic drama film directed by William Nigh. The film is also known as Men of Steel in the United Kingdom." }, { "title": "Black Aces", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Kay Linaker", "extract": "Black Aces is a 1937 American Western film directed by Buck Jones and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Kay Linaker, Robert Frazer, Raymond Brown, Fred MacKaye, Bob Kortman and Ben Corbett. The film was released on September 5, 1937, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Black Legion", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Joe Sawyer", "extract": "Black Legion is a 1937 American crime drama film, directed by Archie Mayo, with a script by Abem Finkel and William Wister Haines based on an original story by producer Robert Lord. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore and Ann Sheridan. It is a fictionalized treatment of th" }, { "title": "Blazing Sixes", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Joan Valerie, John Merton", "extract": "Blazing Sixes is a 1937 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Dick Foran, Joan Valerie, Mira McKinney, John Merton, Glenn Strange and Kenneth Harlan. It was the 9th of 12 B-westerns Foran starred in for the studio, and is noteworthy for giving" }, { "title": "Blonde Trouble", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs", "extract": "Blonde Trouble is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs and Lynne Overman. Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is based on the plot of the 1929 musical June Moon by George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner" }, { "title": "Blossoms on Broadway", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward Arnold, Shirley Ross", "extract": "Blossoms on Broadway is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and written by Theodore Reeves." }, { "title": "Boothill Brigade", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Dick Curtis", "extract": "Boothill Brigade is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by George H. Plympton. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Claire Rochelle, Dick Curtis, Horace Murphy, Frank LaRue and Ed Cassidy. The film was released on August 2, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Boots and Saddles", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Judith Allen", "extract": "Boots and Saddles is a 1937 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Judith Allen. Based on a story by Jack Natteford, the film is about a young Englishman who inherits a ranch that he wants to sell, but is turned into a real Westerner by a singing " }, { "title": "Border Cafe", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George Irving, Harry Carey, Leona Roberts", "extract": "Border Cafe is a 1937 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Harry Carey." }, { "title": "Border Phantom", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Don Barclay", "extract": "Border Phantom is a 1937 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Bob Steele, Harley Wood, Don Barclay, Karl Hackett, Horace Murphy, and Miki Morita. The film was released on June 7, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Borderland", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, James Ellison", "extract": "Borderland is a 1937 American Western film directed by Nate Watt and written by Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, James Ellison, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Morris Ankrum, John Beach, Nora Lane, and Charlene Wyatt. The film was released on February 26, 1937, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Born Reckless", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Rochelle Hudson, Brian Donlevy", "extract": "Born Reckless is a 1937 gangster film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and Gustav Machatý and starring Brian Donlevy and Rochelle Hudson. Donlevy plays a race-car champion who infiltrates a mob-run taxi cab company. Barton MacLane plays the chief mobster." }, { "title": "Born to the West", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, Johnny Mack Brown", "extract": "Born to the West is a 1937 American Western film starring John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, and John Mack Brown. Filmed in black and white and based upon a Zane Grey novel, the movie incorporates footage from an earlier and higher budgeted silent version, a common practice of the era. The picture features fa" }, { "title": "Borneo", "year": 1937, "genres": "Documentary", "cast": "Lowell Thomas, Martin E. Johnson", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Borrowing Trouble", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane", "extract": "Borrowing Trouble is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington. It is part of the Jones Family series of films and is also known by the alternative title of The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble." }, { "title": "Boy of the Streets", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Kathleen Burke", "extract": "Boy of the Streets is a 1937 American drama film directed by William Nigh and written by Gilson Brown and Scott Darling. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Maureen O'Connor, Kathleen Burke, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Marjorie Main and Matty Fain. The film was released on December 8, 1937, by Monogram Pictur" }, { "title": "Breakfast for Two", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Glenda Farrell, Herbert Marshall", "extract": "Breakfast for Two is a 1937 American screwball comedy film made by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by Alfred Santell. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall and Glenda Farrell. Stanwyck and Marshall worked together once more, immediately following this film, on the 20th-Century-Fox dr" }, { "title": "Breezing Home", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Binnie Barnes, William Gargan, Wendy Barrie", "extract": "Breezing Home is a 1937 American drama film directed by Milton Carruth and starring Binnie Barnes, William Gargan, and Wendy Barrie." }, { "title": "A Bride for Henry", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Short", "cast": "Anne Nagel, Warren Hull, Claudia Dell", "extract": "A Bride for Henry is a 1937 American film directed by William Nigh based on the Josephine Bentham short story of the same name that was published in Liberty Magazine. Authors such as James Cox and Kylo-Patrick Hart have cited A Bride for Henry as within a subgenre of screwball comedies termed \"senti" }, { "title": "The Bride Wore Red", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Billie Burke", "extract": "The Bride Wore Red is a 1937 American drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young and Billie Burke. It was based on the unproduced play The Bride from Trieste by Ferenc Molnár. In this \"rags to riches\" tale, Crawford plays a cabaret singer who poses" }, { "title": "Broadway Melody of 1938", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, Judy Garland", "extract": "Broadway Melody of 1938 is a 1937 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film is essentially a backstage musical revue, featuring high-budget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical tradition. The film stars Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor and fea" }, { "title": "Bulldog Drummond Comes Back", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Adventure, Mystery", "cast": "John Howard, John Barrymore, Louise Campbell", "extract": "Bulldog Drummond Comes Back is a 1937 American adventure mystery film starring John Howard as the English adventurer/crime-solver Bulldog Drummond. John Barrymore plays Drummond's friend Colonel Nielsen and is actually Top-billed in the picture. The supporting cast includes Drummond series regular L" }, { "title": "Bulldog Drummond Escapes", "year": 1937, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Ray Milland, Guy Standing, Heather Angel", "extract": "Bulldog Drummond Escapes is a 1937 American film directed by James P. Hogan starring Ray Milland as Capt. Hugh \"Bulldog\" Drummond. Paramount continued with the Bulldog Drummond series, producing seven more films over the next two years. They replaced Milland with John Howard." }, { "title": "Bulldog Drummond's Revenge", "year": 1937, "genres": "Thriller, Adventure, Mystery", "cast": "John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell", "extract": "Bulldog Drummond's Revenge is a 1937 American adventure mystery film directed by Louis King, produced by Stuart Walker, written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. and Herman C. McNeile (novel), and featuring John Barrymore. The picture stars John Howard in his second appearance as Bulldog Drummond; Howard previo" }, { "title": "Cafe Metropole", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Loretta Young, Tyrone Power, Adolphe Menjou", "extract": "Cafe Metropole is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith, released by 20th Century Fox and starring Loretta Young, Tyrone Power and Adolphe Menjou." }, { "title": "California Straight Ahead", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western, Action", "cast": "John Wayne, Louise Latimer", "extract": "California Straight Ahead! is a 1937 American action film about truck drivers starring John Wayne and directed by Arthur Lubin for Universal Pictures. The action movie features a memorable cross-country race between a caravan of trucks and a special train." }, { "title": "The Californian", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver, Katherine DeMille", "extract": "The Californian is a 1937 American Western film directed by Gus Meins and written by Gordon Newell and Gilbert Wright. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver, Katherine DeMille, Maurice Black, Morgan Wallace and Nigel De Brulier. The film was released on July 18, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Call It a Day", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Olivia de Havilland, Alice Brady, Ian Hunter", "extract": "Call It a Day is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Olivia de Havilland, Ian Hunter, Anita Louise, Alice Brady, Roland Young, and Frieda Inescort. Based on the 1935 play Call It a Day by Dodie Smith, the film is about a day in the life of a middle-class London family wh" }, { "title": "Captains Courageous", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore", "extract": "Captains Courageous is a 1937 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adventure film. Based on the 1897 novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling, the film had its world premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. It was produced by Louis D. Lighton and directed by Victor Fleming. Filmed in black and white, " }, { "title": "Carnival Queen", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent", "extract": "Carnival Queen is a 1937 American crime film directed by Nate Watt and written by James Mulhauser and Harold Buckley. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent, Hobart Cavanaugh, G. Pat Collins, Harry Tyler, Ernest Cossart, David Oliver, Billy Wayne, Jonathan Hale and Raymond Brown. It was release" }, { "title": "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Anne Nagel", "extract": "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop is a 1937 drama film directed by William Clemens. It stars Donald Woods as Perry Mason and Ann Dvorak as Della Street, his secretary. Edward McWade plays the role of stuttering Bishop William Mallory. It is the sixth and final film in the Warner Bros. Perry Mason se" }, { "title": "Champagne Waltz", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Vivienne Osborne", "extract": "Champagne Waltz is a 1937 American comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Gladys Swarthout, Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie. It is one of five movies produced by Paramount in the 1930s featuring Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to" }, { "title": "Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field", "extract": "Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo is a 1937 American movie directed by Eugene Forde. The main character is Charlie Chan, a Chinese-Hawaiian detective. This was the sixteenth and final Charlie Chan film with Warner Oland portraying Chan. The film features Keye Luke as Charlie's son Lee and character actor " }, { "title": "Charlie Chan at the Olympics", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille", "extract": "Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) is possibly the most topical Charlie Chan film, as it features actual footage from the 1936 Berlin Olympics. There is also a scene where Charlie crosses the Atlantic in the Hindenburg. This is the 14th film starring Warner Oland as Chan and produced by Fox." }, { "title": "Charlie Chan on Broadway", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Warner Oland, Keye Luke", "extract": "Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) is a Charlie Chan film. This is the 15th film starring Oland as Chan and produced by Fox." }, { "title": "Checkers", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jane Withers, Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel", "extract": "Checkers is a 1937 American drama film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Robert Chapin, Karen DeWolf, Frank Fenton and Lynn Root. The film stars Jane Withers, Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel, Marvin Stephens, Andrew Tombes and June Carlson. The film was released on December 8, 1937, by 20th C" }, { "title": "The Cherokee Strip", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Joan Valerie", "extract": "The Cherokee Strip is a 1937 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Luci Ward and Joseph K. Watson. The film stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Robert Paige, Joan Valerie, Edmund Cobb and Joseph Crehan. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 15, 1937." }, { "title": "China Passage", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Mystery", "cast": "Leslie Fenton, Vinton Hayworth, Constance Worth", "extract": "China Passage is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Edmund L. Hartmann and J. Robert Bren, based on a story by Taylor Caven. RKO Radio Pictures produced the film, which stars Constance Worth, Vinton Haworth, Leslie Fenton and Gordon Jones. Haworth was injured " }, { "title": "Circus Girl", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "June Travis, Robert Livingston", "extract": "Circus Girl is a 1937 American action film directed by John H. Auer and written by Adele Buffington and Bradford Ropes. The film stars June Travis, Robert Livingston, Donald Cook, Betty Compson, Charles Murray and Lucille Osborne. The film was March 1, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Clarence", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Roscoe Karns, Eleanore Whitney, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "Clarence is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Grant Garett and Seena Owen. The film stars Roscoe Karns, Eleanore Whitney, Eugene Pallette, Johnny Downs, Inez Courtney and Charlotte Wynters. It is based on the play Clarence by Booth Tarkington. The film was rel" }, { "title": "The Colorado Kid", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Karl Hackett", "extract": "The Colorado Kid is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Charles F. Royal. The film stars Bob Steele, Marion Weldon, Karl Hackett, Ernie Adams, Ted Adams and Frank LaRue. The film was released on December 6, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Come On, Cowboys", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Maxine Doyle", "extract": "Come On, Cowboys is a 1937 American Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie directed by Joseph Kane." }, { "title": "Confession", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Basil Rathbone, Ian Hunter", "extract": "Confession is a 1937 drama film starring Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone and Jane Bryan. It was directed by Joe May and is a scene-for-scene remake of the 1935 German film Mazurka starring Pola Negri, which Warner Brothers Studios acquired the U.S. distribution rights for and then shelved in" }, { "title": "Conquest", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Dame May Whitty", "extract": "Conquest is a 1937 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film which tells the story of the Polish Countess Marie Walewska, who becomes the mistress of Napoleon in order to influence his actions towards her homeland. It stars Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal, Henry Stephenson, Leif Erickson, Dam" }, { "title": "Counsel for Crime", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery, Thurston Hall", "extract": "Counsel for Crime is a 1937 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery and Jacqueline Wells." }, { "title": "County Fair", "year": 1937, "genres": "Sports, Drama, War", "cast": "John Arledge, Mary Lawrence", "extract": "County Fair is a 1937 American drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring John Arledge, Mary Lawrence and J. Farrell MacDonald. It was a remake of the 1932 film The County Fair." }, { "title": "The Crime Nobody Saw", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Eugene Pallette, Vivienne Osborne", "extract": "The Crime Nobody Saw is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and written by Bertram Millhauser. The film stars Lew Ayres, Ruth Coleman, Eugene Pallette, Benny Baker, Vivienne Osborne, Colin Tapley and Howard Hickman. The film was released on March 12, 1937, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Criminal Lawyer", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Eduardo Ciannelli, William Stack", "extract": "Criminal Lawyer is a 1937 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne from a screenplay by G. V. Atwater and Thomas Lennon, based on a story by Louis Stevens. The film stars Lee Tracy, Margot Grahame and Eduardo Ciannelli. RKO produced the film and premiered it on January 26, 1937, in New York C" }, { "title": "Criminals of the Air", "year": 1937, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Rosalind Keith, Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth", "extract": "Criminals of the Air is a 1937 American action film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Rosalind Keith, Charles Quigley and Rita Hayworth. The film marked \"Rita Hayworth\"'s first onscreen credit; the actress, born Margarita Carmen Cansino, had previously used the stage name \"Rita Cansino\" or w" }, { "title": "Damaged Goods", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pedro de Cordoba, Phyllis Barry, Douglas Walton", "extract": "Damaged Goods is a 1937 American drama film directed by Phil Goldstone and starring Pedro de Cordoba, Phyllis Barry and Douglas Walton. It is based on the play Les Avariés by Eugène Brieux and the subsequent adapted novel Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair. A silent film adaptation Damaged Goods had be" }, { "title": "A Damsel in Distress", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, Montagu Love", "extract": "A Damsel in Distress is a 1937 English-themed Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Joan Fontaine. Loosely based upon P.G. Wodehouse's 1919 novel of the same name, and the 1928 stage play written by Wodehouse and Ian Hay, it has music and lyrics by Georg" }, { "title": "Dance Charlie Dance", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Jean Muir, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "Dance Charlie Dance is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Crane Wilbur and William Jacobs, based on the play The Butter and Egg Man by George S. Kaufman, which opened on Broadway on September 23, 1925 and ran for 243 performances. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Jean " }, { "title": "Danger – Love at Work", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Edward Everett Horton, John Carradine", "extract": "Danger – Love at Work is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by James Edward Grant and Ben Markson focuses on an attorney's frustrating efforts to deal with a wildly eccentric family." }, { "title": "Danger Patrol", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Eilers, John Beal", "extract": "Danger Patrol is a 1937 American drama film directed by Lew Landers from a screenplay by Sy Bartlett based on a story by Helen Vreeland and Hilda Vincent. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it was released on December 3, 1937, and stars Sally Eilers, John Beal, and Harry Carey." }, { "title": "Danger Valley", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Addison Randall, Lois Wilde", "extract": "Danger Valley is a 1937 American Western film released by Monogram Pictures, directed by Robert N. Bradbury, written by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Addison Randall as a singing cowboy." }, { "title": "A Dangerous Adventure", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Don Terry, Rosalind Keith", "extract": "A Dangerous Adventure is a 1937 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "Dangerous Holiday", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Guinn \"Big Boy\" Williams, Hedda Hopper, Jack La Rue", "extract": "Dangerous Holiday is a 1937 American drama film written and directed by Nicholas T. Barrows. The film stars Ronald Sinclair, Guinn \"Big Boy\" Williams, Hedda Hopper, Jack La Rue, Jed Prouty and Lynne Roberts. The film was released on June 7, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Dangerous Number", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Cora Witherspoon", "extract": "Dangerous Number is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and written by Carey Wilson. The film stars Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Reginald Owen, and Cora Witherspoon, and features Dean Jagger. The film was released on January 22, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Dangerously Yours", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Cesar Romero, Phyllis Brooks", "extract": "Dangerously Yours is a 1937 American crime film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Cesar Romero, Phyllis Brooks and Jane Darwell. A detective goes on the track of some jewel thieves, but falls in love with one of the gang. It was a B Movie made by Twentieth Century Fox, with sets designed by" }, { "title": "Dark Manhattan", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ralph Cooper, Clarence Brooks, Cleo Herndon", "extract": "Dark Manhattan is a black and white American film produced in 1937 by a partnership of African Americans Ralph Cooper and George Randol. Harry Fraser directed the film, which was written by Randol who was also the executive producer. The film was the only one made by Randol-Cooper Productions." }, { "title": "Daughter of Shanghai", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Anna May Wong", "extract": "Daughter of Shanghai is a 1937 American crime film directed by Robert Florey and starring Anna May Wong. Unusually for the time, East Asian American actors played the lead roles. It was also one of the first films in which Anthony Quinn appeared. In 2006, Daughter of Shanghai was included in the ann" }, { "title": "A Day at the Races", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Maureen O'Sullivan", "extract": "A Day at the Races is a 1937 American comedy film, and the seventh film starring the Marx Brothers, with Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan and Margaret Dumont. Like their previous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature A Night at the Opera, this film was a major hit." }, { "title": "Dead End", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film directed by William Wyler. It is an adaptation of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name. It stars Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, and Claire Trevor. It was the first film appearance of the acting group known as the Dead" }, { "title": "The Devil Is Driving", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, Joan Perry", "extract": "The Devil Is Driving is a 1937 American drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Richard Dix, Joan Perry and Nana Bryant." }, { "title": "Devil's Playground", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Dolores del Río, Richard Dix, Ward Bond", "extract": "Devil's Playground is a 1937 American romantic drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Richard Dix, Dolores del Río and Chester Morris. It is a remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928)." }, { "title": "The Devil's Saddle Legion", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dick Foran, Anne Nagel", "extract": "The Devil's Saddle Legion is a 1937 American Western film directed by Bobby Connolly and written by Ed Earl Repp. The film stars Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, Willard Parker, Gordon Hart, Ernie Stanton, Max Hoffman Jr. and Jeff York. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 14, 1937." }, { "title": "A Doctor's Diary", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Bancroft, Helen Burgess", "extract": "A Doctor's Diary is a 1937 American drama film directed by Charles Vidor and written by David Boehm and Samuel Ornitz. The film stars George Bancroft, Helen Burgess, John Trent, Ruth Coleman, Ronald Sinclair and Molly Lamont. The film was released on January 22, 1937, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Don't Tell the Wife", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Guinn Williams", "extract": "Don't Tell the Wife is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne using a screenplay by Nat Perrin adapted from the play, Once Over Lightly, written by George Holland. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, and Lynne Overman, with Lucille Ball, William Demarest, and Academy Award winner" }, { "title": "Doomed at Sundown", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Warner Richmond", "extract": "Doomed at Sundown is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by George H. Plympton. The film stars Bob Steele, Lorraine Randall, Warner Richmond, Earl Dwire, Harold Daniels and David Sharpe. The film was released on July 7, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Double or Nothing", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Martha Raye", "extract": "Double or Nothing is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Theodore Reed and starring Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle and William Frawley. Based on a story by M. Coates Webster, the film is about a dying millionaire who instructs his lawyer to drop four purses on the s" }, { "title": "Double Wedding", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice", "extract": "Double Wedding is a 1937 American romantic comedy film starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, and featuring Florence Rice, John Beal, Jessie Ralph, and Edgar Kennedy. This was the seventh pairing of Powell and Loy, with another seven to go. It was directed by Richard Thorpe from a screenplay by Jo S" }, { "title": "Draegerman Courage", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Muir, Barton MacLane", "extract": "Draegerman Courage is a 1937 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Anthony Coldeway. The film stars Jean Muir, Barton MacLane, Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat, Addison Richards and Helen MacKellar. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 15, 1937." }, { "title": "The Duke Comes Back", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Allan Lane, Heather Angel, Genevieve Tobin", "extract": "The Duke Comes Back is a 1937 American drama film directed by Irving Pichel and written by Adele Buffington and Edmond Seward. It is based on the 1933 novel The Duke Comes Back by Lucian Cary. The film stars Allan Lane, Heather Angel, Genevieve Tobin, Johnny Russell, Joseph Crehan and Frederick Burt" }, { "title": "Easy Living", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jean Arthur, Ray Milland, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Easy Living is a 1937 American screwball comedy film, directed by Mitchell Leisen, written by Preston Sturges from a story by Vera Caspary, and starring Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, and Ray Milland. Many of the supporting players became a major part of Sturges' regular stock company of character acto" }, { "title": "Ebb Tide", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Frances Farmer, Ray Milland, Oskar Homolka", "extract": "Ebb Tide is a 1937 American Technicolor adventure film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Oscar Homolka, Frances Farmer and Ray Milland." }, { "title": "The Emperor's Candlesticks", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Historical, War", "cast": "William Powell, Luise Rainer, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Morgan", "extract": "The Emperor's Candlesticks is a 1937 historical drama film starring William Powell and Luise Rainer and directed by George Fitzmaurice. It is based on the 1899 novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. The story follows the adventures of spies from opposing sides who fall in love while following the" }, { "title": "Empty Holsters", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dick Foran, Emmett Vogan", "extract": "Empty Holsters is a 1937 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Dick Foran, Patricia Walthall, Emmett Vogan, Glenn Strange, Anderson Lawler and Wilfred Lucas. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 10, 1937." }, { "title": "Escape by Night", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "William Hall, Dean Jagger, Ward Bond", "extract": "Escape by Night is a 1937 American film directed by Hamilton MacFadden." }, { "title": "Espionage", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Comedy, Noir, Romance, Spy, Thriller", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Madge Evans, Paul Lukas", "extract": "Espionage is a 1937 American Proto-Noir, spy-film, adventure, drama, romance, comedy thriller film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Leonard Lee, Ainsworth Morgan and Manuel Seff, based on the 1935 West End play Espionage by Walter C. Hackett. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Madge Evans, Paul Luka" }, { "title": "Ever Since Eve", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery", "extract": "Ever Since Eve is a 1937 romantic comedy film starring Marion Davies and Robert Montgomery." }, { "title": "Every Day's a Holiday", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mae West, Edmund Lowe, Louis Armstrong", "extract": "Every Day's a Holiday is a 1937 American comedy film starring and co-written by Mae West, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film, released on December 18, 1937, also starred Edmund Lowe, Charles Winninger, and Charles Butterworth. This was West's last film und" }, { "title": "Exclusive", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Porter Hall", "extract": "Exclusive is a 1937 American drama film directed by Alexander Hall and written by Jack Moffitt, Sidney Salkow and Rian James. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Charlie Ruggles, Lloyd Nolan, Fay Holden and Ralph Morgan. The film was released on August 6, 1937, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Exiled to Shanghai", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Wallace Ford, June Travis, Dean Jagger", "extract": "Exiled to Shanghai is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Nick Grinde and Armand Schaefer and starring Wallace Ford, June Travis, and Dean Jagger." }, { "title": "Expensive Husbands", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Beverly Roberts, Patric Knowles, Allyn Joslyn", "extract": "Expensive Husbands is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Bobby Connolly and written by Lillie Hayward, Jean Negulesco and Jay Brennan. The film stars Patric Knowles, Beverly Roberts, Allyn Joslyn, Gordon Oliver, Vladimir Sokoloff and Eula Guy. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 2" }, { "title": "Fair Warning", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "J. Edward Bromberg, Betty Furness, Bill Burrud", "extract": "Fair Warning is a 1937 American mystery film written and directed by Norman Foster. The film stars J. Edward Bromberg, Betty Furness, John Payne, Victor Kilian, Bill Burrud and Gavin Muir. The film was released on March 5, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "A Family Affair", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy film. It was the first of 16 movies now known as the Andy Hardy series, though Andy Hardy, played by Mickey Rooney, did not become the main character in the series until a few more installments had been made. The movie features Lionel Barrymore as Judge Hard" }, { "title": "Fifty Roads to Town", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Don Ameche, Ann Sothern, Jane Darwell", "extract": "Fifty Roads to Town is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Don Ameche and Ann Sothern. The film is based on a book of the same name by author Frederick Nebel. This is the third novel Nebel wrote." }, { "title": "Fight for Your Lady", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "John Boles, Ida Lupino, Jack Oakie", "extract": "Fight for Your Lady is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and written by Ernest Pagano, Harry Segall and Harold Daniel Kusel. The film stars John Boles, Jack Oakie, Ida Lupino, Margot Grahame, Gordon Jones, Erik Rhodes, Billy Gilbert and Paul Guilfoyle. The film was released on" }, { "title": "A Fight to the Finish", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Don Terry, Rosalind Keith, Ward Bond", "extract": "A Fight to the Finish is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Don Terry, Rosalind Keith, and Ward Bond." }, { "title": "Find the Witness", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Quigley, Henry Mollison, Rosalind Keith", "extract": "Find the Witness is a 1937 American drama film directed by David Selman and starring Charles Quigley, Henry Mollison and Rosalind Keith." }, { "title": "The Firefly", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William", "extract": "The Firefly is a 1937 musical film starring Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones. The film is an adaptation of the operetta of the same name by composer Rudolf Friml and librettist Otto A. Harbach that premiered on Broadway in 1912. The film used nearly all of the music from the operetta but jettisone" }, { "title": "First Lady", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Kay Francis, Verree Teasdale, Walter Connolly", "extract": "First Lady is a 1937 film about behind-the-scenes political maneuverings in Washington, D.C. directed by Stanley Logan and starring Kay Francis, Preston Foster, Anita Louise, Walter Connolly and Verree Teasdale. Francis and Teasdale portray bitter rivals in their pursuit of the titular role of First" }, { "title": "Fit for a King", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Helen Mack, Paul Kelly", "extract": "Fit for a King is a 1937 American film starring Joe E. Brown and directed by Edward Sedgwick." }, { "title": "Flight from Glory", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Van Heflin, Whitney Bourne", "extract": "Flight from Glory is an American B movie about a run-down air cargo company in the Andes. It was directed by Lew Landers, and starred Chester Morris, Whitney Bourne, Onslow Stevens and Van Heflin. When released on August 20, 1937, Flight from Glory was considered one of the films that broke new grou" }, { "title": "Fly-Away Baby", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery, Crime", "cast": "Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane", "extract": "Fly-Away Baby is a 1937 American crime-mystery film starring Glenda Farrell as reporter Torchy Blane, along with her detective boyfriend, Steve McBride solving a murder and smuggling case during around-the-world flight." }, { "title": "The Footloose Heiress", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Craig Reynolds, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel", "extract": "The Footloose Heiress is a 1937 American comedy film directed by William Clemens and written by Robertson White. The film stars Craig Reynolds, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper, Hugh O'Connell and Teddy Hart. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 21, 1937." }, { "title": "Forlorn River", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buster Crabbe, June Martel", "extract": "Forlorn River is a 1937 American Western film directed by Charles Barton and starring Buster Crabbe, June Martel, and Harvey Stephens. Based on the novel by Zane Grey, the film is about a cowboy name Nevada who takes a job on a ranch rounding up horses. He comes into conflict with a powerful cattlem" }, { "title": "Forty Naughty Girls", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "ZaSu Pitts, James Gleason", "extract": "Forty Naughty Girls is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by John Grey. The film stars James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts, Marjorie Lord, George Shelley and Joan Woodbury. It is the sixth and final entry in RKO Pictures' series of Hildegarde Withers films. This film was the s" }, { "title": "The Frame-Up", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Paul Kelly, Julie Bishop", "extract": "The Frame-Up is a 1937 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "The Gambling Terror", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith", "extract": "The Gambling Terror is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith and Charles King." }, { "title": "The Game That Kills", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery, Sport", "cast": "Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, John Gallaudet", "extract": "The Game That Kills is a 1937 American mystery sport film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Charles Quigley and Rita Hayworth." }, { "title": "The Girl from Scotland Yard", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Karen Morley, Eduardo Ciannelli, Katharine Alexander", "extract": "The Girl from Scotland Yard is a 1937 American detective film starring Karen Morley." }, { "title": "Girl Overboard", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "'Girl Overboard' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Sidney Salkow from a screenplay by Tristram Tupper based on a story by Sara Elizabeth Rodger. The film stars Gloria Stuart, Walter Pidgeon, and Billy Burrud, and was released on February 28, 1937." }, { "title": "The Girl Said No", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Irene Hervey, William Danforth, Vera Ross", "extract": "The Girl Said No is a 1937 American musical comedy film produced by Andrew L. Stone and Edward L. Alperson for Grand National Pictures and directed by Andrew L. Stone. The screenplay was written by Betty Laidlaw, Robert Lively and Andrew L. Stone. The film stars Robert Armstrong, Irene Hervey and Pa" }, { "title": "A Girl with Ideas", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Wendy Barrie, Walter Pidgeon, Kent Taylor", "extract": "A Girl With Ideas is a 1937 American comedy-drama film, directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Universal Pictures. It stars Wendy Barrie, Walter Pidgeon, and Kent Taylor." }, { "title": "Girls Can Play", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth", "extract": "Girls Can Play is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Lambert Hillyer. It stars Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, and Rita Hayworth." }, { "title": "Git Along Little Dogies", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Judith Allen", "extract": "Git Along Little Dogies is a 1937 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and the Maple City Four. Written by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a singing cowboy who gets caught up in a war between oilmen and cattle ranchers, taking the s" }, { "title": "The Go Getter", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "George Brent, Anita Louise, Henry O'Neill", "extract": "The Go Getter is a 1937 film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring George Brent, Anita Louise, and Charles Winninger. A determined discharged US Navy veteran succeeds in the lumber business. The film was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and released through Warner Bros." }, { "title": "God's Country and the Woman", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane", "extract": "God's Country and the Woman is a 1937 American Technicolor lumberjack drama film directed by William Keighley and written by Norman Reilly Raine. The film stars George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat, Alan Hale, Sr. and Joe King. The film is based on a 1915 novel by James Olive" }, { "title": "The Gold Racket", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Fuzzy Knight", "extract": "The Gold Racket is a 1937 American crime film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and written by David S. Levy. The film stars Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, in the third of their \"G-Man\" film series as well as Fuzzy Knight, Frank Milan, Jack Duffy and Albert J. Smith. The film was released on April 10, 1937," }, { "title": "The Good Earth", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly", "extract": "The Good Earth is a 1937 American drama film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive. It was adapted by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, and Claudine West from the 1932 play by Owen Davis and Donald Davis, which was in itself based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning auth" }, { "title": "The Good Old Soak", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Una Merkel, Judith Barrett", "extract": "The Good Old Soak is a 1937 drama film starring Wallace Beery and directed by J. Walter Ruben from a screenplay by A. E. Thomas based upon the 1922 stage play of the same name by Don Marquis. The picture's supporting cast features Una Merkel, Eric Linden, Betty Furness, and Ted Healy." }, { "title": "The Great Gambini", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Marian Marsh, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest", "extract": "The Great Gambini is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Charles Vidor and written by Frederick J. Jackson, Frank Partos and Howard Irving Young. The film stars Akim Tamiroff, Marian Marsh, John Trent, Genevieve Tobin, Reginald Denny, Roland Drew and William Demarest. The film was released on J" }, { "title": "The Great Garrick", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Historical", "cast": "Olivia de Havilland, Brian Aherne, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "The Great Garrick is a 1937 American historical comedy film directed by James Whale and starring Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, and Edward Everett Horton. The film also features Lionel Atwill, Luis Alberni, Melville Cooper, and future star Lana Turner, who has a bit part. Based on the play Ladie" }, { "title": "The Great Hospital Mystery", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery, Crime", "cast": "Jane Darwell, Sig Ruman, Sally Blane", "extract": "The Great Hospital Mystery is a 1937 American crime film directed by James Tinling and written by Bess Meredyth, William M. Conselman and Jerome Cady. The film stars Jane Darwell, Sig Ruman, Sally Blane, Thomas Beck, Joan Davis and William Demarest. It was released on May 14, 1937, by 20th Century F" }, { "title": "The Great O'Malley", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan", "extract": "The Great O'Malley is a 1937 crime film directed by William Dieterle and starring Pat O'Brien, Sybil Jason, Humphrey Bogart, and Ann Sheridan. The 1925 silent version The Making of O'Malley starred Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill and Helen Rowland." }, { "title": "Green Fields", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Michael Goldstein, Helen Beverley", "extract": "Green Fields is a 1937 American comedy-drama Yiddish film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and Jacob Ben-Ami. The film features child actor Herschel Bernardi, later to be an adult star on Broadway, in films and on television." }, { "title": "Green Light", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Cedric Hardwicke", "extract": "Green Light is a 1937 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, and Margaret Lindsay. The film is adapted from a novel written by Lloyd C. Douglas. The novel is closely related to Douglas' previous book, Magnificent Obsession, which was also adapted as a m" }, { "title": "Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Louis Stanley", "extract": "Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield for Supreme Pictures. It stars Bob Steele, Louis Stanley, and Karl Hackett." }, { "title": "Guns in the Dark", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Syd Saylor", "extract": "Guns in the Dark is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Charles F. Royal. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Claire Rochelle, Syd Saylor, Ted Adams, Dick Curtis, and Steve Clark. The film was released on May 13, 1957, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Guns of the Pecos", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dick Foran, Anne Nagel", "extract": "Guns of the Pecos is a 1937 American Western film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Harold Buckley. The film stars Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, Gordon Hart, Joseph Crehan, Eddie Acuff and Robert Middlemass. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 2, 1937." }, { "title": "Gunsmoke Ranch", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Ray \"Crash\" Corrigan", "extract": "Gunsmoke Ranch is a 1937 American Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie directed by Joseph Kane." }, { "title": "Harlem on the Prairie", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Herb Jeffries, Mantan Moreland, Nathan Curry", "extract": "Harlem on the Prairie (1937) is a race movie, billed as the first \"all-colored\" Western musical. The movie reminded audiences that there were black cowboys and corrected a popular Hollywood image of an all-white Old West." }, { "title": "Headin' East", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Ruth Coleman", "extract": "Headin' East is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ewing Scott." }, { "title": "Heart of the Rockies", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan", "extract": "Heart of the Rockies is a 1937 American Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie directed by Joseph Kane." }, { "title": "Heidi", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Spy, Family", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher", "extract": "Heidi is a 1937 American musical drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Julien Josephson and Walter Ferris, loosely based on Johanna Spyri's 1880 children's book of the same name. The film stars Shirley Temple as the titular orphan, who is taken from her grandfather to live as a companion " }, { "title": "Her Husband Lies", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War", "cast": "Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Louis Calhern", "extract": "Her Husband Lies is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Wallace Smith and Eve Greene. The film stars Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff, Tom Brown, Louis Calhern and June Martel. The film was released on March 13, 1937, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Her Husband's Secretary", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Muir, Beverly Roberts, Warren Hull", "extract": "Her Husband's Secretary is a 1937 American drama film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Lillie Hayward. The film stars Jean Muir, Beverly Roberts, Warren Hull, Joseph Crehan, Clara Blandick and Addison Richards. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 26, 1937." }, { "title": "Heroes of the Alamo", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western, War, Silent", "cast": "Rex Lease, Lane Chandler, Earle Hodgins", "extract": "Heroes of the Alamo (1937) is a low-budget retelling of the events of the Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo. It was produced by Anthony J. Xydias and reuses the battle scenes of his 1926 silent film Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo. About 35 minutes of the latter film is available o" }, { "title": "Hideaway", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "J. Carrol Naish, Emma Dunn, Fred Stone", "extract": "Hideaway is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Richard Rosson. Based on the 1937 play A House in the Country by Melvin Levy, the screenplay was written by J. Robert Bren and Edmund L. Hartmann. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it opened on August 13, 1937. The film stars Fred Sto" }, { "title": "High Flyers", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Lupe Vélez", "extract": "High Flyers is a 1937 RKO Radio Pictures musical comedy film, directed by Edward Cline and stars the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey. .The film would be the last film the duo made, as Robert Woolsey died a year later. The supporting cast includes Margaret Dumont, Lupe Vélez, Marjorie Lord, Paul Harvey" }, { "title": "High, Wide and Handsome", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Dorothy Lamour", "extract": "High, Wide and Handsome is a 1937 American musical Western film starring Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Alan Hale, Sr., Charles Bickford and Dorothy Lamour. The film was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and written by Oscar Hammerstein II and George O'Neil, with lyrics by Hammerstein and music by Jerome K" }, { "title": "Hills of Old Wyoming", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Gail Sheridan", "extract": "Hills of Old Wyoming is a 1937 American Western film directed by Nate Watt and written by Maurice Geraghty, the 10th film of the 66 Hopalong Cassidy movies. The film stars William Boyd, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Russell Hayden, Gail Sheridan, John Beach and Clara Kimball Young, Russell Ha" }, { "title": "History Is Made at Night", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Colin Clive", "extract": "History Is Made at Night is a 1937 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Jean Arthur, Charles Boyer, and Colin Clive. Its plot follows a woman who falls in love with a Parisian waiter who saves her from a set-up her possessive ship magnate husband has hatched to " }, { "title": "Hit Parade of 1937", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Louise Henry, Phil Regan, Duke Ellington", "extract": "The Hit Parade is a 1937 American musical film directed by Gus Meins and written by Bradford Ropes, Samuel Ornitz and Harry Ruskin. The film stars Frances Langford, Phil Regan, Max Terhune, Edward Brophy, Louise Henry and Pert Kelton. The film was released on April 26, 1937, by Republic Pictures. Re" }, { "title": "Hit the Saddle", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Rita Hayworth", "extract": "Hit the Saddle is a 1937 \"Three Mesquiteers\" Western B-movie starring Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, and Rita Hayworth, before she became famous. It was second in The Three Mesquiteers series released by Republic Pictures. The film was directed by Mack V. Wright." }, { "title": "Hitting a New High", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Lily Pons, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore", "extract": "Hitting a New High is a 1937 comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh. It stars Lily Pons and Jack Oakie. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1938 in the category Best Sound Recording." }, { "title": "Hollywood Cowboy", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western, Adventure", "cast": "George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "Hollywood Cowboy is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Ewing Scott and written by Daniel Jarrett and Ewing Scott. The film stars George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Maude Eburne, Joe Caits and Frank Milan. The film was released on May 28, 1937, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Hollywood Hotel", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert", "extract": "Hollywood Hotel is a 1937 American romantic musical comedy film, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Hugh Herbert, Ted Healy, Glenda Farrell and Johnnie Davis, featuring Alan Mowbray and Mabel Todd, and with Allyn Joslyn, Grant Mitchell and Edgar Kennedy." }, { "title": "Hollywood Round-Up", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Helen Twelvetrees", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Holy Terror", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jane Withers, Joe E. Lewis, Tony Martin", "extract": "The Holy Terror is a 1937 American film directed by James Tinling as a vehicle for child star Jane Withers. The film follows the comic adventures of 11-year-old Withers as she causes mild havoc and catches spies on her father's naval base." }, { "title": "Hoosier Schoolboy", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Anne Nagel", "extract": "Hoosier Schoolboy is a 1937 American film directed by William Nigh and starring Mickey Rooney, Anne Nagel and Frank Shields." }, { "title": "Hopalong Rides Again", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Nora Lane", "extract": "Hopalong Rides Again is a 1937 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston. The film stars William Boyd, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Nora Lane, Harry Worth, Lois Wilde and Billy King. The film was released on September 3, 1937, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Hot Water", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane", "extract": "Hot Water is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington. It is part of the Jones Family series of films. The Jones father decides to run for mayor, leading the current incumbent to try to disgrace his son." }, { "title": "Hotel Haywire", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Lynne Overman, Spring Byington", "extract": "Hotel Haywire is a 1937 American comedy film written by Preston Sturges with uncredited rewrites by Lillie Hayward. It was directed by George Archainbaud and stars Leo Carrillo, Lynne Overman, Spring Byington, Benny Baker and Colette Lyons." }, { "title": "The Hurricane", "year": 1937, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Dorothy Lamour, Mary Astor, Jon Hall", "extract": "The Hurricane is a 1937 film set in the South Seas, directed by John Ford and produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, about a Polynesian who is unjustly imprisoned. The climax features a special effects hurricane. It stars Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall, with Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchel" }, { "title": "I Cover the War!", "year": 1937, "genres": "Action, Drama, War", "cast": "John Wayne, Gwen Gaze", "extract": "I Cover the War is a 1937 American drama action film directed by Arthur Lubin for Universal Pictures, starring John Wayne. It was one of a series of non-Westerns Wayne made for Universal." }, { "title": "Idol of the Crowds", "year": 1937, "genres": "Sports, Drama, Sport", "cast": "John Wayne, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Idol of the Crowds is a 1937 American drama sport film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring John Wayne as an ice hockey player. It was one of a series of non-Westerns Wayne made for Universal. The film was originally called Hell on Ice but the Hays Office requested this be changed." }, { "title": "I Met Him in Paris", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "I Met Him in Paris is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, written by Claude Binyon, and starring Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, and Robert Young." }, { "title": "I Promise to Pay", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack", "extract": "I Promise to Pay is a 1937 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "I'll Take Romance", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "I'll Take Romance is a 1937 romantic musical film directed by Edward H. Griffith, starring Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Helen Westley, Stuart Erwin and Margaret Hamilton." }, { "title": "In Old Chicago", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Disaster", "cast": "Tyrone Power, Alice Brady, Don Ameche", "extract": "In Old Chicago is a 1938 American disaster musical drama film directed by Henry King. The screenplay by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti was based on the Niven Busch story, \"We the O'Learys\". The film is a fictionalized account about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and stars Alice Brady as Mrs. O'Leary," }, { "title": "Internes Can't Take Money", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan", "extract": "Internes Can't Take Money is a 1937 American drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan and Stanley Ridges. McCrea portrays Dr. Kildare in the character's first screen appearance. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer continued the Dr. Kildare series with Young Dr. K" }, { "title": "It Can't Last Forever", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness", "extract": "It Can't Last Forever is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, and Robert Armstrong. It is also the debut film for an unbilled 11-year-old Donald O'Connor, who would later go on to be famous for his acrobatic tap dancing." }, { "title": "It Could Happen to You!", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Alan Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Astrid Allwyn", "extract": "It Could Happen to You is a 1937 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Samuel Ornitz and Nathanael West. The film stars Alan Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Owen Davis Jr., Astrid Allwyn, Walter Kingsford and Al Shean. It was released on June 28, 1937 by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "It Happened in Hollywood", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Fay Wray, Richard Dix, Franklin Pangborn", "extract": "It Happened in Hollywood is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Richard Dix, Fay Wray and Victor Kilian. The arrival of sound wrecks the career of a leading western actor while his leading lady rises to new heights. Its original working title was Once a Hero." }, { "title": "It Happened Out West", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Paul Kelly, Judith Allen", "extract": "It Happened Out West is a 1937 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Earle Snell and John Roberts. The film stars Paul Kelly, Judith Allen, Johnny Arthur, LeRoy Mason, Lew Kelly, and Russell Hicks. The film was released on May 2, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "It's All Yours", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Madeleine Carroll, Mischa Auer, Francis Lederer", "extract": "It's All Yours is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer and Mischa Auer." }, { "title": "It's Love I'm After", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard", "extract": "It's Love I'm After is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the story \"Gentlemen After Midnight\" by Maurice Hanline, with a screenplay by Casey Robinson, the film is about a couple who have postponed " }, { "title": "Jim Hanvey, Detective", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown, Catherine Doucet", "extract": "Jim Hanvey, Detective is a 1937 American film directed by Phil Rosen. It is loosely based on the short story collection of the same name by novelist Octavus Roy Cohen." }, { "title": "John Meade's Woman", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edward Arnold, Gail Patrick", "extract": "John Meade's Woman is a 1937 American drama film directed by Richard Wallace and written by John Bright, Vincent Lawrence, Herman J. Mankiewicz and Robert Tasker. The film stars Edward Arnold, Francine Larrimore, Gail Patrick, George Bancroft, John Trent and Sidney Blackmer. The film was released on" }, { "title": "Join the Marines", "year": 1937, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Paul Kelly, June Travis, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Join the Marines is a 1937 American action film directed by Ralph Staub and written by Joseph Krumgold and Olive Cooper. The film stars Paul Kelly, June Travis, Purnell Pratt, Reginald Denny, Warren Hymer and Irving Pichel. It was released on January 25, 1937 by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Jungle Menace", "year": 1937, "genres": "", "cast": "Frank Buck", "extract": "Jungle Menace (1937) is the first serial released by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Kid Galahad", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "Kid Galahad is a 1937 boxing film starring Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and, in the title role, rising newcomer Wayne Morris. It was scripted by Seton I. Miller and directed by Michael Curtiz." }, { "title": "The King and the Chorus Girl", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Fernand Gravey, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "The King and the Chorus Girl is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fernand Gravey, Joan Blondell and Edward Everett Horton." }, { "title": "King of Gamblers", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Akim Tamiroff, Claire Trevor, Lloyd Nolan", "extract": "King of Gamblers is a 1937 American low-budget gangster film directed by Robert Florey. Akim Tamiroff takes an unusual featured role as a slot-machine racketeer whose bombing of an uncooperative barber shop leads to a murder charge." }, { "title": "Knight Without Armour", "year": 1937, "genres": "Biography, Drama, Historical", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat", "extract": "Knight Without Armour is a 1937 British historical drama film starring Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat. It was directed by Jacques Feyder and produced by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Lajos Bíró adapted by Frances Marion from the 1933 novel by James Hilton. The novel was published in the Un" }, { "title": "The Lady Escapes", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, George Sanders", "extract": "The Lady Escapes is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, George Sanders and Cora Witherspoon. It is based on a Hungarian play." }, { "title": "The Lady Fights Back", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey", "extract": "The Lady Fights Back is a 1937 American action film directed by Milton Carruth and written by Brown Holmes and Robert T. Shannon. It is based on the 1937 novel Heather of the High Hand by Arthur Stringer. The film stars Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, William Lundigan, Willie Best, Joe Sawyer, and Paul H" }, { "title": "Lancer Spy", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "Dolores del Río, George Sanders, Peter Lorre", "extract": "Lancer Spy is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Dolores Del Rio and George Sanders. Its plot concerns an Englishman who impersonates a German officer and a female German spy who falls in love with him." }, { "title": "Land Beyond the Law", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dick Foran, Wayne Morris", "extract": "Land Beyond the Law is a 1937 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Luci Ward and Joseph K. Watson. The film stars Dick Foran, Linda Perry, Wayne Morris, Harry Woods, Irene Franklin and Frank Orth. It was released by Warner Bros. on March 13, 1937." }, { "title": "Larceny on the Air", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Grace Bradley", "extract": "Larceny on the Air is a 1937 American film directed by Irving Pichel." }, { "title": "The Last Gangster", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime, War", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Douglas Scott", "extract": "The Last Gangster is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Edward G. Robinson and James Stewart. The supporting cast features Rose Stradner, Lionel Stander and John Carradine." }, { "title": "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, William Powell, Nigel Bruce", "extract": "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney is a 1937 American comedy-drama film adapted from the 1925 Frederick Lonsdale play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. The film tells the story of a chic jewel thief in England, who falls in love with one of her marks." }, { "title": "The Last Train from Madrid", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres, Anthony Quinn", "extract": "The Last Train from Madrid is a 1937 American war drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres and Gilbert Roland. It is set during the Spanish Civil War. The film was one of the few contemporary Hollywood films made about the war." }, { "title": "Law of the Ranger", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Allen, Elaine Shepard", "extract": "Law of the Ranger is a 1937 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Nate Gatzert. The film stars Robert Allen, Elaine Shepard, John Merton, Wally Wales, Lafe McKee and Tom London. The film was released on May 11, 1937, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Lawless Land", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stanley", "extract": "Lawless Land is a 1937 American Western film directed by Albert Ray and starring Johnny Mack Brown and Louise Stanley. Originally made by Supreme Pictures in 1936, it was released by Republic Pictures the following year." }, { "title": "A Lawman Is Born", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith", "extract": "A Lawman Is Born is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield." }, { "title": "The League of Frightened Men", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Walter Connolly, Lionel Stander", "extract": "The League of Frightened Men is a 1937 American mystery film based on the 1935 novel of the same name, the second Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout. Directed by Alfred E. Green, the Columbia Pictures film stars Walter Connolly as Nero Wolfe, a role played by Edward Arnold in the previous year's Meet Ner" }, { "title": "Left-Handed Law", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Noel Francis, Nina Quartero", "extract": "Left-Handed Law is a 1937 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Frances Guihan. It is based on the 1936 novel Left Handed Law by Charles M. Martin. The film stars Buck Jones, Noel Francis, Nina Quartero, Frank LaRue, Lee Shumway, Robert Frazer, Lee Phelps, George Regas and" }, { "title": "The Legion of Missing Men", "year": 1937, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Ralph Forbes, Roy D'Arcy", "extract": "The Legion of Missing Men is a 1937 Monogram Pictures film about the French Foreign Legion set in the French protectorate of Morocco. Directed by Hamilton MacFadden, it stars Ralph Forbes who had also served in the cinematic Foreign Legion in Beau Geste (1926) and Beau Ideal (1931). Singer and actre" }, { "title": "Let Them Live", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Howard, Nan Grey", "extract": "Let Them Live is a 1937 American drama film directed by Harold Young and written by Lionel Houser and Bruce Manning. The film stars John Howard, Nan Grey, Edward Ellis, Judith Barrett, Robert Wilcox and Benny Bartlett. The film was released on April 25, 1937, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Let's Get Married", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ida Lupino, Ralph Bellamy, Walter Connolly", "extract": "Let's Get Married is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Ida Lupino, who plays the daughter of a political consultant, Joe Quinn. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Lupino was loaned out from Paramount to make the film." }, { "title": "Life Begins in College", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "The Ritz Brothers, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "Life Begins in College is a 1937 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter. It marked the Ritz Brothers' first starring role in a feature film." }, { "title": "Life Begins with Love", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Jean Parker, Douglass Montgomery, Edith Fellows", "extract": "Life Begins with Love is a 1937 American romantic drama film, directed by Ray McCarey. It stars Jean Parker, Douglass Montgomery, and Edith Fellows." }, { "title": "The Life of Émile Zola", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Paul Muni, Joseph Schildkraut, Gale Sondergaard", "extract": "The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 American biographical film about the 19th-century French author Émile Zola starring Paul Muni and directed by William Dieterle. It premiered at the Los Angeles Carthay Circle Theatre to great critical and financial success. Contemporary reviews ranked it as the great" }, { "title": "The Life of the Party", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Billy Gilbert, Franklin Pangborn, Ann Miller", "extract": "The Life of the Party is a 1937 American musical comedy film produced by RKO. It was directed by William A. Seiter and starred Joe Penner, Gene Raymond, Parkyakarkus and Harriet Hilliard. It recorded a loss of $111,000." }, { "title": "Lightnin' Crandall", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Lois January", "extract": "Lightnin' Crandall is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Charles F. Royal. The film stars Bob Steele, Lois January, Charles King, Earl Dwire, Ernie Adams and Frank LaRue. The film was released on March 24, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Live, Love and Learn", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Rosalind Russell, Robert Benchley, Monty Woolley", "extract": "Live, Love and Learn is a 1937 romantic comedy film starring Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, and Robert Benchley. The movie was directed by George Fitzmaurice." }, { "title": "Living on Love", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Whitney Bourne, Joan Woodbury, James Dunn", "extract": "Living on Love (1937) is an American romantic comedy film released by RKO Radio Pictures. Directed by Lew Landers, it stars James Dunn, Whitney Bourne, and Joan Woodbury. The film is a remake of the RKO film Rafter Romance (1933). It is one of the \"lost RKO films\" owned by Merian C. Cooper and only " }, { "title": "London by Night", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "George Murphy, Rita Johnson", "extract": "London by Night is a 1937 American murder mystery film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring George Murphy, Rita Johnson and Virginia Field. It marked the screen debut of Johnson who while shooting the film also unsuccessfully tested to replace Jean Harlow in Saratoga. Gossip columnist Louella Par" }, { "title": "Lost Horizon", "year": 1937, "genres": "Adventure, Fantasy, Drama", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, H. B. Warner", "extract": "Lost Horizon is a 1937 American adventure drama fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same name by James Hilton." }, { "title": "Love and Hisses", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Walter Winchell, Simone Simon, Joan Davis", "extract": "Love and Hisses is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie and Simone Simon. It is the sequel to the film Wake Up and Live. Twentieth Century Fox's Darryl F. Zanuck wanted to continue the series with further films, but Winchell chose t" }, { "title": "Love in a Bungalow", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Nan Grey, Kent Taylor", "extract": "Love in a Bungalow is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Austin Parker, Karen DeWolf and James Mulhauser. The film stars Nan Grey, Kent Taylor, Louise Beavers, J. Scott Smart, Minerva Urecal and Hobart Cavanaugh. The film was released on June 27, 1937, by Universal Pi" }, { "title": "Love Is News", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche", "extract": "Love Is News is a 1937 romantic comedy film starring Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, and Don Ameche. The movie was directed by Tay Garnett and was the first film for which Power had top billing. The picture was remade in 1947 as That Wonderful Urge, with Power again and Gene Tierney." }, { "title": "Love Is on the Air", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Ronald Reagan, June Travis, Eddie Acuff", "extract": "Love is on the Air is a 1937 American film directed by Nick Grinde, and starring Ronald Reagan, June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton and Willard Parker. It was the first of three remakes of the 1933 Paul Muni picture Hi, Nellie. It was ironic that, in his first movie, Reagan starr" }, { "title": "Love on Toast", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Payne, Stella Adler, Grant Richards", "extract": "Love on Toast is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ewald André Dupont. It was John Payne's fourth film." }, { "title": "Love Takes Flight", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Beatrice Roberts, Edwin Maxwell", "extract": "Love Takes Flight is a 1937 American drama film directed by Conrad Nagel and written by Lionel Houser and Mervin J. Houser. The film stars Bruce Cabot, Beatrice Roberts, John Sheehan, Astrid Allwyn, Elliot Fisher and Wild Bill Elliott. The film was released on November 5, 1937, by Grand National Fil" }, { "title": "Love Under Fire", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Katherine DeMille", "extract": "Love Under Fire is a 1937 American drama film based upon the play by Walter C. Hackett. It was directed by George Marshall and stars Loretta Young, Don Ameche and Frances Drake. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rudolph Sternad." }, { "title": "Luck of Roaring Camp", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Owen Davis, Joan Woodbury, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Luck of Roaring Camp is a 1937 American western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Owen Davis, Charles Brokaw and Joan Woodbury. It is based on the 1868 story The Luck of Roaring Camp by Bret Harte. It was shot at the Iverson Ranch in California." }, { "title": "Madame X", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gladys George, Warren William, Reginald Owen", "extract": "Madame X is a 1937 American drama film, a sanitized remake of several Pre-Code films of the same name. It was directed by Sam Wood, with additional direction by Gustav Machatý (uncredited). The film is based on the 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912)." }, { "title": "Maid of Salem", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Gale Sondergaard", "extract": "Maid of Salem is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray." }, { "title": "Make a Wish", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Ralph Forbes", "extract": "Make a Wish is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone and Ralph Forbes." }, { "title": "Make Way for Tomorrow", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell", "extract": "Make Way for Tomorrow is a 1937 American drama film directed by Leo McCarey. The plot concerns an elderly couple who are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents." }, { "title": "Mama Runs Wild", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mary Boland, Ernest Truex", "extract": "Mama Runs Wild is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ralph Staub and written by Gordon Kahn and Hal Yates. The film stars Mary Boland, Ernest Truex, William \"Bill\" Henry, Lynne Roberts, Max Terhune and Joseph Crehan. The film was released on December 22, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Mama Steps Out", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alice Brady, Gene Lockhart, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Mama Steps Out is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Anita Loos. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Alice Brady, Betty Furness, Dennis Morgan, Gene Lockhart and Edward Norris. The film was released on February 5, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Man in Blue", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Robert Wilcox, Nan Grey", "extract": "The Man in Blue is a 1937 American drama film directed by Milton Carruth and written by Lester Cole. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Edward Ellis, Nan Grey, Richard Carle, Ralph Morgan, Alma Kruger, and Bill Burrud. The film was released on May 30, 1937, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Man of the People", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joseph Calleia, Florence Rice, Ted Healy", "extract": "Man of the People is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Frank Dolan. The film stars Joseph Calleia, Florence Rice, Thomas Mitchell, Ted Healy and Catherine Doucet. The film was released on January 29, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Man Who Cried Wolf", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lewis Stone, Jameson Thomas", "extract": "The Man Who Cried Wolf is a 1937 American film directed by Lewis R. Foster to a screenplay by Charles Grayson from Arthur Rohlsfel's story Too Clever to Live. The film featured Lewis Stone, Barbara Read, Tom Brown. The plot concerns an actor preparing for a real murder by confessing to police to mur" }, { "title": "The Man Who Found Himself", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Fontaine, George Irving, John Beal", "extract": "The Man Who Found Himself, also known as Wings of Mercy, is a 1937 American aviation film based on the unpublished story \"Wings of Mercy\" by Alice B. Curtis. The film marked the first starring role for 19-year-old Joan Fontaine, who was billed as the \"new RKO screen personality\", highlighted followi" }, { "title": "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Ann Dvorak, Cab Calloway, Louis Prima", "extract": "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by John Victor Mackay." }, { "title": "Mannequin", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis", "extract": "Mannequin is a 1937 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, and Alan Curtis. Crawford plays Jessie, a young working class woman who seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind. S" }, { "title": "Marked Woman", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Eduardo Ciannelli", "extract": "Marked Woman is a 1937 American dramatic crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, with featured performances by Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot, Jane Bryan, Eduardo Ciannelli and Allen Jenkins. Set in the underworld of Manhattan, Marked" }, { "title": "Married Before Breakfast", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Robert Young, Florence Rice, Barnett Parker", "extract": "Married Before Breakfast is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Robert Young, Florence Rice and June Clayworth." }, { "title": "Marry the Girl", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Mary Boland, Hugh Herbert, Mischa Auer", "extract": "Marry the Girl is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by William C. McGann. The 68 minute film, set at a newspaper syndicate, was written by Sig Herzig and Pat C. Flick, shot by cinematographer Arthur L. Todd, and was produced by Bryan Foy and Jack L. Warner under the Warner Bros. banner." }, { "title": "Maytime", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore", "extract": "Maytime is a 1937 American musical and romantic-drama film produced by MGM. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The screenplay was rewritten from the book for Sigmund Romberg's 1917 operetta Maytime by Rida Johnson Young, Romberg's librettist; however," }, { "title": "Melody for Two", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "James Melton, Patricia Ellis, Marie Wilson", "extract": "Melody for Two is a 1937 American musical film directed by Louis King and starring James Melton, Patricia Ellis and Marie Wilson." }, { "title": "Men in Exile", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Dick Purcell, June Travis, Victor Varconi", "extract": "Men in Exile is a 1937 film directed by John Farrow. A \"B\" movie from Warner Bros, it was the first feature Farrow directed. It is essentially a remake of their 1931 melodrama Safe in Hell, albeit with the lead switched from female to male, with some plot changes as a result." }, { "title": "Meet the Boyfriend", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Paige, Carol Hughes", "extract": "Meet the Boyfriend is a 1937 American film directed by Ralph Staub." }, { "title": "Meet the Missus", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Anne Shirley", "extract": "Meet the Missus is a 1937 American domestic comedy film directed by Joseph Santley, using a screenplay by Jack Townley, Bert Granet, and Joel Sayre, based on an original story by Jack Goodman and Albert Rice. The movie was produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, and was initially released on" }, { "title": "Michael O'Halloran", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Wynne Gibson, Warren Hull", "extract": "Michael O'Halloran is a 1937 American drama film directed by Karl Brown and starring Wynne Gibson, Warren Hull and Jackie Moran. It is an adaptation of the 1915 novel of the same name by Gene Stratton-Porter." }, { "title": "Midnight Court", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ann Dvorak, Carlyle Moore Jr., John Litel", "extract": "Midnight Court is a 1937 crime drama film released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film stars Ann Dvorak and John Litel, and was directed by Frank McDonald." }, { "title": "Midnight Madonna", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warren William, Mady Correll", "extract": "Midnight Madonna is a 1937 American drama film directed by James Flood and written by David Boehm, Gladys Lehman and Doris Malloy. The film stars Warren William, Edward Ellis, Jonathan Hale, Mady Correll, and Kitty Clancy. The film was released on July 2, 1937, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Midnight Taxi", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Brian Donlevy, Frances Drake", "extract": "Midnight Taxi is a 1937 American crime film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Brian Donlevy, Frances Drake and Alan Dinehart." }, { "title": "The Mighty Treve", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "Noah Beery, Barbara Read", "extract": "The Mighty Treve is a 1937 American drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Albert R. Perkins, Marcus Goodrich and Charles Grayson. It is based on the 1925 novel Treve by Albert Payson Terhune. The film stars Noah Beery Jr., Barbara Read, Samuel S. Hinds, Hobart Cavanaugh, Alma Kruger" }, { "title": "A Million to One", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "Bruce Bennett, Joan Fontaine, Monte Blue", "extract": "A Million to One is a 1937 American drama film directed by Lynn Shores and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Bruce Bennett, Joan Fontaine, Reed Howes, Monte Blue, Kenneth Harlan and Suzanne Kaaren. The film was released on March 3, 1937, by Puritan Pictures." }, { "title": "Missing Witnesses", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "John Litel, Dick Purcell, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Missing Witnesses is a 1937 American crime film directed by William Clemens and written by Kenneth Gamet and Don Ryan. The film stars John Litel, Dick Purcell, Jean Dale, Sheila Bromley, Ben Welden and William Haade. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 11, 1937." }, { "title": "Motor Madness", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Rosalind Keith, Marc Lawrence", "extract": "Motor Madness is a 1937 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Joseph Allen, Rosalind Keith and J.M. Kerrigan." }, { "title": "Mountain Justice", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Josephine Hutchinson, Guy Kibbee, George Brent", "extract": "Mountain Justice is a 1937 film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. It is loosely based on the story of Edith Maxwell, who was convicted in 1935 of murdering her coal miner father in Pound, Virginia." }, { "title": "Mountain Music", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bob Burns, Martha Raye", "extract": "Mountain Music is a 1937 American comedy-musical film directed by Robert Florey." }, { "title": "Mr. Dodd Takes the Air", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Kenny Baker, Frank McHugh, Alice Brady", "extract": "Mr. Dodd Takes the Air is a 1937 American musical comedy film. Composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin were nominated at the 10th Academy Awards in the category of Best Song for \"Remember Me\"." }, { "title": "Murder Goes to College", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Roscoe Karns, Marsha Hunt", "extract": "Murder Goes to College is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Brian Marlow, Eddie Welch and Robert Wyler. The film stars Roscoe Karns, Marsha Hunt, Lynne Overman, Buster Crabbe, Astrid Allwyn and Harvey Stephens. The film was released on February 24, 1937, by Param" }, { "title": "Murder in Greenwich Village", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Raymond Walburn", "extract": "Murder in Greenwich Village is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Richard Arlen, Fay Wray and Raymond Walburn. The screenplay involves an heiress who is falsely accused of murder. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lionel Banks and Stephen Goosson." }, { "title": "Music for Madame", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Nino Martini, Joan Fontaine", "extract": "Music for Madame is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Gertrude Purcell and Robert Harari. The film was released on October 8, 1937 by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "My Dear Miss Aldrich", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Edna May Oliver", "extract": "My Dear Miss Aldrich is a 1937 low-budget comedy film starring Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, and Edna May Oliver about a young woman who inherits a New York City newspaper and decides to become a reporter rather than a publisher." }, { "title": "Nancy Steele Is Missing!", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly, ., Peter Lorre", "extract": "Nancy Steele Is Missing! is a 1937 American drama film directed by George Marshall and Otto Preminger and starring Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly and Peter Lorre." }, { "title": "Navy Blue and Gold", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Sports, Drama", "cast": "James Stewart, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore", "extract": "Navy Blue and Gold is a 1937 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer dramatic film starring Robert Young, James Stewart and Lionel Barrymore. The plot revolves around the experiences of three young men attending the United States Naval Academy." }, { "title": "Navy Blues", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Dick Purcell, Mary Brian", "extract": "Navy Blues is a 1937 American film directed by Ralph Staub." }, { "title": "Navy Spy", "year": 1937, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Judith Allen", "extract": "Navy Spy is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and Crane Wilbur and starring Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt and Judith Allen. It was one of a series of four films featuring Nagel as a federal agent released by Grand National Pictures." }, { "title": "New Faces of 1937", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Joe Penner, Milton Berle, Harriet Hilliard", "extract": "New Faces of 1937 is a 1937 American musical film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Joe Penner, Milton Berle and Harriet Hilliard. Its plot is similar to The Producers (1968). Intended as the first film of an annual RKO Pictures revue series, poor reception ended plans for future productions." }, { "title": "Night Club Scandal", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Thriller", "cast": "John Barrymore, Louise Campbell, Lynne Overman", "extract": "Night Club Scandal is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Lillie Hayward. The film stars John Barrymore, Lynne Overman, Louise Campbell, Charles Bickford, Harvey Stephens, J. Carrol Naish and Evelyn Brent. The film was released on November 19, 1937, by Paramount Pic" }, { "title": "Night Key", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Science Fiction", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Jean Rogers, Alan Baxter", "extract": "Night Key is a science fiction crime film starring Boris Karloff and released by Universal Pictures in 1937." }, { "title": "Night Must Fall", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Rosalind Russell, Robert Montgomery, Dame May Whitty", "extract": "Night Must Fall is a 1937 American film adaptation of the 1935 play by Emlyn Williams, adapted by John Van Druten and directed by Richard Thorpe. It stars Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell and Dame May Whitty in her Hollywood film debut at age 72, who earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Su" }, { "title": "Night of Mystery", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Grant Richards, Roscoe Karns", "extract": "Night of Mystery is a 1937 American mystery film directed by E.A. Dupont and starring Grant Richards, Roscoe Karns and Helen Burgess. The film was a remake of The Greene Murder Case (1929), adapted from a 1928 novel of the same name. Because of this it is sometimes known by the alternative title The" }, { "title": "Nobody's Baby", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Patsy Kelly, Lyda Roberti, Lynne Overman", "extract": "Nobody's Baby is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Gus Meins and written by Harold Law, Hal Yates and Pat C. Flick. The film stars Patsy Kelly, Lyda Roberti, Lynne Overman, Robert Armstrong, Rosina Lawrence, and Don Alvarado. The film was released on April 23, 1937 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "North of the Rio Grande", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western, Silent", "cast": "William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Lee J. Cobb", "extract": "North of the Rio Grande is a lost 1922 American silent Western film directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and starring Bebe Daniels and Jack Holt." }, { "title": "Nothing Sacred", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Walter Connolly", "extract": "Nothing Sacred is a 1937 American Technicolor screwball comedy film directed by William A. Wellman, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March with a supporting cast featuring Charles Winninger and Walter Connolly. Ben Hecht was credited with the screenplay based on" }, { "title": "Off to the Races", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Slim Summerville, Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane", "extract": "Off to the Races is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Slim Summerville, Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason and Kenneth Howell. The film was released on February 5, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Oh, Doctor", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Eve Arden, Thurston Hall", "extract": "Oh, Doctor is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Harry Clork and Brown Holmes. It is based on the 1923 novel Oh, Doctor! by Harry Leon Wilson. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Donrue Leighton, William Hall, Eve Arden, Thurston Hall, Catherine Doucet, William Dema" }, { "title": "Old Louisiana", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Rita Hayworth, Ramsay Hill, Allan Cavan", "extract": "Old Louisiana is a 1937 American Western film, directed by Irvin Willat. It stars Tom Keene, Rita Hayworth, and Will Morgan." }, { "title": "The Old Wyoming Trail", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Barbara Weeks", "extract": " The Old Wyoming Trail is a 1937 American Western film released by Columbia Pictures. Roy Rogers appears, albeit uncredited." }, { "title": "On Again-Off Again", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Marjorie Lord", "extract": "On Again-Off Again is a 1937 musical comedy film, released by RKO Radio Pictures starring the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey." }, { "title": "On Such a Night", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Grant Richards, Karen Morley, Roscoe Karns", "extract": "On Such a Night is a 1937 American crime film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Grant Richards, Karen Morley, and Roscoe Karns. It was made by Paramount Pictures and sold to MCA-Universal in 1958 for television syndication." }, { "title": "On the Avenue", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, The Ritz Brothers", "extract": "On the Avenue is a 1937 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, George Barbier, and The Ritz Brothers. Many of the songs were composed by Irving Berlin. Many of the plot details were used in Let's Make Love. Initially, the movie was cal" }, { "title": "Once a Doctor", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Muir, Donald Woods", "extract": "Once a Doctor is a 1937 American drama film directed by William Clemens and written by Robertson White and Ben Grauman Kohn. The film stars Jean Muir, Donald Woods, Gordon Oliver, Joe King, Henry Kolker and Gordon Hart. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 23, 1937." }, { "title": "One Hundred Men and a Girl", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady", "extract": "One Hundred Men and a Girl is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin and the maestro Leopold Stokowski. Written by Charles Kenyon, Bruce Manning, and James Mulhauser from a story by Hanns Kräly, the film is about the daughter of a struggling musician " }, { "title": "One Man Justice", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "One Man Justice is a 1937 American Western film directed by Leon Barsha and written by Paul Perez. The film stars Charles Starrett, Barbara Weeks, Wally Wales, Jack Rube Clifford, Alan Bridge and Walter Downing. The film was released on July 1, 1937, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "One Mile from Heaven", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Fredi Washington, Sally Blane", "extract": "One Mile from Heaven is a 1937 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Lou Breslow and John Patrick. The film stars Claire Trevor, Sally Blane, Douglas Fowley, Fredi Washington, Joan Carroll and Ralf Harolde. The film was released on August 18, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Outcast", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Warren William, Karen Morley, Lewis Stone", "extract": "Outcast is a 1937 American drama film directed by Robert Florey. Unusually for Florey, this was an independent production released through Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The Outcasts of Poker Flat", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Preston Foster, Virginia Weidler, Van Heflin", "extract": "The Outcasts of Poker Flat is a 1937 American Western film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by John Twist and Harry Segall. The film stars Preston Foster, Jean Muir, Van Heflin, Virginia Weidler and Margaret Irving. The film was released on April 16, 1937, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Outer Gate", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Ralph Morgan, Kay Linaker", "extract": "The Outer Gate is a 1937 American film directed by actor/screenwriter Raymond Cannon. The screenplay concerns a man who organizes a revenge plot after being sent to prison for a crime he did not commit." }, { "title": "Outlaws of the Orient", "year": 1937, "genres": "Action, Adventure", "cast": "Jack Holt, Mae Clark, Harold Huber", "extract": "Outlaws of the Orient is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack." }, { "title": "Outlaws of the Prairie", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith", "extract": "Outlaws of the Prairie is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, starring Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, and Iris Meredith." }, { "title": "Over the Goal", "year": 1937, "genres": "Sports, Drama, Comedy", "cast": "William Hopper, June Travis", "extract": "Over the Goal is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by William Jacobs and Anthony Coldeway. The film stars June Travis, William Hopper, Johnnie Davis, Gordon Oliver, William Harrigan and Willard Parker. The film was released by Warner Bros. on October 16, 1937." }, { "title": "Paid to Dance", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Don Terry, Jacqueline Wells, Rita Hayworth", "extract": "Paid to Dance is a 1937 drama film starring Don Terry, Jacqueline Wells and Rita Hayworth." }, { "title": "Paradise Express", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Grant Withers, Dorothy Appleby", "extract": "Paradise Express is a 1937 American film directed by Joseph Kane." }, { "title": "Paradise Isle", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Movita Castaneda, Warren Hull", "extract": "Paradise Isle is a 1937 American film directed by Arthur Greville Collins with sequences shot in American Samoa. The film was produced by Dorothy Davenport under the name \"Dorothy Reid\" and was released by Monogram Pictures. The film stars Mexican actress Movita Castaneda continuing her persona of a" }, { "title": "Park Avenue Logger", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Beatrice Roberts, Ward Bond", "extract": "Park Avenue Logger is a 1937 American lumberjack Western film directed by David Howard. The film is also known as Millionaire Playboy in the United Kingdom and Tall Timber. It is based on the short story of the same name by Bruce Hutchison that appeared in the 30 November 1935 issue of the Saturday " }, { "title": "Parnell", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Alan Marshal", "extract": "Parnell is a 1937 biographical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell, the famous Irish politician. It was Gable's least successful film and is generally considered his worst, and it is listed in The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. The movie addresses th" }, { "title": "Parole Racket", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Paul Kelly, Rosalind Keith", "extract": "Parole Racket is a 1936 American crime film, directed by Charles C. Coleman and released by Columbia Pictures. It stars Paul Kelly, Rosalind Keith, Thurston Hall." }, { "title": "Partners in Crime", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lynne Overman, Roscoe Karns, Anthony Quinn", "extract": "Partners in Crime is a 1937 American crime film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Gladys Unger and Garnett Weston. The film stars Lynne Overman, Roscoe Karns, Muriel Hutchison, Anthony Quinn, Inez Courtney and Lucien Littlefield. The film was released on October 8, 1937, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Penrod and Sam", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Billy Mauch, Spring Byington", "extract": "Penrod and Sam is a 1937 drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by Lillie Hayward and Hugh Cummings. It was the third screen version of American writer Booth Tarkington's novel Penrod and Sam. The film stars Billy Mauch, Frank Craven, Spring Byington, Craig Reynolds, Harry Watson and J" }, { "title": "The Perfect Specimen", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert", "extract": "The Perfect Specimen is a 1937 film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn and Joan Blondell. The picture is based on a novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams." }, { "title": "Personal Property", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, E. E. Clive", "extract": "Personal Property is a 1937 American romantic comedy film starring Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor and directed by W.S. Van Dyke. It is based on the play The Man in Possession by H. M. Harwood which had previously been made into a film The Man in Possession by MGM. It was the last fully completed film" }, { "title": "Pick a Star", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, War", "cast": "Rosina Lawrence, Jack Haley, Lyda Roberti", "extract": "Pick a Star is a 1937 American musical comedy film starring Rosina Lawrence, Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly and Mischa Auer, directed by Edward Sedgwick, produced by Hal Roach and released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and filmed by Norbert Brodine. A reworking of Buster Keaton's first talkie, Free and Easy" }, { "title": "The Plough and the Stars", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald", "extract": "The Plough and the Stars is a 1937 American drama film directed by John Ford and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster. It is based on the play of the same name written by Seán O'Casey." }, { "title": "Portia on Trial", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Heather Angel, Neil Hamilton, Walter Abel", "extract": "Portia on Trial is a 1937 American film about a trial based on story of Faith Baldwin and directed by George Nicholls Jr. It was nominated to win the Oscar for Best Music in the 10th Academy Awards." }, { "title": "Prairie Thunder", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Dick Foran, Frank Orth", "extract": "Prairie Thunder is a 1937 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Ed Earl Repp. The film stars Dick Foran, Janet Shaw, Frank Orth, Wilfred Lucas, Albert J. Smith and Yakima Canutt. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 11, 1937. It was the last of 12 B-westerns " }, { "title": "Prescription for Romance", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Wendy Barrie, Kent Taylor, Mischa Auer", "extract": "Prescription for Romance is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Universal Pictures. It stars Wendy Barrie, Kent Taylor, and Frank Jenks." }, { "title": "The Prince and the Pauper", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson", "extract": "The Prince and the Pauper is a 1937 film adaptation of the 1881 novel of the same name by Mark Twain. It starred Errol Flynn, twins Billy and Bobby Mauch in the title roles, and Claude Rains and has been described as \"a kids' fantasy.\"" }, { "title": "The Prisoner of Zenda", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Raymond Massey", "extract": "The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 American black-and-white adventure film based on Anthony Hope's 1894 novel of the same name and the 1896 play. A lookalike has to step in when his royal distant relative is kidnapped to prevent his coronation. This version is widely considered the best of the many fil" }, { "title": "Public Cowboy No. 1", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford", "extract": "Public Cowboy No. 1 is a 1937 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Ann Rutherford. Based on a story by Bernard McConville, the film is about a singing cowboy who chases down rustlers who are using airplanes, shortwave radios, and refrigerated tr" }, { "title": "Public Wedding", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jane Wyman, Dick Purcell, Marie Wilson", "extract": "Public Wedding is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Roy Chanslor and Houston Branch. The film stars Jane Wyman, William Hopper, Dick Purcell, Marie Wilson, Berton Churchill and Archie Robbins. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 10, 1937." }, { "title": "Quality Street", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Historical", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone, Estelle Winwood", "extract": "Quality Street is a 1937 period film made by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman. Set in 19th-century England, the film stars Katharine Hepburn and Franchot Tone. Joan Fontaine makes one of her early (uncredited) film appearances. The screenplay was" }, { "title": "Quick Money", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Fred Stone, Berton Churchill", "extract": "Quick Money is a 1937 film. It lost $37,000." }, { "title": "Racing Lady", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, Harry Carey", "extract": "Racing Lady is a 1937 American drama film produced by RKO Radio Pictures, which premiered in New York City on January 12, 1937, and was released nationally on January 29. Directed by Wallace Fox, the screenplay was written by Dorothy Yost, Thomas Lennon, and Cortland Fitzsimmons, based on a story by" }, { "title": "Racketeers in Exile", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "George Bancroft, Evelyn Venable, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "Racketeers in Exile is a 1937 American crime film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring George Bancroft, Evelyn Venable and Wynne Gibson." }, { "title": "Range Defenders", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Ray \"Crash\" Corrigan", "extract": "Range Defenders is a 1937 American Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie directed by Mack V. Wright." }, { "title": "Ranger Courage", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Allen, Walter Miller", "extract": "Ranger Courage is a 1937 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, the film stars Robert Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller." }, { "title": "The Rangers Step In", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Allen, Eleanor Stewart", "extract": "The Rangers Step In is a 1937 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Nate Gatzert. The film stars Robert Allen, Eleanor Stewart, John Merton, Wally Wales, Jack Ingram and Jack Rockwell. The film was released on August 8, 1937, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Ready, Willing and Able", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Ruby Keeler, Wini Shaw, Carol Hughes", "extract": "Ready, Willing, and Able is a 1937 musical film directed by Ray Enright and starring Ruby Keeler and Ross Alexander." }, { "title": "Reckless Ranger", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Allen, Jack Perrin", "extract": "Reckless Ranger is a 1937 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Nate Gatzert. The film stars Robert Allen, Louise Small, Mary MacLaren, Harry Woods, Jack Perrin and Buddy Cox. The film was released on May 30, 1937, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "The Red Rope", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Lois January", "extract": "The Red Rope is a 1937 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by George H. Plympton. The film stars Bob Steele, Lois January, Forrest Taylor, Charles King, Karl Hackett and Bobby Nelson. The film was released on July 19, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Renfrew of the Royal Mounted", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "James Newill, Carol Hughes", "extract": "Renfrew of the Royal Mounted is a 1937 American film produced and directed by Albert Herman and starring James Newill, Carol Hughes, and William Royle. Released by Grand National Pictures, it is the first of eight films based on Renfrew of the Royal Mounted, a popular series of boy's adventure books" }, { "title": "Reported Missing", "year": 1937, "genres": "Thriller", "cast": "William Gargan, Jean Rogers", "extract": "Reported Missing! is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Milton Carruth and written by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields. The film stars William Gargan, Jean Rogers, Dick Purcell, Hobart Cavanaugh, Michael Fitzmaurice, Joe Sawyer, Billy Wayne, and Robert Spencer. The film was released on Augus" }, { "title": "Rhythm in the Clouds", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Patricia Ellis, Warren Hull", "extract": "Rhythm in the Clouds is a 1937 American film directed by John H. Auer." }, { "title": "Riders of the Dawn", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Randall, Warner Richmond", "extract": "Riders of the Dawn is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Jack Randall, Kathryn Keys and Warner Richmond." }, { "title": "Riders of the Whistling Skull", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Livingston, Ray \"Crash\" Corrigan", "extract": "Riders of the Whistling Skull is a 1937 \"Three Mesquiteers\" Western B-movie of the weird western genre starring Bob Livingston, Ray \"Crash\" Corrigan, and ventriloquist Max Terhune with his dummy Elmer. It was directed by Mack V. Wright, produced by Nat Levine and released by Republic Pictures. The f" }, { "title": "Ridin' the Lone Trail", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle", "extract": "Ridin' the Lone Trail is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield, written by Charles F. Royal, and starring Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle, Charles King, Ernie Adams, Lew Meehan and Julian Rivero. The film was released on September 1, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Riding on Air", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Adventure", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Guy Kibbee, Florence Rice", "extract": "Riding on Air is a 1937 American film directed by Edward Sedgwick." }, { "title": "The Road Back", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Historical, War", "cast": "Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, John Emery", "extract": "The Road Back is a 1937 American historical drama war film directed by James Whale, starring John King, Richard Cromwell, and Slim Summerville with a supporting cast featuring Andy Devine, Louise Fazenda, Noah Beery Jr., Lionel Atwill, Spring Byington, Al Shean, and an uncredited Dwight Frye. The sc" }, { "title": "Roaring Timber", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Jack Holt, Grace Bradley", "extract": "Roaring Timber is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Jack Holt." }, { "title": "Roll Along, Cowboy", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "Smith Ballew, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "Roll Along, Cowboy is a 1937 American musical Western film directed by Gus Meins. It is based on the 1931 novel The Dude Ranger by Zane Grey, and is the second adaptation of the novel, after the 1934 film The Dude Ranger." }, { "title": "Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Monte Blue, Armida", "extract": "Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm is a 1937 American Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Armida. Based on a story by Johnston McCulley, the film is about two cowboys who assume the identities of dead outlaws in order to stop a bunch of cattle rustlers, later di" }, { "title": "Rosalie", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Eleanor Powell, Nelson Eddy, Ray Bolger", "extract": "Rosalie is a 1937 American musical film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Eleanor Powell, Nelson Eddy and Frank Morgan. An adaptation of the 1928 stage musical of the same name, the film was released in December 1937. The film follows the story of the musical, but replaces most of the Broadway " }, { "title": "Round-Up Time in Texas", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Maxine Doyle", "extract": "Round-Up Time in Texas is a 1937 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Oliver Drake. The film stars Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Maxine Doyle. Despite its title, the majority of the film takes place in South Africa." }, { "title": "Rustlers' Valley", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Lee J. Cobb", "extract": "Rustlers' Valley is a 1937 American Western film directed by Nate Watt and written by Harry O. Hoyt. The film stars William Boyd, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Morris Ankrum, Muriel Evans and Lee J. Cobb. The film was released on July 23, 1937, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Sandflow", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Lita Chevret", "extract": "Sandflow is a 1937 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Lita Chevret, Bob Kortman, Arthur Aylesworth, Bob Terry and Enrique de Rosas. The film was released on February 14, 1937, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "San Quentin", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan", "extract": "San Quentin is a 1937 Warner Bros. drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, and Ann Sheridan. It was shot on location at San Quentin State Prison." }, { "title": "Santa Fe Rides", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Custer, Eleanor Stewart, David Sharpe", "extract": "Santa Fe Rides is a 1937 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray and starring Bob Custer, Eleanor Stewart and David Sharpe." }, { "title": "Saratoga", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore", "extract": "Saratoga is a 1937 American romantic comedy film written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway. The film stars Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in their sixth and final film collaboration and features Lionel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel and Margaret Hamilton." }, { "title": "Saturday's Heroes", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Van Heflin, Marian Marsh", "extract": "Saturday's Heroes is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Paul Yawitz, Charles Kaufman, and David Silverstein based on George Templeton's story. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film stars Van Heflin, Marian Marsh, Richard Lane, Alan Bruce, and " }, { "title": "Sea Devils", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Ida Lupino, Preston Foster", "extract": "Sea Devils is a 1937 American film directed by Benjamin Stoloff. Among the American \"preparedness films\" of the mid-1930s devoted to enhancing the image of the Army, the Navy and the Marines, this entry focuses equivalent approving attention on the work of the U.S. Coast Guard." }, { "title": "Sea Racketeers", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Weldon Heyburn, Jeanne Madden", "extract": "Sea Racketeers is a 1937 American film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Weldon Heyburn, Jeanne Madden, and Warren Hymer." }, { "title": "Second Honeymoon", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Loretta Young, Tyrone Power, Claire Trevor", "extract": "Second Honeymoon is a 1937 screwball romantic comedy directed by Walter Lang and starring Tyrone Power and Loretta Young in the main roles. Based on a story by Philip Wylie." }, { "title": "Secret Valley", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Virginia Grey", "extract": "Secret Valley is a 1937 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton. The film is also known as Gangster's Bride and Gangster's Valley in the United Kingdom." }, { "title": "Seventh Heaven", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "James Stewart, Simone Simon, Jean Hersholt", "extract": "Seventh Heaven is an American romantic drama film released in 1937 by 20th Century Fox, directed by Henry King and starring Simone Simon and James Stewart. The supporting cast features Jean Hersholt, Gregory Ratoff, Gale Sondergaard, and John Qualen." }, { "title": "Sh! The Octopus", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Horror, Mystery", "cast": "Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston", "extract": "Sh! The Octopus is a 1937 comedy-mystery film produced by Warner Bros., directed by William McGann and starring Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins and Marcia Ralston. While contract players Herbert and Jenkins frequently appeared in the same picture, this is the only movie to present them as an actual team" }, { "title": "The Shadow", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Rita Hayworth, Charles Quigley", "extract": "The Shadow , also known as The Circus Shadow, is a 1937 American mystery film, directed by Charles C. Coleman for Columbia Pictures. It stars Rita Hayworth, Charles Quigley and Marc Lawrence." }, { "title": "Shall We Dance", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "Shall We Dance, released in 1937, is the seventh of the ten Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musical comedy films. The story follows an American ballet dancer (Astaire) who falls in love with a tap dancer (Rogers); the tabloid press concocts a story of their marriage, after which life imitates art. George" }, { "title": "She Asked for It", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "William Gargan, Vivienne Osborne", "extract": "She Asked for It is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Frederick J. Jackson and Theodore Reeves. The film stars William Gargan, Orien Heyward, Vivienne Osborne, Richard Carle, Roland Drew, Harry Beresford, and Alan Birmingham. It was released on September 17, 1937," }, { "title": "She Had to Eat", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Rochelle Hudson, Jack Haley, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "She Had to Eat is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jack Haley, Rochelle Hudson, Arthur Treacher, Eugene Pallette, Douglas Fowley and John Qualen. It was released on July 2, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "She Loved a Fireman", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan", "extract": "She Loved a Fireman is a 1937 film directed by John Farrow and starring Dick Foran and Ann Sheridan." }, { "title": "She Married an Artist", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "John Boles, Luli Deste, Frances Drake", "extract": "She Married an Artist is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Marion Gering and starring John Boles, Luli Deste, and Frances Drake." }, { "title": "She's Dangerous", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Tala Birell, Cesar Romero, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "She's Dangerous is a 1937 American crime film directed by Milton Carruth and Lewis R. Foster and written by Lionel Houser and Albert R. Perkins. The film stars Tala Birell, Walter Pidgeon, Cesar Romero, Walter Brennan, Warren Hymer, and Samuel S. Hinds. The film was released on January 24, 1937, by " }, { "title": "She's Got Everything", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Helen Broderick", "extract": "She's Got Everything is a 1937 American romantic comedy directed by Joseph Santley using a screenplay by Harry Segall and Maxwell Shane, based on a story by Shane and Joseph Hoffman. The film stars Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern, with supporting performances by Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Parkyakar" }, { "title": "She's No Lady", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ann Dvorak, Aileen Pringle", "extract": "She's No Lady is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Ann Dvorak, John Trent and Harry Beresford." }, { "title": "The Sheik Steps Out", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Ramon Novarro, Lola Lane, Kathleen Burke", "extract": "The Sheik Steps Out is a 1937 American musical film directed by Irving Pichel and written by Adele Buffington and Gordon Kahn. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Lola Lane, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Burke, Stanley Fields and Billy Bevan. The film was released on September 6, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Silver Trail", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Rex Lease, Roger Williams", "extract": "The Silver Trail is a 1937 American Western film directed by Bernard B. Ray." }, { "title": "Sing and Be Happy", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Tony Martin, Leah Ray, Joan Davis", "extract": "Sing and Be Happy is a 1937 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Lou Breslow, Ben Markson and John Patrick. The film stars Tony Martin, Leah Ray, Joan Davis, Helen Westley, Allan Lane and Dixie Dunbar. The film was released on June 25, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Sing While You're Able", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing, Suzanne Kaaren", "extract": "Sing While You're Able is a 1937 American musical film directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Charles R. Condon and Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing, Bert Roach, Sam Wren, Monte Collins and Suzanne Kaaren. The film was released on March 20, 1937, by Ambassador Pictures." }, { "title": "The Singing Marine", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Doris Weston, Lee Dixon", "extract": "The Singing Marine is a 1937 American musical film directed by Ray Enright and Busby Berkeley and starring Dick Powell. It was the last of Powell's trio of service-related Warners films: 1934's Flirtation Walk paid tribute, of sorts, to the Army, and 1935's Shipmates Forever to the Navy. This one is" }, { "title": "Sky Racket", "year": 1937, "genres": "Science Fiction, Drama", "cast": "Bruce Bennett, Monte Blue, Hattie McDaniel", "extract": "Sky Racket is a 1937 American drama film directed by Sam Katzman and starring Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, and Duncan Renaldo." }, { "title": "Slave Ship", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Warner Baxter, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "Slave Ship is a 1937 film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Warner Baxter and Wallace Beery. The supporting cast features Mickey Rooney, George Sanders, Jane Darwell, and Joseph Schildkraut. It is one of very few films out of the forty-eight that Beery made during the sound era for which he did n" }, { "title": "Slaves in Bondage", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lona Andre, Wheeler Oakman, Florence Dudley", "extract": "Slaves in Bondage is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Lona Andre, Donald Reed, and Wheeler Oakman." }, { "title": "Slim", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Henry Fonda, Pat O'Brien", "extract": "Slim is a 1937 American romantic drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien and Henry Fonda. It is sometimes (incorrectly) called Slim the Lineman. The picture is a film adaptation of the 1934 novel Slim by William Wister Haines, which concerns linemen in the electric power industry" }, { "title": "Small Town Boy", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Joyce Compton, Dorothy Appleby", "extract": "Small Town Boy is a 1937 American film directed by Glenn Tryon." }, { "title": "Smart Blonde", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane", "extract": "Smart Blonde is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Frank McDonald. Starring Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane, a fast-talking wisecracking female reporter, teaming up with her boyfriend detective Steve McBride, to solve the killing of an investor who just bought a popular local nightclub. The fir" }, { "title": "Smoke Tree Range", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Muriel Evans", "extract": "Smoke Tree Range is a 1937 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Frances Guihan. The film stars Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, John Elliott, Dick Jones, Donald Kirke, Ted Adams and Ben Hall. The film was released on June 6, 1937, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "year": 1937, "genres": "Animated, Musical, Fantasy", "cast": "Voices of, Adriana Caselotti, Billy Gilbert", "extract": "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, it is the first full-length traditionally animated feature film and the first Disney ani" }, { "title": "The Soldier and the Lady", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff", "extract": "The Soldier and the Lady is the 1937 American adventure film version of the oft-produced 1876 Jules Verne novel, Michel Strogoff. Produced by Pandro S. Berman, he hired as his associate producer, Joseph Ermolieff. Ermolieff had produced two earlier versions of the film, Michel Strogoff in France, an" }, { "title": "Something to Sing About", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "James Cagney, Evelyn Daw, Mona Barrie", "extract": "Something to Sing About (1937), re-released in 1947 as Battling Hoofer, is the second and final film James Cagney made for Grand National Pictures – the first being Great Guy – before mending relations with and returning to Warner Bros. It is one of the few films besides Footlight Parade and Yankee " }, { "title": "Song of the City", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Margaret Lindsay, Dean Jagger, Nat Pendleton", "extract": "Song of the City is a 1937 American musical film directed by Errol Taggart, written by Michael Fessier, and starring Margaret Lindsay, Dean Jagger, J. Carrol Naish, Nat Pendleton, Dennis Morgan and Marla Shelton. It was released on April 2, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Sophie Lang Goes West", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Gertrude Michael, Lee Bowman", "extract": "Sophie Lang Goes West is a 1937 American crime film directed by Charles Reisner, written by Frederick Irving Anderson, Doris Anderson, Brian Marlow and Robert Wyler, and starring Gertrude Michael, Lee Bowman, Sandra Storme, Buster Crabbe, Barlowe Borland, C. Henry Gordon and Jed Prouty. It was relea" }, { "title": "Souls at Sea", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Gary Cooper, George Raft, Robert Cummings", "extract": "Souls at Sea is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper and George Raft. Based on a story by Ted Lesser, the film is about a first mate on a slave ship who frees the slaves on the ship after a mutiny overthrows the ship's captain. The title of this film was" }, { "title": "Special Agent K-7", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Walter McGrail, Queenie Smith, Irving Pichel", "extract": "Special Agent K-7 is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Walter McGrail, Queenie Smith and Irving Pichel. It was based on the radio series of the same title." }, { "title": "Speed to Spare", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Quigley, Dorothy Wilson", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Springtime in the Rockies", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette", "extract": "Springtime in the Rockies is a 1937 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Polly Rowles. Written by Gilbert Wright and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a ranch owner who brings a flock of sheep into cattle country and faces the opposition of loc" }, { "title": "Stage Door", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou", "extract": "Stage Door is a 1937 RKO film directed by Gregory La Cava. Adapted from the play of the same name, it tells the story of several would-be actresses who live together in a boarding house at 158 West 58th Street in New York City. The film stars Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Pa" }, { "title": "Stand-In", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell", "extract": "Stand-In is a 1937 American screwball comedy directed by Tay Garnett and starring Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell and Humphrey Bogart. The film's screenplay was written by Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker from a story by Clarence Budington Kelland. It was produced by independent producer Walter Wanger, a" }, { "title": "A Star Is Born", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, Adolphe Menjou", "extract": "A Star Is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor drama film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by William A. Wellman from a script by Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell, and starring Janet Gaynor as an aspiring Hollywood actress, and Fredric March as a fading movie star who " }, { "title": "Stella Dallas", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Alan Hale", "extract": "Stella Dallas is a 1937 American drama film based on the 1923 Olive Higgins Prouty novel of the same name. It was directed by King Vidor and stars Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles and Anne Shirley. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Support" }, { "title": "Step Lively, Jeeves!", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Arthur Treacher, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "Step Lively, Jeeves! is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde, written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root, and starring Arthur Treacher as P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves alongside Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, George Givot and Helen Flint. The film was released on April 1, 1937, by" }, { "title": "Stolen Holiday", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Claude Rains, Ian Hunter", "extract": "Stolen Holiday is a 1937 film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Kay Francis, Claude Rains and Ian Hunter. It is loosely based on the Stavisky Affair, a French political scandal. A Russian con artist worms his way into the upper reaches of French society, but is finally exposed, with tragic con" }, { "title": "Submarine D-1", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Wayne Morris", "extract": "Submarine D-1 is a 1937 drama directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Pat O'Brien, George Brent and Wayne Morris. The film was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and released by Warner Bros." }, { "title": "Super-Sleuth", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Paul Guilfoyle", "extract": "Super-Sleuth is a 1937 comedy film directed by Ben Stoloff. It was an early lead role for Jack Oakie.\nSuper Sleuth was a remade in 1946 as Genius at Work, with comedy team of Wally Brown and Alan Carney." }, { "title": "Swing High, Swing Low", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Dorothy Lamour, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray", "extract": "Swing High, Swing Low is a 1937 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray." }, { "title": "Talent Scout", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Donald Woods, Jeanne Madden, Fred Lawrence", "extract": "Talent Scout is a 1937 musical drama film directed by William Clemens and starring Donald Woods, Jeanne Madden and Fred Lawrence. It is also known by the alternative title of Studio Romance." }, { "title": "Telephone Operator", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Judith Allen, Alice White, Pat Flaherty", "extract": "Telephone Operator is a 1937 American film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Judith Allen, Grant Withers, Warren Hymer, and Alice White." }, { "title": "Texas Trail", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Russell Hayden", "extract": "Texas Trail is a 1937 American Western film directed by David Selman and starring William Boyd, Russell Hayden, and George \"Gabby\" Hayes." }, { "title": "That Certain Woman", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Anita Louise", "extract": "That Certain Woman is a 1937 American drama film written and directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, and Anita Louise. It is a remake of Goulding's 1929 film The Trespasser, Gloria Swanson's first sound film." }, { "title": "That Girl from Paris", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Lily Pons, Jack Oakie", "extract": "That Girl from Paris is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, and Gene Raymond. The film made a profit of $101,000. John O. Aalberg was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording." }, { "title": "That I May Live", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent, Jack La Rue", "extract": "That I May Live is a 1937 American crime film directed by Allan Dwan, written by Ben Markson and William M. Conselman, and starring Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent, J. Edward Bromberg, Jack La Rue, Frank Conroy and Fred Kelsey. It was released on April 30, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "That Man's Here Again", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Hugh Herbert, Mary Maguire", "extract": "That Man's Here Again is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Louis King, written by Lillie Hayward, and starring Hugh Herbert, Mary Maguire, Tom Brown, Joe King and Teddy Hart. It was released by Warner Bros. on April 17, 1937." }, { "title": "That Navy Spirit", "year": 1937, "genres": "Sports", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle", "extract": "That Navy Spirit is a 1937 American sports film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle and John Howard. It is also known by the alternative title Hold 'Em Navy. It follows two members of the American football team at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis who compete ov" }, { "title": "There Goes My Girl", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Richard Lane", "extract": "There Goes My Girl is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes, written by Harry Segall, and starring Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Gordon Jones, Richard Lane, Frank Jenks and Bradley Page. It was released on May 21, 1937, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "There Goes the Groom", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Burgess Meredith, Mary Boland", "extract": "There Goes the Groom is a 1937 screwball comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Ann Sothern and Burgess Meredith. It was Burgess Meredith's second film and his first screen comedy; his first film, Winterset (1936), was a serious romantic drama." }, { "title": "They Gave Him a Gun", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, Franchot Tone", "extract": "They Gave Him a Gun is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, and Franchot Tone. The picture bears a resemblance to later films noir in its dark theme regarding the struggles and failures of a man trying to take a criminal shortcut to t" }, { "title": "They Wanted to Marry", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Betty Furness, Gordon Jones", "extract": "They Wanted to Marry is a 1937 romantic comedy film directed by Lew Landers from a screenplay by Paul Yawitz and Ethel Borden, based on a story by Larry Bachmann and Daniel L. Teilhet. RKO produced and distributed the film, releasing it on February 5, 1937. The picture stars Betty Furness and Gordon" }, { "title": "They Won't Forget", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Claude Rains, Lana Turner, Otto Kruger", "extract": "They Won't Forget is a 1937 American drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris, and Lana Turner, in her feature debut. It was based on a novel by Ward Greene called Death in the Deep South, which was in turn a fictionalized account of a real-life ca" }, { "title": "Thin Ice", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Tyrone Power, Sonja Henie, Arthur Treacher", "extract": "Thin Ice is a 1937 American comedy/romance film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Tyrone Power and figure skater Sonja Henie." }, { "title": "Think Fast, Mr. Moto", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck", "extract": "Think Fast, Mr. Moto is a 1937 film directed by Norman Foster and featuring a mysterious Japanese detective named Mr. Moto. It is the first of eight films in the Mr. Moto series, all based on the character Mr. Moto created by John P. Marquand. The film stars Peter Lorre as the title character, Virgi" }, { "title": "The Thirteenth Chair", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Dame May Whitty, Lewis Stone, Elissa Landi", "extract": "The Thirteenth Chair is a 1937 American mystery film directed by George B. Seitz, based on the 1919 stage play by Bayard Veiller, and starring Dame May Whitty, Lewis Stone, Madge Evans, and Elissa Landi." }, { "title": "This Is My Affair", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Donlevy", "extract": "This Is My Affair is a 1937 American crime film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen and Brian Donlevy. It was released by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "This Way Please", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Betty Grable, Charles Rogers, Porter Hall", "extract": "This Way Please is a 1937 American musical comedy directed by Robert Florey and featuring Charles \"Buddy\" Rogers, a popular singer from the days of vaudeville entertainment." }, { "title": "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, C. Aubrey Smith", "extract": "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in their first film together." }, { "title": "Thrill of a Lifetime", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James V. Kern, Judy Canova", "extract": "Thrill of a Lifetime is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud produced by Fanchon, and written by Seena Owen, Grant Garett and Paul Gerard Smith. The film stars James V. Kern, Charles Adler, George Kelly, Billy Mann—at the time a musical-comedy act called the Yacht Club Boys—alo" }, { "title": "Thunder Trail", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gilbert Roland, Charles Bickford, Marsha Hunt", "extract": "Thunder Trail is a 1937 American Western film directed by Charles Barton, written by Robert Yost and Stuart Anthony, and starring Gilbert Roland, Charles Bickford, Marsha Hunt, J. Carrol Naish, James Craig and Monte Blue. The film, based on the Zane Grey story Arizona Ames, was released on October 2" }, { "title": "Time Out for Romance", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Joan Davis", "extract": "Time Out for Romance is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, written by Lou Breslow and John Patrick, and starring Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Joan Davis, Chick Chandler, Douglas Fowley and Benny Bartlett. It was released on February 10, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "The Toast of New York", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Edward Arnold", "extract": "The Toast of New York is a 1937 American biopic directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, and Jack Oakie. The film is a fictionalized account of the lives of financiers James Fisk and Edward S. Stokes. The screenplay was based on the book The Book of Daniel D" }, { "title": "Too Many Wives", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Anne Shirley, Barbara Pepper", "extract": "Too Many Wives is a 1937 comedy film directed by Ben Holmes and starring Anne Shirley. It lost $35,000." }, { "title": "Top of the Town", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Doris Nolan, George Murphy", "extract": "Top of the Town is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy, Sam White and Walter Lang and starring Doris Nolan." }, { "title": "Topper", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Supernatural", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Cary Grant", "extract": "Topper is a 1937 American supernatural comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Constance Bennett and Cary Grant and featuring Roland Young. It tells the story of a stuffy, stuck-in-his-ways man who is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving married couple." }, { "title": "Tovarich", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "Tovarich is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Anatole Litvak, based on the 1935 play by Robert E. Sherwood, which in turn was based on the 1933 French play Tovaritch by Jacques Deval. It was produced by Litvak through Warner Bros., with Robert Lord as associate producer and Hal B. Wallis and J" }, { "title": "Trail of Vengeance", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith", "extract": "Trail of Vengeance is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield, written by Fred Myton and George H. Plympton, and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith, Warner Richmond, Karl Hackett, Earle Hodgins and Frank LaRue. It was released on March 29, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Trailin' Trouble", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ken Maynard, Lona Andre", "extract": "Trailin' Trouble is a 1937 American Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Ken Maynard, Lona Andre, and Roger Williams. It was released on November 12, 1937. During production its working title was Alias Blackie Burke." }, { "title": "Trapped", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Trapped by G-Men", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jack Holt, Wynne Gibson", "extract": "Trapped by G-Men is a 1937 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Holt, Wynne Gibson, and C. Henry Gordon." }, { "title": "The Trigger Trio", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune", "extract": "The Trigger Trio is a 1937 American Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie directed by William Witney." }, { "title": "Trouble in Morocco", "year": 1937, "genres": "Adventure, War", "cast": "Jack Holt, Mae Clarke", "extract": "Trouble in Morocco is a 1937 American adventure war film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and starring Jack Holt." }, { "title": "True Confession", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore", "extract": "True Confession is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, and John Barrymore. It was based on the 1934 play Mon Crime, written by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil. In 1946 it was remade as Cross My Heart." }, { "title": "The Trusted Outlaw", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Lois January, Joan Barclay", "extract": "The Trusted Outlaw is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury, written by George H. Plympton and Fred Myton, and starring Bob Steele, Lois January, Joan Barclay, Earl Dwire, Charles King and Richard Cramer. It was released on May 4, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Turn Off the Moon", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Charlie Ruggles, Eleanore Whitney", "extract": "Turn Off the Moon is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler, written by Mildred Harrington, Marguerite Roberts, Paul Gerard Smith and Harlan Ware, and starring Charlie Ruggles, Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs, Kenny Baker, Phil Harris and Ben Blue. It was released on May 14, 1937, by Pa" }, { "title": "Two-Fisted Sheriff", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Barbara Weeks", "extract": "Two-Fisted Sheriff is a 1937 American Western film directed by Leon Barsha, starring Charles Starrett and Barbara Weeks." }, { "title": "Two Gun Law", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Peggy Stratford", "extract": "Two Gun Law is a 1937 American Western film directed by Leon Barsha, starring Charles Starrett and Peggy Stratford." }, { "title": "Two Wise Maids", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Alison Skipworth, Peggy Moran, Donald Cook", "extract": "Two Wise Maids is a 1937 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen, written by Samuel Ornitz, and starring Alison Skipworth, Polly Moran, Irene Manning, Donald Cook, Jackie Searl, and Lila Lee. It was released on February 15, 1937, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Under Cover of Night", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery, Action", "cast": "Edmund Lowe, Florence Rice", "extract": "Under Cover of Night is a 1937 American action film directed by George B. Seitz, written by Bertram Millhauser, and starring Edmund Lowe, Florence Rice, Nat Pendleton, Henry Daniell, Sara Haden and Dean Jagger. It was released on January 8, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Under the Red Robe", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Conrad Veidt, Raymond Massey, Annabella", "extract": "Under the Red Robe is a 1937 British / American film directed by Victor Sjöström. Previously filmed as a 1923 silent directed by Alan Crosland. Before the films a play had been produced on Broadway in 1896-97 starring Viola Allen and William Faversham." }, { "title": "Under Suspicion", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Jack Holt, Katherine DeMille, and, Luis Alberni", "extract": "Under Suspicion is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Holt, Katherine DeMille and Luis Alberni." }, { "title": "Underworld", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bee Freeman, Sol Johnson, Ethel Moses", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Varsity Show", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, War", "cast": "Dick Powell, Priscilla Lane", "extract": "Varsity Show is a 1937 American musical film directed by William Keighley from a script by Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Warren Duff and Sig Herzig and starring Dick Powell, Fred Waring and Waring's Pennsylvanians, Ted Healy, and Priscilla Lane. Released by Warner Bros., it features songs by Richard" }, { "title": "Venus Makes Trouble", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Dunn, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "Venus Makes Trouble is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring James Dunn, Patricia Ellis and Astrid Allwyn. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures as a second feature." }, { "title": "Waikiki Wedding", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross", "extract": "Waikiki Wedding is a 1937 American musical film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, \nBob Burns, Martha Raye, and Shirley Ross. Crosby plays the part of Tony Marvin, a PR man charged with extolling the virtues of the Territory of Hawaii. The female lead, played by Shirley Ross is a loc" }, { "title": "Wake Up and Live", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Patsy Kelly, Ben Bernie, Walter Winchell", "extract": "Wake Up and Live is a 1937 Fox musical film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie and Alice Faye. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, the film was based upon the self-help bestseller by Dorothea Brande. It was followed by Love and Hisses (1937)." }, { "title": "Way Out West", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson", "extract": "Way Out West is a 1937 Laurel and Hardy comedy film directed by James W. Horne, produced by Stan Laurel, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was the second picture for which Stan Laurel was credited as producer." }, { "title": "We Have Our Moments", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Sally Eilers, James Dunn, David Niven", "extract": "We Have Our Moments is a 1937 American comedy mystery film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Sally Eilers, James Dunn and Mischa Auer." }, { "title": "We Who Are About to Die", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, Willie Fung", "extract": "We Who Are About to Die is a 1937 film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, and John Beal. It was based on a book by David Lansom, who was tried four times for murdering his wife before being set free." }, { "title": "Wee Willie Winkie", "year": 1937, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith", "extract": "Wee Willie Winkie is a 1937 American adventure drama film directed by John Ford and starring Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, and Cesar Romero. The screenplay by Julien Josephson and Ernest Pascal was based on a story by Rudyard Kipling. The film's story concerns the British presence in 19th-century" }, { "title": "We're on the Jury", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Charles Lane", "extract": "We're on the Jury is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes and starring Victor Moore and Helen Broderick. The screenplay by Franklin Coen was based on the 1929 play, Ladies of the Jury, written by John Frederick Ballard. The film was produced by RKO Radio Pictures, which premiered it in" }, { "title": "Wells Fargo", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Porter Hall", "extract": "Wells Fargo is a 1937 American Western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Joel McCrea, Bob Burns and Frances Dee." }, { "title": "Westbound Mail", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Rosalind Keith", "extract": "Westbound Mail is a 1937 American Western film directed by Folmar Blangsted and starring Charles Starrett, Rosalind Keith and Edward Keane." }, { "title": "West Bound Limited", "year": 1937, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Lyle Talbot, Polly Rowles", "extract": "West Bound Limited is a 1937 American action film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Lyle Talbot, Polly Rowles, Frank Reicher, Henry Brandon, Henry Hunter and William Lundigan. Written by Maurice Geraghty, the film was released on July 11, 1937, by Universal Pictures. The film was recorded at vario" }, { "title": "West of Shanghai", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Beverly Roberts", "extract": "West of Shanghai is a 1937 American adventure film directed by John Farrow and starring Boris Karloff as a Chinese warlord. It is based on the 1920 Porter Emerson Browne play The Bad Man. Three other films, all titled The Bad Man, are also based on the same play:in 1923, directed by Edwin Carewe and" }, { "title": "Western Gold", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Smith Ballew, Heather Angel", "extract": "Western Gold is a 1937 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Earle Snell and Forrest Barnes. The film stars Smith Ballew, Heather Angel, LeRoy Mason, Howard Hickman, Ben Alexander, Frank McGlynn, Sr. and Otis Harlan. The film was released on August 27, 1937, by 20th Cent" }, { "title": "When Love Is Young", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Virginia Bruce, Kent Taylor, Walter Brennan", "extract": "When Love Is Young is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Hal Mohr and starring Virginia Bruce, Kent Taylor, Walter Brennan, Greta Meyer, Christian Rub and William Tannen. Written by Joseph Fields and Eve Greene, it is based on the 1935 short story Class Prophecy by Eleanore Griffin that was ori" }, { "title": "When You're in Love", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Cary Grant, Grace Moore, Aline MacMahon", "extract": "When You're in Love is a 1937 American musical film directed by Robert Riskin and Harry Lachman, who was not credited, and starring Grace Moore and Cary Grant. Moore sings \"Minnie the Moocher\" and the Ernesto Lecuona classic Cuban song \"Siboney\". Two of the other songs in the film – \"Our Song\" and \"" }, { "title": "When's Your Birthday?", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Marian Marsh", "extract": "When's Your Birthday? is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Joe E. Brown. While original prints of this film had a cartoon sequence in Technicolor directed by Bob Clampett and Leon Schlesinger, most surviving prints have the sequence in black-and-white." }, { "title": "Where Trails Divide", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Warner Richmond, Eleanor Stewart", "extract": "Where Trails Divide is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Tom Keene, Warner Richmond and Eleanor Stewart." }, { "title": "White Bondage", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jean Muir, Gordon Oliver", "extract": "White Bondage is a 1937 American drama film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Anthony Coldeway. The film stars Jean Muir, Gordon Oliver, Howard Phillips, Joe King, Harry Davenport and Virginia Brissac. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 5, 1937." }, { "title": "Wife, Doctor and Nurse", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Virginia Bruce", "extract": "Wife, Doctor and Nurse is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring Loretta Young." }, { "title": "Wild and Woolly", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Western", "cast": "Jane Withers, Walter Brennan, Lon Chaney Jr.", "extract": "Wild and Woolly is a 1937 American Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root. The film stars Jane Withers, Walter Brennan, Pauline Moore, Carl Switzer, Jackie Searl and Berton Churchill. The film was released on July 19, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Wild Horse Rodeo", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, June Martel", "extract": "Wild Horse Rodeo is a 1937 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Written by Oliver Drake and Betty Burbridge, based on a story by Drake and Gilbert Wright, the film is about a champion rodeo rider who returns to his home town " }, { "title": "Wild Money", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Edward Everett Horton, Louise Campbell, Lynne Overman", "extract": "Wild Money is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Louis King and written by Paul Gallico, Edward T. Lowe, Jr., Marguerite Roberts and Eddie Welch. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Louise Campbell, Lynne Overman, Lucien Littlefield, Esther Dale and Porter Hall. The film was released on July " }, { "title": "The Wildcatter", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers", "extract": "The Wildcatter is a 1937 American drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Charles Logue. The film stars Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, J. Scott Smart, Suzanne Kaaren, Russell Hicks, Ward Bond, Wallis Clark and Jack Powell. The film was released on June 6, 1937, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Windjammer", "year": 1937, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "George O'Brien, Constance Worth", "extract": "Windjammer is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Ewing Scott." }, { "title": "Wine, Women and Horses", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLane, Walter Cassel", "extract": "Wine, Women and Horses is a 1937 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Roy Chanslor. The film stars Barton MacLane, Ann Sheridan, Dick Purcell, Peggy Bates, Walter Cassel and Lottie Williams. It is based on the 1933 novel Dark Hazard by W. R. Burnett. The film was released by War" }, { "title": "Wings over Honolulu", "year": 1937, "genres": "War, Romance, Drama", "cast": "Wendy Barrie, Ray Milland, William Gargan", "extract": "Wings over Honolulu is a 1937 American romantic drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Wendy Barrie, Ray Milland, Kent Taylor, William Gargan, and Polly Rowles." }, { "title": "Wise Girl", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Guinn Williams", "extract": "Wise Girl is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland and Walter Abel. The screenplay concerns a wealthy socialite who tries to gain custody of her orphaned nieces." }, { "title": "Woman Chases Man", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Charles Winninger, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea", "extract": "Woman Chases Man is a 1937 romantic comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea." }, { "title": "The Woman I Love", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, Louis Hayward", "extract": "The Woman I Love is a 1937 American film about a romantic triangle involving two World War I fighter pilots and the wife of one of them. It stars Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, and Louis Hayward. Anatole Litvak's Hollywood directorial debut was a remake of his French film L'Equipage, which was, in turn," }, { "title": "Woman in Distress", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "May Robson, Irene Hervey", "extract": "Woman in Distress is a 1937 American crime film directed by Lynn Shores and written by Albert DeMond. The film stars May Robson, Irene Hervey, Dean Jagger, Douglass Dumbrille, George McKay and Gene Morgan. The film was released on January 17, 1937, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Woman-Wise", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Rochelle Hudson, Michael Whalen", "extract": "Woman-Wise is a 1937 American crime film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Ben Markson. The film stars Rochelle Hudson, Michael Whalen, Thomas Beck, Alan Dinehart, Douglas Fowley and George Hassell. The film was released on January 22, 1937, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "The Women Men Marry", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Murphy, Josephine Hutchinson, Claire Dodd", "extract": "The Women Men Marry is a 1937 American film directed by Errol Taggart and starring George Murphy, Josephine Hutchinson, Claire Dodd and Toby Wing. The film's script is credited to Donald Henderson Clarke." }, { "title": "Women of Glamour", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Virginia Bruce, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Women of Glamour is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring Virginia Bruce, Melvyn Douglas and Reginald Denny." }, { "title": "The Wrong Road", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill", "extract": "The Wrong Road is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, and Lionel Atwill. The film is now in the public domain." }, { "title": "Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge", "year": 1937, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Betty Bronson", "extract": "Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge is a 1937 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Betty Bronson. Based on a story by Jack Natteford, the film is about the son of a Southeastern cattleman who becomes entangled in a war between the cattlemen and \"turpen" }, { "title": "You Can't Beat Love", "year": 1937, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Preston Foster, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mundin", "extract": "You Can't Beat Love is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by Maxwell Shane and David Silverstein. The film stars Preston Foster, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mundin, William Brisbane and Alan Bruce. The film was released on June 25, 1937." }, { "title": "You Can't Buy Luck", "year": 1937, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Onslow Stevens, Helen Mack", "extract": "You Can't Buy Luck is a 1937 murder mystery film directed by Lew Landers and starring Onslow Stevens and Helen Mack." }, { "title": "You Can't Have Everything", "year": 1937, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Alice Faye, Gypsy Rose Lee, The Ritz Brothers", "extract": "You Can't Have Everything is a 1937 Fox musical film directed by Norman Taurog and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film stars Alice Faye and Don Ameche, and was the film debut for Gypsy Rose Lee credited as Louise Hovick part of her birth name." }, { "title": "You Only Live Once", "year": 1937, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane", "extract": "You Only Live Once is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Considered an early film noir, the film was the second directed by Lang in the United States. At least 15 minutes were trimmed from the original 100-minute version of the film du" }, { "title": "You're Only Young Once", "year": 1937, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker", "extract": "You're Only Young Once is a 1937 comedy film directed by George B. Seitz. Following A Family Affair, it is the second film of the Andy Hardy series. Lewis Stone replaces Lionel Barrymore as Judge Hardy while Fay Holden replaced Spring Byington as his wife since both Barrymore and Byington were too e" }, { "title": "Youth on Parole", "year": 1937, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Marian Marsh, Gordon Oliver, Margaret Dumont", "extract": "Youth on Parole is a 1937 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Marian Marsh and Gordon Oliver." }, { "title": "Accidents Will Happen", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Ronald Reagan, Gloria Blondell, Dick Purcell", "extract": "Accidents Will Happen is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Clemens and written by George Bricker and Anthony Coldeway. The film stars Ronald Reagan, Gloria Blondell, Dick Purcell, Sheila Bromley, Addison Richards, Hugh O'Connell and Janet Shaw. The film was released by Warner Bros. on A" }, { "title": "Adventure in Sahara", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Action, Adventure", "cast": "Paul Kelly, Lorna Gray, C. Henry Gordon", "extract": "Adventure in Sahara is a 1938 American adventure film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Paul Kelly." }, { "title": "The Adventures of Marco Polo", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Biography, Adventure", "cast": "Gary Cooper, George Barbier, Basil Rathbone", "extract": "The Adventures of Marco Polo is a 1938 adventure film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, and Basil Rathbone. It was one of the most elaborate and costly of Samuel Goldwyn's productions." }, { "title": "The Adventures of Robin Hood", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains", "extract": "The Adventures of Robin Hood is a epic 1938 American Technicolor swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, and" }, { "title": "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, Victor Jory", "extract": "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a 1938 American drama film produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Norman Taurog who had previously directed Huckleberry Finn (1931) with Jackie Coogan and Junior Durkin. The film starred Tommy Kelly in the title role, with Jackie Moran and Ann Gillis. The scree" }, { "title": "The Affairs of Annabel", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lucille Ball, Jack Oakie, Bradley Page", "extract": "The Affairs of Annabel is a 1938 comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Lucille Ball and Jack Oakie. The film was followed by the sequel Annabel Takes a Tour the same year, also starring Oakie, Ball and Donnelly." }, { "title": "Air Devils", "year": 1938, "genres": "Action, Comedy", "cast": "Dick Purcell, Beryl Wallace", "extract": "Air Devils is a 1938 American action comedy film directed by John Rawlins, based on an original story, \"The Fighting Marines\" by Harold Buckley. The film stars Larry J. Blake, Dick Purcell and Beryl Wallace." }, { "title": "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Don Ameche, Tyrone Power, Ethel Merman", "extract": "Alexander's Ragtime Band is a 1938 musical film released by 20th Century Fox that takes its name from the 1911 Irving Berlin song \"Alexander's Ragtime Band\" to tell a story of a society boy who scandalizes his family by pursuing a career in ragtime instead of \"serious\" music. The film generally trac" }, { "title": "Algiers", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Hedy Lamarr, Charles Boyer, Joseph Calleia", "extract": "Algiers is a 1938 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, and Hedy Lamarr. Written by John Howard Lawson, the film is about a notorious French jewel thief hiding in the labyrinthine native quarter of Algiers known as the Casbah. Feeling imprisoned by h" }, { "title": "Always Goodbye", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Always Goodbye is a 1938 American romantic drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, and Ian Hunter." }, { "title": "Always in Trouble", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jane Withers, Nana Bryant, Eddie Collins", "extract": "Always in Trouble is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley, and written by Robert Chapin and Karen DeWolf. The film stars Jane Withers, Jean Rogers, Arthur Treacher, Robert Kellard, Eddie Collins and Andrew Tombes. The film was released on October 28, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp", "extract": "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is a 1938 American crime film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart. It was distributed by Warner Bros. and written by John Wexley and John Huston, based on the 1936 play The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, the first play" }, { "title": "Angels with Dirty Faces", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was written by John Wexley and Warren Duff based on the story by Rowla" }, { "title": "Annabel Takes a Tour", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lucille Ball, Jack Oakie, Ruth Donnelly", "extract": "Annabel Takes a Tour is a 1938 comedy directed by Lew Landers, starring Lucille Ball and Jack Oakie. Annabel is on a promotional tour and, as a publicity stunt, leaks a story that she is having a romantic fling with a famous romance novelist. The film is a sequel to The Affairs of Annabel." }, { "title": "The Arkansas Traveler", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bob Burns, Jean Parker, John Beal", "extract": "The Arkansas Traveler is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Alfred Santell and written by Viola Brothers Shore and George Sessions Perry. The film stars Bob Burns, Fay Bainter, John Beal, Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot and Irvin S. Cobb. The film was released on October 14, 1938, by Paramount Picture" }, { "title": "Army Girl", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Preston Foster, Madge Evans, James Gleason", "extract": "Army Girl is a 1938 American comedy film directed by George Nicholls Jr. and starring Madge Evans and Preston Foster. It was a high budget film by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Arrest Bulldog Drummond", "year": 1938, "genres": "Thriller, Crime", "cast": "John Howard, Heather Angel, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Arrest Bulldog Drummond is a 1938 American crime thriller film directed by James P. Hogan." }, { "title": "Arsène Lupin Returns", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William", "extract": "Arsène Lupin Returns is a 1938 American mystery film directed by George Fitzmaurice and written by James Kevin McGuinness, Howard Emmett Rogers, and George Harmon Coxe. The film stars Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William, John Halliday, Nat Pendleton, and Monty Woolley. The film was releas" }, { "title": "Arson Gang Busters", "year": 1938, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Jackie Moran, Rosalind Keith", "extract": "Arson Gang Busters is a 1938 American action film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Alex Gottlieb, Norman Burnstine and Joseph Hoffman. The film stars Robert Livingston, Rosalind Keith, Jackie Moran, Warren Hymer, Jack La Rue and Clay Clement. The film was released on March 28, 1938, by Republi" }, { "title": "Artists and Models Abroad", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland", "extract": "Artists and Models Abroad is a 1938 comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Jack Benny and Joan Bennett. It was made by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Ken Englund, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse." }, { "title": "Bar 20 Justice", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Russell Hayden", "extract": "Bar 20 Justice is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Arnold Belgard and Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Gwen Gaze, William Duncan and Pat J. O'Brien. The film was released on June 28, 1938, by Paramount Pictures" }, { "title": "Barefoot Boy", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Family", "cast": "Jackie Moran, Ralph Morgan, Claire Windsor", "extract": "Barefoot Boy is a 1938 American children's adventure film, directed by Karl Brown, and \"suggested\" by the poem of the same name by American writer John Greenleaf Whittier. Text from the original poem is recited after the titles." }, { "title": "The Baroness and the Butler", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "William Powell, Annabella, Henry Stephenson", "extract": "The Baroness and the Butler is a 1938 American romantic comedy film based on the play Jean by Ladislaus Bus-Fekete. Directed by Walter Lang, it stars William Powell and, in her American English-language debut, Annabella." }, { "title": "Battle of Broadway", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee", "extract": "Battle of Broadway is a 1938 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and written by Lou Breslow and John Patrick. The film stars Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Raymond Walburn, Lynn Bari and Jane Darwell. The film was released on April 22, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "The Beloved Brat", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Bonita Granville, Donald Crisp, Dolores Costello", "extract": "The Beloved Brat is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Bonita Granville, Dolores Costello, and Donald Crisp. The screenplay was written by Lawrence Kimble from an original story by Jean Negulesco." }, { "title": "The Big Broadcast of 1938", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour", "extract": "The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures musical comedy film starring W. C. Fields and featuring Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies. This film featured the debut of Hope's signature song, \"Thanks" }, { "title": "Billy the Kid Returns", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts", "extract": " Billy the Kid Returns is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers." }, { "title": "Black Bandit", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds", "extract": "Black Bandit is a 1938 American Western film written and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Wally Wales, Jack Rockwell, Forrest Taylor and Glenn Strange. The film was released on September 16, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Black Doll", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "C. Henry Gordon, Nan Grey, Donald Woods", "extract": "The Black Doll is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and starring Donald Woods and Edgar Kennedy. The film was the second in Universal's Crime Club series following The Westland Case." }, { "title": "Blind Alibi", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, Whitney Bourne, Eduardo Ciannelli", "extract": "Blind Alibi is a 1938 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Lionel Houser, Harry Segall and Ron Ferguson. The film stars Richard Dix, Whitney Bourne, Eduardo Ciannelli, Frances Mercer and Paul Guilfoyle. The film was released on May 20, 1938, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Blockade", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, Leo Carrillo", "extract": "Blockade is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, and Leo Carrillo." }, { "title": "Block-Heads", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "Block-Heads is a 1938 comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It was produced by Hal Roach Studios for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film, a reworking of elements from the Laurel and Hardy shorts We Faw Down (1928) and Unaccustomed As We Are (1929), was Roach's" }, { "title": "Blond Cheat", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Fontaine, Derrick De Marney, Lilian Bond", "extract": "Blond Cheat is a 1938 romantic comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Joan Fontaine, Derrick De Marney, and Cecil Kellaway. The film was produced by William Sistrom, and originally released by RKO Radio Pictures. The original story is by Aladar Lazlo. The screenplay is by Harry Segall, " }, { "title": "Blondes at Work", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Comedy", "cast": "Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy", "extract": "Blondes at Work is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Albert DeMond. The film stars Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. It is the fourth film in a series of Torchy Blane movies by Warner Bros. Released on February 6, 1938, it is followed by Torchy Blane in Pan" }, { "title": "Blondie", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Arthur Lake, Penny Singleton, Jonathan Hale", "extract": "Blondie is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Frank Strayer, based on the comic strip of the same name, created by Chic Young. The screenplay was written by Richard Flournoy. \nThe plot involves the Bumsteads' fifth anniversary, Dagwood trying to get a raise, and Blondie trying to buy new furnit" }, { "title": "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, David Niven", "extract": "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 Paramount Pictures American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. The film is based on the 1921 French play La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue by Alfred Savoir and the English translation of the pl" }, { "title": "Booloo", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Colin Tapley, Jayne Regan", "extract": "Booloo is a 1938 American adventure film directed by Clyde E. Elliott. It stars Colin Tapley as a British soldier who attempts to prove the existence of a legendary tiger." }, { "title": "Border G-Man", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Laraine Day, Rita La Roy", "extract": "Border G-Man is a 1938 American adventure film directed by David Howard and written by Oliver Drake. The film stars George O'Brien, Laraine Day, Ray Whitley, John Miljan and Rita La Roy. The film was released on June 24, 1938, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Border Wolves", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Baker, Constance Moore", "extract": "Border Wolves is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Norton S. Parker. The film stars Bob Baker, Constance Moore, Fuzzy Knight, Dick Jones, Willie Fung, Oscar O'Shea and Frank Campeau. The film was released on February 25, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Born to be Wild", "year": 1938, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond", "extract": "Born to Be Wild is a 1938 American action film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Nathanael West. The film stars Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond, Robert Emmett Keane, Ben Hewlett and Charles Williams. The film was released on February 16, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Boy Meets Girl", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson", "extract": "Boy Meets Girl is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. The supporting cast features Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran and Ronald Reagan. The screenplay by Bella and Sam Spewack is based on their 1935 stage play o" }, { "title": "Boys Town", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Biography", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull", "extract": "Boys Town is a 1938 biographical drama film based on Father Edward J. Flanagan's work with a group of underprivileged boys in a home/educational complex that he founded and named \"Boys Town\" in Nebraska. It stars Spencer Tracy as Father Edward J. Flanagan, and Mickey Rooney with Henry Hull, Leslie F" }, { "title": "Breaking the Ice", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Dolores Costello, John King", "extract": "Breaking the Ice is a 1938 American film directed by Edward F. Cline starring child star Bobby Breen. A young Mennonite boy runs away from home to earn money for his widowed mother." }, { "title": "Bringing Up Baby", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, May Robson", "extract": "Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film tells the story of a paleontologist in a number of predicaments involving a scatterbrained heiress and a leopard named Ba" }, { "title": "Broadway Musketeers", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan, Marie Wilson", "extract": "Broadway Musketeers is a 1938 American musical drama film directed by John Farrow for Warner Bros. Starring Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan and Marie Wilson as three women who grew up in an orphanage and cross paths later in life, it is a remake of the Warners pre-code crime drama film, Three on a Ma" }, { "title": "Brother Rat", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, War", "cast": "Wayne Morris, Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman", "extract": "Brother Rat is a 1938 American comedy drama film about cadets at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, directed by William Keighley, and starring Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Eddie Albert, Jane Wyman, and Wayne Morris." }, { "title": "The Buccaneer", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Fredric March, Hugh Sothern, Margot Grahame", "extract": "The Buccaneer is a 1938 American adventure film made by Paramount Pictures starring Fredric March and based on Jean Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. The picture was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille from a screenplay by Harold Lamb, Edwin Justus Mayer and C. Gard" }, { "title": "Bulldog Drummond in Africa", "year": 1938, "genres": "Thriller, Adventure, Crime", "cast": "John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner", "extract": "Bulldog Drummond in Africa is a 1938 American adventure crime film. This was the 13th of 25 in the Bulldog Drummond film series from 1922 to 1969." }, { "title": "Bulldog Drummond's Peril", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Crime, Mystery", "cast": "John Howard, John Barrymore, Louise Campbell", "extract": "Bulldog Drummond's Peril is a 1938 American adventure crime mystery film directed by James P. Hogan and starring John Barrymore and John Howard. The film is based on Herman C. McNeile's novel The Third Round." }, { "title": "California Frontier", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Milburn Stone", "extract": "California Frontier is a 1938 American Western film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Monroe Shaff and Arthur Hoerl. The film stars Buck Jones, Carmen Bailey, Milburn Stone, José Pérez, Soledad Jiménez and Stanley Blystone. The film was released on December 15, 1938, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Call of the Rockies", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith", "extract": "Call of the Rockies is a 1938 American Western film directed by Alan James, starring Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, and Iris Meredith." }, { "title": "Call of the Yukon", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure, Action", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Beverly Roberts, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "Call of the Yukon is a 1938 American action/adventure film produced and released by Republic Pictures, directed by John T. Coyle and B. Reeves Eason and starring Richard Arlen and Beverly Roberts. The film features extensive Alaskan location shooting by Norman Dawn who shot several films there. The " }, { "title": "Call the Mesquiteers", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Lynne Roberts", "extract": "Call the Mesquiteers is a 1938 American Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie directed by John English." }, { "title": "Campus Confessions", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Betty Grable, Thurston Hall, William Henry", "extract": "Campus Confessions is a 1938 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud, featuring Betty Grable in her first starring role, and American basketball player Hank Luisetti in his only film appearance." }, { "title": "Carefree", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson", "extract": "Carefree is a 1938 musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. With a plot similar to screwball comedies of the period, Carefree is the shortest of the Astaire-Rogers films, featuring only four musical numbers. Carefree is often remembered as the film in which Astaire and Rogers shared a l" }, { "title": "Cassidy of Bar 20", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Nora Lane", "extract": "Cassidy of Bar 20 is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Frank Darien, Nora Lane, Robert Fiske and John Elliott. The film was released on February 25, 1938, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Cattle Raiders", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Donald Grayson", "extract": "Cattle Raiders is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and written by Joseph F. Poland and Ed Earl Repp. The film stars Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Joseph Allen and Edward LeSaint. The film was released on February 12, 1938, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Change of Heart", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "Change of Heart is a 1938 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Frances Hyland and Albert Ray. The film stars Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Lyle Talbot, Delmar Watson and Jane Darwell. The film was released on January 14, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Charlie Chan in Honolulu", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks", "extract": "Charlie Chan in Honolulu is a 1939 American film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan. The film is the first appearance of both Toler as Chan and Victor Sen Yung as \"number two son\" Jimmy." }, { "title": "The Chaser", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Lewis Stone, Nat Pendleton, John Qualen", "extract": "The Chaser is a 1938 comedy-drama film." }, { "title": "Child Bride", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Shirley Mills, Bob Bollinger", "extract": "Child Bride, also known as Child Brides, Child Bride of the Ozarks and Dust to Dust, is a 1938 American drama film directed by Harry Revier and produced by Raymond L. Friedgen. It was promoted as educational in an attempt to draw attention to the lack of laws banning child marriage in many states." }, { "title": "A Christmas Carol", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Fantasy", "cast": "Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Terry Kilburn", "extract": "A Christmas Carol is a 1938 American drama film adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella of the same name, starring Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve after visitations by three spirits." }, { "title": "City Girl", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Phyllis Brooks, Ricardo Cortez", "extract": "City Girl is a 1938 American crime film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler and Esther Muir. The film was released on January 7, 1938, by 20th Century" }, { "title": "City Streets", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Leo Carrillo, Edith Fellows", "extract": "City Streets is a 1938 American melodrama set in New York City. Wheel-chair bound orphan Winnie Brady is taken in by shopkeeper Joe Carmine. An unsuccessful operation on Winnie's legs bankrupts Carmine, who then sells fruit on the streets. Winnie is sent to live in an orphanage, and Carmine is disco" }, { "title": "Cocoanut Grove", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Fred MacMurray, Eve Arden, Rufe Davis", "extract": "Cocoanut Grove is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Alfred Santell, and written by Sy Bartlett and Olive Cooper. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Harriet Hilliard, Ben Blue, Eve Arden, Rufe Davis, Billy Lee and George Walcott. The film was released on May 20, 1938, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "College Swing", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Hope", "extract": "College Swing, also known as Swing, Teacher, Swing in the U.K., is a 1938 comedy film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye, and Bob Hope. The supporting cast features Edward Everett Horton, Ben Blue, Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, John Payne, Robert Cummings, an" }, { "title": "The Colorado Trail", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Edward LeSaint", "extract": "The Colorado Trail is a 1938 American western film directed by Sam Nelson, starring Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith and Bob Nolan." }, { "title": "Come On, Rangers", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts", "extract": "Come On, Rangers is a 1938 American Western musical film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers." }, { "title": "Comet Over Broadway", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter", "extract": "Comet over Broadway (1938) is an American film starring Kay Francis and released by Warner Brothers. John Farrow stepped in as director when Busby Berkeley became ill, but Farrow was uncredited on the film." }, { "title": "Condemned Women", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, Sally Eilers, Lee Patrick", "extract": "Condemned Women is a 1938 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Lionel Houser. The film stars Sally Eilers, Louis Hayward, Anne Shirley, Esther Dale and Lee Patrick. The film was released on March 18, 1938." }, { "title": "Convicted", "year": 1938, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, Marc Lawrence", "extract": "Convicted is a 1938 American/Canadian action film directed by Leon Barsha. It stars Charles Quigley, Marc Lawrence and 19-year-old Rita Hayworth, on the verge of Hollywood stardom. This is the last of the quota quickies made for the British market by producer Kenneth J. Bishop in Victoria, B.C. from" }, { "title": "The Cowboy and the Lady", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon", "extract": "The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1938 American Western romantic comedy film directed by H.C. Potter, and starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon. Written by S.N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Frank R. Adams and veteran film director Leo McCarey, the film is about a beautiful socialite masq" }, { "title": "Cowboy from Brooklyn", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Western, Romance", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Priscilla Lane", "extract": "Cowboy from Brooklyn is a 1938 American Western musical romantic comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Earl Baldwin. It stars Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien and Priscilla Lane. The film was based on the 1937 Broadway play Howdy Stranger by Robert Sloane and Louis Pelletier." }, { "title": "Crashing Through Danger", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Ray Walker, Sally Blane", "extract": "Crashing Through Danger is a 1938 American romantic comedy/drama film directed by Sam Newfield." }, { "title": "Crashing Hollywood", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Joan Woodbury, Lee Patrick", "extract": "Crashing Hollywood is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Paul Yawitz and Gladys Atwater. The film stars Lee Tracy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Guilfoyle, Lee Patrick and Bradley Page. The film was released on January 7, 1938, by RKO Pictures. It is based on the 1922 play of t" }, { "title": "The Crime of Doctor Hallet", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Josephine Hutchinson", "extract": "The Crime of Doctor Hallet is a 1938 American drama film, directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Ralph Bellamy, Josephine Hutchinson, William Gargan, Barbara Read, John 'Dusty' King, and Charles Stevens. The film was released by Universal Pictures on March 11, 1938." }, { "title": "Crime Ring", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Allan Lane, Clara Blandick, Bradley Page", "extract": "Crime Ring is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by J. Robert Bren and Gladys Atwater, based on a story by Reginald Taviner. The film stars Allan Lane and Frances Mercer, and was produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, released on July 8, 1938." }, { "title": "Crime School", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop", "extract": "Crime School is a 1938 Warner Bros. film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring the Dead End Kids and Humphrey Bogart." }, { "title": "Crime Takes a Holiday", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jack Holt, Marcia Ralston", "extract": "Crime Takes a Holiday is a 1938 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Jefferson Parker, Henry Altimus and Charles Logue. The film stars Jack Holt, Marcia Ralston, Russell Hopton, Douglass Dumbrille, Arthur Hohl, Thomas E. Jackson and John Wray. The film was released on Octo" }, { "title": "The Crowd Roars", "year": 1938, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold", "extract": "The Crowd Roars is a 1938 film starring Robert Taylor as a boxer who gets entangled in the seamier side of the sport. It was remade in 1947 as Killer McCoy, featuring Mickey Rooney in the title role. This film was not a remake of the 1932 film of the same name starring James Cagney. The supporting c" }, { "title": "Danger on the Air", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Donald Woods, Nan Grey, Jed Prouty", "extract": "Danger on the Air is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett. The film was based on the novel Death Catches Up with Mr. Kluck by author Xanthippe." }, { "title": "Dangerous to Know", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick", "extract": "Dangerous to Know is a 1938 American crime film directed by Robert Florey and starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff and Gail Patrick. \nThe picture is based on British crime writer Edgar Wallace's hit 1930 play, On the Spot, which had been inspired by the career of Al Capone. The supporting cast feat" }, { "title": "Daredevil Drivers", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Beverly Roberts, Dick Purcell, Gloria Blondell", "extract": "Daredevil Drivers is a 1938 American crime film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Beverly Roberts, Dick Purcell, Gloria Blondell, Gordon Oliver, Charley Foy and Donald Briggs. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 12, 1938." }, { "title": "The Dawn Patrol", "year": 1938, "genres": "War", "cast": "Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven", "extract": "The Dawn Patrol is a 1938 American war film, a remake of the pre-Code 1930 film of the same name. Both were based on the short story \"The Flight Commander\" by John Monk Saunders, an American writer said to have been haunted by his inability to get into combat as a flyer with the U.S. Air Service." }, { "title": "Desert Patrol", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Rex Lease", "extract": "Desert Patrol is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Bob Steele, Marion Weldon, Rex Lease, Ted Adams, Forrest Taylor and Budd Buster. The film was released on June 6, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "A Desperate Adventure", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ramon Novarro, Marian Marsh, Eric Blore", "extract": "A Desperate Adventure is a 1938 American comedy film directed by John H. Auer and written by Barry Trivers. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Marian Marsh, Eric Blore, Andrew Tombes, Margaret Tallichet and Tom Rutherford. The film was released on August 6, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Devil's Party", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Beatrice Roberts, William Gargan", "extract": "The Devil's Party is a 1938 American crime film directed by Ray McCarey based on the Borden Chase novel Hell's Kitchen Has a Pantry." }, { "title": "Doctor Rhythm", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Andy Devine", "extract": "Doctor Rhythm is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Beatrice Lillie, and Andy Devine. Based on the 1907 short story The Badge of Policeman O'Roon by O. Henry, the film is about a doctor who pretends to be a policeman assigned as the " }, { "title": "Double Danger", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne", "extract": "Double Danger is a 1938 American crime drama directed by Lew Landers, using a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and J. Robert Bren based on Horman's story. The film stars Preston Foster and Whitney Bourne, with supporting roles by Donald Meek and Samuel S. Hinds. Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, it was " }, { "title": "Down in 'Arkansaw'", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ralph Byrd, June Storey, Berton Churchill", "extract": "Down in 'Arkansaw' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan. The film stars Ralph Byrd with the vaudeville comedy troupe the Weaver Brothers and Elviry, along with June Storey and Pinky Tomlin. The film was released on October 8, 193" }, { "title": "Down on the Farm", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Louise Fazenda", "extract": "Down on the Farm is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Spring Byington and Louise Fazenda. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series. The family go to stay at their aunt's farm." }, { "title": "Dramatic School", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Lana Turner", "extract": "Dramatic School is a 1938 American romantic drama film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and starring Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal, Lana Turner, and Gale Sondergaard. Based on the play School of Drama by Hans Székely and Zoltan Egyed, the screenplay was written by Ernest Vajda and Mary " }, { "title": "Drum", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Sabu, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey", "extract": "The Drum is a 1938 British Technicolor film based on the 1937 novel The Drum by A. E. W. Mason. The film was directed by Zoltan Korda and produced by Alexander Korda. It stars Sabu, Raymond Massey, Valerie Hobson, Roger Livesey and David Tree." }, { "title": "The Duke of West Point", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Joan Fontaine, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson", "extract": "The Duke of West Point is a 1938 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Louis Hayward, Joan Fontaine and Tom Brown. It was described as \"A Yank at Oxford in reverse\"." }, { "title": "Durango Valley Raiders", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Louise Stanley", "extract": "Durango Valley Raiders is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by George H. Plympton. The film stars Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Karl Hackett, Ted Adams, Forrest Taylor and Steve Clark. The film was released on August 22, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Everybody Sing", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, Billie Burke", "extract": "Everybody, Sing! is a Philippine musical game show created, developed, produced and distributed by ABS-CBN Entertainment. Hosted by Vice Ganda, it premiered on June 5, 2021, replacing the third season of Your Face Sounds Familiar. The first season concluded on October 10, 2021, and was replaced by P" }, { "title": "Everybody's Doing It", "year": 1938, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Sally Eilers, Preston Foster, Guinn Williams", "extract": "Everybody's Doing It is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne using a screenplay by J. Robert Bren, Edmund Joseph, and Harry Segall, based on George Beck's story. RKO produced and distributed the film, releasing it on January 14, 1938. The movie stars Preston Foster and Sally Eiler" }, { "title": "Exposed", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger, Herbert Mundin", "extract": "Exposed is a 1938 American drama film starring Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger and Herbert Mundin. The film was directed by Harold D. Schuster and is based on George R. Bilson's unpublished story \"Candid Camera Girl\". It was released by Universal Pictures on November 4, 1938. A magazine photo-newswoman " }, { "title": "Extortion", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Scott Kolk, Mary Russell", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Fast Company", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice, Claire Dodd", "extract": "Fast Company is a 1938 mystery film starring Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice as married rare-book dealers who try to solve a murder case. It is based on the novel of the same name by Marco Page. It was followed by two 1939 films featuring the fictional couple, Fast and Loose and Fast and Furious, a" }, { "title": "Federal Man-Hunt", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Robert Livingston, June Travis", "extract": "Federal Man-Hunt is a 1938 American crime film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Maxwell Shane. The film stars Robert Livingston, June Travis, John Gallaudet, Charles Halton, Ben Welden and Horace McMahon. The film was released on December 26, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Feud Maker", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Karl Hackett", "extract": "The Feud Maker is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield." }, { "title": "The First Hundred Years", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Warren William", "extract": "The First Hundred Years is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, and Warren William." }, { "title": "Five of a Kind", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jean Hersholt, Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Five of a Kind is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and written by Lou Breslow and John Patrick. The film stars Jean Hersholt, Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero, Slim Summerville, Henry Wilcoxon and Inez Courtney. The film was released on October 14, 1938, by 20th Century Fox. The f" }, { "title": "Flight into Nowhere", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Jack Holt, Jacqueline Wells, Dick Purcell", "extract": "Flight Into Nowhere is a 1938 American adventure film directed by Lewis D. Collins, and produced by Larry Darmour for Columbia Pictures. The film stars Jack Holt, Jacqueline Wells and Dick Purcell. In the low-budget action film, the locale of South America jungles provides an exciting venue for \"fly" }, { "title": "Flight to Fame", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Science Fiction, Action", "cast": "Charles Farrell, Hugh Sothern, Julie Bishop", "extract": "Flight to Fame is a 1938 American action film directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Charles Farrell, Julie Bishop, and Hugh Sothern." }, { "title": "Flirting with Fate", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Beverly Roberts, Wynne Gibson, Steffi Duna", "extract": "Flirting with Fate is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Joseph Moncure March, Charlie Melson and Ethel La Blanche. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Leo Carrillo, Beverly Roberts, Wynne Gibson, Steffi Duna, Charles Judels and Stanley Fields. The film was released on De" }, { "title": "Fools for Scandal", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Ralph Bellamy, Fernand Gravey", "extract": "Fools for Scandal is a 1938 screwball comedy film starring Carole Lombard and Fernand Gravet, featuring Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins, Isabel Jeans, Marie Wilson and Marcia Ralston, and produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. It was written by Herbert Fields and Joseph Fields with additional dialogue " }, { "title": "Forbidden Valley", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, Action", "cast": "Noah Beery Jr., Robert Barrat, Samuel S. Hinds", "extract": "Forbidden Valley is a 1938 American action film written and directed by Wyndham Gittens. It is based on the 1937 novel The Mountains Are My Kingdom by Stuart Hardy. The film stars Noah Beery Jr., Frances Robinson, Robert Barrat, Fred Kohler, Alonzo Price and Samuel S. Hinds. The film was released on" }, { "title": "Four Daughters", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Priscilla Lane, Claude Rains, John Garfield", "extract": "Four Daughters is a 1938 American romance film that tells the story of a happy musical family whose lives and loves are disrupted by the arrival of a charming young composer who interjects himself into the daughters' romantic lives. His cynical, bitter musician friend comes to help orchestrate his l" }, { "title": "Four Men and a Prayer", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Loretta Young, David Niven, George Sanders", "extract": "Four Men and a Prayer is a 1938 American adventure film directed by John Ford and starring Loretta Young, Richard Greene and George Sanders." }, { "title": "Four's a Crowd", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell", "extract": "Four's a Crowd is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell and Patric Knowles. The picture was written by Casey Robinson and Sig Herzig from a story by Wallace Sullivan. This was the fourth of nine films in which Err" }, { "title": "Freshman Year", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Constance Moore, Dixie Dunbar, William Lundigan", "extract": "Freshman Year is a 1938 film, notable as the uncredited film debut of actor Arthur O'Connell." }, { "title": "Frontier Town", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett", "extract": "Frontier Town is a 1938 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett and Ann Evers." }, { "title": "The Frontiersmen", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Evelyn Venable", "extract": "The Frontiersmen is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston and Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Evelyn Venable, Charles Anthony Hughes, William Duncan, and Clara Kimball Young. The film was released on" }, { "title": "Fugitives for a Night", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Eleanor Lynn, Allan Lane, Bradley Page", "extract": "Fugitives for a Night is a 1938 American Mystery film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Dalton Trumbo. The film stars Frank Albertson, Eleanor Lynn, Allan Lane, Bradley Page and Adrienne Ames. The film was released on September 23, 1938, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Gambling Ship", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack", "extract": "Gambling Ship is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Aubrey Scotto and written by Alex Gottlieb. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack, Edward Brophy, Irving Pichel, Joe Sawyer and Selmer Jackson. The film was released on December 16, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Gang Bullets", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Anne Nagel, Robert Kent", "extract": "Gang Bullets is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer." }, { "title": "Gang Smashers", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Nina Mae McKinney, Mantan Moreland", "extract": "Gang Smashers, also released as Gun Moll, is an American film released in 1938. It features an African American cast. The National Museum of African American History and Culture has a poster for the film in its collection. Leo C. Popkin directed the Million Dollar Productions film from a screenplay " }, { "title": "Gangs of New York", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Gangs of New York is a 1938 American film directed by James Cruze and written by Samuel Fuller." }, { "title": "Gangster's Boy", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Lucy Gilman, Tommy Wonder", "extract": "Gangster's Boy is a 1938 American film directed by William Nigh. It stars Jackie Cooper in his second film for Monogram Pictures. The film was positively received, and has been released on DVD." }, { "title": "Garden of the Moon", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Rudy Vallée, Johnnie Davis", "extract": "Garden of the Moon is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Busby Berkeley and screenplay by Jerry Wald and story by Richard Macaulay. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, John Payne, Johnnie Davis, Melville Cooper and Isabel Jeans. The film was released by Warner Bros. on October 1, 1938" }, { "title": "Gateway", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Arleen Whelan, Don Ameche, Gregory Ratoff", "extract": "Gateway is a 1938 American drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Lamar Trotti. The film stars Don Ameche, Arleen Whelan, Gregory Ratoff, Binnie Barnes, Gilbert Roland, Raymond Walburn and John Carradine. The film was released on August 5, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Ghost Town Riders", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Baker, Fay McKenzie", "extract": "Ghost Town Riders is a 1938 American Western film written and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Bob Baker, Fay McKenzie, Hank Worden, George Cleveland, Forrest Taylor and Glenn Strange. The film was released on December 16, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Girl Downstairs", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly", "extract": "The Girl Downstairs is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone and Walter Connolly. It is a remake of the 1936 Austrian film Catherine the Last directed by Henry Koster, which had been a major hit for Gaal." }, { "title": "The Girl of the Golden West", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "The Girl of the Golden West is a 1938 American musical Western film adapted from the 1905 play of the same name by David Belasco, better known for providing the plot of the opera La fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini. A frontier woman falls in love with an outlaw." }, { "title": "Girls on Probation", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Susan Heyward", "extract": "Girls on Probation is a 1938 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley, Henry O'Neill and Elisabeth Risdon. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 22, 1938." }, { "title": "Girls' School", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, Nan Grey, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Girls' School is a 1938 drama film starring Anne Shirley. The film was directed by John Brahm and based upon a Tess Slesinger story. Morris Stoloff and Gregory Stone were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring." }, { "title": "Give Me a Sailor", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable", "extract": "Give Me a Sailor is a 1938 comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent, starring Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable and Jack Whiting. This was Raye and Hope's third film together, the first in which they played the leads." }, { "title": "The Gladiator", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Fantasy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, June Travis", "extract": "The Gladiator is a 1938 American comedy and fantasy film starring Joe E. Brown, Dickie Moore and June Travis. The movie is an adaptation of Philip Gordon Wylie's 1930 novel Gladiator, which is often credited with having influenced the creation of Superman." }, { "title": "Go Chase Yourself", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lucille Ball, Joe Penner, Fritz Feld", "extract": "Go Chase Yourself is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Paul Yawitz and Bert Granet. The film stars Joe Penner, Lucille Ball, Richard Lane, June Travis, Fritz Feld and Tom Kennedy. The film was released on April 22, 1938, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "God's Step Children", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ethel Moses, Alice B. Russell, Columbus Jackson", "extract": "God's Step Children is a 1938 American drama film directed by Oscar Micheaux and starring Jacqueline Lewis. The film is inspired by a combination of elements shared from two previously released Hollywood productions, Imitation of Life and These Three." }, { "title": "Going Places", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Ronald Reagan", "extract": "Going Places is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright. Dick Powell plays a sporting goods salesman who is forced to pose as a famous horseman as part of his scheme to boost sales and gets entangled in his lies." }, { "title": "Gold Diggers in Paris", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Rudy Vallée, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert", "extract": "Gold Diggers in Paris is a 1938 Warner Bros. movie musical directed by Ray Enright with musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert, and Allen Jenkins." }, { "title": "Gold Is Where You Find It", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, Romance", "cast": "George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains", "extract": "Gold is Where You Find It is a 1938 American Western Technicolor film that gives a fictionalized account of a true event — an ecological disaster whose effects are still felt in California today. Directed by Michael Curtiz and starring George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, and Claude Rains, with a scre" }, { "title": "Gold Mine in the Sky", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Carol Hughes", "extract": "Gold Mine in the Sky is a 1938 Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Carol Hughes. Based on a story by Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy and ranch foreman who, as executor of the owner's will, must see that the daughter and heiress does " }, { "title": "The Goldwyn Follies", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Ritz Brothers, Vera Zorina", "extract": "The Goldwyn Follies is a 1938 Technicolor film written by Ben Hecht, Sid Kuller, Sam Perrin and Arthur Phillips, with music by George Gershwin, Vernon Duke, and Ray Golden, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Sid Kuller. Some sources credit Kurt Weill as one of the composers, but this is apparently incor" }, { "title": "Goodbye Broadway", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alice Brady, Charles Winninger, Dorothea Kent", "extract": "Goodbye Broadway is a 1938 American film. The movie is based on the play The Shannons of Broadway written by actor James Gleason. A previous film had been made of the play entitled The Shannons of Broadway." }, { "title": "The Great Waltz", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Musical, Biography", "cast": "Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Lionel Atwill", "extract": "The Great Waltz is a 1938 American biographical film based very loosely on the life of Johann Strauss II. It starred Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravet (Gravey), and Miliza Korjus. Rainer received top billing at the producer's insistence, but her role is comparatively minor as Strauss' wife, Poldi Vogelhu" }, { "title": "Guilty Trails", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds", "extract": "Guilty Trails is a 1938 American Western film written and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Wally Wales, Georgia O'Dell, Jack Rockwell and Carleton Young. The film was released on October 21, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Gun Law", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Ward Bond", "extract": "Gun Law is a 1938 film. It made a profit of $47,000." }, { "title": "Gun Packer", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Randall, Louise Stanley", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Happy Landing", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Sonja Henie, Don Ameche, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Happy Landing is a 1938 film directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Sonja Henie, Ethel Merman, Don Ameche and Cesar Romero." }, { "title": "Hard to Get", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell, Charles Winninger", "extract": "Hard to Get is a 1938 American romantic comedy film starring Dick Powell and Olivia de Havilland. Written by Jerry Wald, Maurice Leo, and Richard Macaulay, and directed by Ray Enright, the film is about a spoiled young heiress who tries to charge some gasoline at an auto court and is forced by the a" }, { "title": "Having Wonderful Time", "year": 1938, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Eve Arden", "extract": "Having Wonderful Time is a 1938 American romantic comedy film adapted from Arthur Kober's 1937 Broadway play of the same name, directed by Alfred Santell and starring Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. along with Lucille Ball and Eve Arden. It was Red Skelton’s film debut." }, { "title": "Hawaiian Buckaroo", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Smith Ballew, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "Hawaiian Buckaroo is a 1938 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Daniel Jarrett. The film stars Smith Ballew, Evalyn Knapp, Harry Woods, Pat J. O'Brien, George Regas and Benny Burt. The film was released on January 14, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Hawaii Calls", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Ned Sparks, Bobby Breen, Warren Hull", "extract": "Hawaii Calls is a 1938 American film directed by Edward F. Cline, produced by Sol Lesser Productions and Bobby Breen Productions, and released by RKO Radio Pictures." }, { "title": "The Headleys at Home", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Evelyn Venable, Grant Mitchell, Vince Barnett", "extract": "The Headleys at Home is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Chris Beute and starring Evelyn Venable, Grant Mitchell and Vince Barnett." }, { "title": "Heart of Arizona", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Natalie Moorhead", "extract": "Heart of Arizona is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston. The film stars William Boyd, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Russell Hayden, John Elliott, Billy King, Natalie Moorhead and Dorothy Short. The film was released on April 22, 1938, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Heart of the North", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Dick Foran, Gale Page, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "Heart of the North is a 1938 American adventure film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Lee Katz and Vincent Sherman. The film stars Dick Foran, Gloria Dickson, Gale Page, Allen Jenkins, Patric Knowles, and Janet Chapman. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 10, 1938. It is based o" }, { "title": "He Couldn't Say No", "year": 1938, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Frank McHugh, Jane Wyman, Cora Witherspoon", "extract": "He Couldn't Say No is a Warner Bros. romantic comedy film released on March 18, 1938. It stars Frank McHugh as a timid advertising man who is dominated by everyone, including his girlfriend, played by Jane Wyman. It is based on the play Larger than Life by Joseph Schrank and the short story of the s" }, { "title": "Her Jungle Love", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure, Musical", "cast": "Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Lynne Overman", "extract": "Her Jungle Love is a 1938 American south seas adventure film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland. Portions of the film were shot at Palm Springs, California." }, { "title": "Heroes of the Hills", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Priscilla Lawson", "extract": "Heroes of the Hills is a 1938 American Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie directed by George Sherman." }, { "title": "The Higgins Family", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Lynne Roberts", "extract": "The Higgins Family is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Gus Meins and written by Paul Gerard Smith and Jack Townley. The film stars James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Lynne Roberts, Harry Davenport and William Bakewell. The film was released on August 29, 1938, by Republic Picture" }, { "title": "Highway Patrol", "year": 1938, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Robert Paige, Julie Bishop", "extract": "Highway Patrol is a 1938 American action film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Robert Paige, Julie Bishop, and Robert Middlemass." }, { "title": "His Exciting Night", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Marion Martin", "extract": "His Exciting Night is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Gus Meins and written by Pat C. Flick, Edward Eliscu and Morton Grant. It is based on the 1934 play Adam's Evening by Katharine Kavanaugh. The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Richard Lane, Maxie Rosenbloom, Marion Martin, Stepin Fetchit and O" }, { "title": "Hold That Co-ed", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Barrymore, George Murphy, Joan Davis", "extract": "Hold That Co-ed is a 1938 comedy film directed by George Marshall, starring John Barrymore, George Murphy and Marjorie Weaver." }, { "title": "Hold That Kiss", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Dennis O'Keefe, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "Hold That Kiss (1938) is a romantic comedy film starring Maureen O'Sullivan and Dennis O'Keefe." }, { "title": "Holiday", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres", "extract": "Holiday is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor, a remake of the 1930 film of the same name. The film tells of a man who has risen from humble beginnings only to be torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family. The film, adapted " }, { "title": "Hollywood Stadium Mystery", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Neil Hamilton, Evelyn Venable, Barbara Pepper", "extract": "Hollywood Stadium Mystery is a 1938 American film directed by David Howard." }, { "title": "Hunted Men", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lloyd Nolan, Mary Carlisle, Anthony Quinn", "extract": "Hunted Men is a 1938 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by William R. Lipman and Horace McCoy. The film stars Lloyd Nolan, Mary Carlisle, Lynne Overman, J. Carrol Naish, Delmar Watson and Buster Crabbe. The film was released on May 27, 1938, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "I Am a Criminal", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "John Carroll, Kay Linaker", "extract": "I Am a Criminal is a 1938 American crime film directed by William Nigh and written by John W. Krafft. The film stars John Carroll, Kay Linaker, Craig Reynolds, Martin Spellman, Lester Matthews and Mary Kornman. The film was released on December 7, 1938, by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "I Am the Law", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Otto Kruger, Barbara O'Neil", "extract": "I Am the Law (1938) is a crime drama directed by Alexander Hall and starring Edward G. Robinson." }, { "title": "I Demand Payment", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jack La Rue, Betty Burgess, Guinn Williams", "extract": "I Demand Payment is a 1938 American drama film directed by Clifford Sanforth and starring Betty Burgess, Jack La Rue and Matty Kemp. The film was based on Rob Eden's 1932 novel Second Choice. Sanforth produced the film and Sherman L. Lowe wrote the screenplay. I Demand Payment was produced by Povert" }, { "title": "I Met My Love Again", "year": 1938, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda", "extract": "I Met My Love Again is a 1938 American romantic drama film distributed by United Artists, directed by Joshua Logan, Arthur Ripley and George Cukor. The screenplay was written by David Hertz, based on the novel Summer Lightning by Allene Corliss. The film stars Joan Bennett and Henry Fonda." }, { "title": "I Stand Accused", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Cummings, Helen Mack, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "I Stand Accused is a 1938 American drama film directed by John H. Auer and written by Gordon Kahn and Alex Gottlieb. The film stars Robert Cummings, Helen Mack, Lyle Talbot, Thomas Beck, Gordon Jones and Robert Paige. The film was released by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "I'll Give a Million", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt", "extract": "I'll Give a Million is a 1938 American romance film directed by Walter Lang. It is a remake of the Italian film Darò un milione (1935)." }, { "title": "I'm From the City", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Joe Penner, Richard Lane, Lorraine Krueger", "extract": "I'm From the City is a 1938 American Western film directed by Ben Holmes who also wrote the story which was adapted into a screenplay by Nicholas T. Barrows, Robert St. Clair, and John Grey. William Sistrom produced the film for RKO Radio Pictures, which also distributed the picture, premiering on A" }, { "title": "If I Were King", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, Historical, Biography", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee", "extract": "If I Were King is a 1938 American biographical and historical film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet François Villon, and featuring Basil Rathbone and Frances Dee. It is based on the 1901 play and novel, both of the same name, by Justin Huntly McCarthy, and was directed by Frank Lloyd, with a " }, { "title": "Illegal Traffic", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "J. Carrol Naish, Mary Carlisle, Robert Preston", "extract": "Illegal Traffic is a 1938 American crime film directed by Louis King and written by Robert Yost, Lewis R. Foster and Stuart Anthony. The film stars J. Carrol Naish, Mary Carlisle, Robert Preston, Judith Barrett, Pierre Watkin, Buster Crabbe and George McKay. The film was released on November 4, 1938" }, { "title": "In Early Arizona", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bill Elliott, Dorothy Gulliver", "extract": "In Early Arizona is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Levering and written by Nate Gatzert. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Dorothy Gulliver, Harry Woods, Jack Ingram, Franklyn Farnum and Frank Ellis. The film was released on November 2, 1938, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "In Old Chicago", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Disaster, Musical", "cast": "Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche", "extract": "In Old Chicago is a 1938 American disaster musical drama film directed by Henry King. The screenplay by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti was based on the Niven Busch story, \"We the O'Learys\". The film is a fictionalized account about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and stars Alice Brady as Mrs. O'Leary," }, { "title": "In Old Mexico", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Russell Hayden", "extract": "In Old Mexico is a 1938 American Western film directed by Edward D. Venturini and written by Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Paul Sutton, Al Ernest Garcia, Jan Clayton and Trevor Bardette. The film was released on September 9, 1938, by Paramount Pi" }, { "title": "International Settlement", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dolores del Río, George Sanders, June Lang", "extract": "International Settlement is a 1938 American drama film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Dolores del Río, George Sanders and June Lang. It is set in the Shanghai International Settlement during the Sino-Japanese War. In the film, a gun runner falls in love with a beautiful French singer." }, { "title": "Invisible Enemy", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Alan Marshal, Tala Birell, Herbert Mundin", "extract": "Invisible Enemy is a 1938 American crime film directed by John H. Auer and written by Norman Burnstine and Alex Gottlieb. The film stars Alan Marshal, Tala Birell, Mady Correll, C. Henry Gordon, Herbert Mundin and Gerald Oliver Smith. The film was released on April 4, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Invisible Menace", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson", "extract": "The Invisible Menace is a 1938 American mystery film directed by John Farrow and starring Boris Karloff. It was also known as Without Warning." }, { "title": "Island in the Sky", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Leon Ames", "extract": "Island in the Sky is a 1938 drama directed by Herbert I. Leeds, starring Gloria Stuart and Michael Whalen." }, { "title": "Jezebel", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent", "extract": "Jezebel is a 1938 American romantic drama film released by Warner Bros. and directed by William Wyler. It stars Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, supported by George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Richard Cromwell, and Fay Bainter. The film was adapted by Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, John Huston" }, { "title": "Josette", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Don Ameche, William Collier Sr., Simone Simon", "extract": "Josette is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Don Ameche, Simone Simon and Robert Young. Two brothers fall in love with the same nightclub singer." }, { "title": "Joy of Living", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Joy of Living is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Irene Dunne and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with supporting performances from Alice Brady, Guy Kibbee, Jean Dixon, Eric Blore and Lucille Ball. It features the hit song \"You Couldn't Be Cuter,\" written by Jerome Kern" }, { "title": "Judge Hardy's Children", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden", "extract": "Judge Hardy's Children is a 1938 film in the Andy Hardy series. The plot involves the Hardys visiting Washington, DC, in this third entry in MGM's \"Hardy Family\" series." }, { "title": "The Jury's Secret", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Kent Taylor, Fay Wray", "extract": "The Jury's Secret is a 1938 American drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Kent Taylor, Fay Wray, and Jane Darwell." }, { "title": "Just Around the Corner", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Charles Farrell, Franklin Pangborn", "extract": "Just Around the Corner is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Irving Cummings, and written by Ethel Hill, Darrell Ware and J. P. McEvoy, based on the novel Lucky Penny by Paul Gerard Smith. The film stars Shirley Temple as young Penny Hale, who must cope with the consequences after her a" }, { "title": "Juvenile Court", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Paul Kelly, Rita Hayworth", "extract": "Juvenile Court is a 1938 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "Kentucky", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Romance, Sports", "cast": "Loretta Young, Walter Brennan, Richard Greene", "extract": "Kentucky is a 1938 American drama sports film with Loretta Young, Richard Greene, and Walter Brennan. It was directed by David Butler. It is a Romeo and Juliet story of lovers Jack and Sally, set amidst Kentucky horseracing, in which a family feud goes back to the Civil War and is kept alive by Sall" }, { "title": "Kentucky Moonshine", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Ritz Brothers, Marjorie Weaver, Tony Martin", "extract": "Kentucky Moonshine is a 1938 American comedy musical film directed by David Butler and released by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Kidnapped", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Reginald Owen", "extract": "Kidnapped (1938) is an adventure film directed by Otto Preminger and Alfred L. Werker, starring Warner Baxter and Freddie Bartholomew, and based on the 1886 novel Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson." }, { "title": "King of Alcatraz", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Lloyd Nolan, Robert Preston, J. Carrol Naish", "extract": "King of Alcatraz is a 1938 American drama film directed by Robert Florey and starring Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan and Harry Carey. It was the film debut of Robert Preston." }, { "title": "King of the Newsboys", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Helen Mack, Victor Varconi", "extract": "King of the Newsboys is a 1938 American film directed by Bernard Vorhaus." }, { "title": "Ladies in Distress", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Alison Skipworth, Robert Livingston, Virginia Grey", "extract": "Ladies in Distress is a 1938 American drama film directed by Gus Meins and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan. The film stars Alison Skipworth, Polly Moran, Robert Livingston, Virginia Grey, Max Terhune and Berton Churchill. The film was released on June 13, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Lady Behave!", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Sally Eilers, Neil Hamilton, Joseph Schildkraut", "extract": "Lady Behave! is a 1938 American film directed by Lloyd Corrigan. The sophisticated comedy was released by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Lady in the Morgue", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis", "extract": "The Lady in the Morgue (1936) is one of the novels by Jonathan Latimer featuring private detective William Crane. The lady of the title is a female corpse which is stolen from a Chicago morgue before the dead woman's identity can be established." }, { "title": "The Lady Objects", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Lanny Ross, Joan Marsh", "extract": "The Lady Objects is a 1938 American drama film written by Gladys Lehman and Charles Kenyon and directed by Erle C. Kenton. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Song at the 11th Academy Awards with the song A Mist Over the Moon, with music by Ben Oakland and lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II. Although" }, { "title": "The Lady Vanishes", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery, Thriller", "cast": "Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, May Whitty", "extract": "The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, the film is about a beautiful English tourist travelling " }, { "title": "The Last Express", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Greta Granstedt", "extract": "The Last Express is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Edmund Hartmann. It is based on the 1937 novel The Last Express by Baynard Kendrick. The film stars Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Don Brodie, Paul Hurst, Addison Richards, Greta Granstedt, Robert Emmett Keane and " }, { "title": "The Last Stand", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Baker, Constance Moore", "extract": "The Last Stand is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis. It is an early example of the western detective story." }, { "title": "Law of the Plains", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith", "extract": "Law of the Plains is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, starring Charles Starrett, and Iris Meredith." }, { "title": "Law of the Texan", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay", "extract": "Law of the Texan is a 1938 American Western film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Monroe Shaff and Arthur Hoerl. The film stars Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay, Kenneth Harlan, Don Douglas, Matty Kemp and Joe Whitehead. The film was released on October 24, 1938, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Law of the Underworld", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli", "extract": "Law of the Underworld is a 1938 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Bert Granet and Edmund L. Hartmann. The film stars Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli, Walter Abel and Richard Bond. The film was released on May 6, 1938, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Law West of Tombstone", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim Holt, Harry Carey, Paul Guilfoyle", "extract": "The Law West of Tombstone is a 1938 Western film. It was an early Western for Tim Holt." }, { "title": "Lawless Valley", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Kay Sutton", "extract": "Lawless Valley is a 1938 American Western film directed by David Howard from a screenplay by Oliver Drake, based on the short story \"No Law in Shadow Valley\" by W. C. Tuttle. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it opened on November 4, 1937. The film stars George O'Brien and Kay Sutton." }, { "title": "Letter of Introduction", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, Ann Sheridan", "extract": "Letter of Introduction is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by John M. Stahl." }, { "title": "The Little Adventuress", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Edith Fellows, Julie Bishop", "extract": "The Little Adventuress is a 1938 American adventure film directed by D. Ross Lederman." }, { "title": "Listen, Darling", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Mary Astor", "extract": "Listen, Darling is a 1938 American musical comedy film starring Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Mary Astor, and Walter Pidgeon. It is best known as being the film in which Judy Garland sings \"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart\", which later became one of her standards." }, { "title": "Little Miss Broadway", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Drama", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver", "extract": "Little Miss Broadway is a 1938 American musical drama film directed by Irving Cummings. The screenplay was written by Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen. The film stars Shirley Temple in a story about a theatrical boarding house and its occupants, and was originally titled Little Lady of Broadway. In 2009" }, { "title": "Little Miss Roughneck", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edith Fellows, Julie Bishop, Leo Carrillo", "extract": "Little Miss Roughneck is a 1938 American drama." }, { "title": "Little Miss Thoroughbred", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Litel, Frank McHugh, Ann Sheridan", "extract": "Little Miss Thoroughbred is a 1938 film directed by John Farrow. Peggy Ann Garner made her debut in the film. It was also known as Little Lady Luck." }, { "title": "Little Orphan Annie", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis", "extract": "Little Orphan Annie is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes, and written by Budd Schulberg and Samuel Ornitz. It is based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. The film stars Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis, J. Farrell MacDonald, and J.M. Kerrigan. The film was re" }, { "title": "Little Tough Guy", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Huntz Hall, Helen Parrish, Robert Wilcox", "extract": "Little Tough Guy is a 1938 crime film that starred several of the Dead End Kids. In the follow-up films, the studio began using the group name The Little Tough Guys, and later The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys. This was the first of several films and serials that Universal made using several o" }, { "title": "Little Tough Guys in Society", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mischa Auer, Mary Boland, Edward Everett Horton", "extract": "Little Tough Guys in Society is a 1938 Universal Studios film that starred several of the Dead End Kids. It was the second film that Universal made in their series and the first of three that they made without any of the original Dead End Kids." }, { "title": "The Lone Wolf in Paris", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Francis Lederer, Frances Drake, Walter Kingsford", "extract": "The Lone Wolf in Paris is a 1938 American film, one of Columbia's Lone Wolf film series." }, { "title": "Lord Jeff", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney, Charles Coburn", "extract": "Lord Jeff is a 1938 MGM film, set in England, starring Freddie Bartholomew as a spoiled orphan who has gotten mixed up with some crooks, but gets set straight by a stint in a mercantile marine vocational school for orphaned boys." }, { "title": "Love Finds Andy Hardy", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone", "extract": "Love Finds Andy Hardy is a 1938 American romantic comedy film that tells the story of a teenage boy who becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time. It stars Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Ann Rutherford, Mary Howard and Gene " }, { "title": "Love, Honor and Behave", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane", "extract": "Love, Honor and Behave is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and starring Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane. The supporting cast includes John Litel, Thomas Mitchell, Dick Foran and Dickie Moore. \"Bei Mir Bist Du Schon\" serves as the motion picture's the theme song. Initially set in " }, { "title": "Love Is a Headache", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Mickey Rooney", "extract": "Love Is a Headache is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and written by Marion Parsonnet, Harry Ruskin and William R. Lipman. The film stars Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Ted Healy, Mickey Rooney, Frank Jenks and Ralph Morgan. The film was released on January 14, 1938, by Metro-G" }, { "title": "Love on a Budget", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane", "extract": "Love on a Budget is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series of films. The Jones' eldest daughter Bonnie and her husband Herbert Thompson have money troubles, which " }, { "title": "Mad About Music", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, William Frawley", "extract": "Mad About Music is a 1938 American musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, and Gail Patrick. Based on a story by Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner, the film is about a girl at an exclusive boarding school who invents an exciting father. When her schoolm" }, { "title": "The Mad Miss Manton", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene", "extract": "The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 American screwball comedy-mystery film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Stanwyck as fun-loving socialite Melsa Manton and Henry Fonda as newspaper editor Peter Ames. Melsa and her debutante friends hunt for a murderer while eating bonbons, flirting with Ames" }, { "title": "Maid's Night Out", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Joan Fontaine, Allan Lane", "extract": "Maid's Night Out is a 1938 American romantic comedy film made by RKO Radio Pictures and starring Joan Fontaine and Allan Lane. It was directed by Ben Holmes from a screenplay by Bert Granet, adapted by from the radio play Certified by Willoughby Speyers." }, { "title": "The Main Event", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Julie Bishop, Robert Paige", "extract": "The Main Event is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by Danny Dare, which stars Robert Paige, Jacqueline Wells, and Arthur Loft." }, { "title": "Making the Headlines", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jack Holt, Beverly Roberts", "extract": "Making the Headlines is a 1938 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Holt." }, { "title": "Man-Proof", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Myrna Loy, Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "Man-Proof is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is based on the 1937 novel The Four Marys written by Fannie Heaslip Lea." }, { "title": "The Man from Music Mountain", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Carol Hughes", "extract": "Man from Music Mountain is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Carol Hughes. Written by Betty Burbridge and Luci Ward, based on a story by Bernard McConville, the film is about a singing cowboy who fights corrupt land developers who try " }, { "title": "A Man to Remember", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, Edward Ellis", "extract": "A Man to Remember is a 1938 American drama film directed by Garson Kanin, his first film credit as a director. The picture was based on the short story Failure, written by Katharine Haviland-Taylor, and the screenplay was penned by Dalton Trumbo. The story tells of a saintly small-town doctor workin" }, { "title": "Marie Antoinette", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Biography, Historical", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore", "extract": "Marie Antoinette is a 1938 American historical drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette. Based upon the 1932 biography of the ill-fated Queen of France by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, it had its Los Angeles premi" }, { "title": "The Marines are Here", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Gordon Oliver, June Travis", "extract": "The Marines Are Here is a 1938 American comedy-drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Gordon Oliver, June Travis, and Ray Walker, and was released on June 8, 1938." }, { "title": "Meet the Girls", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "June Lang, Lynn Bari", "extract": "Meet the Girls is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Marguerite Roberts. The film stars June Lang, Lynn Bari, Robert (Tex) Allen, Ruth Donnelly, Gene Lockhart and Wally Vernon. The film was released on October 7, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Men Are Such Fools", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris", "extract": "Men are Such Fools is a 1938 American romantic comedy directed by Busby Berkeley and written by Norman Reilly Raine and Horace Jackson. The film stars Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Hugh Herbert, Johnnie Davis, and Penny Singleton. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 16, 19" }, { "title": "Men with Wings", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, War", "cast": "Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Louise Campbell", "extract": "Men with Wings is a 1938 American Technicolor war film, directed by William A. Wellman and starring Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, and Louise Campbell. Donald O'Connor also has a small part as the younger version of MacMurray's character. The two would soon star in the film Sing You Sinners together a" }, { "title": "Merrily We Live", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Brian Aherne", "extract": "Merrily We Live is a 1938 comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by Eddie Moran and Jack Jevne. It stars Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne and features Ann Dvorak, Bonita Granville, Billie Burke, Tom Brown, Alan Mowbray, Clarence Kolb, and Patsy Kelly. The film was produced by Hal Roa" }, { "title": "Midnight Intruder", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Louis Hayward, Eric Linden, Barbara Read", "extract": "Midnight Intruder is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Louis Hayward, Eric Linden, J.C. Nugent and Barbara Read." }, { "title": "The Missing Guest", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery, Horror, Comedy", "cast": "Paul Kelly, Constance Moore", "extract": "The Missing Guest is a 1938 American mystery-comedy film directed by John Rawlins. It is a remake of the 1933 film Secret of the Blue Room." }, { "title": "Mother Carey's Chickens", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler", "extract": "Mother Carey's Chickens is a 1938 drama film starring Anne Shirley and Ruby Keeler. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based upon a 1917 play by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Rachel Crothers, which in turn was adapted from Wiggins' Mother Carey's Chickens." }, { "title": "Mr. Boggs Steps Out", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Helen Chandler, Tully Marshall", "extract": "Mr. Boggs Steps Out is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Gordon Wiles. The film is based on the Clarence Budington Kelland Saturday Evening Post short story Face the Facts. The working titles of the film were Face the Facts and Mr. Boggs Buys a Barrel." }, { "title": "Mr. Doodle Kicks Off", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe Penner, June Travis", "extract": "Mr. Doodle Kicks Off is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Bert Granet. The film stars Joe Penner, June Travis, Richard Lane, Ben Alexander and Billy Gilbert. The film was released on October 7, 1938, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Mr. Moto's Gamble", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Douglas Fowley", "extract": "Mr. Moto's Gamble is the third film in the Mr. Moto series starring Peter Lorre as the title character. It is best remembered for originating as a movie in the Charlie Chan series and being changed to a Mr. Moto entry at the last minute." }, { "title": "Mr. Moto Takes a Chance", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "Mr. Moto Takes a Chance is the fourth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto, although it was the second one actually filmed, following Think Fast, Mr. Moto. Its release was delayed until after production of Thank You, Mr. Moto and Mr Moto's Gamble." }, { "title": "Mr. Wong, Detective", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Mystery, Crime", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Evelyn Brent, Grant Withers", "extract": "Mr. Wong, Detective is a 1938 American crime film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff in his first appearance as Mr. Wong." }, { "title": "My Bill", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Dickie Moore, Bonita Granville", "extract": "My Bill is a 1938 drama film starring Kay Francis as a poor widow raising four children. It was based on the play Courage by Tom Barry." }, { "title": "My Lucky Star", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Sonja Henie, Cesar Romero, Richard Greene", "extract": "My Lucky Star is a 1938 romantic comedy film. This was Norwegian ice-skating Olympic champion Sonja Henie's fourth film." }, { "title": "My Old Kentucky Home", "year": 1938, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Evelyn Venable, Grant Richards", "extract": "My Old Kentucky Home is a 1938 American romantic drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Evelyn Venable, Grant Richards and Clara Blandick. It takes its title from the song \"My Old Kentucky Home\". It was distributed by Monogram Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director " }, { "title": "Mysterious Mr. Moto", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Peter Lorre, Mary Maguire, Henry Wilcoxon", "extract": "Mysterious Mr. Moto, produced in 1938 by Twentieth Century Fox, is the fifth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto." }, { "title": "The Mysterious Rider", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler", "extract": "The Mysterious Rider is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler, and Russell Hayden. Written by Maurice Geraghty based on the 1921 novel The Mysterious Rider by Zane Gray, the film is about a notorious outlaw who returns to the ranch he " }, { "title": "Mystery House", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery, Crime", "cast": "Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel", "extract": "Mystery House is a 1938 American mystery crime film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan as nurse Sarah Keate, and is based on the 1930 novel The Mystery of Hunting's End by Mignon G. Eberhart. Sheridan also played the same character in The Patient in Room 18, release" }, { "title": "The Mystic Circle Murders", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Robert Fiske, Arthur Gardner, Helene Le Berthon", "extract": "" }, { "title": "Nancy Drew... Detective", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frank Orth", "extract": "Nancy Drew... Detective is a 1938 American comedy film directed by William Clemens and written by Kenneth Garnet. The film stars Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson, Frankie Thomas, Frank Orth and Helena Phillips Evans. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 19, 1938." }, { "title": "Newsboys' Home", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie", "extract": "Newsboys' Home is a 1938 crime film that starred Jackie Cooper and The Little Tough Guys." }, { "title": "Next Time I Marry", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Mantan Moreland", "extract": "Next Time I Marry is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Garson Kanin and written by John Twist and Helen Meinardi. The film stars Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Lee Bowman, Granville Bates and Mantan Moreland. The film was released on December 9, 1938, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "The Night Hawk", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Robert Livingston, June Travis", "extract": "The Night Hawk is a 1938 American crime film directed by Sidney Salkow and written by Earl Felton. The film stars Robert Livingston, June Travis, Robert Armstrong, Ben Welden, Lucien Littlefield and Joe Downing. The film was released on October 1, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Night Spot", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Allan Lane, Joan Woodbury, Lee Patrick", "extract": "Night Spot is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by Lionel Houser. The film stars Harry Parke, Allan Lane, Gordon Jones, Joan Woodbury, and Lee Patrick. The film was released on February 25, 1938, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "No Time to Marry", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Mary Astor, Virginia Dale", "extract": "No Time to Marry is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Richard Arlen, Mary Astor and Lionel Stander." }, { "title": "The Nurse from Brooklyn", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Sally Eilers, Paul Kelly", "extract": "The Nurse from Brooklyn is a 1938 American drama film, directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Universal Pictures. It stars Sally Eilers, Paul Kelly, and Larry J. Blake." }, { "title": "Of Human Hearts", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Walter Huston, James Stewart, John Carradine", "extract": "Of Human Hearts is a 1938 American drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Walter Huston, James Stewart and Beulah Bondi. Stewart plays a proud and ungrateful son who rebels against his preacher father and neglects his poverty-stricken mother. Bondi was nominated for the Academy Award for" }, { "title": "The Old Barn Dance", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Roy Rogers", "extract": " The Old Barn Dance is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Joan Valerie, and written by Bernard McConville and Charles F. Royal." }, { "title": "One Wild Night", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "June Lang, Dick Baldwin, Lyle Talbot", "extract": "One Wild Night is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Charles Belden and Jerome Cady. The film stars June Lang, Dick Baldwin, Lyle Talbot, J. Edward Bromberg, Sidney Toler and Andrew Tombes. The film was released on June 10, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Orphans of the Street", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Livingston, June Storey, Ralph Morgan", "extract": "Orphans of the Street is a 1938 American drama film directed by John H. Auer and written by Eric Taylor, Jack Townley and Olive Cooper. The film stars Tommy Ryan, Robert Livingston, June Storey, Ralph Morgan, Harry Davenport and James Burke. The film was released on December 5, 1938, by Republic Pic" }, { "title": "Out West with the Hardys", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden", "extract": "Out West with the Hardys is a 1938 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and the fifth film in the Andy Hardy series of sixteen films." }, { "title": "Outlaw Express", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Baker, Don Barclay", "extract": "Outlaw Express is a 1938 American Western film directed by George Waggner and written by Norton S. Parker. The film stars Bob Baker, Cecilia Callejo, Don Barclay, LeRoy Mason, Nina Campana and Martin Garralaga. The film was released on June 17, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Outlaws of Sonora", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan", "extract": "Outlaws of Sonora is a 1938 American Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie directed by George Sherman. It stars Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune. Livingston has a dual role as Mesquiteer Stony Brooke and his outlaw doppelgänger Dude Brannen. Films in the Mesquiteer series are normally cons" }, { "title": "Outside of Paradise", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Phil Regan, Penny Singleton", "extract": "Outside of Paradise is a 1938 American comedy film directed by John H. Auer and written by Harry Sauber. The film stars Phil Regan, Penny Singleton, Bert Gordon, Leonid Kinskey, Ruth Coleman and Mary Forbes. The film was released on February 7, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Over the Wall", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Dick Foran, John Litel, Veda Ann Borg", "extract": "Over the Wall is a 1938 American drama film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Crane Wilbur and George Bricker, based on a story by Lewis E. Lawes. The film stars Dick Foran, June Travis, John Litel, Dick Purcell, Veda Ann Borg and George E. Stone. The film was released by Warner Bros. on Apr" }, { "title": "The Overland Express", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Marjorie Reynolds", "extract": "The Overland Express is a 1938 American Western film directed by Drew Eberson and written by Monroe Shaff. The film stars Buck Jones, Marjorie Reynolds, Carlyle Moore Jr., Maston Williams, William Arnold and Lew Kelly. The film was released on April 11, 1938, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Overland Stage Raiders", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, Silent", "cast": "John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Louise Brooks", "extract": "Overland Stage Raiders is a 1938 \"Three Mesquiteers\" Western film starring John Wayne and directed by George Sherman. The film is notable for being the final film in which silent film icon Louise Brooks performed. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one films in the popular series." }, { "title": "Painted Desert", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Laraine Day", "extract": "Painted Desert is a 1938 Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien and Laraine Day. The picture is a remake of The Painted Desert, which stars William Boyd and features an early appearance by Clark Gable in a major supporting role. The movie was partially filmed on location i" }, { "title": "The Painted Stallion", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Hoot Gibson, Jack Perrin, LeRoy Mason", "extract": "The Painted Stallion is a 1937 American Western film serial from Republic Pictures. It was the sixth Republic serial of the sixty-six made by that company. Western serials such as this made up a third of the serials from Republic, a studio that was also heavily involved in making B-Western feature f" }, { "title": "The Painted Trail", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tom Keene, Eleanor Stewart, LeRoy Mason", "extract": "The Painted Trail is a 1938 American Western film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Tom Keene, Eleanor Stewart and LeRoy Mason." }, { "title": "Pals of the Saddle", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Doreen McKay", "extract": "Pals of the Saddle is a 1938 \"Three Mesquiteers\" Western film starring John Wayne and directed by George Sherman. This is the first of eight films in which Wayne played the lead in the popular series of fifty-one Three Mesquiteers films." }, { "title": "Panamint's Bad Man", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Smith Ballew, Evelyn Daw, Noah Beery", "extract": "Panamint's Bad Man is a 1938 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Luci Ward and Charles Arthur Powell. The film stars Smith Ballew, Evelyn Daw, Noah Beery, Sr., Stanley Fields, Harry Woods and Pat J. O'Brien. The film was released on July 8, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Paradise for Three", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Robert Young, Mary Astor, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Paradise for Three, titled Romance for Three in the United Kingdom, is a 1938 romantic comedy film starring Frank Morgan as a wealthy industrialist who decides to find out about his German workers by temporarily living among them incognito. It was adapted from Erich Kästner's novel Three Men in the " }, { "title": "Paroled from the Big House", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jean Carmen, Ted Adams, Gwen Lee", "extract": "Paroled from the Big House is a 1938 American crime film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Jean Carmen, Ted Adams and George Eldredge. It was produced as a second feature on Poverty Row. It was later reissued under the alternative title Main Street Girl." }, { "title": "Paroled - To Die", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Karl Hackett", "extract": "Paroled – To Die is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by George H. Plympton. The film stars Bob Steele, Kathleen Eliot, Karl Hackett, Horace Murphy, Steve Clark and Budd Buster. The film was released on January 11, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Partners of the Plains", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Gwen Gaze", "extract": "Partners of the Plains is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Harvey Clark, Gwen Gaze, Hilda Plowright and John Warburton. The film was released on January 28, 1938, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Passport Husband", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Pauline Moore, Joan Woodbury", "extract": "Passport Husband is a 1938 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Karen DeWolf and Robert Chapin. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Pauline Moore, Douglas Fowley, Joan Woodbury, Robert Lowery and Harold Huber. The film was released on July 15, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "The Patient in Room 18", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery, Romance", "cast": "Ann Sheridan, Patric Knowles", "extract": "The Patient in Room 18 is a 1938 American mystery romantic comedy film directed by Bobby Connolly and Crane Wilbur. It stars Patric Knowles and Ann Sheridan. The screenplay written by Eugene Solow and Robertson White was based on a 1929 novel of the same name by author Mignon G. Eberhart." }, { "title": "Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Tommy Kelly, Edgar Kennedy, Billy Gilbert", "extract": "Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, based on the book of the same name by George W. Peck, one of his stories of Peck's Bad Boy." }, { "title": "Penitentiary", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Walter Connolly, Jean Parker, John Howard", "extract": "Penitentiary is a 1938 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Walter Connolly, John Howard, Jean Parker and Robert Barrat. It was the second Columbia Pictures film adaptation of the 1929 stage play The Criminal Code by Martin Flavin, after Howard Hawk's The Criminal Code (1931) and foll" }, { "title": "Penrod and His Twin Brother", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Billy and Bobby Mauch", "extract": "Penrod and His Twin Brother is a 1938 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann and written by William Jacobs and Hugh Cummings. The film stars Billy Mauch, Bobby Mauch, Frank Craven, Spring Byington, Charles Halton and Claudia Coleman. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 26, " }, { "title": "Penrod's Double Trouble", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Billy and Bobby Mauch, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart", "extract": "Penrod's Double Trouble is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler, written by Crane Wilbur, and based on stories by Booth Tarkington. The film stars Billy Mauch, Bobby Mauch, Dick Purcell, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart and Hugh O'Connell. The film was released by Warner Bros. on Jul" }, { "title": "Personal Secretary", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "William Gargan, Joy Hodges, Ruth Donnelly", "extract": "Personal Secretary is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Betty Laidlaw, Robert Lively and Charles Grayson. The film stars William Gargan, Joy Hodges, Andy Devine, Ruth Donnelly, Samuel S. Hinds and Frances Robinson. The film was released on September 9, 1938, by Univ" }, { "title": "Phantom Gold", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Luden, Beth Marion", "extract": "Phantom Gold is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Jack Luden, Beth Marion and Slim Whitaker." }, { "title": "Pioneer Trail", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Luden, Joan Barclay", "extract": "Pioneer Trail is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Jack Luden, Joan Barclay and Slim Whitaker." }, { "title": "The Port of Missing Girls", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Mystery", "cast": "Harry Carey, Judith Allen, Milburn Stone", "extract": "The Port of Missing Girls is a 1938 American film directed by Karl Brown and starring Harry Carey." }, { "title": "Port of Seven Seas", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Port of Seven Seas is a 1938 drama film starring Wallace Beery and featuring Frank Morgan and Maureen O'Sullivan. The movie was written by Preston Sturges based on the plays of Marcel Pagnol and the films based on them, and was directed by James Whale, the director of Frankenstein (1931) and The Inv" }, { "title": "Prairie Justice", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Baker, Dorothy Fay", "extract": "Prairie Justice is a 1938 American Western \"B\" movie directed by George Waggner and starring Bob Baker as a singing cowboy." }, { "title": "Prairie Moon", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette", "extract": "Prairie Moon is a 1938 American Western film directed by Ralph Staub and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Shirley Deane. Written by Betty Burbridge and Stanley Roberts, the film is about a singing cowboy who takes care of three tough boys sent west from Chicago after their father dies and l" }, { "title": "Pride of the West", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Russell Hayden", "extract": "Pride of the West is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Nate Watt. The film stars William Boyd, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Earle Hodgins, Charlotte Field and Billy King. The film was released on July 8, 1938, by Paramount Pictures. Pride of the West wa" }, { "title": "Prison Break", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell, Ward Bond", "extract": "Prison Break is a 1938 American crime-drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell and Paul Hurst." }, { "title": "Prison Farm", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lloyd Nolan, Shirley Ross, May Boley", "extract": "Prison Farm is a 1938 American crime film directed by Louis King, and written by Eddie Welch, Robert Yost and Stuart Anthony. It stars Shirley Ross, Lloyd Nolan, John Howard, J. Carrol Naish, Porter Hall, Esther Dale and May Boley. It was William Holden’s film debut. The film was released on June 17" }, { "title": "Prison Nurse", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Henry Wilcoxon, Marian Marsh, Bernadene Hayes", "extract": "Prison Nurse is a 1938 American drama film directed by James Cruze and written by Earl Felton and Sidney Salkow. It is based on the 1934 novel Prison Nurse by Louis Berg. The film stars Henry Wilcoxon, Marian Marsh, Bernadene Hayes, Ben Welden, Ray Mayer and John Arledge. The film was released on Ma" }, { "title": "Professor Beware", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Harold Lloyd, Phyllis Welch, Lionel Stander", "extract": "Professor Beware is a 1938 comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Elliott Nugent. It was Phyllis Welch MacDonald's first and only film." }, { "title": "The Purple Vigilantes", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Joan Barclay", "extract": "The Purple Vigilantes is a 1938 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Written by Betty Burbridge and Oliver Drake, the film is about a rancher who organizes other ranchers to form a vigilante group in order to rid their town o" }, { "title": "Racket Busters", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "George Brent, Allen Jenkins, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "Racket Busters is a 1938 American film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film is stars Humphrey Bogart and George Brent and is about a crime in the trucking industry." }, { "title": "Radio City Revels", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Bob Burns, Ann Miller", "extract": "Radio City Revels is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Bob Burns, Jack Oakie and Ann Miller." }, { "title": "The Rage of Paris", "year": 1938, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.", "extract": "The Rage of Paris is a 1938 American comedy film made by Universal Pictures. The movie was directed by Henry Koster, and written by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson. It won the Venice Film Festival for Special Recommendation. Re-issued by Realart in 1951 re-titled 'Confessions of a Model.'" }, { "title": "Rascals", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jane Withers, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "Rascals is a 1938 American comedy film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Jane Withers, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox, Borrah Minevitch, Steffi Duna and Katharine Alexander. The film was released on May 20, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Rawhide", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Lou Gehrig, Smith Ballew, Evalyn Knapp", "extract": "Rawhide is a 1938 American Western film starring Lou Gehrig and made by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. The movie was directed by Ray Taylor and produced by Sol Lesser from a screenplay by Jack Natteford and Daniel Jarrett. The cinematography was by Allen Q. Thompson. This is the only Hollyw" }, { "title": "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley", "extract": "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Allan Dwan, and written by Don Ettlinger, Karl Tunberg, Ben Markson and William M. Conselman, the third adaptation of Kate Douglas Wiggin's 1903 novel of the same name." }, { "title": "Reckless Living", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Robert Wilcox, Nan Grey", "extract": "Reckless Living is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Charles Grayson. It is based on the 1922 novel Riders Up by Gerald Beaumont. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Nan Grey, Jimmy Savo, William Lundigan, Frank Jenks and Harry Davenport. The film was released on March " }, { "title": "Red River Range", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune", "extract": "Red River Range is a 1938 \"Three Mesquiteers\" Western film starring John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, and Polly Moran. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one movies in the popular series. The director was George Sherman." }, { "title": "Reformatory", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Jack Holt, Charlotte Wynters", "extract": "Reformatory is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Holt, Bobby Jordan and Charlotte Wynters." }, { "title": "The Renegade Ranger", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Rita Hayworth, Tim Holt", "extract": "The Renegade Ranger is a 1938 American Western film directed by David Howard." }, { "title": "Rhythm of the Saddle", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Peggy Moran", "extract": "Rhythm of the Saddle is a 1938 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Pert Kelton. Written by Paul Franklin, the film is about the foreman at a ranch owned by a wealthy rodeo owner who will lose her rodeo contract unless sales improve." }, { "title": "Rich Man, Poor Girl", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Robert Young, Lana Turner", "extract": "Rich Man, Poor Girl is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Robert Young, Ruth Hussey and Lew Ayres. The film is a remake of the 1929 film The Idle Rich. This was Lana Turner's second appearance as an MGM star." }, { "title": "Ride a Crooked Mile", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Frances Farmer, Akim Tamiroff, Lynne Overman", "extract": "Ride a Crooked Mile is a 1938 American Western film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Jack Moffitt and Ferdinand Reyher. The film stars Akim Tamiroff, Leif Erickson, Frances Farmer, Lynne Overman, John Miljan and J. M. Kerrigan. The film was released on December 9, 1938, by Paramount Pictur" }, { "title": "Riders of the Black Hills", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan", "extract": "Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune." }, { "title": "Rio Grande", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Ann Doran", "extract": "Rio Grande is a 1938 American western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring Charles Starrett, Ann Doran and Bob Nolan." }, { "title": "Road Demon", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Henry Arthur, Joan Valerie", "extract": "Road Demon is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Otto Brower and starring Henry Arthur, Joan Valerie, and Henry Armetta. Footage from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was included along with driver accidents. It is the second release in the Sports Series of films." }, { "title": "The Road to Reno", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Hope Hampton, Glenda Farrell", "extract": "The Road to Reno is an American screwball comedy film starring Randolph Scott and Hope Hampton." }, { "title": "Rolling Caravans", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Luden, Eleanor Stewart", "extract": "Rolling Caravans is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Levering and written by Nate Gatzert. The film stars Jack Luden, Eleanor Stewart, Harry Woods, Lafe McKee, Buzz Barton and Slim Whitaker. The film was released on March 7, 1938, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Romance in the Dark", "year": 1938, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, John Barrymore", "extract": "Romance in the Dark is a 1938 American comedy musical film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, John Barrymore, and Claire Dodd. It is one of five films produced by Paramount in the 1930s featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The " }, { "title": "Romance on the Run", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Donald Woods, Patricia Ellis, Grace Bradley", "extract": "Romance on the Run is a 1938 American comedy crime film directed by Gus Meins and starring Donald Woods and Patricia Ellis." }, { "title": "Room Service", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller", "extract": "Room Service is a 1938 RKO film comedy directed by William A. Seiter, based on the 1937 play of the same name by Allen Boretz and John Murray. The film stars the Marx Brothers and also features Lucille Ball, Ann Miller and Frank Albertson." }, { "title": "Rose of the Rio Grande", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "John Carroll, Movita, Gino Corrado", "extract": "Rose of the Rio Grande is a 1938 American Western film directed by William Nigh and starring Movita Castaneda as Rosita de la Torre." }, { "title": "Safety in Numbers", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane", "extract": "Safety in Numbers is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series." }, { "title": "The Saint in New York", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Jack Carson", "extract": "The Saint in New York is an American 1938 crime film, directed by Ben Holmes and adapted from Leslie Charteris's 1935 novel of the same name by Charles Kaufman and Mortimer Offner. After a police lieutenant is killed, the New York Police Department enlists gentleman criminal Simon Templar to fight c" }, { "title": "Saleslady", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Anne Nagel, Weldon Heyburn, Kenneth Harlan", "extract": "Saleslady is a 1938 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Arthur Greville Collins and starring Anne Nagel, Weldon Heyburn and Harry Davenport. Based on the story Nothing Down by Kubec Glasmon, it was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures." }, { "title": "Sally, Irene and Mary", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alice Faye, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Davis", "extract": "Sally, Irene and Mary is a 1938 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen. It is based on the 1922 play Sally, Irene and Mary by Eddie Dowling and Cyrus Wood. The film stars Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante, Joan Davis, Marjorie " }, { "title": "Santa Fe Stampede", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, June Martel", "extract": "Santa Fe Stampede is a 1938 American \"Three Mesquiteers\" Western film directed by George Sherman and starring John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one films in the popular series." }, { "title": "Say It in French", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ray Milland, Irene Hervey, Mary Carlisle", "extract": "Say It in French is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Andrew L. Stone and written by Frederick J. Jackson. The film stars Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Janet Beecher, Mary Carlisle and Holmes Herbert. The film was released on November 28, 1938, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Scandal Street", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Louise Campbell, Lucien Littlefield", "extract": "Scandal Street is a 1938 American drama film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Bertram Millhauser and Eddie Welch. The film stars Lew Ayres, Louise Campbell, Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Edgar Kennedy and Elizabeth Patterson. The film was released on February 11, 1938, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Secrets of a Nurse", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Mystery, Sports", "cast": "Dick Foran, Helen Mack, Edmund Lowe", "extract": "Secrets of a Nurse is a 1938 American sports drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Edmund Lowe, Helen Mack, and Dick Foran." }, { "title": "Secrets of an Actress", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Kay Francis, George Brent, Ian Hunter", "extract": "Secrets of an Actress is a 1938 romantic drama film directed by William Keighley, and starring Kay Francis, George Brent, and Ian Hunter. It is about a love triangle between a stage actress, her financial backer, and his friend." }, { "title": "Sergeant Murphy", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ronald Reagan, Mary Maguire, Donald Crisp", "extract": "Sergeant Murphy is a 1938 American comedy film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Sy Bartlett and William Jacobs. The film stars Ronald Reagan, Mary Maguire, Donald Crisp, Ben Hendricks Jr. and William B. Davidson. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 1, 1938." }, { "title": "Service de Luxe", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Vincent Price", "extract": "Service de Luxe is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Constance Bennett, Vincent Price and Charles Ruggles." }, { "title": "Shadows Over Shanghai", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ralph Morgan, Robert Barrat, Lynda Grey", "extract": "Shadows Over Shanghai is a 1938 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring James Dunn, Ralph Morgan, Robert Barrat, and Paul Sutton. Set in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the plot centers on the efforts of Japanese and Russian espionage agents to get their hands on an" }, { "title": "Sharpshooters", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Brian Donlevy, Lynn Bari, Douglass Dumbrille", "extract": "Sharpshooters is a 1938 American adventure film directed by James Tinling and written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Brian Donlevy, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, John 'Dusty' King, Douglass Dumbrille and C. Henry Gordon. The film was released on November 15, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts", "extract": "Shine On, Harvest Moon is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and Mary Hart. Written by Jack Natteford, the film is about a crazed outlaw who looks up a former partner, who has \"gone straight\", and tries to blackmail him with his past into resuming a life of " }, { "title": "The Shining Hour", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Melvyn Douglas", "extract": "The Shining Hour is a 1938 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage, based on the 1934 play \nThe Shining Hour by Keith Winter, and starring Joan Crawford and Margaret Sullavan. The supporting cast of the MGM film features Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas, Fay Bainter and Hattie McDaniel." }, { "title": "The Ship That Died", "year": 1938, "genres": "Short, Drama", "cast": "John Nesbitt, Leonard Penn, Rhea Mitchell", "extract": "The Ship That Died is a 1938 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur for MGM. Written by George Sayer and featuring John Nesbitt, Leonard Penn, and Rhea Mitchell, it presents dramatisations of a range of theories of the ship Mary Celeste." }, { "title": "The Shopworn Angel", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "The Shopworn Angel is a 1938 American drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, and Walter Pidgeon. The MGM release featured the second screen pairing of Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart following their successful teaming in the Universal Pictures producti" }, { "title": "Sing You Sinners", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Ellen Drew", "extract": "Sing You Sinners is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Ellen Drew, and Donald O'Connor. Written by Claude Binyon, the film is about three singing brothers who go to California to find their fortune. Initially the film was to be ti" }, { "title": "The Singing Blacksmith", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Moishe Oysher, Miriam Riselle", "extract": "" }, { "title": "The Singing Outlaw", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Baker, Joan Barclay", "extract": "The Singing Outlaw is a 1938 American \"B\" movie Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Bob Baker as a singing cowboy." }, { "title": "Sinners in Paradise", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Marion Martin, Gene Lockhart", "extract": "Sinners in Paradise is a 1938 American south seas adventure film directed by James Whale and starring Madge Evans, John Boles, Bruce Cabot, Marion Martin and Gene Lockhart. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration" }, { "title": "The Sisters", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Anita Louise", "extract": "The Sisters is a 1938 American drama film produced and directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Errol Flynn and Bette Davis. The screenplay by Milton Krims is based on the 1937 novel of the same title by Myron Brinig." }, { "title": "Sky Giant", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Joan Fontaine, Richard Dix, Harry Carey", "extract": "Sky Giant, also known as Ground Crew and Northern Flight, is a 1938 drama film directed by Lew Landers. The film stars Richard Dix, Chester Morris and Joan Fontaine. The plot revolves around a love triangle with two pilots in love with the same woman." }, { "title": "A Slight Case of Murder", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, John Litel", "extract": "A Slight Case of Murder is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film is based on the 1935 play by Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay. The offbeat comedy stars Edward G. Robinson spoofing his own gangster image as Remy Marco." }, { "title": "Smashing the Rackets", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Rita Johnson", "extract": "Smashing the Rackets is a 1938 American drama film directed by Lew Landers, written by Lionel Houser, and starring Chester Morris, Frances Mercer, Rita Johnson, Bruce Cabot and Edward Pawley. It was released on August 19, 1938, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Smashing the Spy Ring", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Ann Doran", "extract": "Smashing the Spy Ring is a 1938 American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, and Regis Toomey, and was released on December 29, 1938." }, { "title": "Sons of the Legion", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lynne Overman, Evelyn Keyes, Tim Holt", "extract": "Sons of the Legion is a 1938 American drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Lynne Overman, Evelyn Keyes and Tim Holt. Its plot concerns a group of boys looking to start a S.A.L. squadron. However, because a boy's father wrongfully received a dishonorable discharge after the Great War, h" }, { "title": "South of Arizona", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith", "extract": "South of Arizona is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith and Bob Nolan." }, { "title": "Spawn of the North", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour", "extract": "Spawn of the North is a 1938 American adventure film about rival fishermen in Alaska starring George Raft and featuring Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff and John Barrymore. The picture was directed by Henry Hathaway and was an unofficial follow up to Souls at Sea, also featuring Raft and d" }, { "title": "Special Inspector", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, George McKay", "extract": "Special Inspector, also known as Across the Border, is a 1938 Canadian/American international coproduction crime film directed by Leon Barsha. It stars Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth and George McKay. This was Hayworth’s second Canadian film for Columbia Pictures shot in Victoria, B.C." }, { "title": "Speed to Burn", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Michael Whalen, Lynn Bari", "extract": "Speed to Burn is a 1938 American crime drama film, directed by Otto Brower and starring Michael Whalen, Lynn Bari, and Marvin Stephens." }, { "title": "Spirit of Youth", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "Joe Louis, Mantan Moreland, Edna May Harris", "extract": "Spirit of Youth is a 1938 boxing film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring then-heavyweight world champion Joe Louis in a story with similarities to his own real life." }, { "title": "Spring Madness", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith", "extract": "Spring Madness is a 1938 American romantic comedy film based on the play of the same title by Philip Barry. It was directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and stars Maureen O'Sullivan, Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey and Burgess Meredith." }, { "title": "The Spy Ring", "year": 1938, "genres": "Thriller, Adventure", "cast": "Jane Wyman, Esther Ralston", "extract": "The Spy Ring is a 1938 American adventure film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by George Waggner. The film stars William Hall, Jane Wyman, Esther Ralston, Robert Warwick, Leon Ames and Ben Alexander. The film was released on January 8, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Squadron of Honor", "year": 1938, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Don Terry, Mary Russell", "extract": "Squadron of Honor is a 1938 American action film directed by Charles C. Coleman and starring Don Terry, Mary Russell, and Thurston Hall. It was produced as a second feature by Columbia Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson." }, { "title": "Stablemates", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Sports", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Arthur Hohl", "extract": "Stablemates is a 1938 American sports drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney." }, { "title": "Stagecoach Days", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Luden, Eleanor Stewart", "extract": "Stagecoach Days is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Levering and written by Nate Gatzert. The film stars Jack Luden, Eleanor Stewart, Harry Woods, Wally Wales, Lafe McKee and Jack Ingram. The film was released on June 20, 1938, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Start Cheering", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jimmy Durante, Joan Perry", "extract": "Start Cheering is a 1938 American musical film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Jimmy Durante, Charles Starrett, Joan Perry, and Walter Connolly. It is best remembered today for guest appearances throughout the film by The Three Stooges, who were Columbia Pictures' short subject headliners " }, { "title": "State Police", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime, Action", "cast": "William Lundigan, Constance Moore", "extract": "State Police is a 1938 American action film directed by John Rawlins and written by George Waggner. The film stars John 'Dusty' King, William Lundigan, Constance Moore, Larry J. Blake, J. Farrell MacDonald and David Oliver. The film was released on March 18, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Stolen Heaven", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gene Raymond, Glenda Farrell, Lewis Stone", "extract": "Stolen Heaven is a 1938 American drama film directed by Andrew L. Stone and written by Eve Greene, Frederick J. Jackson and Stone. The film stars Gene Raymond, Olympe Bradna and Glenda Farrell. The film was released on May 13, 1938 by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay concerns two jewel thieves who" }, { "title": "The Storm", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Nan Grey", "extract": "The Storm is a 1938 American action film directed by Harold Young and written by Theodore Reeves, Daniel Moore and Hugh King. The film stars Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Preston Foster, Tom Brown, Nan Grey, Andy Devine, Frank Jenks and Samuel S. Hinds. The film was released on October 28, 1938," }, { "title": "Storm Over Bengal", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Patric Knowles, Richard Cromwell, Rochelle Hudson", "extract": "Storm Over Bengal is a 1938 adventure film that was nominated at the 11th Academy Awards for Best Score, the nomination was for Cy Feuer. Set during the British Raj, the film's working title was Bengal Lancer Patrol. The film was shot in Owens Valley, California. The film stars Patric Knowles in his" }, { "title": "Straight Place and Show", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Ritz Brothers, Ethel Merman, Richard Arlen", "extract": "Straight, Place and Show is a 1938 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring the Ritz Brothers, Richard Arlen, and Ethel Merman, and released by 20th Century Fox. It based on the unproduced play Saratoga Chips by Damon Runyon and Irving Caesar. It features a performance of the song " }, { "title": "Strange Faces", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dorothea Kent, Frank Jenks, Mary Treen", "extract": "Strange Faces is a 1938 American drama film directed by Errol Taggart and written by Charles Grayson. The film stars Frank Jenks, Dorothea Kent, Andy Devine, Leon Ames, Mary Treen and Frank M. Thomas. The film was released on November 13, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Stranger from Arizona", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay", "extract": "The Stranger from Arizona is a 1938 American Western film directed by Elmer Clifton and written by Monroe Shaff. The film stars Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay, Hank Mann, Hank Worden, Roy Barcroft and Bob Terry. The film was released on September 22, 1938, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "The Strange Case of Dr. Meade", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery, Adventure", "cast": "Jack Holt, Beverly Roberts", "extract": "The Strange Case of Dr. Meade is a 1938 American adventure film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Holt, Beverly Roberts and Noah Beery Jr." }, { "title": "Submarine Patrol", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Preston Foster, Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly", "extract": "Submarine Patrol is a 1938 film directed by John Ford and starring Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly and Preston Foster. The supporting cast features George Bancroft, Elisha Cook, Jr., John Carradine, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jack Pennick, Ward Bond and an unbilled Lon Chaney Jr. as a Marine sentry. The movie wa" }, { "title": "Sunset Murder Case", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Sally Rand, Esther Muir", "extract": "Sunset Murder Case is a 1938 American film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Sally Rand and Esther Muir." }, { "title": "Suez", "year": 1938, "genres": "Historical, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella", "extract": "Suez is an American romantic drama film released on October 28, 1938 by 20th Century Fox, with Darryl F. Zanuck in charge of production, directed by Allan Dwan and starring Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, and Annabella. It is very loosely based on events surrounding the construction, between 1859 and 1" }, { "title": "Sweethearts", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Romance", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Sweethearts is a 1938 American Technicolor musical romance film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The screenplay, by Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell, uses the “play within a play” device: a Broadway production of the 1913 Victor Herbert operetta is the setti" }, { "title": "Swing It, Sailor!", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Wallace Ford, Isabel Jewell", "extract": "Swing It, Sailor! is a 1938 American film directed by actor/screenwriter Raymond Cannon." }, { "title": "Swing Your Lady", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Frank McHugh, Humphrey Bogart, Penny Singleton", "extract": "Swing Your Lady is a 1938 country musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright, starring Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, and Louise Fazenda. Ronald Reagan is also in the cast in one of his early roles. Daniel Boone Savage, a professional wrestler, made his film debut in this feature. Nat Pendleton was" }, { "title": "Swing!", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Musical", "cast": "Cora Green, Alec Lovejoy", "extract": "Swing! is a 1938 American race film directed, produced and written by Oscar Micheaux." }, { "title": "Swing, Sister, Swing", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Ken Murray, Kathryn Kane, Nana Bryant", "extract": "Swing, Sister, Swing is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Charles Grayson. The film stars Ken Murray, Johnny Downs, Kathryn Kane, Eddie Quillan, Ernest Truex and Edna Sedgewick. The film was released on December 16, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Swing That Cheer", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, Sport", "cast": "Tom Brown, Robert Wilcox, Constance Moore", "extract": "Swing That Cheer is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Harold D. Schuster and written by Charles Grayson and Lee Loeb. The film stars Tom Brown, Robert Wilcox, Constance Moore, Andy Devine, Samuel S. Hinds and Ernest Truex. The film was released on October 14, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Swing Your Lady", "year": 1938, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Humphrey Bogart, Louise Fazenda, Ronald Reagan", "extract": "Swing Your Lady is a 1938 country musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright, starring Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, and Louise Fazenda. Ronald Reagan is also in the cast in one of his early roles. Daniel Boone Savage, a professional wrestler, made his film debut in this feature. Nat Pendleton was" }, { "title": "Swiss Miss", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Grete Natzler, Eric Blore", "extract": "Swiss Miss is a 1938 comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by John G. Blystone, and produced by Hal Roach. The film features Walter Woolf King, Della Lind and Eric Blore." }, { "title": "Tarnished Angel", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sally Eilers, Ann Miller, Paul Guilfoyle", "extract": "Tarnished Angel is a 1938 American drama film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by Jo Pagano, based on a story by Saul Elkins. Starring Sally Eilers, Lee Bowman, Ann Miller, and Alma Kruger, the film was produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and released on October 28, 1938." }, { "title": "Tarzan's Revenge", "year": 1938, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, Hedda Hopper", "extract": "Tarzan's Revenge is a 1938 American adventure film starring Glenn Morris in his only outing as Tarzan. Eleanor Holm, a popular swimming star, co-starred as Eleanor Reed. The film was produced by Sol Lesser, written by Robert Lee Johnson and Jay Vann and directed by D. Ross Lederman. Sol Lesser cast " }, { "title": "Tenth Avenue Kid", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Beverly Roberts, Horace McMahon", "extract": "Tenth Avenue Kid is a 1938 American crime film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and written by Gordon Kahn and Adele Buffington. The film stars Bruce Cabot, Beverly Roberts, Ben Welden, Horace McMahon, John Wray and Jay Novello. The film was released on August 22, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Terror of Tiny Town", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Billy Curtis, Yvonne Moray", "extract": "The Terror of Tiny Town is a 1938 American musical Western film produced by Jed Buell, directed by Sam Newfield and starring Billy Curtis. The film was shot at a sound studio in Hollywood and partly at Placeritos Ranch in Placerita Canyon, California. The inspiration came when Buell overheard an emp" }, { "title": "Test Pilot", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy", "extract": "Test Pilot is a 1938 film directed by Victor Fleming, starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy, and featuring Lionel Barrymore. The Oscar-nominated film tells the story of a daredevil test pilot (Gable), his wife (Loy), and his best friend (Tracy)." }, { "title": "The Texans", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, Robert Cummings", "extract": "The Texans is a 1938 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Joan Bennett and Randolph Scott. The screenplay was written by Bertram Millhauser, Paul Sloane and William Wister Haines and is based on the novel North of 36 by Emerson Hough." }, { "title": "Thanks for Everything", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jack Oakie, Adolphe Menjou, Jack Haley", "extract": "Thanks for Everything is a 1938 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter, written by Curtis Kenyon and Harry Tugend, and starring Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Arleen Whelan, Tony Martin and Binnie Barnes. It was released on December 23, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Thanks for the Memory", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Otto Kruger, Hedda Hopper", "extract": "Thanks for the Memory is a 1938 film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Bob Hope and Shirley Ross. The picture was adapted from the play by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. The film is a remake of Up Pops the Devil (1931) starring Carole Lombard and Norman Foster. The titular song, \"Tha" }, { "title": "That Certain Age", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical, War", "cast": "Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper", "extract": "That Certain Age is a 1938 American musical film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Deanna Durbin and Melvyn Douglas. Based on a story by Aleen Leslie (Wetstein) that was adapted by F. Hugh Herbert, the film is about a dashing reporter who returns from covering the Spanish Civil War and is invit" }, { "title": "There Goes My Heart", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Fredric March, Patsy Kelly, Virginia Bruce", "extract": "There Goes My Heart is a 1938 romantic comedy film starring Virginia Bruce and Fredric March, and directed by Norman Z. McLeod. Bruce plays a wealthy heiress who goes to work under an alias at a department store owned by her grandfather, and March the reporter who tracks her down. The film is based " }, { "title": "There's Always a Woman", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, Mary Astor", "extract": "There's Always a Woman is a 1938 American comedy mystery film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Joan Blondell and Melvyn Douglas. Seeing the potential for a series, Columbia Pictures quickly made a sequel, There's That Woman Again, released the same year, with Douglas reprising his role, but w" }, { "title": "This Marriage Business", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Victor Moore, Vickie Lester, Jack Carson", "extract": "This Marriage Business is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne from a screenplay by Gladys Atwater and J. Robert Bren, based on a story by Mel Riddle and Alex Rubin. The film stars Allan Lane, Jack Carson, Victor Moore, and Vicki Lester. Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, which also " }, { "title": "Three Blind Mice", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, David Niven", "extract": "Three Blind Mice is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, and David Niven that was based upon a play by Stephen Powys." }, { "title": "Three Comrades", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Three Comrades is a 1938 drama film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for MGM. The screenplay is by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edward E. Paramore Jr., and was adapted from the novel Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque. It tells the story of the friendship of three young " }, { "title": "Three Loves Has Nancy", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery, Franchot Tone", "extract": "Three Loves Has Nancy is a 1938 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone. It is set in New York City." }, { "title": "Thunder in the Desert", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Steele, Louise Stanley", "extract": "Thunder in the Desert is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield, written by George H. Plympton, and starring Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Don Barclay, Ed Brady, Charles King and Horace Murphy. It was released on March 7, 1938, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Time Out for Murder", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen", "extract": "Time Out for Murder is a 1938 American crime film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, written by Jerome Cady, and starring Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler, Douglas Fowley, Robert Kellard, Jane Darwell and Jean Rogers. It was released on September 25, 1938, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Tip-Off Girls", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Mary Carlisle, Lloyd Nolan, Roscoe Karns", "extract": "Tip-Off Girls is a 1938 American crime film directed by Louis King, written by Maxwell Shane, Robert Yost and Stuart Anthony, and starring Mary Carlisle, Lloyd Nolan, Roscoe Karns, Buster Crabbe, J. Carrol Naish, Evelyn Brent and Anthony Quinn. It was released on April 1, 1938, by Paramount Pictures" }, { "title": "Tom Sawyer, Detective", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Billy Cook, Donald O'Connor", "extract": "Tom Sawyer, Detective is a 1938 American mystery comedy film directed by Louis King, written by Robert Yost, Lewis R. Foster and Stuart Anthony, and starring Billy Cook, Donald O'Connor, Porter Hall, Phil Warren, Janet Waldo, Elisabeth Risdon and William Haade. It was released on December 23, 1938, " }, { "title": "Too Hot to Handle", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon", "extract": "Too Hot to Handle, also known as Let 'Em All Talk, is a 1938 comedy-drama directed by Jack Conway and starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Walter Pidgeon. The plot concerns a newsreel reporter, the female aviator he is attracted to and his fierce competitor. Many of the comedy gags were devised by a" }, { "title": "Too Much Johnson", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Silent", "cast": "Joseph Cotten, Virginia Nicolson", "extract": "Too Much Johnson is a 1938 American silent comedy film written and directed by Orson Welles. An unfinished film component of a stage production, it was made three years before Welles directed Citizen Kane, but it was never publicly screened. It was shot to be integrated into Welles's Mercury Theatre" }, { "title": "Topa Topa", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Joan Valerie, James Bush, LeRoy Mason", "extract": "Topa Topa is a 1938 American Western film directed by Charles Hutchison and Vin Moore and starring Joan Valerie, James Bush and LeRoy Mason. The film was originally distributed by the Poverty Row company Pennant Pictures, but was rereleased the following year by Grand National Pictures with the alte" }, { "title": "Topper Takes a Trip", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke", "extract": "Topper Takes a Trip is a 1938 film directed by Norman Z. McLeod. It is a sequel to the 1937 film Topper. Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, and Alan Mowbray reprised their roles from the earlier film; only Cary Grant was missing. A ghost tries to reunite a couple who she had a hand in sp" }, { "title": "Torchy Blane in Panama", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Lola Lane, Paul Kelly", "extract": "Torchy Blane in Panama is a 1938 American mystery film directed by William Clemens and starring Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, and Tom Kennedy. Released on May 7, 1938, the fifth film in a series of Torchy Blane movies by Warner Bros. It is followed by Torchy Gets Her Man (1938). Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan " }, { "title": "Torchy Gets Her Man", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane", "extract": "Torchy Gets Her Man is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane and Barton MacLane as Detective Steve McBride. It was released on November 12, 1938. It is the sixth film in a series of Torchy Blane films by Warner Bros. The film is fo" }, { "title": "Touchdown, Army", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "John Howard, Mary Carlisle, Robert Cummings", "extract": "Touchdown, Army retitled Generals of Tomorrow in the UK is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann, written by Lloyd Corrigan and Erwin S. Gelsey, and starring John Howard, Mary Carlisle, Robert Cummings, William Frawley, Owen Davis Jr., and Benny Baker. It was released on October 7, 19" }, { "title": "The Toy Wife", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Luise Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, H. B. Warner", "extract": "The Toy Wife is a 1938 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Luise Rainer and Melvyn Douglas. The period film was produced by Merian C. Cooper and written by Zoë Akins." }, { "title": "Trade Winds", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Joan Bennett, Fredric March, Ann Sothern", "extract": "Trade Winds is a 1938 American comedy murder mystery film directed by Tay Garnett written by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, and Frank R. Adams, based on story by Tay Garnett. The film stars Fredric March and Joan Bennett, with a supporting cast featuring Thomas Mitchell, Ralph Bellamy and Ann Sother" }, { "title": "A Trip to Paris", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane", "extract": "A Trip to Paris is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington. It was part of the Jones Family series of films. In the film, the family take a vacation to Paris." }, { "title": "Tropic Holiday", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Martha Raye", "extract": "Tropic Holiday is a 1938 American musical film directed by Theodore Reed and starring Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland." }, { "title": "Two-Gun Man from Harlem", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Herb Jeffries, Mantan Moreland", "extract": "Two Gun Man from Harlem is a 1938 American contemporary Western film directed by Richard C. Kahn. It was produced by Merit Pictures, distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises and featured an all-African-American cast." }, { "title": "Under the Big Top", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Marjorie Main, Anne Nagel, Jack La Rue", "extract": "Under the Big Top is a 1938 American film directed by Karl Brown." }, { "title": "Under Western Stars", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Roy Rogers, Carol Hughes", "extract": " Under Western Stars is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, and the Maple City Four. Written by Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan, and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a populist singing cowboy who decides to run for Congres" }, { "title": "Up the River", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Preston Foster, Arthur Treacher, Phyllis Brooks", "extract": "Up the River is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, and starring Claire Luce, Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart. The plot concerns escaped convicts, as well as a female convict. It was the feature film debut role of both Tracy and Bogart. Despite Bogart being billed fourth, T" }, { "title": "Vacation from Love", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Florence Rice, Reginald Owen", "extract": "Vacation from Love is a 1938 American comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice, written by Patterson McNutt and Harlan Ware, and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Reginald Owen, June Knight, Edward Brophy and Truman Bradley. It was released on September 30, 1938, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Valley of the Giants", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Wayne Morris, Charles Bickford", "extract": "Valley of the Giants is a 1938 American Technicolor adventure film directed by William Keighley, written by Seton I. Miller and Michael Fessier, and starring Wayne Morris, Claire Trevor, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale Sr., Donald Crisp, and Charles Bickford. It is based on the novel The Valley of the Giant" }, { "title": "Vivacious Lady", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "James Stewart, Ginger Rogers, Beulah Bondi", "extract": "Vivacious Lady is a 1938 American black-and-white romantic comedy film directed by George Stevens and starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The screenplay was written by P.J. Wolfson and Ernest Pagano and adapted from a short story by I. A. R. Wylie. The mu" }, { "title": "Walking Down Broadway", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Claire Trevor, Leah Ray, Phyllis Brooks", "extract": "Walking Down Broadway is a 1938 American film drama made by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation and directed by Norman Foster." }, { "title": "West of Cheyenne", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith", "extract": "West of Cheyenne is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith and Bob Nolan." }, { "title": "West of the Santa Fe", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith", "extract": "West of the Santa Fe is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and written by Bennett Cohen. The film stars Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis, Robert Fiske, LeRoy Mason and Bob Nolan. The film was released on October 3, 1938, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Western Jamboree", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western, Musical", "cast": "Gene Autry, Jean Rouverol, Esther Muir", "extract": "Western Jamboree is a 1938 American Western musical film directed by Ralph Staub and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Jean Rouverol. Based on a story by Patricia Harper, the film is about a singing cowboy who goes up against a gang of outlaws who are looking to steal the valuable helium gas" }, { "title": "Western Trails", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds", "extract": "Western Trails is a 1938 American Western film directed by George Waggner and written by Norton S. Parker. The film stars Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, John Ridgely, Carlyle Moore Jr., Forrest Taylor, Franco Corsaro and Bob Burns. The film was released on June 1, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "When G-Men Step In", "year": 1938, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Don Terry, Julie Bishop", "extract": "When G-Men Step In is a 1938 American action film, directed by Charles C. Coleman and starring Don Terry, Julie Bishop, and Robert Paige. It released by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "When Were You Born", "year": 1938, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Margaret Lindsay, Anna May Wong, Lola Lane", "extract": "When Were You Born is a 1938 murder mystery film directed by William C. McGann and starring Anna May Wong as an astrologer who helps the police. Each of the twelve principal characters was born under a different astrological sign." }, { "title": "Where the Buffalo Roam", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tex Ritter, Dorothy Short, Horace Murphy", "extract": "Where the Buffalo Roam is a 1938 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter." }, { "title": "Where the West Begins", "year": 1938, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Randall, Fuzzy Knight, Luana Walters", "extract": "Where the West Begins is a 1938 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan in his final feature film as a director." }, { "title": "White Banners", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Claude Rains, Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper", "extract": "White Banners is a 1938 Warner Bros. drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Claude Rains, Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Henry O'Neill, and Kay Johnson." }, { "title": "Who Killed Gail Preston?", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Don Terry, Rita Hayworth, and, Robert Paige", "extract": "Who Killed Gail Preston? is a 1938 American crime film directed by Leon Barsha and starring Don Terry, Rita Hayworth, and Robert Paige." }, { "title": "Wide Open Faces", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Jane Wyman, Lucien Littlefield", "extract": "Wide Open Faces is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Joe E. Brown, Jane Wyman and Alison Skipworth. The screenplay concerns a man who tries to prevent mobsters getting their hands on loot that they have stashed in an inn." }, { "title": "Wives Under Suspicion", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Warren William, Gail Patrick, Constance Moore", "extract": "Wives Under Suspicion is a 1938 American crime film based on a 1932 Ladislas Fodor play that was previously adapted into the film, The Kiss Before the Mirror. This version was directed by James Whale and stars Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, and Constance Moore. It released by Universal " }, { "title": "Woman Against the World", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Collette Lyons", "extract": "Woman Against the World is a 1937 American melodrama film directed by David Selman and starring Alice Moore, Edgar Edwards, and Ralph Masters. The screenplay was written by Edgar Edwards. The film was released on May 6, 1937." }, { "title": "Woman Against Woman", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Mary Astor", "extract": "Woman Against Woman is a 1938 American drama film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Edward Chodorov. The film stars Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Mary Astor, Janet Beecher and Marjorie Rambeau. The film was released on June 24, 1938, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "Women Are Like That", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, Pat O'Brien, Melville Cooper", "extract": "Women Are Like That is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and written by Horace Jackson. The film stars Kay Francis, Pat O'Brien, Ralph Forbes, Melville Cooper, Thurston Hall and Grant Mitchell. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 24, 1938." }, { "title": "Women in Prison", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Scott Kolk, Mayo Methot", "extract": "" }, { "title": "A Yank at Oxford", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh", "extract": "A Yank at Oxford is a 1938 comedy-drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh and Edmund Gwenn. The screenplay was written by John Monk Saunders and Leon Gordon. The film was produced by MGM-British at Denham Studios." }, { "title": "Yellow Jack", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Buddy Ebsen", "extract": "Yellow Jack is a 1938 film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer based on the 1934 play Yellow Jack. Both were co-written by Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif." }, { "title": "You and Me", "year": 1938, "genres": "Crime, Noir", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, Barton MacLane", "extract": "You and Me is a 1938 American crime film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft. They play a pair of criminals on parole and working in a department store full of similar cases; Harry Carey's character routinely hires ex-convicts to staff his store. The film was writt" }, { "title": "You Can't Take It with You", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore", "extract": "You Can't Take It with You is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, and Edward Arnold. Adapted by Robert Riskin from the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, the film is" }, { "title": "Young Dr. Kildare", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Emma Dunn", "extract": "Young Dr. Kildare is a 1938 film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and starring Lew Ayres as Dr. James Kildare, an idealistic, freshly graduated medical intern, who benefits greatly from the wise counsel of his experienced mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. The film was based on a story and characters creat" }, { "title": "Young Fugitives", "year": 1938, "genres": "Drama, War, Crime", "cast": "Robert Wilcox, Harry Davenport, Dorothea Kent", "extract": "Young Fugitives is a 1938 American crime film directed by John Rawlins and written by Ben Grauman Kohn and Charles Grayson. The film stars Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent, Harry Davenport, Larry J. Blake, Clem Bevans and Mira McKinney. The film was released on June 30, 1938, by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "The Young in Heart", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Billie Burke", "extract": "The Young in Heart is a 1938 American comedy film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Paulette Goddard. The supporting cast features Roland Young and Billie Burke. This was Richard Carlson's feature film debut, preceding T" }, { "title": "Youth Takes a Fling", "year": 1938, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Frank Jenks, Dorothea Kent", "extract": "Youth Takes a Fling is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Joel McCrea." }, { "title": "$1,000 a Touchdown", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye, Eric Blore, Susan Hayward", "extract": "$1,000 a Touchdown is a 1939 American comedy film directed by James P. Hogan, written by Delmer Daves, and starring Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye, Eric Blore, Susan Hayward, John Hartley and Joyce Mathews. It was released on October 4, 1939, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "20,000 Men a Year", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Preston Foster, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "20,000 Men a Year is a 1939 American action film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Lou Breslow and Owen Francis. The film stars Randolph Scott, Preston Foster, Margaret Lindsay, Mary Healy, Robert Shaw, George Ernest, Jane Darwell, Kane Richmond and Maxie Rosenbloom. It was the fourth and l" }, { "title": "6,000 Enemies", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Paul Kelly, Nat Pendleton", "extract": "6,000 Enemies is a 1939 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Walter Pidgeon as a successful District Attorney who is framed on charge of bribery. Although innocent, he is sent to prison where he fights to clear his name. The film also stars Rita Johnson." }, { "title": "Across the Plains", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Addison Randall, Frank Yaconelli", "extract": "Across the Plains is a 1939 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Addison Randall, Frank Yaconelli, and Joyce Bryant. Written by Robert Emmett Tansey, the film is about two brothers who are separated when they are young and who meet again as adults, one good and one ba" }, { "title": "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley", "extract": "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1884 novel of the same name, starring Mickey Rooney in the title role. The supporting cast features Walter Connolly, William Frawley and Rex Ingram. It was remade by MGM in 1960. A musical version was re" }, { "title": "The Adventures of Jane Arden", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson", "extract": "The Adventures of Jane Arden is a 1939 American crime film directed by Terry O. Morse and written by Vincent Sherman, Lawrence Kimble, and Charles W. Curran. The film stars Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson, Benny Rubin, Dennie Moore and Peggy Shannon. The film was released by Warner B" }, { "title": "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery, Adventure", "cast": "Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino", "extract": "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a 1939 American mystery adventure film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Although claiming to be an adaptation of the 1899 play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, the film bears little resemblance to the play." }, { "title": "Adventures of the Masked Phantom", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Monte Rawlins, Betty Burgess", "extract": "" }, { "title": "All Women Have Secrets", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Virginia Dale, Joseph Allen, Jeanne Cagney", "extract": "All Women Have Secrets is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Agnes Christine Johnston. The film stars \nVirginia Dale, Joseph Allen, Jeanne Cagney, Peter Lind Hayes, Betty Moran and John Arledge. Also appearing briefly in one of her first screen roles is Veronica Lake" }, { "title": "Allegheny Uprising", "year": 1939, "genres": "Adventure, Western", "cast": "Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy", "extract": "Allegheny Uprising is a 1939 American Adventure Western film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne. Based on the 1937 novel The First Rebel by Neil H. Swanson, with a screenplay by the film's producer, P. J. Wolfson, the film is loosely based on the historical event" }, { "title": "Almost a Gentleman", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "James Ellison, June Clayworth", "extract": "Almost a Gentleman is a 1939 American drama film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by David Silverstein and Jo Pagano, based on the story by Harold Shumate. The film stars James Ellison, Helen Wood and Robert Kent. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures on March 31, 1939." }, { "title": "The Amazing Mr. Williams", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Clarence Kolb, Ruth Donnelly", "extract": "The Amazing Mr. Williams is a 1939 American screwball comedy film produced by Everett Riskin for Columbia Pictures and directed by Alexander Hall. The film stars Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell and Clarence Kolb. It was written by Dwight Taylor, Sy Bartlett and Richard Maibaum. The film is about a pol" }, { "title": "Ambush", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Lloyd Nolan, Gladys Swarthout", "extract": "Ambush is a 1939 American drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Laura Perelman and S. J. Perelman. The film stars Gladys Swarthout, Lloyd Nolan, William \"Bill\" Henry, William Frawley, Ernest Truex and Broderick Crawford. The film was released on January 20, 1939, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden", "extract": "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The plot is about Andy Hardy having a crush on his high school drama teacher, Miss Rose Meredith. It is the seventh of sixteen Andy Hardy films starring Mickey Rooney." }, { "title": "The Angels Wash Their Faces", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Billy Halop, Bernard Punsly, Leo Gorcey", "extract": "The Angels Wash Their Faces is a 1939 Warner Bros. film directed by Ray Enright and starring Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan and the Dead End Kids." }, { "title": "Another Thin Man", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Mystery", "cast": "William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger", "extract": "Another Thin Man is a 1939 American detective film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, the third of six in the Thin Man series. It again stars William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and is based on Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op story \"The Farewell Murder\". The Charles' son Nicky Jr. is in" }, { "title": "The Arizona Kid", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Roy Rogers, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Sally March", "extract": "The Arizona Kid is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane under the Republic Pictures banner. The film stars Roy Rogers as a Confederate officer in Missouri during the American Civil War." }, { "title": "Arizona Legion", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Laraine Day, Carlyle Moore Jr., Chill Wills", "extract": "Arizona Legion is a 1939 American Western film directed by David Howard from a screenplay by Oliver Drake, based on Bernard McConville's story. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it was released on January 20, 1939, and stars George O'Brien and Laraine Day." }, { "title": "The Arizona Wildcat", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Jane Withers, Leo Carrillo", "extract": "The Arizona Wildcat is a 1939 American comedy Western film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Leo Carrillo and Jane Withers." }, { "title": "Arrest Bulldog Drummond", "year": 1939, "genres": "Adventure, Crime, Thriller", "cast": "John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Arrest Bulldog Drummond is a 1938 American crime thriller film directed by James P. Hogan." }, { "title": "At the Circus", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marx Brothers, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden, Margaret Dumont", "extract": "At the Circus is a 1939 comedy film starring the Marx Brothers released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in which they help save a circus from bankruptcy. The film contains Groucho Marx's classic rendition of \"Lydia the Tattooed Lady\". The supporting cast includes Florence Rice, Kenny Baker, Margaret Dumont, " }, { "title": "Babes in Arms", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Babes in Arms is the 1939 American film version of the 1937 coming-of-age Broadway musical of the same title. Directed by Busby Berkeley, it stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, and features Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee, June Preisser, Grace Hayes, and Betty Jaynes. It was Garland and Rooney's sec" }, { "title": "Bachelor Mother", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, David Niven", "extract": "Bachelor Mother (1939) is an American romantic comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, and starring Ginger Rogers, David Niven, and Charles Coburn. The screenplay was written by Norman Krasna from an Academy Award-nominated story by Felix Jackson written for the 1935 Austrian-Hungarian film Little Mot" }, { "title": "Back Door to Heaven", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Wallace Ford, Aline MacMahon", "extract": "Back Door to Heaven is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by William K. Howard and starring Wallace Ford, Aline MacMahon, Stuart Erwin and Patricia Ellis." }, { "title": "Bad Boy", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Johnny Downs, Rosalind Keith", "extract": "Bad Boy is a 1939 American film directed by Herbert Meyer written by Richard C. Kahn, edited by Roy Luby produced by gateway production, John H. Greenhalgh Jr. Cinematographer and music by Paul Marquardt. Bad Boy was released on 10 July 1939. The film is also known as Perilous Journey in the United " }, { "title": "Bad Lands", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Barrat, Douglas Walton", "extract": "Bad Lands is a 1939 Western film. Bad Lands is a remake of John Ford's The Lost Patrol, with the locale changed from the Mesopotamian to the Arizona desert." }, { "title": "Bad Little Angel", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Virginia Weidler, Gene Reynolds, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Bad Little Angel is a 1939 inspirational drama film starring Virginia Weidler as an orphan named Patsy Sanderson, living in America around 1900. The film was based on the story \"Looking After Sandy\" by Margaret Turnbull." }, { "title": "Balalaika", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Romance", "cast": "Nelson Eddy, Ilona Massey, Charles Ruggles, Frank Morgan", "extract": "Balalaika is a 1939 American musical romance film based on the 1936 London stage musical of the same name. Produced by Lawrence Weingarten and directed by Reinhold Schunzel, it starred Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey." }, { "title": "Barricade", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Alice Faye, Warner Baxter", "extract": "Barricade is a 1939 adventure film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Alice Faye, Warner Baxter, Charles Winninger, Arthur Treacher, and Keye Luke." }, { "title": "Beau Geste", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward", "extract": "Beau Geste is a 1939 American adventure film starring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, and Susan Hayward. Directed and produced by William A. Wellman, the screenplay was adapted by Robert Carson, based on the 1924 novel of the same title by P. C. Wren. The music score was by " }, { "title": "Beauty for the Asking", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lucille Ball, Patric Knowles", "extract": "Beauty for the Asking is a 1939 film drama produced by RKO Pictures, and starring Lucille Ball and Patric Knowles." }, { "title": "Behind Prison Gates", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Brian Donlevy, Julie Bishop", "extract": "Behind Prison Gates is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles Barton and written by Arthur T. Horman and Leslie T. White. The film stars Brian Donlevy, Julie Bishop, Joseph Crehan, Paul Fix, George Lloyd and Dick Curtis. The film was released on July 28, 1939, by Columbia Pictures." }, { "title": "Beware Spooks!", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, War", "cast": "Joe E. Brown, Mary Carlisle, Clarence Kolb", "extract": "Beware Spooks! is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Joe E. Brown, Mary Carlisle and Clarence Kolb." }, { "title": "The Big Guy", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Jackie Cooper, Ona Munson", "extract": "The Big Guy is a 1939 American drama crime film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Victor McLaglen and Jackie Cooper." }, { "title": "Big Town Czar", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Barton MacLane, Tom Brown, Eve Arden", "extract": "Big Town Czar is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Barton MacLane and Tom Brown." }, { "title": "Birthright", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Carman Newsome", "extract": "Birthright is a 1938 American drama film directed, co-produced and co-written by Oscar Micheaux. Carman Newsome stars as a black Harvard graduate facing racism and discrimination after he returns to his small hometown in Tennessee, where he hoped to develop a school similar to Tuskegee Institute or " }, { "title": "Blackmail", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart", "extract": "Blackmail is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey and Gene Lockhart." }, { "title": "Blackwell's Island", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory", "extract": "Blackwell's Island is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, Stanley Fields and Morgan Conway. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 25, 1939." }, { "title": "Blind Alley", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Noir", "cast": "Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Blind Alley is a 1939 American film noir crime film directed by Charles Vidor and stars Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy and Ann Dvorak. The film was adapted from the Broadway play of the same name by James Warwick." }, { "title": "Blondie Brings Up Baby", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake", "extract": "Blondie Brings Up Baby is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms. It is the fourth of 28 films based on the comic strip." }, { "title": "Blondie Meets the Boss", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake", "extract": "Blondie Meets the Boss is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake." }, { "title": "Blondie Takes a Vacation", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake", "extract": "Blondie Takes a Vacation is a 1939 American black-and-white comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, and Larry Simms. The film is based on Chic Young's comic strip of the same name." }, { "title": "Blue Montana Skies", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette", "extract": "Blue Montana Skies is a 1939 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey. Based on a story by Norman S. Hall and Paul Franklin, the film is about a singing cowboy who goes up against a gang of fur smugglers operating near the Canada–Uni" }, { "title": "Boy Friend", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jane Withers, Arleen Whelan", "extract": "Boy Friend is a 1939 American comedy film second feature directed by James Tinling and written by Joseph Hoffman and Barry Trivers. The film stars Jane Withers, Arleen Whelan and George Ernest. The film was released on May 19, 1939, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Boy Slaves", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, Roger Daniel", "extract": "Boy Slaves is a 1939 drama film starring Roger Daniel and Anne Shirley. The film was directed by P.J. Wolfson and based upon an Albert Bein story. Boy Slaves is an exposé of child labor." }, { "title": "Boy Trouble", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Donald O'Connor", "extract": "Boy Trouble is a 1939 American film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Donald O'Connor, and Billy Lee. Archainbaud also directed the sequel to the film, Night Work, that was released the same year." }, { "title": "Boys' Reformatory", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, War", "cast": "Frankie Darro, Grant Withers", "extract": "Boys' Reformatory is a 1939 American crime film directed by Howard Bretherton and produced by Lindsley Parsons for Monogram Pictures. The screenplay was written by Wellyn Totman and Ray Trampe after a story by Ray Trampe and Norman S. Hall." }, { "title": "Bridal Suite", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Annabella, Robert Young, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen", "extract": "Bridal Suite is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Samuel Hoffenstein. The film stars Annabella, Robert Young, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, and Arthur Treacher. The film was released on May 26, 1939, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was the debut " }, { "title": "Broadway Serenade", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres", "extract": "Broadway Serenade is a 1939 musical drama film distributed by MGM, produced and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The screenplay was written by Charles Lederer, based on a story by Lew Lipton, John Taintor Foote and Hanns Kräly. The music score is by Herbert Stothart and Edward Ward." }, { "title": "The Bronze Buckaroo", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Herb Jeffries, Lucius Brooks", "extract": "The Bronze Buckaroo is a 1939 American Western film directed by Richard C. Kahn. It is one of the race films made by African-American performers for African-American audiences. The Bronze Buckaroo stars black cowboy singer Herb Jeffries, here billed as Herbert Jeffrey." }, { "title": "Buck Rogers", "year": 1939, "genres": "Science Fiction", "cast": "Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore", "extract": "Buck Rogers is a 1939 science fiction film serial, produced by Universal Pictures. It stars Buster Crabbe as the eponymous hero, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran and Anthony Warde. It is based on the Buck Rogers character created by Philip Francis Nowlan, who had appeared in magazines and comic strips " }, { "title": "Bulldog Drummond's Bride", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Thriller", "cast": "John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny", "extract": "Bulldog Drummond's Bride is an American crime comedy thriller film produced in 1939. It was the last film of Paramount Pictures' Bulldog Drummond film series." }, { "title": "Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny", "extract": " Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police is a 1939 English Castle murder mystery film directed by James P. Hogan, based on the H. C. McNeile novel Temple Tower. It is one of many films featuring the British sleuth and adventurer Bulldog Drummond. In 1930, Fox produced Temple Tower, directed by Donald Galla" }, { "title": "Buried Alive", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Beverly Roberts, Robert Wilcox", "extract": "Buried Alive is a 1939 film directed by Victor Halperin." }, { "title": "Burn 'Em Up O'Connor", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Dennis O'Keefe, Cecilia Parker, Nat Pendleton", "extract": "Burn 'Em Up O'Connor is a 1939 race car film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Cecilia Parker, Nat Pendleton and Harry Carey. The screenplay was written by Milton Merlin and Byron Morgan from the novel Salute to the Gods by racing driver and journalist Malcolm Campbell. The ci" }, { "title": "Cafe Society", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross", "extract": "Cafe Society is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray and Shirley Ross. A wealthy young woman marries a reporter to win a bet." }, { "title": "Call a Messenger", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle", "extract": "Call a Messenger is a 1939 Universal Studios film that starred Billy Halop and Huntz Hall of the Dead End Kids and several of the Little Tough Guys. It was directed by Arthur Lubin." }, { "title": "Calling All Marines", "year": 1939, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Don \"Red\" Barry, Helen Mack", "extract": "Calling All Marines is a 1939 American action film directed by John H. Auer and written by Earl Felton. The film stars Don \"Red\" Barry, Helen Mack, Warren Hymer, Robert Kent, Cy Kendall and Leon Ames. The film was released on September 20, 1939, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Calling Dr. Kildare", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Nat Pendleton, Lana Turner", "extract": "Calling Dr. Kildare is a 1939 film in the Dr. Kildare series. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet, it stars Lew Ayres as the young Dr. Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie, his mentor. The second of MGM's series of Kildare films, it introduces Laraine Day as nurse Mary Lamont, the love of Kildare" }, { "title": "Captain Fury", "year": 1939, "genres": "Adventure, Western", "cast": "Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen, Paul Lukas, June Lang", "extract": "Captain Fury is a 1939 American Western film directed by Hal Roach. It is set in colonial Australia as one of Hollywood's few attempts to depict Australian history." }, { "title": "Career", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, Edward Ellis, Samuel S. Hinds", "extract": "Career is a 1939 American drama film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Anne Shirley, Edward Ellis and Janet Beecher. The screenplay was written by Dalton Trumbo and Bert Granet, with cinematography by Frank Redman. The film was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and centers on a rivalry between tw" }, { "title": "The Cat and the Canary", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Horror", "cast": "Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard", "extract": "The Cat and the Canary is a 1939 American horror comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film The Cat and the Canary, which was based on the 1922 play of the same name by John Willard." }, { "title": "Charlie Chan at Treasure Island", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is a 1939 American film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, that takes place on Treasure Island during San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940)." }, { "title": "Charlie Chan in City in Darkness", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari", "extract": "City in Darkness, also known as Charlie Chan in City in Darkness is a 1939 American drama film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, and Richard Clark. It is one of the films in the Charlie Chan film series, the fourth starring Toler, and was released on December 1, 1939" }, { "title": "Charlie Chan in Reno", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Sidney Toler, Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville", "extract": "Charlie Chan in Reno is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story \"Death Makes a Decree\" by Philip Wylie." }, { "title": "Charlie McCarthy, Detective", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Robert Cummings, Constance Moore", "extract": "Charlie McCarthy, Detective is a 1939 American comedy film starring Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy and Robert Cummings." }, { "title": "Chasing Danger", "year": 1939, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon", "extract": "Chasing Danger is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Ricardo Cortez and written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury and Harold Huber. The film was released on May 5, 1939, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Chicken Wagon Family", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jane Withers, Leo Carrillo, Marjorie Weaver, Spring Byington", "extract": "Chicken Wagon Family is a 1939 American comedy, directed by Herbert I. Leeds and based on the 1925 novel, The Chicken-Wagon Family, by Barry Benefield. It stars Leo Carrillo in the role originally intended for Will Rogers before his death." }, { "title": "A Child Is Born", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Gale Page, Spring Byington", "extract": "A Child Is Born is a 1939 American drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Robert Rossen. The film stars Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Gale Page, Spring Byington, and Johnnie Davis. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 17, 1939. It was a remake of the 1932" }, { "title": "Chip of the Flying U", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight, Doris Weston", "extract": "Chip of the Flying U is a 1939 American Western film directed by Ralph Staub and starring Johnny Mack Brown. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and is a remake of their silent epic starring Hoot Gibson." }, { "title": "The Cisco Kid and the Lady", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "Cesar Romero, Marjorie Weaver", "extract": "The Cisco Kid and the Lady is a 1939 American Western film starring Cesar Romero as the Cisco Kid, replacing Warner Baxter, who'd won the Academy Award for the role, and is the fifth film in The Cisco Kid series. For Cesar Romero, this was the first of six Cisco Kid roles." }, { "title": "Coast Guard", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, War", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Coast Guard is a 1939 American adventure film released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Randolph Scott, Frances Dee and Ralph Bellamy. It is set before World War II." }, { "title": "Code of the Cactus", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Ben Corbett, Dorothy Short", "extract": "Code of the Cactus is a 1939 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield." }, { "title": "Code of the Fearless", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Fred Scott, Claire Rochelle", "extract": "Code of the Fearless is a 1939 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Fred Scott, Claire Rochelle, John Merton, Walter McGrail, George Sherwood and Harry Harvey Sr. The film was released on January 5, 1939, by Spectrum Pictures." }, { "title": "Code of the Secret Service", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Ronald Reagan, Rosella Towne, Eddie Foy Jr., Moroni Olsen", "extract": "Code of the Secret Service is a 1939 film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Ronald Reagan. It is the second of four films in the U.S. Secret Service Agent Brass Bancroft series, having been preceded by Secret Service of the Air (1939) and followed by Smashing the Money Ring (1939) and Murder in" }, { "title": "Code of the Streets", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Harry Carey, Frankie Thomas", "extract": "Code of the Streets is a 1939 Universal Studios film starring The Little Tough Guys." }, { "title": "Colorado Sunset", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, June Storey, Patsy Montana", "extract": "Colorado Sunset is a 1939 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and June Storey. Written by Betty Burbridge and Stanley Roberts, based on a story by Luci Ward and Jack Natteford, the film is about a singing cowboy and his buddies who discover that" }, { "title": "Confessions of a Nazi Spy", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Political, Spy, Thriller", "cast": "Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders, Paul Lukas", "extract": "Confessions of a Nazi Spy is a 1939 American spy political thriller film directed by Anatole Litvak for Warner Bros. It was the first explicitly anti-Nazi film to be produced by a major Hollywood studio, being released in May 1939, four months before the beginning of World War II and two and a half " }, { "title": "Conspiracy", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Spy", "cast": "Allan Lane, Linda Hayes", "extract": "Conspiracy is a 1939 American spy drama film directed by Lew Landers, from a screenplay by Jerome Chodorov, based on the story, \"Salute to Hate\", by John McCarthy and Faith Thomas. The film stars Allan Lane, Linda Hayes, and Robert Barrat, and was produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, who " }, { "title": "Convict's Code", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Sidney Blackmer, Anne Nagel", "extract": "Convict's Code is a 1939 American film directed by Lambert Hillyer." }, { "title": "The Cowboy Quarterback", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bert Wheeler, Marie Wilson", "extract": "The Cowboy Quarterback is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Fred Niblo, Jr. The film stars Bert Wheeler, Marie Wilson, Gloria Dickson, William Demarest, Eddie Foy, Jr. and William Hopper. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 29, 1939." }, { "title": "Crashing Thru", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western, Action", "cast": "James Newill, Jean Carmen, Warren Hull", "extract": "Crashing Thru is a 1939 American northern action film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring James Newill, Jean Carmen and Warren Hull. It is based on the 1935 novel Renfrew Rides the Range, the seventh in the popular Renfrew of the Royal Mounted series by Laurie York Erskine. The film was shot at t" }, { "title": "Dancing Co-Ed", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Lana Turner, Richard Carlson, Artie Shaw, Ann Rutherford", "extract": "Dancing Co-Ed is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lana Turner in the titular role, Richard Carlson as an inquisitive college reporter, and bandleader Artie Shaw as himself." }, { "title": "Danger Flight", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone", "extract": "Danger Flight is a 1939 American film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring John Trent as Tailspin Tommy Tompkins, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone and Jason Robards Sr. The film featured young aviation enthusiasts in a model club." }, { "title": "Dark Victory", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan", "extract": "Dark Victory is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon. The screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the 1934 play of the same title by Ge" }, { "title": "Daughter of the Tong", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime, Mystery", "cast": "Evelyn Brent, Grant Withers", "extract": "Daughter of the Tong is a 1939 crime film about a detective that goes against a female leader of an Oriental crime ring." }, { "title": "Daughters Courageous", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Garfield, Claude Rains, Fay Bainter", "extract": "Daughters Courageous is a 1939 American drama film starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn and featuring the Lane Sisters: Lola Lane, Rosemary Lane and Priscilla Lane. Based on the play Fly Away Home by Dorothy Bennett and Irving White, the film was directed by Michael Curtiz. It was rele" }, { "title": "The Day the Bookies Wept", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Betty Grable", "extract": "The Day the Bookies Wept is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Bert Granet and George Jeske. The film stars Joe Penner, Betty Grable, Richard Lane, Tom Kennedy and Thurston Hall. The film was released on September 15, 1939, by RKO Pictures." }, { "title": "Day-Time Wife", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell", "extract": "Day-Time Wife is a 1939 comedy directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell. Darnell and Power play Jane and Ken Norton, a married couple approaching their second anniversary. This was Linda Darnell's second film. Day-Time Wife was the first of four films that Darnell and Powe" }, { "title": "Death of a Champion", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Virginia Dale, Donald O'Connor", "extract": "Death of a Champion is a 1939 American film starring Lynne Overman, Virginia Dale, Joseph Allen, and Donald O'Connor." }, { "title": "Death Rides the Range", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Fay McKenzie, Ken Maynard", "extract": "Death Rides the Range is a 1939 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. It was a Colony Pictures film." }, { "title": "Destry Rides Again", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western, Comedy", "cast": "Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart", "extract": "Destry Rides Again is a 1939 American Western comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. The supporting cast includes Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey, Billy Gilbert, Bill Cody Jr., Lillian Yarbo, and Una Merkel." }, { "title": "Devil's Island", "year": 1939, "genres": "Suspense", "cast": "Boris Karloff, James Stephenson", "extract": "Devil's Island is a 1939 American prison film directed by William Clemens and starring Boris Karloff. This film is notable for Karloff in a then-rare sympathetic role, as opposed to his usual antagonistic characters in horror films. The plot appears to have been recycled from John Ford's The Prisone" }, { "title": "Dick Tracy's G-Men", "year": 1939, "genres": "", "cast": "Ralph Byrd, Jennifer Jones", "extract": "Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939) is a 15-Chapter Republic movie serial based on the Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould. It was directed by William Witney and John English." }, { "title": "Disbarred", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Gail Patrick, Robert Preston", "extract": "Disbarred is a 1939 American crime film about a crooked lawyer starring Gail Patrick and Robert Preston. The supporting cast includes Otto Kruger, Virginia Vale and Sidney Toler. The movie was directed by film noir specialist Robert Florey." }, { "title": "Disputed Passage", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff", "extract": "Disputed Passage is a 1939 American drama war film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Howard, Judith Barrett and William Collier, Sr. Set in war-torn China, the film was described by The New York Times as a \"lavish soap opera\". The film was based on the best-s" }, { "title": "Dodge City", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh", "extract": "Dodge City is a 1939 American Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Ann Sheridan. Based on a story by Robert Buckner, the film is about a Texas cattle agent who witnesses the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City, Kansas and takes the job of sheriff to" }, { "title": "Drums Along the Mohawk", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western, Drama, Historical", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda", "extract": "Drums Along the Mohawk is a 1939 American historical drama western film based upon a 1936 novel of the same name by American author Walter D. Edmonds. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by John Ford. Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert portray settlers on the New York frontier duri" }, { "title": "Dust Be My Destiny", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Garfield, Priscilla Lane", "extract": "Dust Be My Destiny is a 1939 American drama film starring John Garfield as a man who gets into trouble after being sentenced to a work farm." }, { "title": "Each Dawn I Die", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan", "extract": "Each Dawn I Die is a 1939 gangster film directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney and George Raft. The plot of Each Dawn I Die involves an investigative reporter who is unjustly thrown in jail and befriends a famous gangster. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Jerome Od" }, { "title": "The Escape", "year": 1939, "genres": "Action, Crime", "cast": "Amanda Duff, Kane Richmond, June Gale", "extract": "The Escape is a 1939 American crime film directed by Ricardo Cortez and written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Kane Richmond, Amanda Duff, June Gale, Edward Norris, Henry Armetta and Frank Reicher. The film was released on October 6, 1939, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Escape to Paradise", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kent Taylor, Joyce Compton", "extract": "Escape to Paradise is a 1939 American film directed by Erle C. Kenton." }, { "title": "Espionage Agent", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Spy, War", "cast": "Joel McCrea, Brenda Marshall, George Bancroft", "extract": "Espionage Agent is a pre–World War II spy melodrama produced by Hal B. Wallis in 1939. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Espionage Agent, like many Warner Bros. movies, clearly identifies the Germans as the enemy. This was unlike many other movie studios during this period that did not want to antagonize for" }, { "title": "Eternally Yours", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Loretta Young, David Niven", "extract": "Eternally Yours is a 1939 American comedy drama film produced and directed by Tay Garnett with Walter Wanger as executive producer, from a screenplay by C. Graham Baker and Gene Towne. The film stars Loretta Young and David Niven, and also features a strong supporting cast including Broderick Crawfo" }, { "title": "Everybody's Hobby", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Irene Rich, Jackie Moran", "extract": "Everybody's Hobby is a 1939 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann and written by Kenneth Gamet and William W. Brockway. The film stars Irene Rich, Henry O'Neill, Jackie Moran, Aldrich Bowker, Jean Sharon, John Ridgely and Peggy Stewart. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 26" }, { "title": "Everything Happens at Night", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Sonja Henie, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings", "extract": "Everything Happens at Night is a 1939 American drama-comedy film starring Sonja Henie, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings." }, { "title": "Ex-Champ", "year": 1939, "genres": "Sports, Drama", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Tom Brown, Nan Grey", "extract": "Ex-Champ is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Victor McLaglen, Tom Brown, and Nan Grey, and was released on June 16, 1939." }, { "title": "Exile Express", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anna Sten, Alan Marshal", "extract": "Exile Express is a 1939 American drama film directed by Otis Garrett and starring Anna Sten, Alan Marshal and Jerome Cowan." }, { "title": "The Family Next Door", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Hugh Herbert, Joy Hodges, Eddie Quillan, Ruth Donnelly", "extract": "The Family Next Door is a 1939 American comedy film starring Hugh Herbert, Joy Hodges, Eddie Quillan and Ruth Donnelly." }, { "title": "Fast and Furious", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Franchot Tone", "extract": "Fast and Furious is a 1939 American mystery comedy film directed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Franchot Tone and Ann Sothern as Joel and Garda Sloane, a crime-solving married couple who are also rare book dealers. It is the last of a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer trilogy, along with Fast Company (1938) an" }, { "title": "Fast and Loose", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Thriller", "cast": "Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell", "extract": "Fast and Loose is a 1939 American thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell and Reginald Owen. It is a sequel to the 1938 film Fast Company and was followed the same year by Fast and Furious. In each film, different actors played the crime-solving coup" }, { "title": "Fifth Avenue Girl", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale", "extract": "Fifth Avenue Girl, sometimes stylized as 5th Ave Girl, is a 1939 RKO Radio Pictures comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale, and James Ellison. The screenplay was written by Allan Scott with uncredited contributions by La Cava and Morris R" }, { "title": "The Fighting Gringo", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Lupita Tovar", "extract": "The Fighting Gringo is a 1939 Western film directed by David Howard and featuring George O'Brien, Lupita Tovar and William Royle. The picture was produced under the RKO Pictures banner. Ben Johnson had a small uncredited early role as a Mexican barfly and did some work as a stuntman." }, { "title": "First Love", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Deanna Durbin, Robert Stack, Eugene Pallette", "extract": "First Love is a 1939 American musical film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin. Based on the fairy tale Cinderella, the film is about an orphan who is sent to live with her wealthy aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. Her life is made difficult by her snobby cousin w" }, { "title": "First Offenders", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Beverly Roberts, Walter Abel", "extract": "First Offenders is a 1939 American crime film starring Walter Abel, Beverly Roberts and Iris Meredith." }, { "title": "Five Came Back", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie", "extract": "Five Came Back is a 1939 American black-and-white melodrama from RKO Radio Pictures produced by Robert Sisk, directed by John Farrow, written by Jerry Cady, Dalton Trumbo, and Nathanael West, and starring Chester Morris and Lucille Ball. The film was photographed by cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca" }, { "title": "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew", "year": 1939, "genres": "Family, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Edith Fellows, Charles Peck, Tommy Bond, Jimmy Leake, Dorothy Ann Sease", "extract": "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is a 1939 American black-and-white children's comedy drama film directed by Charles Barton, produced by Jack Fier and based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Sidney. Starring Edith Fellows, Charles Peck, Tommy Bond, Jimmy Leake and Dorothy Anne Seese, it" }, { "title": "Fixer Dugan", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Lee Tracy, Peggy Shannon", "extract": "Fixer Dugan is a 1939 drama film starring Lee Tracy as a circus promoter who decides to help out an orphaned girl, played by Virginia Weidler. The film was directed by Lew Landers, released by RKO Radio Pictures and is based on the play What's a Fixer For? by H.C. Potter." }, { "title": "Flight at Midnight", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Phil Regan, Jean Parker", "extract": "Flight at Midnight is a 1939 American action film directed by Sidney Salkow and written by Eliot Gibbons. The film stars Phil Regan, Jean Parker, Roscoe Turner, Robert Armstrong, Noah Beery Jr. and Harlan Briggs. Flight at Midnight was released on August 28, 1939, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "The Flying Deuces", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker", "extract": "The Flying Deuces, also known as Flying Aces, is a 1939 buddy comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy, in which the duo join the French Foreign Legion. It is a partial remake of their short film Beau Hunks (1931)." }, { "title": "The Flying Irishman", "year": 1939, "genres": "Biography, Drama", "cast": "Douglas Corrigan", "extract": "The Flying Irishman is a 1939 biographical drama film produced by RKO Pictures about Douglas Corrigan's unofficial transatlantic flight the previous year in a dilapidated Curtiss Robin light aircraft. The film was directed by Leigh Jason based on a screenplay by Ernest Pagano and Dalton Trumbo." }, { "title": "Four Wives", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane", "extract": "Four Wives is a 1939 American drama film starring the Lane Sisters and Gale Page. The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and is based on the story \"Sister Act\" by Fannie Hurst. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, Eddie Albert, Frank McHugh and Dick Foran. The picture is a seque" }, { "title": "Frontier Marshal", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero", "extract": "Frontier Marshal is a 1939 American Western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Randolph Scott as Wyatt Earp. The film is the second produced by Sol M. Wurtzel based on Stuart N. Lake's biography of Earp Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. An earlier version was Wurtzel's Frontier Marshal, filmed in " }, { "title": "Frontiers of '49", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Wild Bill Elliott, Luana Alcañiz, Charles King", "extract": "Frontiers of '49 is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Luana Alcañiz and Charles King." }, { "title": "Geronimo", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Preston Foster, Ellen Drew, Andy Devine", "extract": "Geronimo is a 1939 American Western film starring Chief Thundercloud as Geronimo, the famous leader of Apache warriors who fought against American colonizers. It was directed by Paul Sloane. This is the first film depiction of Geronimo's life." }, { "title": "The Girl and the Gambler", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim Holt, Steffi Duna", "extract": "The Girl and the Gambler is a 1939 Western film, from RKO Radio Pictures, starring Tim Holt. It was an early starring Western for Holt, who soon replaced George O'Brien as the studio's main Western star." }, { "title": "The Girl from Mexico", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol", "extract": "The Girl from Mexico is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Lionel Houser and Joseph Fields. The film stars Lupe Vélez, who plays a hot-headed, fast-talking Mexican singer taken to New York for a radio gig, who decides she wants the ad agency man for herself." }, { "title": "Golden Boy", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Romance, Sports", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden", "extract": "Golden Boy is a 1939 American drama romance sports film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou and William Holden. It is based on the 1937 play of the same title by Clifford Odets." }, { "title": "Gone with the Wind", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Historical, Romance", "cast": "Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel", "extract": "Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the American Civil War " }, { "title": "Good Girls Go to Paris", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell", "extract": "Good Girls Go to Paris is a 1939 American romantic comedy film starring Melvyn Douglas and Joan Blondell." }, { "title": "The Gorilla", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Horror", "cast": "Ritz Brothers, Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly", "extract": "The Gorilla is a 1939 American horror comedy film starring the Ritz Brothers, Anita Louise, Art Miles, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, and Patsy Kelly. It was based on the 1925 play of the same name by Ralph Spence." }, { "title": "The Gracie Allen Murder Case", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew", "extract": "The Gracie Allen Murder Case is a 1939 American comedy mystery film taken from the Philo Vance series by writer S.S. Van Dine and directed by Alfred E. Green from a screenplay by Nat Perrin. The film stars the female member of the comedy duo Burns and Allen Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, " }, { "title": "Grand Jury Secrets", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Mystery", "cast": "Gail Patrick, John Howard", "extract": "Grand Jury Secrets is a 1939 American mystery film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Irving Reis, Maxwell Shane and Robert Yost. The film stars John Howard, Gail Patrick, William Frawley, Jane Darwell, Porter Hall and Harvey Stephens. The film was released on June 23, 1939, by Paramount Pict" }, { "title": "The Great Commandment", "year": 1939, "genres": "", "cast": "Albert Dekker, John Beal", "extract": "The Great Commandment is a 1939 American Christian film directed by Irving Pichel, which portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan. It was co-produced by Rev. James K. Friedrich " }, { "title": "The Great Man Votes", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Barrymore, Virginia Weidler", "extract": "The Great Man Votes is a 1939 American drama film starring John Barrymore as a widowed professor turned drunkard who has the deciding vote in an election for mayor. It was based on the short story of the same name by Gordon Malherbe Hillman published in the November 1933 issue of American Magazine. " }, { "title": "The Great Victor Herbert", "year": 1939, "genres": "Biography, Musical", "cast": "Mary Martin, Allan Jones", "extract": "The Great Victor Herbert is a 1939 American musical film directed by Andrew L. Stone. During production, the movie was slated to be called The Gay Days of Victor Herbert." }, { "title": "Gulliver's Travels", "year": 1939, "genres": "Animated, Fantasy, Musical", "cast": "Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer", "extract": "Gulliver's Travels is a 1939 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Max Fleischer and directed by Dave Fleischer for Fleischer Studios. Released to cinemas in the United States on December 22, 1939, by Paramount Pictures, the story is a very loose adaptation of Jonathan Swift's 1726 nove" }, { "title": "Gunga Din", "year": 1939, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe", "extract": "Gunga Din is a 1939 American adventure film from RKO Radio Pictures directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., loosely based on the 1890 poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling combined with elements of his 1888 short story collection Soldiers Th" }, { "title": "The Hardys Ride High", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden", "extract": "The Hardys Ride High (1939) is the sixth film of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Andy Hardy series." }, { "title": "Hawaiian Nights", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Constance Moore, Johnny Downs", "extract": "Hawaiian Nights is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell. Produced by Universal Pictures, the film was written by Charles Grayson and Lee Loeb. It stars Johnny Downs, Constance Moore, and Mary Carlisle." }, { "title": "Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Glenn Ford, Jean Rogers, Ward Bond", "extract": "Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence is a 1939 drama film written by Dalton Trumbo, directed by Ricardo Cortez, and starring Jean Rogers, Raymond Walburn, Marjorie Rambeau and Glenn Ford. This was the first major screen role for both Ford and Richard Conte, and Ford was billed fourth." }, { "title": "Hell's Kitchen", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Dead End Kids, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Ronald Reagan", "extract": "Hell's Kitchen is a 1939 thriller Warner Bros. film starring The Dead End Kids and Ronald Reagan." }, { "title": "Here I Am a Stranger", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Richard Dix, Richard Greene", "extract": "Here I Am a Stranger is a 1939 American drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and written by Sam Hellman and Milton Sperling. The film stars Richard Greene and Richard Dix as son and father. It was based on the short story of the same name by Gordon Malherbe Hillman. The film was released on September" }, { "title": "Henry Goes Arizona", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Frank Morgan, Virginia Weidler, Guy Kibbee", "extract": "Henry Goes Arizona is a 1939 American Western film starring Frank Morgan." }, { "title": "Heroes in Blue", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Dick Purcell, Bernadene Hayes", "extract": "Heroes in Blue is a 1939 American crime film produced by T.R. Williams for Monogram Pictures, directed by William Watson and starring Dick Purcell, Bernadene Hayes and Frank Sheridan. The screenplay was written by Charles Williams from an original story by Charles Williams and Charles Curran. The fi" }, { "title": "Hollywood Cavalcade", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Alice Faye, Don Ameche", "extract": "Hollywood Cavalcade is a 1939 American film featuring Alice Faye as a young performer making her way in the early days of Hollywood, from slapstick silent pictures through the transition from silent to sound." }, { "title": "Homicide Bureau", "year": 1939, "genres": "Action", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Rita Hayworth, Marc Lawrence", "extract": "Homicide Bureau is a 1939 American action film, directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Bruce Cabot, Rita Hayworth, and Marc Lawrence." }, { "title": "Honeymoon in Bali", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Romance", "cast": "Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray", "extract": "Honeymoon in Bali is a 1939 American romantic comedy film. It is also known by the alternative titles Husbands or Lovers and My Love for Yours. Virginia Van Upp's screenplay was based on the short stories \"Our Miss Keane\" by Grace Sartwell Mason in The Saturday Evening Post of May 24, 1923, and \"Fre" }, { "title": "The Honeymoon's Over", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver", "extract": "The Honeymoon's Over is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Leonard Hoffman, Hamilton MacFadden and Clay Williams. It is based on the 1921 play Six-Cylinder Love by William Anthony McGuire. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver, Patric Knowles, Russell Hicks, J" }, { "title": "Honolulu", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, War", "cast": "Eleanor Powell, Burns and Allen", "extract": "Honolulu is a 1939 American musical comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring dancer Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, George Burns and Gracie Allen. The picture was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Also appearing in the film are Rita Johnson, Eddie \"Rochester\" Anderson, Sig Rumann and Ruth Hu" }, { "title": "Hotel for Women", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, James Ellison", "extract": "Hotel for Women is a 1939 American drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, and James Ellison. It was Darnell's screen debut." }, { "title": "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene", "extract": "The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1939 American gothic mystery film based on the 1902 Sherlock Holmes novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Directed by Sidney Lanfield, the film stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson. Released by 20th Century Fox, it " }, { "title": "The House of Fear", "year": 1939, "genres": "Horror, Mystery", "cast": "William Gargan, Irene Hervey", "extract": "The House of Fear is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Joe May and starring William Gargan, Irene Hervey and Dorothy Arnold. After an actor is killed during the middle of a play the theatre is closed. A year later a young producer re-assembles the cast and re-opens the theatre, intending to t" }, { "title": "The Housekeeper's Daughter", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Joan Bennett, John Hubbard", "extract": "The Housekeeper's Daughter is a 1939 comedy film directed and produced by Hal Roach. The film stars Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou and John Hubbard. The screenplay was written by Rian James, Gordon Douglas, Jack Jevne and Claude Martin, based on a novel by Donald Henderson Clarke." }, { "title": "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara", "extract": "The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1939 American romantic drama film starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara. Directed by William Dieterle and produced by Pandro S. Berman, the film is based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel. The film is also noted for being the first film ever shown at the Cannes Film" }, { "title": "The Ice Follies of 1939", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Drama", "cast": "Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, Lewis Stone", "extract": "The Ice Follies of 1939 is a 1939 American musical drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel, and starring Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone." }, { "title": "Idiot's Delight", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold", "extract": "Idiot's Delight is a 1939 MGM comedy drama with a screenplay adapted by Robert E. Sherwood from his 1936 Pulitzer-Prize-winning play of the same name. The production reunited director Clarence Brown, Clark Gable and Norma Shearer eight years after they worked together on A Free Soul. The play takes " }, { "title": "I'm from Missouri", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Bob Burns, Gladys George, Patricia Morison", "extract": "I'm from Missouri is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Theodore Reed and written by Duke Atteberry and Jack Moffitt. The film stars Bob Burns, Gladys George, Gene Lockhart, Judith Barrett, William \"Bill\" Henry and Patricia Morison. The film was released on April 7, 1939, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "In Name Only", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Kay Francis", "extract": "In Name Only is a 1939 romantic film starring Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, and Kay Francis, directed by John Cromwell. It was based on the 1935 novel Memory of Love by Bessie Breuer. The fictional town where it is set, Bridgefield, Connecticut, is based on the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut." }, { "title": "Indianapolis Speedway", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan, John Payne", "extract": "Indianapolis Speedway is a 1939 American drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Sig Herzig and Wally Kline.The film stars Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, John Payne, Gale Page, Frank McHugh and Grace Stafford. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 5, 1939." }, { "title": "Intermezzo", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman", "extract": "Intermezzo is a 1939 American romantic film remake of a 1936 Swedish film of the same title. It stars Leslie Howard as a married virtuoso violinist who falls in love with his accompanist, played by Ingrid Bergman in her Hollywood debut. The film was directed by Gregory Ratoff and produced by David O" }, { "title": "The Invisible Killer", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Grace Bradley, Roland Drew, William Newell", "extract": "The Invisible Killer is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Grace Bradley, Roland Drew and William Newell. It was one of the earliest films made by Producers Releasing Corporation, a low-budget outfit concentrating on second features." }, { "title": "Invisible Stripes", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden", "extract": "Invisible Stripes is a 1939 Warner Bros. crime film starring George Raft as a gangster unable to go straight after returning home from prison. The movie was directed by Lloyd Bacon and also features William Holden, Jane Bryan and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay by Warren Duff was based on the novel " }, { "title": "Invitation to Happiness", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charlie Ruggles", "extract": "Invitation to Happiness is a 1939 American drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Claude Binyon. The film stars Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charlie Ruggles, Billy Cook, William Collier, Sr. and Marion Martin. The film was released on June 16, 1939, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "I Stole a Million", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Noir", "cast": "George Raft, Claire Trevor", "extract": "I Stole a Million is a 1939 film noir crime film starring George Raft as a cab driver turned small-time crook who makes a big score and lives to regret it. The supporting cast includes Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, and Victor Jory. The movie was written by Nathanael West based on a story idea by Lester" }, { "title": "It Could Happen to You", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Gloria Stuart, Stuart Erwin", "extract": "It Could Happen to You is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Lou Breslow and Allen Rivkin. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Gloria Stuart, Raymond Walburn, Douglas Fowley, June Gale and Clarence Kolb. The film was released on June 8, 1939, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "It's a Wonderful World", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Mystery, War", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton", "extract": "It's a Wonderful World is a 1939 American romantic screwball comedy-mystery film, starring Claudette Colbert and James Stewart and directed by W. S. Van Dyke." }, { "title": "I Was a Convict", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Barton MacLane, Beverly Roberts", "extract": "I Was a Convict is a 1939 American crime film directed by Aubrey Scotto and written by Robert Hardy Andrews and Ben Markson. The film stars Barton MacLane, Beverly Roberts, Clarence Kolb, Janet Beecher, Horace McMahon and Ben Welden. The film was released on March 6, 1939, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Jesse James", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott", "extract": "Jesse James is a 1939 American Western film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly and Randolph Scott. Written by Nunnally Johnson, the film is loosely based on the life of Jesse James, the outlaw from whom the film derives its name. The supporting cast features H" }, { "title": "Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Ann Sothern, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan", "extract": "Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Melville Baker. The film stars Ann Sothern, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan, William Gargan, Marsha Hunt and Tom Neal. It was released on December 1, 1939, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "The Jones Family in Hollywood", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Spring Byington, June Carlson", "extract": "The Jones Family in Hollywood is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Harold Tarshis. The film stars Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Kenneth Howell, George Ernest, June Carlson and Florence Roberts. It was released on June 2, 1939 by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Juarez", "year": 1939, "genres": "Biography, Drama, Historical", "cast": "Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains", "extract": "Juarez is a 1939 American historical drama film directed by William Dieterle. The screenplay by Aeneas MacKenzie, John Huston, and Wolfgang Reinhardt is based on the 1934 biography The Phantom Crown by Bertita Harding and the 1925 play Juarez and Maximilian by Franz Werfel." }, { "title": "Judge Hardy and Son", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden", "extract": "Judge Hardy and Son (1939) is the 8th film, of 16, in the Andy Hardy series. It is the last MGM film in the 1930s." }, { "title": "The Kansas Terrors", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Robert Livingston, Duncan Renaldo", "extract": "The Kansas Terrors is a 1939 American Western \"Three Mesquiteers\" B-movie directed by George Sherman." }, { "title": "The Kid from Kokomo", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Joan Blondell", "extract": "The Kid from Kokomo is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Joan Blondell, May Robson, Jane Wyman and Stanley Fields. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 23, 1939." }, { "title": "The Kid from Texas", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western, Comedy, Sports", "cast": "Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Jessie Ralph, Buddy Ebsen", "extract": "The Kid from Texas is a 1939 Western sports comedy film." }, { "title": "King of the Turf", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Adolphe Menjou, Dolores Costello, Roger Daniel", "extract": "King of the Turf is a 1939 American drama film starring Adolphe Menjou." }, { "title": "King of the Underworld", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis", "extract": "King of the Underworld is a 1939 crime drama film starring Humphrey Bogart as a gangster and Kay Francis as a doctor forced to treat him. It was directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a remake of the 1935 film Dr. Socrates, which was based on a short story by W. R. Burnett." }, { "title": "Konga, the Wild Stallion", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Fred Stone, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Fiske", "extract": "Konga, the Wild Stallion is a 1939 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring Fred Stone, Rochelle Hudson and Richard Fiske." }, { "title": "Lady of the Tropics", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Schildkraut", "extract": "Lady of the Tropics is a 1939 American drama film directed by Jack Conway, starring Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, and Joseph Schildkraut." }, { "title": "The Lady's from Kentucky", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Raft, Ellen Drew", "extract": "The Lady's from Kentucky is a 1939 film directed by Alexander Hall and starring George Raft and Ellen Drew. It was written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan from a story by Rowland Brown. The screenplay involves a failing bookie (Raft) who becomes half owner of a racehorse, with a Kentucky lady (Drew) owning" }, { "title": "Laugh It Off", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Johnny Downs, Constance Moore", "extract": "Laugh It Off is a 1939 American musical film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Johnny Downs, Constance Moore, Marjorie Rambeau and Cecil Cunningham. It was shot at Universal City in Hollywood. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Otterson." }, { "title": "Law of the Pampas", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, Steffi Duna", "extract": "Law of the Pampas is a 1949 American Western film directed by Nate Watt and written by Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Sidney Toler, Steffi Duna, Sidney Blackmer, Pedro de Cordoba and William Duncan. The film was released on November 3, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. Hung" }, { "title": "Let Freedom Ring", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Western", "cast": "Nelson Eddy, Virginia Bruce, Victor McLaglen, Lionel Barrymore", "extract": "Let Freedom Ring is a 1939 in Sepiatone Western directed by Jack Conway, starring Nelson Eddy and Virginia Bruce." }, { "title": "Let Us Live", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Thriller", "cast": "Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy", "extract": "Let Us Live is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda and Ralph Bellamy." }, { "title": "The Light That Failed", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Ida Lupino", "extract": "The Light That Failed is a 1939 drama film based on Rudyard Kipling's 1891 novel of the same name. It stars Ronald Colman as an artist who is going blind." }, { "title": "The Little Princess", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise", "extract": "The Little Princess is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang. The screenplay by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris is loosely based on the 1905 novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor. It was also h" }, { "title": "The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery, Adventure", "cast": "Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth", "extract": "The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Peter Godfrey and written by Jonathan Latimer. The film stars Warren William and Ida Lupino. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on January 27, 1939." }, { "title": "Love Affair", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer", "extract": "Love Affair is a 1939 American romantic film, co-starring Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne, and featuring Maria Ouspenskaya. It was directed by Leo McCarey and written by Delmer Daves and Donald Ogden Stewart, based on a story by McCarey and Mildred Cram. Controversial on concept, the official screenpl" }, { "title": "Lucky Night", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Comedy", "cast": "Myrna Loy, Robert Taylor", "extract": "Lucky Night (1939) is a comedy movie from MGM starring Robert Taylor and Myrna Loy, directed by Norman Taurog." }, { "title": "Made for Each Other", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "James Stewart, Carole Lombard, Charles Coburn", "extract": "Made for Each Other is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by John Cromwell, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Carole Lombard, James Stewart, and Charles Coburn. Lombard and Stewart portray a couple who get married after only knowing each other for one day." }, { "title": "The Mad Empress", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Historical", "cast": "Conrad Nagel, Medea de Novara", "extract": "The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico (Nagel) and his struggles against Benito Juarez (Robards). Empress Carlotta (Novora) is the \"mad\" empress who has a breakdown when she realizes her husband is condemned to death." }, { "title": "The Magnificent Fraud", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Crime", "cast": "Akim Tamiroff, Patricia Morison", "extract": "The Magnificent Fraud is a 1939 American crime film directed by Robert Florey and starring Akim Tamiroff, Lloyd Nolan, Mary Boland and Patricia Morison." }, { "title": "Main Street Lawyer", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Anita Louise", "extract": "Main Street Lawyer is a 1939 American crime film directed by Dudley Murphy and written by Joseph Krumgold and Devery Freeman. The film stars Edward Ellis, Anita Louise, Robert Baldwin, Harold Huber, Clem Bevans and Margaret Hamilton. The film was released on November 3, 1939, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Maisie", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Ruth Hussey", "extract": "Maisie is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Edwin L. Marin based on the 1935 novel Dark Dame by Wilson Collison. The rights to the novel were originally purchased by MGM for a Jean Harlow film, but Harlow died in 1937 before a shooting script could be completed. The project was put on hold unt" }, { "title": "Man About Town", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Musical", "cast": "Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour", "extract": "Man About Town is a 1939 musical comedy film starring Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, and Edward Arnold. The screenplay concerns a producer who tries to get his leading lady to take him seriously romantically by pursuing other women." }, { "title": "The Man in the Iron Mask", "year": 1939, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William", "extract": "The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1939 American film very loosely adapted from the last section of the 1847-1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask." }, { "title": "Man of Conquest", "year": 1939, "genres": "Biography, Western", "cast": "Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine", "extract": "Man of Conquest is a 1939 American Western film directed by George Nicholls Jr. and starring Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, and Joan Fontaine. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Score, Best Sound, and Best Art Direction." }, { "title": "The Man They Could Not Hang", "year": 1939, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Boris Karloff", "extract": "The Man They Could Not Hang is a 1939 American horror film directed by Nick Grinde from a screenplay by Karl Brown. It stars Boris Karloff as Dr. Henryk Savaard, a scientist who develops a procedure for bringing the dead back to life. When he is arrested and sentenced to be executed for murdering a " }, { "title": "The Man Who Dared", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Jane Bryan, Charley Grapewin", "extract": "The Man Who Dared is a 1939 American crime film directed by Crane Wilbur and written by Lee Katz. The film stars Jane Bryan, Charley Grapewin, Henry O'Neill, Johnny Russell, Elisabeth Risdon and James McCallion. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 3, 1939." }, { "title": "The Marshal of Mesa City", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "George O'Brien, Virginia Vale", "extract": "The Marshal of Mesa City is a 1939 American Western film directed by David Howard from a screenplay by Jack Lait Jr.." }, { "title": "Mexicali Rose", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette", "extract": "Mexicali Rose is a 1939 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Noah Beery. Based on a story by Luci Ward and Connie Lee, the film is about a singing cowboy who fights corrupt oil men selling worthless stock from a non-existent well located on l" }, { "title": "Midnight", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore", "extract": "Midnight is a 1939 American screwball comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer, Mary Astor, and Elaine Barrie. Written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder and based on a story by Edwin Justus Mayer and Franz Schulz, the film" }, { "title": "Million Dollar Legs", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Betty Grable, Buster Crabbe, Donald O'Connor", "extract": "Million Dollar Legs is a 1939 American comedy film starring Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, John Hartley and Donald O'Connor." }, { "title": "Miracles for Sale", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Robert Young, Florence Rice", "extract": "Miracles for Sale is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Tod Browning, and starring Robert Young and Florence Rice. It was Browning's final film as a director. The film is based on a locked-room mystery novel by well-known mystery writer Clayton Rawson, Death from a Top Hat, which was the first" }, { "title": "Missing Daughters", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Richard Arlen, Rochelle Hudson, Marian Marsh, Isabel Jewell", "extract": "Missing Daughters is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles C. Coleman. It stars Richard Arlen, Rochelle Hudson, and Marian Marsh." }, { "title": "Missing Evidence", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Preston Foster, Irene Hervey, Inez Courtney", "extract": "Missing Evidence is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Preston Foster, Irene Hervey, and Inez Courtney, and was released on December 15, 1939." }, { "title": "Moon Over Harlem", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bud Harris, Cora Green", "extract": "Moon Over Harlem is a 1939 American race film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer." }, { "title": "Mr. Moto in Danger Island", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt", "extract": "Mr. Moto in Danger Island is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt and Amanda Duff. It is part of the Mr. Moto series of films." }, { "title": "Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Peter Lorre, Joseph Schildkraut, Virginia Field", "extract": "Mr Moto Takes A Vacation (1939) is a Norman Foster-directed entry in the Mr. Moto film series, with Lionel Atwill and Joseph Schildkraut and George P. Huntley, Jr, as Archie Featherstone, in supporting roles." }, { "title": "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Comedy, Political", "cast": "James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains", "extract": "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American political comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra, starring Jean Arthur and James Stewart, and featuring Claude Rains and Edward Arnold. The film is about a newly appointed United States Senator who fights against a corrupt political system, and was " }, { "title": "Mr. Wong in Chinatown", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers", "extract": "Mr. Wong in Chinatown is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong." }, { "title": "My Son Is a Criminal", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Alan Baxter, Julie Bishop, Gordon Oliver, Willard Robertson", "extract": "My Son Is a Criminal is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles C. Coleman and starring Alan Baxter, Julie Bishop, Gordon Oliver and Willard Robertson." }, { "title": "My Son Is Guilty", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Glenn Ford", "extract": "My Son Is Guilty is a 1939 American action adventure crime film directed by Charles Barton and produced by Jack Fier. It stars Bruce Cabot, Jacqueline Wells, Harry Carey and Wynne Gibson." }, { "title": "The Mysterious Miss X", "year": 1939, "genres": "Suspense", "cast": "Mary Hart", "extract": "The Mysterious Miss X is a 1939 film directed by Gus Meins and starring Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler and Mary Hart." }, { "title": "The Mystery of Mr. Wong", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree", "extract": "The Mystery of Mr. Wong is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff." }, { "title": "Mystery of the White Room", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Joan Woodbury", "extract": "Mystery of the White Room is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and starring Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack and Joan Woodbury. A surgeon is killed during the middle of an operation when the hospital room is thrown into darkness. The police investigate to find out who is behind the murder" }, { "title": "Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery", "cast": "Bonita Granville, John Litel", "extract": "Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Clemens and written by Kenneth Garnet. It is fourth and last in a series of films starring Bonita Granville as teenage amateur detective Nancy Drew, Frankie Thomas as her boyfriend, and John Litel as her father. " }, { "title": "Nancy Drew... Reporter", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas", "extract": "Nancy Drew... Reporter is a 1939 American comedy-mystery film directed by William Clemens and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee, Dickie Jones and Larry Williams. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 18, 1939." }, { "title": "Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy", "cast": "Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel", "extract": "Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter is a 1939 American comedy film directed by William Clemens and written by Kenneth Gamet. The film stars Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Aldrich Bowker, Charlotte Wynters and Edgar Edwards. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 17, 1939." }, { "title": "Naughty but Nice", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Dick Powell, Ann Sheridan, Gale Page", "extract": "Naughty but Nice is a 1939 Warner Bros. musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright, starring Dick Powell and Ann Sheridan and featuring Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, and Helen Broderick, with Allen Jenkins, ZaSu Pitts, and Maxie Rosenbloom in supporting roles. The original story and screenplay were wri" }, { "title": "Never Say Die", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Martha Raye, Bob Hope", "extract": "Never Say Die is a 1939 American romantic comedy film starring Martha Raye and Bob Hope. Based on a play of the same title by William H. Post and William Collier Sr., which ran on Broadway for 151 performances in 1912, the film was directed by Elliott Nugent and written for the screen by Dan Hartman" }, { "title": "New Frontier", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Jennifer Jones", "extract": "New Frontier is a 1939 American Western film starring John Wayne, Ray \"Crash\" Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, and Jennifer Jones. This was the last of eight Three Mesquiteers Western B-movies with Wayne. A restored 35 mm copy of the film exists, and was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York Cit" }, { "title": "News Is Made at Night", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Preston Foster, Lynn Bari", "extract": "News Is Made at Night is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by John Larkin. The film stars Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier, Eddie Collins and Minor Watson. The film was released on July 21, 1939, by 20th Century Fox." }, { "title": "Nick Carter, Master Detective", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Henry Hull", "extract": "Nick Carter, Master Detective is a 1939 film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Walter Pidgeon. It is based original stories created for the screen featuring the Nick Carter character from the long-running literary series." }, { "title": "The Night of Nights", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Olympe Bradna, Roland Young", "extract": "The Night of Nights is a 1939 black-and-white drama film written by Donald Ogden Stewart and directed by Lewis Milestone for Paramount Pictures that starred Pat O'Brien, Olympe Bradna, and Roland Young." }, { "title": "The Night Riders", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ray Corrigan", "extract": "The Night Riders is a 1939 American \"Three Mesquiteers\" Western film starring John Wayne, Ray \"Crash\" Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one Three Mesquiteer films. The director was George Sherman. The villain of the film was based on a real-life character in the " }, { "title": "Night Work", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Mary Boland, Donald O'Connor", "extract": "Night Work is a 1939 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Billy Lee, and Donald O'Connor. The film is the sequel to Boy Trouble." }, { "title": "Ninotchka", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi", "extract": "Ninotchka is a 1939 American romantic comedy film made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. It was written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, and Walter Reisch, based on a screen story by Melchior Lengyel. Ninotchka is Greta Gar" }, { "title": "No Place to Go", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Dennis Morgan, Gloria Dickson", "extract": "No Place to Go is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Terry O. Morse and written by Fred Niblo Jr., Lee Katz and Lawrence Kimble. It was adapted from the 1924 play, Minick, written by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. The film stars Dennis Morgan, Gloria Dickson, Fred Stone, Sonny Bupp, Aldrich" }, { "title": "North of the Yukon", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett", "extract": "North of the Yukon is a 1939 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring Charles Starrett." }, { "title": "Nurse Edith Cavell", "year": 1939, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver", "extract": "Nurse Edith Cavell is a 1939 American film directed by British director Herbert Wilcox about Edith Cavell.\nThe film was nominated at the 1939 Oscars for Best Original Score." }, { "title": "Off the Record", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby Jordan", "extract": "Off the Record is a 1939 American drama film directed by James Flood and written by Niven Busch, Lawrence Kimble and Earl Baldwin. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby Jordan, Alan Baxter, William B. Davidson and Morgan Conway. The film was released by Warner Bros. on January 21, 1939." }, { "title": "Of Mice and Men", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney Jr.", "extract": "Of Mice and Men is a 1939 American drama film based on the 1937 play of the same name, which itself was based on the novella of the same name by author John Steinbeck. The film stars Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, and Lon Chaney Jr., and features Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele, and Noah " }, { "title": "The Oklahoma Kid", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Donald Crisp", "extract": "The Oklahoma Kid is a 1939 Western film starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. The film was directed for Warner Bros. by Lloyd Bacon. Cagney plays an adventurous gunslinger in a broad-brimmed cowboy hat while Bogart portrays his black-clad and viciously villainous nemesis. The film is often reme" }, { "title": "Oklahoma Terror", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Virginia Carroll, Addison Randall", "extract": "Oklahoma Terror is a 1939 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet." }, { "title": "The Old Maid", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent", "extract": "The Old Maid is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by Casey Robinson is based on the 1935 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Zoë Akins, which was adapted from the 1924 Edith Wharton novella The Old Maid: the Fifties." }, { "title": "On Borrowed Time", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel", "extract": "On Borrowed Time is a 1939 film about the role death plays in life, and how humanity cannot live without it. It is adapted from Paul Osborn's 1938 Broadway hit play. The play, based on a novel by Lawrence Edward Watkin, has been revived twice on Broadway since its original run." }, { "title": "On Dress Parade", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "The Dead End Kids", "extract": "The 'Dead End' Kids \"On Dress Parade\" is a 1939 Warner Bros. film that marked the first time The Dead End Kids headlined a film without any other well-known actors." }, { "title": "On Your Toes", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Eddie Albert, Vera Zorina, Queenie Smith", "extract": "On Your Toes (1936) is a musical with a book by Richard Rodgers, George Abbott, and Lorenz Hart, music by Rodgers, and lyrics by Hart. It was adapted into a film in 1939." }, { "title": "Only Angels Have Wings", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Adventure, War", "cast": "Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth", "extract": "Only Angels Have Wings is a 1939 American adventure drama film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur, and is based on a story written by Hawks. Its plot follows the manager of an air freight company in a remote South American port town who is forced to risk his pilots' lives " }, { "title": "On Trial", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "John Litel, Margaret Lindsay", "extract": "On Trial is a 1939 drama film directed by Terry O. Morse and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It is based on the 1914 Broadway play by Elmer Rice. Warners had previously filmed Rice's play in 1928 as an early talkie, also called On Trial, and, earlier, in 1917, Essanay Studios had made a sil" }, { "title": "...One Third of a Nation...", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Sylvia Sidney, Leif Erickson, Myron McCormick, Hiram Sherman", "extract": "...One Third of a Nation... is a 1939 American drama film directed by Dudley Murphy and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett and Dudley Murphy. The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Leif Erickson, Myron McCormick, Hiram Sherman, the future director Sidney Lumet and Muriel Hutchison. The film was released on Febru" }, { "title": "The Oregon Trail", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stanley", "extract": "The Oregon Trail is a 1939 American Western film serial starring Johnny Mack Brown and released by Universal Pictures." }, { "title": "Our Neighbors – The Carters", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Fay Bainter", "extract": "Our Neighbors – The Carters is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by S.K. Lauren. The film stars Fay Bainter, Frank Craven, Edmund Lowe, Genevieve Tobin, Mary Thomas and Mildred Coles. The film was released on November 24, 1939, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Outlaws' Paradise", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay", "extract": "Outlaws' Paradise is a 1939 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and was produced by Victory Pictures Corporations" }, { "title": "Outpost of the Mounties", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett", "extract": "Outpost of the Mounties is a 1939 American Western film directed by Charles C. Coleman and starring Charles Starrett." }, { "title": "Outside These Walls", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Dolores Costello, Virginia Weidler", "extract": "Outside These Walls is a 1939 American crime film directed by Ray McCarey and starring Michael Whalen, Dolores Costello and Virginia Weidler." }, { "title": "Overland Mail", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Jack Randall, Vince Barnett, Dennis Moore", "extract": "Overland Mail is a 1939 American western film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Jack Randall, Vince Barnett and Dennis Moore. It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures which specialized in low-budget second features, particularly westerns." }, { "title": "Pacific Liner", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Action, Adventure", "cast": "Victor McLaglen, Wendy Barrie", "extract": "Pacific Liner is a 1939 American action/adventure film directed by Lew Landers. The film stars Victor McLaglen, Chester Morris and Wendy Barrie. Pacific Liner is primarily set in the engineering section of the vessel, where a stowaway has infected the crew with cholera. While passengers remain obliv" }, { "title": "Panama Lady", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Lucille Ball, Allan Lane", "extract": "Panama Lady is a 1939 film starring Lucille Ball." }, { "title": "Paris Honeymoon", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Shirley Ross", "extract": "Paris Honeymoon is a 1939 American musical film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Frank Butler and Don Hartman. The film stars Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Shirley Ross, Edward Everett Horton and Ben Blue. Filming took place in Hollywood from May 23 to July 1938 and the film was" }, { "title": "Persons in Hiding", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Patricia Morison, Lynne Overman", "extract": "Persons in Hiding is a 1939 American crime film directed by Louis King and written by William R. Lipman and Horace McCoy. The film stars Lynne Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, William \"Bill\" Henry, Helen Twelvetrees and William Frawley. The film was released on February 10, 1939, by Param" }, { "title": "Pirates of the Skies", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson, Regis Toomey", "extract": "Pirates of the Skies is a 1939 American action film directed by Joseph A. McDonough and written by Lester Cole and Ben Grauman Kohn. The film stars Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson, Regis Toomey, Marion Martin, Samuel S. Hinds, Ray Walker and Lucien Littlefield. Pirates of the Skies was released on Febr" }, { "title": "Private Detective", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Jane Wyman, Dick Foran", "extract": "Private Detective is a 1939 American drama film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Earle Snell and Raymond L. Schrock. The film stars Jane Wyman and Dick Foran and is based on the short story \"Invitation to Murder\" by Kay Krausse in the Pocket Detective Magazine. It was released by Warner Bros" }, { "title": "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Historical", "cast": "Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp", "extract": "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, for a time also entitled Elizabeth the Queen, is a 1939 American historical romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson—which had a s" }, { "title": "Quick Millions", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Family, Teen", "cast": "Jed Prouty, Spring Byington", "extract": "Quick Millions is a 1939 American comedy film co-written by Buster Keaton, one of the series of seventeen Jones Family films beginning with Every Saturday Night (1936) and ending with On Their Own (1940). Spring Byington appeared in all seventeen; Jed Prouty in all but the last one. In this entry th" }, { "title": "Racketeers of the Range", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Marjorie Reynolds, Chill Wills", "extract": "Racketeers of the Range is a 1939 American Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman from a screenplay by Oliver Drake, based on Bernard McConville's story. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film was released on May 26, 1939. and stars George O'Brien, Chill Wills, and Marjorie Reyn" }, { "title": "Raffles", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Comedy", "cast": "David Niven, Olivia de Havilland", "extract": "Raffles is a 1939 American crime comedy film starring David Niven and Olivia de Havilland, and is one of several film adaptations of an 1899 short story collection by E. W. Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman." }, { "title": "The Rains Came", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Drama", "cast": "Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy, George Brent, Nigel Bruce, Brenda Joyce", "extract": "The Rains Came is a 1939 20th Century Fox film based on an American novel by Louis Bromfield. The film was directed by Clarence Brown and stars Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce, and Maria Ouspenskaya." }, { "title": "Range War", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd", "extract": "Range War is a 1939 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Sam Robins and Walter C. Roberts. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood, Pedro de Cordoba, Willard Robertson, Matt Moore and Betty Moran. The film was released on September 8, 1939, by Paramount Pi" }, { "title": "The Real Glory", "year": 1939, "genres": "Adventure, Drama", "cast": "Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds", "extract": "The Real Glory is a 1939 Samuel Goldwyn Productions adventure film starring Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds and Broderick Crawford released by United Artists in the weeks immediately following Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. Based on a 1937 novel of the same name by Charles L. Clifford and" }, { "title": "Remember?", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy", "cast": "Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Lew Ayres, Billie Burke", "extract": "Remember? is an American romantic comedy released on December 19, 1939, directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Robert Taylor, Greer Garson and Lew Ayres. It was rushed into production by MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer to capitalize on the attention and publicity generated by Greer Garson in her " }, { "title": "Reno", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gail Patrick, Anita Louise", "extract": "Reno is a 1939 film directed by John Farrow and starring Richard Dix, Gail Patrick and Anita Louise." }, { "title": "The Return of Doctor X", "year": 1939, "genres": "Science Fiction, Horror", "cast": "Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "The Return of Doctor X is a 1939 American science fiction-horror film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, and Humphrey Bogart as the title character. It was based on the short story \"The Doctor's Secret\" by William J. Makin. Despite supposedly being a sequel to Doct" }, { "title": "Rio", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Basil Rathbone, Robert Cummings, Sigrid Gurie", "extract": "Rio is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Brahm and starring Basil Rathbone and Victor McLaglen." }, { "title": "The Roaring Twenties", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Thriller", "cast": "James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart", "extract": "The Roaring Twenties is a 1939 American crime thriller film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, and Gladys George. The film, spanning the periods between 1919 and 1933, was written by Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay and Robert Rossen. The film follows thr" }, { "title": "Romance of the Redwoods", "year": 1939, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Charles Bickford, Jean Parker", "extract": "Romance of the Redwoods is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Charles Bickford, Jean Parker and Gordon Oliver. It is based on the 1899 short story The White Silence by Jack London." }, { "title": "Rose of Washington Square", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Comedy, Drama, Musical", "cast": "Alice Faye, Tyrone Power", "extract": "Rose of Washington Square is a 1939 American musical drama film, featuring the already well-known popular song with the same title. Set in 1920s New York City, the film focuses on singer Rose Sargent and her turbulent relationship with con artist Barton DeWitt Clinton, whose criminal activities thre" }, { "title": "Rulers of the Sea", "year": 1939, "genres": "Historical, Drama", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood, Will Fyffe", "extract": "Rulers of the Sea is a 1939 American historical drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood and Will Fyffe. The film's story is based on the voyage of the SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the North Atlantic, from Britain to the United States. The" }, { "title": "The Saint in London", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "George Sanders, Sally Gray", "extract": "The Saint in London is a 1939 British crime film, the third of eight films in RKO's film series featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, alias \"The Saint\"." }, { "title": "The Saint Strikes Back", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "George Sanders, Wendy Barrie", "extract": "The Saint Strikes Back is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Farrow. It marks the second cinematic incarnation of the antihero crimefighting character Simon Templar, alias \"The Saint\". George Sanders replaced Louis Hayward, who had played the Saint in The Saint in New York. The movie was pr" }, { "title": "Second Fiddle", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Romance", "cast": "Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallée", "extract": "Second Fiddle is a 1939 American musical romance film directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallée and Lyle Talbot and released by 20th Century Fox. The score was composed by Irving Berlin. The screenplay, based on George Bradshaw's story Heart Interest, involves a Ho" }, { "title": "The Secret of Dr. Kildare", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lionel Atwill", "extract": "The Secret of Dr. Kildare is a 1939 American film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This was the fourth of a total of ten Dr. Kildare pictures, Lew Ayres starred all but the first." }, { "title": "Secret Service of the Air", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Adventure", "cast": "Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Ila Rhodes", "extract": "Secret Service of the Air is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Ronald Reagan. This film was the first in Warner Bros.' Secret Service series. The series consisted of four films, all starring Ronald Reagan as Lieutenant \"Brass\" Bancroft of the U.S. Secret Service a" }, { "title": "Sergeant Madden", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Noir", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Tom Brown, Alan Curtis, Laraine Day", "extract": "Sergeant Madden is a 1939 film noir forerunner directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Wallace Beery. The supporting cast in this dark police crime drama, noted for its imaginative and evocative cinematography, includes Tom Brown, Laraine Day, Alan Curtis, and Marc Lawrence." }, { "title": "She Married a Cop", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jean Parker, Phil Regan", "extract": "She Married a Cop is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Sidney Salkow and written by Olive Cooper. The film stars Phil Regan, Jean Parker, Jerome Cowan, Dorothea Kent, Benny Baker and Barnett Parker. The film was released on July 12, 1939, by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Silver on the Sage", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "William Boyd, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Russell Hayden", "extract": "Silver on the Sage is a 1939 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Maurice Geraghty. Starring William Boyd, George \"Gabby\" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Ruth Rogers, Stanley Ridges, Frederick Burton and Jack Rockwell, it was released on March 31, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. Silv" }, { "title": "Smashing the Money Ring", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Adventure", "cast": "Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson", "extract": "Smashing the Money Ring is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Terry O. Morse, written by Anthony Coldeway and Raymond L. Schrock, and starring Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson, Eddie Foy, Jr., Joe Downing, Charles D. Brown and Joe King. It was released by Warner Bros. on October 21, 1939." }, { "title": "Society Lawyer", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Eduardo Ciannelli", "extract": "Society Lawyer is a 1939 crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce. It is a milder remake of the pre-Code Penthouse (1933)." }, { "title": "Some Like It Hot", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Gene Krupa", "extract": "Some Like It Hot, reissued for television as Rhythm Romance, is a 1939 comedy film starring Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, and Gene Krupa. Directed by George Archainbaud, its screenplay was written by Wilkie C. Mahoney and Lewis R. Foster, based on the play The Great Magoo by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler, whi" }, { "title": "The Son of Frankenstein", "year": 1939, "genres": "Horror", "cast": "Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff", "extract": "Son of Frankenstein is a 1939 American horror film that was directed by Rowland V. Lee and stars Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. The film is the third in Universal Pictures' Frankenstein series and is the follow-up to the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein. Son of Frankenstein stars Rath" }, { "title": "Sorority House", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Anne Shirley, James Ellison", "extract": "Sorority House is a 1939 American drama film starring Anne Shirley and James Ellison. The film was directed by John Farrow and based upon the Mary Coyle Chase play named Chi House." }, { "title": "S.O.S. Tidal Wave", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Ralph Byrd", "extract": "S.O.S. Tidal Wave is a 1939 American crime film directed by John H. Auer and written by Gordon Kahn and Maxwell Shane. The film stars Ralph Byrd, George Barbier, Kay Sutton, Frank Jenks, Marc Lawrence and Dorothy Lee. It was released on June 2, 1939 by Republic Pictures." }, { "title": "Stagecoach", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Berton Churchill, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine", "extract": "Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay by Dudley Nichols is an adaptation of \"The Stage to Lordsburg\", a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The film follows a group of strangers riding on a s" }, { "title": "Stand Up and Fight", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Western", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Robert Taylor", "extract": "Stand Up and Fight is a 1939 American Western film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor. The supporting cast includes Florence Rice, Helen Broderick, Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Charley Grapewin, and John Qualen. Playwright Jane Murfin and novelists Harvey Fer" }, { "title": "Stanley and Livingstone", "year": 1939, "genres": "Historical, Drama, Adventure", "cast": "Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene", "extract": "Stanley and Livingstone is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Henry King and Otto Brower. It is loosely based on the true story of Welsh reporter Sir Henry M. Stanley's quest to find Dr. David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary presumed lost in Africa, who finally met on November 10, 1871. S" }, { "title": "The Star Maker", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Bing Crosby, Louise Campbell", "extract": "The Star Maker is a 1939 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth, written by Frank Butler, Don Hartman and Arthur Caesar, and starring Bing Crosby, Louise Campbell, Linda Ware, Ned Sparks, Laura Hope Crews, Janet Waldo and Walter Damrosch. Filming started in Hollywood on April 17, 1939 and wa" }, { "title": "St. Louis Blues", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan", "extract": "St. Louis Blues is a 1939 American musical film directed by Raoul Walsh and set on a Mississippi River showboat. Though the song \"St. Louis Blues\" is performed, the film's plot is not based on the song. Artists appearing in the film include jazz singer Maxine Sullivan and composer/singer/actor Hoagy" }, { "title": "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Comedy, Biography", "cast": "Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan", "extract": "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a 1939 American biographical musical comedy directed by H.C. Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, and Walter Brennan. The film is based on the stories My Husband and My Memories of Vernon Castle, by Irene Castle. The movie was a" }, { "title": "The Stranger from Texas", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray", "extract": "The Stranger from Texas is a 1939 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring Charles Starrett, Lorna Gray and the Sons of the Pioneers." }, { "title": "Stronger Than Desire", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Virginia Bruce, Walter Pidgeon, Lee Bowman, Rita Johnson, Ann Dvorak", "extract": "Stronger Than Desire is a 1939 American drama film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Virginia Bruce, Walter Pidgeon and Ann Dvorak. It is a remake of 1934 film Evelyn Prentice, itself based on the 1933 novel \tEvelyn Prentice by W.E. Woodward. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ed" }, { "title": "Sudden Money", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Charles Ruggles, Marjorie Rambeau", "extract": "Sudden Money is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Nick Grinde, written by Lewis R. Foster, and starring Charlie Ruggles, Marjorie Rambeau, Charley Grapewin, Broderick Crawford, Billy Lee and Evelyn Keyes. It was released on March 31, 1939, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "The Sun Never Sets", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Basil Rathbone", "extract": "The Sun Never Sets is a 1939 American drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Basil Rathbone and Barbara O'Neil." }, { "title": "Susannah of the Mounties", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood", "extract": "Susannah of the Mounties is a 1939 American Western film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, and Margaret Lockwood. Based on the 1936 novel Susannah of the Mounties by Muriel Denison, the film is about an orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian We" }, { "title": "Swanee River", "year": 1939, "genres": "Biography", "cast": "Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds", "extract": "Swanee River is a 1939 American film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, and Felix Bressart. It is a biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the" }, { "title": "Sweepstakes Winner", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Marie Wilson, Johnnie Davis, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "Sweepstakes Winner is a 1939 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann, written by John W. Krafft, and starring Marie Wilson, Johnnie Davis, Allen Jenkins, Charley Foy, Jerry Colonna and Frankie Burke. It was released by Warner Bros. on May 20, 1939." }, { "title": "Tail Spin", "year": 1939, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly", "extract": "Tail Spin is a 1939 aviation film. The screenplay was written by Frank Wead and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It was based on the book, \"Women with Wings: A novel of the modern day aviatrix\", authored by Genevieve Haugen, who was also an advisor and stunt pilot in the film. Tail Spin starred Alice Faye," }, { "title": "Tarzan Finds a Son!", "year": 1939, "genres": "Adventure", "cast": "Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield", "extract": "Tarzan Finds a Son! is a 1939 Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the fourth in the MGM Tarzan series to feature Johnny Weissmuller as the \"King of the Apes\" and the fourth of six films in which he stars with Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane; following this pairing w" }, { "title": "Television Spy", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, War", "cast": "Judith Barrett, William Henry", "extract": "Television Spy is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring William Henry." }, { "title": "Tell No Tales", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Melvyn Douglas, Louise Platt, Gene Lockhart", "extract": "Tell No Tales is a 1939 American crime film directed by Leslie Fenton, written by Lionel Houser, and starring Melvyn Douglas, Louise Platt, Gene Lockhart and Douglass Dumbrille. Fenton's feature-film directorial debut, it was released on May 12, 1939, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "That's Right – You're Wrong", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Kay Kyser, Adolphe Menjou, Lucille Ball", "extract": "That's Right – You're Wrong is a 1939 American musical film directed by David Butler and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Kay Kyser and his band, with a cast that included Adolphe Menjou, Lucille Ball, Edward Everett Horton, Roscoe Karns, and Ginny Simms. It was the first film to featu" }, { "title": "These Glamour Girls", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Lew Ayres, Lana Turner, Tom Brown", "extract": "These Glamour Girls is a 1939 comedy-drama film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lew Ayres and Lana Turner, with Tom Brown, Jane Bryan, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise and Ann Rutherford in featured roles." }, { "title": "They All Come Out", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Rita Johnson, Tom Neal", "extract": "They All Come Out is a 1939 American crime film directed by Jacques Tourneur, written by John C. Higgins, and starring Rita Johnson, Tom Neal, Bernard Nedell, Edward Gargan, John Gallaudet and Addison Richards. It was released on August 4, 1939, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." }, { "title": "They Made Me a Criminal", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "John Garfield, Dead End Kids, Claude Rains, Ann Sheridan, May Robson", "extract": "They Made Me a Criminal is a 1939 American crime drama film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, and The Dead End Kids. It is a remake of the film The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933). The film was later featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia. Portions of the film were s" }, { "title": "They Shall Have Music", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Jascha Heifetz, Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds", "extract": "They Shall Have Music is a 1939 musical film directed by Archie Mayo and starring famed violinist Jascha Heifetz, Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, and Gene Reynolds. The screenplay concerns a young runaway who finds his purpose in life after hearing Heifetz play, and the kindly master of a music school in" }, { "title": "Those High Grey Walls", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Walter Connolly, Onslow Stevens", "extract": "Those High Grey Walls is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Walter Connolly and Onslow Stevens." }, { "title": "The Three Musketeers", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Don Ameche, Ritz Brothers, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "The Three Musketeers is a 1939 musical comedy film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Three Musketeers directed by Alan Dwan and starring Don Ameche as d'Artagnan, with the Ritz Brothers as his cowardly helpers." }, { "title": "Three Smart Girls Grow Up", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Comedy", "cast": "Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish", "extract": "Three Smart Girls Grow Up is a 1939 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster, written by Felix Jackson and Bruce Manning, and starring Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, and Helen Parrish. Durbin and Grey reprise their roles from Three Smart Girls, and Parrish replaces Barbara Read in the role of" }, { "title": "Three Sons", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Edward Ellis, Katharine Alexander", "extract": "Three Sons is a 1939 American drama film directed by Jack Hively using a screenplay by John Twist, based on the novel, Sweepings by Lester Cohen. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, and released on October 13, 1939, it is a remake of an earlier RKO film, Sweepings (1933). The film stars " }, { "title": "Three Texas Steers", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Carole Landis", "extract": "Three Texas Steers is a 1939 American \"Three Mesquiteers\" Western B-movie directed by George Sherman. It stars John Wayne, Ray \"Crash\" Corrigan and Max Terhune as the Mesquiteers; with Carole Landis as the female lead. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one films in the series." }, { "title": "Thunder Afloat", "year": 1939, "genres": "War", "cast": "Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Virginia Grey, Douglass Dumbrille", "extract": "Thunder Afloat is a 1939 World War I naval film starring Wallace Beery and Chester Morris. The movie was directed by George B. Seitz." }, { "title": "Torchy Blane in Chinatown", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery, Crime", "cast": "Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane", "extract": "Torchy Blane in Chinatown is a 1939 American crime mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. Released on February 4, 1939, it is the seventh film in the Torchy Blane film series by Warner Bros. and is followed by Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939). The rival" }, { "title": "Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery, Drama", "cast": "Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins", "extract": "Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite is a 1939 American drama film directed by Noel M. Smith, written by Earle Snell and Charles Belden, and starring Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins, and Tom Kennedy. It was released on August 12, 1939. It is the final film in a series of nine Torchy Blane movies by Warne" }, { "title": "Torchy Runs for Mayor", "year": 1939, "genres": "Mystery, Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane", "extract": "Torchy Runs for Mayor is a 1939 American drama-comedy film directed by Ray McCarey. It is the eighth film in the Torchy Blane film series by Warner Bros., and the last film starring Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane as Torchy Blane and Steve McBride. It was released on May 13, 1939. The film is foll" }, { "title": "Tower of London", "year": 1939, "genres": "Historical", "cast": "Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neil", "extract": "Tower of London is a 1939 black-and-white historical film directed and produced by Rowland V. Lee. It stars Basil Rathbone as the future King Richard III of England, and Boris Karloff as his fictitious club-footed executioner Mord. The film is based on the traditional depiction of Richard rising to " }, { "title": "Tropic Fury", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Action", "cast": "Beverly Roberts, Richard Arlen", "extract": "Tropic Fury is a 1939 American action film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Richard Arlen, Andy Devine and Beverly Roberts." }, { "title": "Trouble in Sundown", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western, War", "cast": "George O'Brien, Rosalind Keith", "extract": "Trouble in Sundown is a 1939 American Western film directed by David Howard, using a screenplay by Oliver Drake, Dorrell McGowan and Stuart McGowan, based on a story by Charles F. Royal." }, { "title": "Undercover Doctor", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Crime", "cast": "Lloyd Nolan, Janice Logan", "extract": "Undercover Doctor is a 1939 American crime film directed by Louis King, written by William R. Lipman and Horace McCoy. The film stars Lloyd Nolan, Janice Logan, J. Carrol Naish, Heather Angel, Broderick Crawford and Robert Wilcox. It was released on June 9, 1939 by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "Unexpected Father", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Shirley Ross, Dennis O'Keefe", "extract": "Unexpected Father is a 1939 American comedy drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Baby Sandy, Shirley Ross and Dennis O'Keefe." }, { "title": "Union Pacific", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western, Drama", "cast": "Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff", "extract": "Union Pacific is a 1939 American Western drama directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and Robert Preston. Based on the 1936 novel Trouble Shooter by Western fiction author Ernest Haycox, the film is about the building of the eponymous railroad across the American Wes" }, { "title": "Unmarried", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Helen Twelvetrees, Donald O'Connor, Buck Jones", "extract": "Unmarried is a 1939 American film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Helen Twelvetrees, Buck Jones and Donald O'Connor." }, { "title": "Waterfront", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Gloria Dickson, Dennis Morgan, Marie Wilson, Sheila Bromley", "extract": "Waterfront is a 1939 Warner Bros. crime-drama film directed by Terry O. Morse and starring Gloria Dickson, Dennis Morgan and Marie Wilson. It was adapted from the play Blind Spot by Kenyon Nicholson. It is preserved at the Library of Congress." }, { "title": "Way Down South", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical", "cast": "Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Steffi Duna", "extract": "Way Down South is a 1939 American musical film directed by Leslie Goodwins and Bernard Vorhaus, and produced by Sol Lesser. It was written by Clarence Muse, who also acted in the film, and Langston Hughes. Victor Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring." }, { "title": "We Are Not Alone", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Jane Bryan, Paul Muni", "extract": "We Are Not Alone is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Paul Muni, Jane Bryan, and Flora Robson. The screenplay concerns a doctor who hires a woman as a nanny for his son. When his wife becomes jealous, tragedy consumes all involved. The film is based on the 1937 nove" }, { "title": "What a Life", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Jackie Cooper, Betty Field, Janice Logan", "extract": "What a Life is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Theodore Reed and starring Jackie Cooper, Betty Field, John Howard, Janice Logan, Vaughan Glaser, Lionel Stander, and Hedda Hopper. Written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, the film was released on October 6, 1939, by Paramount Pictures." }, { "title": "When Tomorrow Comes", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama, Romance", "cast": "Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer", "extract": "When Tomorrow Comes is a 1939 American romantic drama directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. The screenplay concerns a waitress who falls in love with a man who later turns out to be a married concert pianist. Bernard B. Brown won the Academy Award for Best Sound." }, { "title": "Wife, Husband and Friend", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes", "extract": "Wife, Husband and Friend is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Loretta Young, Warner Baxter and Binnie Barnes in the three title roles, respectively. The film, based on a script by Nunnally Johnson, tells the story of a contractor and his wife, and how their musical " }, { "title": "Wings of the Navy", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, John Payne", "extract": "Wings of the Navy is a 1939 American drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring George Brent, Olivia de Havilland and John Payne. Like many of the Warner Bros. features in the pre-World War II era, it was intended to serve as propaganda for the U.S. military and received heavy support from the" }, { "title": "Winner Take All", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Tony Martin, Gloria Stuart", "extract": "Winner Take All is a 1939 American drama film directed by Otto Brower and starring Tony Martin, Gloria Stuart, and Henry Armetta." }, { "title": "Within the Law", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime", "cast": "Ruth Hussey, Tom Neal", "extract": "Within the Law is a 1939 American (Precursor) Film noir crime film directed by Gustav Machatý and written by Charles Lederer and Edith Fitzgerald. The film stars Ruth Hussey, Tom Neal, Paul Kelly, William Gargan, Paul Cavanagh and Rita Johnson. The film was released on March 17, 1939, by Metro-Goldw" }, { "title": "The Wizard of Oz", "year": 1939, "genres": "Musical, Fantasy", "cast": "Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr", "extract": "The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, and stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Ha" }, { "title": "The Women", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Drama", "cast": "Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine", "extract": "The Women is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor. The film is based on Clare Boothe Luce's 1936 play of the same name, and was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin, who had to make the film acceptable for the Production Code for it to be released." }, { "title": "Women in the Wind", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Kay Francis, William Gargan, Victor Jory", "extract": "Women in the Wind is a 1939 film directed by John Farrow and starring Kay Francis, William Gargan and Victor Jory. The plot concerns women pilots competing in the so-called \"Powder Puff Derby\", an annual transcontinental air race solely for women." }, { "title": "Wuthering Heights", "year": 1939, "genres": "Romance, Drama, Historical", "cast": "Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson", "extract": "Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American romantic period drama film directed by William Wyler, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier and David Niven, and based on the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only 16 of the novel's 34 chapters, eliminat" }, { "title": "Wyoming Outlaw", "year": 1939, "genres": "Western", "cast": "John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Don 'Red' Barry", "extract": "Wyoming Outlaw is a 1939 American \"Three Mesquiteers\" Western film directed by George Sherman and starring John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Raymond Hatton. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one films in the series." }, { "title": "Yes, My Darling Daughter", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, Roland Young, Fay Bainter", "extract": "Yes, My Darling Daughter is a 1939 American screwball comedy film directed by William Keighley and starring Priscilla Lane. Ellen Murray is a young woman determined to spend a weekend with her lover, Douglas Hall before he takes off to Europe for his new job." }, { "title": "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "W. C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy", "extract": "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is a 1939 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the story on which the film is based under the name Charles Bogle." }, { "title": "You Can't Get Away with Murder", "year": 1939, "genres": "Crime, Drama", "cast": "Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop, John Litel", "extract": "You Can't Get Away with Murder is a 1939 crime drama directed by Lewis Seiler, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gale Page, and featuring \"Dead End Kid\" leader Billy Halop. The film is from Bogart's period of being cast in B pictures by Warner Bros., before his breakthrough as a leading man in High Sierr" }, { "title": "Young Mr. Lincoln", "year": 1939, "genres": "Biography, Drama, Historical, Western", "cast": "Henry Fonda, Alice Brady", "extract": "Young Mr. Lincoln is a 1939 American biographical drama western film about the early life of President Abraham Lincoln, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda. Ford and producer Darryl F. Zanuck fought for control of the film, to the point where Ford destroyed unwanted takes for fear the stu" }, { "title": "Zaza", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy, Drama, Romance", "cast": "Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall", "extract": "Zaza is a 1939 American romantic drama film made by Paramount Pictures, and directed by George Cukor. The screenplay was written by Zoë Akins, based on the play Zaza. The music score is by Frederick Hollander. The film stars Claudette Colbert and Herbert Marshall." }, { "title": "Zenobia", "year": 1939, "genres": "Comedy", "cast": "Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke", "extract": "Zenobia is a 1939 comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Jean Parker, June Lang, Stepin Fetchit and Hattie McDaniel. The source of the film was the 1891 short story \"Zenobia's Infidelity\" by H.C. Bunner, which was or" }, { "title": "The Zero Hour", "year": 1939, "genres": "Drama", "cast": "Frieda Inescort, Otto Kruger", "extract": "The Zero Hour is a 1939 American drama film directed by Sidney Salkow." }, { "title": "Zorro's Fighting Legion", "year": 1939, "genres": "", "cast": "Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy", "extract": "Zorro's Fighting Legion is a 1939 Republic Pictures film serial consisting of twelve chapters starring Reed Hadley as Zorro and directed by William Witney and John English. The plot revolves around his alter-ego Don Diego's fight against the evil Don Del Oro." } ], "meta": { "title": "Wikipedia Movies: 1930s - Free Download", "description": "4,429 films from the 1930s sourced from Wikipedia, with title, year, genres, cast, and a short synopsis. Contains 4429 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Wikipedia Movies: 1930s | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Wikipedia Movies: 1930s — 4429 records. 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