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La Metro Goldwyn Mayer celebró su 50º aniversario haciendo una recopilación de sus mejores clásicos musicales y entrevistando a sus protagonistas.
Charlie Chan
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
Charlie Chan
A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie Chan, that there have been two attempts on his life.
Charlie Chan
In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.
Charlie Chan
After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that the fingerprint evidence used to convict them had been forged. Charlie then proceeds to find the true bank robbers.
Charlie Chan
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.
Charlie Chan
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.
Charlie Chan
Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
Detective Sully
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Charlie Chan
The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important serum. When the scientist is killed, Chan must sort through all very likely suspects, including the man's sister and his butler.
Charlie Chan
Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult. This movie had an alternative title: Meeting at Midnight.
Charlie Chan
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
Charlie Chan
Un científico que trabajaba en un nuevo explosivo es asesinado. El servicio secreto entonces decide acudir a la sagacidad de Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) para encontrar al culpable. Primera película del detective chino del estudio Monogram.
Capt. Krogan aka Carruthers
An evil sea captain and the forces of nature threaten two divers' search for a fortune in gold in the South Pacific.
Wong
A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.
General Kai Ling [Chs. 1-5, 13]
A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.
Inspector Hankins
Jeff Troy escribe novelas de poco éxito y Nancy, su mujer, piensa que ello es debido a que viven en un apartamento poco conveniente para un escritor como él, por lo que decide acabar con la mediocridad de su existencia y alquilar un piso bajo con un jardín en una discreta casa de un barrio más tranquilo. En ella vivirán una experiencia tan extraordinaria como irrepetible. La casa entera tiene un aire siniestro, y los vecinos parecen hostiles y asustados. Jeff deberá entonces poner en práctica sus conocimientos detectivescos para resolver un asesinato cometido en su propia casa.
Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...
Lt. Charlie Chan
In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.
Charlie Chan
Un mapa del tesoro en cuatro partes, el fantasma de un pirata ahorcado, un loro parlante y un barco lleno de pistas falsas complican la búsqueda de Charlie de un asesino a bordo de un barco atracado.
Charlie Chan
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Charlie Chan
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge. The museum also houses a statue of Charlie. Frustrated number-two son kicks statue in rear; oops, number-two son wrong in his assumption
Charlie Chan
On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.
Charlie Chan
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
Charlie Chan
Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..
Fernando "El Melancolio" Lopez Ramirez
Hoppy and Lucky are headed to South America to deliver a heard of cattle. Bay guy Ralph Merritt gets in their way. For a while.
Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.
Nosey
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, falls in love with John but is about to marry Snap Thornton to keep a promise made by her father. She runs away on her wedding day but is captured and held hostage by outlaw Henry Holderness. John, the Naabs and fellow ranchers rush to her rescue.
Charlie Chan
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson
Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston.Homer is willing to give up his boxing career searching for his parents, so Murphy hires two jailbirds to play his long lost parents to keep him in the ring.
Dr. Chang Ling
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
G.L. 'Mardy' Mardeen
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing to be without an income,is impressed by the way Joan Carroll handled a small-town murder, poses as a real estate agent and offers to get her into a law firm of a friend of his. Placed in the office of Roberts, running a front for Cradon, Joan is taught every trick of the trade. With her cases all prepared for her, she goes from one courtroom victory to another, soon becoming the darling of the underworld and the despair of all law-enforcing authorities.
Charlie Chan
While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.
Jeffrey Mitchell
A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently a wacky spoof of the crime movies that were so popular in the 1930s. It seems to be completely forgotten today, except by major film buffs.
Robin Turgis
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
Frosty Kilburn
Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in Folsom's cattle rustling and a chance to settle an old score.
Lawton
Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four men who had all withdrawn large sums of money from the local bank in Stockton, Ohio.
Sheriff
A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.
Harrison McCooey
Terminado el periodo de la fiebre del oro en California, empezó la rivalidad entre granjeros y mineros en el valle de Sacramento. El Coronel Chris Ferris (Claude Rains), un rico agricultor, se opone firmemente a la minería hidráulica, un nuevo método desarrollado en los años 70, durante la fiebre del oro, porque está inundando las tierras de cultivo más prósperas de la región. A pesar de la postura de Ferris, Jared Whitney (George Brent), un ingeniero de minas del Este, no sólo se hace amigo del hijo del coronel (Tim Holt), sino que además se enamora de Serena (Olivia de Havilland), la bella hija De Ferris.
Mr. Keough, Margit's Butler
Un escritor acepta realizar una obra para una actriz con el objetivo de enamorar a la hermana de ésta.
Détective Lieutenant Neely
Mary Donnell es una joven viuda que trabaja como secretaria del abogado Lloyd Rogers, un hombre casado pero secretamente enamorado de ella. Cuando Jack Merrick, hijo de uno de los clientes más importantes de Rogers, regresa de Europa, le declara su amor a Mary, que acepta huir con él y casarse esa misma noche.
Captain Holt
Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.
Captain of SS Periwinkle
Los magos del humor, Laurel y Hardy, interpretan a dos marineros encargados de entregar un valioso paquete en el puerto donde, por casualidad, viven sus hermanos gemelos, felizmente casados. Los gemelos y sus dos novias se intercambian, por error, con sus hermanos. Uno de los más divertidos trabajos de los míticos Laurel y Hardy, conocidos en España como El gordo y el flaco. En esta ocasión interpretan dos papeles cada uno, lo que fue posible gracias a los magistrales trucos fotográficos del cámara Rudolph Maté, uno de los grandes directores de fotografía de la historia del cine
Daniel Webster
Un senador rechaza a Peggy O'Neal, y ella, despechada, decide casarse con un teniente. Muerto éste en combate, se casa con un miembro del Gobierno, pasando así a formar parte de la alta sociedad. Pero esto no impide que se deje seducir por un joven, dando lugar a toda clase de habladurías en los círculos de Washington.
First Carabiniere
After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Merivale). They met when the fisherman evaded the police by seeking refuge in the village church. While there, they are each captivated by hearing the other singing Mass. The beautiful woman falls in love with the fisherman with the wonderful voice.
Professor Amos Snape
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men.
Professor Lafcadio F. Breckenridge
A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough--and takes it on the lam.
Joe Groggins
Jack Thornton, un buscador de oro, compra un magnífico San Bernardo al que llama Buck. Los problemas surgen cuando Buck muerde a Smith, otro buscador de oro, que quiere matarlo para vengarse. Jack y Smith llegan a un acuerdo que consiste en hacer una carrera de trineos, cuyo vencedor se quedará con Buck.
Nick Corsini
Camelia es una florista cuya tienda peligra cuando una inmobiliaria planea derribarla para edificar viviendas. A pesar de que se enfrenta a Thomas Bentley, el representante de la empresa, Camelia no puede evitar sentir simpatía por él.
Warden Palmer
Dos reporteros planean casarse, pero la novia se queda esperando en el altar porque su novio se ha infiltrado para exponer la actividad de las pandillas.
Police Sergeant
Cuenta cómo un inmigrante checo, Novak (Lederer) recién llegado a Nueva York, y a punto de ser repatriado, se escapa "in extremis"; tras varias peripecias, conoce a una corista, Silvia (Rogers) y a su hermano de 11 años.
Detective Weaver
Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. But the robbery goes awry and Mike finds himself on the run from the police, pretending to be a famous singer whose gimmick is wearing a mask in public.
Major Allen
Guerra de Secesión, 1862. Tras el desastre de la Segunda Batalla de Bull Run, el comandante Allen, jefe del Servicio Secreto de la Unión, pide a la actriz Gail Loveless que se convierta en uno de sus espías y se infiltre en territorio enemigo.
Officer Moran
Un magnate del ferrocarril es chantajeado por el novio y manager de la chica con la que comete adulterio.
Pepi Sancho
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent years in the U.S., and falls in love with his brother's intended fiancé. Rather than cause problems, the younger brother goes to Mexico City to become a matador. While there, he gets word that the police, who have been hunting his brother, have finally captured him.
Frankie Sylvestrie
In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband goes mad and needs an operation. One of the surgeon's regards his pursuit a lark, while the other harbors genuine affections for the nurse.
Jim Sawyer
Trigger Hicks, una joven campesina de fuertes creencias religiosas, ve cómo sus vecinos empiezan a confundir fe y brujería. En tal situación sólo podrá contar con la ayuda de un joven ingeniero que se encuentra en la zona para construir una nueva presa. (FILMAFFINITY)
John Bright
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.
Mr. Hodgens
Ambicioso largometraje que engloba a tres generaciones de la familia Nordholm en sesenta años de historia. Una saga que arranca con cierto toque de western, al presentar una granja de Dakota del Sur, donde el joven Orin marcha en busca de mejores oportunidades de vida. Una vez instalado en Chicago alcanza un gran éxito al inventar un sistema de refrigeración para automóviles. Cuando todo parece irle sobre ruedas (nunca mejor dicho), el crack del 29 le golpea duramente.
Pierre
Francois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his beloved city. While working the streets, Francois meets Madeleine, who works at a circus.
Ryan, the Go-Between
An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.
Neil Forbes
A white youth who is raised in the jungle by the animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
Wilson
He Learned About Women is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and written by Lloyd Corrigan, Ray Harris and Harlan Thompson. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Susan Fleming, Alison Skipworth, Gordon Westcott, Grant Mitchell and Sidney Toler. The film was released on November 4, 1932, by Paramount Pictures
Carter B. Moore
An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.
Mr. Drake
In this musical short, the son of a department store owner replaces the regular sales girls with chorus girls.
Prof. Aikenhead
Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. As election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.
Detective Wilson
Helen es una cantante de cabaret que decide abandonar su profesión para contraer matrimonio con Edward Faraday, un abnegado científico entregado a su trabajo y cuya situación económica no es muy boyante. Durante un viaje a Alemania, Edward contrae una grave enfermedad, debido a sus investigaciones, y se ve obligado a seguir un costoso tratamiento. Para sufragar los gastos, Helen vuelve a su antiguo trabajo. Así conoce a Nick Towsend, un playboy que la enamora y con el que inicia una nueva vida. Cuando Edward regresa y descubre la infidelidad de su mujer, decide quitarle a Helen el hijo que tuvo con ella.
Pete
Blondie es una neoyorkina y Lurlene es su mejor amiga. Cuando Lurlene consigue un papel en un gran espectáculo de Broadway, también hace que Blondie forme parte del elenco. Pero esta amistad empieza a ir mal cuando Larry Belmont, el novio rico de Lurlene, empieza a fijarse en Blondie.
Stage Director
El intelectual e ingenuo profesor Post hereda una enorme cantidad de dinero y decide que es hora de salir y disfrutar de la vida. Se enamora de una bailarina de una mediocre función de teatro y decide comprar el espectáculo con su herencia para llevarlo a Broadway. (FILMAFFINITY)
Maj. Wharton
Tom es un joven que tiene una imagen idealizada de su padre, al que considera un héroe de guerra; pero debido a las burlas de sus compañeros de colegio, acaba descubriendo que en realidad su padre fue un desertor.
Tony Mugatti
Poster escribe una columna de chismes para el Morning Gazette. Él escribirá sobre cualquiera y todos, siempre y cuando obtenga el rédito. Obtiene la mayor parte de su información de su chica, Peggy, que es una corista.
Sgt. Tom Keogh
A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed.
McPhail
Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
Mulligan
Un cantante mujeriego se enamora de una sureña anticuada. El problema es que ella ya está comprometida.
William Sothern
In this drama, an impoverished young woman meets a millionaire who marries her on the spot and then begins pampering her with jewels and furs. When not attending to her every need, the business magnate works his mines so he can buy her some more. While he is gone, a gigolo makes advances upon her.
Dr. Merivel
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
Crook Bennett Barton uses pretty Joan Granger as bait to blackmail millionaire John Warren.
