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Val McNulty (John Lund), un hombre de clase humilde, y Maggie, una chica de la alta sociedad (Gene Tierney), se enamoran y se casan. Después de la boda, la madre de Val, aprovechando un malentendido, consigue entrar como sirvienta en casa de la pareja, pero le pide a su hijo que no revele su identidad. Sin embargo, una serie de circunstancias harán que la relación de la pareja se vaya deteriorando.

Naive small-town girl gets pregnant on her prom night, and winds up in the clutches of the local abortionist. Depending on the release presentation, the movie includes an animation of conception, filmed vaginal and caesarian section births, and a filmed presentation on how syphilis and gonorrhea present themselves.

Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.

A Marine Sergeant, wounded in overseas service, requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recommends to the Captain and Colonel that "Sarge" be given a few weeks rest before hospitalization. Through the Dean of San Juan Junior College, Sarge enters the school on a temporary basis.

Es la vigilia de Navidad en Bedford falls, NY, y George Bailey está planeando suicidarse. Pero un ángel es enviado para detenerle en su intento. Él le enseñará a George las cosas maravillosas de su juventud, cómo salvó la vida de su hermano y la de otros que, gracias a haber conocido a George, son felices. Así, nuestro amigo descubrirá que... ¡La vida es realmente un tesoro maravilloso que debemos disfrutar!

El gangster E. Kagle ha sido asesinado por su socio y amigo S. Williams. Kagle acaba en el infierno, donde "Nick" le ofrece la oportunidad de vengarse, a cambio de su ayuda con un problema que tiene. Nick lo dispone todo para que Kagle ocupe el cuerpo del honrado juez Parker. En el transcurso de los acontecimientos, Kagle se ve involucrado con Bárbara Foster, la novia del juez, de la que se enamora, hecho que le hará replantearse todo lo que ha sido su vida.

Una vez terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Swede Lunn, un soldado veterano y boxeador en declive, encuentra dificultades para reincorporarse a la vida civil. Un día conoce a la novia de un gángster, la irresistible y misteriosa Kitty Collins.

Johnny Farrell, un aventurero que vive de hacer trampas en el juego, recala en Buenos Aires. Allí le saca de un apuro un hombre llamado Ballin Mundson, propietario de un lujoso casino. El recién llegado termina convirtiéndose en el individuo de confianza de su anfitrión. Un día, su superior le presenta a su esposa, Gilda. Él reacciona con perplejidad, ya que ella lo convirtió en el ser amargado y cínico que es ahora.

A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.

In this drama, an aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of getting a break. Unfortunately, most of them believe that the waiter lacks the talent to make it big. Only an aspiring songwriter, and a former waitress who has become a famous Hollywood radio star, really believe in him. When the ex-waitress drops by the restaurant to say hello, she and the others decide to play a trick on an arrogant producer by making him believe the waiter has written a sure-fire hit. They succeed and the producer puts on the show. The singer gets to be the star. When the show becomes a smash, everyone is surprised. Songs include: "Hitchhike To Happiness," "For You And Me," "Sentimental," and "My Pushover Heart."

Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the doctor at the defense plant employing Tom, worries about the effect that Tom and Cora's drinking and socializing have on the children....

Nueva York, 1914. Para salvar a su hermano, que ha cometido un desfalco, Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis), una mujer egoísta que sólo se preocupa por su belleza, se ve obligada a casarse con Job Skeffington Claude Rains), el director del banco, un hombre poco atractivo y mucho mayor que ella, pero paciente y bondadoso. El matrimonio, concertado y sin amor, pasará por varias etapas en las que ambos verán pasar dos guerra mundiales, varios amantes, una cruel enfermedad, persecuciones nazis, la ceguera y el pánico al envejecimiento.

Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway producer (Gaxton) to star in his latest production.

Un jugador profesional suplanta la personalidad de un fallecido y se introduce en una fundación para recaudar fondos para la guerra; se propone montar una sala de juegos, para quedarse con la recaudación, pero el amor se interpondrá en sus planes.

El empresario Joseph E. Davies es nombrado por el presidente Roosevelt embajador de los Estados Unidos en la Unión Soviética para que averigüe cuáles son las intenciones de este país respecto a la inminente Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). El embajador se llevará algunas sorpresas en una nación que pocos conocen realmente.

In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been built, arrives in the small town of Bridgewood to keep a promise.

In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.

Los miembros del Consejo Rector de la Universidad Midwestern han expulsado a tres profesores por sospechar que puedan ser comunistas. El consejero Ed Keller (Eugene Pallette) también ha amenazado con la expulsión a Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda), el profesor de literatura, que tiene previsto leer en su clase un texto que puede resultar sospechoso. Pero no es eso lo que más molesta al profesor Turner, sino el hecho de que su propia esposa, Ellen (Olivia De Havilland) también opine que no debe de leer el controvertido texto. Mientras tanto, Joe Ferguson (Jack Carson), un antiguo novio de Ellen se ha presentado a hacerles una visita durante el fin de semana, lo que ha causado cierta preocupación a Tommy...

Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper (Robert Preston) escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.

Chris Waring es un investigador del gobierno que trata de reunir las pruebas necesarias para condenar a un magnate naviero.

Hank y Johnny trabajan como técnicos de una compañía de electricidad. Una noche, se encuentran en una reunión a la atractiva Fay, y la tensión aumenta porque ambos se disputan el favor de la chica.

In this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. She soon gets pregnant, but this doesn't stop her from annulling the marriage so as not to interfere with her husband's military career.

Un importante financiero estadounidense, Charles Foster Kane, dueño de una importante cadena de periódicos, de una red de emisoras, de dos sindicatos y de una inimaginable colección de obras de arte, muere en su fabuloso castillo de estilo oriental, Xanadú. La última palabra que pronuncia al expirar es Rosebud. El país entero y la prensa en general quedan intrigados por saber el significado de esta palabra. Para descubrirlo, un grupo de periodistas se pone a investigar.

Durante un viaje en un trasatlántico, Charles Pike, un soltero millonario experto en serpientes que vuelve de la jungla, se enamora de Jean Harrington, una jugadora profesional que, junto con su padre, hace trampas con las cartas. Jean, que también se ha enamora de Charlie, decide abandonar el juego pero, cuando Charlie se entera de cuál es su medio de vida, rompe su compromiso con ella. Jean, dolida, intenta vengarse. La oportunidad se presenta cuando Los Harrington se encuentran con un estafador amigo suyo. Entonces Jean decide hacerse pasar por su sobrina: Lady Eve Sidwich. Charlie conoce en una fiesta a Lady Eve y queda anonadado por su parecido con Jean.

After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her.

Un inglés que vive retirado, lejos del mundanal ruido, tendrá que enfrentarse con tres peligrosos personajes para ayudar a una muchacha que se encuentra en una difícil situación.

Jimmy McDonald, empleado de la Compañía Cafetera Baxter, se niega a casarse con su novia, Betty Casey, hasta que no haya prosperado. Para ver cumplido su sueño, Jimmy, al que le encanta participar en concursos, envía un lema al concurso de la Compañía Cafetera Maxford. Tres de sus amigos deciden gastarle una broma y le mandan un telegrama diciéndole que ha ganado los 25.000 dólares del primer premio. Jimmy, Betty y toda la oficina empiezan a celebrarlo. El señor Baxter piensa que las ideas de Jimmy deben ser buenas y le asciende al departamento de publicidad. Pero aparece el señor Maxford y denuncia a Jimmy... (FILMAFFINITY)

En 1885, tres aventureros de la frontera (el maestro Riel, el traficante de whisky Corbeau y el trampero Duroc) fomentan en Canadá una rebelión contra la Corona. Sólo la Policía Montada permanece leal. El policía Ronnie Logan está enamorado de la hija de Corbeau, pero tiene que rivalizar con un ránger de Texas que busca a Corbeau por asesinato

Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a series of murders.

Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy-pickings by a con-game gang and Mary Brown, gang accomplice, proves he is. Waking up in the morning he discovers he has been robbed of the securities and, when he confronts the gang, he is hit on the head and taken out to be left on a railroad track. He comes to, struggles with the henchman and the man is killed when a train comes roaring by. Paul escapes but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he can't go home again.

Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.

Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin, Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name

Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt (George Raft) sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda (Joan Bennett), testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma (Lloyd Nolan), who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan (Walter Pidgeon), who knows nothing about her past.

The second entry in the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the family struggling to keep their copper mine when their elderly business partner becomes ill.

Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emergency Squad who are trained to deal with riots, cave-in, explosions, fires and other emergencies where lives are at stake. Slade Wiley, an unscrupulous tunnel builder, finds that his low bid on the Newford Tunnel project is causing him to lose a lot of money, and has underworld leader Nick Burton set off blasts to frighten the stockholders into selling their shares at a low price so he can buy up the stock. Betty is investigating the deal when Wiley and Burton take her on a "tour trip" to the tunnel.

Feature version of the American serial film, produced for export only, never exhibited in the USA, and believed to be a lost film.

Jefferson Smith, un joven ingenuo e idealista, que parece fácilmente manipulable, es nombrado senador. Ignora que en Washington tendrá que vérselas con políticos y empresarios sin escrúpulos que le harán perder la fe. Sin embargo, gracias a su secretaria, una joven que conoce muy bien los entresijos de la política, protagoniza en el Senado una espectacular y maratoniana intervención en la que, además de defender apasionadamente la democracia, pone en evidencia una importante trama de corrupción.

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.

Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill proposes, Gail declines and Bill goes home to Bali. But a young girl, Rosie, and Tony the Window Cleaner, who dispels advice on every floor, soon have Gail thinking maybe she was a bit hasty with her no to Bill's proposal. Ere long she discovers that she does love Bill and can't live without him. She goes down to Bali to give him the good news. He learns that he is soon to marry Noel Van Ness. She goes back to New York City.

Un brillante científico inventa un corazón artificial. Tras intentar realizar un arriesgado experimento con un hombre, es acusado por la novia de éste y es condenado a la horca. Después de su ejecución y gracias a su ayudante, regresará a la vida para vengarse de aquellos que lo enviaron a la muerte.

Se basa en los años de juventud de Abraham Lincoln, que llegaría a ser presidente de los Estados Unidos (1861-1865). El antiguo leñador de Kentucky es ya un abogado que empieza a destacar por su defensa de los derechos de los más humildes. Fue candidata al Óscar en 1939 por el mejor guión original.

Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.

En 1862, durante la Guerra de Secesión, dos empresas rivales comienzan a construir la primera línea de ferrocarril transcontinental que enlace el Atlántico con el Pacífico. Al tiempo narra los amores entre la hija de uno de los ingenieros, Mollie Monahan (Barbara Stanwyck), el agente del gobierno encargado de la seguridad Jeff Butler (Joel McCrea) y el principal saboteador Dick Allen (Robert Preston).

En 1840, un rico empresario del ferrocarril contrata a un hombre para investigar una ruta por la que cree se están transportando esclavos.

Cuando no puede salvar a su cliente de la silla eléctrica, un abogado de oficio ayuda a la hermana del hombre a limpiar los bajos fondos.

Siglo XVIII. La princesa de Austria María Antonieta (Shearer) se casa con el delfín de Francia, Luis XVI (Morley), un hombre tan retraído que su relación con la joven es puramente formal. Antonieta se dejará fascinar por las fiestas de París y derrochará el dinero a manos llenas, aunque esta situación no durará mucho. Un drama de época que obtuvo 4 nominaciones a los Oscar: Actriz principal (Norma Shearer), actor secundario (Robert Morley), banda sonora y dirección artística.

A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.

Charlotte, más conocida como Charlie, es una actriz de teatro cuya última obra ha sido un fracaso. No le ayuda mucho la columna semanal de Peter, amigo de la infancia que estuvo enamorada de ella (y todavía lo está), donde resaltaba los aspectos negativos de su trabajo. En tal tesitura, Peter, conmovido por la muerte del tipo que limpiaba las ventanas de su estudio, que deja dos huérfanos, lanza una campaña apoyando su adopción. El agente de Charlie se entera, y decide que la adopción será una magnífica promoción para la carrera de su actriz.

Historia sobre el desarrollo de las comunicaciones terrestres en los EE.UU. durante su rápida expansión en el siglo XIX. La película se centra en la vida de Ramsey McCay, empleado de la recién creada asociación entre Henry Wells y William Fargo, y de cómo gracias a su especial dedicación, la Wells-Fargo llega a convertirse en una gran empresa de correos y transporte de mercancías hacia el Oeste, presente en los mayores acontecimientos de la época.

Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces her to marry royalty. The lucky fellow is Prince Rupert (Patric Knowles), an impoverished nobleman now working as a waiter. Do the two of them fall in love despite this marriage of convenience?

An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.

Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's life.

When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government Committee who put him behind bars. Members of the committee include Colonel Bogardus, owner of the World , Horace Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, and Mr. Franklin, a department store owner. First Gillette buys a rival newspaper, the Sentinel , and offers a pricey editorship to World newsman Ralph Houston, who refuses the offer on principle. That evening, Ralph and his partner, Tod Swain, are greeted at home by a creditor, and Vina Swain, Ralph's fiancée, is furious to find out he turned down Gillette's offer. When she learns Ralph went into debt to put her through college, she warns Gillette of a police raid and pays back Ralph's debt with Gillette's renumeration. When Ralph orders Vina not to work for Gillette, she breaks their engagement.

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...

Kay Denham is off for a fling in Paris, leaving her suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new suitors, Gene and George. Gene smooth-talks her into a junket to Switzerland, but George (with no illusions about his friend) appoints himself chaperone. Through a series of slapstick winter sports, Kay remains puzzled about George's disapproval of Gene...but there's a reason.

La labor del periodista Steven Leyton es husmear en las vidas privadas, y a su modo de ver, frívolas y ociosas, de los ricos. Un día, Tony Gateson, una rica heredera hija del financiero Gateson y uno de sus personajes favoritos, decide pagarle con la misma moneda al anunciar su próximo compromiso con el joven. A partir de ese momento, cada detalle de la vida de Leyton será también de interés público.

A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in the search for a stolen necklace.

An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.

In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.

Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.

An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.

A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.

El Doctor Gogol se enamora de Yvonne Orlac, la esposa del pianista Stephen Orlac. Cuando éste sufre un accidente de tren, y sus manos son amputadas, Yvonne pide ayuda a Gorgol, que le transplanta las manos de un asesino. La operacion parece funcionar, y el organismo de Orlac no rechaza las nuevas manos. Sin embargo, Orlac descubrirá unas nuevas tendencias que nunca había tenido: la necesidad de matar. Su mujer Yvonne tambien descubre el cambio de su marido. Mientras tanto, Gogol sigue enamorado de Yvonne, con un amor cada vez más obsesivo... (FILMAFFINITY)

Afraid of marriage, Simone (Mary Ellis) breaks off her long term engagement with her fiancé Paul de Lille (Tullio Carminati). Paul heads to the top of The Eiffel Tower with thoughts of suicide. In another part of Paris and also afraid of marriage, Mignon (Ida Lupino) breaks it off from her young lover (James Blakely). Despairing, Mignon also climbs to the top of the The Eiffel Tower intending to leap to her death. There she meets Paul and the two compare stories. After discussion, Paul dissuades her from leaping and the two conspire to make their respective partners jealous by pretending to have an affair with each other.

A phoney "psychic" ring tricks a pretty young circus performer into working for them.

El doctor Maurice Lamar, experto en cirugía plástica femenina, siente especial atracción por una de sus clientas, y acaba casándose con ella. Pero enseguida se da cuenta de que es una egocéntrica que solo está con él por su profesión.

In this comedy, a Tennessee art school student wins a scholarship to paint in Paris. He is thrilled until he arrives and discovers that his style is hopelessly passe and is considered trashy. The enterprising artist immediately changes style and begins painting highly-abstract moderns.

Una estrella del vodevil anima a su hija a convertirse en una estrella del baile. Egoísmo, engaños y chantaje separan a madre e hija, pero al final se reconcilian.

During a dinner party at the Brookfield family estate, private detective Craig Kennedy relates a story of one of his unsolved murder cases. What Kennedy knows, and the other guests do not, is that the person who was the killer in the unsolved mystery is in the room, and Kennedy makes plans to expose him.