Deschamps
Un peligroso asesino, apodado Barba Azul, tiene aterrorizados a los habitantes de París. A todos menos a Lucille, una modesta costurera que, desoyendo el clamor popular, decide salir a dar un paseo nocturno por la ciudad. Gracias a ello conocerá a Gaston Morrell, un titiritero que le ofrecerá trabajo como modista en su espectáculo de marionetas. La llegada de Lucille a la compañía provocará los inevitables celos de Renee, la amante de Gaston. Lo que ninguna de las dos conoce es que Gaston posee una cara oculta que desearían no conocer jamás.
Jefferson Baxter
A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed.
General Bartholomew (uncredited)
Michelle de la Becque está enamorada del diseñador industrial Robert Cortot. Juntos disfrutan en París de una vida lujosa hasta que Michelle descubre que su amante se relaciona con oficiales nazis y que sus fábricas trabajan para el ejército alemán. Al mismo tiempo, ayuda a un aviador americano cuyo avión ha sido derribado y acaba enamorándose de él.
Myron T. Hayworth
Evelyn Palmer, a débutante society girl who also is a property landlord, becomes interested in the plight of one of her tenants, a struggling band-leader, to the extent she becomes a hostess in a dance club, incognito, where the band plays, and soon is the band's singer.
Judge Arnold Mason
As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield (Ruggles) recalls the town's glory days. Looming large in Chuckawalla's reminiscences is the day that young and apparently mild-mannerd minister Philip Pharo (Phillip Terry) rode into town. In his own gentle but forceful fashion, Pharo managed to bring the town's lawless element into line, mollify the local bluenoses, and win the heart of likeable dance-hall girl Mary Mallory (Ellen Drew).
Judge
Memorable interpretación de Joan Craword en el papel de una mujer acusada de asesinato que se somete a una operación de cirugía estética para cambiar de vida. Remake de un drama sueco protagonizado por Ingrid Bergman.
Stewart Cordell
In this mystery, an insurance investigator must find the arsonists behind the burning of a warehouse. The detective does get some good photographs as evidence, but they are stolen from his apartment. He really isn't a great sleuth and winds up accusing everyone but the real culprit of the crime. As a result, he loses his job and must perform the investigation on his own.
William Stevens Sr.
A vaudeville act inherits an old, beat-up building and decides to try to turn it into a hip new nightclub. Frank Sinatra's first screen appearance.
Mulhausen
John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role.
Mr. Rollins
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
William C. Scully
Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians.
Donnelly, District Attorney
Story of a lawyer, gangster and a floozy.
General
Filipinas 1906. Trás la derrota de los españoles, el ejército norteamericano se ha asentado en Filipinas. El destacamento de la población de Mysang debe hacer frente a las huestes rebeldes del caudillo musulmán Alipang. Este envía "juramentados" para asesinar a los oficiales. El médico, teniente Canavan, se enfrentará a los "juramentados", a una epidemia de colera, a las insidias y traiciones de Datu, un jefecillo que finge ser aliado, y al ataque de los moros insurrectos.
R.J. Bennett
The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
James Wesley
According to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory is elucidated in Columbia's Parents on Trial, wherein strict disciplinarian James Westley (Henry Kolker) fails to understand or appreciate the real needs and feelings of his teenaged daughter Susan (Jean Parker).
Weston
Dr. Garfield gets so involved in his research for an antitoxin for severe burns that he completely neglects his wife, Virginian, and their young son, Steve. Virginia divorces him and takes the son with her. Their paths cross again in a life-or-death situation.
Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
Un estudiante universitario borracho invita a una chica al gran baile, pero luego olvida que se lo pidió. Cuando ella se presenta en la universidad, él trata de deshacerse de ella, pero la chica no se marcha, se mantiene en sus trece y se deja ver con él ante sus presumidos compañeros de clase.
Asa M. Barrows
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).
Chief of Police
Dos hombres inocentes son acusados injustamente de asesinato y condenados a muerte. La novia de uno de ellos convence a un detective de policía de su inocencia, y juntos tratan de encontrar al verdadero asesino antes de la fecha de ejecución de los hombres.
Horace Smith
Gary Cooper interpreta a un cowboy rudo e implacable pero con buenos sentimientos. Aunque no tiene nada que ver con su forma de ser, acaba enamorándose de una joven adinerada de alto copete, interpretada por Merle Oberon. Con su manera decidida de actuar, el cowboy, que tiene un temperamento bastante tradicional, está decidido a calmar la ligereza de la chica. Ella no soporta que nadie le diga lo que tiene que hacer. El cowboy piensa que este tipo de chicas son como los caballos salvajes, que para adiestrarlos hay que darles un margen de confianza, a la vez que atarles corto.
Pearly Todd
Durante su estancia en Shanghai, desde donde informa sobre la guerra chino-japonesa, Chris Hunter, un astuto reportero, conoce a la piloto Alma Harding. Ella no confía en Chris, pero él consigue contratarla como su asistente. Durante una aventurera expedición por las selvas de Sudamérica, su opinión sobre él empieza a cambiar.
Court Aide (uncredited)
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.
Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
The Jones family patriarch, also mayor (Prouty), is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.
Edward Seton
Adaptación de una obra de Broadway. Johnny Case (Cary Grant), un hombre poco convencional, se enamora de Julia Seton (Doris Nolan), una chica de buena familia; así que debe adaptarse a la alta sociedad neoyorquina. Además, su novia quiere que trabaje en el banco de su padre, actividad incompatible con su carácter. Sólo Linda (Katharine Hepburn), la vivaz hermana de Julia, es capaz de comprender que Case desee vivir una vida diferente.
Nicolo Polo
Relato que narra los viajes del aventurero Marco Polo, que viajó hasta Asia desde Italia descubriendo numerosas culturas. En Pekín conocerá la pólvora y se enamorará de la hija del emperador Kublai Khan.
Col. Hackett
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.
Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
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.
"Doc" Godfrey
Sir Peter Calverton lleva a su nieto Roger y a su mejor caballo a Estados Unidos, con la intención de que compita en algunas carreras. Una vez allí, intentarán convencer al jockey Timmie Donovan de que corra para ellos. Timmie vive en una pensión para jockeys, regentada por Mother Ralph, junto a otros jockeys y Cricket West, una muchacha que pretende ser artista.
Charles Stevens
In the fine tradition of And Sudden Death, Columbia's The Devil is Driving tabulates the dangers of drunken driving in an exciting, unabashedly melodramatic fashion. In his first true portrayal of a "little creep," Elisha Cook Jr. stars as Tony, the spoiled-rotten son of the wealthy and influential Mr. Stevens.
Judge Lederer
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
Dr. Lane
El joven doctor Paige, que dirige un equipo médico, supervisa una delicada operación, que acaba mal por culpa de la intromisión de un reputado médico. A pesar de ello, todos acusarán a Paige.
Crown Chief Justice Laughton
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachusetts. After a meddling girl arouses their suspicions, the town's elders accuse Barbara of being a witch. She is tried, convicted of sorcery and sentenced to death. As the townspeople prepare to burn Barbara at the stake, Roger tries desperately to save the woman he loves.
Mr. Hunter
Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.
Bruce Nordland
Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster son Steven (Donald Woods). The sons are both interns at Frank's hospital. Steven is the better doctor who takes blame for Jerry's mistakes.Steven has his license revoked when he is blamed for two deaths. Steven goes through years of hell trying to redeem himself.
District Attorney Pritchard
A detective (Edmund Lowe) trails a professor (Henry Daniell) who stole credit for his wife's research, then killed her.
Abel Canning
Johnny Cave es nombrado inspector de pesos y medidas después de que el antiguo inspector fuese hospitalizado debido a un presunto intento de asesinato. Pronto descubre que hay muchas irregularidades y que están engañando a los compradores. Las medidas agresivas que toma al respecto le hacen objetivo de la mafia.
Jonathan Grant
Lynnfield es una pequeña ciudad mojigata y represiva que se siente turbada ante la publicación de una atrevida novela llamada 'El pecador'. La autora es Theodora Lynn, una escritora que firma con el sobrenombre de Caroline Adams, y que pertenece a una influyente familia. Ante el miedo a ser descubierta como la autora del libro, Theodora viaja a Nueva York para negociar con el publicista. Pero en el camino conoce al ilustrador de portadas Michael Grant, del que se enamora.
Judge Henry Treacher
A hardened criminal is transformed into a responsible member of society after he undergoes plastic surgery.
Worthington
A successful songwriter and a struggling singer become involved professionally and romantically on the road to stardom.
Friar Laurence
Adaptación de la inmortal obra de William Shakespeare sobre el romance de dos jóvenes que se enamoran a pesar de las desavenencias de sus respectivas familias. Llama la atención la elección de Cukor de dos actores maduros (Leslie Howard contaba con 43 años de edad y Norma Shearer con 34) para los papeles principales.
Mr. Hollister
Con la pandilla de Al Kruger a la cabeza, los gángsters de Nueva York prosperan gracias a una administración débil que ha enviado al duro policía Johnny Blake (Edward G. Robinson) a un barrio de las afueras. Los cerebros de la banda son un triunvirato de banqueros cuyas influencias políticas, financieras y sociales permiten la existencia de los gángsters. Cuando Bryan, un editor que hace campaña contra ellos, aparece asesinado, un gran jurado designa al capitán Dan McLaren para que acabe con los malhechores. McLaren expulsa, aparentemente, a Blake del cuerpo de policía y éste, enfadado, se une a la banda como mano derecha de Kruger. Nick Fenner (Humphrey Bogart), el ayudante y asesino de Bryan, sospecha de Blake y desconfía de la presencia del ex policía en la banda.
Maj. Vaile
When gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masquerades as a respectable member of high society, his daughter Carol is left to bear the brunt of social stigma.
Mr. MacGregor
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
District Attorney
As California gubernatorial candidate Burton is about to cast his vote a truck crashes into the polling booth, critically injuring him and his opponent. A flashback traces his career from unemployed veteran to dockworker to lawyer. A side thread traces his tortured relationship with his wife.
Crippet
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.
Warder
Quan Marcus es un gladiador que goza del favor de Poncio Pilatos. Al regresar de un viaje de Jerusalén encuentra a su hijo adoptivo, Flavio, gravemente enfermo y lo lleva ante Jesús. El niño consigue sobrevivir milagrosamente y la vida de padre e hijo cambia.
Doctor (uncredited)
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
Kay, una aburrida chica de la alta sociedad neoyorquina hace un viaje a Grecia donde conoce a Terry, un arqueólogo. Kay flirtea con Terry y él acaba enamorándose de Kay. La joven se vuelve a Nueva York, seguida de cerca por Terry, que tiene la intención de proponerle matrimonio. Cuando llega a la gran ciudad se da cuenta de que el estilo de vida de Kay no es para él, y decide irse, pero la abuela de la chica le convence para que se quede. A pocos días de la boda, la pareja se pelea...
Dean
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and taken to Mexico--hoping that she will forget her "Red" boyfriend--by a young, handsome soldier named Jeff who, while somewhat of a goof-up, the general believes is still better for her.
J.C. Randolf - Bank President
La historia del legendario jugador Diamond Jim Brady y su romance con la actriz y cantante Lillian Russell.
Simmon's Attorney
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
Baron de Berghman
Boris Karloff interpreta a dos hermanos gemelos, uno gentil y de buen corazón, el otro un sádico tiránico y depravado, condenados por culpa de una profecía familiar a terminar con su estirpe asesinándose entre ellos.
Prefect Rosset
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)
Mr. Randall
A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco.
Mr. Enix
Betty Ingals walks out on her fiancé in search of adventure. She gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles upon a gang of bootleggers.
Doctor
La Leyenda de ”Broadway”, Al Jonson, y su segunda esposa Ruby Keeler, protagonizan este bello musical sobre una historia de bastidores. Recogiendo el mismo estilo que desarrolló en sus primeras películas, nuestro protagonista interpreta a un artista irresponsable, cuyas artimañas no profesionales acaban en una revuelta de sus propios compañeros de trabajo, hasta que la dirección lo despide del espectáculo.
Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
Una actriz, de la que está enamorado su agente, acaba casándose con un millonario.
District Attorney Stacey
Durante sus vacaciones en China, Perry Mason se encuentra con Rhoda, una antigua amiga que lo busca para que la ayude a esclarecer un caso. Moxley, su marido, que se supone que había muerto hace cuatro años, resulta que está vivo y le pide dinero. El caso se complica cuando la policía encuentra a Moxley muerto, pues ella se convierte en la principal sospechosa.
Auctioneer
A playwright descended from the Borgias family becomes a murder suspect.
Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
Mr. Fielding
Toni viene de una pequeña ciudad de Iowa dispuesta a hacerse con el negocio de su difunto padre en Nueva York, relacionado con el mundo de las apuestas deportivas. Aunque los socios del fallecido tratan de quedarse con el negocio, Toni no está dispuesta a abandonar su meta tan fácilmente, y encuentra apoyo en un cantante y su novia.
Arthur Carlisle
Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, and with the aid of Phoebe, the hotel telephone operator who takes a liking to him, and also Countess Louise Browssiloff, who innocently had left some personal belongings in the murdered man's room and is most anxious to recover the incriminating evidence, Foxhall solves the murder mystery.
Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St. Louis with only a buck on his person. To remedy the problem, Doyle pawns the revolver he's carrying. When the gun is subsequently used in a murder, Doyle's problems only multiply. In the meantime, he's also fallen in love with a comely stranger (Maxine Doyle) he convinced to impersonate his wife.
Martin Sanford
An escaped convict redeems himself by becoming an auto racing champion.
Dr. Harvey
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.
Paul Lamartine
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
Professor Hackett
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
Kurt Nordon
A respected war correspondent is found murdered, with three bullets--from three different guns--in him. Three different men are arrested, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder, but only one can be the actual killer. A criminologist sets out to find who is really guilty.
Dr. Kent
A ghostly and deadly dinner party, which at first turns out to be an elaborate staging of a new play for the benefit of a Broadway producer, becomes a true mystery when the players start to go missing.
Dr. Preston (uncredited)
La viuda Beatrice Pullman (Claudette Colbert) empieza a obtener beneficios gracias a las recetas de repostería de su sirvienta negra Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers). Mientras tanto, la hija de Beatrice (Rochelle Hudson) se enamora de su padrastro. Por su parte, la hija de la sirvienta (Fredi Washington) se empeña en hacerse pasar por blanca
Opper
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
John Ormsby
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.
Customer, Oscar
One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream.
Mr. Clark
Jerry es un ladrón de guante blanco que se dedica al robo de joyas. Aunque está felizmente casado, su mujer quiere que abandone ese tipo de vida, pues desea tener hijos. Un día, reciben la visita de Penny, la hija de Jerry, que ha se ha criado con la familia de su difunta madre. El encanto y la simpatía de la pequeña hará que Jerry se replantee su vida y piense seriamente en formar una familia.
Charles M. Lawton
Una bailarina de cabaret presencia un asesinato y es obligada a esconderse de unos gángsters y disfrazarse de un estudiante de Princeton.
Senator Titcombe
Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.
Judge Adams
Directed by Albert S. Rogell. With Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge, Rita La Roy, Charles C. Wilson.
J.W. Hartwell Sr.
Una joven mujer se debate entre un pretendiente rico que solo quiere su cuerpo y un joven honesto que quiere lo mejor para ella.
Carlo - the Puppeteer
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.
Mr. Blake
To divorce, or not to divorce. That is the question pondered by a married couple of 10 years who miss their burning desire for each other (Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard) in this 1934 film directed by Worthington Miner.
C.W. Sloane
Reporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine Sloane, a feisty young heiress who feels Collins has insulted her. To get revenge , she disguises herself and gets a job at Collins' paper, where she manages to throw his crusade against the gamblers into disarray.
The Psychiatrist
A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.
Doctor
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drowning so that another young man she had her eye on would save her.
R. H. Renaud
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.
Hatfield
A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market crashes.
Henri Marcher
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Lawyer Robert Kirkland
Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
Maritza's Manager
Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.
Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, crosses paths with every kind of offender there is, from first-time defendants to career criminals.
Baron Munchausen
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
Mr. Borden
Después del funeral de Tom Garner (Spencer Tracy), un magnate del ferrocarril muy poderoso y odiado, que se suicidó, su mejor amigo, Henry (Ralph Morgan), recuerda la vida de Garner, sus problemas familiares, y su ascenso desde simple operario a presidente del ferrocarril.
Police Interrogator
Silent screen favorite Madge Bellamy starred in this low-budget melodrama written and directed by character actor Alphonse Martell. In love with a rich customer, Count Albert Valraine (Theodore Von Eltz), salesgirl Suzanne Ricord accepts his engagement ring, but when she fails to understand "the rules of the game," as he puts it, the caddish Valraine demands that she return the bauble.
Mr. Sanborn
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in love.
Henry Flint
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint.
Theodore Arno
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...
Defense Attorney Clark
A lover selflessly steps aside to let her guy go so he can hook up with a rich dame. Sadly, the goodie good girl ends up marrying some scum bag gambler. When the scum bag is shot and killed, the little goodie good is the prime suspect. Can her old beau come to the rescue and save her from the death penalty? Hell, its the least he can do, or is he a scum bag too!
J.P. Carter
Lilly Powers es una camarera de una horrible ciudad industrial que trabaja en la cantina de su padre, donde aprende las malas artes de los clientes masculinos. Cuando este muere, se traslada a Nueva York con su criada, donde aprovechará su experiencia y su capacidad de engatusar a los hombres para ir escalando posiciones. En la gran manzana conoce a Jimmy McCoy, un botones de oficina que la ayuda a conseguir un trabajo en la Gotham Trust Company. A partir de entonces seduce y rechaza a varios hombres.
Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.
Agent de Police
Parisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanising.
Jameson Brewster - Bank President
Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together...
Schuyler Brooks
Una mujer es chantajeada por su primer marido, ella planea un viaje al extranjero para librarse de él.
Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
El joven hijo del Zar Nicolás II es querido por los suyos y por el pueblo. Ahora bien, está aquejado de hemofilia. El sacerdote Rasputin, quien le salva de una grave herida ante la sorpresa de los impotentes médicos, se ganará la confianza de la Zarina.
Mr. Carter
Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.
John Fair
Una pareja de ricos formada por Linda Gault y Geoffrey Gault viven felizmente. Ella solo piensa en no volver a ser pobre y hace todo lo que está en sus manos para ayudar a su marido. Pero llega el fatídico crac del 29 y la bolsa se desploma.
Hutton
Debido a sus enfermizos celos, el comandante de la armada Charles Storm, ha condenado a su mujer a una vida tan desgraciada que acaba echándose en brazos de un apuesto teniente. Cuando Charles se entera, se despierta en él el deseo de venganza.
Peter Barstow
Grace Livingston is leading a happy life in her small town, with her mother and father, being courted by two men, the steady but predictable Tommy Tucker and the more ambitious, flashy, and worldly Dick Loring, who seems closer to Grace in his desire for travel and adventure.
Stapleton
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.
Baron Franz Hohenfels
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
Passport Clerk
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
Col. Lautrac
En un hotel en medio del Sahara, un anciano y su hija intentan ocultar la ubicación de un tesoro escondido a un grupo de ladrones y delincuentes que se alojan en el hotel y que están decididos a conseguirlo. Un día llega al hotel un ladrón de refinados modales, con su propio plan para conseguir el botín, pero surgen complicaciones cuando comienza a enamorarse de la hija.
Areal Pacheco
Romance and political intrigue highlight director William C. McGann's 1931 comedy about a playboy smitten with the stepdaughter of a corrupt government official in a fictional Central American country. The cast includes Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Henry Kolker, Boris Karloff (in the small role of a secretary), Edmund Breon, Claude Allister and Luis Alberni.
Tchijinski
1931 picture starring Kay Johnson.
Mr. Woodward
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
District Attorney (uncredited)
El conductor de camiones Bugs Raymond organiza a las asociaciones de camioneros y se hace con dinero a cambio de protección. Una vez enriquecido, decide casarse con la dama de la alta sociedad Dorothy Stone. Ella le rechaza, en favor de otro hombre, así que él planea secuestrarla el día de su boda.
Butterfield (uncredited)
At a big party, Roger Fallon, now a woman-hater, right to the core - this all due to a failed marriage and disastrous love affairs - talks to Herbert Drake. Herbert who is happily married, bets Fallon that the next woman who walks into the room, whoever she is, won't let Fallon kiss her for 48 hours. Fallon takes the bet. Suddenly, a very beautiful and sexy woman walks in. It's Herbert's wife, Jeanne Drake...
Prefect of Police
A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.
Mr. Benson
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
D'Aiguillon
Jeannette Vaubernier, una compradora compulsiva que se encuentra de camino para entregar un sombrero, sueña con una vida llena de lujos y fama. Ensimismada en sus pensamientos, llega a una pequeña balsa de agua, donde se desnuda y se mete en el agua. Cosse de Brissac, un apuesto soldado de la Guardia Real, acude en su ayuda pensando que está en un apuro. Tras el encuentro, se enamoran perdidamente.
Sharp
A variety of broad-painted and unlikely characters are trapped in an underground café when a Mississippi River levee breaks and causes flood havoc above and below.
New Englander (uncredited)
La primera película hablada del maestro D.W. Griffith hace un repaso a la vida del famoso presidente norteamericano.
Butler
When love came the way of this gentleman crook he turned to the right---only to be caught in the swirling eddy of his criminal past! (original ad)
Prosecutor
In this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front for a bordello. While dancing one night she meets a sailor and agrees to be his bride. Unfortunately, one of her former suitors suddenly shows up and a terrible fight ensues.
Enrico
Any movie that starts Jewish entertainer George Jessel as an Italian accordionist named Luigi can't be all bad. In love with the beautiful Margharita (Lila Lee), Luigi lands a job in the music store owned by the girl's uncle. Ultimately, however, our hero does the Pagliacci act when Margharita evinces a preference for handsome Pasquale (David Rollins). The film's best scene takes place in a nursery full of talented tots, a sequence that undoubtedly reminded Jessel of his days with Gus Edwards' "Schoolroom" act. Exercising his droit du seigneur, Georgie Jessel sings the title tune.
Judge
A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.
Jasper Carter
Una coqueta belleza sureña está comprometida con uno de sus galanes.
Viceroy Cisneros
A complete version of the film is held by Cineteca Del Friuli.
Corbin
Silent crime movie
Rodney S. Bowen
Nancy Woods, secretary to a divorce lawyer, is tantalized by the idea of collecting alimony payments, she marries Stockney Webb with the intention of fleecing him after the honeymoon. Realizing that he has been fooled, Webb determines to teach Nancy, whom he truly loves, a lesson in humility and wifely behavior by taking her to his cabin in the wilderness.
Leon Lambert
Bebe Daniels was at the peak of her silent stardom when she appeared in this comedy, which was really more slapstick than farce. Ginette (Daniels) is a waitress at Pierre's café. She is in love with Lucien (Douglas Gilmore) and hates getting attention from anyone else. Whenever another man tries to kiss her, she angrily starts throwing glassware. The restaurant's patrons find this amusing, and Leon Lambert (Henry Kolker) makes a bet that he will be able to kiss her. (Janiss Garza)
A chorus girl breaks a deal with her boss by marrying the rich man she was supposed to ruin.
Marcus Morton
Historia de tres bailarinas de music-hall con personalidades muy diferentes: Sally es la reina del espectáculo y tiene un amante rico que la mantiene, Irene es más tímida y Mary acaba de empezar en el mundo del espectáculo y aunque tiene un carácter más descarado es muy ingenua. Cuando el amante de Sally empieza a interesarse por Mary, estallará la tensión entre las dos.
Egbert Phillips
When Ellen Linden comes back home from finishing school, she finds out that her wealthy father has lost all his money. She must get a job to help support the family, and goes to work as a secretary in the brokerage firm of Phillips and Rand. Both partners find themselves attracted to her, but each has a different approach: Phillipls takes the rough, aggressive route and Rand does the opposite, complimenting and flattering her at every opportunity. However, she falls in love with Tom Galloway, a young inventor who has come up with a new type of soft drink, "Here's How". in which Ellen attempts to interest the brokers. Phillips, however, doesn't take rejection lightly and schemes to break up Ellen and Galloway using his unwitting partner.
Director
In India a major tries to cash in on a dry oil well but shoots himself when the oil returns.
Director
Two inmates and a cleaning girl at a home for struggling artists achieve success and fame when they pool their talents and produce a smash hit Broadway musical. Edgar ( Monte Blue ), the playwright, is in love with April ( Madge Kennedy ), the ex- leading lady, but she doesn't discover that she loves him until it's almost too late.
Director
Sant'Ilario is a 1923 silent film
Director
The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.
Director
Director Henry Kolker's silent romantic melodrama starred Vera Gordon, who was billed as "The 'Mother' of 'Humoresque'", Bertram Marburgh, Yvonne Shelton, Hugh Huntley, and William H. Tooker
A Dandy
An unkempt chorus girl is arrested on a minor charge. In court, she is spotted by a novelist who is looking for someone of her type on whom to model a character in a book he is writing. He takes her into his home where she is looked down upon by his snobbish family. But the girl brings something to the family unlike anything they have known before.
Director
Mira Sacky (Bessie Barriscale) will inherit a fortune if she is able to come up with ten thousand dollars for lawyers' fees. Since she has no money of her own, the only way she can think of raising the funds is to marry someone wealthy. When she gets the attention of Michael Ordsay (Jack Holt), she quickly asks him to marry her. It seems to be a mismatch, so Mira obtains the needed money from his kindly father (Tom Guise), and heads for Rome, where she undergoes voice training and becomes an operatic star.
Director
Dance-hall queen Kate Carewe is the toast of the gold-mining camp of Huxley's Gulch. One day a minister, Ralph Bowen, arrives to "clean up" the town. He is scorned by the miners, gamblers and "loose women" of the place, especially Kate, who resents that Bowen calls her a "scarlet woman".
Lawrence Selden
Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th year, an age when her youthful blush is drawing to a close and her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a tragically lonely existence on the margins of society.
Dr. Frank Simpson
While playing cards, Col. Francis Fielding is unjustly accused of cheating by the Earl of St. Albans. The charges are considered so serious in that strata of society that Fielding is disowned by his parents and held in contempt by "proper" society. Fleeing to Paris, Fielding marries and fathers a baby daughter he names Leonore. His wife soon dies and he is forced to raise the girl on his own, alone and broke. He soon dies, and Leonore is adopted by his sister Lady Mountstephen, but it's not much of an improvement: the "lady" hates Leonore, treats her badly and finally disowns her. Things look grim for Leonore until Lord Fitzmaurice loans her a sum of money. Unfortunately, that deed arouses the anger of the wildly jealous Lady Norton, who is secretly married to him. Complications ensue.
Dr. Stephen Royce
An adventurous young girl in Florida gets herself lost in the Everglades and finds terror and excitement, as well as the rivalry of two men in love with her.
Himself
Molly, an Irish girl just hired by a New York newspaper, is assigned as a test a chain interview of celebrities that must be accomplished within a set amount of time. She goes through innumerable paths and obstacles to achieve the goal.
