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Operator 13
Virginia The 1860sA TRICK OF FATE MADE THEM BOTH ENEMY AND LOVER. — American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gail Loveless to become one of his operators and infiltrate enemy territory.
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The Girl from Missouri
New YorkLeaving 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.
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Forsaking All Others
New YorkSTAR-STUDDED GLORY! It's Gay! It's Thrilling! — A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
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As the Earth Turns
MaineLove happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
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Now I'll Tell
New York The 1920s The 1910s The 1900sA Woman Tells All! — A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most.
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Murder on the Blackboard
New YorkThey Laughed When Miss Withers Sniffed a Clue; But Kicked Themselves Ever After for Laughing — There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in her old friend Inspector Piper, who promptly arrests the obvious suspect. Clues multiply and everyone looks suspicious as Piper and Miss Withers continue their battle of the sexes.
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Here Comes the Groom
MassachusettsPiccolo 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.
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Hi, Nellie!
New YorkManaging Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy on the story. Every other paper goes with the story that Frank took the money and Brad is demoted, by the publisher, to the Heartthrob column - writing advice to the lovelorn. After feeling sorry for himself for two months, he takes the column seriously and makes it the talk of the town. But Brad still wants his old job back so he will have to find Canfield and the missing money.
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Double Door
New YorkBased on a 1933 stage production billed as “The Play That Made Broadway Gasp,” it features an over-the-top performance by Mary Morris (repeating her stage role) as a domineering money-bags whose suppressed incestuous urges go into overdrive when her half-brother (Kent Taylor) brings a new bride (Venable) home to the family’s gloomy Fifth Avenue mansion. The title refers to a secret soundproofed chamber that the villainess uses to entrap her enemies. (Gene Siskel Film Center)
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Success at Any Price
New YorkA young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market crashes.
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Change of Heart
New YorkThe most glorious sweethearts of the screen together again! — Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
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Stolen Sweets
New YorkWealthy but unhappy Patricia Belmont meets fun-loving insurance salesman Bill Smith (and his fun-loving friends Sam Ragland and Betty Harkness)on a ship cruise and falls in love, much to the annoyance of her high-society, fortune-hunting fiance Barrington Thorne.
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Ye Happy Pilgrims
Massachusetts The 17th CenturyYe Happy Pilgrims is a short animated film by Walter Lantz Productions, starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
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Bowery Daze
New York The 1890sIn the 1890's, Krazy runs a sleazy dive in the Bowery where Kitty sings and dances for a mostly drunken, low class clientèle. as the beer flows and the piano tinkles, a big, tough guy comes in and starts trouble, but everyone pelts him with fists, furniture and beer mugs until he's vanquished.
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Affairs of a Gentleman
New YorkWhen a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote about in his books.
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Beloved
South Carolina The 1830sBeloved is a 1934 American 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.
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King Kong
New YorkA Monster of Creation’s Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today! — Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to displayed on Broadway as Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
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42nd Street
New York The 1930sThe Greatest Musical hit the Screen Has Ever Known! — A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
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Baby Face
New YorkShe climbed the ladder of success - wrong by wrong! — A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
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Flying Down to Rio
FloridaToo big for the world... So they staged it in the clouds... Too beautiful for words... So they set it to music! — A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
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Footlight Parade
New YorkClimaxing Warner Bros.' glittering parade of musicals! — A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
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Gold Diggers of 1933
New York The 1930sThe Biggest Show On Earth! — Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown Brad, Carol and her gold-digging friends scheme to keep the show going, hooking a couple of millionaires along the way.
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Morning Glory
New YorkA drama fired with Hepburn's blazing genius! — Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?
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Mystery of the Wax Museum
New York The 1930s The 1920sWarner Bros.' Supreme Thriller — The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
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I'm No Angel
New York"Come up and see me sometime - any time!" — The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
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Penthouse
New YorkGertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
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Dinner at Eight
New York The 1930sAn ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
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Little Women
New York Massachusetts The 1860sLittle Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.
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Lady for a Day
New YorkTakes its place among the greatest pictures ever made! — Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.
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She Done Him Wrong
New York The 1890sMae West gives a 'Hot Time' to the nation! — New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader.
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Lady Killer
New YorkWarner Bros. screen scoop of the year teaming Jimmie again with the girl he slapped all the way from obscurity to fame in "Public Enemy" — An ex-gangster tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal activities after he accidentally becomes a movie star.
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Employees' Entrance
New YorkKurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20 years or of toying with the affections of every woman he meets. One such victim is Madeline, a beautiful young woman in need of a job. Anderson hires her as a salesgirl, but not before the two spend the night together. Madeline is ashamed, especially after she falls for Martin West, a rising young star at the store. Her biggest fear is that Martin finds out the truth about her "career move."
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Dancing Lady
New YorkThe Scenes Are Enthralling! The Electrical Ballet! Girls in Cellophane! Mirrors of Venus! Merry-Go-Round Girls — Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
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The House on 56th Street
New YorkA beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.
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Bureau of Missing Persons
New YorkSHAME is responsible for the "amnesia" plague which has swept America! — Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...
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Ex-Lady
New YorkSo frank . . so outspoken... so true... — Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
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The Woman Accused
New YorkJeffrey and Glenda are two lovers about to embark on a three-day cruise to nowhere. Their plan is to be married on board by the ship's captain. As Glenda is packing to leave, she receives a threatening phone call from her obsessed, former lover Leo. Glenda confronts Leo and tells him that it's over. Leo, a high-powered attorney calls a hit man to have Jeffrey eliminated. Glenda knocks Leo over the head before he can give the hit man a name. Leo is dead. Glenda sneaks back into her apartment, goes off on the cruise with Jeffrey and pretends that all is swell. Leo's partner, Stephen Bessemer, suspects Glenda and follows her to the ship. Bessemer stages a mock trial aboard the ship and cleverly draws a confession from Glenda. Jeffrey, also an attorney, represents Glenda when she is arrested upon arriving on shore. A skeptical district attorney, and the fact that Jeffrey horsewhips the star witness (the hit man), combine to get Glenda completely off the hook.
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Counsellor at Law
New YorkGreat is the word for...COUNSELLOR AT LAW! — Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
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Doctor Bull
New England ConnecticutAs Great - As Human - As 'State Fair' — In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portrays Dr. George Bull, a compassionate, highly regarded small-town physician who often prescribes a healthy dose of common sense! But when Bull begins dating a widow (Vera Allen), the local gossips misconstrue the story. To make matters worse, Bull's plainspoken manner earns him an enemy in the wealthy owner of a nearby construction camp. But once it's learned that the camp has caused illness by polluting the local water supply, the good doctor steps in to try to restore the town's health - and his reputation!
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Design for Living
New YorkThree hearts that beat as one. — An independent woman can't chose between the two men she loves.
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Three-Cornered Moon
New YorkThere are five kinds of saps on the Remplegar family tree and every branch grows a nut! — Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.
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The Man from Toronto
New YorkA joyously exciting romance, with a "catch" to it! — According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is a widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to the receipt of it. The two much marry within a year. To aid matters, Leila disguises herself as Fergus' maid, and the two begin to fall in love. However when Fergus discovers the truth, he is less than pleased by the deception.
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Gabriel Over the White House
District of Columbia The 1930sThe sensation of a nation! — A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
New York The 1930sA New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
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The Circus Queen Murder
New YorkSuave, lip-reading DA Thatcher Colt plans to get away from the big city for a while. So he and his secretary, Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate NY town called Gilead. They expect a calm oasis, but when a small time circus rolls into town they soon find themselves caught up in a sordid tale of marital infidelity, murder, cruelty to animals, and cannibalism.
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Rafter Romance
New YorkA working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.
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Fast Workers
New YorkGunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner hasn't failed. But one night, while Gunner is in jail, Bucker meets Mary, a tough dame with a line. He falls for her, and she falls for his money. But Mary is already a gal pal of Gunner, and no two know about the third one. The trouble starts when the triangle is revealed too late.
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Hello, Sister!
New YorkLONELY IN THE MIDST OF MILLIONS — Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together...
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The Bowery
New York The 1890s"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.
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