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53
7.3
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/36/
65
/43/
3.6
/1824/
91
/11/
79
/17/

Five Star Final (1931)
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
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Amazon Prime Video
56
39
5.7
/1851/
57
/42/
54
/38/
3.1
/1333/
75
/12/
36
/29/

Abraham Lincoln (1930)
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
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67
38
6.5
/1519/
60
/20/
62
/19/
3.0
/800/
100
/11/
55
/21/

The House of Rothschild (1934)
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially because of the prejudices against Jews.
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63
35
6.6
/2095/
64
/19/
59
/27/
3.1
/589/
89
/9/
41
/10/

Bordertown (1935)
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
poster
69
33
7.5
/1446/
66
/17/
60
/15/
3.5
/642/
78
/119/

Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
poster
61
33
6.5
/1501/
63
/18/
64
/19/
3.3
/1536/
48
/46/

Hot Saturday (1932)
A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.
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fuboTV
58
25
6.4
/1151/
64
/19/
65
/11/
3.1
/1543/
39
/27/

Shopworn (1932)
A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
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64
23
6.5
/543/
65
/2/
68
/16/
3.4
/446/
55
/62/

Liliom (1930)
A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tries to help pull off a robbery, which goes wrong. Because of the robbery, he dies, and after spending time in hell, is sent back to earth for one day to try to make amends. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
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64
22
6.8
/888/
60
/17/
58
/16/
3.4
/1056/

Hell's Highway (1932)
A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.
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YouTube TV
64
21
6.8
/1368/
72
/14/
72
/8/
3.2
/281/
47
/95/

The Man Who Played God (1932)
While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royle is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assassinate the foreign ruler. With his career over as a result of his injury, Royle returns to New York City with his sister Florence, close friend Mildred Miller, and considerably younger fiancée Grace Blair. After abandoning thoughts of suicide, Montgomery discovers he can lip read, and he spends his days observing people in Central Park from his apartment window. As he learns of people's problems, he tries to help them anonymously and becomes absorbed in his game of "playing God".
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18
5.6
/938/
55
/5/
62
/6/
67
/24/

Way Back Home (1931)
A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.
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58
18
6.8
/685/
58
/8/
50
/10/
3.5
/521/
42
/246/

The Bowery (1933)
"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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60
17
6.2
/663/
66
/3/
55
/8/
3.3
/296/
48
/87/

Inspiration (1931)
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau and Judith Vosselli. It is a romantic melodrama, portraying a Parisian belle with a past returning to haunt her. The film is the only one where Montgomery played opposite Garbo.
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57
15
6.5
/677/
58
/5/
55
/4/
3.3
/291/
42
/80/

Make Me a Star (1932)
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
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55
15
5.7
/681/
64
/11/
62
/8/
3.1
/489/
31
/118/

Sidewalks of New York (1931)
A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.
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67
15
6.8
/946/
67
/11/
78
/11/
3.4
/517/
57
/3/

Romance in Manhattan (1935)
Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia. With the help of lovable cop-on-the-beat Murphy, Sylvia hides Karel from the immigration authorities and ultimately falls in love with him. In addition to Karel's illegal-alien status, the plot is complicated by a crooked lawyer and a group of well-meaning welfare workers who endeavor to place Sylvia's kid brother Frank in a foster home.
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54
14
6.6
/717/
53
/8/
54
/9/
3.3
/405/
25
/82/

High Pressure (1932)
Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy, but it becomes difficult when those want to see the inventor of the synthetic rubber...
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54
13
6.7
/559/
60
/1/
65
/11/
20
/227/

One Man's Journey (1933)
Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy as well as Letty, a baby whose mother has died in childbirth and whose father blames Watt and abandons the child. Watt dreams of returning to do research studies, but always something gets in the way: an epidemic, his children's needs, or the needs of his generally ungrateful patients. Only with the passing years does he come to find that his future isn't over and his past isn't quite the failure he believed.
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56
12
5.9
/445/
62
/7/
60
/3/
3.2
/234/
40
/45/

Big Business Girl (1931)
A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her boyfriend spends the summer in Europe with his band.
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52
8
5.6
/330/
50
/2/
42
/6/
3.0
/543/

The Virtuous Sin (1930)
Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
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?
6.2
/26/

Perils of the Coast Guard (1926)
When Coast Guard Captain Tom Norris, at Point Lobos, Maine, save Natalie Aldridge from drowning, a romance blossoms much to the dislike of Carlton Aldrich, Natalie's uncle, who wishes her to marry Lonsdayle. In spite of her uncle, Natalie and Tom are married and live in a small cottage near the Coast Guard station, and Aldridge ignores them. Tom is assigned to capture the oyster pirates and does so, but the pirate leader escapes and plans to keep Tom from testifying against his men by kidnapping Natalie.
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4.0
/8/
10
/1/

Fifteen Wives (1934)
Shortly after his arrival from South America to New York, Steven Humbolt is found dead in his apartment at the Savoia Hotel. Inspector Decker Dawes investigates the case and although the cause of death is described as apoplexy, Dawes is convinced it as murder, especially after he learns that Humbolt had been married fifteen times.
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57
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6.7
/258/
48
/4/

Pick-up (1933)
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.
poster
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6.6
/41/

Ladies Must Love (1933)
Lighthearted comedy film following the (mis)adventures of four gold diggers.
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5.2
/19/
45
/2/

Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)
"Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals, that, if passed, would forbid the selling of wooden shingles for house-roofs. He also takes time, along the way, to smooth the rocky road to romance being traveled by Bill Peck and Barbara Blake.
poster
?
7.2
/73/

Men in Her Life (1931)
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: he will settle her debts if she teaches him how to be "a gentleman".
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63
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6.5
/503/
63
/9/
62
/6/
3.2
/214/

The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.
poster
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7.2
/28/

His Night Out (1935)
When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he gets involved with a bank robbery and kidnapped by the gang.
poster
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6.0
/93/

Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.
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5.4
/98/
50
/1/

Wild Company (1930)
The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.
poster
?
5.8
/40/
50
/1/

Man Trouble (1930)
A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love with her, but she prefers a younger, more-genteel lover.
poster
?
5.9
/152/

Sutter's Gold (1936)
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
poster
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6.3
/37/
60
/1/

Madame Spy (1934)
Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigned to spy on him. When he is told to uncover a leak, he vows revenge on his wife.
poster
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6.8
/34/
60
/1/

Trouble in Morocco (1937)
A newspaperman Paul Cluett (Jack Holt) gets rival reporter Linda Lawrence (Mae Clark) to admit that she is investigating a story in Morocco that guns are being smuggled illegally.
poster
?
6.9
/57/

You Said a Hatful! (1934)
When he learns the secret news that it will be sold today at 4pm in Kansas City, international banker J.P. Anderson sets in motion a plan to purchase the Tippycanoe Tuckahoe & Tehachapi Railroad.
poster
?
7.2
/42/

It Happened One Day (1934)
Charley meets his new boss--who has a lovely daughter.
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?
5.9
/75/

And Sudden Death (1936)
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.
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44
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5.5
/112/
60
/1/
20
/1/

When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932)
A lame boy's uncle tries to rescue him from his over-protective parents.
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51
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6.0
/546/
60
/9/
56
/9/
3.1
/237/
17
/7/

Before Dawn (1933)
After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.
poster
?
5.6
/56/
60
/2/
40
/2/

Take the Stand (1934)
A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets out to find the killers.
poster
?
6.3
/22/

Hold the Press (1933)
When newspaper reporter Tim Collins, of the "Post", is slugged while investigating the shooting of a big-time gambler, he sets out to get his man with such determination that he ends up in jail. There, he discovers a "parole racket" which involves a crooked politician, and he faces death to get the story for his paper.
poster
59
?
6.1
/254/
57
/3/

It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
Scotty, an unwilling Navy war hero is cast into the limelight. He wants to get married and be an engineer, but is forced to fulfil the expectations of the public, his employer and his PR agent, which he hates. Although he and his long time girlfriend Janet love each other, they are pressured to marry before they are ready. The strain takes its toll on both of them.
poster
52
?
4.9
/64/
60
/1/
50
/1/

The Fire-Trap (1935)
An insurance investigator falls in love with a society girl, unaware that her uncle and his boss are conspiring to commit insurance fraud by overvaluing a decrepit warehouse and its contents and burning the building to the ground.
poster
61
?
6.0
/184/
65
/5/
59
/4/

Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for which the jewel is insured. It doesn't take him long to find the emerald, but he discovers that finding it was the easy part; the difficult part is getting it back to its rightful owner, and he winds up involved in a murder in which an innocent man is framed.
poster
?
6.3
/97/
58
/4/

The Best Man Wins (1935)
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, finds himself assigned to break up the crook's operation and bring in his gang--including the man who saved his life.
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47
?
5.1
/105/
30
/1/
60
/1/

The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of a gambler. Powell is in love with, Marion Courtney, but he's unaware that Marion is the sister of the innocent man he sent to prison. Marion gets herself committed to a women's prison to get proof from inmate, Evelyn 'Duchess' Thane, that her brother is innocent. Powell learns of Marion's plight and believes she's in love with the man he sent to prison.
poster
60
?
5.9
/340/
57
/4/
65
/2/

Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over he finds himself involved with gangsters, blackmail and murde
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5.4
/65/
50
/1/
33
/3/

Rainbow's End (1935)
A rancher's son finds himself helping another rancher who is at odds with his father--all because of the father's crooked partner.


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