Stars: Pat O’Brien, Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton Director: Christy Cabanne Writer: Edward T. Lowe Jr. (screen story) A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud. source
Stars: Judith Allen, Grant Withers and Warren Hymer Director: Scott Pembroke Writers: John W. Krafft (story), Scott Darling (screenplay) A telephone operator covering for a friend’s “fling” finds herself in the middle of a major disaster when the city is hit by a big flood and her switchboard is the center of communications. source
Stars: Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond and Phyllis Cerf Director: S. Roy Luby Writers: Peter B. Kyne (story), Betty Laidlaw (adaptation) A young reporter’s grandfather wins a sweepstakes, but it turns out that his ticket is phony. The reporter finds out that the police are looking for the criminal ring responsible for the phony-sweepstakes racket, so …
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Stars: Sally Rand, Esther Muir and Vince Barnett Director: Louis J. Gasnier Writers: Harold Joyce (story), Paul Franklin (screenplay) Small-time showgirl, loved by two decent men, poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsible for her father’s murder. source
Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, William Farnum and Earle Browne Director: A. Edward Sutherland Writers: Douglas Fairbanks (story) Yachtsman Steve Drexel bets his friends that he can swim ashore on a remote south-seas island with nothing but a toothbrush and be ‘living the life of Riley’ when they return. With handmade implements the lighthearted, athletic Steve improbably …
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Stars: Jack La Rue, Mary Healy and Kane Richmond Director: Elmer Clifton Writer: Oliver Drake (story) Vic is a night club owner/racketeer whose club is run primarily for the purpose of the club girls marrying the rich blue bloods among the customers, leading to annulments leading to cash settlements and/or blackmail. For more hard-to-find Hollywood …
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Stars: Ann Rutherford, Frank Albertson and Ward Bond Director: Joseph Santley Writers: Wellyn Totman (story) When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner. For more hard-to-find Hollywood …
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Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett Director: Louis J. Gasnier Writers: Cynthia Meade (original story), Lawrence Meade (original story). An investigator tries to find a gang responsible for a rash of bank robberies. What he doesn’t know is that his sister is the girlfriend of the gang’s ringleader. For more hard-to-find Hollywood films check …
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Stars: Ann Corio, Buster Crabbe and Evelyn Wahl Director: Sam Newfield Writers: George Wallace Sayre (story), Milton Raison (story) A woman who was raised in the jungle helps a man fight Nazis who are trying to start a native uprising. For more hard-to-find Hollywood films check out the Rare & Classic PizzaWood playlist exclusively at …
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