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“Indiscreet” is an American comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Gloria Swanson and Ben Lyon. The screenplay by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson, based on their story Obey That Impulse, originally was written as a full-fledged musical, but only two songs – “If You Haven’t Got Love” and “Come to …
George “Babyface” Nelson becomes one of the most important gangsters of 1920s Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone he allies himself with John Dillinger source
“The Red House” is a 1947 psychological thriller starring Edward G. Robinson. It is adapted from the novel “The Red House” by George Agnew Chamberlain, published in 1943 by Popular Library. The novel was serialized in five consecutive issues of Saturday Evening Post, 10 March 1945 through 7 April 1945. Handicapped farmer Pete (Robinson) and …
“A Study in Scarlet” (1933) is a drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes and Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke. The title comes from Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel of the same name, the first in the Holmes series, but the screenplay by Robert Florey was original. Despite …
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“The Thirteenth Guest” (1932) is an American mystery film, released on August 9, 1932. The film is also known as “Lady Beware” in the United Kingdom. It was based on the 1929 novel by crime fiction writer Armitage Trail best known for writing “Scarface”. The films opens on an old abandoned house and our leading …
“Isn’t Life Wonderful?” (1924) is a silent film directed by D. W. Griffith for his company D. W. Griffith Productions, and distributed by United Artists. It was based on the novel by Geoffrey Moss and it went under the alternative title “Dawn”. Most of the scenes were filmed in Germany and Austria. Only one was …
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“Meet John Doe” is a 1941 American comedy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a “grassroots” political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist and pursued by a wealthy businessman. It became a box office hit and was nominated for an Academy …
“Seven Sinners” is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Edmund Lowe, Constance Cummings and Felix Aylmer. An American detective and his sidekick are called to Britain to take on a gang of international criminals. — Directed by Albert de Courville, written by Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Austin Melford (additional …
“Murder at Dawn” is a 1932 American film directed by Richard Thorpe. The film is also known as “The Death Ray” in the United Kingdom. The story is about a mad scientist who works on a death ray in his mountain hideaway. — Directed by Richard Thorpe, produced by John R. Freuler (executive producer) and …
“The Strange Woman” is an American film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, starring Hedy Lamarr, and released by United Artists. An unscrupulous 19th-century woman will stop at nothing to control the men in her life. — Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, produced by Jack Chertok (producer), Hedy Lamarr (executive producer), Eugen Schüfftan (producer) and Hunt …