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“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 …
Palooka is a 1934 comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff starring Jimmy Durante. It is based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. The movie was adapted by Jack Jevne, Arthur Kober, Gertrude Purcell, Murray Roth and Ben Ryan from the comic strip. It was directed by Benjamin Stoloff. The film is also known as …
“Gambling with Souls” is a 1936 American film directed by Elmer Clifton. The movie is about young girls which are cheated in rigged gambling games and then forced into prostitution to pay off their debts. — Directed by Elmer Clifton, produced by J.D. Kendis, written by J.D. Kendis, starring Martha Chapin as Mrs. Mae Miller, …
“The Front Page” is a 1931 American comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O’Brien. Based on a Broadway play of the same name, the film was produced by Howard Hughes, written by Bartlett Cormack and Charles Lederer, and distributed by United Artists. The supporting cast includes Mary Brian, George …
“Dark Journey” is a 1937 British spy film directed by Victor Saville set in the First World War. Its plot concerns two secret agents on opposite sides, played by Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leigh, who fall in love. — Directed by Victor Saville, produced by Victor Saville and Alexander Korda, written by Lajos Biró (play …
“Bubbling Over” is a 1934 American musical comedy short film directed by Leigh Jason. Samson Peabody is the janitor in an apartment building where he and his wife Ethel live with a large crowd of Samson’s freeloading relatives. When more relatives come to stay, Ethel throws them out. A scheming occupant of the building reads …
“Catherine the Great” (also titled “The Rise of Catherine the Great”) is a 1934 British historical film based on the play The Czarina by Lajos Biró and Melchior Lengyel, about the rise to power of Catherine the Great. It was directed by Paul Czinner, and stars Elisabeth Bergner as Catherine, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Grand …
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“Attack of the Giant Leeches” is a low-budget 1959 Science Fiction film from American International Pictures. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski, produced by Gene Corman, and the screenplay was written by Leo Gordon. The film is in black and white, and runs for 62 minutes. It was one of a spate of monster …
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“The 39 Steps” (1935) is a British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. The film stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. Of the four major film versions of the book, this film has been the most acclaimed. In 1999, the film came in …
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