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Directed by Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceActors William Haines,
Leila Hyams,
Polly Moran,
Marie Dressler,
Francis X. Bushman, Jr.,
Clara BlandickRating52%
Tom Ward, a cocky young football hero, returns home after graduation determined to conquer the world. He begins a flirtation with Mary Howe, secretary to his rival, McAndrews, and in a restaurant he bribes a waiter to spill soup on her employer. Although offered a local banking job, Tom stakes his fortunes on a scheme to sell bonds to wealthy old Hattie Brown, a befuddled spinster, and achieves the difficult task while posing as a doctor by getting her drunk. Finally, desperate over Mary's engagement to McAndrews, Tom kidnaps her from the altar. In a chase finale she is convinced that he loves her. , 1h29
Directed by Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres DramaActors Wallace Beery,
Mickey Rooney,
Margaret Hamilton,
Arthur Hohl,
Minor Watson,
Marjorie GatesonRating67%
Wallace Beery plays eternally inebriated ex-veterinarian Tom Terry. An aspiring jockey Mickey (Mickey Rooney) idolizes Tom, who reciprocates by passing along horsemanship advice to the kid. The film's dramatic high point is where Tom, judgement benumbed by years of alcohol abuse, tries to pull himself long enough to perform a delicate operation on Mickey's beloved horse Lady-Q. The film culminates in a big horse race, with Mickey and Tom laying their hopes on the "long shot.", 1h27
Directed by Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaActors Marie Dressler,
Polly Moran,
Anita Page,
Norman Foster,
Jacquie Lyn,
Jerry TuckerRating62%
Maggie Warren (Dressler) inherited a family bank during the Depression and Lizzie Praskins (Moran) is one of her biggest depositors. Maggie’s son John is engaged to Lizzies's daughter Helen. All kinds of farces happen when the would-be mothers-in-law battle for setting the wedding's protocol including their different preferences of choosing the pastor to perform the ceremony., 1h35
Directed by Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres DramaActors Robert Montgomery,
Elliott Nugent,
Francis X. Bushman,
Leila Hyams,
Clara Blandick,
Francis X. Bushman, Jr.Rating61%
"Adolf Wagenkampf", a German immigrant barber on the verge of becoming rich, takes his sickly son away on a two-year stay in a drier climate. The man's partner deems him a failure, but he learns that his family is more important than finance., 2h7
Directed by Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilitiesActors Ann Sheridan,
Robert Cummings,
Betty Field,
Ronald Reagan,
Charles Coburn,
Claude RainsRating74%
The film commences in 1890 in the small town of Kings Row, focusing on five children. They are Parris Mitchell, who lives with his grandmother; Cassandra Tower, daughter of Dr. Alexander Tower; the wealthy orphan Drake McHugh; Louise Gordon, daughter of the sadistic town physician Dr. Henry Gordon, who has been known to perform operations without anesthetic; and the tomboy Randy Monaghan, whose father is a railroad worker., 1h8
Directed by Richard Boleslawski,
Charles Reisner,
George Stevens,
Allan Dwan,
Sam Wood,
Edmund Goulding,
Roy RowlandOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
MusicalThemes Films about animals,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Buddy films,
Children's filmsActors Jimmy Durante,
Stan Laurel,
Oliver Hardy,
Polly Moran,
Charles Butterworth,
Lucille BallRating59%
Jungle movie star "Schnarzan" (Durante), a character in parody of Tarzan, is advised by his manager he needs new lions for his pictures, as his old ones are "worn out". At a wild Hollywood party with many varied guests, including a "lion provider", hilarity ensues. After it all gets out of hand, Schnarzan awakens to find he is just plain old Durante, who had a strange dream., 1h28
Directed by William K. Howard,
Sam WoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Ramón Novarro,
Jeanette MacDonald,
Frank Morgan,
Charles Butterworth,
Jean Hersholt,
Henry ArmettaRating63%
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Directed by Richard Boleslawski,
Erich von Stroheim,
Gloria Swanson,
Irving Thalberg,
Sam Wood,
Edmund GouldingOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Monde imaginaire,
Films about religionActors Gloria Swanson,
Walter Byron,
Seena Owen,
Walter Byron,
Tully Marshall,
Sylvia AshtonRating70%
Prince Wolfram (Byron) is the betrothed of mad Queen Regina V of Kronberg (Owen). As punishment for partying with other women, he is sent on manoeuvres. He sees Kitty Kelly (Swanson) walking with other convent students and flirts with her. She is embarrassed when he makes a comment after seeing that her underwear is visible, so she takes it off and throws it at him, to the horror of the nuns, who punish her for her "indecency".