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Directed by Frank BorzageOrigin USAGenres Drama,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Dick Powell,
Bess Flowers,
Ruby Keeler,
Lewis Stone,
Ross Alexander,
Eddie AcuffRating60%
Dick Melville (Powell) and June Blackburn (Keeler) meet during a naval review in New York Harbor. Though both come from Navy families, Dick aspires for a singing career and June, her father and brother both having been killed in the war, has vowed never to marry a Navy man. Admiral Melville (Stone), Dick's father, is the new superintendent of the Naval Academy and his dearest wish is that his son follow in his footsteps as a naval officer. He maneuvers Dick into enrolling as a midshipman by accusing him of being afraid of failing the entrance exams., 1h31
Directed by Howard HawksOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Adventure,
Romance,
WesternActors Joel McCrea,
Miriam Hopkins,
Edward G. Robinson,
Frank Craven,
Walter Brennan,
Harry CareyRating67%
On a foggy night in 1850, Mary Rutledge (Miriam Hopkins), accompanied by retired Colonel Marcus Aurelius Cobb (Frank Craven), arrives in San Francisco Bay aboard the Flying Cloud. A gold digger, she has come to wed the wealthy owner of a local saloon. The men at the wharf reluctantly inform her that her fiancé is dead, murdered most likely by Louis Chamalis (Edward G. Robinson), the powerful owner of the Bella Donna restaurant and gambling house. Mary is upset, but quickly pulls herself together and asks the way to the Bella Donna., 1h12
Directed by Charles Barton,
Louis GasnierOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceActors Cary Grant,
Claude Rains,
Gertrude Michael,
Billy Bevan,
Kathleen Burke,
Colin TapleyRating60%
Au Kurdistan, lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, Michael Andrews, un officier britannique, est sauvé par John Stevenson, un agent des services secrets. Les deux hommes sauvent ensuite une tribu kurde en les conduisant à travers les montagnes. Lorsque John tue un espion ennemi, Michael le soupçonne de jouer double jeu mais il se fracture la jambe. Au Caire, Michael est soigné par Rosemary Haydon et en tombe amoureux. Mais Rosemary lui révèle qu'elle est déjà mariée à un espion britannique, mais qu'elle ne l'a pas vu depuis plusieurs années. Il s'avère que ce mari est en fait John Stevenson qui, lorsqu'il se rend compte que Rosemary ne l'aime plus, décide d'assassiner Michael. Ce dernier a été affecté au Soudan. Peu après l'arrivée de John, le fort est attaqué par des tribus africaines, et John et Michael sont les seuls survivants. John risque sa vie en traversant le désert pour trouver des renforts, et meurt à son retour dans les bras de Michael.Pepo (1935)
on 9 october 1935 , 1h28
Directed by Hamo BeknazarianGenres Drama,
ComedyActors David MalyanRating66%
Set in 19th century Tiflis, the film details the day-to-day life of a poor but honest Armenian fisherman Pepo (Hrachia Nersisyan) who opposes a cunning trader Arutin Kirakozovich Zimzimov (Avet Avetisyan), who has robbed the former by trickery. The story comes to a conclusion of sorts when Pepo falls in love., 1h11
Directed by James TinlingOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
CrimeThemes Children's filmsActors Warner Oland,
Jon Hall,
Irene Hervey,
Russell Hicks,
Keye Luke,
David TorrenceRating68%
Charlie Chan arrives in Shanghai at the behest of the U.S. government to help stop an opium smuggling ring. He receives a warning aboard ship not to stop in Shanghai. He is met by his Number One Son, Lee Chan, as well as Philip Nash and his fianceé, Diana Woodland. Charlie is the guest of honor at a banquet held that evening, hosted by Sir Stanley Woodland (David Torrence in an uncredited role). When Sir Stanley opens a box to give a handwritten scroll to Charlie, he is shot and killed by a gun inside the booby-trapped box. Charlie meets with Colonel Watkins, the commissioner of police, and agrees to investigate the crime. The next day, American FBI man James Andrews arrives in Shanghai, accompanied by his valet, Forrest (Gladden James in an uncredited role). That night, an assassin shoots what seems to be a sleeping Charlie Chan in bed. But Charlie, suspecting another attempt on his life, rigged a dummy and escaped death.