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Directed by Jack WhiteOrigin USAGenres ComedyThemes Buddy filmsActors Moe Howard,
Larry Fine,
Curly Howard,
Clara Kimball Young,
Bud Jamison,
James C. MortonRating77%
The Stooges are pest exterminators who are forced to drum up business by planting mice, moths, and ants in an unsuspecting house under the threat of being fired if they cannot. They select a fancy mansion where a high society dinner party is being held. After successfully infesting the house with vermin, the trio are predictably hired to clean up their own mess, without interrupting the party, dressed as guests. , 1h29
Directed by Leo McCarey,
Norman Z. McLeodOrigin USAGenres ComedyThemes Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Boxing filmsActors Harold Lloyd,
Adolphe Menjou,
Charles Lane,
Verree Teasdale,
Anthony Quinn,
Helen MackRating64%
Timid milkman Burleigh Sullivan (Lloyd) becomes involved in a brawl which ends up with Speed McFarland, the world middleweight champion being knocked out cold (he never in fact threw a punch; he merely ducked to get out of the way of a punch which brought the champ down).Directed by Robert F. McGowanOrigin USAGenres ComedyThemes Children's filmsActors George McFarland,
Carl Switzer,
Jack Hill,
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas,
Billy Bletcher,
Darla HoodRating68%
The action takes place at an expansive California golf course, where the gang merrily play their own ragtag version of golf with makeshift clubs. When the course's regular caddies quit en masse, the desperate caddy master hires the gang members as replacements. The kids—and their gibberish-spouting pet chimpanzee—proceed to drive an adult foursome crazy, then put the finishing touch on an imperfect day by accidentally commandeering a lawn-mowing tractor. , 1h23
Directed by Archie MayoOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Films based on plays,
Gangster filmsActors Leslie Howard,
Bette Davis,
Humphrey Bogart,
Genevieve Tobin,
Dick Foran,
Porter HallRating74%
In the midst of the Great Depression, Alan Squier (Howard), once a respected British writer, now a disillusioned, penniless drifter, wanders into a roadside diner in the remote town of Black Mesa, Arizona, at the edge of the Petrified Forest. The diner is run by Jason Maple (Porter Hall), his daughter Gabrielle (Davis), and Gramp, Jason's father (Charley Grapewin), who regales anyone who will listen with stories of his adventures in the Old West with such characters as Billy the Kid., 1h29
Directed by Arthur B. WoodsOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Spy,
RomanceThemes Spy films,
Political filmsActors Karl Ludwig Diehl,
Greta Nissen,
Esmé Percy,
Don Alvarado,
Lester Matthews,
Austin TrevorRating60%
In 1912, the Austrian secret service identifies Marcella Galdi, an Italian noblewoman who is visiting Vienna, as an Italian spy. To avoid diplomatic confusions, she is kidnapped while dancing with the Austrian General Staff officer Michael von Hombergk at a ball at the famous hotel Sacher in Vienna, and sent back to Italy. Shortly afterwards, a secret plan of an Austrian fortress appears in Hombergks office desk, and as he himself is unable to explain this, the secret service urges him to commit suicide, but instead he manages to escape from Vienna.