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, 1h3
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Anna May Wong, J. Carrol Naish, Eric Blore, Ernest Truex, Anthony Quinn, Broderick Crawford
Rating59%
Kim Ling (Anna May Wong), the daughter of a general accused of embezzling $300,000 of government money, investigates his disappearance. She eventually discovers a labor camp run by Gregory Prin (J. Carrol Naish) north of Singapore. There she meets Chang Tai (Anthony Quinn), who is undercover investigating Prin's activities. Together they manage to discover Ling's father and the money, as well as identify several known fugitives. After the arrival of Tex Ballister (Broderick Crawford), who reveals Tai's true identity and attempts to blackmail Prin, a local rebellion ignites. This allows Ling, her father, and Tai to escape.

, 1h19
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Lana Turner, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson, Jane Bryan, Anita Louise
Rating62%
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead she stays and shows up both him and his classmates snooty dates.

, 1h45
Directed by Reginald Le Borg, Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Gene Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Porter Hall, Terry Kilburn
Rating68%
Youngster Frankie (Gene Reynolds) and his small gang commit petty crimes in their New York City tenement neighborhood, such as stealing bicycles and taking money from other boys. One of those boys, Willy (Tommy Kelly), complains to his father about this, who takes the matter to Frankie's mother (Marjorie Main) and stepfather (Arthur Hohl). Frankie finds an old violin in his basement which he used to play when his father was around. He then pawns it to get some money to put in the gang's treasury.

, 1h41
Directed by Otto Brower, Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about writers, Films about journalists, Children's films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Cedric Hardwicke, Nancy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Richard Greene, Charles Coburn
Rating69%
Henry Stanley is a fearless newspaper reporter ready to do whatever it takes to get a story, regardless of any danger to his life. Colonel Grimes tells two peace commissioners sent from Washington DC that he cannot permit them to try to contact the Indians of the Wyoming Territory of 1870, as it would be suicidal, only to have Stanley emerge from the wilderness, escorted by a band of the natives and his guide, Jeff Slocum (Walter Brennan).

, 1h32
Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Stanley Ridges, Victor Jory
Rating71%
Frank Ross (Cagney) is a crusading reporter for a big city newspaper on the trail of a crooked district attorney, Jesse Hanley, who is running for election as governor of the state. At the Banton Construction Co., Ross sees Hanley and his accomplice Grayce (Jory) burning books and ledgers to thwart a possible investigation brought about by the paper that Ross works for. His editor Patterson backs Ross in getting Hanley but the D.A. decides to get rid of him, so frames him. Knocked out and covered in whiskey, he is put in a runaway car which collides with another, killing 3 young people and is thrown in prison for one to twenty years on a charge of automotive manslaughter.

, 1h34
Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson, Charles Coburn, Katharine Alexander
Rating69%
Alec Walker (Cary Grant) puts up with a loveless marriage to Maida (Kay Francis) until he meets widow Julie Eden (Carole Lombard). They fall in love and he asks his wife for a divorce. She refuses; as she goes on to tell him, she married him solely for his social position and wealth and won't give them up. She is such a skillful liar that she has Alec's parents (Charles Coburn, Nella Walker) convinced that Julie is out to destroy the marriage.

, 54minutes
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, George "Gabby" Hayes, Billy Lee, Jonathan Hale
Rating57%
The United States Army sends Sergeant Gene Autry (Gene Autry), a rancher in civilian life, to negotiate the purchase of ranch land out West needed to build a strategic air base. Local ranchers, led by Gabby Whittaker (George "Gabby" Hayes), refuse to sell their land to the government.

, 58minutes
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Action, Musical, Western
Actors Tex Ritter, Jack Rutherford, Roy Barcroft, Mantan Moreland, Marin Sais
Rating61%

, 1h4
Directed by Nick Grinde, Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox, Roger Pryor, Roger Pryor, Don Beddoe
Rating67%
Dr. Savaard is obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. A young medical student offers his services to him, but before he can bring him back to life, Savaard is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to hang. He vows revenge on the judge and the jury before his hanging. His assistant claims his body and revives him by using his technique. The vengeful Savaard goes on a killing spree.

, 1h17
Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller
Actors Valerie Hobson, Barry K. Barnes, Alastair Sim, Edward Lexy, Garry Marsh, John Abbott
Rating66%
Un journaliste se voit refuser une interview par un gangster qui a été relâché après avoir dénoncé ses complices. Rentré chez lui, il boit quelques verres et annonce à son rédacteur en chef que l'homme en question a été assassiné. Il n'a pas le temps de préciser que c'est une plaisanterie. Hélas le lendemain on découvre le cadavre... La police se demande si ce n'est pas le journaliste le coupable.

, 1h8
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven, Henry Hull, Lee Bowman, William Demarest
Rating61%
Michael Morgan, créateur de numéros de magie, traque les imposteurs en la matière. Il rencontre Judy Barclay, marquée par un terrible secret, et le Docteur Sabbatt, un "démonologue". Ce dernier est bientôt assassiné, alors que Judy échappe à une agression... Les suspects pour le meurtre de Sabbatt, retrouvé mort au milieu d'un pentacle magique dessiné sur le sol de son appartement fermé de l'intérieur, sont Dave Duvallo, un roi de l'évasion ; le virtuose des tours de cartes Tauro ; le couple Al et Zelma le Clair qui se produit dans des numéros de transmissions de pensée ; la spirite Madame Rapaport et le colonel Watrous qui cherche à démasquer les charlatans.