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A Free Soul - 1931
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him
Quality: 8/10, US
Stars: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable
A Girl With Ideas - 1937
A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper
Quality: 5/10, poor. US Comedy/Drama
Stars: Wendy Barrie, Walter Pidgeon, Kent Taylor
Another Language - 1933
Stella and Victor meet in Europe, fall deeply in love, and marry soon thereafter. Then they sail back to the States to meet Victor's awful family
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery, Louise Closser Hale
August Week End - 1936
Quality: 7.5/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Valerie Hobson, Paul Harvey G.P.Huntley, Betty Compson, Frank Melton, Edgar Norton
Berkeley Square - 1933
Quality: 7/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, Irene Browne, Colin Keith-Johnston
Bought! - 1931
Quality: 5/10 (good audio, poor dark print)
Stars: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett, Dorothy Peterson, Ray Milland
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop - 1937
An improbable stuttering bishop from Australia asks for Perry's help in proving the identity of the legitimate heir to a millionaire
Quality: 7.5/10, US Mystery
Stars: Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Anne Nagel
The Cat's Paw - 1934
A naive missionary brought up in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as a dummy candidate with no chance of winning
Quality: 8/10, US Comedy
Stars: Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel
The Circus Queen Murder - 1933
A suave DA plans to get away from the big city for a while. So he and his secretary, Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate NY. They expect a calm oasis, but when a small time circus rolls into town they soon find themselves caught up in a sordid tale of marital infidelity, murder, animal cruelty and cannibalism
Quality: 7/10, US Crime Drama
Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Donald Cool, Greta Nissen
Comet Over Broadway - 1938
The story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes with her obsessive ambition
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, John Litel
Confidential - 1935
A federal agent goes undercover to avenge the murder of a friend but one of the gang thinks he seems familiar
Quality: 7/10, US Crime
Stars: Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp
The Crime of Doctor Crespi - 1935
A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in whoever it is injected into. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, so that he can bury them alive. From a Poe story
Quality: 6/10, US
Stars: Eric von Stroheim, Harriet Russell, Dwight Frye
Danger Ahead - 1935
Quality: 7/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Lawrence Gray, Sheila Bromley, Fuzzy Knight, Bryant Washburn
Daughter Of Shanghai - 1937
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Anna May Wong, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe
Death Takes A Holiday - 1934
The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and along the way, also learns what it is to love
Quality: 8.5/10, US Fantasy
Stars: Fredric March, Evelyn Venable
Double Harness - 1933
A woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her
Quality: 7/10, US Comedy
Stars: Ann Harding, William Powell, Lucile Browne
Easy Living - 1937
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland
Ebb Tide - 1937
Quality: 5/10 (poor/very little technicolor left!)
Stars: Oskar Homolka, Frances Farmer, Ray Milland
Finishing School - 1934
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Frances Dee, Billie Burke, Ginger Rogers
Five and Ten - 1931
Quality: 8.5/10 occasional logo
Stars: Marion Davies, Leslie Howard, Richard Bennett, Irene Rich
Fog Over Frisco - 1934
The lifestyles of two half-sisters from a respected San Francisco family diverge as one of them falls in with a criminal gang
Quality: 9/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Asta
Footlight Parade - 1933
Chester Kent struggles against all odds to produce spectacular live prologues for movie houses
Quality: 9/10
Stars: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler
Fugitive In The Sky - 1936
A reporter tried to get the scoop when he spots a Detective on a plane he's flying on, who ison the trail of a killer
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Jean Muir, Warren Hull, Gordon Oliver
Gallant Lady - 1942
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies
Quality: 6/10, US Drama
Stars: Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Otto Kruger
The Gay Divorcee - 1934
An American woman travels to England to seek a divorce from her absentee husband, where she meets a dashing performer
Quality: 8.5/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady
Girl In Danger - 1934
Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster
Quality: 7.5/10, some sync issues, logo onscreen
Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey, Arthur Hohl
Girl Loves Boy - 1937
The playboy son of a well-to-do family falls for the daughter of an impoverished widow, much to his Father's displeasure
Quality: 8.5/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Roger Imhof, Dorothy Peterson
Girls About Town - 1931
Quality: 8/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Kay Francis, Liliyan Tashman. Joel McCrea
Gold Diggers Of 1933
Superb, fun, sexy pre-code Hollywood musical hijinks from 1933
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Warren William, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers
Gold Diggers Of 1935
Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart
The Green Goddess - 1930
An airplane carrying Major Crespin, his wife Lucille and Dr. Trahern, crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh where Rajah holds them prisoner as his brothers are about to be executed by the Brits
Quality: 7.5/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: George Arliss, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce
Holiday - 1930
Holiday is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family
Quality: rotten print, barely watchable, theaudio is very good (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Hedda Hopper, William Holden, Robert Ames
The House Of Secrets - 1936
Two men stumble into an old mansion, and get involved with a crazed scientist, torture chambers and sinister medical experiments
Quality: 7.5/10, US
Stars: Leslie Fenton, Muriel Evans, Noel Madison
The House On 56th Street - 1933
During WWI, Peggy Martin, a showgirl and mistress to London Fiske, marries her beau Monte Van Tyle. They move into their new home and start a family, but Monte he is called up and is killed in action. Then her past comes back to haunt her
Quality: 9/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond
I Am A Thief - 1934
A collection of shady characters try to get their hands on a priceless diamond necklace whilst travelling onboard the Orient Express
Quality: 9/10 (plays R2/4)
Stars: Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges
I Am Suzanne - 1933
Tony Malatini is a puppeteer in Paris at Theatre des Marionettes but with failing attendance. He checks out a competitor and is mesmerised by their fantastic dancer Suzanne, who is pulling the crowds
Quality: 6/10, tinted print (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond, Leslie Banks
The Idle Rich - 1929
Class comedy in which millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary and marries her and ends up at odds with her family
Quality: 8.5/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Conrad Nagel, Bessie Love, Leila Hyams
If You Could Only Cook - 1935
An executive lets an attractive cook talk him into taking a job as butler
Quality: 8.5/10, logo
Stars: Herbert Marshall, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo
The Invisible Menace - 1938
An army private and his new bride are trying to honeymoon on an island occupied by the military and a murderer
Quality: 9/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Eddie Craven
Island Of Lost Men - 1939
A Chinese general, who disappeared in the Malaysian jungles with stolen government funds, is sought by his cabaret-singing daughter who wants to clear his name
Quality: 7/10, US
Stars: Anna May Wong, J Carrol Naish, Eric Blore
Dir: Kurt Neumann
It's Love I'm After - 1937
An actor of the stage finds himself pursued by a lovestruck fan while trying to patch up a tempestuous relationship with his actress lover
Quality: 9/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland
Just Imagine - 1930
US produced futuristic Sci-Fi drama
Quality: 7/10
Stars: El Brendel, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick
Jennie Gerhardt - 1933
A poor girl falls for a President and ends up pregnant. Her fortunes change and they plan to marry but fate brings tragedy
Quality: 6.5/10
Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Donald Cook, Mary Astor
The Keyhole - 1933
Anne Brooks is being blackmailed by her old dancing partner Maurice. They married when she was young but broke up after which he said he was getting a quickie divorce. She marries a millionaire then Maurice turns up again, after money
Quality: 9/10, occasional logo
Stars: Kay Francis, George Brent, Glenda Farrell
The Lady Objects - 1938
A couple's marriage falls apart when her career outshines his and after he leaves to become a nightclub singer. They reunite when he is supposedly involved in a murder
Quality: 8.5/10, US
Stars: Gloria Stuart, Lanny Ross, Joan Marsh
The Kennel Murder Case - 1933
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue
Quality: 7.5/10, logo (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette
The Light That Failed - 1939
A London artist who is gradually losing his sight, struggles to complete his final portrait of Bessie Broke, a Cockney girl
Quality: 5-6/10, US, rough print
Stars: Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus, Ida Lupino
The Last Gentleman - 1934
'This is one of the best movies I have ever seen ! I know of no one else who has ever seen it, unfortunately, because it is rarely shown on TV. It is simply hilarious'
Quality: 7/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: George Arliss, Edna May Oliver, Janet Beecher
The Live Wire - 1935
A sailor finds an ancient vase on an uncharted island. He is later hired by archaeologists to lead them back to the island where they discover the temples of a lost civilisation
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Richard Talmadge, Alberta Vaughn, George Walsh
Looking Forward - 1933
This Depression Era story set in London has department store owner facing bankruptcy while his family fritters away money. The owner's wife can't face a life of poverty and runs off with another man
Quality: 7.5/10, US
Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume
Lonely Wives - 1931
Romantic Pre-code comedy about a lonely husband who hires a look-a-like to take his place and fool his mother-in-law, while he plays around with a pretty coquette during his wife's absence
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, Laura La Plante
Manhattan Tower - 1932
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free Euro PAL format format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Mary Brian, Irene Rich, James Hall, Hale Hamilton
Old English - 1930
An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren
Quality: 6/10
Stars: George Arliss, Doris Lloyd, Harrington Reynolds Jones - 1941
The Most Dangerous Game - 1932
An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks
On Borrowed Time - 1939
A cantankerous old man takes in his beloved orphaned grandson, whom he must protect at all costs, including from an agent of death with the help of a magical apple tree
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi
Murder On A Honeymoon - 1935
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Lola Lane
Outcast Lady - 1934
A woman's trials and tribulations over a romance since childhood, protecting her husband's secret past, and the trouble it causes with her brother
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall, Mrs Patrick Campbell
Panama Lady - 1939
A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon hooks up with a rough-and-tumble oil driller, who takes her to his oil-field in the jungle to show her what real life is like
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Lucille Ball, Allan Lane, Steffi Duna, Evelyn Brent
The Rogues' Tavern - 1936
Mystery, thriller. A mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night
Quality: 7.5/10, US
Stars: Wallace Ford, Barbara Pepper, Joan Woodbury
Romance On The Run - 1938
A man has the knack for finding stolen items, then returns them to the insurance companies. Mystery, comedy, fun!
Quality: 7.5/10, US
Stars: Donald Woods, Patricia Ellis, Grace Bradley
Phantom Patrol - 1936
A deranged killer escapes into the Canadian woods. He tries to fool the locals by pretending he is a well known mystery writer but the local Mountie starts to get suspicious
Quality: 8/10, US
Stars: Kermit Maynard, Joan Barclay, Harry Worth
Page Miss Glory - 1935
A country girl comes to New York City meets a photographer with big ideas. Lots of cons, complications, romance and wacky fun
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Marion Davies, Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Mary Astor, Patsy Kelly, Frank McHugh
Say It In French - 1938
In this farcical comedy, a couple with money woes arrange a financially motivated marriage between their golf-pro son and a wealthy heiress. Little do they know, their son has already been wed while playing a tournament in France
Quality: 6.5/10
Stars: Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Mary Carlisle
Penguin Pool Murder - 1932
Shady stockbroker and abusive husband Gerald Parker is found dead in the penguin pool of a New York aquarium after being knocked cold by his wife's boyfriend
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Edna May Oliver, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason
Safe In Hell - 1931
After accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her
Quality: 7.5/10, US
Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook
The Silver Cord - 1933
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son
Quality: 7.5/10, US
Stars: Irene Dunne, Joel McCrae, Laura Hope Crews
Dir: John Cromwell
The Sea Ghost - 1931 (aka U67)
A crooked lawyer trying to cheat a young girl out of her inheritance tries to convince a sea captain to help him
Quality: 7.5/10, US
Stars: Alan Hale, Lara La Plante, Clarence Wilson
The Sea God - 1930
When one of two rivals diving for pearls in the Solomon Islands emerges with his goggles on, natives think he is a sea god. A romance with an endangered heroine and the threat of cannibalism are also on the cards in this exotic adventure
Quality: 7/10, US
Stars: Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Eugene Pallette
Street Of Chance - 1930
An interesting 1930's take on gambling addiction
Quality: 6.5/10
Stars: William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis, Regis Toomey, Betty Francisco
The Plough And The Stars - 1936
A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army
Quality: 5/10 (poor print/first few seconds missing)
Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald