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Criterion Channel
81
73
7.6
/4715/
73
/110/
73
/106/
3.8
/6442/
100
/6/
89
/54/

Speedy (1928)
Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.
poster
71
7.0
/439/
61
/13/
61
/8/
3.4
/240/
100
/42/
90
/607/

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
69
7.5
/6518/
69
/140/
70
/124/
3.8
/9454/
95
/19/
78
/38/

The Freshman (1925)
Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular.
poster
76
68
7.4
/4021/
66
/47/
68
/47/
3.4
/3451/
100
/14/
73
/55/
88
/10/

Show Boat (1936)
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
poster
74
66
7.2
/6395/
70
/125/
70
/133/
3.6
/8783/
90
/10/
72
/42/

Phantom Lady (1944)
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.
poster
73
65
7.1
/4987/
74
/95/
68
/72/
3.5
/2864/
83
/12/
77
/112/

Follow the Fleet (1936)
When the US Navy fleet docks at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister, Connie. But it's not all smooth sailing—Bake has a habit of losing Sherry's jobs for her and, despite Connie's dreams, Bilge is not ready to settle down.
poster
70
58
6.9
/2921/
70
/55/
69
/40/
3.4
/1561/
86
/7/
66
/55/
67
/7/

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
71
54
7.2
/3293/
70
/46/
64
/46/
3.5
/1634/
77
/105/

They Won't Believe Me (1947)
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
poster
68
51
7.0
/2892/
59
/32/
67
/38/
3.4
/2418/
83
/6/
65
/21/

What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
poster
56
40
6.8
/3011/
65
/49/
62
/47/
3.3
/2323/
33
/6/
42
/12/

Johnny O'Clock (1947)
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
poster
YouTube TV
64
34
6.7
/1695/
62
/24/
61
/25/
3.3
/782/
66
/154/

The Constant Nymph (1943)
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.
poster
69
33
7.1
/1630/
73
/54/
68
/19/
3.3
/276/
71
/62/

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
61
30
6.8
/1779/
64
/20/
58
/21/
3.3
/666/
50
/51/

The Unfaithful (1947)
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
poster
62
30
6.4
/1922/
70
/35/
63
/25/
3.2
/389/
51
/711/

Crash Dive (1943)
A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors, for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love.
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63
27
7.0
/1622/
67
/53/
62
/17/
3.3
/324/
50
/71/

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
poster
65
26
7.0
/1948/
69
/42/
67
/25/
3.2
/439/
58
/10/

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!
poster
61
24
6.3
/843/
61
/15/
58
/16/
3.3
/392/
60
/258/

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also has fallen in love with the girl on the company's billboards, the competition's daughter, and her sweet inspiration keeps him tramping along.
poster
62
17
6.6
/1216/
68
/14/
59
/14/
3.2
/360/
56
/12/

The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money. The checks that he writes to the various churches all bounce, but it is the weekend and, in desperation, he prays that a miracle will happen before the banks reopen. It does, but not in the way he hoped.
poster
69
17
6.9
/1181/
75
/8/
68
/12/
3.4
/604/
67
/6/

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
poster
57
17
5.8
/313/
65
/2/
38
/5/
60
/52/

Girl Crazy (1932)
New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very dangerous, to keep away from girls, but he decides to open a dude ranch there. He asks his friend Slick, a professional gambler and his wife Kitty, to help him. Slick decides to go there in a cab, driven by shy Jimmy. Jimmy's younger sister Tessie also travels there. There Danny has fallen in love with Molly, but troubles arise for him when the local heavy decides that he doesn't like the ranch and announces running for sheriff. Danny and Slick got the idea that Jimmy would be the ideal candidate, especially because of the fact that the heavy has announced he would kill another sheriff. With some help Jimmy is elected, but Molly leaves Danny with a New York shyster for Mexico. Mitzi, Danny, Kitty, Patsy - Jimmy's sweetheart as well as Jimmy and Slick follow her to win her heart back for Danny, but they are followed by the local heavy and his friend.
poster
fuboTV
55
16
6.1
/490/
50
/1/
35
/4/
67
/29/

The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
24
16
2.6
/3131/
24
/22/
27
/32/
2.0
/1424/
5
/34/

I Accuse My Parents (1944)
Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer, Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs for her shady boss. After one of these jobs goes bad, Jimmy ends up on the run. Eventually, he must confront the truth, his past, and his parents. The judge cites parental neglect in the case of a teenager (John Miljan) charged with murder.
poster
Criterion Channel
55
12
5.8
/825/
66
/13/
58
/12/
3.1
/365/
31
/11/

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo containing dangerous explosives goes missing from its place, Drummond is forced to delay his plans.
poster
63
11
6.4
/466/
64
/7/
66
/9/
3.2
/576/
57
/2/

Street of Chance (1930)
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.
poster
53
9
6.0
/575/
60
/2/
62
/5/
33
/22/

Holiday in Mexico (1946)
Christine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Evans, believes that she is no longer a young girl and that she has fully matured into adulthood. Eager to make her mark in the sophisticated world of foreign diplomats living in Mexico, Christine appoints herself as organizer of her father's social activities and takes over the planning of a big garden party he will be hosting. Because he loves his daughter,
poster
57
9
6.2
/589/
55
/5/
46
/11/
3.2
/253/

The Office Wife (1930)
Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's duties creates a relationship approaching that of his wife. Little does Larry know that sometimes literature mirrors life.
poster
?
5.9
/24/

Penny To the Rescue (1941)
A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.
poster
?
4.9
/55/
62
/2/

Ranson's Folly (1926)
U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and boasts to his fellow officers that he could hold up a stagecoach with a pair of scissors. And rides out and does so. But the next day, the postmaster, returning from a neighboring town, is also held up and his bodyguard is killed. Ranson is arrested on suspicion and placed on trial. But at the trial suspicion point to Cahill, post trader, and father of Ranson's sweetheart, Mary. In order to save him, Ranson pleads guilty but, in return and knowing that his daughter loves Ranson, Cahill admits he is "The Red Rider." Meanwhile, the real "Red Rider" is still at large.
poster
?
6.2
/98/
60
/2/

Hot Money (1935)
A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.
poster
62
?
5.6
/103/
60
/1/
70
/1/

Meet Me on Broadway (1946)
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh country club. Eddie and his girlfriend, actress Ann Stallings, hope the production will launch their legitimate Broadway careers. But complications arise when Maxine Whitaker, daughter of a wealthy rival club owner, becomes romantically interested in charming Eddie.
poster
57
?
6.7
/258/
48
/4/

Pick-up (1933)
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.
poster
?
6.0
/43/
60
/1/
50
/1/

Recaptured Love (1930)
In this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle Bennett) and son (Junior Durkin) to a nightclub in a fancy hotel in Detroit. He meets a gold-digger (Dorothy Burgess) there, singing the theme song of the picture, and eventually ends up going out with her on a subsequent occasion and falls in love with her. His wife finally finds out and this leads to her leaving him and getting a divorce in Paris. He is married to the gold-digger but finds life with her and her "jazz friends" to be too much for him. He begins to long for his old wife when he finds her in a nightclub with another man and becomes jealous.
poster
?
6.3
/26/
70
/2/
50
/1/

Flirting in the Park (1933)
A day at the park starts out well when two couples enter a boat race, but things start going south when the boys lose their shirts and one of the girls loses her dress.
poster
67
?
5.9
/513/
90
/1/
52
/6/

No Other Woman (1933)
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
poster
?
5.7
/94/
70
/1/
48
/4/

Cheating Blondes (1933)
A reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.
poster
?
6.3
/48/
60
/1/

Slightly Static (1935)
Thelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.
poster
?
6.7
/17/

Killer at Large (1947)
Two newspaper reporters become involved with another killing while investigating a murder, which leads to the involvement of the girl reporter's father.
poster
?
6.8
/29/
30
/1/

Reckless Living (1931)
In order to be able to buy a gas station, a young couple run a speakeasy. Complications arise when the husband loses their money to bookies.
poster
?
6.3
/80/
55
/2/

Gun Smoke (1931)
Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his henchies take a train to a small western town in Idaho, with intentions of hiding out there until things cool down back in Chi or NYC, or wherever they lammed from.They are welcomed with open arms by the citizens under the impression they are there as capital investors with money to spend. Before long, Darvas figures the town is ripe for the taking and sends word for reinforcements, and each arriving train unloads a few suits and snappy-brim hats.Then they get rough, kill Sheriff Posey Meed and rile up the citizens, led by cowhand Brad Farley, who had Darvas spotted for a wrong number just by the way he made moves on Sue Vancey.
poster
?
4.6
/40/
40
/2/

Cupid's Fireman (1923)
McGee becomes a fireman over the protests of his mother, who doesn't want to see her son sacrifice his life the way his father did. When she dies, McGee adopts little Elizabeth Stevens, who takes care of him instead of vice versa. Along the way he meets Agnes Evans, a chorus girl, and falls in love.
poster
?
6.4
/86/
70
/1/
60
/1/

The Great Gambini (1937)
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
poster
63
?
6.7
/1077/
63
/9/
58
/6/
3.3
/256/

Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets sick and dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.
poster
?
6.7
/92/

Life Hesitates at 40 (1935)
Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.
poster
?
6.2
/70/
77
/4/
100
/1/

Derelict (1930)
Two rival seamen fight for both a promotion to a captaincy in their shipping line and the attentions of a Havana saloon singer. Sparks fly as they both try to out do each other in obtaining what they know their opposite is after. In the end they will need to work together in order to save the day.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
?
5.1
/148/
56
/3/
43
/3/

I Take This Oath (1940)
The trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.
poster
?
6.3
/69/
80
/1/

His Master's Voice (1925)
A loyal dog follows his master to the front in World War One.
poster
57
?
6.1
/178/
60
/2/
55
/2/

Smashing the Rackets (1938)
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...
poster
46
?
6.0
/243/
60
/3/
20
/1/

A Very Honorable Guy (1934)
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.


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