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7.5
/4508/
75
/76/
71
/68/
3.9
/3195/
100
/26/
84
/37/

Gentleman Jim (1942)
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
poster
75
53
7.3
/2780/
72
/36/
65
/43/
3.6
/1937/
91
/11/
79
/17/

Five Star Final (1931)
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
58
40
6.7
/2652/
66
/35/
61
/35/
3.3
/3280/
31
/68/

Out of the Fog (1941)
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
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67
39
7.0
/2633/
67
/23/
73
/26/
3.2
/995/
64
/27/

Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
poster
YouTube TV
68
35
7.1
/2472/
70
/26/
61
/21/
3.4
/1226/
70
/19/

Nora Prentiss (1947)
Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.
poster
62
13
6.7
/891/
65
/13/
60
/11/
3.2
/436/
57
/5/

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers.
poster
60
10
6.4
/592/
61
/6/
50
/12/
3.3
/299/

The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
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54
9
5.7
/280/
70
/2/
58
/3/
33
/30/

Secret Service of the Air (1939)
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
poster
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5.4
/79/
33
/3/

Vaudeville Days (1942)
A narrator provides very brief info on the beginnings and history of Vaudeville while Vaudeville acts are staged by impersonators and contemporary performers.
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61
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6.2
/137/
60
/2/

The Captain's Kid (1936)
In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town drunk.
poster
64
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6.3
/131/
70
/1/
60
/3/

White Bondage (1937)
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
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63
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5.9
/459/
65
/7/
63
/7/
3.3
/351/

Alice in Movieland (1940)
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
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55
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6.8
/495/
47
/4/
62
/7/
46
/3/

My Bill (1938)
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
poster
60
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6.1
/279/
60
/1/
60
/1/

The Circus Clown (1934)
A man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father.
poster
57
?
5.3
/157/
60
/1/
60
/2/

Freshman Love (1936)
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.
poster
57
?
6.5
/471/
46
/3/
62
/4/

Hell's Kitchen (1939)
A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.
poster
58
?
5.7
/352/
60
/2/
56
/5/

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.
poster
56
?
5.9
/492/
57
/4/
53
/6/

Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
poster
63
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6.2
/165/
70
/1/
58
/4/

Highway West (1941)
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
poster
61
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5.6
/151/
63
/3/
62
/3/

Guns of the Pecos (1936)
A singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas.
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Hoopla
55
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6.3
/539/
72
/4/
50
/5/
38
/5/

Earthworm Tractors (1936)
A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
poster
44
?
5.4
/140/
50
/1/
30
/1/

A Night at the Ritz (1935)
A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
poster
64
?
6.3
/182/
80
/1/
50
/1/

The Big Noise (1936)
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.
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56
?
5.8
/186/
70
/3/
45
/4/

I Sell Anything (1934)
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
poster
53
?
6.0
/134/
48
/3/

Midnight Court (1937)
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
poster
67
?
6.3
/203/
75
/2/
65
/4/

Road Gang (1936)
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
poster
61
?
6.1
/458/
53
/3/
64
/8/

While the Patient Slept (1935)
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
poster
55
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5.7
/450/
60
/1/
50
/2/

Comet Over Broadway (1938)
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
poster
55
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5.8
/227/
55
/2/
53
/3/

The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
poster
60
?
5.6
/180/
60
/5/
67
/3/

Dinky (1935)
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
poster
63
?
6.0
/308/
60
/5/
60
/2/

Private Detective (1939)
A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder of a millionaire.
poster
55
?
5.5
/153/
60
/1/
50
/1/

Over the Wall (1938)
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
poster
57
?
6.3
/343/
56
/6/
53
/9/

Homicide (1949)
Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery?
poster
47
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5.2
/382/
50
/2/
39
/6/

Code of the Secret Service (1939)
Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
poster
62
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5.7
/131/
65
/2/
64
/5/

Jailbreak (1936)
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
poster
48
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5.6
/327/
40
/2/
50
/3/

Here Comes Carter (1936)
A radio commentator avenges an old wrong by blowing the whistle on Hollywood scandals
poster
59
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6.2
/180/
55
/2/
60
/1/

Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)
When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.
poster
45
?
5.8
/721/
55
/11/
40
/5/
3.2
/941/
12
/9/

Smarty (1934)
Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney Vernon Thorpe secures a divorce for her, and Vicki and Vernon are soon married. Vicki's yen for wearing revealing clothes and a penchant for inviting ex-husband to dinner soon provokes the easily-provoked Vernon into belting one on her himself. She goes to Tony's apartment, where Tony is entertaining Bonnie, who is not all that entertained by the presence of Vicki, especially after Vicki shows every intent of moving in and staying.
poster
HBO Max
62
?
6.6
/487/
55
/14/
64
/8/

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.
poster
63
?
5.8
/322/
65
/2/
67
/3/

Always Together (1947)
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly tycoon recovers from his illness and decides he wants his money back. Comedy most notable for its numerous unbilled cameos by Warner Bros. actors.
poster
42
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5.0
/139/
35
/2/

A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the run. Falsely accused of a murder, he embarks upon a life-and-death journey to save his family.
poster
63
?
6.5
/790/
65
/9/
62
/9/
3.2
/562/

Smart Blonde (1937)
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
poster
60
?
5.2
/112/
70
/1/
60
/2/

Talent Scout (1937)
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
poster
61
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6.5
/484/
54
/5/
59
/5/

Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.
poster
53
?
5.8
/304/
60
/2/
43
/3/

Sons o' Guns (1936)
Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join the Army. To evade some troubles with fellow actress Berenice, he acts like joining the forces going over there, but that turns out to be real. In France he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as spy. He escapes from prison, only to end in the uniform of a German officer leading "his" soldiers in an Allied trap. But being escaped from prison and wearing the enemy's uniform isn't that healthy in wartime.
poster
55
?
5.5
/140/
55
/2/

Missing Witnesses (1937)
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
poster
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6.4
/84/
10
/1/
60
/1/

The Screen Director (1951)
A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview. Then a number of real directors are shown in archive footage (as well as a predominance of staged 'archive' footage) working with actors and crew.
poster
51
?
5.5
/270/
60
/2/
39
/4/

On Your Toes (1939)
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.


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