Keyword: pre-code

Wide Open

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1930

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An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.

The Story of Temple Drake

7.1

1933

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A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gangs leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let anything stand in the way of his having her.

City Streets

7.2

1931

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Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.

Tonight or Never

7.7

1931

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A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.

What Price Hollywood?

7.6

1932

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The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.

Moby Dick

5.7

1930

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In this extremely loose adaptation of Melvilles classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he meets and falls for Faith Mapple, daughter of the local minister and beloved of Ahabs brother Derek. Faith herself quickly returns Ahabs love, as Derek is drab and ignoble. On his next voyage, however, Ahab loses a leg to the monstrous white whale Moby-Dick. When upon his return to New Bedford he mistakenly believes Faith wants nothing to do with him because of his disfigurement, Ahab returns to sea with only one goal in mind -- to find and kill the great white whale.

Spitfire

6.1

1934

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The Criminal Code

6.3

1930

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After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.

Alexander Hamilton

5

1931

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With the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, General George Washington took Colonel Hamilton with him into the newly formed government. While the main disagreements in the early days was over paying the soldiers who had fought in the War, Hamilton also dedicated his energies towards a national bank so that the United States would be able to trade with other countries. He fought eight long years for his Assumption Bill while considering the new Residence Bill. While he is engaged in running a clean treasury, his arch rival, Senator Roberts, takes every opportunity to slander and cast Alexander as a dishonorable man.

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

7.1

1931

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Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.

Bottoms Up

4

1934

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Promoter Smoothie King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness.

Christopher Strong

6.3

1933

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A famous female flier and a member of Parliament drift into a potentially disastrous affair.