Keyword: pre-code

Strangers May Kiss

5.7

1931

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Against her friends wishes, Lisbeth moves to Mexico to live with her lover.

Check and Double Check

5.7

1930

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Typical Amos n Andy storyline has the boys trying to make a go of their open-air taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a fancy party. All the regular characters are here (or mentioned), including the famous Mystic Knights of the Sea. The only film appearance of radios long-running characters.

The Old Fashioned Way

7.5

1934

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The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.

It Pays to Advertise

5.6

1931

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To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesnt exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his fathers savvy secretary to market a non-existent laundry soap. Complications ensue when his product turns out to be more successful than even he imagined--and now he has to deliver.

Headline Shooter

6

1933

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A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

Ingagi

5.5

1930

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An expedition enters an area of the Congo jungle to investigate reports of a gorilla-worshipping tribe. After many dangerous adventures, they come upon the tribe they sought, only to watch as a virgin is sacrificed to a huge gorilla, who takes her away. The expedition follows the gorilla in an attempt to save the woman.

Professional Sweetheart

6.2

1933

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A vice-free radio singer wants to experience the dark side of life, so a press agent convinces her sponsor to choose a professional sweetheart from her fans.

Dark Hazard

6.3

1934

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Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie, Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.

For the Defense

6.5

1930

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William Powell plays William Foster, a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. Hes adept at keeping them out of jail, winning acquittals, and having decisions reversed, thus springing criminals out of prison. He is romantically involved with dancer Irene Manners (Kay Francis), who is two-timing him, although she wants to marry him. She kills a man driving while out with her other man, Jack Defoe (Scott Kolk), who takes the blame. Unfortunately, a ring Foster had just given Irene is found at the crime scene. Foster ends up defending Jack, but when the ring is found, he thinks he is protecting Irene, so pleads guilty to jury tampering, which he had done for the first time to save Irene. After his plea, the the prosecuting DA confides that Jack would have gotten off...

Fighting Caravans

5.7

1931

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A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.

The Thirteenth Guest

5.8

1932

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Thirteen years ago, somebody murdered the wealthy host of a dinner party. Now, the guests from that event reunite at the creepy house where the crime took place to figure out who inherited the victims estate.

The Royal Bed

6

1931

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The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt, and a scheming son who wants to be king himself and is plotting to take advantage of the situation.