Keyword: pre-code

Not So Dumb

7.6

1930

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Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove shes not so dumb after all.

Law of the Sea

5

1931

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A sadistic, evil ship captain lusts after a beautiful young girl he spots in town. It turns out that shes the girlfriend of a young man whose father the captain had blinded and cast adrift on the ocean many years before.

Strangers May Kiss

5.7

1931

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

No Greater Glory

7

1934

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Adapted from The Paul Street Boys, an autobiographical novel by Ferenc Molnar, GLORY is an unusually sensitive evocation of the pain of youth and the senselessness of war. Frail Nemecsek, a lonely boy who yearns to belong, worships Boka, the self-sufficent, charismatic leader of a well-organized gang, decked out in uniforms and sporting their own flag. The perennial outsider sees his chance to win a respected place in Butlers army when their flag is stolen and war breaks out with another gang.

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...

Lonely Wives

6.3

1931

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A lonely husband whose wife has been away hires a lookalike impersonator to fill his place and fool his mother-in-law while he plays around with a pretty coquette. Confusion prevails when his wife returns that evening.

Headline Shooter

6

1933

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

Four Frightened People

6.4

1934

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Four passengers escape their bubonic plague-infested ship and land on the coast of a wild jungle. In order to reach safety they have to trek through the jungle, facing wild animals and attacks by primitive tribesmen.

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.

Betty Boop's Big Boss

6.3

1933

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Betty takes a secretarial job where the boss sexually harasses her, but not without some encouragement from Betty.

The Royal Family of Broadway

6.5

1930

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Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up but her old beau, Gilmore Marshal, the platinum magnate from South America.

The Emperor Jones

6.4

1933

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Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.