George Brent
1) 42nd street
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The movie musical that introduced the choreography of Busby Berkeley, 42nd Street also contains the classic plot involving a tyrannical director, egotistical leading lady and wide-eyed ingenue, all set to a standout musical score.
2) Jezebel
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Julie Marsden is a Southern belle in pre-Civil War New Orleans with a knack for manipulating the men in her life. Scorned by the man she loves, she lashes out in revenge and destroys lives in the process.
3) Dark victory
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The life of a fast moving Long Island socialite skids to a stop when she discovers that she has less than a year to live.
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Studio classic volume 36
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An Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced with disaster.
5) Man bait
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Diana Dors, a stick of blonde dynamite working as a clerk in an English book store, catches a customer attempting to steal a rare volume, but instead of hollering 'Cop!,' the two instead cook up a sinister scheme to blackmail the store manager.
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Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.
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Stanley Timberlake is a young woman who decides to dump her fiancé and runs off with her sister Roy's husband. They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. Stanley returns home to Richmond only to learn that her sister Roy and old flame Craig have fallen in love and plan to marry. The jealous and selfish Stanley attempts to win back Craig's affections, but her true character is revealed when, rather than...
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First, Bill and Jack are railroad men. When Bill comes to stay with Jack and his wife, Bill and Lily fall in love. Jack confronts Bill about his suspicions and the two fight, leaving Jack seriously injured. Last, Joan Gordon is a singer tiring of her relationship with Eddie. She flees to North Dakota to become a mail-order bride. Happiness is threatened by her stubborn husband, a lecherous neighbor and the appearance of Eddie.
10) Luxury liner
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"Perky Jane Powell plays the golden-voiced teen daughter of an ocean liner captain who stows away on dad's ship in hopes of showcasing her singing skills to a voyaging opera star (played by real life Wagnerian Lauritz Melchior). Many more musical talents set sail too: Xavier Cugat swings with Con Maracas, the Pied Pipers add silken harmonies and operatic soprano Marina Koshetz trills and spoofs the Cole Porter standard I've Got You Under My Skin....
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Jewel robbery: Baroness Teri von Horhenfels lives in Vienna, Austria with a husband who bores her. When a jewel thief victimizes her, she is intrigued by him.
Lawyer man: "Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's...
12) In this our life
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What Stanley Timberlake wants, she takes. So, on the eve of her marriage, she runs off with her sister's husband, the first of many betrayals that lead to disaster, and to a compulsively watchable brew of deceit, racial bigotry, latent incest and violent death.
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An enticing trio of suave silver screen seducers lies at the heart of this fourth collection of pre-Code sensations whose subject matter would soon be forbidden by the infamous Production Code. This collection includes: Jewel Robbery (1932), Lawyer Man (1932), Man Wanted (1932), They Call It Sin (1932).
14) 42nd Street
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A Broadway musical producer desperate for success sends in an understudy when his star twists her ankle.
15) Out of the blue
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Arthur Earthleigh's troubles begin when he is followed home by Olive Jensen. Between fainting spells and drinking binges, Olive gets Arthur into one predicament after another that soon involves the entire apartment building and a blackmail scheme.
16) The golden arrow
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An "heiress" and a down-to-earth reporter enter into a marriage of convenience.
17) The painted veil
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The story unfolds in China, where Katrin's marriage to busy Dr. Walter Fane is in trouble. Lonely and neglected, she falls in love with diplomatic attaché Jack Townsend. When Walter discovers their affair, he takes Katrin inland to fight a cholera epidemic, maliciously thinking the disease will kill them both. But working together helps rebuild their marriage, until Townsend resurfaces. Now Katrin must choose.
18) Front page woman
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"Reporters Ellen and Curt are very much in love, but working at competing newspapers. Curt's not willing to concede that a woman can sniff out news as well as a man, and Ellen refuses to marry him until he does. A nearby apartment fire and a mysterious murder will soon test their investigative skills, and their feelings for each other"--Container.
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"The Fighting 69th" is a World War I regiment consisting mostly of New York-Irish soldiers. Jerry Plunkett is the cockiest member of a cocky crew. Jerry is a scrappy fellow who looks out only for himself. The officers and enlisted of the regiment do their best to instill discipline in Plunkett, and the chaplain, Father Duffy, tries to make Plunkett see the greater good. None of them seem to succeed. In the trenches, Plunkett acts selfishly and cowardly,...
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Psychiatrist Dr. Huntington Bailey falls in love with his patient, Allida Bederaux, the wife of wealthy businessman Nick Bederaux. Nick insists Allida is insane while she confides to Dr. Bailey that she and her son are in danger. Meanwhile, people around them mysteriously die. Who is telling the truth?