Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune, he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer; but the 1906 quake destroys his place.

Moonrise

1948

English

7.0

♡ 10

100%

Frank Borzage Director

Dane Clark as Danny Hawkins

Irving Bacon as Judd Jenkins

Amzie Strickland as Minor Role

William A. Boardway as Townsman

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

Lady for a Night

1942

English

6.0

♡ 5

40%

Leigh Jason Director

Martin Turner as Black Attendant

Forbes Murray as Defense Attorney

Pierre Watkin as District Attorney Logan

William A. Boardway as Juror

Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.

Pardon My Sarong

1942

English

6.8

♡ 8

55%

Erle C. Kenton Director

Irving Bacon as Gas Station Proprietor

George Chandler as George Peabody

William A. Boardway as Nightclub Patron

Maria Montez as (scenes deleted)

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.

Storm Over Lisbon

1944

English

5.6

♡ 2

George Sherman Director

Eduardo Ciannelli as Blanco

William Yip as Casino Guest

Frank Orth as Murgatroyd

William A. Boardway as Passenger

A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.

Klondike Annie

1936

English

6.4

♡ 3

58%

Raoul Walsh Director

Nella Walker as Missionary

William A. Boardway as Nightclub Patron

George MacQuarrie as Port Officer

Philip Ahn as Wing

A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.

Belle of the Nineties

1934

English

6.3

♡ 4

88%

new orleans, louisiana

old

pre-code

Sport

Leo McCarey Director

Frank Rice as Best Man at Wedding

Edward Hearn as Croupier

Sam Flint as Fire Chief

William A. Boardway as Nightclub Patron

Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular with the local men.

The Gilded Lily

1935

English

6.7

♡ 2

71%

Wesley Ruggles Director

Ray Milland as Charles Gray

Forrester Harvey as Hugo / Innkeeper

William A. Boardway as London Cafe Patron

Dennis O'Keefe as Nightclub Extra

Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her best friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who secretly loves her. When Peter learns that the already-engaged Charles has hurt Marilyn, he fabricates an article casting her as the "No Girl" who refused to marry a callous aristocrat. But when the publicity brings Marilyn unexpected fame, and Charles returns, she is forced to choose between the two men.

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939

English

6.9

♡ 4

74%

George Marshall Director

Ethelreda Leopold as Blonde at Party

Irving Bacon as Jailer

Minerva Urecal as Screaming Spinster at Circus

William A. Boardway as Wedding Guest

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

Temptation

6.5

Irving Pichel Director

Arnold Moss as Ahmed Effendi

William A. Boardway as Banquet Guest

Paul Lukas as Sir Meyer Isaacson

Suzanne Cloutier as Yvonne Dupont

After marrying an archaeologist, a Victorian-era woman with a sordid past realizes that she is not ready to settle down with one man.

Saboteur

1942

English

7.1

♡ 22

81%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Margaret Hayes as Henry's Wife in Movie

William A. Boardway as Navy Officer at Ship Launching

Ethelreda Leopold as Party Guest

Ian Wolfe as Robert

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

You Were Never Lovelier

1942

English

7.2

♡ 7

100%

William A. Seiter Director

Mary Field as Louise - the Acuña Maid

Kenneth Gibson as Nightclub Patron

William A. Boardway as Wedding Guest

Larry Arnold as Wedding Guest

An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

Possessed

1947

English

7.1

♡ 6

82%

Curtis Bernhardt Director

Douglas Kennedy as Asst. District Attorney

Geraldine Brooks as Carol Graham

William A. Boardway as Concert Spectator

Rory Mallinson as Coroner's Asst.

After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.

Escape Me Never

1947

English

5.9

♡ 2

36%

Peter Godfrey Director

Eleanor Parker as Fenella MacLean

Ida Lupino as Gemma Smith

William A. Boardway as Party Guest

Errol Flynn as Sebastian Dubrok

A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his brother's fiancée.

Swing Time

1936

English

7.4

♡ 15

93%

George Stevens Director

Pierre Watkin as Al Simpson

Dale Van Sickel as Diner

William A. Boardway as Nightclub Patron

Charlie Hall as Taxi Driver

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.

Top Hat

1935

English

7.7

♡ 10

100%

Mark Sandrich Director

William A. Boardway as Club Member

George Ford as Club Patron

Mary Stewart as Dancer

Charlie Hall as Minor Role

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

English

7.1

♡ 4

92%

miscarriage of justice

scandal

writer

William Dieterle Director

Walter Kingsford as Col. Sandherr

Donald Crisp as Maitre Labori

William A. Boardway as Member of Court

Pierre Watkin as Prefect of Police

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.

The Old Maid

1939

English

7.4

♡ 7

75%

Action

american civil war

based on novel or book

brother

Drama

orphanage

philadelphia, pennsylvania

romantic rivalry

Edmund Goulding Director

Bette Davis as Charlotte Lovell

Donald Crisp as Dr. Lanskell

William Hopper as John

William A. Boardway as Wedding Guest

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

The Gang's All Here

1943

English

6.6

♡ 2

100%

Busby Berkeley Director

Mary Stewart as Chorus Girl

William A. Boardway as Club New Yorker Patron

John Roy as Dock Worker

Frank Faylen as Marine Sergeant

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.

Block-Heads

1938

English

7.5

♡ 20

85%

John G. Blystone Director

Harry Myers as Drunk

Chill Wills as Midget in Elevator

Jack Hill as Soldier in Trenches

William A. Boardway as Tenant

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.

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Moonrise

Lady for a Night

Pardon My Sarong

Storm Over Lisbon

Klondike Annie

Belle of the Nineties

The Gilded Lily

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Temptation

Saboteur

You Were Never Lovelier

Possessed

Escape Me Never

Swing Time

Top Hat

The Life of Emile Zola

The Old Maid

The Gang's All Here

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