Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.

The Last Days of Pompeii

1935

English

6.4

♡ 5

38%

Ernest B. Schoedsack Director

Alan Hale as Burbix

John T. Murray as Pilate's Servant

Jason Robards Sr. as Tax Gatherer

Edwin Maxwell as The Augur - a Pompeii Official

In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.

The Devil Is a Woman

1935

English

6.9

♡ 10

56%

Josef von Sternberg Director

Marlene Dietrich as Concha Perez

Hank Mann as Foreman on Snowbound Train

Alison Skipworth as Senora Perez

Edwin Maxwell as Tobacco Plant Manager

In the carnival in Spain in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the exiled republican Antonio Galvan comes from Paris masquerade to enjoy the party and visit his friend Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar. However, he flirts with the mysterious Concha Perez and they schedule to meet each other later. When Antonio meets Pasqualito, his old friend discloses his frustrated relationship with the promiscuous Concha and her greedy mother and how his life was ruined by his obsession for the beautiful demimondaine. Pasqualito makes Antonio promise that he would not see Concha. However, when Antonio meets Concha, she seduces him and the long friendship between Antonio and Pasqualito is disrupted

Back Page

1933

English

6.1

♡ 2

Action

Crime

Drama

Anton Lorenze Director

Hayden Stevenson as Barrows

Sterling Holloway as Bill Giddings

Sidney Bracey as Edgar Ashe

Edwin Maxwell as Martin Regal

A former New York reporter (Peggy Shannon) is hired as editor of a failing, small town newspaper in California.

Blessed Event

1932

English

6.9

♡ 3

78%

Roy Del Ruth Director

Allen Jenkins as Frankie Wells

Mary Brian as Gladys Price

George Chandler as Hanson

Edwin Maxwell as Sam Gobel

A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.

Frisco Jenny

1932

English

6.8

♡ 1

56%

san francisco, california

William A. Wellman Director

Nella Walker as Janet Reynolds

Ruth Chatterton as Jenny

William A. Wellman as Reporter

Edwin Maxwell as Tom Ford

Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the custody of a wealthy married couple. Years later, thanks to the protection of a corrupt politician, she becomes the main "madame" of San Francisco, in addition to participating in various illegal activities.

Street of Chance

1942

English

6.3

♡ 1

11%

Action

amnesia

based on novel or book

Jack Hively Director

Sheldon Leonard as Joe Marruci

Ann Doran as Miss Peabody

Claire Trevor as Ruth Dillon

Edwin Maxwell as Stillwell, D.A.

In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a lot of mysterious happenings.

The Great Moment

1944

English

6.2

♡ 2

67%

boston, massachusetts

Comedy

dentist

Drama

Preston Sturges Director

Louis Jean Heydt as Dr. Horace Wells

Hank Worden as Morton's Sign Painter - replaced Roscoe Ates

Paul Newlan as Policeman

Edwin Maxwell as Vice-President of Medical Society

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939

English

7.0

♡ 12

82%

60%

Action

based on novel or book

countryside

Drama

frontiersman

historically inaccurate

History

husband wife relationship

John Ford Director

Ward Bond as Adam Hartman

Chief John Big Tree as Blue Back

Henry Fonda as Gilbert Martin

Edwin Maxwell as Rev. Daniel Gros

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.

Big Brown Eyes

1936

English

6.5

♡ 6

86%

Raoul Walsh Director

Douglas Fowley as Benny Battle

Edwin Maxwell as Editor

Joan Bennett as Eve Fallon

Sam Flint as Martin

Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.

The Blue Bird

1940

English

6.2

♡ 4

71%

Walter Lang Director

Sybil Jason as Angela Berlingot

Harold Goodwin as Hickory

Edward Earle as Maple Tree

Edwin Maxwell as Oak

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933

English

6.8

♡ 11

92%

Michael Curtiz Director

Thomas E. Jackson as Detective

William B. Davidson as Detective

Edwin Maxwell as Joe Worth

Harry C. Bradley as Reporter

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

English

7.6

♡ 7

90%

Sam Wood Director

Regis Toomey as 1st Policeman

Edmund Gwenn as Hooper

Amzie Strickland as Shopper at Neeley's

Edwin Maxwell as Withers

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

English

7.5

♡ 16

100%

John Ford Director

Harold Goodwin as Jeremiah Carter

Edwin Maxwell as John T. Stuart

George Chandler as Loafer

Jack Kelly as Matt Clay

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.

One Hundred Men and a Girl

1937

English

6.7

♡ 4

Henry Koster Director

Dale Van Sickel as Concert Attendee

Edwin Maxwell as Ira Westing - Editor

Alma Kruger as Mrs. Tyler

Frank Jenks as Taxi Driver

The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract.

Made for Each Other

1939

English

6.2

♡ 9

55%

John Cromwell Director

Mary Field as Johns Hopkins technician

Edwin Maxwell as Messerschmidt

Irving Bacon as Newark Radio Operator

Alma Kruger as Sister Madeline

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

English

6.9

♡ 7

100%

Dorothy Arzner Director

Edwin Maxwell as Jake Symonds

Fredric March as Jerry Corbett

Sylvia Sidney as Joan Prentice

Bill Elliott as Party Guest

A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.