The Saint Strikes Back

1939

English

6.2

♡ 3

64%

John Farrow Director

Jonathan Hale as Inspector Henry Fernack

Nella Walker as Mrs. Betty Fernack

Dale Van Sickel as Nightclub Patron

Barry Fitzgerald as Zipper Dyson

Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

English

6.9

♡ 4

67%

Henry Koster Director

Nella Walker as Dorothy Craig

Edward Earle as Executive

Charles Winninger as Judson Craig

Mary Treen as Secretary

Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.

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.

Four Frightened People

1934

English

6.1

♡ 4

36%

Cecil B. DeMille Director

Herbert Marshall as Arnold Ainger

Claudette Colbert as Judy Jones

Nella Walker as Mrs. Ainger

Tetsu Komai as Native Chief

Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave the ship in a tiny boat and make it to a desert island, where many adventures ensue and, of course, the two men fight over the beautiful young schoolteacher who is with them.

Back Street

1941

English

6.7

♡ 2

80%

Robert Stevenson Director

Nella Walker as Corinne Saxel

Samuel S. Hinds as Felix Darren

Tim Holt as Richard Saxel

Irving Bacon as Skeet

In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxel, who is engaged to a socially prominent woman. Inadvertently prevented from running away with Walter, Ray remains single but reunites with him five years later. Despite Walter being married and having a son, Ray becomes his mistress, and over the years suffers social ostracism and long stretches of solitude while waiting for their brief interludes together.

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.

Daughter of the Dragon

1931

English

5.6

♡ 2

71%

Lloyd Corrigan Director

Frances Dade as Joan Marshall

Nella Walker as Lady Petrie

E. Alyn Warren as Lu Chung

Bramwell Fletcher as Ronald Petrie

At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.

Fashions of 1934

1934

English

6.6

♡ 5

William Dieterle Director

Bette Davis as Lynn Mason

Nella Walker as Mrs. Van Tyle

Reginald Owen as Oscar Baroque

Armand Kaliz as Paris Cafe Manager

When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.

An American Tragedy

1931

English

6.4

♡ 6

50%

Action

based on novel or book

Josef von Sternberg Director

Sidney D'Albrook as Courtroom Policeman

Nella Walker as Hotel Guest

Sylvia Sidney as Roberta Alden

Matty Roubert as Vendor Outside of Courtroom

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

In Name Only

1939

English

7.0

♡ 4

100%

John Cromwell Director

Frank Mills as Bartender

Jonathan Hale as Dr. Gateson

Kay Francis as Maida Walker

Nella Walker as Mrs. Walker

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Rain or Shine

1930

English

5.5

♡ 3

Frank Capra Director

William Collier Jr. as Bud Conway

Louise Fazenda as Frankie

Nella Walker as Mrs. Conway

Rolfe Sedan as Waiter at Dinner Party

Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune back to her ragtag band of ragged shoeleather performers.

Trouble in Paradise

1932

English

7.9

♡ 11

89%

90%

Action

approach

based on play or musical

Ernst Lubitsch Director

Gus Leonard as Elderly Servant

Kay Francis as Mariette Colet

Nella Walker as Mme. Bouchet

Charles Ruggles as The Major

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.