The Deerslayer

1957

English

5.5

♡ 6

Kurt Neumann Director

Addison Richards as

Lex Barker as Deerslayer

Forrest Tucker as Harry March

Rita Moreno as Hetty Hutter

After The Deerslayer, a white man reared by the Mohicans, and his blood brother Chingachgook, a Mohican chief, save trader Harry Marsh from the hostile Huron Indians, they learn that the Hurons will attack Old Tom Hutter and his two daughters, Hetty and Judith, who live on a floating raft fort on the river.

Pilgrimage

1933

English

7.2

♡ 4

83%

John Ford Director

Betty Blythe as Janet Prescot

Norman Foster as Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop

Bess Flowers as Restaurant Patron

Heather Angel as Suzanne

A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.

Tonight or Never

1931

English

6.5

♡ 8

33%

Mervyn LeRoy Director

Melvyn Douglas as Jim Fletcher

Alison Skipworth as Marchesa Bianca San Giovanni

Gloria Swanson as Nella Vago

Boris Karloff as Waiter

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.

The Road to Singapore

1931

English

6.4

♡ 3

Alfred E. Green Director

May Beatty as Bridge Player on Ship

William Powell as Hugh Dawltry

Alison Skipworth as Mrs. Wey-Smith

Marian Marsh as Rene March

A woman's life falls to pieces when she's caught cheating on her husband.

The War Game

1966

English

7.9

♡ 18

93%

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

pre-code

War

Peter Watkins Director

Michael Aspel as Commentator

Peter Graham as Commentator

Peter Watkins as Documentist

Dave Baldwin as Schoolmaster / Interviewer

A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.

Blue Hawaii

1961

English

6.1

♡ 20

22%

Norman Taurog Director

John Archer as Jack Kelman

Kenneth Gibson as Party Guest

Angela Lansbury as Sarah Lee Gates

Gene LeBell as (uncredited)

Chad Gates has just been discharged from the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies and his girlfriend.

Murder at the Vanities

1934

English

6.5

78%

Mitchell Leisen Director

Juanita Moore as Black Dancer in Duke Ellington's Ebony Rhapsody

Frank Sully as Chorus Boy

Dennis O'Keefe as Chorus Boy

Wanda Perry as Earl Carroll Girl

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.

No More Orchids

1932

English

6.5

♡ 5

44%

parent child relationship

pre-code

Romance

uncle niece relationship

Walter Lang Director

Walter Connolly as Bill Holt

C. Aubrey Smith as Jerome Cedric

Harold Minjir as Modiste

Arthur Housman as Serge

Despite loving another man, a young woman is talked into marrying a wealthy and boorish prince in order to help her financially-strapped father.

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.

Wild Girl

1932

English

6.4

♡ 2

Action

based on play or musical

Raoul Walsh Director

Ralph Bellamy as Jack Marbury

Murdock MacQuarrie as Jess Larabee

Louise Beavers as Mammy Lou

Joan Bennett as Salomy Jane

Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the stagecoach.

Footlight Parade

1933

English

7.5

♡ 7

100%

Lloyd Bacon Director

Lillian Lawrence as Aunt Matilda in 'Honeymoon Hotel'

Ethelreda Leopold as Chorus Girl

George Chandler as Druggist

Billy Barty as Mouse / Little Boy

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

Smilin' Through

1932

English

6.8

♡ 3

80%

Sidney Franklin Director

Fredric March as Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy Wayne

Forrester Harvey as Orderly

Cora Sue Collins as Young Kathleen

Mary Carlisle as Young Party Guest

On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.

Raiders in the Sky

1953

English

6.5

♡ 2

Philip Leacock Director

Nigel Stock as Co-Pilot

Carl Duering as German Duty Officer

William Sylvester as Mac

Arnold Bell as Padre

Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing. He tries to make sure his men concentrate only on their job and so keeps women away from the base, but then he himself meets naval officer Eve Canyon.

Back Street

1932

English

7.0

♡ 2

55%

John M. Stahl Director

Betty Blythe as Gossip

Virginia Pearson as Minor Role

William Bakewell as Richard Saxel - Walter's Son

Gloria Stuart as Young Woman

A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.

Jesse James vs. the Daltons

1954

English

5.0

♡ 2

William Castle Director

Rory Mallinson as Bob Ford

Charles Evans as Coffeyville Banker

Dale Van Sickel as Member of Lynch Mob

Herman Hack as Townsman

Joe Branch, reputed to be the son of Jesse James, comes riding into Coffeyville Kansas, looking for proof one way or the other regarding the question of who his father was.

The Case Against Brooklyn

1958

English

6.5

♡ 2

33%

Paul Wendkos Director

Nestor Paiva as Finelli

Joe Turkel as Henchman Monte

Margaret Hayes as Lil Polombo nee Alexander

Darren McGavin as Pete Harris

A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.

Damaged Lives

1933

English

4.7

♡ 4

sexually transmitted disease

syphilis

venereal diseases

Edgar G. Ulmer Director

Jason Robards Sr. as Dr. Bill Hall

Marceline Day as Laura Hall

Harry Myers as Nat Franklin

Harrison Greene as Policeman

An extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.

Palmy Days

1931

English

6.8

♡ 2

33%

A. Edward Sutherland Director

Dorothy Coonan Wellman as Goldwyn Girl

Mary Halsey as Jane

George Raft as Joe - Yolando's Henchman

Bill Elliott as Party Guest

Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") where Eddie Cantor, the overworked assistant to a phony psychic, is mistaken for an efficiency expert and placed in charge. Complications ensue when the psychic and his gang attempt to rob the payroll.

You Nazty Spy!

1940

English

7.8

♡ 4

Jules White Director

Larry Fine as Larry Pebble

Ned Glass as Lead Storm Trooper

Moe Howard as Moe Hailstone

Don Beddoe as Mr. Amscray

In this satire of the Nazis the Stooges are wallpaper hangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the King, they decide to make Moe the new ruler as he'll be stupid enough to follow their orders. Moe becomes Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry becomes Minister of Propaganda. After successfully preventing a female spy from committing mayhem, the boys are run out of office by a mob and eaten by lions.