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    Now and Forever 1934 POSTER

    Now and Forever

    1934

    English

    6.5

    9

    64%

    64%

    Action

    con artist

    con man

    Crime

    daughter

    Drama

    husband wife relationship

    Music

    pre-code

    pre-unix

    Romance

    Henry Hathaway Henry Hathaway Director Ronnie Cosby Ronnie Cosby as Guest at Penny's Party Gary Cooper Gary Cooper as Jerry Day Shirley Temple Shirley Temple as Penelope 'Penny' Day Luise Rainer Luise Rainer as Real Estate Office Secretary
    Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility, but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then the Days 'rediscover' Jerry's young daughter Pennie, who has been living with his rich deceased wife's family. Pennie appears to be just what Jerry needs to mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. Then a corruptible influence enters his life.
    One Way Passage 1932 POSTER

    One Way Passage

    1932

    English

    7.5

    7

    100%

    81%

    Comedy

    dark secret

    Drama

    Music

    pre-code

    Romance

    sea voyage

    ship

    shipboard romance

    Tay Garnett Tay Garnett Director William Powell William Powell as Dan Hardesty Allan Lane Allan Lane as Friend of Joan's Al Ernest Garcia Al Ernest Garcia as Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor Kay Francis Kay Francis as Joan Ames
    A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
    Search for Beauty 1934 POSTER

    Search for Beauty

    1934

    English

    6.0

    3

    7%

    7%

    beefcake

    Comedy

    Crime

    magazine

    olympic games

    poverty row film

    pre-code

    Romance

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director Ida Lupino Ida Lupino as Barbara Hilton Lynn Bari Lynn Bari as Beauty Contestant Entrant Ann Sheridan Ann Sheridan as Dallas Beauty Winner Buster Crabbe Buster Crabbe as Don Jackson
    Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.
    Death by Hanging 1968 POSTER

    Death by Hanging

    1968

    Japanese

    7.5

    15

    86%

    85%

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    pre-code

    satire

    zainichi

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Takashi Ueno Takashi Ueno as Guard Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima as Narrator Kei Satô Kei Satô as Prison warden Akiko Koyama Akiko Koyama as The sister
    A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
    Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933 POSTER

    Mystery of the Wax Museum

    1933

    English

    6.8

    11

    92%

    63%

    Action

    Horror

    museum

    Mystery

    pre-code

    Thriller

    wax museum

    Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz Director Thomas E. Jackson Thomas E. Jackson as Detective William B. Davidson William B. Davidson as Detective Edwin Maxwell Edwin Maxwell as Joe Worth Harry C. Bradley Harry C. Bradley as Reporter
    The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
    King of Chinatown 1939 POSTER

    King of Chinatown

    1939

    English

    6.3

    4

    20%

    Action

    chinatown

    Crime

    Drama

    escaped convict

    nurse

    operation

    pre-code

    Sport

    surgeon

    Nick Grinde Nick Grinde Director Pierre Watkin Pierre Watkin as Dist. Atty. Philips Eddie Marr Eddie Marr as Henchman Bert Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn as Mike Gordon Philip Ahn Philip Ahn as Robert 'Bob' Li
    A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
    Counsellor at Law 1933 POSTER

    Counsellor at Law

    1933

    English

    7.5

    5

    Comedy

    Drama

    infidelity

    lawyer

    perjury

    pre-code

    William Wyler William Wyler Director John Qualen John Qualen as Johan Breitstein Thelma Todd Thelma Todd as Lillian La Rue Bebe Daniels Bebe Daniels as Rexy Gordon Melvyn Douglas Melvyn Douglas as Roy Darwin
    A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.
    Angel Face 1952 POSTER

    Angel Face

    1952

    English

    7.2

    13

    77%

    78%

    ambulance

    court case

    Crime

    Drama

    Film-Noir

    gas

    love triangle

    pre-code

    Romance

    stepmother

    Thriller

    Otto Preminger Otto Preminger Director Robert Gist Robert Gist as Miller Chuck Hicks Chuck Hicks as Nightclub Patron Grandon Rhodes Grandon Rhodes as Prison Chaplain Amzie Strickland Amzie Strickland as Woman
    Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
    Baby Face 1933 POSTER

    Baby Face

    1933

    English

    7.5

    9

    100%

    81%

    ambition

    black and white

    Drama

    mistress

    new york city

    paris, france

    pre-code

    Romance

    Alfred E. Green Alfred E. Green Director John Elliott John Elliott as Bank Director Douglass Dumbrille Douglass Dumbrille as Brody Edward Van Sloan Edward Van Sloan as Jameson - Bank Director Matty Roubert Matty Roubert as Newsboy
    A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
    The Tijuana Story 1957 POSTER

    The Tijuana Story

    1957

    English

    5.3

    2

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    Film-Noir

    pre-code

    semi-documentary

    tijuana

    László Kardos László Kardos Director Susan Seaforth Hayes Susan Seaforth Hayes as Alma Acosta Mesa Robert Blake Robert Blake as Enrique Acosta Mesa James Darren James Darren as Mitch Paul Newlan Paul Newlan as Peron Diaz
    Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.
    Monkey Business 1931 POSTER

    Monkey Business

    1931

    English

    7.4

    13

    90%

    84%

    Action

    black and white

    Comedy

    Family

    marx brothers

    Musical

    pre-code

    ship

    stowaway

    Norman Z. McLeod Norman Z. McLeod Director Billy Barty Billy Barty as Child Bobby Barber Bobby Barber as Hoarse Barber Customer Thelma Todd Thelma Todd as Lucille Maurice Chevalier Maurice Chevalier as Maurice Chevalier
    Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.
    Mädchen in Uniform 1931 POSTER

    Mädchen in Uniform

    1931

    German

    7.5

    11

    100%

    86%

    Action

    based on play or musical

    coming out

    Drama

    female friendship

    girls' boarding school

    pre-code

    Romance

    suicide attempt

    Leontine Sagan Leontine Sagan Director Miriam Lehmann-Haupt Miriam Lehmann-Haupt as Erzieherin Lisi Scheerbach Lisi Scheerbach as Mademoiselle Qeuillet Hertha Thiele Hertha Thiele as Manuela von Meinhardis Barbara Pirk Barbara Pirk as Mia von Wollin
    A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers.
    Christopher Strong 1933 POSTER

    Christopher Strong

    1933

    English

    6.3

    7

    83%

    40%

    Action

    Adventure

    british politician

    Drama

    infidelity

    love affair

    pre-code

    Romance

    scavenger hunt

    woman director

    Dorothy Arzner Dorothy Arzner Director Margaret Lindsay Margaret Lindsay as Autograph Seeker at Party Donald Stuart Donald Stuart as Joseph Drummond Katharine Hepburn Katharine Hepburn as Lady Cynthia Darrington Colin Clive Colin Clive as Sir Christopher Strong
    A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.
    White Woman 1933 POSTER

    White Woman

    1933

    English

    6.1

    1

    29%

    29%

    Action

    Drama

    jungle

    pre-code

    Romance

    Stuart Walker Stuart Walker Director Charles Bickford Charles Bickford as Ballister Marc Lawrence Marc Lawrence as Connors Charles Laughton Charles Laughton as Horace H. Prin James Dime James Dime as Vaegi
    A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.
    The Scarlet Letter 1934 POSTER

    The Scarlet Letter

    1934

    English

    5.4

    3

    21%

    21%

    adultery

    colonial america

    Drama

    pre-code

    puritan

    Romance

    Robert G. Vignola Robert G. Vignola Director Alan Hale Alan Hale as Bartholomew Hockings Shirley Jean Rickert Shirley Jean Rickert as Humility Crakstone Betty Blythe Betty Blythe as Innkeeper Henry B. Walthall Henry B. Walthall as Roger Chillingworth
    In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.
    The Crimson Pirate 1952 POSTER

    The Crimson Pirate

    1952

    English

    7.1

    18

    100%

    83%

    Action

    Adventure

    cannon

    Comedy

    Drama

    pirate

    pre-code

    protection

    revolution

    Romance

    swordplay

    Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak Director Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster as Capt. Vallo Christopher Lee Christopher Lee as Joseph - Military Attaché Dana Wynter Dana Wynter as La Signorita Charles Horvath Charles Horvath as Seaman
    Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.
    Anna Christie 1930 POSTER

    Anna Christie

    1930

    English

    6.5

    6

    57%

    57%

    Action

    based on play or musical

    Drama

    pre-code

    prostitute

    Romance

    sailor

    Clarence Brown Clarence Brown Director Greta Garbo Greta Garbo as Anna Jack Baxley Jack Baxley as Coney Island Barker James T. Mack James T. Mack as Johnny, the Harp Marie Dressler Marie Dressler as Marthy
    Old sailor Chris Christofferson eagerly awaits the arrival of his grown daughter Anna, whom he sent at five years old to live with relatives in Minnesota. He has not seen her since, but believes her to be a decent and respectably employed young woman. When Anna arrives, however, it is clear that she has lived a hard life in the dregs of society, and that much of spirit has been extinguished. She falls in love with a young sailor rescued at sea by her father, but dreads to reveal to him the truth of her past. Both father and young man are deluded about her background, yet Anna cannot quite bring herself to allow them to remain deluded.
    Sons of the Desert 1933 POSTER

    Sons of the Desert

    1933

    English

    7.5

    24

    100%

    87%

    Action

    Comedy

    deceived wife

    deception

    Family

    husband wife relationship

    lodge

    Music

    oath

    pre-code

    William A. Seiter William A. Seiter Director Charlie Hall Charlie Hall as 2nd Waiter Ellen Corby Ellen Corby as Dress Person at Table Next to Chase's John Elliott John Elliott as Exalted Exhausted Ruler Baldwin Cooke Baldwin Cooke as Man Introducing Steamship Official / Sons Convention Attendee
    Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.
    An American Tragedy 1931 POSTER

    An American Tragedy

    1931

    English

    6.4

    6

    50%

    50%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    Drama

    murder

    pre-code

    Romance

    snob

    social climbing

    trial

    Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg Director Sidney D'Albrook Sidney D'Albrook as Courtroom Policeman Nella Walker Nella Walker as Hotel Guest Sylvia Sidney Sylvia Sidney as Roberta Alden Matty Roubert Matty Roubert as Vendor Outside of Courtroom
    A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
    Hell's House 1932 POSTER

    Hell's House

    1932

    English

    5.8

    3

    22%

    22%

    Action

    bootlegger

    Drama

    pre-code

    Howard Higgin Howard Higgin Director Wallis Clark Wallis Clark as Judge Robinson Pat O'Brien Pat O'Brien as Matt Kelly Bette Davis Bette Davis as Peggy Gardner Frank Coghlan Jr. Frank Coghlan Jr. as Shorty
    A teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.
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