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Directed by John CromwellOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
CrimeActors William Powell,
Jean Arthur,
Kay Francis,
Regis Toomey,
Stanley Fields,
Brooks BenedictRating63%
John Marsden, a famed and powerful New York gambler who refuses to throw a game, is devoted to his wife, Alma, and his impressionistic younger brother, "Babe," to whom he sends a wedding gift of $10,000, which Babe may keep on the condition that he does not indulge in gambling. Alma, dismayed by John's ruthless tactics and his obsession with gambling, threatens to leave him unless he takes his winnings and leaves the city with her. He agrees.Directed by John CromwellOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films based on playsActors Ann Harding,
William Powell,
Lucile Browne,
Henry Stephenson,
Lilian Bond,
George MeekerRating67%
When spoiled younger sister Valerie Colby (Lucile Browne) becomes engaged to be married to Dennis Moore (George Meeker), a more level-headed Joan (Ann Harding) decides to do the same, not because she is in love, but in order to make something of herself. She chooses unambitious, wealthy playboy John Fletcher (William Powell), who owns a troubled shipping line. , 1h34
Directed by John CromwellOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Cary Grant,
Carole Lombard,
Kay Francis,
Helen Vinson,
Charles Coburn,
Katharine AlexanderRating69%
Alec Walker (Cary Grant) puts up with a loveless marriage to Maida (Kay Francis) until he meets widow Julie Eden (Carole Lombard). They fall in love and he asks his wife for a divorce. She refuses; as she goes on to tell him, she married him solely for his social position and wealth and won't give them up. She is such a skillful liar that she has Alec's parents (Charles Coburn, Nella Walker) convinced that Julie is out to destroy the marriage., 1h36
Directed by John Cromwell,
Walter WangerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Gangster filmsActors Charles Boyer,
Sigrid Gurie,
Hedy Lamarr,
Joseph Calleia,
Alan Hale,
Gene LockhartRating65%
Pepe Le Moko (Boyer) is a notorious thief, who, after his last great heist, escaped from France to Algeria. Since his escape, Moko became a resident and leader of the immense Casbah, or "native quarter", of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane (Calleia), who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe begins to feel increasingly trapped in his prison-like stronghold, a feeling which intensifies after meeting the beautiful Gaby (Lamarr), who is visiting from France. His love for Gaby soon arouses the jealousy of Ines (Gurie), Pepe's Algerian mistress., 1h16
Directed by John CromwellOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Irene Dunne,
Constance Cummings,
Ralph Bellamy,
Kay Johnson,
Charles Starrett,
Sidney BlackmerRating59%
Tony and Jim Dunlap are happily married. However, the dull-but-dependable Jim had been in love with Fran Harper, a school friend of Tony's, before he was married to Tony, and Fran has just been divorced. Now Fran is coming their way, bringing her pick-up boyfriend Mort Holmes along, and she intends to steal Jim from Tony. Tony sees Fran as a reminder of her own mother, who left Tony's father and caused him to drink himself to death. Thus, Tony is determined to avoid meeting Fran. However, they meet at the house of their friends Jud and Bee McCrae, and Fran goes off with Jim after everyone has left. When Tony finds that Jim and Fran have been together, she threatens to divorce him. However, Tony eventually beats Fran at her own game, and wins Jim back., 1h55
Directed by John Cromwell,
A. Edward SutherlandOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Musical filmsActors Hal Skelly,
Buddy Rogers,
Nancy Carroll,
Dorothy Revier,
Al St. John,
May BoleyRating67%
Burlesque comic Ralph 'Skid' Johnson (Skelly), and dancer Bonny Lee King (Carroll), end up together on a cold, rainy night at a train station, when he's thrown out and she's rejected from the same show.