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In the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson.

Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter’s pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a…

Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without…

A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.

Americans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to San Francisco. They will be paid handsomely on success or killed on failure. The…

In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub…

Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have…

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.

An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by…

A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.

Hoppy goes undercover as an outlaw (which permits him, for once, to drink and be mean to children) to track down a bunch of outlaws operating along the border. Loco,…

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly…

Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.

Dick Tracy’s foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using…

A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.

His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O’Brien).

An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings “Minnie the Moocher” in one scene.

A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon…

It’s race day, and first prize is $2 million (less $1,999,998.37 in taxes). Porky’s little car is matched against cars driven by stars of yesteryear, including Laurel and Hardy and…

A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.

Donald continually heckles Mickey’s magic act, but Mickey bests him at every turn. Donald shoots off a magic pistol that causes all the stage props to fall down on them…

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

A remake of Frank Capra’s Submarine (1928), Devil’s Playground is a snappy Columbia “B plus” picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris. Submarine officers Dorgan (Dix) and Mason (Morris) battle…

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder,…

Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her…

Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.

The rarest of Laurel and Hardy films this side of The Rogue Song (1930), That’s That is a gag reel made up of alternate takes and bloopers said to have…

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company….

A singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas.

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and…

Chin-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asleep in his car which winds up on a ship headed for America. Susan Parker,…

Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora’s cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer…

A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds her first case is defending a childhood friend accused of murder. Director…

Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.

A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.

Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are…

A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.

A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.

Edna’s grandfather is a conductor of a small orchestra that gives concerts in the park every Sunday. Because of lack of audience the city officials want to cancel these concerts….