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poster Beau Brummel
Beau Brummel
(3.3/5)
127mn - Drama
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. …
poster The Saphead
The Saphead
77mn - Drama, Comedy
Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich and his son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making …
poster The Melomaniac
The Melomaniac
(3.4/5)
3mn - Comedy, Music
The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.
poster Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel at the Wheel
18mn - Comedy
A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.
poster The Strong Man
The Strong Man
(3.3/5)
75mn - Comedy
A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. He becomes infatuated with her by long distance. Af…
poster Bend of the River
Bend of the River
(3.6/5)
91mn - Western
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...
poster The Violin Maker of Cremona
The Violin Maker of Cremona
12mn - Drama
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his supe…
poster Second Chorus
Second Chorus
(2.9/5)
84mn - Comedy, Romance, Music
Two rival trumpeters in a college band sabotage each other at every turn while competing for the affections of their beautiful new manager Ellen Miller. When both men pursue spots in Artie Shaw's prestigi…
poster Smith's Uncle
Smith's Uncle
21mn - Comedy
Here it's Andy Clyde in a long beard as Raymond McKee's rich uncle Dan. He quickly becomes entangled with Carmelita Geraghty, the vamp next door, and her conniving brother Bud Jamison.
poster A Window on Washington Park
A Window on Washington Park
15mn - Drama
From his apartment, where he lives a cheerless widower's life, overlooking Washington Park, Alan Dale sees a refined, but poverty-stricken old gentleman on one of the park benches. Calling his butler, he …
poster The Beau Brummels
The Beau Brummels
9mn - Comedy, Music
Vaudeville team Shaw & Lee sing songs and tell jokes in hilarious deadpan.
poster O-Kay for Sound
O-Kay for Sound
(3.0/5)
0mn - Comedy, Music
Hyman Goldberger, the president of film studio Super-Colossal Pictures, is in trouble--his major backer is threatening to stop financing his pictures. He finds a group of six wealthy individuals who may w…
poster Mighty Like a Moose
Mighty Like a Moose
23mn - Comedy, Romance
After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.
poster The Roaring Road
The Roaring Road
(2.9/5)
58mn - Drama, Comedy
"Toodles" Waldron, racing enthusiast and the best salesman for J. D. Ward's automobile company, quarrels with his boss; Ward will not let him enter the Santa Monica Grand Prize Road Race, or marry his dau…
poster Patterns
Patterns
(3.9/5)
83mn - Drama
Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Briggs, the long-time vice president, but it soon become…
poster Picking Peaches
Picking Peaches
22mn - Comedy, Animation
A series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe clerk steps out on his wife with one of his customers. Both his wife and the woman's husband catch them when…
poster Svengali
Svengali
(3.4/5)
81mn - Drama, Horror, Romance
A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.
poster Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
74mn - Comedy, Sci-Fi
The Singer Duke Mitchell meets Sammy Petrillo in this parody of Martin & Lewis. They arrive on a jungle island, where a mad scientist played by Bela Lugosi makes human experiments.
poster Barnum's Trunk
Barnum's Trunk
(3.0/5)
4mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.
poster The Long, Hot Summer
The Long, Hot Summer
(3.7/5)
115mn - Drama, Romance
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
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