Fast Life

Fast Life 1932

8.30

Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run, but all they succeed in doing is sinking the Admiral's barge. After discharge, broke and out of work, they find work with a boat builder who wants the fastest race boat in the world. They design the boat, carburetor and the engine but lack of money and the foreclosure of the business hinders their efforts to prove the new design.

1932

Young Man of Manhattan

Young Man of Manhattan 1930

5.90

Two flappers try to get their newspaper reporter boyfriends to pay attention to them.

1930

A Modern Hero

A Modern Hero 1934

7.00

A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.

1934

No Marriage Ties

No Marriage Ties 1933

4.17

An unemployed reporter, fired because of his drinking, takes a job at an advertising agency. Drama.

1933

Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny 1933

6.30

Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the custody of a wealthy married couple. Years later, thanks to the protection of a corrupt politician, she becomes the main "madame" of San Francisco, in addition to participating in various illegal activities.

1933

State's Attorney

State's Attorney 1932

6.70

Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.

1932

If I Were Free

If I Were Free 1933

4.33

A recently divorced interior decorator falls in love with a married barrister.

1933

Her Private Life

Her Private Life 1929

1.00

A English aristocrat causes a scandal when she divorces her husband and runs off with a young American.

1929

Bed of Roses

Bed of Roses 1933

6.10

A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.

1933

Playing Around

Playing Around 1930

4.29

New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.

1930

One Romantic Night

One Romantic Night 1930

5.30

A princess is forced to choose between a charming tutor and a rakish prince.

1930

Three Who Loved

Three Who Loved 1931

5.40

A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.

1931

Lovin' the Ladies

Lovin' the Ladies 1930

3.70

A man who believes that love is more animal and chemical than spiritual, bets that by controlling the circumstances, he can get any man and woman to fall for with each other and get engaged within a month.

1930

Hell's Highway

Hell's Highway 1932

5.90

A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.

1932

The Lady Lies

The Lady Lies 1929

4.50

Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman.

1929

Ten Minutes to Live

Ten Minutes to Live 1932

4.63

A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her. She knows, but accepts anyway. Meanwhile, a patron at the club gets a note saying that she'll soon get another note, and that she will be killed ten minutes after that.

1932

The Life of the Party

The Life of the Party 1930

6.30

Two female song-pluggers decide to become ruthless gold-diggers, with comic results.

1930

Untitled Anna May Wong biopic

Untitled Anna May Wong biopic 1970

1

A biopic of Anna May Wong, the Golden Age icon whose career brought her international recognition even as she continued to face opportunity limitations in the industry and other forms of prejudice and discrimination.

1970

Unashamed

Unashamed 1932

6.30

A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.

1932