Hollywood on Parade No. A-2

Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 1932

1.00

"Stuart Erwin acts as master of ceremonies in this variety skit, the second in the series produced by Lewis Llewyn for Paramount release. Erwin introduces Bing Crosby, who engages in some comedy byplay with George Burns and Gracie Allen, after which the crooner sings a number. The rest of the short is devoted to Olsen and Johnson, the comedy headliners, who do some nutty stuff on the beach with the support of a bunch of bathing beauties".

1932

Thunder Below

Thunder Below 1932

1

Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan falls in love with Walt's good friend Ken but keeps her husband in the dark about her feelings... until he's plunged into darkness for real when he loses his eyesight. Susan finds her attentions then wandering yet another man, Davis, and Ken urges her to return to Walt.

1932

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? 1932

6.84

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”

1932

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

The Greeks Had a Word for Them 1932

5.20

A trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and debonair clothing, backbiting and catfighting as they steal each other's boyfriends.

1932

The Blood of a Poet

The Blood of a Poet 1932

7.10

In a poet’s room, an armless statue abruptly comes to life. It invites the poet to step through a mirror and to discover another world. Strange places and characters present themselves to him. The poet tears himself away from these twisted fascinations and returns, with some difficulty, to his room.

1932

The Western Code

The Western Code 1932

1

When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon ruffian, he learns her mother married ranch foreman Nick Grindel shortly before her death, and left everything to him in her will. Nick has proposed marriage to his stepdaughter, and she fears violence if her hot-blooded brother Dick finds out. When a body is found at the Bow Knot, Tim barely rescues Dick from a necktie party and is deputized to investigate when Dick confesses to a crime he didn't commit.

1932

Mystery Ranch

Mystery Ranch 1932

6.00

Megalomaniacal rancher is a law unto himself, until a Ranger is called-upon to bring him to justice.

1932

A Lad an' a Lamp

A Lad an' a Lamp 1932

6.60

The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.

1932

Abduct Me

Abduct Me 1932

1

René Dargelle is asked by a friend to receive a young woman in his place. She is soon to marry a Hindu prince, a man who is certainly attractive, but who cheats on her shamelessly and whom she dreams of making jealous. When Dargelle, out of pure fantasy, asks her to tell right and left that he seduced her, she sees the perfect opportunity to infuriate her noble lover.

1932

The Phantom President

The Phantom President 1932

5.50

Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. As election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.

1932

White Zombie

White Zombie 1932

5.97

A wealthy landowner living in Haiti convinces a sorcerer to lure the woman he has fallen for away from her fiancé. The madman later betrays their agreement by keeping the woman for himself…As a zombie.

1932

Frederica

Frederica 1932

1

Based on Franz Lehar's operetta, about the first woman whom the great German writer Goethe fell in love with.

1932

The Mouthpiece

The Mouthpiece 1932

5.90

A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.

1932

The Man from Arizona

The Man from Arizona 1932

10.00

A cowboy saves his injured friend from a vigilante group, which believes that he is part of a bandit gang that attacked a wagon train. The cowboy sets out to find the bandit gang and clear his friend's name.

1932

A Hunting We Will Go

A Hunting We Will Go 1932

6.50

Koko the Clown and Bimbo overhear Betty Boop singing about how much she wants a fur coat. That's enough for them. Now they're off to bag themselves a moose, a bear, a fox, a lion, a leopard. It doesn't much matter as long as a fur coat will bag Betty. But neither of them are especially competent at the sport. Koko has to put up with a moose that fires back; while Bimbo suffers the wrath of a lion who multiplies after being shot. And neither hunter accounts for Betty's fickleness or her kind heart.

1932

Sons of Aristocrats

Sons of Aristocrats 1932

1

The film is a look into the problems facing Egyptian men who marry foreign women, heavily portraying the women as immoral gold diggers and cheats.

1932