The Drums of Jeopardy

The Drums of Jeopardy 1931

5.30

A mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter's death.

1931

Murder at Midnight

Murder at Midnight 1931

5.40

Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.

1931

The Voice of Hollywood

The Voice of Hollywood 1930

1

The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Pat O'Brien. Features Joan Blondell, Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi, Warner Baxter, and the coronation of Mary Pickford as "Queen of the Arts." It is not currently clear which number in the series this is because it isn't on IMDB or any listing).

1930

The Utah Kid

The Utah Kid 1930

1

The Utah Kid eludes a sheriff's posse and takes refuge in Robber's Roost, a hideout for outlaws running from the law where he meets and falls for a waylaid school teacher.

1930

The Medicine Man

The Medicine Man 1930

5.00

The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.

1930

The Voice of Hollywood

The Voice of Hollywood 1930

3.00

If you enjoy playing "Spot the Stars", this is the sort of short you'd enjoy. It's full of then-well-known Hollywood players, identified by name, who run through routines. This one, produced by Tiffany, is not particularly good as people run through canned bits, sometimes without much enthusiasm. Robert Woolsey plays a game a solitaire and it's hard to tell whether his bit was written that way or he improvised it to reflect his feelings.

1930

Wings of Adventure

Wings of Adventure 1930

5.30

Dave Kent, a commercial aviator, and his mechanic, Skeets Smith, are forced to make an emergency landing in Mexico and find themselves in the hands of La Panthera, a notorious bandit who wishes to overthrow the government and become president of a new republic. Manuel, his chief henchman, obliges them to collect the booty in a robbery, but Kent manages to meet María Valdez, a prisoner--held for marriage to the insurgent leader--who implores his aid. Kent and Skeets are arrested for the robbery and sentenced to death.

1930

Peacock Alley

Peacock Alley 1930

4.30

Claire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to him before her impending marriage the following day. When she returns to the hotel with her husband the following night, the house detective accuses her of prostitution and throws them out. Now Claire must explain everything to her unsympathetic husband.

1930

Troopers Three

Troopers Three 1930

7.00

Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny', and ,when they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry. Eddie falls in love with Dorothy Clark, the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby who himself is in love with Dorothy. They have a fist-fight in which Eddie comes out second best. When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby.

1930

Strangers of the Evening

Strangers of the Evening 1932

4.80

Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.

1932

Party Girl

Party Girl 1930

3.30

Jay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in a web involving an escort service or 'party girls' and trapped into an unhappy marriage.

1930

Morals for Women

Morals for Women 1931

3.70

A desperate woman turns to prostitution but is saved by true love.

1931

Lucky Boy

Lucky Boy 1929

4.70

A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his father would never approve of. He comes up with a scheme to put on his own show in a theater and show his father that he can be a success, but things don't work out quite as well as he planned.

1929

Borrowed Wives

Borrowed Wives 1930

4.60

Peter has to be married by midnight or else his inheritance goes to his uncle... Who happens to live in a "haunted house".

1930

Mamba

Mamba 1930

5.00

August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the locals and the European settlers alike for his greed and arrogance, Bolte forces the beautiful daughter of a destitute nobleman to marry him in exchange for saving her father from ruin. Upon her arrival in Africa, she falls in love with an officer in the local German garrison. When World War I breaks out, Bolte, unable to avoid being conscripted, foments a rebellion among the local natives.

1930

Journey's End

Journey's End 1930

6.30

In France, 1917, an alcoholic captain is afraid that his new replacement, his sweetheart's brother, will betray his downfall.

1930

Circe the Enchantress

Circe the Enchantress 1924

6.00

Mae Murray as a Jazz Age baby who treats men like swine until she falls for the upright doctor living next door.

1924

Jazzmania

Jazzmania 1923

1

The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow her government.

1923

Alias: The Bad Man

Alias: The Bad Man 1931

4.30

A ranger joins the outlaw gang whose boss he believes is a murderer.

1931

The Single Sin

The Single Sin 1931

1

A lady-bootlegger does her 90 days in jail, gets released and becomes the secretary for a prominent millionaire. The magnate falls madly in love with his new secretary and they marry. Unfortunately, she has not revealed her shady past to him, and when friends from her smuggling days suddenly show up as employees, mayhem ensues.

1931