Beatrice Curtis

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• Movie7.8

  ComedyDrama

  After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  1939 · 1.2K votes

• Movie7.5

  ComedyRomance

  Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

  You Can't Take It with You

  1938 · 467 votes

• Movie7.5

  ComedyDrama

  Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

  Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

  1936 · 417 votes

• Movie6.4

  Comedy

  At an exclusive boarding school for adolescent girls, the lives of two very different students intertwine when introverted class monitor Natalie Freeman learns of the more popular Linda Simpson's secret boyfriend.

  Girls' School

  1938 · 9 votes

• Movie7.1

  Comedy

  Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.

  Good Girls Go to Paris

  1939 · 11 votes

• Movie6.6

  MysteryComedy

  Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.

  The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

  1939 · 15 votes

• Movie6.5

  ComedyCrime

  Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get involved with gangsters when one of Larry's radio-program future-predicting cons gets out of hand.

  It Can't Last Forever

  1937 · 4 votes

• Movie6.5

  ActionCrime

  Pulp hero "The Spider" seeks to destroy all criminals. In this serialized adventure, he battles The Octopus, who intends to replace the government of the United States.

  The Spider's Web

  1938 · 2 votes

• Movie6.0

  Comedy

  Set in colonial times, the stooges are convicted criminals who are banished from England to the American colonies. When they arrive, they find that the colonists are starving because the local Indians won't let them on their hunting grounds. The stooges go hunting any, and after a wild chase, are captured by the Indians. They escape and another wild chase ensues.

  Back to the Woods

  1937 · 18 votes

• Movie6.3

  DramaComedy

  A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

  It Happened in Hollywood

  1937 · 15 votes

• Movie6.6

  ComedyRomance

  The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.

  Theodora Goes Wild

  1936 · 51 votes

• Movie7.5

  CrimeDrama

  A hardened criminal is transformed into a responsible member of society after he undergoes plastic surgery.

  The Man Who Lived Twice

  1936 · 6 votes

• Movie6.8

  CrimeDrama

  When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.

  Let Us Live

  1939 · 13 votes

• Movie10.0

  Drama

  Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to start a family wife feels the need to change their situation. Situation is changed and husband gets a new job and then a promotion but is tricked into a bad business deal and wants to go back to his old life.

  Don't Gamble with Love

  1936 · 1 votes

• Movie7.0

  Taxi driver Andy Clyde gets mixed up in drunken passenger Arthur Housman's scheme and has to dress up as a Indian to entertain Housman's guests. Then the real Indian comes and he gets confusion about what kind of Indian he's supposed to be.

  Am I Having Fun!

  1936 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  Comedy

  Charley gives his girlfriend a mink coat he was supposed to be guarding for three showgirls; when the ladies want their coat back, Charley goes to great lengths to recover it.

  The Sap Takes a Wrap

  1939 · 1 votes

• Movie6.0

  DramaRomance

  Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw are the closest of friends. Ray saves the life of Captain Tobias Bliss, tramp steamer skipper, in a daring rescue at sea. Speed flies the injured man back to the base hospital, where the two officers later visit him. There Ray meets Nancy Bliss, Bliss' grand-daughter, and falls in love with her. Speed meets her at a dance and urges Ray to propose before some other guy does. Ray is assigned to flood rescue duty, and Speed and Nancy start going out together and discover they are in love.

  Coast Guard

  1939 · 4 votes

• Movie8.0

  Drama

  The superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When she refuses, her daughter is framed on a manslaughter charge and sent to prison.

  Women in Prison

  1938 · 2 votes

• Movie7.0

  Mystery

  Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's death. With the help of her publicist boyfriend Jim, the sell-out crowds are returning to the big top. Egotistical equestrian star Senor Martinet, however, holds $60,000 of notes signed by the Colonel and due in 24 hours. When a mysterious shadowy figure is seen on the circus lot, and Martinet is murdered in the center ring during his performance, there are suspects aplenty, including Vindecco, Martinet's badly abused hunchback assistant.

  The Shadow

  1937 · 3 votes

• Movie6.7

  MysteryDrama

  G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.

  Smashing the Spy Ring

  1938 · 3 votes

• Movie8.0

  ComedyRomance

  A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.

  Blind Date

  1934 · 2 votes

• Movie5.7

  RomanceDrama

  A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a nightclub. When he is unjustly accused of murder, it is up to his estranged wife to defend him in court.

  The Lady Objects

  1938 · 10 votes

• Movie5.9

  ActionCrime

  Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.

  Mandrake the Magician

  1939 · 5 votes