Sydney Jarvis

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• Movie7.4

  CrimeAction

  In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

  Scarface

  1932 · 715 votes

• Movie7.5

  ComedyMystery

  Former detective Nick Charles has retired from police work, preferring a life of cocktails, parties, and relaxation with his wealthy wife, Nora. Their holiday is interrupted when the daughter of Nick’s former client asks for help finding her missing father, eccentric inventor Clyde Wynant. When Wynant’s body is discovered, Nick is drawn back into the investigation, with Nora eagerly joining him. As the couple questions Wynant’s family, friends, and business associates, a tangled web of greed, deception, and murder begins to unravel. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke and adapted from Dashiell Hammett’s novel, The Thin Man combines witty dialogue, sophisticated comedy, romance, and classic mystery. William Powell and Myrna Loy are perfectly matched as Nick and Nora Charles, whose playful banter and effortless chemistry made them one of Hollywood’s most beloved screen couples. This stylish 1934 mystery remains a landmark of classic American cinema.

  The Thin Man

  1934 · 555 votes

• Movie7.0

  DramaRomance

  Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

  Grand Hotel

  1932 · 363 votes

• Movie7.5

  CrimeDrama

  Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

  Fury

  1936 · 261 votes

• Movie5.0

  Comedy

  A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

  Zenobia

  1939 · 14 votes

• Movie6.8

  HorrorScience Fiction

  Respected Parisian banker Paul Lavond is framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to prison. Years later, he escapes with a friend, a scientist who was working on a method to reduce humans to a height of mere inches (all for the good of humanity, of course). Lavond, however, is consumed with hatred for those who betrayed him, and takes the scientist's methods back to Paris to exact painful revenge.

  The Devil-Doll

  1936 · 124 votes

• Movie5.8

  ComedyRomance

  Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.

  The Rage of Paris

  1938 · 20 votes

• Movie6.6

  Comedy

  An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.

  Spite Marriage

  1929 · 66 votes

• Movie6.5

  Music

  A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.

  Caravan

  1934 · 2 votes

• Movie6.6

  ActionCrime

  Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.

  Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

  1939 · 19 votes

• Movie6.5

  DramaRomance

  Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her father disapproves of the relationship, resulting in her eventual marriage to David. It's not long after their wedding, however, that tragedy strikes, sending Diana on a downward spiral. When Neville reappears in her life, will he be able to save her from her own misery?

  A Woman of Affairs

  1928 · 26 votes

• Movie6.8

  Drama

  Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.

  We Live Again

  1934 · 6 votes

• Movie10.0

  ComedyMusic

  Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!) team up with character greats like Walter Brennan and Lon Chaney Jr. to help their hometown celebrate its golden anniversary. Not unexpectedly, things go astray when a bank robber hopes to cash in on the excitement, but fortunately his plans are thwarted by the towns newly elected sheriff (Brennan)...who's a reformed crook himself!

  Wild and Woolly

  1937 · 1 votes

• Movie6.6

  RomanceDrama

  A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.

  Broadway Serenade

  1939 · 5 votes

• Movie8.0

  Comedy

  Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York scout signs him up, so Casey and his equally dishonest manager go to the big leagues. Eventually, the scout and manager conspire to get him drunk and bet against him for a crucial game with the pennant at stake.

  Casey at the Bat

  1927 · 2 votes

• Movie4.8

  ComedyMusic

  A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.

  Blossoms On Broadway

  1937 · 5 votes

• Movie10.0

  CrimeDrama

  A crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.

  Young Donovan's Kid

  1931 · 1 votes

• Movie6.3

  Drama

  A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.

  Madame X

  1929 · 10 votes

• Movie4.3

  RomanceComedy

  A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only receive her inheritance once she marries, with the approval of three of her stuffed-shirt relatives, and without scandal. Otherwise, the estate goes to the cat and dog hospital. Ann, not needing the money, rebels by seeking scandal with a gigolo.

  Loose Ankles

  1930 · 7 votes

• Movie6.7

  Comedy

  An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.

  A Fool's Advice

  1932 · 3 votes

• Movie9.0

  Western

  Colonel Beldan runs a Wild West show. When Beldan's star attraction switches to his unscrupulous competitor Vicarino, the young Bob Mason takes the opportunity to take over the job with his horse 'Tarzan'.

  The Wagon Show

  1928 · 1 votes

• Movie7.5

  Comedy

  A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.

  Big Business

  1937 · 2 votes

• Movie6.4

  ComedyRomance

  After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.

  Movie Crazy

  1932 · 26 votes

• Movie6.3

  Comedy

  The girls are stewardesses on an experimental flight.

  Air Fright

  1933 · 3 votes