Evelyn Brent
Actor · 1899 – 1975 · Tampa, Florida, USA
Evelyn Brent (born Mary Elizabeth Riggs) was an American film and stage actress.
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Movie6.4HorrorMysteryAfter young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery.
The Seventh Victim
1943 · 162 votes
Movie7.4DramaHistoryA former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
The Last Command
1928 · 94 votes
Movie4.8ActionAdventureThe story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
The Last Train from Madrid
1937 · 13 votes
Movie9.0WesternTwo men, Thurman and Beady, and a woman, Georgia, ply a confidence game in Alaska by selling 'salted' gold mines to gullible newcomers. But the cold Far North gets too hot for them and they move to greener pastures in the western United States. Business is good until a young cattleman, Tom Hatfield, falls for their trap. But Georgia falls in love with him and this causes problems for her partners.
Home on the Range
1935 · 1 votes
Movie5.4CrimeDramaA Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.
Daughter of Shanghai
1937 · 16 votes
Movie5.9MusicComedyThis 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
Paramount on Parade
1930 · 10 votes
Movie5.6CrimeThrillerA chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938 · 31 votes
Movie5.7DramaFamilyCitizens of Fairview are outraged when they learn children from the "Patch", a squalid migrant camp on the outskirts of town, will soon be attending Fairview's school.
Again Pioneers
1950 · 3 votes
Movie7.1DramaCrimeBoisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
Underworld
1927 · 93 votes
Movie7.5CrimeDramaWorking for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for a crusading crime reporter, unaware that her employer is the secret head of the city's major gambling machine racket and has a penchant for murdering anyone who gets in his way.
King of Gamblers
1937 · 2 votes
Movie5.2CrimeThrillerA detective matches wits with the female leader of a crime ring.
Daughter of the Tong
1939 · 6 votes
Movie5.8DramaMysteryThe screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him
The President's Mystery
1936 · 8 votes
Movie5.6CrimeMysteryA gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable money-making machine. However, the owner, instead of being happy about his now profitable business, insists to Charlie that something is fishy and that someone is out to murder him. Charlie and his "crew" travel to the mine, pretending to be tourists staying at a nearby dude ranch so as not to arouse suspicion, and discover that the owner may well be right--it looks like the mine is being used as a cover for criminal activities, and that someone is indeed out to murder him.
The Golden Eye
1948 · 15 votes
Movie9.0WesternBundy has found gold on the Kent ranch but directs everyone to Ghost Town as he tries to take over the ranch. But Bill and Kent's niece Lorna have taken possession. When it appears Bundy is attracted to Lorna, his jealous girl friend has men destroy the ranch and the explosion helps uncover the gold vein.
Sudden Bill Dorn
1937 · 1 votes
Movie6.0CrimeWhen a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
1936 · 5 votes
Movie10.0DramaComedyGeorge's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George then teams up with Charlie, a stranded trouper, and Irving becomes their manager. Later, in New York, the "Two Black Crows" star in their own revue and save money to build their own theater on Broadway. Betty comes to the theater with her lover, who poses as a cousin and induces George to hire her. He showers her with jewels and money. She tries to persuade George to invest in oil stock her lover is selling, and though their act is a success, Charlie fires Betty. When Charlie and Betty's lover quarrel, Charlie is injured.
Why Bring That Up?
1929 · 1 votes
Movie4.8CrimeThrillerA district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud.
The World Gone Mad
1933 · 13 votes
Movie6.7ComedyMusicA would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.
The Nitwits
1935 · 10 votes
Movie7.5ActionAdventureA federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.
Tip-Off Girls
1938 · 2 votes
Movie6.0WesternA blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.
The Law West of Tombstone
1938 · 6 votes
Movie5.8CrimeMysteryA.J. Raffles, an educated and handsome cricket champ with entry to the best social circles steals precious trinkets and jewels, purely for the love of the game and the thrill of the chase, outwitting police and detectives.
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1917 · 6 votes
Movie5.7MusicCrimeA naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.
Broadway
1929 · 16 votes
Movie6.3ActionCrimeA murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped the government's best engraver and is forcing him to print virtually undetectable phony money. The Secret Service's toughest agent, Jack Holt, and a female reporter go after the gang.
Holt of the Secret Service
1941 · 3 votes
Movie5.9ActionThrillerThe city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
The Payoff
1942 · 9 votes