Joe De Stefani

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• Movie6.5

  FamilyMusic

  The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.

  They Shall Have Music

  1939 · 11 votes

• Movie6.6

  CrimeDrama

  James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.

  'G' Men

  1935 · 94 votes

• Movie6.2

  FantasyHorror

  The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.

  Drums of Fu Manchu

  1940 · 6 votes

• Movie6.3

  DramaHistory

  In 19th-century England, German journalist Paul Julius Reuter and his partner, Max Wagner, utilize messenger pigeons to connect telegraph stations across Europe. As time passes and technology outdates his system, Reuter invents a wire system that transmits news stories directly to newspapers. But when a rival creates a faster means, Reuter must transmit high-profile news to stay on top of the industry.

  A Dispatch from Reuters

  1940 · 17 votes

• Movie4.8

  ActionAdventure

  The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.

  The Last Train from Madrid

  1937 · 13 votes

• Movie6.6

  Science FictionHorror

  Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.

  The Man They Could Not Hang

  1939 · 49 votes

• Movie7.1

  DramaHistory

  In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

  Les Misérables

  1935 · 59 votes

• Movie7.4

  ComedyRomance

  An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.

  Midnight

  1939 · 98 votes

• Movie6.7

  DramaRomance

  On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.

  A Man to Remember

  1938 · 7 votes

• Movie6.4

  DramaRomance

  A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.

  Seventh Heaven

  1937 · 18 votes

• Movie5.3

  ComedyDrama

  Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.

  Everything Happens at Night

  1939 · 5 votes

• Movie5.8

  WarDrama

  During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.

  British Intelligence

  1939 · 25 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

• Movie7.0

  FamilyComedy

  The second entry in the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the family struggling to keep their copper mine when their elderly business partner becomes ill.

  Five Little Peppers at Home

  1940 · 5 votes

• Movie7.0

  DramaCrime

  Two rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on reporting the news.

  Exclusive

  1937 · 2 votes

• Movie6.6

  DramaWar

  British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans

  Nurse Edith Cavell

  1939 · 12 votes

• Movie7.4

  Drama

  Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.

  Gateway

  1938 · 4 votes

• Movie5.8

  AdventureAction

  Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppressive Captain Savatt. To it comes, at his own request, Legionnaire Jim Wilson soon followed by his fiancée, Carla Preston, who has been tracing him from post to post. Legionnaires seize the fort and turn Savitt loose in the Arab-haunted desert with only a fraction of the water and food needed to get back to civilization. But Savitt gets through and returns to the fort at the head of an avenging troop of men. But Arabs surround Savitt and his men, and the mutineers, knowing that to leave the fort and aid them means their own death

  Adventure in Sahara

  1938 · 12 votes

• Movie5.9

  ComedyRomance

  Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.

  Joy of Living

  1938 · 8 votes

• Movie5.5

  ComedyCrime

  A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.

  Blackwell's Island

  1939 · 8 votes

• Movie6.0

  AdventureAction

  A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

  The Three Musketeers

  1939 · 11 votes

• Movie6.1

  ActionDrama

  A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.

  Thunder Afloat

  1939 · 6 votes

• Movie6.7

  DramaCrime

  Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...

  Smashing the Rackets

  1938 · 3 votes

• Movie5.6

  CrimeDrama

  A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

  Racket Busters

  1938 · 16 votes