The Thin Man

The Thin Man 1934

7.49

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

1934

Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln 1939

7.20

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.

1939

Captain Blood

Captain Blood 1935

7.20

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

1935

The Story of Louis Pasteur

The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936

6.90

A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and that at least some diseases can be cured by vaccinations.

1936

The Mask of Fu Manchu

The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932

5.50

The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

1932

Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama 1934

7.00

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

1934

The Big House

The Big House 1930

6.63

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

1930

Marianne

Marianne 1929

6.50

At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who was sent to the front.

1929

The Secret Six

The Secret Six 1931

5.80

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.

1931

The Temptress

The Temptress 1926

6.50

A seductive woman forsakes her husband and lover to pursue a young engineer.

1926

White Shadows in the South Seas

White Shadows in the South Seas 1928

6.57

An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.

1928

Show People

Show People 1928

7.09

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

1928

The Red Mill

The Red Mill 1927

6.60

A servant girl plays matchmaker for the local burgomaster's daughter while setting her own sights on a visiting Irishman.

1927

Torrent

Torrent 1926

6.90

A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After becoming an opera star in Paris, the girl returns to her homeland and finds her romance with the nobleman rekindled.

1926

Little Old New York

Little Old New York 1923

6.40

An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.

1923

The Bachelor Father

The Bachelor Father 1931

6.00

Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has been making to ex-lovers to locate 2 of them, and a third is found by a lawyer in New York, her mother was too proud to accept any money. Sir Basil is a curmudgeon, and his three adult children have a hard time with him at first. Toni, the American, is a free spirit who had a budding career in show business. Jeffery is English and a semi-gentleman, and Maria is Italian, with a Latin temperament. They begin to bond, especially Sir Basil and Toni, whose outgoing personality finally wins over the old man. But past lives begin to creep back into the picture and threaten the old man's plans for a life filled with his children.

1931

Beauty's Worth

Beauty's Worth 1922

6.10

Prudence Cole is an unsophisticated Quaker girl being raised by her two aunts. Prudence is flirted with by snobbish Henry Garrison, who actually disdains the girl for her lack of worldliness and savoir faire. When Henry and his friends try to embarrass her at a posh resort, Prudence turns the tables on them.

1922

Skyscraper Souls

Skyscraper Souls 1932

5.60

After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan. Despite the devotion of longtime mistress Sarah, the ruthless David, while seeking bank mergers to protect his building, tries to seduce Sarah's secretary, Lynn. David then agrees to a plot by a bank board member to inflate his bank's stock and sell short — just before the market crashes.

1932

Penthouse

Penthouse 1933

6.70

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.

1933