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

Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama 1934

7.01

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

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

Blondie of the Follies

Blondie of the Follies 1932

6.00

New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the world, she arranges for Blondie, as well, to join the cast and gain the advantages. But the friendship goes awry when Lottie's sweetheart, wealthy Larry Belmont, falls for Blondie and she for him.

1932

Show People

Show People 1928

7.10

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 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

Shipmates Forever

Shipmates Forever 1935

6.50

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.

1935

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

Special Agent

Special Agent 1935

6.20

A reporter turned tax agent infiltrates a crime ring to catch a racketeer, working with the mobster's bookkeeper. When she agrees to testify, an informant exposes them and she's kidnapped.

1935

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

The Big House

The Big House 1930

6.70

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

Penthouse

Penthouse 1933

6.74

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

Hotel for Women

Hotel for Women 1939

6.00

Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.

1939

The Story of Louis Pasteur

The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936

6.84

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

White Shadows in the South Seas

White Shadows in the South Seas 1928

6.60

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

1928

20,000 Men a Year

20,000 Men a Year 1939

5.50

Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.

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 Patsy

The Patsy 1928

6.80

An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.

1928

When Knighthood Was in Flower

When Knighthood Was in Flower 1922

5.70

Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement.

1922