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Painted Faces

1929

Painted Faces

1929
4.8
After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, framed-up evidence lead the police to arrest a troupe member. At his trial, Hermann, a Scandinavian clown known as Beppo, is the lone juror holding out against conviction and pleading for his innocence and acquittal.
The Racketeer

1929

The Racketeer

1929
4.9
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.
The Phantom in the House

1929

The Phantom in the House

1929
4.6
A man is blamed for a murder that was actually committed by his wife.
A Cottage on Dartmoor

1929

A Cottage on Dartmoor

1929
7.2
A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.
Big News

1929

Big News

1929
4.6
A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

1929

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

1929
5.3
A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.
Blackmail

1929

Blackmail

1929
6.5
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
Thunderbolt

1929

Thunderbolt

1929
5.8
A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.
The Voice of the City

1929

The Voice of the City

1929
5.8
An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him.
Chinatown Nights

1929

Chinatown Nights

1929
4.2
Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he isl in love with her, and he determines to lift her up again. "Boston" Charley, the rival gang-leader, has other plans.
Die Mitternachts-Taxe

1929

Die Mitternachts-Taxe

1929
The Canary Murder Case

1929

The Canary Murder Case

1929
5.6
A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.
Pandora's Box

1929

Pandora's Box

1929
7.5
Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast, and seedy old Schigolch. When Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy, the downward spiral encompasses them all.
Lights of New York

1928

Lights of New York

1928
5.4
Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.
The Way of the Strong

1928

The Way of the Strong

1928
10
A gangster falls for a blind violinist, only for his mobster rivals to kidnap her.
Chicago

1927

Chicago

1927
5.7
Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he leaves her, and finagles her way out being indicted. The basis for Kander/Ebb's 1975 Broadway musical of the same name and its Oscar-winning 2002 film adaptation.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

1927

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

1927
7.1
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
The Bells

1926

The Bells

1926
6.2
A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess their crimes...
Tumbleweeds

1925

Tumbleweeds

1925
6.2
William S. Hart stars in this 1925 silent film as a cowboy intent on claiming land during the 1889 land rush in the Oklahoma Territory. Though hardened from years of taming the new frontier, he falls in love with a beautiful woman. Before he settles down, however, he must contend with men who wish to bring him harm. In the prologue of the 1939 Astor Pictures revival of this film, Hart gives a moving eight-minute introduction-- the first and only time he appeared in a film accompanied by his striking voice.
The Unholy Three

1925

The Unholy Three

1925
6.8
Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.