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Marihuana

1936

Marihuana

1936
3.6
A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant and another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean. Burma and her boyfriend go to work for the pusher in order to make money so they can get married. However, during a drug deal her boyfriend is killed leaving Burma to fend for herself. Burma then becomes a major narcotics pusher in her own right after giving up her baby for adoption.
Lightnin' Bill Carson

1936

Lightnin' Bill Carson

1936
5
A lawman captures the notorious "Pecos Kid", who is tried and hanged for his crimes--then starts to have doubts as to whether the Kid actually committed the crimes.
Things to Come

1936

Things to Come

1936
6.5
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
Murder In Harlem

1935

Murder In Harlem

1935
4.5
A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.
Scrooge

1935

Scrooge

1935
6
Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.
Guns Along The Trail

1935

Guns Along The Trail

1935
3
A government agent goes undercover in a traveling medicine show to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters. A John Wayne classic in Vibrant Color! *Colorized and re-titled version of "Paradise Canyon" by Legend Films in 2007.
Kid Millions

1934

Kid Millions

1934
6.5
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
We Live Again

1934

We Live Again

1934
6.6
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
Judge Priest

1934

Judge Priest

1934
6.4
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity.
Black Moon

1934

Black Moon

1934
5.1
A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.
The Private Life of Henry VIII

1933

The Private Life of Henry VIII

1933
6.4
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.
Tarzan the Fearless

1933

Tarzan the Fearless

1933
3.9
Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of "the people of Zar, god of the Emerald Fingers." Tarzan helps Mary locate her father, rescues everyone from the High Priest of Zar, and takes Mary to his cave.
The Return of Casey Jones

1933

The Return of Casey Jones

1933
6
Jimmy, a young boy, idolizes famed train engineer Casey Jones and is devastated when his hero is killed in a train wreck. The boy grows up to be a railroad engineer, too, but one day the train he is piloting loses its brakes and wrecks. Jimmy tries to fix it but has to jump off at the last minute. Unfortunately, stories begin to circulate that he turned coward and jumped off the train first, letting it be destroyed rather than try to save it. He sets out to clear his name.
Jungle Bride

1933

Jungle Bride

1933
5.1
Four survivors of a ship wreck are stranded on a deserted island, including a woman and the man she believes is responsible for the murder which her brother is in prison for.
A Farewell to Arms

1932

A Farewell to Arms

1932
6.1
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic's transfer, tremendous challenges and difficult decisions face each as the war rages on.
A Parisian Romance

1932

A Parisian Romance

1932
3.5
The Baron is an aging, cynical lady's man. He has a key-chain with about 50 keys to different women' apartments in Paris. He selects one at random to see who he will sleep with at night. His adversary is a young Parisian artist (the next Picasso), Victor. Victor believes in love and he's going to marry his girlfriend Claudette as soon as he sells his first painting. The Baron seduces Claudette, seemingly to teach Victor a lesson. However, as might be predicted, he soon falls in love with Claudette himself.
Bird of Paradise

1932

Bird of Paradise

1932
4.8
When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.
Arrowsmith

1931

Arrowsmith

1931
6.6
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Street Scene

1931

Street Scene

1931
6.7
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.
Clearing the Range

1931

Clearing the Range

1931
4.2
A cowboy rides by night to catch the man who killed his brother.