86% (2)  The Lives of a Bengal Lancer  109 min,  Passed,  [Adventure, Drama]  [Henry Hathaway]  [01 Feb 1935]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 72%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 100%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Won 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 6 nominations.
Actors:  Franchot Tone, Gary Cooper, Guy Standing, Richard Cromwell
Writer:  Waldemar Young (screen play), John L. Balderston (screen play), Achmed Abdullah (screen play), Grover Jones (adaptation), William Slavens McNutt (adaptation), Francis Yeats-Brown (suggested by the novel by)
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Plot:  The 41st Bengal Lancers are stationed on the Northwest Frontier of British India, guarding against Afridi invaders led by wily Mohammed Khan. Experienced (though insubordinate) Lieut. McGregor is joined by two new arrivals, haughty Forsythe and callow Donald Stone...son of the commanding colonel. We follow the three through varied adventures and hardships. Will they uphold the honor of the regiment? Will Stone and the Colonel come to terms with their difficult relationship?
Rotten Tomatoes:   Gary Cooper stars in this rousing adventure saga of three British officers of the 41st Regiment of Bengal Lancers of India. The story begins as Lt. McGregor (Gary Cooper) accepts two new officers to his company -- the brash Lt. Fortesque (Franchot Tone) and Lt. Stone (Richard Cromwell), the son of the garrison's commander, Col. Stone (Guy Standing). In an effort not to show favoritism, Stone's father barely acknowledges his son during a parade of the new officers. Lt. Stone resents this treatment by his father and becomes embittered at both his dad and the British army. McGregor is ordered to search for a British spy, Lt. Barrett (Colin Tapley), who has infiltrated the army of crazed chieftain Mohammed Khan (Douglas Dumbrille). The three officers find Barrett, who tells them Khan is planning an uprising against the British, utilizing the mountain tribes for a massive assault. Lt. Stone finds himself captured by the rebels and is taken to Mohammed Khan's mountain fortress to be tortured. Stone's father refuses to send in the lancers to save his son, reasoning that his son was captured to lure the British forces to their doom. Disguising themselves as Indian peddlers, McGregror and Fortesque go off to rescue Stone. But they are soon discovered and taken to Mohammed Khan's lair to be tortured, with Khan telling McGregor, "We have ways of making men talk." Mohammed wants the soldiers to tell him where a shipment of ammunition will be delivered. McGregor and Fortesque withstand the torture without divulging the location, but Lt. Stone cracks and tells Khan what he wants to know. The three officers see the ammunition delivered to Khan's fortress, but then they hear Col. Stone and 300 lancers have arrived outside of Khan's gates.
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77% (2)  Death Takes a Holiday  79 min,  PASSED,  [Drama, Fantasy, Romance]  [Mitchell Leisen]  [30 Mar 1934]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 72%,   Rotten Tomatoes: 83%,   External Reviews
Awards:  1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors:  Evelyn Venable, Fredric March, Guy Standing, Katharine Alexander
Writer:  Maxwell Anderson (screenplay), Gladys Lehman (screenplay), Alberto Casella (play), Walter Ferris (english adaptation)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English, French    Country:  USA
Plot:  Death decides to take a holiday from his usual business to see what it is like to be a mortal. Posing as Prince Sirki, he spends 3 days with Duke Lambert and his guests at his dukal estate. Several of the women are attracted to the mysterious prince, but shy away from him when they sense his true nature. But Grazia, the beautiful young woman whom the Duke thought was to marry his son, loves him even when she knows who he is.
Rotten Tomatoes:   In this filmization of Alberto Casella's play, Death assumes human form in order to discover why men fear him. Posing as a Prince Sirki, Death appears as a house guest at an Italian duke's villa. While "Sirki" is present, Death takes his titular holiday, and no one on Earth dies.
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71% (1)  Lloyds of London  118 min,  APPROVED,  [Drama, History, Romance, War]  [Henry King]  [29 Jan 1937]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 71%,   External Reviews
Awards:  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination.
Actors:  Freddie Bartholomew, Guy Standing, Madeleine Carroll, Tyrone Power
Writer:  Ernest Pascal (screen play), Walter Ferris (screen play), Curtis Kenyon (from a story by)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English, French    Country:  USA
Plot:  Blake is in love with an aristocratic woman whose husband seriously injures him. Blake's friendship with Lord Nelson provides the basis for Blake's part in the growth of Lloyd's insurance business following the Battle of Trafalgar. Only very slightly based on history.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Lloyds of London traces the rise to prominence of the venerable British insurance company, as seen through the eyes of fictional 19th-century Londoner Jonathan Blake (Tyrone Power, in his first starring role). A lifelong friend of naval hero Lord Nelson, Blake puts his job (and the future existence of Lloyds) on the line when he announces Nelson's victory at Trafalgar -- before it takes place. For those not interested in policies and premiums, the script serves up a romance between Blake and the lovely Lady Elizabeth (Madeleine Carroll), the unhappily married spouse of snotty aristocrat Lord Everett Stacy (George Sanders). Among the few real-life historical personages depicted in the film is Lloyds founder John Julius Angerstein, played by Sir Guy Standing. A box-office bonanza, Lloyds of London proved that 23-year-old Tyrone Power could carry a picture -- and that the recently-formed 20th Century-Fox was truly a major Hollywood studio.
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66% (1)  Now and Forever  81 min,  Passed,  [Drama, Musical, Romance]  [Henry Hathaway]  [31 Aug 1934]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 66%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper, Guy Standing, Shirley Temple
Writer:  Melville Baker (story), Jack Kirkland (story "Honor Bright"), Vincent Lawrence, Sylvia Thalberg
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Plot:  Young freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then the Days 'rediscover' Jerry's young daughter Pennie, who has been living with his rich deceased wife's family. Pennie appears to be just what Jerry needs to mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. Despite the responsibility of his new family, Jerry is swayed by the corruptible influence of jewelry thief Felix Evans. When Evans lures Jerry into a job, it puts the continuation of his new family life at risk.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Ne'er-do-well Gary Cooper is so desperate for quick cash that he's willing to sell the custody rights of his own daughter (Shirley Temple), whom he's never seen. Cooper's girlfriend Carole Lombard is shocked by this callousness and walks out on him, but when Cooper meets his daughter and has a change of heart, he reclaims the little girl and is reunited with Lombard. Still, Cooper can't hold down a job. Another get-rich-quick scheme ends unhappily when Cooper is forced to participate in a jewel robbery. After fighting it out with his confederates, the wounded Cooper begs the victim of the robbery, a wealthy and loving woman, to adopt his daughter and give her the sort of life he is unable to provide. Now and Forever would have been mighty turgid stuff without the combined star power of Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, and six-year-old Shirley Temple.
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63% (1)  Palm Springs  72 min,  [Comedy, Drama]  [Aubrey Scotto]  [05 Jun 1936]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 63%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Ernest Cossart, Frances Langford, Guy Standing, Smith Ballew
Writer:  Myles Connolly (story "Lady Smith"), Joseph Fields, Humphrey Pearson
External Links:  Wikipedia  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  A notorious gambler who is short of money want his daughter to marry a British young man, who has plenty of money. At first she obeys, but then she falls in love to a poor, young American.
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61% (1)  Bulldog Drummond Escapes  67 min,  APPROVED,  [Adventure, Mystery, Thriller]  [James P. Hogan]  [22 Jan 1937]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 61%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Guy Standing, Heather Angel, Ray Milland, Reginald Denny
Writer:  Edward T. Lowe Jr. (screenplay), Herman C. McNeile (play), Gerard Fairlie (play)
External Links:  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  Captain High 'Bulldog' Drummond has just returned to England. As he is driving home in the dark, a young woman jumps out in front of his car. He misses her, but she falls to the ground. As he tries to revive her, he hears a shout for help, then gunshots. As he goes to investigate, the woman drives away with Drummond's car. He is soon able to trace her to nearby Greystone Manor, and when he goes there to meet her, she urges him to help her get out of a desperate situation.
Rotten Tomatoes:   Bulldog Drummond falls for the beautiful woman he is hired to rescue from spies.
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