85% (2) Sabotage 76 min, Not Rated, [Thriller] [Alfred Hitchcock] [11 Jan 1937]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Actors: Desmond Tester, John Loder, Oskar Homolka, Sylvia Sidney
Writer: Joseph Conrad (novel), Charles Bennett (screen play), Ian Hay (dialogue), Helen Simpson (dialogue), Alma Reville (continuity), E.V.H. Emmett (additional dialogue)
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Plot: Mr. Verloc is part of a gang of foreign saboteurs operating out of London. He manages a small cinema with his wife and her teenage brother as a cover, but they know nothing of his secret. Scotland Yard assign an undercover detective to work at the shop next to the cinema in order to observe the gang.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this film, Oskar Homolka plays a London movie-theatre owner who maintains a secret life as a paid terrorist. Homolka's wife Sylvia Sidney doesn't suspect Homolka of any wrongdoing, but she's picked up enough secondhand information about her husband's activities to arouse the interest of government agent John Loder.
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82% (2) King Solomon's Mines 77 min, [Action, Adventure, Drama] [Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas] [26 Jul 1937]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Cedric Hardwicke, John Loder, Paul Robeson, Roland Young
Writer: H. Rider Haggard (novel), Michael Hogan (screenplay), Roland Pertwee (screenplay), Roland Pertwee (dialogue)
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Plot: Fortune hunter Patrick O'Brien has left his daughter Kathy and guide Umbopa to trek across the desert in hopes of finding the fabled diamond mines of Solomon. Worried about her father, Kathy persuades hunter Allan Quartermain to lead a party to rescue him. After surviving the desert they are found by natives and brought to their chief, Twala. Umbopa reveals himself to be the true heir to the tribal throne, having been exiled years earlier by Twala and the tribal witch, Gagool. Quartermain's only hope to gain access to the mines and the possible rescue of O'Brien is to try to help Umbopa regain his rightful place as chief.
Rotten Tomatoes: The first of three talkie versions of H. Rider Haggard's adventure novel King Solomon's Mine was produced by British Gaumont. While Cedric Hardwicke plays the nominal leading role of explorer Alan Quartermaine, top billing goes to African-American singing-star Paul Robeson, who plays dauntless native- guide Umbopa. The plot gets under way when Anna Lee organizes an expedition to locate her father, who has disappeared in the wilds of Africa while searching for King Solomon's Mines, a legendary diamond repository. Umbopa's motivation for guiding the expedition is to reclaim the tribal throne wrested from him by treacherous witch-doctor Gagool (Sidney Fairbrother). At first treated as white gods by the natives, the explorers soon find their lives imperiled. Thanks to Umbopa's know-how, the whites are saved from a horrible death and the evil tribesmen are overthrown. As for King Solomon's Mines, Quartermaine and his party finally locate the fabled diamond cache--and then fate deals an ironic hand, as fate has a habit of doing.
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78% (1) Money for Speed 73 min, [Drama, Sport] [Bernard Vorhaus] [17 Jan 1936]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, External Reviews
Actors: Cyril McLaglen, Ida Lupino, John Loder, Moore Marriott
Writer: Vera Allinson (adaptation), Monica Ewer (dialogue), Lionel Hale (dialogue), Bernard Vorhaus (story)
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Plot: Motorcycle speedway champion Big Bill Summers (Cyril McLaglen) has amorous intentions towards attractive young Jane (Ida Lupino)...
Rotten Tomatoes: Big Bill Summers (Cyril McLaglen) is the undisputed king of the dirt-track motorcyclists. He also fancies himself quite the ladies' man, and has set his sights on pretty young Jane (Ida Lupino). When rival racer Mitch (John Loder) moves in on Jane, Big Bill seeks revenge on the track, resulting in a serious accident and extensive injuries for Mitch. Barred from racing, Big Bill becomes a stunt rider, and in this capacity redeems himself. Sixteen-year-old Ida Lupino made her second film appearance in this British quota quickie (original title: Money for Speed), which managed to earn an American release in 1936, after Lupino had firmly established herself in Hollywood. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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76% (1) Old Acquaintance 110 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Romance] [Vincent Sherman] [27 Nov 1943]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, External Reviews
Actors: Bette Davis, Gig Young, John Loder, Miriam Hopkins
Writer: John Van Druten (screenplay), Lenore J. Coffee (screenplay), John Van Druten (play)
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Plot: Jealous of best friend Kit, a critically acclaimed but financially unsuccessful author and playwright, Millie writes a novel, the first in a string of bestselling trashy novels. After eight years of neglect and taking a backseat to Millie's fame, her husband Preston leaves her. Another decade passes and Kit announces her intention of marrying the decade-younger Rudd. Millie thinks Preston wishes to reconcile, only to discover he is engaged. He also admits that he was in love with Kit, who had turned down his many advances. Feeling Kit to blame for the failure of her marriage, Millie flies into a rage and confronts Kit. Later, learning of Rudd's affection for Millie's daughter Diedre, Kit graciously steps aside to bless their union. In the end, Millie and Kit make up, sharing a champagne toast for each one's old acquaintance.
Rotten Tomatoes: After the box office success of The Old Maid, Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins were reunited for this catty drama. Kitty Marlowe (Davis) is a well-respected author who returns to the small town of her birth, where she becomes reacquainted with her childhood friend Millie Drake (Hopkins). While Millie is happy as a wife and mother and loves her husband Preston (John Loder), she's envious of Kitty's success, and Kitty's visit prompts Millie to sit down at the typewriter herself. Millie turns out a sexy potboiler that, with Kitty's help, attracts the attention of a publisher. To the surprise of them both, Millie's book is a runaway bestseller, and a decade later she's one of the most successful authors in America, easily eclipsing Kitty's more highbrow work. Preston finds himself growing disenchanted with Millie once success begins to go to her head, and he finds himself attracted to Kitty; while Kitty tries to dissuade Preston's advances, a scorned Millie believes that her old friend has been trying to steal her husband away from her. Old Acquaintance was remade in 1981 as Rich and Famous.
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75% (1) The First Born N/A, [Drama] [Miles Mander] [12 Jan 1929]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, External Reviews
Actors: Ella Atherton, John Loder, Madeleine Carroll, Miles Mander
Writer: Miles Mander, Alma Reville
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Plot: A beautiful young woman marries a wealthy man, but he turns out to be a cad who mistreats her and cheats on her at every opportunity.
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72% (1) You Made Me Love You 70 min, [Comedy] [Monty Banks] [31 May 1934]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, External Reviews
Actors: Gerald Rawlinson, John Loder, Stanley Lupino, Thelma Todd
Writer: Frank Launder, Stanley Lupino (story)
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Plot: A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter will marry a composer.
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67% (1) Sing As We Go! 80 min, [Comedy, Musical] [Basil Dean] [29 Oct 1934]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, External Reviews
Actors: Dorothy Hyson, Gracie Fields, John Loder, Stanley Holloway
Writer: J.B. Priestley
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Plot: When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
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