90% (2) All Quiet on the Western Front 136 min, Not Rated, [Drama, War] [Lewis Milestone] [24 Aug 1930]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations.
Actors: Arnold Lucy, John Wray, Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim
Writer: Erich Maria Remarque (by), Maxwell Anderson (adaptation), George Abbott (screen play), Del Andrews (adaptation), C. Gardner Sullivan (supervising story chief)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, French, German, Latin Country: USA
Plot: This is an English language film (made in America) adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals. As the boys witness death and mutilation all around them, any preconceptions about "the enemy" and the "rights and wrongs" of the conflict disappear, leaving them angry and bewildered. This is highlighted in the scene where Paul mortally wounds a French soldier and then weeps bitterly as he fights to save his life while trapped in a shell crater with the body. The film is not about heroism but about drudgery and futility and the gulf between the concept of war and the actuality.
Rotten Tomatoes: Follow a group of idealistic young men as they join the German Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
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84% (2) The Racket 84 min, PASSED, [Crime, Drama, Film-Noir] [Lewis Milestone] [01 Nov 1928]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Actors: G. Pat Collins, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, Thomas Meighan
Writer: Bartlett Cormack (from the stage success of), Bartlett Cormack (adaptation), Del Andrews (scenario), Tom Miranda (titles)
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Plot: An honest police captain named McQuigg becomes a tough rival to a powerful bootlegger named Scarsi, even though McQuigg's pinches never stick because Scarsi and his organization control the corrupt politicians and judges. When Scarsi can't scare McQuigg off, he gets him transferred to a quiet police precinct in the suburbs, but McQuigg continues their war of words via a pair of wisecracking newspaper reporters. Then McQuigg catches a huge break when Scarsi's younger brother gets picked up for a hit and run accident in his precinct, putting in motion a complex plan to bring down the mobster using the reporters, a nightclub singing gold digger, the upcoming elections and Scari's own organization.
Rotten Tomatoes: Based on a controversial autobiographical play by Chicago newspaper reporter Bartlett Cormack, Racket is among the best gangster films and tells an exciting tale filled with bootleggers, government corruption and plenty of violence.
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72% (1) The Awakening 90 min, [Drama, Romance] [Victor Fleming] [17 Nov 1928]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, External Reviews
Actors: George Davis, Louis Wolheim, Vilma Bánky, Walter Byron
Writer: H.H. Caldwell, Katherine Hilliker, Frances Marion (story), Carey Wilson
External Links: Wikipedia IMDb Language: English Country: USA
Plot: The Awakening (1928) is a feature film directed by Victor Fleming.
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71% (1) The Wolf Song 80 min, [Romance, Western, Drama] [Victor Fleming] [30 Mar 1929]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, External Reviews
Actors: Constantine Romanoff, Gary Cooper, Louis Wolheim, Lupe Velez
Writer: John Farrow (screenplay), Harvey Fergusson (story "Wolf Song"), Julian Johnson (titles), Keene Thompson (screenplay)
External Links: Wikipedia IMDb Language: English Country: USA
Plot: In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for the Rockies to trap beavers and cats. In Taos he meets Lola, a beautiful Mexican girl from ...
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69% (1) Tempest 102 min, [Drama, Romance] [Sam Taylor, Lewis Milestone, Viktor Tourjansky] [27 May 1928]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, External Reviews
Actors: Boris de Fast, Camilla Horn, John Barrymore, Louis Wolheim
Writer: George Marion Jr. (titles), Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (story), C. Gardner Sullivan
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Plot: In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. He falls in love with a princess, who spurns him. When he is caught in her room, he is stripped of his rank and thrown into prison. Then comes the Red Terror, and the tables are turned.
Rotten Tomatoes: An high-ranking military officer in Czarist Russia fruitlessly woos a temperamental lady aristocrat, who orders him imprisoned -- until the Revolution, when he takes control of the Red army, attaining the upper hand over his former lover/betrayer. One of the most readily available John Barrymore silents.
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63% (1) Danger Lights 74 min, PASSED, [Adventure, Drama] [George B. Seitz] [21 Aug 1930]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, External Reviews
Actors: Hugh Herbert, Jean Arthur, Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong
Writer: James Ashmore Creelman (story and dialogue)
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Plot: Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he finds the man was a railroader, too, and takes him under his wing. Engaged to Mary, Dan doesn't notice the growing attraction between his protégé and his intended, but focuses instead on running the railroad.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this drama, an older railroad supervisor is engaged to a lovely young woman. Unfortunately, she falls in love with the handsome hobo her husband befriended and employed as an engineer. A rivalry ensues, but when a life is endangered the two team up and save the day. The film may be most interesting for its detailed look into the railroads of the past.
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