78% (1) Indiscreet 92 min, PASSED, [Comedy, Drama, Musical] [Leo McCarey] [16 May 1931]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, External Reviews
Actors: Barbara Kent, Ben Lyon, Gloria Swanson, Monroe Owsley
Writer: Buddy G. DeSylva (story "Obey That Impulse"), Lew Brown (story "Obey That Impulse"), Buddy G. DeSylva (scenario), Lew Brown (scenario), Ray Henderson (scenario)
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Plot: On New Year's Eve, Geraldine ('Jerry') Trent decides to break up with her boyfriend Jim Woodward, having finally grown tired of his dishonesty and his infidelities. Soon afterward, Geraldine meets and falls in love with novelist Anthony Blake. Blake knows that she has had a man in her past, but he is content as long as he never finds out who it was. All seems well until her sister Joan returns from a trip, and happily introduces Woodward as the new man in her life.
Rotten Tomatoes: Divesting herself of her own production company, silent-screen queen Gloria Swanson entered into a two-picture deal with producer Joseph M. Schenck, which paid her a straight (and very hefty) salary for both productions. The first film completed under this arrangement was the trivial romantic comedy- musical Indiscreet, scripted and scored by songwriters Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson, and Lew Brown and directed by the matchless Leo McCarey. Swanson plays Geraldine "Gerry" Trent, a worldly socialite who endeavors to protect her sister Joan (Barbara Kent) from the lecherous machinations of Jim Woodward (Monroe Owsley). But when Joan discovers that Jerry and Woodward were once lovers themselves, she mistakenly believes that Jerry's attempts to break up her romance is motivated by jealousy. In fact, Jerry is completely committed to Joan's brother Tony Blake (Ben Lyon). One of the more successful of Gloria Swanson's talkies, Indiscreet posted a much-needed profit for financially strapped United Artists.
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71% (1) Call Her Savage 88 min, PASSED, [Drama] [John Francis Dillon] [27 Nov 1932]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, External Reviews
Actors: Clara Bow, Gilbert Roland, Monroe Owsley, Thelma Todd
Writer: Edwin J. Burke (screenplay), Tiffany Thayer (from the novel by)
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Plot: Sexy Texas gal storms her way through life, brawling and boozing until her luck runs out, forcing her to learn the errors of her ways.
Rotten Tomatoes: A half-breed Indian girl marries simply to spite her dad, leading her down a path of illegitimate birth and prostitution before she meets a fellow of similarly mixed heritage who wants to take care of her. This oddball melodrama featuring faded silent star Clara Bow is a grab-bag of raunchy pre-code delights.
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70% (1) Ex-Lady 67 min, Unrated, [Comedy, Drama] [Robert Florey] [15 May 1933]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, External Reviews
Actors: Bette Davis, Frank McHugh, Gene Raymond, Monroe Owsley
Writer: David Boehm (screen play), Edith Fitzgerald (story), Robert Riskin (story)
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Plot: Commercial artist Helen Bauer believes marriage kills romance. She lives with advertising writer Don Peterson. He convinces her to marry him. He later carries on with client Peggy Smith; Helen takes up with Don's competitor Nick Malvyn. In the end, the couple agree to give marriage another chance.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this romantic sex-comedy from director Robert Florey, Bette Davis stars as Helen Bauer, a free-spirited, self-sufficient feminist who would rather pursue her career as a graphic artist than settle down and marry Don Peterson (Gene Raymond), the advertising writer she loves, out of fear that marriage will destroy the romance. Eventually, Don wears Helen down and the couple marry. But when the flame quickly burns out, Don begins an affair with a female client. Not to be outdone and without missing a beat, Helen takes up with Nick Malvyn (Monroe Owsley), another ad writer, who by no coincidence also happens to be Don's biggest rival. In light of their respective bouts of infidelity, the couple must consider whether or not they want to give the marriage another shot.
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68% (1) Honor Among Lovers 75 min, [Drama, Romance] [Dorothy Arzner] [21 Mar 1931]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, External Reviews
Actors: Charles Ruggles, Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Monroe Owsley
Writer: Austin Parker (screenplay), Austin Parker (story), Gertrude Purcell
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Plot: Jerry Stafford, a businessman, is in love with his secretary but she deserts him for another man. When she realizes her mistake, she goes back to him. Doris Brown is her girlfriend who is in love with a man named Monty Dunn.
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66% (1) Ten Cents a Dance 75 min, [Drama, Romance] [Lionel Barrymore, Edward Buzzell] [06 Mar 1931]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, External Reviews
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Monroe Owsley, Ricardo Cortez, Sally Blane
Writer: Dorothy Howell (continuity), Jo Swerling
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Plot: Men pay a dime to dance with Barbara and her fellow taxi dancers. She marries Eddie and quits dancing, but before that, she meets with the handsome and very rich Bradley. Barbara eventually starts dancing again, since her marriage is plagued by financial tension, and Bradley begins visiting her again. Eddie becomes jealous, accusing his wife of infidelity. He sees that alleged infidelity as an excuse to steal money from Bradley.
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50% (1) This Modern Age 68 min, Approved, [Comedy, Drama] [Nick Grinde] [29 Aug 1931]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 50%, External Reviews
Actors: Joan Crawford, Marjorie Rambeau, Monroe Owsley, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Frederick
Writer: Mildred Cram (story), Sylvia Thalberg (dialogue continuity), Frank Butler (dialogue continuity), John Meehan (additional dialogue)
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Plot: Valentine Winters goes to Paris to meet the divorced mother she has never known. She becomes involved with dissipated Tony and when their car rolls over is saved by Harvard footballer Bob. When Bob brings his parents to meet her, Tony comes in drunk and Valentine's mother is revealed to have been for five years the mistress of wealthy Andre. Bob's parents leaves in disgust, but love conquers all.
Rotten Tomatoes: When a handsome, upper-class socialite falls for a lower-class girl, his family becomes quite upset. The melodramatic mess begins when the girl, who was raised by her divorced father in the U.S., is sent to Paris to see her estranged mother, the kept woman of a prominent local.
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