89% (2) The Thin Man 91 min, Not Rated, [Comedy, Crime, Mystery] [W.S. Van Dyke] [25 May 1934]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 3 wins.
Actors: Maureen O'Sullivan, Myrna Loy, Nat Pendleton, William Powell
Writer: Albert Hackett (screen play), Frances Goodrich (screen play), Dashiell Hammett (from the novel by)
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Plot: After a four year absence, one time detective Nick Charles returns to New York with his new wife Nora and their dog, Asta. Nick re-connects with many of his old cronies, several of whom are eccentric characters, to say the least. He's also approached by Dorothy Wynant whose inventor father Clyde Wynant is suspected of murdering her father's mistress (his former secretary ).. Her father had left on a planned trip some months before and she has had no contact with him. Nick isn't all that keen on resuming his former profession but egged-on by wife Nora, who thinks this all very exciting, he agrees to help out. He solves the case, announcing the identity of the killer at a dinner party for all of the suspects.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this film, Edward Ellis plays a mean-spirited inventor. The recently-divorced Ellis discovers that his new girlfriend has stolen $50,000 and is carrying on with other men. Not long afterward, he disappears. Anxious to locate her father, Ellis' daughter Maureen O'Sullivan goes to private detective Nick Charles for help.
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71% (1) It's a Wonderful World 86 min, [Comedy, Crime, Mystery] [W.S. Van Dyke] [19 May 1939]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, External Reviews
Actors: Claudette Colbert, Guy Kibbee, James Stewart, Nat Pendleton
Writer: Ben Hecht (screen play), Ben Hecht (based on an original story by), Herman J. Mankiewicz (based on an original story by)
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Plot: Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood is framed for murder and while Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail -- Guy for a year, Willie to be executed. On the way to jail Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police...
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71% (1) Gangway 90 min, [Musical] [Sonnie Hale] [20 Aug 1937]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, External Reviews
Actors: Alastair Sim, Barry MacKay, Jessie Matthews, Nat Pendleton
Writer: Lesser Samuels, Dwight Taylor (story)
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Plot: Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this musical, a plucky London newspaper journalist boards a transatlantic ocean liner in hopes of interviewing a prominent Hollywood starlet. She is followed by a Scotland Yard inspector who is looking for the jewel thief he knows is on board. Unfortunately, the inspector doesn't know the actual identity of the thief and his prime suspect becomes the hapless reporter who also finds herself pursued by a determined gangster who has made the same assumption. Before the boat docks in New York, the reporter is kidnapped and forced to work for the gangster's boss. Fortunately, the inspector finally discovers the thief's true identity and brings her to justice. The plot is based on a Dwight Taylor story. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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69% (1) The Cat's-Paw 102 min, [Comedy] [Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd] [07 Aug 1934]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, External Reviews
Actors: George Barbier, Harold Lloyd, Nat Pendleton, Una Merkel
Writer: Clarence Budington Kelland (story), Sam Taylor (screen play)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Cantonese, German Country: USA
Plot: A naive missionary brought up in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as a dummy candidate with no chance of winning.
Rotten Tomatoes: Harold Lloyd plays Ezekial Cobb, a missionary's son who has spent his entire life in China. Cobb is sent to his father's home church in California, where it is hoped he will find a wife. A true babe in the woods, Cobb is befriended by politician Jake Mayo (George Barbier). Mayo is a cog in a crooked political machine whose bosses plan to set up a "reform" candidate for mayor, so that they can continue their underhanded activities unmolested. The candidate drops dead, so Mayo sets up the innocent Cobb as the mayor-to-be--a "cat's paw" to deflect attention from the system's corruption. But once elected, Cobb takes his duties quite seriously and begins to clean up the town. The machine frames Cobb with planted evidence of wrongdoing, destroying the lad's political career. Undaunted, Cobb remembers the story of an ancient Chinese leader, who, similarly disgraced, took the law in his own hands and executed all known criminals in his last days of power. Cobb orders that every crook in town be rounded up and brought to a dark cellar. He insists that they confess their crimes or face instant death--and backs up his words by "beheading" two of the crooks on the spot! Actually, these executions are cleverly designed magical illusions, and no one is really killed; but the terrified criminals are so hoodwinked by Cobb's apparent cold-bloodedness that they literally climb over one another to confess. Cobb is exonerated, and honesty is restored to his administration. While not Harold Lloyd's best feature film, The Cat's Paw is definitely his most unorthodox.
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68% (1) Young Dr. Kildare 82 min, APPROVED, [Drama] [Harold S. Bucquet] [14 Oct 1938]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, External Reviews
Actors: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lynne Carver, Nat Pendleton
Writer: Max Brand (story), Harry Ruskin, Willis Goldbeck
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Plot: Fresh out of medical school, young Dr. James Kildare decides to take a position at a large New York hospital instead of joining his father's country practice. In New York he meets the famous Dr. Leonard Gillespie who becomes his mentor. Kildare finds himself in serious trouble when he saves a suicidal woman who turns out to be an heiress with a powerful family.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this entry in the "Dr. Kildare" series, Kildare is faced with a difficult decision: should he return home to work in his father's quiet country practice or work at exciting, New York-set Blair General Hospital? Though his parents and his girlfriend are against it, Kildare chooses the latter.
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63% (1) Death on the Diamond 71 min, PASSED, [Drama, Mystery] [Edward Sedgwick] [14 Sep 1934]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, External Reviews
Actors: Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton, Robert Young, Ted Healy
Writer: Harvey F. Thew (screen play), Joseph Sherman (screen play), Ralph Spence (screen play), Cortland Fitzsimmons (from the book by)
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Plot: Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?
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