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)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
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.
Scroll To:   Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75%    [ / 6]

71% (1)  Emma  72 min,  PASSED,  [Drama]  [Clarence Brown]  [02 Jan 1932]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 71%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Jean Hersholt, Marie Dressler, Myrna Loy, Richard Cromwell
Writer:  Frances Marion (story), Leonard Praskins (adaptation), Zelda Sears (additional dialogue)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  When their mother dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher who has been the nanny to his 3 children but now has an infant to care for. The children grow up and Frederick becomes rich and successful. He and Emma marry, as it turns out right before his death, and his will becomes a source of trouble between the children and Emma.
Rotten Tomatoes:   A housekeeper faces unexpected snobbery when she marries her boss in this enjoyable drama starring Oscar-nominee Marie Dressler ("Dinner at Eight") and Oscar-honoree and Golden Globe-winner Jean Hersholt ("Grand Hotel"). Co-starring Oscar-honoree Myrna Loy ("The Best Years of Our Lives"). Dressler received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Emma. Directed by multiple Oscar-nominee Clarence Brown ("National Velvet").
Scroll To:   Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75%    [ / 6]

71% (1)  Life Begins at 40  85 min,  Approved,  [Comedy]  [George Marshall]  [22 Mar 1935]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 71%,   External Reviews
Actors:  George Barbier, Richard Cromwell, Rochelle Hudson, Will Rogers
Writer:  Walter B. Pitkin (book), Robert Quillen (additional dialogue), Lamar Trotti (screenplay)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  In small-town America the easy-going publisher of the local paper finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.
Rotten Tomatoes:   A best-selling nonfictional book of the 1920s provided the title for this Will Rogers vehicle. Rogers plays a small town newspaper editor who prints all the news that fits his own homespun view of the world. Against the wishes of the town higher-ups, Rogers tries to clear the name of Richard Cromwell, a young man accused of a long-ago bank robbery. Along the way, the genial editor smooths the path of romance between Cromwell and sweet Rochelle Hudson. Life Begins at 40 contains some great bits of dialogue, notably Rogers' comment after unloading a box of canned goods that the American emblem should be changed from an eagle to a can opener.
Scroll To:   Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75%    [ / 6]

70% (1)  The Road Back  100 min,  Approved,  [Drama, War]  [James Whale]  [01 Jun 1937]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 69%,   External Reviews
Actors:  John 'Dusty' King, Maurice Murphy, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summerville
Writer:  Charles Kenyon (screenplay), Erich Maria Remarque (novel), R.C. Sherriff (screenplay)
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  At the end of the world war, several German soldiers return home to their city to find the social fabric and civil order disintegrating as communist gangs roam the streets and food and jobs become scarce. Riots and massacres lead the erstwhile average men to become cynical and desperate.
Rotten Tomatoes:   A handful of German soldiers readjust to civilian life in the bitter wake of World War I in this follow-up to the classic All Quiet On The Western Front, which like the first film was based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque. After the signing of the armistice, Capt. Von Hagen (John Emery) dismisses what is left of his troops, who march home to an uncertain future. Tjaden (Slim Summerville) finds himself helping to fend off rioters demanding food from a shop owned by the town's mayor (Etienne Girardot); the grateful mayor in turn offers Tjaden his daughter's hand in marriage. Weil (Larry Blake) becomes a political activist and finds himself acting as a spokesman for another group of citizens demanding precious food; this time, Weil is shot by troops led by his former commander, Capt. Von Hagen. Willy (Andy Devine) visits his former schoolteacher, who presents him with an ironic gift -- a toy gun he took away from Willy when he was a boy. And Albert (Maurice Murphy) comes home to discover his fiancée has wed another man, a man who avoided the war but found ways to profit from it at home. In a fit of rage, Albert kills the man, and finds himself on trial for his life. Combining a strong anti-war message with prescient warnings about the dangers of the rising Nazi regime, The Road Back was intended to be a powerful and controversial picture, and Universal entrusted it to their finest director, James Whale. However, by the time shooting was completed, new management had taken over the studio, and Nazi officials began applying pressure to Universal (as well as members of the film's cast) to delete the material critical of the Nazis, threatening to scuttle European distribution of future Universal product if their demands were not met. Universal bowed to their wishes, and the film was partially reshot with another director, and the remainder extensively re-edited, leaving the final product a pale shadow of what Whale had originally intended.
Scroll To:   Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75%    [ / 6]

68% (1)  This Day and Age  86 min,  [Crime, Drama]  [Cecil B. DeMille]  [25 Aug 1933]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 68%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Charles Bickford, Harry Green, Judith Allen, Richard Cromwell
Writer:  Bartlett Cormack
External Links:  Wikipedia  Rotten Tomatoes  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.
Rotten Tomatoes:   In this film, Richard Cromwell heads a group of civic-minded teenagers in a small midwestern town. When a lovable old tailor is murdered by a notorious gangster, Cromwell and his pals demand justice. However, the local government is terrified by the influential gangster.
Scroll To:   Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75%    [ / 6]

60% (1)  The Age of Consent  63 min,  PASSED,  [Drama, Romance]  [Gregory La Cava]  [19 Aug 1932]
Ratings & Reviews:  IMDb Reviews: 60%,   External Reviews
Actors:  Arline Judge, Dorothy Wilson, Eric Linden, Richard Cromwell
Writer:  Martin Flavin (play), Sarah Y. Mason (screenplay), Francis M. Cockrell (screenplay)
External Links:  Wikipedia  IMDb     Language:  English    Country:  USA
Plot:  College co-eds learn to handle the responsibilities of romance.
Scroll To:   Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75%    [ / 6]