71% (1) The Black Camel 71 min, PASSED, [Crime, Mystery, Thriller] [Hamilton MacFadden] [21 Jun 1931]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, External Reviews
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Dorothy Revier, Sally Eilers, Warner Oland
Writer: Earl Derr Biggers (novel), Hugh Stanislaus Stange (adaptation), Barry Conners (screenplay), Philip Klein (screenplay), Barry Conners (dialogue), Philip Klein (dialogue)
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Plot: Movie star Sheila Fayne is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tanaverro first. Tanaverro confronts her about the unsolved murder of fellow film star Denny Mayo three years earlier, and she decides to reject Jaynes' proposal. When Sheila is found shot to death in her beach-front pavilion, Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police investigates.
Rotten Tomatoes: In the tropical paradise of Hawaii, master Asian sleuth Charlie Chan is called upon when a famous film actress turns up dead, revealing the killer's identity at the climactic moment. This second mystery drama in the astonishingly popular Charlie Chan series features original Chan Warner Oland at his best.
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69% (1) State Fair 99 min, Passed, [Comedy, Drama, Romance] [Henry King] [10 Feb 1933]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 69%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins.
Actors: Janet Gaynor, Lew Ayres, Sally Eilers, Will Rogers
Writer: Sonya Levien (screenplay), Paul Green (screenplay), Philip Stong (novel)
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Plot: An Iowa family finds adventure, love, and heartbreak, when they spend a week at the state fair.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this film, Abel Frake is the patriarch of a family whose individual members are affected by the upcoming Iowa State Fair in various fascinating ways. The parents win prizes, the children have brief romances, and everyone goes home a little wiser for the experience.
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67% (1) Quick Millions 72 min, [Crime, Drama] [Rowland Brown] [03 May 1931]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win.
Actors: Bob Burns, Marguerite Churchill, Sally Eilers, Spencer Tracy
Writer: Rowland Brown (screenplay), Rowland Brown (story), Courtney Perrett (screenplay), Courtney Perrett (story), Courtney Terrett, John Wray (additional dialogue)
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Plot: Truck driver Bugs Raymond organizes the trucking associations and takes protection money. Now rich, he decides to marry socialite Dorothy Stone. She rejects him for another, so he makes plans to kidnap her on her wedding day.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this film, truck driver Spencer Tracy gets mixed up in racketeering. He lines his pockets by demanding protection money from the other drivers. Naturally, Tracy's underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community. When he is spurned by a society girl, he arranges to have her kidnapped.
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66% (1) Bad Girl 90 min, [Drama, Romance] [Frank Borzage] [13 Sep 1931]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination.
Actors: James Dunn, Minna Gombell, Sally Eilers
Writer: Viña Delmar (novel), Brian Marlow (play), Edwin J. Burke (continuity & dialogue)
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Plot: A mug and a jane: Dorothy knows that every guy is going to make a pass at her; Eddie knows that every gal wastes her money on good times. He's saving to open a repair shop. When the two of them meet, they can't believe they get along. One evening he leaves her waiting in the rain; she finds his apartment and reads him the riot act. They end up spooning and napping until 4 AM. She's afraid of her brother, who's her guardian, so Eddie figures she should tell her brother that she's getting married the next morning. Dorothy tries out the story but knows Eddie won't show up. It's the first of a series of promises, fears, miscalculations, and hard knocks. Where will they end up?
Rotten Tomatoes: Based on a novel by Vina Delmar, Bad Girl stars Sally Eilers as heroine Dot Haley. The title notwithstanding, Dot isn't bad at all. She enters into a decent marriage with a decent guy, radio store clerk Eddie (James Dunn), and sticks with her man through thick and thin (mostly thin). But Eddie misunderstands Dot's seeming indifference to the new apartment which he has rented and furnished as a first-anniversary surprise. Eddie doesn't know what Dot and the audience do: there's a baby on the way, and that's all that Dot can think about. Once this misunderstanding is cleared up, Eddie takes on all sorts of extra jobs to pay for a pricey obstetrician, even moonlighting as a prizefighter. So impressed is the baby doctor by Eddie's devotion that he refuses to charge a cent when delivering Dot's baby (the bill, by the way, is a daunting $40). Curiously, some synopses of Bad Girl suggest that the hero and heroine never get married, which is hardly the case.
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58% (1) Doughboys 79 min, PASSED, [Comedy, War] [Edward Sedgwick] [30 Aug 1930]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 58%, External Reviews
Actors: Buster Keaton, Cliff Edwards, Edward Brophy, Sally Eilers
Writer: Al Boasberg (story), Sidney Lazarus (story), Richard Schayer (scenario), Al Boasberg (dialogue), Richard Schayer (dialogue)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German, French Country: USA
Plot: Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army. Luckily, Mary's signed up to entertain the troops. Unluckily, Elmer's sergeant likes Mary, too. And worst of all, they're all about to ship out for France.
Rotten Tomatoes: Having mistakenly enlisted in the army during World War I, a rich young lad who's never had to lift a finger finds himself a fumble-footed soldier headed for the front. This disappointing Buster Keaton talkie, partially derived from his actual war experiences, can't hold a candle to his comic silent masterpieces.
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