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1. The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Passed | 108 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will.

Director: Paul Leni | Stars: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall

Votes: 3,373 | Gross: $0.33M

2. You Bet Your Life (1950–1961)

30 min | Comedy, Family, Game-Show

Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of competitive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.

Stars: Groucho Marx, George Fenneman, Melinda Marx, Tuulikki Woods

Votes: 744

3. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music

Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.

Stars: Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey, Mort Lindsey Orchestra, Arthur Treacher

Votes: 608

4. The Last Warning (1928)

89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.

Director: Paul Leni | Stars: Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, Roy D'Arcy, Margaret Livingston

Votes: 809

5. Telephone Time (1956–1958)

30 min | Drama

Anthology series originally featured plays by host, John Nesbitt for season one. Beginning in September 1957, works from other authors were presented as well until series ended in April ... See full summary »

Stars: John Nesbitt, Frank Baxter, Maurice Marsac, Florenz Ames

Votes: 249

6. King of Jazz (1930)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Musical

American Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra.

Directors: John Murray Anderson, Walter Lantz | Stars: Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante, Jeanette Loff

Votes: 1,616

7. God's Gift to Women (1931)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance

A Parisian descendant of Don Juan vows to stop philandering in order to win the hand of a virtous young lady with a disapproving father.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Frank Fay, Laura La Plante, Joan Blondell, Charles Winninger

Votes: 454

8. Lonely Wives (1931)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Romance

A lonely husband whose wife has been away hires a lookalike impersonator to fill his place and fool his mother-in-law while he plays around with a pretty coquette. Confusion prevails when his wife returns that evening.

Director: Russell Mack | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, Laura La Plante, Patsy Ruth Miller

Votes: 475

9. It's a Great Life (I) (1954–1956)

30 min | Comedy

Two ex G.I.'s Denny and Steve return home and take a room at the boarding house of the doting Amy Morgan. Also in the house are the young and beautiful Cathy, and Amy's irascible, ... See full summary »

Stars: William Bishop, Michael O'Shea, Frances Bavier, James Dunn

Votes: 75

10. Night of 100 Stars (1982 TV Special)

180 min | Comedy, Family, Music

All-star variety special celebrating the centennial of the Actors' Fund of America.

Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Jane Alexander, Peter Allen, Steve Allen, June Allyson

Votes: 348

11. Arizona (1931)

70 min | Drama, Romance

Bob refuses to marry his girlfriend and leaves her. She marries his close friend out of revenge.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Laura La Plante, John Wayne, June Clyde, Forrest Stanley

Votes: 341

12. Show Boat (1929)

Passed | 147 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A mostly silent version of Edna Ferber's original novel, with some songs from the musical as a last-minute addition

Directors: Harry A. Pollard, Arch Heath | Stars: Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Emily Fitzroy, Otis Harlan

Votes: 316

13. Silk Stockings (1927)

70 min | Comedy

Sam and Molly Thornhill, a married couple very much in love, are nevertheless continually quarreling. On the eve of their wedding anniversary, Sam fails to notice a pair of silk stockings slipped into his pocket by a lady.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Laura La Plante, John Harron, Otis Harlan, William Austin

14. Captain of the Guard (1930)

Passed | 83 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A captain of the king's guards secretly works for the rebels.

Directors: John S. Robertson, Pál Fejös | Stars: Laura La Plante, John Boles, Sam De Grasse, James A. Marcus

Votes: 44

15. The Old Swimmin' Hole (1921)

60 min | Comedy

The normal life of a young farm boy as he goes to school and as he relaxes in the country is depicted.

Director: Joseph De Grasse | Stars: Charles Ray, Laura La Plante, James Gordon, Blanche Rose

Votes: 36

16. Around the World in Eighteen Days (1923)

Passed | Adventure

The adventures of Phineas Fogg the 3rd, grandson of the famous globe trotter of Jules Verne fame, in his effort to go around the world in 18 days to get proxies from widely scattered ... See full summary »

Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Robert F. Hill | Stars: William Desmond, Laura La Plante, William De Vaull, Wade Boteler

Votes: 20

17. Poker Faces (1926)

80 min | Comedy

In order to secure a lucrative contract, a businessman hires a woman to pose as his wife at a business dinner when his own wife can't make it. Unfortunately, the woman he hires is the wife of an insanely jealous prizefighter.

Director: Harry A. Pollard | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Laura La Plante, George Siegmann, Tom Ricketts

Votes: 36

18. Spring Reunion (1956)

Approved | 79 min | Drama

The class of 1941 at Carson High School is holding its 15th reunion. "Boy Most Likely To Succeed" Fred Davis is in town to sell his house before taking a job in San Francisco; he's been ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Pirosh | Stars: Dana Andrews, Betty Hutton, Jean Hagen, Robert F. Simon

Votes: 304

19. Night of 100 Stars II (1985 TV Special)

180 min | Comedy, Family, Music

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Stars: Debbie Allen, Peter Allen, Harry Anderson, Ann-Margret

Votes: 120

20. Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance

Honey Skinner is proud of her successful husband. When he tells her he's asking for a raise, she knows he'll get it. He asks his boss just as their big client announces he's not renewing ... See full summary »

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Reginald Denny, Laura La Plante, Ben Hendricks Jr., E.J. Ratcliffe

Votes: 208

21. Little Mister Jim (1946)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A boy learns to deal with the loss of his mother and the subsequent mourning of his father through the wisdom of the family's Chinese cook.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Luana Patten

Votes: 120

22. Hold Your Man (1929)

60 min | Comedy, Romance

Mary Hopkins leaves her husband to study painting in Paris. A former sweetheart persuades him to go to Paris for a divorce. Jack wants wife back after she confesses an imaginary affair. Rhea is discredited, and Jack and Mary are reunited.

Director: Emmett J. Flynn | Stars: Laura La Plante, Scott Kolk, Eugene Borden, Mildred Van Dorn

Votes: 14

23. The Church Mouse (1934)

Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Romance

When banker Jonathan Steele fires a flirtatious secretary, efficient unemployed Betty Miller gets a tip to get the job. In becoming indispensable she also falls in love with him, even if he... See full summary »

Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Laura La Plante, Ian Hunter, Edward Chapman, Jane Carr

Votes: 132

24. The Love Thrill (1927)

60 min | Comedy

Joyce Brandon is in love with Jack Sturdevant, but he doesn't even know she's alive.

Director: Millard Webb | Stars: Laura La Plante, Tom Moore, Bryant Washburn, Jocelyn Lee

25. Scandal (1929)

70 min | Drama

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Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Laura La Plante, Huntley Gordon, John Boles, Jane Winton

26. The Midnight Sun (1926)

90 min | Drama

Through the influence of Ivan Kusmin, a powerful Russian banker, an American girl, under the name of Olga Balashova, advances from the ranks of the Imperial Russian Ballet to prima ballerina.

Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Laura La Plante, Pat O'Malley, Raymond Keane, George Siegmann

27. Man of the Moment (1935)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy

Mary, who is infatuated with her boss, discovers that he is having an affair with one of her coworkers. Despondent, she leaves work and overhearing news of a suicide, impulsively decides to... See full summary »

Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Laura La Plante, Claude Hulbert, Margaret Lockwood

Votes: 391

28. Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Jenny, a dance instructor, accidentally meets Joe Hall, a song promoter who escorts her home. She gives him a song idea by saying "Thanks for the Buggy Ride".

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Laura La Plante, Glenn Tryon, Richard Tucker, Kate Price

29. The Sea Ghost (1931)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Drama, War

A crooked lawyer trying to cheat a young girl out of her inheritance tries to convince a sea captain to help him.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Alan Hale, Laura La Plante, Clarence Wilson, Peter Erkelenz

Votes: 152

30. The Dangerous Blonde (1924)

Passed | 50 min | Comedy, Romance

Colonel Faraday asks his daughter, Diana, to recover some letters he wrote to Yvette, an adventuress, when she tries to blackmail him. Diana is vamping Gerald Skinner, Yvette's partner, so ... See full summary »

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Laura La Plante, Edward Hearn, Arthur Hoyt, Philo McCullough

31. Fashion News (1930)

5 min | Documentary, Short

Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.

Directors: Meredith E. Fulton, George W. Gibson | Stars: Lina Basquette, Sally Blane, Dorothy Burgess, Sue Carol

Votes: 48

32. The Love Trap (1929)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy

A chorus girl loses her job and thus the room she owes back rent on, and ends up being rescued from the street by a dashing rich man. But his family isn't over-accepting of chorus girls joining their family.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Laura La Plante, Neil Hamilton, Robert Ellis, Jocelyn Lee

Votes: 239

33. Smouldering Fires (1925)

80 min | Drama, Romance

A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her (much younger) factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Pauline Frederick, Laura La Plante, Malcolm McGregor, Tully Marshall

Votes: 122

34. The Thrill Chaser (1923)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Working as a motion-picture extra, Westerner Omar K. Jenkins (Hoot Gibson) impresses Sheik Ussan, a visiting Arab prince, with his pugilistic ability. Engaged to go to Arabia, he becomes ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Hoot Gibson, James Neill, Billie Dove, W.E. Lawrence

Votes: 26

35. The Wall Flower (1922)

60 min | Drama, Romance

Idalene Nobbin, who is accustomed to being treated as a hopeless wallflower by her mother and her brothers, attends a dance given by Prue Nickerson and is greatly surprised when Roy Duncan,... See full summary »

Director: Rupert Hughes | Stars: Colleen Moore, Richard Dix, Gertrude Astor, Laura La Plante

Votes: 17

36. The Teaser (1925)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ann Barton, the daughter of a once-wealthy family, is forced to clerk at the cigar counter of a village hotel, where she meets James McDonald, a breezy, handsome salesman.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Laura La Plante, Pat O'Malley, Hedda Hopper, Walter McGrail

37. 813 (1920)

60 min | Mystery

Robert Castleback is in possession of secret papers which could bring a certain prince to power under conditions which would make Castleback a ruling force in Europe. Master crook Arsene ... See full summary »

Directors: Charles Christie, Scott Sidney | Stars: Wedgwood Nowell, Ralph Lewis, Wallace Beery, J.P. Lockney

38. Butterfly (1924)

80 min | Drama, Romance

Hilary Collier sacrifices her own career to support the musical education of her younger sister, Dora (Butterfly), even giving up the man she loves to her precocious charge. When Dora ... See full summary »

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Laura La Plante, Ruth Clifford, Kenneth Harlan, Norman Kerry

Votes: 32

39. Sporting Youth (1924)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

Jimmy Wood, a chauffeur, is mistaken for famous racing driver Splinters Wood. Because he is deeply in debt, he enters a race on the advice of Betty Rockford, daughter of a wealthy automobile manufacturer.

Director: Harry A. Pollard | Stars: Reginald Denny, Laura La Plante, Hallam Cooley, Frederick Vroom

40. Widow's Might (1935)

77 min | Comedy

In order to win back their former boyfriends, two widows stage a phony burglary.

Director: Cyril Gardner | Stars: Laura La Plante, Yvonne Arnaud, Garry Marsh, George Curzon

41. Excitement (1924)

Passed | 50 min | Comedy, Drama

Newlywed Nila Drew is cured of thrill-seeking when she is finally rescued by her husband after being kidnapped, stuffed into a mummy case, and shipped to an Egyptian who calls her the Queen... See full summary »

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Laura La Plante, Edward Hearn, William Welsh, Frances Raymond

42. The Fast Worker (1924)

70 min | Comedy

Roxbury persuades his architect friend, Terry, to assume his identity and go to Catalina on a vacation with his wife, Edith, and daughter, Toodles. Terry falls in love with Edith's sister, ... See full summary »

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Reginald Denny, Laura La Plante, Ethel Grey Terry, Muriel Frances Dana

43. Out of Luck (1923)

60 min | Western

Cowpuncher Sam Pertune (Hoot Gibson) strikes the father of the girl he loves, Mae Day (Laura La Plante), in self defense and, thinking he has killed him, runs away and joins the U.S. Navy. ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Laura La Plante, Howard Truesdale, Elinor Hancock

44. Finders Keepers (1928)

56 min | Comedy

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Directors: Wesley Ruggles, Otis Thayer | Stars: Laura La Plante, John Harron, Edmund Breese, Eddie Phillips

Votes: 14

45. Lost in Limehouse (1933)

21 min | Short, Comedy

A slapstick burlesque of 19th Century Victorian melodrama featuring a parody of Holmes and Watson who rescue a heroine held by a mustache-twirling villain in a den of caricatured Chinese gangsters.

Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Laura La Plante, Walter Byron, John Sheehan, Olaf Hytten

Votes: 37

46. The Great Gamble (1919)

Passed | 310 min | Mystery

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Director: Joseph A. Golden | Stars: Charles Hutchison, Anna Luther, Richard Neill, William F. Moran

Votes: 24

47. Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy

This Masquers short (the first of the series) is a parody of every old-time melodrama that trod the stages or graced the silver screen...Our Nell...the Old Folks at Home...the Old Homestead... See full summary »

Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Frank Fay, Lew Cody, Laura La Plante, Alec B. Francis

Votes: 34

48. Crooked Alley (1923)

Passed | 50 min | Crime, Drama

Reformed criminal Boston Blackie is outraged when a judge refuses to grant a pardon for a dying friend. He hires Norine, his now-dead friend's daughter, to get to the judge through his son ... See full summary »

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Thomas Carrigan, Laura La Plante, Tom Guise, Owen Gorin

49. Dead Game (1923)

50 min | Western

"Katy" Didd is in love with Alice, but her guardian wishes her to marry Tetlow, an influential man in town. Katy knows Alice will be unhappy with Tetlow, and decides to win her by force. ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Robert McKim, Harry Carter, Laura La Plante

50. Meet the Wife (1931)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Romance

Mrs. Gertrude Lennox (Laura La Plante), formerly Gertrude Bellamy and formerly Mrs. Gertrude Lord, finds herself in somewhat of a ticklish problem, when supposed-dead husband number one ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Pearce | Stars: Laura La Plante, Lew Cody, Joan Marsh, William Janney