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1. She's Dangerous (1937)
66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring of bond thieves.
Directors: Milton Carruth, Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Tala Birell, Walter Pidgeon, Cesar Romero, Walter Brennan
Votes: 79
2. Dancing on the Ceiling (1937)
Passed | 9 min | Musical, Short
A young man follows a pretty girl into her office, which turns out to be a musical dentist office. Cute chorus girls attend to the many male customers, and the girl the young man was ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: William Irving, Colin Kenny, Mary Jo Mathews, James C. Morton
Votes: 157
3. Pepper (1936)
95 min | Comedy
Young Pepper Jolly enters the life of sour old millionaire John Wilkes. She convinces him to take her gang to Coney Island and prevents his daughter from marrying a phony aristocrat.
Director: James Tinling | Stars: Jane Withers, Irvin S. Cobb, Slim Summerville, Dean Jagger
Votes: 21
4. Romance in the Air (1936)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A police detective investigates a group of "Radio Technique" swindlers.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Wini Shaw, Phil Regan, Mary Treen, Frank Faylen
5. Flying Hostess (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of the training and adventures of several airline stewardesses.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: William Gargan, Judith Barrett, William Hall, Astrid Allwyn
Votes: 12
6. Remember Last Night? (1935)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Mystery
After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed. A detective is called in to investigate, but his ... See full summary »
Director: James Whale | Stars: Edward Arnold, Robert Young, Constance Cummings, Sally Eilers
Votes: 604
7. Chinatown Squad (1935)
Passed | 75 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Lyle Talbot, Valerie Hobson, Hugh O'Connell, Andy Devine
Votes: 76
8. Palooka (1934)
Unrated | 86 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Knobby discovers young hunk Palooka and trains him to fight the reigning champ, also drunken sot, Al McSwatt.
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau
Votes: 415
9. Harold Teen (1934)
66 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Harold seems to flop at everything he tries: his schoolwork, his newspaper job--even his car is repossessed. It even looks like his girlfriend is losing interest in him, until a school ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Hal Le Roy, Rochelle Hudson, Patricia Ellis, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 141
10. Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Music
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con help him fake his own kidnaping.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Phillips Holmes, Edward Arnold, Mary Carlisle, Wini Shaw
Votes: 34
11. Don't Bet on Love (1933)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama
Bill McCaffery, a plumber, wins big at the racetrack but then his luck runs out and almost ruins his business. Molly Gilbert, his manicurist girlfriend, stands by him and helps him readjust to life as a plumber.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Lew Ayres, Ginger Rogers, Charley Grapewin, Shirley Grey
Votes: 157
12. My Bridge Experiences (1933)
Short
This film is a compilation of six separate featurettes which where shown separately in RKO Keith circuit cinemas. Ely Culbertson, contract bridge most famous player of the day, gives lessons about this method, not lacking sense of humor.
Directors: Sam White, Lou Brock, Zion Myers, Murray Roth | Stars: Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, John David Horsley, Marilyn Knowlden
13. Murder at the Bridge Table (1933)
21 min | Short
A quarrel at the bridge table results in a wife shooting her husband. Card expert Ely Culbertson is called upon to testify whether the hand was played correctly.
Director: Sam White | Stars: Ely Culbertson, Jack Baston, Charles Dow Clark, Josephine Culbertson
14. Hollywood Premiere (1933)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Phyllis Barry, Eddie Garr, Larry Steers
15. Society Cheaters (1933)
Approved | 21 min | Short
Director: Sam White | Stars: Ely Culbertson, William Augustin, Gerald Barry, Betty Furness
16. What Not to Do in Bridge (1933)
Approved | 14 min | Short
Ely Culbertson gives a demonstration in how to play Bridge.
Director: Sam White | Stars: Ely Culbertson, Eddie Boland, Chick Chandler, Josephine Culbertson
17. Three Knaves and a Queen (1933)
Approved | 19 min | Short
Ely Culbertson gives a demonstration in how to play Bridge at a charity bazaar. After his talk, he plays a series of hands.
Director: Sam White | Stars: Ely Culbertson, James Bush, Josephine Culbertson, John David Horsley
18. Transatlantic Bridge Tricks (1933)
Approved | 20 min | Short
A young fellow is trimmed by a gang of card sharks aboard a liner. Professional Bridge player, Ely Culbertson learns that one of the fraudsters has assumed his identity and manages to get into the game.
Director: Sam White | Stars: Ely Culbertson, Nat Carr, Harvey Clark, John Dow Clark
19. A Forced Response (1933)
Approved | 17 min | Short
Director: Sam White | Stars: Ely Culbertson, Terry Madden, Edgar Mason, Gunboat Smith
20. Too Busy to Work (1932)
76 min | Drama
A depression-era tramp named Jubilo goes looking for the wife that left him. While on his journey, he meets an assortment of characters.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Dick Powell, Frederick Burton
Votes: 134
21. Rackety Rax (1932)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game itself) takes place around and about the annual Rose Bowl football game, and decides ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Greta Nissen, Nell O'Day, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 29
22. Believe It or Not #6 (1931)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Ripley shows unusual athletic feats, a boy born with "clock" eyes, and a blind French monk who invented navigation laws.
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Robert L. Ripley
Votes: 29
23. Rhythms of a Big City (1931)
8 min | Short, Drama, Musical
A portrayal of a day in the life of city dwellers that begins at daybreak, accompanied by natural city noises; there is no dialogue.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: John Hickey, Dolly Gilbert
24. Angel Cake (1931)
19 min | Short, Musical
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Cy Landry, The Foursome, Jimmy Ray, Paige Sisters
25. Believe It or Not #2 (1930)
Unrated | 9 min | Short
The second entry in the Believe It or Not series of shorts begins with Robert Ripley in his office sorting his mail. At the time he received about one million pieces of mail per year, more ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Robert L. Ripley
Votes: 73
26. Believe It or Not #1 (1930)
Unrated | 9 min | Short
Robert L. Ripley shows the very first cartoon of his, published in newspapers 8 years earlier. He then proceeds with various oddities, first introducing a woman who can read aloud 8 words a... See full summary »
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Robert L. Ripley
Votes: 78
27. Believe It or Not #5 (1930)
9 min | Documentary, Short
At a charity bazaar, Ripley settles a thousand dollar bet by producing man who has not slept in 75 years.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Robert L. Ripley, Chester Clute
Votes: 28
28. Yamekraw (1930)
10 min | Short, Musical
In a wordless story with semi-surreal stage sets, a poor black man ventures from his ramshackle rural home to the big city, where a dancing girl in a dive two-times him. He returns to his home and wife's arms.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Louise Cook, Hugo Mariani, Jimmy Mordecai, Margaret Simms
Votes: 85
29. The Operation (1930)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Short
One evening, a lovely young woman stops to see what's wrong with a news boy who's stretched out on a park bench. A dapper gentleman stops as well. The boy, aged 11, is Charlie McCarthy, and... See full summary »
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Christina Graver, Charlie McCarthy
Votes: 62
30. Going Places (1930)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Two bums manage to get into a restaurant. They admit that they are a couple of self made men. A couple of comics they are.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Al Shaw, Sam Lee, Joan Clements, Frank McNellis
Votes: 31
31. Frank Orth and Ann Codee in 'Imagine My Embarrassment' (1930)
Short, Comedy
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Frank Orth, Ann Codee, Florence Vernon
32. Believe It or Not #3 (1930)
Approved | 8 min | Short
Reporters interview Ripley about his world travels.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Robert L. Ripley, James Dunn, Clarence E. Willard
Votes: 49
34. Ben Bernie and His Orchestra (1930)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Ben Bernie, Frances McCoy, Pat Kennedy, The Ben Bernie Orchestra
Votes: 34
35. Babe Egan and Her Hollywood Redheads (1930)
7 min | Short, Musical
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Florence Babe Egan
36. The Musicale (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Al Trahan, Yukona Cameron, Helen Hawley
Votes: 5
37. Hello Thar (1930)
Short, Comedy, Musical
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Edward Buzzell, Caryl Bergman, Clay Clement
38. Nile Green (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Helen Broderick, Lester Crawford, Walter Regan
39. Talking It Over (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Sings a song he and five others wrote, 'You Want Lovin', and I Want Love.' Does a comedy skit. Then he sings another song he says he wrote, 'Can't You Understand?'
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Jack Osterman
Votes: 10
40. Tom Thumbs Down (1930)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A satire on the miniature golf craze; on the outcome of the game depends who gets the girl.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Harry McNaughton, Bobby Jarvis, James Dunn, Sue Conroy
41. At the Round Table (1930)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: James J. Corbett, Damon Runyon, Mark Hellinger, DeWolf Hopper Sr.
42. The Benefit (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Pressed into service, an inept comedian offers a burlesque on Helen Morgan.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Joe Frisco, Leo Donnelly
43. The Family Ford (1930)
9 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Jim Harkins, Marion Harkins, Marie Dolan, Hope Eden
44. Meine Frau (1930)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Ann Codee, Frank Orth, Walter Dreher
45. A Trip to Paris (1930)
Passed | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Bobby Jarvis and Eloise Taylor, a scrapping married couple, enter a newspaper essay contest on Happy Marriage, and win a trip to Paris. There, they soon go broke tipping most of Paris, and ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Bobby Jarvis, Eloise Taylor
46. Clara Barry and Orval Whitledge in 'Jest for a While' (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Clara Barry, Orville
Votes: 5
47. Idle Chatter (1930)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Says how much he likes ballet. He wonders why the girls are always running with no one chasing them. And the male dancers are always running to the female dancers. Then he does an amalgam of nursery rhyme lines in a long dissertation.
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Lou Holtz
Votes: 7
48. Rose Perfect, the Girl with the Golden Voice (1930)
Short, Musical
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Rose Perfect, Dudley Wilkinson
50. Buddy Traps in 'Sound Effects' (1930)
Short, Musical
Juvenile drummer, Buddy Traps [sic], later known as Buddy Rich, taps out harmony out of a wide assortment of objects, from drums to bottles, can, chairs, and whatnot.
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Buddy Rich