2014 Capitofest
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- DirectorRobin H. TownleyStarsAllene RayRobert FrazerMildred BrightSupposedly wealthy, Patricia and Vi Moreland find themselves penniless and dependent upon relatives when their father dies. They accept an uncle's offer to live on his Texas ranch, which is desired by an unscrupulous neighbor, Jim Worth. Young geologist David Brooks (who sells windmills) happens along and persuades the girls to refuse Worth's offer to buy the ranch. Worth has Vi kidnapped, and he gets the upper hand when Brooks rescues her. The geologist turns the tables, however, and Worth does not live to see either Brooks's windmill strike oil or happiness come to Brooks and Patricia.
- DirectorRowland V. LeeLouis J. GasnierStarsGeorge BancroftJessie Royce LandisWilliam 'Stage' BoydAdventure follows a ship on its watery course between Latin America and the United States.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsSlim SummervilleAndy DevineLeila HyamsRanchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle throw him off their property because he is a poor bumbler. One day a stranger buys Slim's ranch for one million dollars because the land contains valuable minerals. Slim and his partner, Andy Jones, are overwhelmed by their newfound wealth, but it does not help to soothe Slim's hurt feelings when he finds out that Angelica has gone to England to stay with her other aunt. He decides to bring her his horse, "Cynthia Ann," as a gift, and with Andy and the horse, he sets sail. Once in England, Slim and Andy have difficulty locating Angelica, but the notoriety they gain for bringing their horse into the royal suite at their hotel brings Angelica's aunt, the Duchess of Disborough, to see them. Discovering that they know Angelica, she invites them to a costume ball at her castle. When Andy and Slim arrive, they are outfitted with medieval costumes, and Angelica is thrilled to see them. Slim is disappointed again when he hears that Angelica is engaged to Philip Marley, whom she met on the cruise. Unknown to Angelica, Philip is a jewel thief, and his "sister" is actually his wife. During an enactment of the Robin Hood story, in which everyone participates, Slim and Andy meet a detective from Scotland Yard who is looking for a man with a birthmark on one ear lobe. Slim and Andy join in the search, afraid that Angelica may be in danger, but their unending assault on everyone puts them in disgrace, and the duchess asks them to leave. At the same time, they unwittingly disrupt Philip and Angelica's plans to elope, and as Philip is the only man whose ears have not been checked, they try to locate him. Philip is in the midst of robbing the duke, whom he knocks out. Andy and Slim catch Philip, and after they prove his identity, he is arrested. Angelica returns to America with Slim, Andy and "Cynthia Ann."
- DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsRichard BarthelmessDorothy GishJetta GoudalCharles Abbott is a wealthy adventurer in 1850s Cuba. He is in love with Narcissa but goes after La Clavel to obtain information on the Spanish. He becomes implicated in the death of his friend Escobar, brother of Narcissa.
- DirectorLothar MendesStarsWilliam PowellKay FrancisCarole LombardA society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."
- DirectorWilliam James CraftStarsJohn WrayBetty CompsonJohn HarronA reporter is assigned to do a story on a notorious racketeer.
- DirectorRoy MackStarsEdward LankowRoger DavisJoyzelle JoynerA bored sultan threatens to chop off his jester's head unless the jester and his performers can entertain him.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsBenita HumeBasil GillHumberston WrightWomen unite to prevent financiers from engineering a second world war.
- DirectorWilliam Desmond TaylorStarsMay McAvoyWilliam P. CarletonMarian SkinnerCarlotta, raised in a Turkish harem and threatened with marriage to a man she does not love, escapes to London with an English adventurer. When he is killed, she is left destitute and attaches herself to Sir Marcus Ordeyne and begs his protection. He takes her home out of pity, and her charm and innocence cause him to fall in love with her. When he plans to marry her, Judith Mainwaring, who looks upon Carlotta as a rival, tells her he merely pities her and is marrying her to avoid a scandal. Carlotta runs away with Pasquale, a friend of Sir Marcus, though she loves her guardian. Later, Mrs. Mainwaring meets Carlotta in Paris and tells the girl the truth--that Sir Marcus is searching for her. Realizing his love for her, Carlotta is reunited with her benefactor.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsHarry von ZellRalf HaroldeCharles C. WilsonHarry, who is known as a practical joker, finds himself being chased by a headhunter, and doesn't know if it's a joke or not.
- DirectorEdward LudwigStarsNorman FosterJune ClydeZasu Pitts
- DirectorVictor SchertzingerStarsClive BrookMary BrianOlga BaclanovaClive Brook stars as "Heliotrope" Harry, a gentleman thief tossed in jail for killing his wife's lover. Before turning himself in, Harry leaves his baby girl on the doorstep of a rich, childless couple. Desperate to keep his lush of a spouse Lilly (Olga Baclanova) away from their girl, he tasks his former partner Froggy with making sure the kid turns out OK. Once Harry is out of the clink, he impersonates his daughter's butler to protect her from Lilly, who will stop at no underhanded trickery to get her hands on the girl's money.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsPat O'BrienGloria StuartMerna KennedyIn the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
- DirectorMurray RothStarsHorace HeidtLobo
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsDorothea WieckEvelyn VenableGuy StandingThe only filmed English version of Gregorio Martinez Sierra's classic Spanish play.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsLilian HarveyLew AyresCharles ButterworthA wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a clumsy cleaning lady into a glamorous fashion plate, then marry her off to his bachelor cousin.
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsWilliam PowellHelen KaneFay WrayBig-name musical performers experience everyday problems and disappointments during their offstage hours.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierStarsWilliam PowellMarion ShillingNatalie MoorheadJohn Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the shadows and angrily demands to know where she has been. The embarrassed Nelson excuses himself and goes to his rooms in the same hotel. The woman rushes into his apartment followed by the man who met her in the hall. The man threatens her with violence and Nelson comes to her defense. In the ensuing fight, the man is knocked out of the window and falls to his death to the pavement many stories down. He is charged with the killing and his only witness that can prove self-defense for him has disappeared, and can not be found.
- DirectorArthur RipleyStarsW.C. FieldsMarjorie KaneElise CavannaA henpecked but stoic pharmacist tries to maintains his precarious balance while dealing with demanding customers and his dysfunctional family.
- DirectorJohn G. BlystoneStarsGeorge O'BrienLois MoranNoah YoungA "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when his ship leaves port she decides to show up at its next stop and reunite with her lover. However, when she arrives at the ship's next destination, she discovers that her "lover" has already found another local girl to spend his time with. Complications ensue.