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- A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
- The cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
- Sitcom featuring the zany hijinks of New York's finest.
- Late one night, two young toughs hold hostage the passengers in one car of a New York subway train.
- The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
- A widowed businessman becomes obsessed with one of his employees, the divorcée Betty Preisser.
- A paroled prisoner hits a man who's attacking a woman, then runs away, scared that he killed the man (he did not). From the book "Woman in the Dark" by Dashiell Hammett.
- Dori is trying to get together enough money to buy a strapless gown; Daddy has cut off Dori's allowance, but gee, she's gotta go to the prom.
- The foreman of a jury asks questions that send a woman to the electric chair for a murder committed in the heat of passion. On the night of the execution, his actions come back to haunt him.
- John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.
- In this weekly drama show, George C. Scott plays a dedicated social worker trying to solve the problems of his clients in the fascinating mix of cultures that makes up New York City.
- An unscrupulous and greedy capitalist speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.
- A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in whoever it is injected into. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, so that he can bury them alive.
- When three thuggish men are responsible for the death of his father and the crippling of his brother, young David must choose between supporting his family or risking his life and exacting vengeance.
- A religious woman seeks to save her people from destruction by seducing and murdering the enemy leader, but her plans get complicated once she falls for him.
- Money was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most and he did lay hands on millions of dollars by fair means or (mostly) foul. But once he became rich what he craved for was respectability. So why not marry a lovely society lady? And with a young daughter as a bonus Mister Falcone could show off among the creme de la creme. Of course when times got rough he felt free to desert his wife and little girl. Fortunately "Traps," a lawyer working for the underworld, will console them both.
- Bob Hope is the Master-of-Ceremonies at New Yock City's Carlton Club, which is going belly-up because the wife, Allyn Gillyn, of the owner, Donald Brian, won't let him book any female singers or acts because he has a penchant for hitting on them, and this makes her somewhat jealous and protective.
- The story of a woman, Frankie, and the man who has done her wrong, Johnnie.
- A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt, convicted of the killing and sent to prison.
- Jimmy O'Connor and Scotty are a couple of New York City gamblers and sharpies who decide to go straight and, since they are such good friends, split 50-50 "even steven" on anything they get or do. Jimmy, a confirmed bachelor, doesn't care for women but Scotty falls in love with Diana O'Sullivan, a Coney Island girl. They decide that Jimmy needs a girlfriend and they opt for Jeannie Cavanaugh. But, following their 50-50 pact, Jimmy, although he has fallen in love with Jeannie, praises Scotty to her. It takes an airplane ride to get everybody matched up correctly.
- Sadie Hermann, employed in a big New York fur store, dreams of escaping from the early-morning alarm clock and the twice-a-day subway crush. One night in a subway jam she is catapulted into the arms of Herbert McCarthy, a subway guard. It is love at first sight and Herb asks her to marry him. Then her boss announces she is going to be sent to Paris for a fashion show. Sadie has a problem...marriage or Paris?
- Gangsters take control of a record company and use toughguy tactics on unwilling performers.
- While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.
- The original, non-musical film version of the book which inspired "Fiddler on the Roof".
- In this picture there is a limited amount of action in the pose. As the curtains are drawn aside the shell appears shut. It gradually opens, disclosing the model curled up in a recumbent position. She slowly arises as if awakening, and gracefully assumes the final position of the pose.
- A man seems to be at the races, rooting for his favorite number.
- This is a clever comedy production in several scenes. In the opening scene the hired man is complaining to Farmer Jones that the woodpile is being depleted by thieves. Farmer Jones decides to adopt drastic measures and loads one of the sticks with dynamite. In the next scene a colored deacon, one of the shining lights in the African Church, is seen making away with the wood. The next scene shows the home of the deacon, where he is taking his comfort at the kitchen fire, while his wife is busy with the washing. The loaded stick is, of course, put into the fire, and there is a terrific explosion and the building is ruined. Farmer Jones and his man appear at the critical moment and the colored thieves are given a punishment they will not soon forget.
- A woman sacrifices everything for her husband's career.
- A propagandistic melodrama recounting the dangers and horrors of venereal disease.
- The experiences of the American ambassador to Germany, James Gerard, are recounted in this semi-documentary.
- Kay Parrish, a society girl, finds she is penniless when her father dies. However she persuades Terry Gallagher to give her a hostess job at his New York City clip-joint, which he operates on the theory that if the suckers want it he'll give it to them, albeit he does apply some principles regarding the matter. A Broadway playboy, Greg Emerson, falls in love with Kay and proposes but his high-society parents object strongly. Terry. although he also has fallen in love with Kay and doesn't realize she feels the same about him, sets out to provide a happy ending for the couple.
- Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.
- A young lady gives a quick amateur dance in front of a static camera.
- Cecilia is a spunky Irish girl from a struggling family, faced with the imminent death of her mother.
- This is one of the most exciting and at the same time one of the most laughable subjects ever made. A lunatic confined in a barred cell, labors under the delusion that he is the Emperor Napoleon. In the first scene we see him in an altercation with his keepers over the quality of food furnished him. The keepers set upon him and beat him unmercifully and leave him unconscious. He comes to and determines to escape. Wrenching a leg from a table he bursts the bar of a window, smashes the glass and crawls out. The next scene shows him dropping a distance of 30 feet to the ground below. He picks himself up and starts off at a run. The faces of the keepers appear at the cell window for an instant, but quickly they come running out of the main entrance to the asylum, and start in pursuit of the escaped lunatic. Then follows a series of thrilling and ludicrous chases through the mostly picturesque scenery. The lunatic is cornered on a bridge over a waterfall, but manages to overcome the keeper and hurls him into the rapids below. In another scene he crosses a torrent on a slender wire cable swinging loose above it. Time after time the lunatic succeeds in circumventing his keepers. Finally, however, he tires of the chase and is seen running back to the asylum. He leaps the 30 feet back to the window and when the keepers, all blown and covered with mud, rush into the cell, Napoleon I, is calmly reading a newspaper.
- To save her father from bankruptcy, Nan Everard marries wealthy Peter Craddock and under protest goes with him to South America. En route she is injured in an automobile wreck, but Peter continues the trip. He returns to find her renewing an old friendship, and though she hopes to obtain a divorce she finally surrenders to his stronger will.
- A small boy is sent from the table because his mother expects a caller. He slyly comes back and creeps under the table, where he pins his mother's gown to the tablecloth. When the caller arrives she arises to meet him and pulls the cloth with its burden of dishes to the floor.
- A man dressed as a waiter brings a plate of food to a woman seated at a table in a restaurant. The woman tastes the food, indicates it lacks something and the waiter leaves to get it. He returns with a bottle of Tabasco sauce which the woman shakes vigorously over her food. After sampling the concoction, it is evident from her facial expression that she has made a terrible mistake, and the film ends with the waiter squirting seltzer water in her mouth.
- This subject is the same as No. 1863 [ANNA HELD], but shown in full length figure. Both are admirable, and make hits either in the Biograph or Mutoscope.
- Captain Leyton treats his son, Boy, harshly to eliminate every weakness, but he is so overjoyed at Boy's courageous defense of the character of his sweetheart, Minnie, that he has a heart attack. Before he dies, Leyton charges Boy with avenging his mother's desertion of his father for another man. Boy finds his mother; discovers the other man to be Leyton's first mate, Morgan; hurls Morgan overboard; and returns to marry Minnie.
- Married to a spy who seeks to induce her to betray her country, the daughter of the American Ambassador to Belmark welcomes the news of her husband's death not knowing that he has merely staged a deception. She becomes the morganatic wife of Prince Leopold, of Belmark, but renounces the marriage that war may be avoided, only to learn that the new alliance means a still greater war. She persuades Leopold to renounce the compact, then saves his life by throwing herself between him and an exploding bomb, but the story does not end there.
- Yvonne Manoff) hosts an informal house party with Ernie Stanton)acting as the emcee. Ken Browne) shows up with his Society Pets and insists on acting as the emcee with Stanton. Jacqueline Allen) sings a Russian song and Paul Howard does an eccentric dance; Nayan Pearce)and Don Carthy) perform a ballroom dance. The Pope Sisters) sing one of their "hot' numbers and Will Cater follows with a cowboy song. Ken Browne's Society Pets close the short with a comedy routine and almost wreck the drawing-room with their goody musical-and-harmony act.
- Showing a trio of amateurs rehearsing a song. The action is extremely ludicrous.
- Willie puts a pack of firecrackers in the flour which Nora is preparing for her dough. A policeman comes in and is entertained by Nora. Willie in the meantime explodes the firecrackers, covering Nora and policeman with the contents of the pan.
- A lighthearted spoof of family life and fatherhood. President Roosevelt, who had just won reelection, believed Americans had to lead "the strenuous life" (it was the title of one of his books) if the United States was to retain its position of world leadership. He also declared that married women of northern European stock had a responsibility to produce at least four children to prevent "race suicide." Porter combined these two elements into a burlesque: the father returns home as his wife gives birth and soon finds himself caring for quadruplets. Using a close up, Porter shows the father's initial expression of pride as he weighs the first baby, but this expression quickly changes to distress as the nurse brings in one infant after another.
- A Western cowboy attempts to flirt with a veiled young lady sitting on a bench in the garden. After considerable persuasion she is induced to raise her veil, but to the cowboy's amazement she reveals a hideous face. The cowboy leaves in disgust, but his place is quickly taken by a dapper Eastern youth who removes the mask from the girl's face, and the two enjoy a hearty laugh over the cowboy's discomfiture.
- A near-sighted beau brings some flowers to a pretty girl. She leaves the room for an instant and a colored maid enters and proceeds to arrange the flowers. The near-sighted chap at once seizes her hand and proceeds to cover it with kisses, much to the amazement of the maid and of the mistress, who in the meantime has returned.