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1. Show of Shows (1929)
Passed | 128 min | Comedy
In 1929, the studio gave the cinema its voice and offered audiences a chance to hear their favorite actors and actresses from the silent-screen era. For the first time, they can be heard in... See full summary »
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Frank Fay, William Courtenay, H.B. Warner, Hobart Bosworth
Votes: 471
2. Pilgrimage (1933)
Passed | 96 min | Drama
A possessive mother pushes her son into World War I service rather than see him get married.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henrietta Crosman, Heather Angel, Norman Foster, Lucille La Verne
Votes: 829
3. Doctor Bull (1933)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Doc Bull, a no-nonsense country doctor who has served his community for decades, fights small-town prejudice and provincialism in several crises.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Vera Allen, Howard Lally
Votes: 740
4. Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
Passed | 56 min | Action, Drama, Western
A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.
Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Tom Mix, Beatrice Burnham, Arthur Morrison, Seessel Anne Johnson
Votes: 242
5. Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
73 min | Mystery
Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Warner Oland, Alexander Kirkland, H.B. Warner, Marian Nixon
Votes: 471
6. Captain Calamity (1936)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.
Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: George Houston, Marian Nixon, Vince Barnett, Crane Wilbur
Votes: 158
7. The Chinese Parrot (1927)
70 min | Mystery
Detective Charlie Chan investigates a pearl necklace, which has caused misery for all of its owners.
Director: Paul Leni | Stars: Marian Nixon, Florence Turner, Hobart Bosworth, Edmund Burns
Votes: 28
8. After Tomorrow (1932)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Romance
Engaged couple faces financial and family troubles that obstruct their marriage.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Charles Farrell, Marian Nixon, Minna Gombell, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 329
9. Winner Take All (1932)
Passed | 66 min | Drama
Young boxer Jim Kane, resting at a New Mexico "health ranch," meets and falls for Peggy Harmon, former nightclub table singer...who needs $600 more for her sickly son to stay in the place. ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore
Votes: 607
10. Rosita (1923)
Passed | 90 min | Romance, Comedy
Rosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.
Directors: Ernst Lubitsch, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Mary Pickford, Holbrook Blinn, Irene Rich, George Walsh
Votes: 476
11. Chance at Heaven (1933)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious mechanic is tempted to desert his wonderful girlfriend when a silly but rich debutante falls for him.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marian Nixon, Andy Devine
Votes: 671
12. The Reckless Way (1936)
Approved | 59 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A woman finds work as a model and takes advantage of the publicity she receives, much to the chagrin of her boyfriend.
Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Marian Nixon, Kane Richmond, Inez Courtney, Malcolm McGregor
Votes: 54
13. What Happened to Jones? (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
On the night before his wedding, a young man plays poker with friends. When the game is raided by the police, he escapes into a Turkish bath on ladies night, ending up disguised in drag and with difficult explanations to make.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Reginald Denny, Marian Nixon, Melbourne MacDowell, Frances Raymond
Votes: 145
14. Say It with Songs (1929)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Musical
Joe Lane kills another man in a fistfight after learning that the man has made improper advances towards his wife. Joe goes to prison for the murder. When Joe gets out of prison, he visits ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Al Jolson, Davey Lee, Marian Nixon, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 157
15. We're Rich Again (1934)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy
The wedding of their daughter brings many surprises, including a determined bill collector, a bad business venture, an elopement, and an unexpected windfall. They all add up to a barrel of one-liners and slap-stick.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke, Marian Nixon, Reginald Denny
Votes: 251
17. Ex-Flame (1930)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
A woman's uncontrollable jealousy over her husband's former girlfriend results in her losing not only her house but her young son is taken away from her.
Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon, Judith Barrie, Norman Kerry
18. General Crack (1929)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Drama, History
A nobleman marries a gypsy woman, but while at court he falls in love with a princess.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: John Barrymore, Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Armida
Votes: 75
19. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932)
75 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Marian Nixon, Ralph Bellamy, Mae Marsh, Louise Closser Hale
Votes: 35
20. Face in the Sky (1933)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Sign painters Joe and Lucky travel around New England looking for jobs. After Joe uses Madge as a model, she hides in their wagon. The painters are about to be charged with kidnapping until... See full summary »
Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Marian Nixon, Stuart Erwin, Sam Hardy
Votes: 97
21. The Lash (1930)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Don Francisco Delfina, a nobleman of Southern California in 1848, disguises himself as El Puma and leads a revolt against the tyrannical land agent and politician Peter Harkness.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Mary Astor, Fred Kohler, Marian Nixon
Votes: 173
22. Madison Square Garden (1932)
74 min | Drama, Sport
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Jack Oakie, Thomas Meighan, Marian Nixon, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 35
23. A Private Scandal (1931)
Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
There is a sensational jewel robbery at the home of one of the leaders of the Boston Back Bay aristocracy, and a Count d'Alencourt is arrested on the basis of a long police record involving... See full summary »
Director: Charles Hutchison | Stars: Marian Nixon, Lloyd Hughes, Theodore von Eltz, Lucille Powers
Votes: 48
24. Strictly Dynamite (1934)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Music
A struggling writer finds success writing scripts for a radio comic at the expense of his high-brow ambitions.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Norman Foster, William Gargan
Votes: 172
25. Sweepstakes (1931)
77 min | Comedy, Sport
A jockey is influenced to throw a race.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Eddie Quillan, Lew Cody, James Gleason, Marian Nixon
Votes: 60
26. By Your Leave (1934)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy
In the midst of a mid-life crisis, Henry Smith convinces his wife, Ellen, that they should take separate one-week vacations, with no questions asked. He tries to sow some wild oats with a ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Frank Morgan, Genevieve Tobin, Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon
Votes: 196
27. Scarlet Pages (1930)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career and entire future; Unless the mother she does not know can find a way to save her.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Elsie Ferguson, Marian Nixon, John Halliday, Grant Withers
Votes: 140
28. Hands Up! (1926)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Comedy, War
A southern spy during the Civil War, he must try to capture a shipment of gold. His task is complicated by the two sisters, the Indians and a firing squad.
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Raymond Griffith, Marian Nixon, Virginia Lee Corbin, Mack Swain
Votes: 306
29. Spangles (1926)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance
Marian Nixon plays the title character, a gorgeous bareback rider with a travelling circus. Spangles falls in love with Dick (Pat O'Malley), a young fugitive from justice who uses the Big Top for a hideout.
Director: Frank O'Connor | Stars: Marian Nixon, Pat O'Malley, Hobart Bosworth, Gladys Brockwell
Votes: 35
30. The Auctioneer (1927)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Simon, a young Jewish man emigrating to the US, adopts the daughter of a dying woman on the ship. After he settles in the US, he eventually builds up a successful business as a pawnbroker ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George Sidney, Marian Nixon, Gareth Hughes, Doris Lloyd
31. The Pay-Off (1930)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, ... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Hugh Trevor, George F. Marion
Votes: 300
32. The Shriek of Araby (1923)
50 min | Comedy
An employee in a theater showing Valentino's "The Shiek" daydreams about himself playing Valentino's role.
Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Ben Turpin, Kathryn McGuire, George Cooper, Charles Stevenson
Votes: 47
33. Jazz Mad (1928)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance
A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up hope. His daughter and her friends, however, never give up hope.
Director: F. Harmon Weight | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Marian Nixon, George J. Lewis, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 13
34. Silks and Saddles (1929)
Passed | 60 min | Drama
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Richard Walling, Marian Nixon, Sam De Grasse, Montagu Love
Votes: 14
35. How to Handle Women (1928)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy
Leonard Higgins, a small-time commercial artist Prince Hendryx, and his country of Vulgaria from bankruptcy by exploiting the country's peanut crop, and wins the fair hand of Beatrice Fairbanks in the process.
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Marian Nixon, Raymond Keane, Mario Carillo
36. Tango (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Drama
Believing his wife to be unfaithful, a husband deserts her and his child. Destitute, the woman is forced to take a job as a tango dancer.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Marian Nixon, Chick Chandler, Marie Prevost, Matty Kemp
Votes: 63
37. The Drag-Net (1936)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A playboy takes a job as an assistant district attorney, finds himself up against a tough crime boss and his gang.
Director: Vin Moore | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Marian Nixon, Betty Compson, Jack Adair
Votes: 64
38. Young Nowheres (1929)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Albert Whalen (Richard Barthelmess) a hotel elevator operator, together with one of the pretty chambermaids , Annie Jackson (Marion Nixon), on the hotel staff are accused of breaking and ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Marian Nixon, Bert Roach, Anders Randolf
39. I'll Show You the Town (1925)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy
A bachelor who cannot bring himself to break a date ends up with three dates at the same restaurant on the same night. He juggles the dates, keeping each from seeing the others, by feigning reasons to excuse himself from each table.
Director: Harry A. Pollard | Stars: Reginald Denny, Marian Nixon, Edward Kimball, Lilyan Tashman
Votes: 21
40. Durand of the Bad Lands (1925)
50 min | Crime, Western
Upon deciding to move to Mexico, Dick Durand sells his ranch and belongings to Sheriff Clem Allison, and Pete Garson, one of Allison's henchman, uses Durand's regalia to commit a number of ... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Reynolds | Stars: Buck Jones, Marian Nixon, Malcolm Waite, Fred DeSilva
Votes: 25
41. 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
42. Out All Night (1927)
60 min | Comedy
A young man marries an actress, but meanwhile her uncle has signed a contract binding her to spinsterhood, many complications arise.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Reginald Denny, Marian Nixon, Wheeler Oakman, Dorothy Earle
43. Big Dan (1923)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Big Dan returns from the war, and finding that his wife has left him, turns his home into a boys' camp and begins to train boxers.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Buck Jones, Marian Nixon, Ben Hendricks Jr., Trilby Clark
Votes: 27
44. Just Off Broadway (1924)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Jean Lawrence (Marian Nixon), unsuccessful as a musical comedy actress, is near starvation when she is rescued by Nan Norton (Trilby Clark), a gangland sweetheart, in a restaurant off ... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Mortimer | Stars: John Gilbert, Marian Nixon, Trilby Clark, Pierre Gendron
45. 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: 135
46. In the Headlines (1929)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
A tough newspaper reporter and his pretty assistant are investigating a double murder, and soon find themselves the targets of the as yet unknown murderer.
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Grant Withers, Marian Nixon, Clyde Cook, Edmund Breese
47. Sporting Life (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Sport
A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can save his fortunes.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Bert Lytell, Marian Nixon, Paulette Duval, Cyril Chadwick
Votes: 20
48. Devil's Island (1926)
70 min | Drama, Romance
A wealthy Parisian surgeon finds himself serving time in a brutal penal colony.
Director: Frank O'Connor | Stars: Pauline Frederick, Marian Nixon, George J. Lewis, Richard Tucker
Votes: 42
49. College Lovers (1930)
Romance
Romance on college campus.
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Jack Whiting, Marian Nixon, Frank McHugh, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
50. Where Was I? (1925)
70 min | Comedy
A mother is determined to break up her daughter's engagement and ruin her fiance financially.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Reginald Denny, Marian Nixon, Pauline Garon, Lee Moran
Votes: 11