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51. Elmer, the Great (1933)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd
Votes: 602
52. The Mighty Barnum (1934)
Approved | 85 min | Biography, Comedy
The comic exploits of confidence trickster and showman P.T. Barnum from his early days through to the creation of The Greatest Show on Earth.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Wallace Beery, Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Bruce, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 102
53. True to the Navy (1930)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A countergirl at a San Diego soda shop has a lot of sailor "boyfriends", but her heart really belongs to a free-spirited gunner, who doesn't want to be tied down to any one woman.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Clara Bow, Fredric March, Harry Green, Rex Bell
Votes: 168
54. No Limit (1931)
72 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well gambler.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Clara Bow, Norman Foster, Stuart Erwin, Dixie Lee
Votes: 136
55. Orchids to You (1935)
74 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: John Boles, Jean Muir, Charles Butterworth, Ruthelma Stevens
Votes: 48
56. West of the Pecos (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Western
After the Civil War, Colonel Lambeth returns to his country home in Georgia and is reunited with his daughter Terrill. Broke and with no immediate prospects, Lambeth and Terrill decide to ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Richard Dix, Martha Sleeper, Samuel S. Hinds, Fred Kohler
Votes: 24
57. The Daring Young Man (1935)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Two reporters plan to marry but the bride is left waiting at the altar because her groom has gone undercover to expose gang activity.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton, Sidney Toler
Votes: 51
58. The Californian (1937)
Approved | 59 min | Action, History, Romance
Native son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing land from old California families. He becomes a sort of Robin Hood in order to fight them.
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver, Katherine DeMille, Maurice Black
Votes: 61
59. The Great Junction Hotel (1931)
18 min | Short, Comedy
A Masquers' Club spoof short. Newly-weds spend their wedding night in a run-down hotel, watched over by an under-employed house detective. When the bride goes missing, the groom (Horton) is... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller, Harry Gribbon, Richard Carle
Votes: 24
60. The Runaway Bride (1930)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young socialite and a rich playboy elope to Atlantic City. However, she soon realizes he's not the man she wants him to be and tries to call off the wedding. A jewelry store robbery, murder and other mayhem are soon involved.
Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst, David Newell
Votes: 293
61. Her First Mate (1933)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy
A peanut and candy butcher on an Albany night boat dreams of owning his own boat.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts, Una Merkel, Warren Hymer
Votes: 94
62. Breakfast in Bed (1930)
21 min | Short, Comedy
A woman, affectionately called Blondie by her husband, hires a cook called Blondie by both her boyfriends. When all five end up in the house at the same time, romantic complications ensue.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Daphne Pollard, Franklin Pangborn, Lucille Williams, Edgar Dearing
Votes: 18
63. Numbered Men (1930)
TV-PG | 70 min | Crime, Drama
Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other, but Lou Rinaldo, who framed Bud to get Mary, and escape-minded King Callahan, set events in motion to prove that love and justice will prevail.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel, Raymond Hackett, Ralph Ince
Votes: 164
64. 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
65. Under Strange Flags (1937)
Passed | 64 min | Romance
In 1914 Mexico, the revolution, led by Pancho Villa, is preventing many Americans from getting their mined-in-Mexico silver across the American border. Tom Kenyon, American manager of the ... See full summary »
Director: Irvin Willat | Stars: Tom Keene, Luana Walters, Budd Buster, Maurice Black
Votes: 38
66. Walking Down Broadway (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Claire Trevor, Phyllis Brooks, Leah Ray, Dixie Dunbar
Votes: 78
67. Half a Sinner (1934)
70 min | Drama
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Sally Blane, Joel McCrea, Berton Churchill, Alexandria Carlisle
Votes: 29
68. While Paris Sleeps (1932)
67 min | Drama
To save his daughter Manon (Helen Mack) from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard (Victor McLaglen) escapes from jail.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Helen Mack, William Bakewell, Jack La Rue
Votes: 136
69. The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933)
68 min | Comedy
Kelly's daughter falls for a revenue agent, and his divorced wife is after alimony.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: George Sidney, Charles Murray, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Albertson
Votes: 24
70. The Party's Over (1934)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Bruce Blakely, a meek, mild-mannered certified public accountant, finally gets fed up with his money-grubbing family sponging off of him, and decides to partake of a different side and slice of life. A blonde secretary helps guide him.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Ann Sothern, Arline Judge, Chick Chandler
Votes: 28
71. Three Legionnaires (1937)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Set in the post-WWI days in the Siberian tank town of Skzavoskanoff, U. S. Army Sergeant Chuck Connors and Private Jiimy Barton are charged with upholding the principles of American ... See full summary »
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Lyle Talbot, Fifi D'Orsay, Anne Nagel
Votes: 30
72. Let's Do Things (1931)
27 min | Comedy, Short
Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Maurice Black, George Byron
Votes: 114
73. Captain Swagger (1928)
Passed | 65 min | Drama
Hugh Drummond goes broke living too high and turns to crime in order to pay his bills.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Sue Carol, Richard Tucker, Victor Potel
Votes: 48
74. Stowaway (1932)
Passed | 54 min | Romance, Drama
A woman is forced to stowaway on a freighter in order to avoid going to jail as a mistaken street walker.
Director: Phil Whitman | Stars: Fay Wray, Leon Ames, Montagu Love, Lee Moran
Votes: 21
75. Sit Tight (1931)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Musical
The managers of a gymnasium/health spa train an office clerk to be a champion wrestler.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown, Paul Gregory, Claudia Dell
Votes: 173
76. Marked Money (1928)
60 min | Drama
A farce about three unnamed bad guys trying to steal $25K that a dying father left behind for his son. Opens with sailor Bill giving son, pet monkey and the lock box of money to a lawyer. ... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Frank Coghlan Jr., Tom Keene, Tom Kennedy, Bert Woodruff
Votes: 33
77. Silly Billies (1936)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Western
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in the Old West, trying to set up their dental practice in a deserted town whose inhabitants have been targeted by bad guys and marauding Indians.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Harry Woods
Votes: 92
78. Romance of the Underworld (1928)
68 min | Drama
When a gangster's speakeasy is raided by the police, one of the people picked up is the gangster's pretty young girlfriend. A kind-hearted cop takes pity on her and helps her get out of ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Mary Astor, Ben Bard, Robert Elliott, John Boles
Votes: 82
79. Square Shoulders (1929)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tad's dream is to attend a military academy so he can grow up to be a great soldier and a war hero, like his father. What he doesn't know is that his father, Slag, is actually a thief and a... See full summary »
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Frank Coghlan Jr., Louis Wolheim, Philippe De Lacy, Anita Louise
Votes: 33
80. Brothers (1930)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bob Naughton and Eddie Connolly are identical-twin brothers who were separated in infancy. Bob is raised by a rich lawyer and has all the advantages, but is a drunk with no moral character.... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Bert Lytell, Dorothy Sebastian, William Morris, Richard Tucker
Votes: 17
81. Sob Sister (1931)
67 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: James Dunn, Linda Watkins, Minna Gombell, Howard Phillips
Votes: 28
82. Wake Up and Dream (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Adventure, Music, Romance
The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Russ Columbo, Roger Pryor, June Knight, Catherine Doucet
Votes: 69
83. The Engineer's Daughter; or, Iron Minnie's Revenge (1932)
20 min | Short, Comedy
A deliberately campy send-up of old rustic melodramas in which the villainous Lawyer Stebbins plots to gain control of land belonging to the cider-making Widow James. When he fails in his ... See full summary »
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: May Robson, Montagu Love, Marjorie Peterson, Clyde Cook
Votes: 8
84. Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (1933)
21 min | Short, Comedy
When the fiendish Sinclair Sable arranges the kidnapping of the beautiful Benecia Beamish, only the members of the Beer and Bicycle Club can save her.
Director: Albert Ray | Stars: Charles Ray, Sam Hardy, William Farnum, Barbara Sheldon
Votes: 20
85. Dangerous Daze (1931)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Raymond Hatton, Bert Roach, Betty Francisco, Maurice Black
86. The Face on the Barroom Floor (1932)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bill Bronson is a likable young bank clerk, whose congenital thirst for liquor is kept under control until he joins his wife Mary at getting blotto at a company party. From there it is a downward spiral.
Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: Dulcie Cooper, Bramwell Fletcher, Alice Ward, Phillips Smalley
Votes: 17
87. The Spy (1931)
68 min | Drama
Director: Berthold Viertel | Stars: Kay Johnson, Neil Hamilton, John Halliday, Milton Holmes
Votes: 16
88. The Chumps (1930)
21 min | Short, Comedy
A couple leaving for their honeymoon trip to Europe fall prey to a gang of con artists in a rigged card game. Can this marriage survive?
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Marjorie Beebe, Franklin Pangborn, Andy Clyde, Bud Jamison
Votes: 20
89. A Son Comes Home (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The heart-stirring story of a mother, Mary Grady (Mary Boland), forced to choose between saving the life of a falsely-accused innocent boy while, if she does, she will be sending her own son to his death.
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Mary Boland, Julie Haydon, Donald Woods, Wallace Ford
Votes: 17
90. 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: 35
91. Missing Girls (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama
A group of gangsters shoot Senator Benson (Wallis Clark) and take his daughter, Dorothy Benton (Muriel Evans) and her friend Ann Jason (Ann Doran) as hostages at Ma Barton's hideout. ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Roger Pryor, Muriel Evans, Sidney Blackmer, Noel Madison
Votes: 58
92. Laughing Irish Eyes (1936)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
An Irish-American boxing promoter goes back to Ireland looking for a fighter he can turn into the next heavyweight champion, and comes across a blacksmith he believes has potential. The only problem is, the blacksmith isn't interested.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Phil Regan, Evalyn Knapp, Walter C. Kelly, Ray Walker
Votes: 45
93. Leaping Love (1929)
21 min | Comedy, Short
Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter.
Director: Warren Doane | Stars: Charley Chase, Isabelle Keith, Dixie Gay, Barbara Leonard
Votes: 24
94. Big Money (I) (1930)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Eddie, a messenger boy in the George McCall brokerage house, is dispatched to deliver $50,000 in currency to the bank just before before closing time, but his weakness for tossing the dice ... See full summary »
Director: Russell Mack | Stars: Eddie Quillan, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Margaret Livingston
Votes: 23
95. Exclusive Story (1936)
Approved | 73 min | Drama
Exclusive Story is a 1936 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Michael Fessier. The film stars Franchot Tone, Madge Evans, Stuart Erwin, Joseph Calleia, Robert Barrat and J. Farrell MacDonald.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Franchot Tone, Madge Evans, Stuart Erwin, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 195
96. Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
Passed | 63 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A gang of escaped convicts hijacks a ship and heads for a remote island. On the way they pick up a young woman who's been shipwrecked.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Dorothy Sebastian, Fred Kohler, Leon Ames, Gertrude Astor
Votes: 19
97. Steady Company (1932)
65 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Norman Foster, June Clyde, Zasu Pitts, Henry Armetta
Votes: 25
98. Ellis Island (1936)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
It opens in 1926 when three bank robbers, Theodore Kedrich, Jan Imarski, and Petra Lonelli, stage a daring daylight bank robbery and get away with a million dollars in cash. They are soon ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon, Jack La Rue, Joyce Compton
Votes: 81
99. Dark Streets (1929)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Pat and Danny McGlone are identical twin bothers, rivals and competitors in everything they do, and Pat grows up and becomes a policeman while Danny turns to a life of crime. They now find ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee, Aggie Herring, Earl Pingree
Votes: 36
100. The Carnation Kid (1929)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
Directors: E. Mason Hopper, Leslie Pearce | Stars: Douglas MacLean, Frances Lee, William B. Davidson, Lorraine MacLean