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1. The Sporting Venus (1925)
66 min | Drama, Romance
A rich heiress falls in love with a medical student despite being engaged to a foreign prince.
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Ronald Colman, Lew Cody, Josephine Crowell
Votes: 129
2. Show People (1928)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson, Paul Ralli
Votes: 4,007 | Gross: $1.10M
3. The Tower of Lies (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
After his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when her letters become less frequent and it is suspected she may be using her body to get the money.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Norma Shearer, Lon Chaney, Ian Keith, Claire McDowell
Votes: 114 | Gross: $0.22M
4. Dishonored (1931)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Warner Oland
Votes: 3,200
5. A Single Man (1929)
60 min | Comedy
Robin Worthington (Lew Cody), a middle-aged man attracted by a young woman, at first avoids her, then falls for her. He undergoes a profound change in temperament, but in the end he marries... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Marceline Day, Edward J. Nugent
Votes: 41
6. Private Scandal (1934)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
"Private Scandal" is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Vera Caspary, Garrett Fort and Bruce Manning. The film stars ZaSu Pitts, Phillips Holmes, ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Phillips Holmes, Mary Brian, Ned Sparks
Votes: 33
7. Souls for Sale (1923)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Director: Rupert Hughes | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Mae Busch, Barbara La Marr, Richard Dix
Votes: 1,106
8. The Treasure of the Sea (1918)
50 min | Drama
Believing that Margaret Elkins would marry him if they were of the same financial status, Henry Ames misuses his power of attorney and ruins the young woman's father, Thomas Elkins. Because... See full summary »
Director: Frank Reicher | Stars: Edith Storey, Lew Cody, Louis Willoughby, Josef Swickard
Votes: 14
9. As the Sun Went Down (1919)
50 min | Western
Although a female, gunfighter "Colonel Billy" is feared by the men of Rattlesnake Gulch, a mining camp in California. The women, however, won't have anything to do with her because of ... See full summary »
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Edith Storey, Lew Cody, Harry Northrup, William Brunton
Votes: 11
10. Madison Square Garden (1932)
74 min | Drama, Sport
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Jack Oakie, Thomas Meighan, Marian Nixon, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 35
11. Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Western
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Fay Wray, Lew Cody, Robert Warwick
Votes: 32
12. Under-Cover Man (1932)
74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police.
Director: James Flood | Stars: George Raft, Nancy Carroll, Roscoe Karns, Lew Cody
Votes: 84
13. 1925 Studio Tour (1925)
Unrated | 32 min | Documentary, Short
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 is given to meet the people who make the movies there and see how movies are made.
Stars: Mrs. M.F. Lee, Carey Wilson, Howard Hawks, Agnes Christine Johnston
Votes: 429
14. The Unwritten Law (1932)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A film producer is found murdered on a ship, and among the suspects are a young woman whose mother was mistreated by him and his recently fired electrician.
Directors: Christy Cabanne, Wilfred Lucas | Stars: Greta Nissen, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Mary Brian, Lew Cody
Votes: 9
15. The Valley of Silent Men (1922)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Drama, Romance
The hunter becomes the hunted as Corporal James Kent (Lew Cody), of the Canadian Royal Mounted, fighting for his life, is guided to a secret valley, a refuge for wanted men, by a ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Joe King, Mario Majeroni
Votes: 52
16. Rupert of Hentzau (1923)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Rudolf Rassendyll returns to Ruritania, to play the King once more.
Director: Victor Heerman | Stars: Elaine Hammerstein, Lew Cody, Bert Lytell, Claire Windsor
Votes: 15
17. 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: 34
18. Don't Change Your Husband (1919)
Not Rated | 71 min | Comedy
Leila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking sloppy. But after she divorces him and marries two-timing playboy Schuyler Van Sutphen the now-reformed James looks pretty good.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Elliott Dexter, Gloria Swanson, Lew Cody, Sylvia Ashton
Votes: 1,272
19. Three Women (1924)
83 min | Drama
A frivolous middle-aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for her daughter, leaving her young boyfriend crushed.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pauline Frederick, May McAvoy, Marie Prevost, Lew Cody
Votes: 242 | Gross: $0.75M
20. Sitting Pretty (1933)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Chick Parker and Pete Pendleton are songwriters en route from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune, joined by lunch-wagon proprietor Dorothy.
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Ginger Rogers, Gregory Ratoff
Votes: 194
21. Shoot the Works (1934)
64 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Nicky Nelson runs a small carnival on New York's 42nd Street under the auspices of Nicky Nelson Enterprises, which consists of Joe Davis and his band, stunt man "Sailor" Burke and his gold ... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Jack Oakie, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Dell, Alison Skipworth
Votes: 72
22. Within the Law (1923)
105 min | Drama
When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Lew Cody, Jack Mulhall, Eileen Percy
Votes: 145 | Gross: $0.19M
23. The Broken Butterfly (1919)
58 min | Drama
Before she parts from him for a while, a woman falls in love with a composer, working on a symphony, who she encounters in the forests of Canada.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Lew Cody, Mary Alden, Pauline Starke, Peaches Jackson
Votes: 214
24. Mickey (1918)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.
Directors: F. Richard Jones, James Young | Stars: Mabel Normand, George Nichols, Laura La Varnie, Lew Cody
Votes: 1,180 | Gross: $17.20M
25. Sporting Blood (1931)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
The saga of thoroughbred Tommy Boy, born in a rain puddle, and his various owners as he evolves into a a champion stakes horse.
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody
Votes: 379
26. The Crusader (1932)
Passed | 65 min | Drama
Gangsters scheme to get rid of a crusading District Attorney by blackmailing him through his daughter.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Evelyn Brent, H.B. Warner, Lew Cody, Ned Sparks
Votes: 76
27. A Woman of Experience (1931)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
In 1915 Vienna, the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa decides to answer the patriotic appeals and help by working in the hospital, but her reputation causes her to be rejected. ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, William Bakewell, Lew Cody, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 206
28. File 113 (1932)
53 min | Mystery
A Parisian cop sets out to solve a sudden series of crimes, including robbery and blackmail.
Director: Chester M. Franklin | Stars: Lew Cody, Mary Nolan, Clara Kimball Young, George E. Stone
Votes: 9
29. Husbands and Lovers (1924)
80 min | Comedy
Comedy about a negligent housewife who restyles herself as a flapper and almost loses her husband when an admiring friend is quite taken with her new appearance.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Lewis Stone, Florence Vidor, Dale Fuller, Winter Hall
Votes: 18
30. Beans (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Thriller
Brewster, the bean king, has an option of renewal on a certain bean canning plant owned by Ellis. Ellis does not desire to renew and hires Wingate, a shyster lawyer, to help him. Brewster ... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Edith Roberts, Lew Cody, Charles K. Gerrard, Harry Carter
Votes: 24
31. The Common Law (1931)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
Young Valerie models for an American painter who tries to make a future in Paris and they fall in love.
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Lew Cody, Robert Williams
Votes: 417
32. Hello, 'Frisco (1924)
10 min | Comedy, Short
Unable to find work on the Universal "lot," Slim and Bobby get jobs as cameramen to photograph the stars and notables at the Wampas Ball in 'Frisco. Slim encounters considerable difficulty ... See full summary »
Director: Slim Summerville | Stars: Slim Summerville, Bobby Dunn, James Rolph Jr., Antonio Moreno
Votes: 16
33. I Love That Man (1933)
74 min | Crime, Drama
A woman falls in love with a con artist despite the fact that he does not want to marry her. They try to start a respectable life in a small town, but his shady past threatens to catch up with them.
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Nancy Carroll, Robert Armstrong, Lew Cody
Votes: 39
34. Beyond Victory (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, War
Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
Directors: John S. Robertson, Edward H. Griffith | Stars: William Boyd, James Gleason, Lew Cody, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 96
35. The Tenderfoot (1932)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Western
Calvin Jones is a cowboy who wants to invest in a Broadway play. Ruth Weston, a secretary, learns that her boss, Joe Lehman, is attempting to swindle Jones and pulls a successful coup d'etat producing a play that she stars in.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Lew Cody, Vivien Oakland
Votes: 448
36. 70,000 Witnesses (1932)
Passed | 69 min | Mystery, Sport
College football player (Phillips Holmes)is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother(Lew Cody).He refuses, but they player is doped anyway,and collapses and dies. A ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Phillips Holmes, Dorothy Jordan, Charles Ruggles, Johnny Mack Brown
Votes: 82
37. Three Girls Lost (1931)
80 min | Drama
Architect Gordon Wales finds fellow apartment house resident Joan Marsh locked out and flirts with her. When she is murdered evidence points to him. He and Joan's roommate Noreen become involved.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Loretta Young, Lew Cody, John Wayne, Joan Marsh
Votes: 144
38. X Marks the Spot (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The story begins in 1923: after an accident, a newspaper reporter needs to raise $5,000 to pay for an operation, otherwise his young sister will be crippled for life. The desperate reporter... See full summary »
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Lew Cody, Sally Blane, Wallace Ford, Mary Nolan
Votes: 78
39. What a Widow! (1930)
88 min | Romance, Comedy
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a rich playboy and a lawyer who works for her.
Directors: Allan Dwan, Dudley Murphy, James Seymour | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Owen Moore, Lew Cody, Margaret Livingston
Votes: 67
40. His Secretary (1925)
70 min | Comedy
When a secretary overhears her boss disparaging her looks, she decides to show him how wrong he is.
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Norma Shearer, Lew Cody, Willard Louis, Karl Dane
Votes: 18 | Gross: $0.32M
41. By Appointment Only (1933)
Passed | 67 min | Drama
When a mother dies of heart failure in a doctor's office, the physician--feeling somewhat guilty because he couldn't save her--takes an interest in the woman's young daughter.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Sally O'Neil, Edward Morgan
Votes: 128
42. A Parisian Romance (1932)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance
Octave Feuillet's play about an elderly Parisian rake who romances a parade of sophisticated women without falling for any of them. He meets his match when he tries to win a young girl away from her fiance, a struggling young artist.
Director: Chester M. Franklin | Stars: Lew Cody, Marion Shilling, Gilbert Roland, Joyce Compton
Votes: 66
43. Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (I) (1933)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A promotional film featuring movie stars at play.
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Richard Arlen, Tallulah Bankhead, Lew Cody, Heinie Conklin
Votes: 17
44. 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
45. The Sign on the Door (1921)
84 min | Drama
Ann Hunniwell, innocently accompanying Frank Devereaux, her employer's son, to a questionable New York cafe, is arrested in a raid and is photographed by a newspaperman, although Devereaux ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Charles Richman, Lew Cody, David Proctor
Votes: 35
46. Wine, Women and Song (1933)
70 min | Drama
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Lilyan Tashman, Lew Cody, Marjorie Reynolds, Matty Kemp
Votes: 7
47. The Life Line (1919)
60 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Jack Hearne, known as the Romany Rye, prefers living with the gypsies rather than claiming the right to his part of his half brother Phillip Royston's country estate, Cragsnest. When he ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Jack Holt, Wallace Beery, Lew Cody, Tully Marshall
Votes: 27
48. Divorce Among Friends (1930)
65 min | Comedy
Pre code, sexually suggestive romantic comedy in which Mr and Mrs Morris both have extra marital flings that cause some confusion. Will they divorce or will they be able to make up?
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Hall, Irene Delroy, Lew Cody, Natalie Moorhead
Votes: 33
49. The Voice of Hollywood No. 5 (1930)
10 min | Short
Stars: Taylor Holmes, Armida, Lew Cody, Gus Edwards
Votes: 15
50. Revelation (1924)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Paul Granville becomes a famous painter for his portraits of great women as modeled by the beautiful Joline Hofer. When one of Paul's paintings appears to result in a miracle, Joline's life... See full summary »
Director: George D. Baker | Stars: Viola Dana, Monte Blue, Marjorie Daw, Lew Cody
Votes: 18