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1. Scandal Sheet (1939)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama
Jim Stevenson, publisher of a scandal mongering tabloid, takes pride in publishing only the news that's unfit to print. Stevenson attends the graduation ceremonies at Croft College, where ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Otto Kruger, Ona Munson, Edward Norris, John Dilson
Votes: 14
2. Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
The idyllic life of Tarzan and Jane is challenged by men on safari who come seeking ivory, and come seeking Jane as well.
Directors: Cedric Gibbons, James C. McKay, Jack Conway | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh
Votes: 5,573
3. March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Opposing the evil Barnaby, Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try and fail to pay-off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland.
Directors: Gus Meins, Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Virginia Karns, Charlotte Henry
Votes: 7,564
4. Body and Soul (1927)
60 min | Drama, Romance
A disgraced alcoholic surgeon settles in a small village in the Swiss Alps. He falls for Hilda, a servant at the hotel where he lives. He tricks her into marrying him by making her think ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Aileen Pringle, Norman Kerry, Lionel Barrymore, T. Roy Barnes
Votes: 9
5. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Passed | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A trader and his daughter set off in search of the fabled graveyard of the elephants in deepest Africa, only to encounter a wild man raised by apes.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 8,222
6. Upstage (1926)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Dolly Havens, a small-town girl with big-town ambitions that are larger than her talents, hooks up with Johnny Storm, a vaudeville performer, whose talents make the act a success. Dolly, ... See full summary »
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Oscar Shaw, Tenen Holtz, Gwen Lee
Votes: 104
7. The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Unrated | 64 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
When Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox, Roger Pryor
Votes: 1,965
8. Mountain Moonlight (1941)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy
Elviry Weaver is overcome with emotion when her husband Abner throws a party to celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, but manages to enjoy the festivities with their children, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Weaver, Betty Jane Rhodes
Votes: 14
9. The Divorcee (1930)
Passed | 84 min | Romance, Drama
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel
Votes: 3,657
10. Vanity Street (1932)
Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A NYC police-detective rescues a down-and-out showgirl from a bad situation, gets her a job in the 'Follies", and falls in love with her. Then, as he is about to lead her to the altar, he ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Charles Bickford, Helen Chandler, Mayo Methot, George Meeker
Votes: 119
11. No More West (1934)
19 min | Comedy, Short
Bert runs a shooting gallery in New York. After capturing a couple of robbers he heads out west, and gets tricked by the same robbers into robbing a bank.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Bert Lahr, Florence Auer, Harry Shannon, The Rhythm Boys
Votes: 23
12. The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A medical researcher visits the deserted home of a pioneer in cryogenic science who disappeared 10 years earlier and finds him frozen in ice but still alive.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Boris Karloff, Roger Pryor, Jo Ann Sayers, Stanley Brown
Votes: 1,109
13. Men Without Souls (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Johnny Adams arrives in a brutal prison under an assumed name after deliberately framing himself in order to kill White, a captain of the guards, because he had beaten Johnny's father to ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Barton MacLane, John Litel, Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford
Votes: 83
14. The Girl from Alaska (1942)
Approved | 75 min | Western
After four unprofitable years in Alaska, gold prospector Steve Bentley prepares to return to the United States. His friend Ravenhill, who is known as Rave, tries to convince him to ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Nick Grinde, William Witney | Stars: Ray Middleton, Jean Parker, Jerome Cowan, Robert Barrat
Votes: 14
15. Shopworn (1932)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance
A poor woman and a man from an upper-class family fall in love, but his mother will go to any lengths to stop their marriage.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Regis Toomey, Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 887
16. A Woman Is the Judge (1939)
61 min | Drama
A famous woman jurist at the peak of her career resigns the bench to defend her daughter against a murder charge.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Frieda Inescort, Otto Kruger, Rochelle Hudson, Mayo Methot
Votes: 36
17. Good News (I) (1930)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Musical
Tom Marlowe is the star of his college football team and has a promising romance with a female college student, Connie Lane. However, he does not excel in his college studies. A series of ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Mary Lawlor, Stanley Smith, Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards
Votes: 369
18. King of Chinatown (1939)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Violence and death stalk the Chinese of a big American city, but one man, Dr. Chang Ling, and his daughter, Dr. Mary Ling, defy the racketeers who are responsible, and, against terrific odds, bring peace to their oppressed neighbors.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Sidney Toler
Votes: 274
19. How to Sleep (1935)
Passed | 11 min | Comedy, Short
A humorous look at the problems people have trying to sleep.
Director: Nick Grinde | Star: Robert Benchley
Votes: 737
20. The Captain's Kid (1936)
Passed | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Marcia Prentiss, a New England spinster, is annoyed when reaching her summer home to find that her niece, Betsy Ann, is there after being told to remain in school, but is there because she ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: May Robson, Sybil Jason, Guy Kibbee, Jane Bryan
Votes: 132
21. The Devil's Cabaret (1930)
Passed | 16 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
At "Satan & Co., Inc.", the Devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather than down to Hades. He gives his assistant, Mr. Burns the task of getting more people to his... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Edward Buzzell, Mary Carlisle, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Ann Dvorak
Votes: 432
22. Bum Voyage (1934)
Approved | 19 min | Comedy, Short
The girls find a pair of steamship tickets, not knowing that the cabin the tickets are for is inhabited by a gorilla.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly, Adrian Rosley, Noah Young
Votes: 57
23. White Bondage (1937)
Approved | 60 min | Drama
In the Depression era American South, impoverished, oppressed sharecroppers band together to fight the corrupt and abusive bosses who rule over the cotton farming community.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Jean Muir, Gordon Oliver, Howard Phillips, Joe King
Votes: 128
24. Menu (1933)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Short
A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Pete Smith, Luis Alberni, Una Merkel, Franklin Pangborn
Votes: 318
25. Stone of Silver Creek (1935)
Approved | 63 min | Western
A saloon owner falls for one of his girls.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Buck Jones, Noel Francis, Niles Welch, Marion Shilling
Votes: 44
26. Before I Hang (1940)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett, Edward Van Sloan
Votes: 1,416
27. Man, Woman and Sin (1927)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
A young man takes a succession of odd jobs to save enough money to buy a house for himself and his mother. He lands a position in a newspaper office and falls in love with the beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: John Gilbert, Jeanne Eagels, Gladys Brockwell, Marc McDermott
Votes: 394
28. Friendly Neighbors (1940)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy
After a drought renders their farm worthless, Abner Weaver, his wife Elviry, daughter Violey and brother Cicero move West in search of a new life. Along the way they meet a group of tramps,... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Weaver, Lois Ranson
Votes: 30
29. Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Jean Muir, Warren Hull, Gordon Oliver, Carlyle Moore Jr.
Votes: 227
30. The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.
Directors: David Burton, Nick Grinde | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 856
31. Convicted Woman (1940)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and, despite the best efforts of her lawyer and noted social worker Mary Ellis and a reporter, Jim Brent ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Lola Lane
Votes: 288
32. Girls of the Road (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and runaways running from or toward something as they hitch-hiked their way across the United States, ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Ann Dvorak, Helen Mack, Lola Lane, Ann Doran
Votes: 173
33. Border Brigands (1935)
Passed | 56 min | Western
Canadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Buck Jones, Lona Andre, Fred Kohler, Frank Rice
Votes: 59
34. Sudden Money (1939)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $150,000 grand prize in the sweepstakes contest.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Marjorie Rambeau, Charley Grapewin, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 88
35. Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mobster breaks out of prison to kill his ex-wife's new husband - who, by accident, is a FBI agent trying to capture him.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, Robert Armstrong, Cesar Romero
Votes: 179
36. Million Dollar Legs (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy
At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his ... See full summary »
Directors: Nick Grinde, Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Betty Grable, John Hartley, Donald O'Connor, Jackie Coogan
Votes: 152
37. Federal Man-Hunt (1938)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
By a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges, escapes from the prison, and all of the law-agencies and local police are out to catch him ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Robert Livingston, June Travis, John Gallaudet, Charles Halton
Votes: 27
38. Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Norman Foster, Evalyn Knapp, Eric Linden, Esther Ralston
Votes: 135
39. Public Wedding (1937)
Approved | 58 min | Comedy
The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofitable giant whale. But the intended '... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Jane Wyman, William Hopper, Dick Purcell, Marie Wilson
Votes: 257
40. Down in 'Arkansaw' (1938)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy
A government representative travels to the backwoods of Arkansas to convince the people there of the benefits to them of a proposed dam on their river.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Weaver
Votes: 36
41. This Modern Age (1931)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young American woman reunites with her estranged divorcée mother living chic, carefree life in Paris. She falls for Harvard football star on vacation, but his conservative parents disapprove of the demimonde lifestyle of the two expatriates.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Joan Crawford, Pauline Frederick, Marjorie Rambeau, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 568
42. We've Never Been Licked (1943)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Drama, Romance
WWII morale film for Texas A&M graduates fighting overseas. Young Brad Craig (Langton) enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which Mitchum and other upperclassmen quickly ... See full summary »
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Richard Quine, Anne Gwynne, Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 192
43. Jailbreak (1936)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex-racketeer slugs a cop and goes to prison to keep from being involved in crime again. On the day of his parole, his plans are dashed. It's up to a brash newspaper reporter to figure out what happened.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Barton MacLane, June Travis, Craig Reynolds, Dick Purcell
Votes: 124
44. Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
Not Rated | 65 min | Comedy
Two rival newspaper men battle over a beautiful woman while covering an overseas civil war.
Directors: Nick Grinde, Armand Schaefer | Stars: Wallace Ford, June Travis, Dean Jagger, William Bakewell
Votes: 76
45. The Great American Pie Company (1935)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy
Two pie vendors discuss merging their businesses, but one of them may have an ulterior motive.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Charles 'Chic' Sale, Spencer Charters, Mary Foy
Votes: 85
46. Remote Control (1930)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A radio announcer suspects a cohort of sending coded messages over the air to his bank-robber friends.
Directors: Nick Grinde, Malcolm St. Clair, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: William Haines, Charles King, Mary Doran, John Miljan
Votes: 652
47. Love Is on the Air (1937)
Passed | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Andy McCaine is the ace crime reporter for a radio station. However, his exposés of corruption in high places gets him in trouble with the sponsor of his show, E.E. Nichols, who is in ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Ronald Reagan, June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Ben Welden
Votes: 229
48. Leo Beers: World Renowned Whistling Songster (1928)
8 min | Short, Music
Leo Beers, a renowned whistling songster, is sitting at a piano accompanying himself whistling a number of tunes. The tunes range from ballads to novelties to upbeats tunes. He also does ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Star: Leo Beers
Votes: 34
49. Metro Movietone Revue (II) (1929)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Another in a series of Metro Movietone Revues featuring various vaudeville acts.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: George Dewey Washington, Johnny Marvin, Rosemarie Sinnott, The Five Locust Sisters
Votes: 39
50. Metro Movietone Revue (II) (1930)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Metro Movietone Revue featuring various vaudeville acts.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: George Dewey Washington, The Ponce Sisters, Joseph Regan, Ella Shields
Votes: 36