Harvey F. Thew — Playwright (13)
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The Enemy Sex (1924) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Enemy Sex
director: James Cruze actor: Betty Compson / Percy Marmont …
other title: 性の敵
A well-known sextet has been invited to a society gathering, and when one of them turns up missing, their manager asks Dodo to fill in. At the party, she meets four new men. She's smart enough to steer clear of two of them -- corrupt society leader Albert Sasson and powerful newspaper publisher Harrigan Blood. Instead she becomes passionately involved with Judge Massingale. The man who really steals her heart, however, is Garry Lindaberry, who seems to be a hopeless drunk.
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The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Woman from Monte Carlo
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Lil Dagover / Walter Huston …
other title: 海戰情波 / The Marked Woman …
On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is no shore leave, although wives are permitted to come to a party. The strain of command on the older captain and his new, young wife is very great.
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Illicit (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Illicit
director: Archie Mayo actor: Barbara Stanwyck / James Rennie …
other title: Ilícito
Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure ends up paying off, so Ann and Dick get married.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Uncle Tom's Cabin
director: Harry A. Pollard actor: Margarita Fischer / James B. Lowe …
other title: 汤姆叔叔的小屋 / La Cabaña del Tío Tom …
In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.
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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
director: King Baggot actor: House Peters / Miss DuPont …
other title: Raffles / Raffles, der Juwelenmarder
Raffles is an English gentleman with a secret life—he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The Amateur Cracksman." While sailing from India to England accompanied by his friend, Bunny Manners, it is rumored that the infamous cracksman is aboard ship. Raffles warns a lady passenger to keep an eye on her necklace, which is stolen soon afterward. Although a search reveals no evidence, the necklace is returned upon reaching London.
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Death on the Diamond (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Death on the Diamond
director: Edward Sedgwick actor: Robert Young / Madge Evans …
other title: La mano invisible
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?
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Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) IMDb Douban
Show Girl in Hollywood
director: 茂文·勒鲁瓦 actor: 爱丽斯·怀特 / 杰克·茂豪尔 …
other title: 好莱坞歌女 / Su éxito
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
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Stranger in Town (1931) Douban
director: Erle C. Kenton actor: Charles 'Chic' Sale / Ann Dvorak …
Ulysses Crickle owns a small town grocery store, doubling as the post office, dealing with the peculiarities of the townspeople. Jerry Fleming arrives to run a rival business and to romance Crickle's granddaughter Marian.
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She Done Him Wrong (1933)
She Done Him Wrong
★ 7.0 (5 ratings) director: 洛威·舍曼 actor: 梅·韦斯特 / 加里·格兰特
other title: 侬本多情 / 儂本多情 …
New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine, unfortunately one of them is a vicious criminal who's escaped and is on the way to see "his" girl, not realizing she hasn't exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader, though.
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The Public Enemy (1931)
The Public Enemy
★ 7.0 (10 ratings) director: 威廉·A·韦尔曼 actor: 詹姆斯·卡格尼 / 珍·哈露
other title: 国民公敌 / 人民公敌 …
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.