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Call of the Flesh (1930) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Call of the Flesh

director: Charles Brabin actor: Ramon Novarro / Dorothy Jordan …

other title: Der Sänger von Sevilla / 艷曲凡心

A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.

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Ladies of Leisure (1930) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Ladies of Leisure

director: Frank Capra actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Lowell Sherman …

other title: Femmes de luxe / Mujeres ligeras …

Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else.

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Secret Service (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Secret Service

director: J. Walter Ruben actor: Richard Dix / Shirley Grey …

In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.

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Kreutzer Sonata (1915) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Kreutzer Sonata

director: Herbert Brenon actor: Nance O'Neil / Theda Bara …

other title: The Kreutzer Sonata / 姊婿操姨弦

Based -- loosely -- on Leo Tolstoy, this film starred feted stage star Nance O'Neil but is rather better remembered as Theda Bara's follow-up to the sensational A Fool There Was (1914).

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The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) WikiData IMDb TMDB

The Count of Monte Cristo

director: Joseph A. Golden / Edwin S. Porter actor: James O'Neill / Nance O'Neil …

other title: El conde de Montecristo

A French sailor, imprisoned for years on false charges of conpiring against the king, escapes and exacts revenge on his accusers.

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The Rogue Song (1930) WikiData IMDb TMDB

The Rogue Song

director: Lionel Barrymore / Hal Roach actor: Lawrence Tibbett / Catherine Dale Owen …

other title: Banditenlied / 狂野之曲 …

In czarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.

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The Florodora Girl (1930) WikiData IMDb TMDB

The Florodora Girl

director: Harry Beaumont actor: Marion Davies / Lawrence Gray …

other title: 紐城金粉

A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.

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The Royal Bed (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB

The Royal Bed

director: Lowell Sherman actor: Lowell Sherman / Mary Astor …

other title: 賜婚艷蹟 / Abdulla el grande (Mi reino por una mujer) …

The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.