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1. Freaks (1932)
Not Rated | 64 min | Drama, Horror
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates
Votes: 50,552 | Gross: $0.63M
2. Reefer Madness (1936)
PG | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Cautionary tale that features a fictionalized take on marijuana use. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 9,326
3. Narcotic (1933)
Not Rated | 57 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
Exploitation film which follows the downward spiral of an idealistic medical student whose fall from grace leads him to opium dens, a carnival freakshow, swanky drug parties, dingy brothels, and finally the barrel of his own revolver.
Directors: Dwain Esper, Vival Sodar't | Stars: Harry Cording, Joan Dix, Patricia Farley, Jean Lacy
Votes: 416
4. Sex Madness (1934)
Not Rated | 57 min | Drama
This exploitation film belongs to the social guidance genre of quasi-documentary narratives, which exhort young adults to follow particular moral and social prescriptions related to sexuality and drug use.
Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Vivian McGill, Rose Tapley, Al Rigali, Mark Daniels
Votes: 987
5. Maniac (1934)
Not Rated | 51 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.
Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Bill Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Edwards, Phyllis Diller
Votes: 2,704
6. Marihuana (I) (1936)
Not Rated | 57 min | Crime, Drama
A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.
Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Harley Wood, Hugh McArthur, Pat Carlyle, Paul Ellis
Votes: 960
7. How to Undress in Front of Your Husband (1937)
Unrated | 14 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A "Peeping Tom" likes to look through windows at women undressing. The viewer follows him as he sneaks peeks at two "subjects." His first one, a woman who apparently has a major lingerie ... See full summary »
Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Elaine Barrie, Trixie Friganza, Hal Richardson, Albert Van Antwerp
Votes: 235
8. Angkor (1935)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure
Basically a travelogue featuring footage of Angkor Wat (in Cambodia) shot by a couple of explorers in the WWI years, with additional footage shot on a Hollywood set by George M. Merrick . ... See full summary »
Director: George M. Merrick | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, J.S. Horne, Fred Humes
Votes: 69
9. How to Take a Bath (1937)
Short
A woman explains how to take a bath.
Star: Elaine Barrie
Votes: 39
10. The Apache Kid's Escape (1930)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
Staying one step ahead of the law, the Apache Kid helps out a cowboy in trouble.
Director: Robert J. Horner | Stars: Jack Perrin, Fred Church, Josephine Hill, Virginia Ashcroft
Votes: 116
11. The Seventh Commandment (1932)
65 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
You shall not commit adultery. Also known as Sins of Love.
Directors: Dwain Esper, James P. Hogan | Stars: Stuart James, Victoria Vinton, George LeMaire, James Harrison
Votes: 12
12. Man's Way with Women (1934)
96 min
Olof Koskela, a family's only son, is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a floater. His reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide. When he meets the... See full summary »
Director: Per-Axel Branner | Stars: Edvin Adolphson, Inga Tidblad, Birgit Tengroth, Anna Lindahl
Votes: 9
13. Will It Happen Again? (1948)
PG | 60 min | Documentary
(1948, aka "CONFIRM OR DIE") A poorly edited yet intriguing documentary about Hitler and Mussolini. There are some interesting home movies of Eva Braun and her scantily-clad girlfriends ... See full summary »
Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: George Bryan, Phillip Stahl, Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun
Votes: 21
14. Contrabando (1932)
Passed | 63 min | Drama
The millionaire Hernández smuggles weapons from the United States into Mexico. He does this because he is planning an uprising.
Director: Alberto Mendez Bernal | Stars: Don Alvarado, Dorothy Sebastian, Ramón Pereda, Virginia Zurí
15. Hell-A-Vision (1936)
58 min | Documentary, Crime, Horror
A series of scenes that comprised both new material (featuring frontal nudity), and old footage from an Italian version of Dante's Inferno (also featuring frontal nudity) and vignettes from the March of Crime series.
Director: Louis Sonney | Stars: John Dillinger, Roy Gardner, Edward Hickman, Marion Parker
Votes: 13
16. Curse of the Ubangi (1946)
60 min | Documentary
A group of Ubangi women and their chief on an exhibit in 1932.
Director: Dwain Esper | Star: Thurston Knudson
Votes: 15
17. Caïn, aventures des mers exotiques (1930)
91 min | Adventure
A stoker, dissatisfied with his job, escapes from his ship to an island where he lives with a native girl. Eventually he is picked up by a passing steamer.
Director: Léon Poirier | Stars: Thomy Bourdelle, Rama-Tahé
Votes: 15
18. South of Sonora (1930)
Passed | 55 min | Western
Bill Tracy is a Cattleman's Protective Association agent. Working undercover on his way to Sonora, a town dominated by rustlers, saves Betty Carter from a situation, but her rancher father,... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Jaccard | Stars: Jay Wilsey, Betty Joy, Lew Meehan, Horace B. Carpenter
Votes: 23
19. Modern Motherhood (1934)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
A young newlywed couple try to decide whether to live the high life or have their child.
Director: Dwain Esper
20. You Can't Beat the Rap! (1936)
4 min | Crime, Documentary, Short
Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Roy Gardner, Louis Sonney
Votes: 16
21. The Art of Love or Your Sex Problems Solved (1945)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Filmed lecture given by "Dr. Homer Blodgett" that purports to be about sex education and promoting more open discussions about sexuality. In reality, the film was an exploitation roadshow ... See full summary »
Star: Homer Blodgett
22. Sagebrush Politics (1929)
54 min | Western
Drifters Tom Williams and Joe Morgan have a chance meeting with the sheriff's daughter and learn that her brother Jim is being held prisoner in Line Hollow by Wolf, who aspires to be the ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Adamson | Stars: Art Mix, Lilian Bond, Jim Campbell, Tom B. Forman
24. Stampede (1930)
Not Rated | 45 min | Documentary, Drama
When his mother is attacked and killed by a lion, infant boy Boru is adopted by a passing tribe and raised by the tribe's chief. The young boy and the chief's son Nikitu grow up to become ... See full summary »
Directors: Errol Hinds, C. Court Treatt, Stella Court Treatt | Stars: Abd el Aziz, Sheikh Achmad Fadl, Fatmas Idam, Abd el Nebi
25. Horrors of War (1940)
Approved | 51 min | Documentary, War
In this compilation film of newsreel and stock footage from World War I, a plea is made against sending United States troops to fight in the present war in Europe. Between battle footage, ... See full summary »
Director: Ed Mapel
26. The March of Crime (1936)
17 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
A recounting of some of the most famous and infamous crimes in recent American history, featuring such notorious figures as Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, Pretty Boy Floyd, and John Dillinger... See full summary »
Stars: Wedgwood Nowell, Clyde Barrow, John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd
Votes: 38
27. The Bandit Chaser (1928)
Passed | Action, Adventure, Romance
Detained by business in Chicago, the owner of the Bar-M Ranch in New Mexico sends his daughter Bertha Murdock with her chaperone Mrs. Fairchild, to take charge of the ranch, which upsets ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Callahan | Stars: Art Mix, Peggy Joy, Morgan Davis, Julia Hoffman
Votes: 23
28. Sinister Harvest (1930)
9 min | Short, Documentary
Early "shockumentary", apparently shot in Egypt, which documents the habits of opium addicts. The interiors of drug dens are shown, and at the conclusion the film an addict is shown ... See full summary »
Director: Dwain Esper
Votes: 62