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1. The Lady Refuses (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance
Father hires a woman to lure his son away from a gold digger.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Betty Compson, John Darrow, Gilbert Emery, Margaret Livingston
Votes: 442
2. Hell's Angels (1930)
Passed | 127 min | Drama, War
Brothers Monte and Ray leave Oxford to join the Royal Flying Corps. Ray loves Helen; Helen enjoys an affair with Monte; before they leave on their mission over Germany they find her in still another man's arms.
Directors: Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale | Stars: Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow, John Darrow
Votes: 5,948 | Gross: $5.45M
3. The Racket (1928)
Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An honest police captain vows to bring down a powerful bootlegger who is protected by corrupt politicians and judges.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, G. Pat Collins
Votes: 1,567
4. Flirtation Walk (1934)
Passed | 97 min | Musical
Musical-romance with Powell as private in Hawaii involved with general's daughter Keeler. Break up to avoid scandal but reunite years later when he produces play at West Point starring her.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander
Votes: 865
5. Girls Gone Wild (1929)
57 min | Drama
In his last film, silent star William Russell plays the motorcycle policeman father of one of the restless and reckless new generation of late 1920s youth.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, William Russell, Roy D'Arcy
Votes: 63
6. Long Pants (1927)
60 min | Comedy
Harry Shelby receives his first pair of long pants. He immediately falls in love with a cocaine-smuggling flapper named Bebe. When Bebe is imprisoned, he decides to rescue her; to do this, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Harry Langdon, Gladys Brockwell, Alan Roscoe, Priscilla Bonner
Votes: 581
7. I Give My Love (1934)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama
A woman devotes her life to her son, who went to prison for killing her abusive husband.
Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Paul Lukas, Wynne Gibson, Eric Linden, Anita Louise
Votes: 28
8. The All-American (1932)
79 min | Drama, Sport
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
Directors: Russell Mack, George Stevens | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Gloria Stuart, James Gleason
Votes: 79
9. Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance
A man's heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.
Director: William A. O'Connor | Stars: William Farnum, Tom Santschi, Patty Lou Lynd, Robert Frazer
Votes: 134
10. Strange People (1933)
Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
All 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial evidence. During the proceedings, a phony murder is quickly revealed as the real thing.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: John Darrow, Gloria Shea, Hale Hamilton, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 78
11. Cheer Up and Smile (1930)
76 min | Musical
When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement, especially his recent girlfriend, who just broke up with him, he becomes an overnight sensation.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee, Olga Baclanova, 'Whispering' Jack Smith
Votes: 87
12. Alias Mary Smith (1932)
61 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a playboy who drinks just a bit too much.
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Blanche Mehaffey, John Darrow, Raymond Hatton, Edmund Breese
Votes: 69
13. The Midnight Lady (1932)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
(1932 Chesterfield) - John Darrow, Sarah Padden, Montagu Love, Claudia Dell. This is kind of a poverty row version of Madame X. Padden owns a notorious big-city speakeasy. When her long ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Sarah Padden, John Darrow, Claudia Dell, Theodore von Eltz
Votes: 93
14. Eight Bells (1935)
Passed | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Marge Walker, the daughter of a steamship-line owner, stows away on one of her father's ships bound for Shanghai. Roy Dale, the captain of the ship, is in love with her as is the first ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Ann Sothern, Ralph Bellamy, John Buckler, Catherine Doucet
Votes: 51
15. Midshipman Jack (1933)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Given a last chance, after failing to graduate with his class at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis,Maryland because he was reported by a jealous rival for being out after 'Taps,"... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Bruce Cabot, Betty Furness, Frank Albertson, Arthur Lake
Votes: 66
16. The Argyle Case (1929)
85 min | Drama, Mystery
A multimillionaire is murdered, and his will leaves all his money to a beautiful young blonde. The murdered man's son thinks something is fishy, and a homicide cop sets out to find out who was behind the man's death. Complications ensue.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Thomas Meighan, H.B. Warner, Lila Lee, John Darrow
17. Monte Carlo Nights (1934)
Approved | 62 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
A man wrongfully convicted of murder escapes custody and goes in search of the real killer. The problem is that he only has one clue to go on.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Mary Brian, John Darrow, Yola d'Avril, Astrid Allwyn
Votes: 169
18. I Like It That Way (1934)
Passed | 67 min | Musical, Romance
A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Gloria Stuart, Roger Pryor, Marian Marsh, Shirley Grey
Votes: 45
19. Everything's Rosie (1931)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
A carnival huckster and his 17-year-old foster daughter try to be accepted by the townspeople when she and a handsome lad fall in love.
Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: Robert Woolsey, Anita Louise, John Darrow, Florence Roberts
Votes: 174
20. The Curtain Falls (1934)
Approved | 68 min | Drama
Sarah Crabtree was once a star of the stage, but has fallen on hard times; the city has condemned and torn down her apartment building and she has nowhere to go. She writes to her wealthy, ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Henrietta Crosman, Dorothy Lee, William Bakewell, Natalie Moorhead
Votes: 43
21. High School Hero (1927)
60 min | Comedy
Rivals since childhood, Pete ( Nick Stuart ) and Bill ( John Darrow ) continue feuding in high school, and their natural friction is intensified by each centering his attention on new ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Nick Stuart, Sally Phipps, William Bailey, John Darrow
22. The Big Chance (1933)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Gangsters try to get a boxer to throw an important fight.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: John Darrow, Merna Kennedy, Natalie Moorhead, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 204
23. The Big Race (II) (1933)
68 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Bob Hamilton gets into trouble when crooks cause the defeat of his father's horse in the Derby, and it is reported he is in with the crooks. The old man disowns him and his sweetheart, ... See full summary »
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Boots Mallory, John Darrow, Paul Hurst, Frankie Darro
Votes: 13
24. Fanny Foley Herself (1931)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Hobart Bosworth, Florence Roberts, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 18
25. Symphony of Living (1935)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
There is this old concertmaster of the Cosmopolitian Orchestra and he is about to realize his life-long ambition of appearing as a soloist with the orchestra, when an accident robs him of ... See full summary »
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Al Shean, Charles Judels, John Darrow
Votes: 67
26. Probation (1932)
67 min | Drama
A reckless young society girl whose uncle is a judge is assigned a young offender as her chauffeur to try to help straighten her out.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Sally Blane, John Darrow, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clara Kimball Young
Votes: 89
27. The Primrose Path (1931)
71 min | Drama
A naive high school girl (Helen Foster) falls for the school's star football player. Her ignorance in the matters of sex leads to pregnancy and heartbreak.
Director: William A. O'Connor | Stars: Helen Foster, John Darrow, Dorothy Granger, Lane Chandler
Votes: 15
28. Annapolis Farewell (1935)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy with the "modern" navy, likes to talk about his days in the "old" navy, especially about ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Guy Standing, Rosalind Keith, Tom Brown, Richard Cromwell
Votes: 17
29. Square Shooter (1935)
Passed | 57 min | Western
Having been framed for murder, Tim returns from prison to clear his name and retrieve the ranch taken from his uncle with a forged will. He finds the real will but his friend Johnny becomes... See full summary »
Director: David Selman | Stars: Tim McCoy, Julie Bishop, Erville Alderson, John Darrow
Votes: 62
30. Blue Skies (1929)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Dorothy enters the picture.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Carmencita Johnson, Freddie Burke Frederick, Ethel Wales, Helen Twelvetrees
31. The Bargain (1931)
68 min | Drama
Director: Robert Milton | Stars: Lewis Stone, Evalyn Knapp, Charles Butterworth, Doris Kenyon
Votes: 49
32. The Big Race (I) (1933)
Comedy
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Boots Mallory, John Darrow, Paul Hurst, Frankie Darro
33. Avalanche (1928)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Jack Dunton, an honest gambler, discovers that his ward, Verde, wants to study mine engineering, and he begins to cheat at cards in order to finance the boy's education. Returning from ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Jack Holt, Doris Hill, Olga Baclanova, John Darrow
Votes: 15
34. A Notorious Gentleman (1935)
Passed | 75 min | Drama
A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.
Director: Edward Laemmle | Stars: Charles Bickford, Sidney Blackmer, Helen Vinson, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 26
35. Forbidden Company (1932)
67 min | Drama, Romance
A rich young man falls for a model, but his father is vehemently opposed to the relationship.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Sally Blane, John Darrow, John St. Polis, Myrtle Stedman
36. Prep and Pep (1928)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bashful, timid 17-year-old boy comes to school and finds that the whole student boy and faculty expect him to live up to his father's accomplishments at the same school. The father is ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: David Rollins, Nancy Drexel, John Darrow, E.H. Calvert
37. The Pilgrims (1924)
30 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
The history of the Separatists of Scrooby, England, their escape to Amsterdam, and their eventual voyage on the Mayflower to the New World is depicted. The film spans the years from 1608 to 1620.
Director: Edwin L. Hollywood | Stars: Robert Gaillard, John Darrow, Jack Hopkins, Morgan Thorpe
38. Crime Over London (1936)
Approved | 63 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
Things are getting too hot in New York City for "Joker" Finnigan and his gang, so they decide to move their activities to London. There, Inspector Gary of Scotland Yard is keeping a polite ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Margot Grahame, Paul Cavanagh, Joseph Cawthorn, Rene Ray
Votes: 39
39. Vacation Loves (1930)
18 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Andy Clyde, Betty Boyd, Patsy O'Leary, John Darrow
40. Go to Blazes (1930)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: George Sidney, Charles Murray, Myrtle Stedman, John Darrow
41. Mazie (1933)
63 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Dallas M. Fitzgerald | Stars: Dorothy Lee, Lee Moran, Katharine Ellis, John Darrow