Hard to Handle (1933)

Hard to Handle (1933)

[6] James Cagney stars as a career con artist who keeps trying to prove his worth to his girlfriend (Mary Brian) and her mother (Ruth Donnelly) through a series of promotional scams. From a rigged dance marathon and a bogus ocean pier…
Alice in Wonderland (1933)

Alice in Wonderland (1933)

[3] I've never been a fan of Lewis Carroll's source material, so I'm not surprised to find this 1933 all-star studio production of Alice in Wonderland to be another tedious incarnation. You know the story: a little girl (Charlotte Henry) goes into…
Heroes for Sale (1933)

Heroes for Sale (1933)

[7] Heroes for Sale follows Tom Holmes (Richard Barthelmess) through a near-death experience on the World War I battle front to a resulting morphine addiction upon his return to America. We see him lose his job and get rehabilitated, only to suffer…
The Mummy’s Hand (1940)

The Mummy’s Hand (1940)

[5] In the second of Universal's Mummy series, two American archaeologists partner with a wealthy magician and his daughter to find the hidden Tomb of Ananka in Egypt. Their quest is hampered by a secret organization determined to protect the tomb's whereabouts,…
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

[5] Bela Lugosi headlines this Universal horror flick as a carnival showman determined to successfully inject a human being with gorilla blood to prove that man descended from ape. But who in 1845 Paris would willingly subject themselves to such an experiment?…
The Old Dark House (1932)

The Old Dark House (1932)

[8] Five travelers end up stranded at our title location after a fierce night-time storm makes driving the English hillsides too dangerous. The family that lives there is less than hospitable, with secrets that make the evening increasingly frightening. The Old Dark…
Gambling Ship (1933)

Gambling Ship (1933)

[4] Cary Grant stars as a gambling boss who leaves New York after getting acquitted by a jury. He intends to turn over a new leaf, especially when he falls in love with a charming woman (Benita Hume) on a cross-country train…
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

[6] In the first and least successful of their screen pairings, Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant star as swindlers who end up running a traveling vaudeville show on the shores of England. Hepburn's character disguises herself as a young man in order…
The Mummy (1932)

The Mummy (1932)

[3] British archaeologists unearth a disgraced Egyptian prince (Boris Karloff) and accidentally bring him back to life. Ten years later, the mummy -- looking conveniently human -- schemes to reunite with his ancient lover, now reincarnated in the body of one of…
Female (1933)

Female (1933)

[6] Ruth Chatterton (Frisco Jenny) stars as a powerful automobile executive who plucks young men out of her workforce to have sex with and vows never to marry. But when a rival businessman (George Brent) refuses her advances, she begins to wonder…