Grant Mitchell
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Man to Man
(1930)Collegiate track star Mike Bolton (Phillip Holmes) has a secret β his father is a convicted killer! Eighteen years ago, Mike's father John (Grant Mitchell) killed his brother's murderer and went to prison. Ashamed of his convict father, Mike has hidden his heritage but when his fraternity finds out, Mike quits college in shame and returns to his hometown of Hardinsville. There he finds a job at the town bank, and fellow teller Emily (Lucille Powers) starts to take a shine to him. But Mike's father complicates things by getting an early parole while Emily's ex-boyfriend (Dwight Frye) starts to stir things up. After someone absconds with a hefty sum from Mike's bank, father and son assume the worst about each other. But this terrible assumption soon leads to some surprising ends. This early Talkie's many charms include the great Grant Mitchell and a terrific turn by under-appreciated character actor Dwight Frye (Dracula's "Renfield").

Lady Behave!
(1937)Millionaire Stephens Cormack (Hamilton) gets drunk at a party, and ends up marrying fellow partygoer Clairice Andrews (Farr). When Stephens sobers up, he hastily arranges for an annulment through his lawyer and high tails it out of the country to South America, not know that he had committed bigomy with the already married Clairice. Paula (Eilers), Clairice's sister, poses as her sister to minimize the trouble she will be in with her husband, and temporarily moves into Stephen's mansion until the annulment is finalized. However, Paula has to endure Stephen's two spoiled and bratty children, and mistreatment by the snobby servants.

Cairo
(1942)Cairo is the movie and the place for songs, cloak-and-dagger fun andgreat movie in-jokes.

Crime, Inc.
(1945)A reporter and a police commissioner join forces to expose the hoods behind a Prohibition Era crime syndicate.

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
(1947)Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.

Conflict
(1945)Conflict is a love triangle with murder at its heart, an atmospheric film noir of looming shadows, fatal romance and a trench-coated killer. Bogart portrays Richard Mason.

The Great Lie
(1941)Believing her husband to be dead, a flyer's wife bargains with his former love to adopt the woman's baby. Starring Bette Davis, Mary Astor and George Brent.

New Moon
(1940)Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy pair up once again in the film version of the popular Sigmund Romberg operetta about a Parisian belle who becomes involved with a political prisoner. In 18th century Louisiana, haughty plantation owner Marianne de Beaumanoir (MacDonald) and her handsome bondservant Charles (Eddy), who is actually a French nobleman in disguise, are thrown together when Charles commandeers a ship carrying Marianne and a cargo of mail-order brides. Romance, adventure--and the French Revolution--ensue. The soaring Romberg musical score includes such favorites as "One Kiss," "Stout-Hearted Men," "Lover Come Back to Me," "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise," and "Wanting You."

Tomorrow at Seven
(1933)People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace."
Moonlight Murder
(1936)
When the Lights Go On Again
(1944)Ted and Arline, a young couple in love, decide to impulsively get married, despite the disapproval of their families. However, soon thereafter, Ted is drafted into the army and sent overseas to war. Months later, after suffering and surviving on the front lines, he is sent back home, suffering from shell shock. On the train ride home, Ted goes through the various memories of his life to cope. Once home, he tries to adjust to married life and his friends and loved ones give him the support and love he needs to fully recover. A heart-warming war-time story.

365 Nights in Hollywood
(1934)Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is drawn into the plans of the school's owner to bilk a wealthy young man out of funds.