Leila Hyams

Philo Vance investigates when a man nicknamed ‘Cock Robin’ is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range and a chess piece left behind.

A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on trial for the crime.

Shipwrecked sailor Edward Parker is stranded on a tropical island inhabited by Dr. Moreau, a scientist who conducts brutal experiments to transform animals into partial humans. Parker's attempt to escape the island is thwarted by Dr. Moreau's cadre of beasts and by the scientist's desire to use the sailor in one of his experiments.

This early Talkie comes loaded with love and laughter as the alluring and versatile Leila Hyams (Freaks, Ruggles of Red Gap) stars opposite leading light Conrad Nagel in this comedy of love between the classes. After millionaire William Van Luyn (Nagel) snags stenographer Joan Thayer (Hyams), he finds himself subjected to the stentorian social critiques of her strident "working white-collar" relatives. The good-natured Van Luyn gamely moves in with Joan's family, eager to show he has no disdain for the hardships and shortcomings enjoyed by Joan's "class." As the Thayer family's haughty pride comes to endanger both William's marital happiness and their own prospects, William gambles his fortune against his understanding of human nature in order to bring them to their senses. This engaging comedy of class and romance also features Bessie Love, whose remarkable career stretched from the Silent Era all the way to the Eighties.

A humble dry cleaner gets a chance to marry a stage actress he adores, unaware that he's being used to make her ex jealous.

Inside an overcrowded prison, a convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned breakout on Thanksgiving.

Charles Laughton is stuffy British butler Marmaduke Ruggles, who finds his life takes a hilarious turn for the better when he is traded to a rowdy American and taken to the Wild West.

Two friends have a history of romantic rivalry. When one finally decides to settle down, will his mysterious new girl come between them?