Search results for "United States of America"

Behind That Curtain (1929)

Behind That Curtain (1929)

Behind That Curtain (1929)
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91

Sir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Gatt is murdered and the couple, married, run off to India. Old friend John…

Thunderbolt (1929)

Thunderbolt (1929)

Thunderbolt (1929)
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91

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Idle Rich (1929)

The Idle Rich (1929)

The Idle Rich (1929)
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80

Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of “the great middle class” (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us),…

Genre: Comedy
Berth Marks (1929)

Berth Marks (1929)

Berth Marks (1929)
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19

Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.

Genre: Comedy
Broadway (1929)

Broadway (1929)

Broadway (1929)
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105

A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.

Genre: Crime, Music
The Cocoanuts (1929)

The Cocoanuts (1929)

The Cocoanuts (1929)
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93

During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Bulldog Drummond (1929)

Bulldog Drummond (1929)

Bulldog Drummond (1929)
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90

Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he’s looking for when a…

Skyscraper Symphony (1929)

Skyscraper Symphony (1929)

Skyscraper Symphony (1929)
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9

A montage of the skyscrapers of Manhattan opens with a succession of stationary views of the upper portions of numerous buildings. This is followed by a wide variety of fluid…

Genre: Documentary
The Hole in the Wall (1929)

The Hole in the Wall (1929)

The Hole in the Wall (1929)
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63

Mrs. Ramsey sent Jean Oliver to prison on a false charge. To get even, Jean (disguised as Madame Mystera) plans to kidnap her daughter and turn her into a thief….

Genre: Drama, Mystery
The Scar of Shame (1929)

The Scar of Shame (1929)

The Scar of Shame (1929)
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86

An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.

Genre: Drama
The Voice of the City (1929)

The Voice of the City (1929)

The Voice of the City (1929)
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81

An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict’s name and nab the gangsters that framed him.

Genre: Crime
Spite Marriage (1929)

Spite Marriage (1929)

Spite Marriage (1929)
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76

An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn’t realize is that he…

Genre: Comedy
The Letter (1929)

The Letter (1929)

The Letter (1929)
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65

A planter’s wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.

Genre: Drama
The Shakedown (1929)

The Shakedown (1929)

The Shakedown (1929)
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65

The life of a less-than successful professional boxer changes when he takes in an orphan.

Genre: Drama
The Younger Generation (1929)

The Younger Generation (1929)

The Younger Generation (1929)
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84

Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business…

Genre: Drama
Why Be Good? (1929)

Why Be Good? (1929)

Why Be Good? (1929)
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84

A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss’ son.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Iron Mask (1929)

The Iron Mask (1929)

The Iron Mask (1929)
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103

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son – an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees…

The Canary Murder Case (1929)

The Canary Murder Case (1929)

The Canary Murder Case (1929)
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82

A beautiful showgirl, name “the Canary” is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed “the Canary”. All the suspects…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Broadway Melody (1929)

The Broadway Melody (1929)

The Broadway Melody (1929)
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101

The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield’s shows. When Eddie meets…

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
We Faw Down (1928)

We Faw Down (1928)

We Faw Down (1928)
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20

Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of…

Genre: Comedy
The Last Warning (1928)

The Last Warning (1928)

The Last Warning (1928)
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89

A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the…

In Old Arizona (1928)

In Old Arizona (1928)

In Old Arizona (1928)
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95

Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot…

Genre: Western
Gow the Head Hunter (1928)

Gow the Head Hunter (1928)

Gow the Head Hunter (1928)
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70

Captain Edward A. Salisbury was a noted millionaire explorer and writer, whose exploration stories of the islands of the South Seas Pacific appeared often in “The National Geographic,” and other…

Genre: Documentary
The Pace That Kills (1928)

The Pace That Kills (1928)

The Pace That Kills (1928)
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64

Young farmboy leaves for the big city to get a job and find his sister; both of them get involved with drug dealers and become opium/cocaine addicts.

Genre: Drama
Habeas Corpus (1928)

Habeas Corpus (1928)

Habeas Corpus (1928)
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20

Loony scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.

Genre: Comedy
Riley the Cop (1928)

Riley the Cop (1928)

Riley the Cop (1928)
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68

In this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down a young man who stole money from a local bakery.

Genre: Comedy
West of Zanzibar (1928)

West of Zanzibar (1928)

West of Zanzibar (1928)
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70

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician’s wife.

Two Tars (1928)

Two Tars (1928)

Two Tars (1928)
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21

Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists….

Genre: Comedy
Noah’s Ark (1928)

Noah’s Ark (1928)

Noah’s Ark (1928)
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135

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.

Genre: Drama, War
The Racket (1928)

The Racket (1928)

The Racket (1928)
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84

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Early to Bed (1928)

Early to Bed (1928)

Early to Bed (1928)
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20

Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver’s fancy furnishings.

Genre: Comedy
Beggars of Life (1928)

Beggars of Life (1928)

Beggars of Life (1928)
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82

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of…

The Docks of New York (1928)

The Docks of New York (1928)

The Docks of New York (1928)
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76

A blue-collar worker on New York’s depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Wind (1928)

The Wind (1928)

The Wind (1928)
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76

When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she…

The Cameraman (1928)

The Cameraman (1928)

The Cameraman (1928)
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74

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)

Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)

Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
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20

Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.

Genre: Comedy
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)

Our Dancing Daughters (1928)

Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
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84

A flapper who’s secretly a good girl and a gold-digging floozy masquerading as an ingĂ©nue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)

The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)

The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)
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11

Dr. Benchley is addressing the Ladies Club on the subject of the reproductive habits of the polyp, a small aquatic organism. Although he is not able to display his live…

Genre: Comedy
Lonesome (1928)

Lonesome (1928)

Lonesome (1928)
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70

Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together….

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Life and Death of 9413 A Hollywood Extra (1928)

The Life and Death of 9413 A Hollywood Extra (1928)

The Life and Death of 9413 A Hollywood Extra (1928)
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14

This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized. He is identified by the number…

Genre: Drama