Angel is a comedy-drama set in London, focusing on the life of a neglected wife, Angelica 'Angel' Harroway. She finds herself falling in love with a talented violinist named Anthony Halton. The story explores Angel's internal struggle between her loyalty to her husband and her desire for a passionate romance.
Set in the vibrant city of Shanghai, this film noir follows a series of deceit and treachery as a group of characters navigate a world of secrets, rivalries, and hidden agendas. When a daughter seeks revenge for past wrongs, she uncovers dark truths and uncovers a web of deception that ultimately leads to an unforgettable climax.
A Kansas millionaire's divorcing wife falls in love with a Parisian headwaiter, who believes she's dating Morris Pailsbury. When her husband learns of the affair, he hires a private detective to follow her. The detective mistakenly believes she is planning to kill her husband, leading to a series of mistaken identities and a dramatic showdown aboard an ocean liner.
Bombshell is a comedy-drama film set in the 1930s Hollywood. It follows the story of a popular female movie star who gets tired of the constant publicity and scandal in her life. She meets a newspaper reporter who promises to change her image, but things take an unexpected turn. With themes of romance, screwball comedy, and drama, Bombshell explores the complex relationships between movie stars and the media. The story highlights the challenges faced by women in the film industry during the pre-Code era.
When a valuable star sapphire goes missing during a dinner party, the gem collector hires Mr. Wong, a Chinese-American private detective, to find it. However, things take a deadly turn when a guest is shot dead and Mr. Wong becomes determined to catch the jewel thief. As the investigation unfolds, Mr. Wong uncovers a web of false accusations, romantic rivalries, and hidden motives, leading him to the shocking truth.
A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from marrying a golddigger. Complications ensue when the girl and the father begin to fall for each other, and things get even more complicated when the son declares his love for her, too.
A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.
Margaret Holt and her brother Victor set out to smash a narcotics ring responsible for their father's death. Young reporter John Howell and eccentric mystery writer Winthrop Clavering help unravel the truth about the murder.
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.
Geoffrey is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Unable to marry her because of his poverty, in his anger he curses God for abandoning him. Soon Geoffrey meets Prince Lucio de Rimanez, a wealthy, urbane gentleman who informs Geoffrey that he has inherited a fortune, but that he must place himself in the Prince's hands in order to enjoy the fruits of his inheritance. What Geoffrey doesn't know is that Prince Lucio is actually Satan.
Jazz age youngster Smoke Thatcher "borrows" a neighbor's car to take Patsy, his sweetheart, to a dance after his father refuses to lend him his car. A car-fight with a rival results in the borrowed automobile's being so wrecked that Smoke cannot return it. The garage to which he and Patsy take the car for repair turns out to be actually a gang's hideaway and a place where stolen cars are brought and later fenced.
In 'Goin' to Town,' a group of people in Argentina get involved in a murder plot while also dealing with horse racing and the production of an opera.
George Hollister, crack investigator for the NYC police, is assigned to run down the enemy aliens who dynamited a Detroit munitions plant. The trail takes him to a customs inspector who is known to have honored fake passports provided by Leon Fenten, chief henchman of Drexel Stuyvesant who heads the sabotage ring. Aided by his partner Ray Nolan. Hollister arrests an agent named Reed and takes his place using the fake passport. As Reed, he is met by Karol Roy, an innocent assistant, who takes him to Fenten. Working undercover, Hollister is still unable to learn the name of the head man, not even from dumb gang-member Hank Kircher. Stuyvesant warns Fenten of his suspicions about "Reed" and the latter gives Hollister an assignment as a test.
Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of people." Pike and his grown son and daughter soon have flirtatious French admirers; Idy rents a chateau from an impoverished aristocrat; while Pike responds to each new development with homespun wit. In the inevitable clash, will pretentiousness and sophistication or common sense triumph?
Love on the Run is a screwball comedy about a newspaper reporter caught in a love triangle in Paris. With deception, espionage, and a runaway bride, the story takes hilarious twists and turns as the reporter tries to navigate the complicated relationships and win over the woman of his dreams.
Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit the bill and are attractive enough to make one question one's allegiance.
A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway press agent who has his own private club where he cultivates the rich and powerful. With the help of his selfless ex-wife (Madge Evans), Jeff molds an illiterate, suicidal young woman (Sally Eilers) into a celebrity socialite.
An adaptation of Madame Bovary transported to Rye, New York in the 1930's. All characters have been renamed.
In 'The Golden Arrow,' a fortune hunter hatches a scheme to marry a cosmetics industry heiress as part of a publicity stunt. However, things take an unexpected turn when genuine feelings develop between the two. This screwball comedy presents a delightful and hilarious tale of love, deception, and unexpected romance within the world of the cosmetics industry.
An international jewel thief tries to keep his secret from his neice.