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The Great Ziegfeld is a musical biographical film about Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., a Broadway impresario known for his lavish stage productions and his promotion of showgirls. The film follows Ziegfeld's rise to fame, his tumultuous relationships with his wife Anna Held and actress Billie Burke, and the financial crisis that threatens his theatrical empire. Despite obstacles, Ziegfeld perseveres and achieves vindication with his successful production, the Ziegfeld Follies.
A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life.
In 'White Zombie,' a newlywed couple arrives in Haiti for their honeymoon, only to become entangled in the machinations of a voodoo master who seeks to control the wife through telepathic mind control. As the husband fights to save his wife from the clutches of the voodoo master, he must navigate through a world filled with zombies, witchcraft, and dark forces. This classic horror film, set in the pre-code era, explores themes of love, power, and the supernatural.
Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.
Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her wealthy father commits suicide, leaving nothing but a pile of debts. Pat sets up a successful hat-designing business, providing the sole support for herself and her sister Kay (Gail Patrick). So devoted is Pat to Kay's welfare that she stands by in stoic silence as Kay begins romancing Pat's sweetie Nick Graham (Kent Taylor).
Love Me Tonight tells the story of a young tailor who falls in love with a princess in Paris, but their love is challenged by societal expectations and unrequited feelings. With the help of his friends, the tailor embarks on a journey to win the princess's heart and overcome the obstacles in their way.
In 'Gold Diggers of 1935,' a hotel desk clerk aspires to become a doctor but gets caught up in an arranged marriage, romantic rivalry, and a scandal involving payola. With a spendthrift, a snuff box, and a speedboat involved, the plot twists and turns as scheming and rich snobs create chaos. Singing, shopping sprees, and stage shows add to the excitement.
Naughty Marietta is a musical romance film from 1935. It follows the story of a French princess named Marietta who escapes an arranged marriage and poses as a maid in New Orleans. Along the way, she falls in love with a captain and must navigate various obstacles to be with him.
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.
Housewife (1934) follows the story of a successful advertising wife who finds herself caught in a love triangle when her old flame returns. As she navigates the complexities of her personal and professional life, she must make difficult decisions about love and happiness.
In They Call It Sin, a woman faces the consequences of her choices as she tries to rebuild her life and find love.
A circus performer falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man's stepmother objects to the wedding, the couple break apart and go their separate ways for a time. Also in the mix are two circus comics who feud over the heart of another Southern belle.
An immigrant and his wife arrive in America hoping to make it big in the world of music. Shortly thereafter, though, the husband finds out his wife is having an affair with a local lowlife; when he turns up dead, the husband is jailed for his murder, even though he protests his innocence.
Music in the Air (1934) tells the story of a young composer who falls in love with a primadonna during a Peace Jubilee in Germany. Their romance faces challenges as they deal with quarreling couples, romantic rivalries, and the allure of fame and fortune.
Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight contender Martin, who is about to fight for the championship. However, he does not know that his manager is preparing to double-cross him.
Buddy Rogers and Marian Nixon playing the grown children of feuding German-Americans Frank Morgan and Joseph Cawthorn. Romance blossoms between Rogers and Nixon, while Morgan and Cawthorn continue muttering Teutonic imprecations at one another.
Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.
Bob Preston, publicity man for Superba Pictures, uses his publicity skills in an attempt to make this fiancée June Dale the most famous movie star in the world. But in doing so, he forgets that women want to be attended to for themselves, not as objects of fame.
In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But Sid frets as Adeline spends increasing amounts of time with the dashing Major Day.
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
Joseph Cawthorn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Cawthorn (March 29, 1868, New York City, New York – January 21, 1949, Beverly Hills, California) was an American stage and film comic actor. Cawthorn started out in show business as a child, debuting at Robinson's Music Hall in his hometown of New York in 1872. He appeared in minstrel shows and vaudeville as a "Dutch" comic, employing a thick German dialect. He later worked in British music halls and American touring companies. Cawthorn made his Broadway debut in 1895, 1897 or 1898, and embarked on a long career lasting over two decades. His first success was playing Boris in Victor Herbert's 1898 operetta The Fortune Teller. Other notable Broadway roles included the title character in Mother Goose (1903) and inventor Dr. Pill in the fantasy musical Little Nemo (1908). In the latter, he was called upon to ad lib to buy time during one performance. As "the scene called for him to describe imaginary animals he had hunted", he invented the "whiffenpoof" on the spot. Yale students in the audience appropriated it for the name of their glee club. When his Broadway stardom waned, Cawthorn moved to Hollywood in 1927 and started a second prolific career, appearing in over 50 films, the last in 1942. He played Gremio in the first sound adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew in 1929, starring Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks; Schultz in Gold Diggers of 1935; and Florenz Ziegfeld's father in The Great Ziegfeld (1936). Cawthorn died peacefully on January 21, 1949. He was survived by his wife, actress Queenie Vassar.
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