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If I Had a Million is an anthology film that tells the story of multiple people who unexpectedly inherit a large sum of money. The film follows their individual experiences and how the sudden wealth affects their lives. From a curmudgeon who becomes a generous donor to a husband and wife planning their end-of-life, the film explores various scenarios and the different ways people react to sudden wealth. With multiple directors and a diverse cast, If I Had a Million offers a lighthearted and insightful look at the impact of money on people's lives.
During World War Two, a German spy infiltrates the United States posing as a naturalized American citizen and bookstore owner. He carries out acts of sabotage and espionage, creating a web of deception and treachery. A college professor and stamp collector suspects his true identity and becomes entangled in a dangerous battle against the Nazi spy ring.
In The Man Who Could Work Miracles, a man named George Fotheringay discovers he has the ability to work miracles. He uses this power to change various aspects of the world such as stopping wars, preventing accidents, and even changing the past. However, he soon realizes that his actions have unintended consequences and struggles to deal with the responsibility that comes with his newfound ability. As he grapples with the implications of his power, George must also navigate his unrequited love for a woman named Ada and face attempts on his life by those who fear his abilities. Ultimately, George must decide how to responsibly use his power and bring about true world peace.
When a man is faced with financial crisis, he resorts to murdering his nephew and covering it up. However, his actions lead to a series of false accusations and a web of deception that threatens to unravel his life.
An Englishman (Richard Arlen) fights in the Sudan after receiving white feathers of cowardice from his fiancee (Fay Wray) and friends.
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."
Francis, the result of a clandestine marriage between the Duke of Chatsfield and a peasant girl, after being raised in a monastery following his parents death assumes his title but falls victim to a pair of schemers leading to much heartache before all is set aright before the fadeout.
A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel by Lionel Feuchtwanger, Jew Süss is the story of life in the 18th century Jewish ghetto of Württemberg. Süss (Veidt) works himself out of the ghetto and into a position of power with the help of an evil Duke.
Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
Bound for Africa the next day, Captain Ferréol visits Gilberte Boismartel, his former sweetheart who is now married to Rochemore, a French magistrate, to return her love letters. Leaving he witness the murder of Rochemore.
A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their intermarriages and blend thoroughly, and you have a mixture a too-young-to-believe Frederic March will try to straighten out.
A PI investigates a priest's murder.
A story of of the captain of an oil tanker during World War II, Captain Bart Manson, who rescues Katherine Hall when her ship is sunk by a German U-boat.
A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los Angeles to New York record and attracts the interest of the U.S. Navy, who want to send her on a spy mission.
A young bareback rider in a circus is in love with a trapeze artist, but he has two problems: he drinks too much and he's fallen under the spell of a "vamp" who's nothing but trouble for him.
The true story of the exploits of the RAF's (Royal Air Force) foreign legion battling the German Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany's Air Force) during the early months of 1941 during WWII before America officially entered the war at the end of the year when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan and Hitler declared war on the United States. The United States then drafted all of their airmen and fighter pilot aces into the United States Air Force for their own combat missions against the Luftwaffe
This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean liner.
Illusion is a drama film set in the jazz-age era of the 1920s. The story revolves around an illusionist whose life takes a downward spiral after reconnecting with his former assistant. As the events unfold, the film explores themes of deception, trust, and remorse. It showcases the glamorous and dangerous world of vaudeville theater, featuring captivating magic acts and musical performances. The protagonist's careless actions and the reunion's consequences lead to a tragic climax that delves into themes of love, loss, and the pursuit of redemption.
Lothar Mendes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lothar Mendes (19 May 1894 – 25 February 1974) was a German-born screenwriter and film director. who began his career as an actor in Vienna and Berlin in Max Reinhardt's famous troupe. He went to America in the early 1920s and there he remained until 1933, directing more than a dozen features, mostly frothy comedies, while under contract to Paramount. His films included the last silent film made in America, The Four Feathers (1929) and the murder mystery Payment Deferred (1933) starring British expatriate Charles Laughton. After Hitler ascended to power, Mendes travelled to Britain in 1934 to work at Gaumont-British Pictures, directing films with Sir Michael Balcon producing. Under that banner, he directed Jew Süss (1934) starring one of Germany's most famous emigre actors, Conrad Veidt. Mendes' Jew Suss is not to be confused with the later Nazi film of the same title (1940) which is a Reich-made, virulently anti-Semitic film that deliberately contorted the exiled German-Jewish writer, Lion Feuchtwanger's original novel of the same name, on which Mendes' film was based. Mendes' 1934 film version of Feuchtwanger's novel received strong notices at the time, and was considered an important and early film in exposing the origins of the violent anti-semitism of the then-newly empowered Nazi Party; in particular, it was praised by Albert Einstein and the Jewish American leader, Rabbi Stephen Wise, who encouraged its distribution in America under the title Power, though the film itself did not attract an audience in Depression America. In 1936, Mendes directed his best-known film, the H.G. Wells short story, The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) starring Sir Ralph Richardson, for which Wells himself co-wrote the adaptation. His last British film was Moonlight Sonata aka The Charmer and starred the aging piano legend Paderewski as himself; it's notable for containing rare performance footage of the legendary pianist, then in exile from his native Nazi-occupied Poland. By 1941, Mendes had returned to Hollywood where he co-directed the pro-British International Squadron (1941), one of several films on the Eagle Squadron of American pilots who volunteered to fly in the Battle of Britain before the US entered the war. His last feature films were patriotic World War II fare with such stars as Rosalind Russell as a Navy reconnaissance pilot who must fly one more mission before getting married in Flight for Freedom (1943) and Edward G Robinson as a man who may or may not have married a spy in Tampico (1944). He retired from films in 1946, and the remaining decades of his life remain murky. "A competent, dependable director," comments film historian Larry Langman, "he never achieved the critical success in America that came to some of his compatriots."
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