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1937
Didi
![]() | Director: Nitin Bose Writer: Nitin Bose
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A famous Saigal musical narrating a strange love story set against 1930s industrialization and worker-management relations. The 16-year-old Prabhavati (Chandarbati Devi/Kumari) inherits a mill and turns it into an extremely profitable enterprise. Prakash (Saigal) is a worker who designs a more efficient machine for the factory for which he first gets sacked and then is re-employed.
The Romance of Louisiana
![]() | Director: Crane Wilbur Writer: Charles L. Tedford
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This 1937 Vitaphone short was reissued in 1953 to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1803, American President Thomas Jefferson appointed James Monroe to negotiate with Napoleon to acquire the Louisiana territory from France.
The Romance of Digestion
![]() | Director: Felix E. Feist Writers: Robert Benchley, Felix E. Feist
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Fessée, La
![]() | Director: Pierre Caron (I) Writers: Jean de Letraz, Jean Nohain, Pierre Caron (I), ...
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No matarás
![]() | Director: Miguel Contreras Torres Writer: Miguel Contreras Torres
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Antonio Guerra is an unemployed Spanish immigrant in the USA. His brother and mother in Spain haven't heard about him for many years or even receive a letter. But one day, his brother receives a letter from him, telling that things are going well. But the reality is other. Antonio is passing a hard time in New Yor City, suffering the Years of Depression as many out of workers.
The Bride Wore Red
![]() | Director: Dorothy Arzner Writers: Ferenc Molnár (I), Waldo Salt, Catherine Turney, ...
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Count Armalia believes that the luck of birth is all that separates the rich from the poor. To test his theory, he sends Anni, who is a singer in a dive, to a ritzy resort for two weeks. With fancy new clothes and ersatz status, Anni decides that she likes the rich life. But with time running out, she needs a rich husband and Rudi is the one she chooses.
Melody of the Plains
![]() | Director: Sam Newfield (I) Writers: Bennett Cohen (I), Bennett Cohen (I)
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When Cass and his gang attack Steve Condon and his trail herders, it apears that Steve kills his own man Bud. Later when Steve and Fuzzy take jobs on Langley's ranch, they find that Bud was his son. Cass and Scar are after Langley's cattle and to get rid of Steve they tell Langley that he shot his son.
I Cover the War
![]() | Director: Arthur Lubin Writers: Bernard McConville, George Waggner
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Bob Adams (John Wayne), ace newsreel cameraman, is told by his boss, "Get the picture---we can't screen alibis." He heads for Samari, a desert hot-bed of tribal unrest in Africa, to do just that, which includes getting footage of El Kadar (Charles Brokaw), bandit and rebel leader.
Lady Behave!
![]() | Director: Lloyd Corrigan Writers: Joseph Krumgold, Olive Cooper (I)
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Community Sing: Series 2, No. 4
![]() | Director: Charles Lamont (I)
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Porky's Badtime Story
![]() | Director: Robert Clampett
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After Porky and Gabby oversleep yet again, their boss warns them that they'll be fired if they're late again. Determined to make it to work on time the next day, the two roomates go to bed at 8pm. But will they get any rest, or will one thing after another keep them awake all night?
Dark Journey
![]() | Director: Victor Saville Writers: Lajos Biró, Lajos Biró, Arthur Wimperis
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God's Country and the Woman
![]() | Director: William Keighley Writers: James Oliver Curwood, Peter Milne (I), Charles Belden, ...
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Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Jeff cuts off his allowance and puts him to work, but on his first day, he is tricked into signing a contract allowing arch-rivals Barton Logging to use Russett railways. Jeff hauls Steve up to the logging camp, but he steals a plane. It runs out of gas in Barton territory, where spitfire Jo is running the camp.
Un carnet de bal
![]() | Director: Julien Duvivier Writers: Julien Duvivier, Henri Jeanson, Yves Mirande, ...
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After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger inclination. To overcome these dreary thoughts, she decides to find out about him and the other men who danced with her during a ball that was a turning point in her life, many years ago.
Lachdoktor, Der
![]() | Director: Fred Sauer Writers: Reinhold Meißner, Fred Sauer
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Lenin v oktyabre
![]() | Directors: Mikhail Romm, Dmitri Vasilyev (I) Writer: Aleksei Kapler
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A Federico García Lorca
![]() | Director: Justo Labal Writers: Federico García Lorca, Justo Labal, Antonio Machado (I)
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The Green Cockatoo
![]() | Director: William Cameron Menzies Writers: Ted Berkman, Graham Greene (I), Arthur Wimperis
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A young girl (Rene Ray) is traveling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man (Robert Newton) who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother.
Arizona Days
![]() | Director: John English (I) Writers: Lindsley Parsons, Sherman L. Lowe
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Tex and sidekick Grass join McGill's traveling show. When Price has McGill's wagons burned, Tex becomes the county tax collector to earn money. This leads to trouble as one of those owing money is Price who says he will not pay.




