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Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg....

A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness....

A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a commonality that changes their perception of the ...

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman....

Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film....

A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts....

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...

Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins....

An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their marriage. The actor believes his wife is capable of infidelity and sets out to prove this is so. Disgu...

The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing. ...

A socialite finds herself involved in a murder trial that is prosecuted by her boyfriend....

A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life....

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....

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past....

A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client....

A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too....

A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin....

A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lo...

Marines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go to Sweden and compete for the love of Else. Next they go to Nicaragua and help earthquake victims. Then to Egypt where Else is now in Prince Hassan's harem...

A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows....