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The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

IMDb: 6.6
1941

In Shanghai, dragon lady Mother Gin Sling operates a gambling house for wealthy patrons but she clashes with influential land developer Sir Guy Charteris who wants to put her out of business

Children of Divorce

Children of Divorce (1927)

IMDb: 6.6
1927

A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her He really loves another woman, but didnt marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents Complications ensue

Morocco (1930)

Morocco (1930)

IMDb: 7.1
1930

A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment (1935)

IMDb: 7.0
1935

Man is haunted by a murder hes committed

The Docks of New Yor

The Docks of New York (1928)

IMDb: 7.5
1928

A blue collar worker on New Yorks depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide

The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

IMDb: 7.6
1934

A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power

Thunderbolt (1929)

Thunderbolt (1929)

IMDb: 6.6
1929

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolts girl Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution

An American Tragedy

An American Tragedy (1931)

IMDb: 6.4
1931

A poor factory worker employed by a wealthy uncle falls in love with a beautiful heiress, but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker he impregnated

I Take This Woman (1

I Take This Woman (1940)

IMDb: 6.3
1940

A doctor Spencer Tracy marries a suicidal woman Hedy Lamarr but begins to doubt her fidelity

The Last Command (19

The Last Command (1928)

IMDb: 8.0
1928

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary

Anatahan (1953)

Anatahan (1953)

IMDb: 7.1
1953

In June 1944, twelve Japanese seaman are stranded on an abandoned and forgotten island called Ana ta han for seven years

Underworld (1927)

Underworld (1927)

IMDb: 7.6
1927

Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weeds girlfriend

Jet Pilot (1957)

Jet Pilot (1957)

IMDb: 5.7
1957

Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR

The Blue Angel (1930

The Blue Angel (1930)

IMDb: 7.7
1930

An elderly professors ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer

Shanghai Express (19

Shanghai Express (1932)

IMDb: 7.4
1932

A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved

Macao (1952)

Macao (1952)

IMDb: 6.7
1952

Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singerpetty crook, Julie Benson

Dishonored (1931)

Dishonored (1931)

IMDb: 7.2
1931

The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians