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Dracula (1963)
Character: Mina (archive footage)
8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.
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Vanity Street (1932)
Character: Jeanie Gregg
A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".
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The Joy Girl (1927)
Character: Flora
Though she loves one man, an ambitious Palm Beach girl marries another, whom she thinks is rich. He turns out to be a fraud who thought she was an heiress. She returns to a successful hat shop she maintains catering to socialites. Her true love turns out to be in fact, a rich man who let her think he was not to test her.
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The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
Character: Mina (archive footage)
Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
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Unfinished Symphony (1934)
Character: Emmie Passeuter
Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. Schubert performs a version of his new work, "Symphony in B Minor", for the princess, but a misunderstanding results in Schubert storming out of the concert in a rage. Complications ensue. English-language version of "Leise flehen meine Lieder."
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Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
Character: Oleander Tubbs
A dull statistician changes his life after winning a pile of money after successfully determining the number of beans in a barrel. He decides to do something novel with the prize and ends up buying a barrel factory. He encounters trouble when the nearby pickle factory is threatened by a shyster attempting to close it.
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The Sky Hawk (1929)
Character: Joan Allan
Jack Bardell, a British aviator in World War I, a dashing hero to all who know him, is discharged following an airplane crash that occurred under suspicious circumstances. Invalided to private life, to the shame of his father, Lord Bardell, he gets his chance for redemption during a German Zepplin attack over London. He puts on a good show.
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Salvation Nell (1931)
Character: Nell Saunders
Young Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out....
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The Road to 'Dracula' (1999)
Character: Self (archive footage)
A documentary from Universal about the movie "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.
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Long Lost Father (1934)
Character: Lindsey Lane
A long-absent father is reunited with his daughter, who still holds a grudge that he had deserted his family years earlier.
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Mothers Cry (1930)
Character: Beattie Williams
Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son, vicious and sadistic Danny Williams, who has led a life of crime and now returns to inflict his insane behavior on the family household.
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Goodbye Again (1933)
Character: Elizabeth Clochessy
Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her suspicious husband. Will the author's savvy secretary, who's secretly in love with him, save his neck?
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Christopher Strong (1933)
Character: Monica Strong
A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.
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Salute (1929)
Character: Nancy Wayne
A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.
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Dracula (1931)
Character: Mina Seward
British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London and is, unbeknownst to Renfield, a vampire. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together, and as Dracula begins preying on London socialites, the two become the subject of study for a supernaturalist professor, Abraham Van Helsing.
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Outward Bound (1930)
Character: Ann
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 nature of their journey. The film was later remade, with some changes, as Between Two Worlds (1944).
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Alimony Madness (1933)
Character: Joan Armstrong
A man's wife is put on trial for the murder of his first wife.
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Mother's Boy (1929)
Character: Rose Lyndon
Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of stealing the family's life savings, Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret. He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue. On opening night, just as he is about to go on stage, he receives word that his mother, who he has not seen since he left home, is dying and wants to see him.
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Daybreak (1931)
Character: Laura
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
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Fanny Foley Herself (1931)
Character: Lenore
A vaudeville performer has trouble dividing her time equally between her career and her two daughters.
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Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
Character: Joan Garland
One of the first screen outings for Will Hay. Hay plays the Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (NBG) who hides away in his office unaware that the general feeling about his programming is that it is too high-brow and the public are not happy. However, when he discovers this he decides to take action and promotes Jimmy, his Head of the Complaints Department, to Programme Director. Jimmy decides that a series of variety spectaculars are what the public want and sets about hiring the acts. But obstacles are put in his way and he discovers that the NBG has its own cluster of wannabe variety stars.
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It's a Bet (1935)
Character: Clare
A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the mysterious disappearance in an attempt to boost the circulation of his newspaper.
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The Last Flight (1931)
Character: Nikki
Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
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Midnight Alibi (1934)
Character: Abigail
An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.
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The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933)
Character: Mary Dunbar
Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Barely surviving a Midwest train wreck, she becomes a local hero after injuring herself while saving a baby's life. While recovering at the home of the headmaster of a boy's school and his family, her veneer of oversophistications melts away and she finds herself fancying the small town life.
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