Inspiration

Freaks

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for

1932

All Quiet on the Western Front

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is dest

1930

Attorney for the Defense

A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.

1932

The Flirting Widow

An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry. However, the lie comes back to haunt her.

1930

Let's Fall in Love

A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.

1933

American Madness

Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank r

1932

The Narrow Corner

An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.

1933

Unashamed

A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.

1932

The Fall Guy

Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her bizarre,

1930

The Big Timer

Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.

1932

Play Girl

A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.

1932

Shanghai Express

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.

1932

Scarface

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to pr

1932

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

On the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.

1931

It Happened One Night

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them be

1934

Lazy River

Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.

1934

Alexander Hamilton

The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.

1931

Call of the Flesh

A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.

1930

Sporting Blood

A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multiple hands who do not treat him well.

1931

New Morals for Old

Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man

1932