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The Bat Whispers (1930)
, 1h23Réalisé par Roland West
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Comédie, Horreur, Policier
Thèmes Théâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Chester Morris, Una Merkel, Chance Ward, Richard Tucker, Wilson Benge, Maude Eburne
Un mystérieux criminel nommé le Bat échappe constamment à la police. Dans la campagne proche de la ville d'Oakdale, les nouvelles du cambriolage de la banque ont rendu Lizzie, servante de Madame Van Gordner, très nerveuse. Madame Van Gordner loue la maison du Président de la banque d'Oakdale, Mr. Fleming, qui est actuellement en Europe. Le principal suspect du vol, un caissier, a disparu. La nièce de Madame Van Gordner, Dale arrive dans la maison, suivie du jardinier tout juste engagé par sa tante. Le Dr. Venrees se présente pour annoncer l'arrivée de Mr. Fleming suite au cambriolage et qui s'installera dans la maison.
Au seuil de l’enfer (1930)
, 1h18Réalisé par Archie Mayo
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Gangsters, Policier
Thèmes Gangsters
Acteurs Lew Ayres, James Cagney, Charles Judels, Leon Janney, Dwight Frye, Jerry Mandy
Louie Ricarno, un jeune chef de gang à Chicago, devient le patron des bas-fonds de la ville. Il tombe amoureux de Doris, sans savoir qu'elle est en fait avec son second, Steve Mileaway. Lorsque Doris accepte de l'épouser, Louie décide de tout quitter et de partir pour la Floride. En chemin vers le sud, il s'arrange pour que Doris rencontre son jeune frère Jackie, qui est dans une école militaire sous un faux nom. Une fois en Floride, Doris s'ennuie, Chicago lui manque. Pendant ce temps, Mileaway est incapable de mettre fin à une guerre des gangs qui s'est déclenchée à Chicago, il demande à Louie de rentrer pour reprendre les choses en main, mais ce dernier refuse. Pour le forcer à revenir, il décide de faire kidnapper Jackie. Hélas, comme il est approché par deux hommes de main, Jackie sent un danger et s'enfuit, mais il est renversé par un camion. Louie revient alors à Chicago pour se venger. Malgré les conseils du chef de la police O'Grady, il tue les coupables, mais est obligé de se cacher. Après quelque temps, il décide de sortir fièrement de sa cachette, sachant très bien que ses ennemis l'attendent dehors.
Framed (1930)
, 1h2Réalisé par George Archainbaud
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Aventure, Policier
Acteurs Evelyn Brent, Regis Toomey, Ralf Harolde, William Holden, Maurice Black, William Holden
When Rose Manning's father is killed during a robbery by Inspector McArthur, Manning vows to avenge his death. Five years elapse, and Rose is now the owner of a nightclub, and her liquor supplier, the bootlegger Chuck Gaines is interested in her. Still plotting her revenge, she meets Jimmy McArthur, who she does not realize is the son of the inspector. Spurning Gaines' advances, Rose becomes romantically involved with Jimmy. Her motivations waver as her emotional attachment to the young McArthur grows, until her relationship takes precedence over her revenge. Chuck, jealous of the growing relationship between Rose and Jimmy, plots with his cohort, Bing Murdock, to murder both the inspector and his son. Uncovering the plan, Rose is attempting to warn Jimmy, when his father raids her club. In the ensuing chaos, Jimmy kills Gaines in order to protect Rose, after Gaines attacked her in a fit of jealous rage. When the inspector finally realizes that what Rose and Jimmy have is real affection for one another, he removes any objections over their relationship.
In the Next Room (1930)
, 1h9Réalisé par Edward F. Cline
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Policier
Acteurs Jack Mulhall, Alice Day, Robert Emmett O'Connor, John St. Polis, Claud Allister, Aggie Herring
The film is preceded by a prologue set in 1889 in which we see an angry husband murdering his wife's lover. The setting of the film then moves to 1929, just as an antiques dealer (John St. Polis) has finished moving into the same house where the 1889 murder had occurred. For years the house had been deserted, it's only occupant being the butler. St. Polis moves in with his daughter (Alice Day) and maid and retains the elderly butler to help take care of the house. One night, the police arrive at the house after receiving a telephone call that a murder has just been committed on the premises. When they arrive, the police are surprised to find that no one in the house knows what they are talking about. It so happens that on that day a valuable antique cabinet has arrived at the house and this has attracted several strangers to come to the house to examine it. A young reporter (Jack Mulhall), who has come to see Alice Day, also arrives at the house. As the police are investigating the mysterious telephone call, however, a series of strange murders occur. As Mulhall is helping Day to open the antique cabinet, they find a hypnotized woman inside. The police are then notified but when everyone returns to the cabinet they find the woman has disappeared. One of the police detectives, Robert Emmett O'Connor, is soon knocked unconscious. St Polis is also hit of the head but stays conscious. The son of the former owner of the cabinet is soon found murdered. As Mulhall attempts to call his newspaper, Day is abducted and taken to the wine cellar. She is rescued by a one-legged man who suddenly disappears and is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, the hypnotized girl appears in a revived state and reveals that her partner, a diamond smuggler, has been murdered with poison. Eventually, Mulhall, assuming the role of an amateur detective, clears up the entire mystery.
Man to Man (1930)
, 1h8Réalisé par Allan Dwan
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Phillips Holmes, Grant Mitchell, Otis Harlan, Dwight Frye, Russell Simpson, George F. Marion
Phillips Holmes plays as the son of a barber, played by Grant Mitchell, who killed a man who had murdered his brother. Holmes, who is ashamed at being the son of a murderer, is working at a bank when his father is paroled. Although Mitchell is eager to establish a relationship with his son, Holmes wants nothing to do with his father. Feeling that people are judging him because of his father, Holmes decides to leave town and take his girl friend, played by Lucille Powers, with him. There is only one problem, Holmes needs to make some money quickly in order to marry Powers. Dwight Frye, who works at the same bank as Holmes, is also in love with Powers and figures out a way to prevent Holmes from taking her. Frye steals two thousand dollars from Holmes' drawer so that he will be accused of stealing money. When Holmes realizes that two thousand dollars is missing from his drawer he assumes his father has stolen the money as he visited him at the bank earlier in the day. This leads Holmes to confess to stealing the money to prevent his dad from going to prison. At the same time, his father confesses to stealing the money to prevent Holmes from going to prison. Powers, who suspects that Fyre has stolen the money, tricks him into confessing his crime and father and son are happily reunited.
Meurtre (1930)
, 1h38Réalisé par Alfred Hitchcock
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Policier
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Una O'Connor, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander
John Menier, acteur dramatique de renom, participe en tant que juré à la condamnation pour meurtre d'une jeune actrice (Diana Baring) dont il finit cependant par douter de la culpabilité. Avec l’aide de deux comédiens au chômage, il entreprend alors de conduire sa propre enquête...
Numbered Men (1930)
, 1h10Réalisé par Mervyn LeRoy
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel, Raymond Hackett, Ralph Ince, Ivan Linow, George Cooper
Conrad Nagel plays Bertie "Duke" Gray, a counterfeiter who has been sentenced to prison for ten years. Seeing that there is no chance to escape, he accepts his fate and settles down into prison life to make the best of it. Gray is friends with Bud Leonard (played by Raymond Hackett), a young man who can not stand prison for he is in love with Mary Dane (played by Bernice Claire) and misses her terribly. To make matters worse, while Hackett is in prison, the man who framed him, played by Lou Rinaldo (played by Maurice Black), is making a play for Mary. When she tempts Bud to escape he is ready to run the risk although it may mean his death. The two plan to meet each other when Hackett discloses to her that he is being sent to work on the road gang. Mary manages to get work at a farmhouse where the convicts usually eat, hoping to thereby see Bud. Rinaldo traces her to the house and schemes to get Hackett out of the way so he can have her instead. Rinaldo convinces Hackett and yet another prisoner ("King Callahan", played by Ralph Ince) whom Rinaldo had framed that now is the time to escape in the hope that he can have them caught in the attempt. Mary prevents Hackett's escape but Callahan falls for the trick. Callahan later shoots Rinaldo and is himself killed. To save Bud, who is supposed to be released soon, Gray informs against Rinaldo, although the evidence he provides will lead to an extra prison term for him. Gray is happy to make the sacrifice, knowing that Mary will be with the man she truly loves.
The Pay-Off (1930)
, 1h5Réalisé par Lowell Sherman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Hugh Trevor, William Janney, George F. Marion, Walter McGrail
Un voyou vole un jeune couple fiancé de leurs derniers dollars. Quand le chef de gang du voyou apprend le vol, il leur rend leur argent et les prend sous son aile. Le voyou, plein de ressentiment envers le couple, envisage d'organiser une mutinerie contre le chef du gang, mais lorsqu'il est tué dans un vol bâclé, la police concentre son attention sur le jeune couple.
Sweet Mama (1930)
, 1h17Réalisé par Edward F. Cline
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Alice White, David Manners, Kenneth Thomson, Lee Moran, Robert Elliott, Richard Cramer
When the film begins we find Alice White stranded several hundred miles away from New York with a burlesque troupe. She receives a telegraph that her boyfriend, played by David Manners, is in jail. White boards a train headed for New York without a ticket because she has no money. When the conductor discovers she has no ticket she is almost thrown off the train. A detective, played by Robert Elliott, befriends White and offers to let White borrow the money she needs for a ticket. When she arrives in New York she finds that Manners has been bailed out by a friend and is working for Kenneth Thomson, playing as a gangster who runs a nightclub. White is disappointed to find that her boyfriend is working for criminals. She gets some money from Manners to pay back Elliott for the money he gave her for a train ticket. Elliott notices that she is paying with bills that have been reported stolen. White confesses everything she knows to the detective about her boyfriend and his new employer. Elliott asks White to get a job at the nightclub so that she can get evidence against the gangsters and in return he promises to clear her boyfriend of any wrongdoing. White easily gets a job singing and dancing at the club. Eventually she hears plans about a bank robbery and reports everything to Elliott. When the gangster attempt to rob the bank they realize that the police are watching and waiting and conclude that someone has informed the police ahead of time. Thompson suspects that White has informed the police. In order to save her, Manners implicates himself and the gangsters get ready to stage an accidental suicide for him. They plan to throw Manners out of the window of Thompson's penthouse apartment. White informs the police and arrives in the nick of time to save Manners. Thompson, realizing now that the police have ample evidence against him, attempts to escape and is shot by the police. Manners and White are happily reunited and the film ends.
Sweethearts and Wives (1930)
, 1h17Réalisé par Clarence G. Badger
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Policier, Romance
Acteurs Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer, Leila Hyams, Albert Gran, Crauford Kent
Billie Dove plays the part of an aristocrat who tries to prevent her sister's divorce by attempting to recover of a diamond necklace, which is being used as incriminating evidence against her. This necklace was stolen when Dove's sister while she was secretly in another's man apartment. Dove is to meet a thief at a lonely French Inn outside of Paris who has stolen the necklace. Dove quickly disguises herself as a French maid. Unfortunately the thief is killed by someone who enters the house just as she was about to regain the diamonds. At this point, Sidney Blackmer, who has come in search of some one to fix his car and sell him some gas, arrives at the Inn. Blackmer is in an awkward position himself as he is having an affair with a married woman, played by Leila Hyams, and they are both fearful lest her husband learn of this escapade. Dove reveals that she is not a maid but an English aristocrat. The police and Clive Brook soon arrives at the house, playing the part of a divorce detective, who is secretly working to find the diamond necklace to return it to the husband of the woman who lost it. Hyams switches into Dove's maid costume in order to escape detection from Brook and the police. Meanwhile, the police are investigating the murder of the thief. Soon after the waiter and hotel clerk steal Blackmer's repaired car and take off. As the film progresses, Blackmer and Dove soon grow fond of each other and fall in love. Dove confides in Blackmer and he helps her find the necklace. In the process of recovering the necklace, three of the thieves end up being killed. In the end, Dove manages to retrieve the necklace back and save her sister from a scandalous divorce.
The Widow From Chicago (1930)
, 1h4Réalisé par Edward F. Cline
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier, Romance
Acteurs Alice White, Edward G. Robinson, Neil Hamilton, Frank McHugh, Lee Shumway, Brooks Benedict
Two detectives, played by John Elliot and Harold Goodwin, board a train in pursuit of a gangster, who is played by Neil Hamilton. Hamilton is travelling to New York to work for Edward G. Robinson, a notorious gangster who owns a nightclub. Hamilton jumps off the train near a bridge crossing and since no trace of him can be found the police believe him to be dead. Goodwin assumes Hamilton's identity and joins Robinson's gang but is quickly discovered to be an imposter and shot. Determined to find out who killed her brother, Alice White poses as Hamilton's widow and attempts to get a job at Robinson's nightclub. Hamilton eventually shows up and White is almost exposed as an imposter. Hamilton, however, is eventually persuaded by White and he promises not to tell Robinson the truth. White and Hamilton fall in love. During a hold-up, White protects Hamilton by shooting at a cop in the back. Hamilton begins to think of reforming due to White's influence. White eventually gets Robinson to confess that he shot her brother by pretending to be interested in him. She leaves the phone off the hook while the police listen in on his confession. When the police show up, Robinson realizes what White has done and uses White as a shield against the police but Hamilton manages to save White and Robinson is forced to surrender to the police.
Those Who Dance (1930)
, 1h15Réalisé par William Beaudine
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Thèmes Gangsters
Acteurs Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Betty Compson, William Janney, Wilfred Lucas, DeWitt Jennings
Monte Blue plays as a police detective who is after a famous gangster (played by William Boyd). He disguises himself and lives in the very house of the famous gangster by pretending he is an out-of-town gangster who has just murdered someone. He pretends he is the sweetheart of an innocent girl (played by Lila Lee) who suspects her brother has been framed for murder by Monte Blue. Blue's moll, played by Betty Compson, is also in on the conspiracy as she had become fed up with his cheating, lying and brutal treatment. The life of Lee's brother depends, who has been sentenced to death in the electric chair, depends on them getting evidence against Boyd.
East Is West (1930)
, 1h15Réalisé par Monta Bell
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Thèmes Politique, Théâtre, Politique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Lupe Vélez, Lew Ayres, Edward G. Robinson, E. Alyn Warren, Henry Kolker, Tetsu Komai
En Chine, une jeune femme du nom de Ming Toy, est proche d'être vendue par son père aux enchères quand Billy Benson, un jeune et élégant américain, arrivant de son pays natal dans l'espoir de trouver une chinoise à marier, surenchérit et la sauve de l'esclavage. Un de ses vieux amis, Lo Sang Kee, l’emmène à San Francisco mais finit par la vendre à Charlie Yong, le roi de Chinatown qui souhaite prendre Ming Toy pour femme. Devant le refus de la jeune femme, Benson, malgré plusieurs essais infructueux, réussit à l'enlever de force et décide alors de la prendre chez lui. Mais ses parents, horrifiés à la pensée de voir leur fils épouser une chinoise, la rejettent. Crainte vite effacée quand elle leur explique qu'elle est une femme blanche, qu'elle a été élevée par une famille chinoise lorsque ses parents, un couple de missionnaires, furent assassinés, expliquant alors sa proximité avec la culture et les mœurs chinois dont elle est imprégnés. Les parents décident alors de bénir leur union.
Road To Paradise (1930)
, 1h14Réalisé par William Beaudine
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, Kathlyn Williams, Fred Kelsey, Purnell Pratt
Loretta Young plays the part of an orphan who has been raised by two thieves (Raymond Hatton and George Barraud) and does not know that she has a twin sister who is now a wealthy socialite (Loretta Young as Margaret Waring). One day, while she is dining at a Chinese restaurant with her two guardians, they notice the wealthy socialite and are taken aback at how closely she resembles Young. Hatton and Barraud convince Young that she should impersonate the socialite so that they can enter her house and steal the contents of her safe. Young enters the house and meet Jack Mulhall who senses something different about Waring and immediately falls in love with Young. When night falls, Young lets Hatton and Barraud into the house and they attempt to open the safe. Waring happens to enter the house and is shocked to find a woman that looks like her. She is wounded by Barraud and Young tricks the police into thinking that Waring is an imposter and thief. Even though Mulhall knows the truth, he keeps quiet because he is in love with Young. Eventually Young discovers that Waring is her twin sister when they discover that they have matching lockets. The charges against Waring are dropped and Young accepts Mulhall's proposal of marriage.
Le mystère de la villa rose (1930)
, 1h40Réalisé par René Hervil, Louis Mercanton
Origine France
Genres Policier
Acteurs Héléna Manson, Léon Mathot, Baron fils, Georges Péclet, Jean Mercanton, René Montis
Une vieille dame, fervente de spiritisme, est assassinée. Un haut fonctionnaire de la police, un gaffeur incurable, un joueur effréné, une innocente compromise, participent à l'aventure.