Fandor Staff

This caper comedy revolves around the astonishing effect that $100,000 in cash has on various characters, something that can be explained by remembering that in 1932 Britain (like the U.S.) was in the grips of a serious economic depression.

James Cagney was such a big star by 1934 that producers were eager to find less pricey equivalents, notably Jimmy’s younger brother William, a lookalike who made his brief bid for stardom in two “B” productions that year.

When orphaned city-boy Danny is shunted off to distant relatives in the country, neither he nor the German Shepard he’s adopted en route are made welcome.

A must-see for audiophiles and vinyl hounds, this promotional film brings the viewer inside RCA Victor’s teeming record plant.

Top-billed Ginger Rogers, three years before her initial career-making teaming with Fred Astaire, was just dipping her tapping toes in the movies when she made this Pathé melody comedy.

Acted on location by nonprofessionals and written by famed novelist John Steinbeck, this docudrama (made several years before the advent of neo-realism) was a highly unusual endeavor in its day.

Parody trailers are a dime-a-dozen now but they were a real novelty when this short from Educational Pictures (“The spice of the program!”) appeared in movie houses.

In the late 1890s, a band of white men posing as Indians robs settlers.

A Border Patrolman goes undercover to break up a smuggling ring on the Arizona-Mexico border.