The Squall

May 9, 1929

1h 42m

★ 3.0

Nubi-- gypsy gale of passion.... an ill-wind that blows no man good. (Poster)

Overview

A fiesty, sexy and manipulative gypsy disrupts the lives of a conservative farm family.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

First National Pictures

The Vitaphone Corporation

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Cast

Maria

Alice Joyce

Josef

Richard Tucker

Nubi

Myrna Loy

Irma

Loretta Young

Lena

Zasu Pitts

Paul

Carroll Nye

Peter

Harry Cording

Niki

George Hackathorne

Aunt Anna

Marcia Harris

Uncle Dani

Knute Erickson

El Moro

Nicholas Soussanin

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5.8

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A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.

7.2

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dec 24, 1931

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7.5

Frankenstein

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6.9

42nd Street

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A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

6.5

Mexican Bus Ride

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6.5

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5.7

Class Trip

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5.5

Emperor Jones

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6.1

Ladies They Talk About

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6.1

Employees' Entrance

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Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20 years or of toying with the affections of every woman he meets. One such victim is Madeline, a beautiful young woman in need of a job. Anderson hires her as a salesgirl, but not before the two spend the night together. Madeline is ashamed, especially after she falls for Martin West, a rising young star at the store. Her biggest fear is that Martin finds out the truth about her "career move."

5.5

Ann Vickers

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6.1

Svengali

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A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.

5.6

Love Affair

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Heiress learns to fly from aeronautical engineer. Things get complicated as their affair progresses.

6.3

The Cabin in the Cotton

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5.2

She Had to Say Yes

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6.7

The Miracle Woman

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0.0

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6.5

Of Human Bondage

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A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

5.6

Cimarron

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