The House on 56th Street

Dec 23, 1933

1h 8m

★ 4.6

Overview

A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone

Kay Francis

Bill Blaine

Ricardo Cortez

Monte Van Tyle

Gene Raymond

Lyndon Fiske

John Halliday

Eleanor Van Tyle Burgess

Margaret Lindsay

Chester Hunt

Frank McHugh

Bonelli

William 'Stage' Boyd

Henry Burgess

Hardie Albright

Dolly

Sheila Terry

Freddy

Phillip Reed

Gordon

Philip Faversham

Dr. Wyman

Walter Walker

A notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. Warner Bros.' Captain Thunder contains some of the darndest Mexican accents you've ever heard in your life. The star is Hungarian-born Victor Varconi, portraying a legendary south of the border outlaw who tries to force Canadian senorita Fay Wray to marry a rival rustler whom she despises. She pleads with the bandito so pathetically that he is moved to grant her a single wish. Without hesitation she chooses her poor but true love. The bandit king, being a somewhat honorable fellow grants the wish and without a twitch, guns down the wicked cattle thief. Fortunately the film was played for comedy, a wise decision since it probably would have garnered laughs as a straight drama anyway.

6.7

Night World

May 4, 1932

"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.

4.3

Peacock Alley

Jan 4, 1930

Claire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to him before her impending marriage the following day. When she returns to the hotel with her husband the following night, the house detective accuses her of prostitution and throws them out. Now Claire must explain everything to her unsympathetic husband.

7.4

City Girl

Jan 12, 1930

A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.

5.5

Flaming Gold

Sep 28, 1932

Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.

6.2

Mata Hari

Dec 26, 1931

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

5.6

The Unholy Three

Jul 12, 1930

A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

7.2

Baby Face

Jul 13, 1933

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

5.6

Thunderbolt

Jun 20, 1929

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.

6.4

Hot Saturday

Oct 28, 1932

A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.

5.2

Madame Butterfly

Dec 30, 1932

Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later, having married again in America, and tells Cho-Cho that their affair is over. She has had a child in his absence, who is sent to her family, before she kills herself.

5.9

The Woman Accused

Feb 17, 1933

Jeffrey and Glenda are two lovers about to embark on a three-day cruise to nowhere. Their plan is to be married on board by the ship's captain. As Glenda is packing to leave, she receives a threatening phone call from her obsessed, former lover Leo. Glenda confronts Leo and tells him that it's over. Leo, a high-powered attorney calls a hit man to have Jeffrey eliminated. Glenda knocks Leo over the head before he can give the hit man a name. Leo is dead. Glenda sneaks back into her apartment, goes off on the cruise with Jeffrey and pretends that all is swell. Leo's partner, Stephen Bessemer, suspects Glenda and follows her to the ship. Bessemer stages a mock trial aboard the ship and cleverly draws a confession from Glenda. Jeffrey, also an attorney, represents Glenda when she is arrested upon arriving on shore. A skeptical district attorney, and the fact that Jeffrey horsewhips the star witness (the hit man), combine to get Glenda completely off the hook.

5.6

Bureau of Missing Persons

Sep 16, 1933

Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...

7.0

Possessed

Nov 21, 1931

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment. Mark Whitney, a wealthy and influential lawyer, can make her dreams come true, but, there is only one problem; he will give her everything except a marriage proposal. Will this affair ever lead to marriage?

6.0

A Free Soul

Jun 2, 1931

An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.

5.7

Silver Dollar

Dec 22, 1932

A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.

6.4

Counsellor at Law

Dec 25, 1933

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

6.6

The Trespasser

Nov 11, 1929

A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."

6.0

Indiscreet

Apr 25, 1931

A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.

6.5

Evelyn Prentice

Nov 9, 1934

A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.