Brief Synopsis
J. Ward Thomas of Park Avenue leads a double life as an investment broker and as notorious gambler Spade Martin, despite the protests of his beautiful wife Natalie, a nightclub singer who retired when they married. Spade’s younger brother “Chick” wires Spade from Seattle that he has quit gambling for a job in real estate and is about to marry a nice girl named Betty. Relieved to find his kid brother is straight, Spade sends him $10,000 cash as a wedding present. When a woman posing as a pregnant wife comes to Spade for a loan, Spade gives it to her. Later, when Steve Burdick, the woman’s supposed husband, brags in a bar that he made a fool of Spade, Spade’s hit man, Trigger, kills Burdick. Tired of Spade’s gambling, Natalie books a return engagement at Cafe Nocturne, telling him that she is a singer rather than a wife now. Spade promises to go straight in six days; however, Chick arrives in New York with a cocky attitude after having made fifty grand out of the ten. He is now ready to gamble against Spade Martin himself, unaware Spade is his brother. To teach Chick a lesson, Spade sets up one more game with “Big Ed” Bullock, the head of a gambling ring that lures wealthy tourists into joining them at poker. Inevitably, the outsider takes a heavy loss, and the gang splits the profits. Spade tells Big Ed he wants Chick to go straight, but while Spade and Natalie are at a romantic hideaway, Chick wins $70,000 in the poker game. Big Ed, furious, believes that Spade set him up and threatens to murder Chick if Spade does not get him his money back. Spade, meanwhile, has promised Betty that he will send Chick back to her a broke, but decent man. Following the game, Big Ed orders Spade’s old gang to locate him, and while Natalie sleeps, Spade slips out of their cabin and returns to the city. Big Ed, meanwhile, has invited Chick to play Spade in another game, in which Spade plans to help Big Ed beat Chick. When Chick recognizes his brother, he is more determined than ever to beat him, but cannot outwit Spade. Near the end of the game, Chick has lost $50,000 to Spade, but Spade is caught dealing from the bottom of the deck, although he swears he has never turned a crooked card before. Chick, disheartened, walks out, and Big Ed threatens to have Spade killed by his own former henchmen if he does not return the balance of Chick’s profits. Natalie, meanwhile, has woken up to discover that Spade has again deserted her and vows to end their marriage. The now reformed Chick leaves New York with Betty, and Spade sends them $10,000. Natalie returns to the Cafe Nocturne and, that night, Big Ed is seated in the audience with his thugs. When Spade arrives at the club, one of the thugs shoots him. Fatally wounded, he returns Big Ed’s money, then exits through the audience and collapses as Natalie sings a torch song.

Her Husband Lies - 1937 Edward Ludwig - (Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff).english.avi

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Quote:
A woman you will never forget!
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager – a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal.

Midnight.Mary.1933.1080p.WEB-DL.x264.AAC-PTerWEB.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 14 min
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Subtitles:English

The post William A. Wellman – Midnight Mary (1933) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter’s will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious fire and Laxter’s two grandsons, Sam Laxter and Frank Oafley, inherit his estate on the condition old caretaker Schuster and his cat Clinker are kept on. When cat-hating Sam threatens Clinker, Perry steps in and learns Laxter’s death was suspicious and the family fortune and diamonds are missing. Schuster’s found dead in his basement apartment, Laxter’s nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster’s crutch, and circumstantial evidence brings Doug to trial for Louise’s death. Mason’s investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial around.

The.Case.of.the.Black.Cat.1936.720p.HDTV.x264-REGRET.mkv

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Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge’s murder. After he’s convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.

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A gang of racketeers frames down-on-his-luck John Ellman for murder. After a trial finds him guilty, evidence is brought forth proving his innocence, but it is too late and he is executed anyway. A doctor sees an opportunity to use an experimental procedure to restore him to life but is that entirely possible? Desirable?

995MB | 1h 05m | 720×540 | mkv

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Plot:
A cinematic icon, Boris Karloff was one of Hollywood’s greatest actors. Although synonymous with horror, Karloff excelled in other genres as well, providing a lasting legacy of memorable performances. And in this collection of three rarely seen gems drawn from his work at Warner Bros., Karloff shines in a wide range of roles, encompassing mystery, adventure and drama.

941MB | 1h 04m | 640×480 | avi

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Synopsis:
Tanya, a Russian refugee, is hiding in Rangoon, Burma under the protection of her lover, Tony Evans, a gunrunner working for a weathly underworld leader named Nick. Nick wants to add Tanya to his stable of women in a decadent Rangoon club and intimidates Tony into turning her over to settle a debt. At first the abandoned Tanya refuses to cooperate with Nick, but eventually decides to beat him at his own game and uses sex to gain power. She becomes notorious for her affairs, is re-named “Spot White,” and by blackmailing a British officer, gets passage money out of Rangoon. On the boat to Mandalay, she meets formerly prestigious surgeon Gergory Burton who is now exiled in Burma because of his alcoholism, and they fall in love. Unfortunately, Tony has followed her, and in an attempt to escape the authorities, he frames her for what appears to be his murder. She is arrested, but before the boat docks, Tony comes to Tanya’s cabin and proposes that they open a club like Nick’s, with Tanya as “hostess.” Tanya, desperate to sever her past, poisons Tony, who falls overboard to his death. When they dock in Mandalay, the captain reports that stowaways saw Tony in the hold and it is presumed he escaped in a small boat. Tanya is freed, she confesses her crime to Gregory, and they pledge to start a new life together

Review:
A woman is forced to become a hostess in a Rangoon nightclub until she is deported, blackmails the police commissioner, falls in love with an alcoholic doctor, and murders her former lover who had abandoned her.

In Rangoon gun-running Tony Evans (Ricardo Cortez) owes money to Nick (Warner Oland). Tanya (Kay Francis) loves Tony and has been living on a boat with him; she tells him she is afraid of losing him. They go out to Nick’s restaurant with exotic dancers. Nick invites them to his room to meet merchants. Tanya sings “When Tomorrow Comes.” Tony agrees to sell guns for Nick and goes down river, leaving a note for Tanya. Nick offers her a job as hostess and won’t let her leave. Tanya refuses to eat but decides to make the most of it. As the notorious entertainer Spot White (Some call her Spot Cash.), she receives jewelry. The police commissioner (Reginald Owen) is going to deport her since two men were court martialed because of her; but she shows the medals he gave her and blackmails him for 10,000 rupees.

Tanya as Marjorie Lang takes a boat to Mandalay. When she cuts her hand, a porter sends Dr. Gregory Burton (Lyle Talbot) to her. He treats it with poison and does not charge her. He is going to an epidemic inland from Mandalay. Tanya finds Burton alone drunk and unable to help a sick child who dies. He tells her he killed a man operating while drunk and ran away. He goes two days without drinking and now loves Tanya. She sees Tony, who gets the room adjacent to hers. He wants to make it up to her; but she says she earned her freedom and runs away from him. Tony gets a coded telegram from Nick warning of his impending arrest. Tanya sees Burton carousing. The captain is wired to arrest Tony Evans but finds poison and an open window in his room, suspecting suicide. Tanya denies knowing Tony but then admits she had a drink with him. The captain puts her under arrest, but Burton persuades him to tell the police Evans committed suicide. Tanya tells Burton she was Spot White; but he loves her anyway. She asks him to take her with him to the black-fever country. Tony calls on Tanya and tells her how he faked suicide and hid; he wants her to be a hostess. Tanya gives Tony a drink with poison, saying she loved him but could not go back to being Spot White. Tony falls in the river. Tanya without being suspected leaves the boat with Burton.

This film got by the censors before they cracked down, but it could not be shown again in 1936. Murder in the movies had to be punished. The sex trade, only hinted at by innuendo, drove Tanya to murder. She and Burton, both desperate, planned to risk likely death to help fever victims, suggesting they wanted to redeem themselves and start anew.

— Sanderson Beck (Movie Mirror)

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