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Paid is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, and Kent Douglass in a story about a wrongly accused ex-convict who seeks revenge on those who sent her to prison using a scam called the “Heart Balm Racket”.

The film was adapted by Lucien Hubbard and Charles MacArthur from the play, Within the Law by Bayard Veiller (1912) and was t...


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“Hep Cat Symphony” is an American traditional animated short film part of the Noveltoons series directed by Seymour Kneitel, written by Carl Meyer and Jack Mercer, and produced by Famous Studios.

Noveltoons is a series of cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures’ Famous Studios from 1943 to the end of the studio during 1967. The series was known for bringing the charac...


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Sinners’ Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking crime drama film starring Grant Withers and Evalyn Knapp, and featuring James Cagney (in his film debut), Lucille La Verne, and Joan Blondell. It is based on the 1930 play Penny Arcade by Marie Baumer.

Both Cagney and Blondell reprised the roles they played in the original Broadway production.

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The Freshman is a 1925 comedy film that tells the story of a college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. It stars Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, and James Anderson. It remains one of Lloyd’s most successful and enduring films.

The film was written by John Grey, Sam Taylor, Tim Whelan, and Ted Wilde. It was directed by...


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Anna Christie is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film adaptation of the 1921 play of the same name by Eugene O’Neill. It was adapted by Frances Marion, produced and directed by Clarence Brown with Paul Bern and Irving Thalberg as co-producers. The cinematography was by William H. Daniels, the art direction by Cedric Gibbons and the costume design by Adrian.

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