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 1932-34 1932
Bogart plays an aviator and airplane mechanic who falls in love with Mackaill while giving her flying lessons. What prevents the two from getting hitched is that she is wealthy, while he is broke. Bogart has also invented a new motor, which Mackaill is willing to finance, until she finds her fortune no longer exists. The difficulties multiply until Mackaill tries suicide, but Bogart is Johnny-on-the-spot and the clouds part to reveal the film's romantic silver lining. reference: www.tvgen.com
Linden is visiting Manhattan from a small town in Indiana. He meets his cousin Catlett and ends up with unexpected troubles. Catlett throws a party at Linden's hotel room and a young girl is killed by a bottle someone throws. Everyone flees, including Linden, along with his newfound girl friend Blondell. Of course, Linden is the leading suspect, but his name is cleared when the real killer is found hanging in a closet after committing suicide. Linden returns to Indiana, but makes enough money to come back and marry Blondell. reference: www.tvgen.com
 Paced with lightning speed, this compact 64-minute gangster melodrama brings together Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, and Bette Davis as former schoolmates who have a reunion after more than 10 years. Blondell, who spent some time in reform school, is a stage actress; Dvorak is a high-society woman, married to lawyer Warren William; and the intelligent Davis is a stenographer. Meeting in a restaurant, the women light their cigarettes from the same match, defying the superstition that the last person to use the match will be the first to die. Later, they meet at a bon voyage party for Dvorak, who is preparing to embark on a cruise with her son, Buster Phelps. Blondell brings along as her date Lyle Talbot, a tough underworld figure whose raw energy appeals to Dvorak. Instead of leaving on the cruise, she runs off with Talbot out of a perverse boredom with her society ways. William enlists the help of Blondell in finding his wife and son and along the way falls in love with her. When William finds that Dvorak has taken up with Talbot, he divorces her and regains custody of the son, employing Davis as his nanny. Later, when William's marriage to Blondell is announced, Dvorak falls into a depressed state and resorts to drink and drugs. Meanwhile, Talbot is in deep over his head in gambling debts and tries unsuccessfully to blackmail William. He then hires mobster Humphrey Bogart (referred to simply as "The Mug") and his henchmen to kidnap Phelps. When it looks as if William will not pay the ransom, Dvorak fears that her son will be killed and tries to interfere, but she is too drugged up to do any good. She also is taken prisoner by the kidnapers. As a morbid last resort, Dvorak scribbles a message in lipstick on her nightgown and jumps from the window of the hideout, alerting the police to its location. She is killed, but the police manage to save the boy from the same. THREE ON A MATCH also provided Bogart with his first gangster role after playing a succession of pretty boys. reference: www.tvgen.com 1934
 Call It Murder Edward Weldon (Heggie) is the jury foreman at the trial of a woman accused of murdering her lover. Since the act could be considered a crime of passion, acquittal is possible until Weldon asks her if she took the dead man's money after the murder. She admits she did, which leads to her conviction and a death sentence. Heggie is considered to be responsible for the verdict, and is hounded by reporters after the trial. He steadfastly maintains that the woman is a murderess and must pay the price. On the evening of the execution, Weldon's own daughter, Stella (Fox), kills her lover, Garboni (Bogart), a gangster whom she believes betrayed her. Weldon must now wrestle with the problem raised at the trial on a more personal level. AKA: ``Midnight.'' reference: www.tvgen.com Available in VHS 80 min. Want you own copy of these films? Click on the links above or below for information and secure online ordering. Most films are on VHS, some on DVD, and different Bogie posters are also available.
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