Theodore's World

Stars: Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Sally O’Neil
Writer/Director: Frank R. Strayer

When a mother dies of heart failure in a doctor’s office, the physician–feeling somewhat guilty because he couldn’t save her–takes an interest in the woman’s young daughter, and makes her his ward, but his fiancé doesn’t particularly like it. After he returns from a three-year engagement in Europe, the doctor discovers that his ward is now a beautiful, full-grown woman, and finds himself falling for her–even though she’s engaged to his fiancé’s brother.

Stars: Lowell Sherman, Mary Astor, Hugh Trevor
Director: Lowell Sherman
Writer: Robert E. Sherwood (play)

In this Pre-code Comedy, the hapless king of a fictional European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a scheming son, a daughter who wants to elope, and a peasant revolt. Based on Robert E. Sherwood’s play “The Queen’s Husband.”

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Stars: Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, Nat Pendleton
Director: Del Lord

An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.

Stars: J. Farrell MacDonald, Polly Ann Young, Warren Hull
Director: William West

A veteran firefighter is forced to retire at age 65 by the Fire Department. However, when one of his friends dies in a blaze set by a serial arsonist, the now retired fireman teams up with his daughter and her fiancé, who is an investigator for an insurance company, to hunt down and capture the arsonist.

Stars: William Gargan, Wallace Ford, June Lang, Gilbert Roland
Director: Elmer Clifton

When a beautiful aviatrix crash-lands on an isolated Pacific Island, a nefarious gun-runner uses her as bait in an illicit arms deal. A Marine pilot rushes to her rescue from a nearby base, but will his desperate mission succeed?

Stars: Jan Wiley, Phil Warren, Eddie Dunn
Director: Don Brodie

An “exotic dancer” is thrown in jail for “lewd activity.” She later discovers the raid was set up by her boss to get publicity. Also known as “A Fig Leaf for Eve.”

Stars: John Boles, Mona Barrie, Billy Lee
Director: Phil Rosen

When a down-on-his luck singer turns to radio acting as a means of supporting his young son, he ultimately discovers the means of realizing his professional dreams!