Mandalay
Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main “hostess” in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.
Midnight Mary
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…
The Locket
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Shadow of Doubt
When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim’s fiancee.
Torch Singer
When she can’t support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she then searches for…
Broadway Bad
Showgirl Tony Landers, supported by her friend Flip Daly, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing.
Illicit
Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure…
Her Man
A sex worker yearns to leave the grimy underground community she was born into, and sees her way out through a sympathetic sailor.
Thirteen Women
Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive are not good for any of them.
The Case of the Black Cat
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…
Frisco Kid
After a roustabout sailer avoids being shanghaied in 1852 San Francisco, his audacity helps him to arise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary…
The Maltese Falcon
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese…
Bunco Squad
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal…
The Phantom of Crestwood
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
The Walking Dead
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…
Montana Moon
A wild-partying flapper marries a cowboy and tries to adjust to life on a western ranch.