2 Movies Starring Bert Roach

The Crowd

The Crowd

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1928-03-03

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (5230 Reviews)

Director:

King Vidor

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

King Vidor (screen play)

John V.A. Weaver (screen play)

Joseph Farnham (titles)

Fullplot:

Born on the fourth of July, 1900, the future holds unlimited potential for newborn John Sims. But dreams soon fade with the death of his father when John is but a lad. Like many before him, John sets out to make his mark in New York City, but ends up a faceless worker (#137) in a large office of a large business. Still he is happy with his fate and soon meets a young woman named Mary on a blind double date. Things take their course and they soon marry and live in a small apartment. Soon John is bickering with Mary and finds that he has no love for the in-laws. When the marriage looks like a bust, he finds that Mary is with child and he stays. After 5 years, he has a son and a daughter and the same dead end job. When tragedy strikes, John must find the conviction to continue or lose what little he has left.

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1932-02-21

Languages:

English, Danish, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

61 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2322 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Florey

Cast:

Writer:

Edgar Allan Poe (story)

Robert Florey (adaptation)

Tom Reed (screenplay)

Dale Van Every (screenplay)

John Huston (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship. He constantly meets failure as the abducted women die. Medical student Pierre Dupin discovers what Mirakle is doing too late to prevent the abduction of his girlfriend Camille. Now he desperately tries to enlist the help of the police to get her back.

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