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Dwain Esper
Born October 7, 1894 · Washington, USA
Died October 18, 1982 · aged 88
Dwain Atkins Esper (October 7, 1894 – October 18, 1982) was an American director and producer known for his work in the exploitation genre during the 1930's.
Known For
Maniac · 1934Maniac
★ 4.01934
MovieHorror
An ex-vaudeville actor is working as the assistant to a doctor who has Frankenstein aspirations. The ex-vaudeville actor kills the doctor and decides to assume the identity of the dead physician.
Marihuana · 1936Marihuana
★ 3.81936
MovieCrimeDrama
A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant and another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean. Burma and her boyfriend go to work for the pusher in order to make money so they can get married. However, during a drug deal her boyfriend is killed leaving Burma to fend for herself. Burma then becomes a major narcotics pusher in her own right after giving up her baby for adoption.
Sex Madness · 1938Sex Madness
★ 3.01938
MovieDramaHorror
A young beauty queen travels to New York to further her modelling career, but contracts syphilis after being tricked into a sexual encounter. She is torn between the prospect of a slow, intensive but proven therapy and a supposed miracle cure.
The Seventh Commandment · 1932The Seventh Commandment
★ 3.31932
MovieDrama
You shall not commit adultery. Also known as Sins of Love.
Narcotic · 1933Narcotic
★ 3.71933
MovieCrime
A once-promising doctor begins a downward spiral, finding himself in opium dens, a carnival freak show, and drugs parties.
Will It Happen Again? · 1948Will It Happen Again?
★ 9.01948
MovieDocumentaryHistory
An account of Adolf Hitler's rise and fall, his relationship with Eva Braun and their days of leisure at the Berghof, their Bavarian residence.
How to Undress in Front of Your Husband · 1937How to Undress in Front of Your Husband
★ 3.31937
MovieComedy
A "Peeping Tom" likes to look through windows at women undressing. We see him as he sneaks a peek at two subjects. The first, a woman dressed in lingerie, is young, shapely and attractive. The second, to be charitable, isn't. That doesn't stop him, and the viewer, from getting an eyeful.
Contrabando · 1932Contrabando
★ 6.01932
MovieDramaAdventure
Contrabando is an adventure film. The film tells of the millionaire Hernández who smuggles weapons from the United States into Mexico. He does this because he is planning an uprising. The hotel attendant Carlos is informed of this. Hernández and his troops are defeated by the army. Carlos is acquitted and can marry his lover Lolita. The film Contrabando was shot in locations on the border with the United States, such as Tijuana, Ensenada and Playas de Rosarito. It was shot in Spanish and in English under the title Contraband. The role of Lolita was cast for the English version with Dorothy Sebastian. Contrabando's plot was inspired by an actual 1929 rebellion led by José Gonzalo Escobar.
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