This Marriage Business

This Marriage Business

Cupid's Arrows Bark from Gangland's Guns! And love runs a race with danger in an exciting drama!

NR 1938 · 71 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy, Adventure

A cocky reporter turns a small town marriage license clerk into a media celebrity.

Directed by Christy Cabanne · Written by Alex Ruben

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What's a Wife Worth?What's a Wife Worth? · 1921
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After Bruce Morrison marries Rose Kendall, he receives information that his father is gravely ill, and not to tell him of Bruce's marriage because the father has picked Jane Penfield to be his son's wife. Jane's brother Murray, however, learns of the marriage and demands money to keep the news from Bruce's father.
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · 1925
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages · 1916
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The MidshipmanThe Midshipman · 1925
The Midshipman
★ 7.01925
MovieDramaRomance
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We Who Are About to DieWe Who Are About to Die · 1937
We Who Are About to Die
★ 7.01937
MovieDramaCrime
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
You Can't Beat LoveYou Can't Beat Love · 1937
You Can't Beat Love
★ 6.71937
MovieRomanceComedy
The film begins with a knuckle-head playboy (Preston Foster) working on a road crew dressed in a tux in order to win a bet. Apparently, this guy will take on any bet or act on a whim. This becomes very apparent when he disrupts a food giveaway hosted by the mayor’s daughter and as a result of this, he announces he’s running for mayor–though he seems very much apolitical and has no interest in the job. Later, when he once again meets up with the mayor’s daughter (Joan Fontaine) they supposedly fall in love–although there seemed to be little chemistry between them and it made very little sense for Fontaine to suddenly love a guy she so quickly hated at the beginning of the film. Plus, she really had plenty of reason to dislike the guy.
Annapolis SaluteAnnapolis Salute · 1937
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The adventures of three disparate cadets at the US Naval Academy--one the son of a Navy enlisted man, the other the scion of a wealthy family, the third decent but somewhat slow-witted--and their struggles with the rigors of the academy, women, and each other.
The Musketeers of Pig AlleyThe Musketeers of Pig Alley · 1912
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A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.
Robin Hood of MontereyRobin Hood of Monterey · 1947
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Eduardo Belmonte overhears his new step-mother, Maria, and her lover, Don Ricardo Gonzales plotting to take over the Belmonte rancho on the night of the fiesta given by her husband, Don Carlos Belmonte. Eduardo offers Maria money if she will depart the hacienda premises, but she refuses and then accuses Eduardo of making love to her. The old Don doesn't take kindly to his son hitting on his step-mother and attacks him in a rage. The lights go out, the father is killed and Maria blames Eduardo, who escapes from the house, chased by Ricardo's men. The Cisco Kid and Pancho rescue Eduardo, who has been shot, and hide him while they investigate. Cisco discovers that bullets from Maria's gun, a handy little derringer, are the same type that killed Don Carlos. But the Alcalde arrests Cisco and Pancho, and Cisco is "supposedly" executed by a firing squad, but IS NOT shot and escapes by a trick. And now Maria and Ricardo are in real trouble with Cisco on the loose.
Everybody's Doing ItEverybody's Doing It · 1938
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★ 6.01938
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The Birth of a NationThe Birth of a Nation · 1915
The Birth of a Nation
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Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
The Mummy's HandThe Mummy's Hand · 1940
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★ 5.71940
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A Lodging for the NightA Lodging for the Night · 1912
A Lodging for the Night
★ 5.71912
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Dick Logan, a young writer, stops at a little border town and takes lodging at the Mexican Inn. Two tramps see the amount of money he has and plan to steal it. In the town he befriends a Mexican girl by stopping her uncle from beating her for having broken a water jar. Retiring to his room, he is awakened by the two tramps breaking into his room. He steals out and gets lodging at a nearby house, which happens to be the home of the Mexican girl and her uncle. The tramps follow him and try again. The girl, however, saves him from harm, and it looks as if Dick had found a real heroine for a real romance.
Tropic FuryTropic Fury · 1939
Tropic Fury
★ 5.51939
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