John Boles

A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.

When Edward Morgan the rich trustee on an orphanage, first meets little Elizabeth and her older sister Mary, he is immediately entranced and adopts them for an imaginary benefactor. Though both girls come to adore Edward, Mary falls in love with him.

During the civil war, a little girl dances in the streets to earn enough money to rescue her father from a yankee prison. Wonderful foot-Work of dancer bill bojangles robinson.

Unfolding over the course of one day, Arzner’s film focuses on a materialistic and calculating wife who believes love complicates marriage. Harriet Craig’s way of life, which she’ll stop at nothing to protect, comes under threat when her husband is caught up in a scandal.

Boris Karloff is the screen's most memorable creature in the story of Dr. Frankenstein, who tampers with life and death when he pieces together salvaged body parts to create a human monster.