Jessie Ralph
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Now back in San Francisco after their holiday in New York, Nick and Nora Charles find themselves trying to solve another mystery. Nora's cousin Selma is accused of having murdered her husband, but for Nick it's clear that she is not the murderer and he starts to investigate, supported by Nora and Asta.
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Manhattan melodrama: The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Evelyn Prentice: John Prentice is a successful Manhattan defense attorney. When his wife Evelyn ends an affair, her ex-lover blackmails her and he is murdered. Another woman is accused of the crime and Evelyn begs John to defend her.
Double wedding: A bohemian painter butts heads with his girlfriend's...
5) Camille
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Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure.
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"Margit Agnew is the domineering head of a wealthy family, which includes her deferential younger sister, Irene, and Irene's milquetoast fiancée, Waldo. Unbeknownst to Margit, the couple secretly dream of Hollywood careers and have gotten involved with local theater gypsy Charlie Lodge, who lives in a trailer next to his favorite bar. When Margit discovers these wild ideas, she intervenes to 'save' her sister. Charlie has taken a fancy to Margit...
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"When a blackmailer suddenly appears in her dressing room and threatens to expose her dark past, London stage star Stella Parish goes into hiding, boarding a ship for the States. Turning up at a New York hotel with her six-year-old daughter in tow. Stella is befriended by Keith Lockridge, a stranger she met on the boat. Hoping to keep the truth from her child, Stella confides her secret to Keith, unaware he's a reporter who's out for the story and...
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A young farmer named Wang Lung marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan. Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth.
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Mark of the vampire: Sir Karell Borotyn appears to have been killed by Count Mora, a vampire believed to haunt the local village. Now his daughter Irena is the Count's next target. Enter Professor Zelen, an expert on vampires who's sent in to prevent her death. At the same time, secrets are revealed surrounding the circumstances of Sir Karell's death.
The mask of Fu Manchu: Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan. They have to get there...