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Date de fondation 1 janvier 1930
Astor Pictures was a motion picture distribution service in operation from 1930 to 1963, founded by Robert M. Savini (29 August 1886 - 29 April 1956). Astor, located at 130 West 46th Street in New York City, initially acquired the rights to other motion pictures for profitable re-release. A Billboard magazine article of 8 Jun 1946 stated Astor had 26 offices in the United States.
In 1947, the motion picture periodical Boxoffice reported that the number of reissued films for that year were four times that of the previous year. Many smaller cinemas wished to show double features to attract audiences with a reissued film being the cheapest type of release.
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The Betrayal (1948)
, 3h3Réalisé par Oscar Micheaux
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Martin Eden is a successful African American farmer in South Dakota. He is in love with Deborah Stewart, but he believes that she is white and that she would not be interested in him. He is unaware that Deborah also loves him. Martin goes to Chicago to seek out a wife. After an unsuccessful date with a cabaret singer, he reconnects with an ex-girlfriend who introduces him to Linda. They fall in love and marry, and then return to Martin’s farm. The couple become parents, but their happiness is short-lived when Linda’s pathologically jealous father convinces her that Martin is homicidal. She flees the farm with their child and returns to Chicago. Martin tracks her down in the city, but Martin is shot by Linda during a fight. In South Dakota, Deborah discovers she is African American. She travels to Chicago and meets Linda, who agrees to divorce Martin so he can marry Deborah. Linda also gives her child to Deborah to raise. Martin and Deborah return to South Dakota and Linda kills her father in revenge for his role in destroying her marriage.
Dragnet (1947)
, 1h11Réalisé par Leslie Goodwins
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Henry Wilcoxon, Mary Brian, Tom Fadden, Douglass Dumbrille, Virginia Dale, Don C. Harvey
A dead John Doe is found on the beach and Detective Lieutenant Tony Ricco gets the case to solve. However, there are no clues whatsoever to the dead man's identity and Tony is all out of options to bring the investigation any closer to a finish. An old friend of his from Scotland Yard in London, Geoffrey James, comes to visit him, and Tony asks for some input on the case.
Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947)
, 1h7Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie musicale, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Lorenzo Tucker
La star de la musique ancienne Schyler Jarvis, désormais riche, est en train de mourir; son dernier acte est un plan visionnaire pour le bonheur futur de son fils, le chef d'orchestre du swing Louis Jarvis, et Honey Carter, fille de son amour perdu depuis longtemps. Mais l'avocat véreux Talbot a un stratagème infâme pour mettre la main sur l'argent Jarvis ... et cela n'inclut aucun bonheur pour Louis et Honey. Beaucoup de swing du Tympany Five de Louis Jordan.
Beware (1946)
, 54minutesOrigine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Ware College is a small Black college in Ware, Ohio. Once prominent, it is now low in attendance, low in enrollment, and low on money.
Lovers and Luggers (1938)
, 1h39Réalisé par Ken G. Hall
Genres Aventure, Romance
Acteurs Ann Richards, Lloyd Hughes, James Raglan
In London, concert pianist Daubenny Carshott is feeling dissatisfied with his life and wanting a masculine adventure; he also desires the beautiful Stella Raff. Stella agrees to marry him if he brings back a large pearl with his own hands from Thursday Island. Daubenny notes a painting in Stella's apartment from "Craig Henderson" but when asked Stella is evasive about the artist.
Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
, 1h15Réalisé par Harry L. Fraser
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Guerre, Historique, Western
Thèmes Politique
Acteurs Lane Chandler, Rex Lease, Ruth Findlay, Earle Hodgins, William Costello, Roger Williams
Unlike other Alamo films that concentrate on Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, the main protagonists are Almaron (Bruce Warren) and Susanna Dickinson (Ruth Findlay) and their daughter Angelina (Marilyn Haslett). The film gives a fictionalised fast moving account of the restriction on American emigration to Texas, the arrest of Stephen F. Austin by Santa Anna (Julian Rivero), Sam Houston (Edward Piel) appointed General to build the Texian Army, and Dickinson's participation in both the Battle of Gonzales and the Battle of the Alamo.
Palooka (1934)
, 1h26Réalisé par Benjamin Stoloff
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Action, Musical
Thèmes Sport, Arts martiaux, La boxe
Acteurs Jimmy Durante, Lupe Vélez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Armstrong, Thelma Todd
Joe Palooka est un jeune homme naïf dont le père Pete était un boxeur champion, mais son style de vie a poussé la mère de Joe, Mayme, à le quitter et à emmener le jeune Joe au pays pour l'élever.
The Crooked Circle (1932)
, 1h10Réalisé par H. Bruce Humberstone
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Horreur, Policier
Acteurs Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, Ben Lyon, Raymond Hatton, Irene Purcell, C. Henry Gordon
The Monster Walks (1932)
, 1h3Réalisé par Frank R. Strayer
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Horreur
Acteurs Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds, Sheldon Lewis, Mischa Auer, Martha Mattox, Sidney Bracey
The film opens with Ruth Earlton and her fiance Dr. Ted Carver arriving at her father's house. She has been told that her father has died, and is returning to find out what will be done with the estate. They arrive on a stormy night, and are greeted by her invalid uncle Robert, the housekeeper Mrs. Krug and the housekeeper's son Hanns.