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No film holdings matched "Crime Thriller" in title — but it appears in catalogs below.
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Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 157
…Slapstick comedies, as well as de- tective thrillers featuring the commission of crimes, may have their effect in suggesting similar deeds to the individual…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 336
…Moto (Lorre, Wilcoxon, Mary McGuire) (Fox) Grim, crime thriller with the usually sinister Lorre as smiling, suave-spoken detective running down the arch-villainous…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 213
…8-18-J6 (A) Mediocre (Y) Harmless thriller (C) Excit. Crime of Dr. Forbes (Gloria Stuart, Robert Kent) (20th Cent.) Starts as serious drama…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 230
…Passable little thriller. B-7-40 (A) Feeble (Y) Passable (C) Fair Dr. Cyclops (Albert Dekker, Janice Logan) (Para) Fantastic pseudo-science thriller of…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 191
…Morris, Jean Arthur) (MGM) Super-thriller in G-men vs. gangster series, but nine tenths gangster. Surefire boxoffice mixture of sinister crime, federal pursuit…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 190
…5-25-37 (A) Fair (Y-C) Good of kind Girl from Scotland Yard (Karen Morley) (Para) Complex mystery thriller built round sinister "death…
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Educational Screen 1926-1927 — page 276
…Slapstick comedies, as well as detective thrillers fea- turing the commission of crimes, may have their effect in suggesting similar deeds to the individual…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 176
…5-9-39 (A) Perhaps (Y) (C) Fairly good Mystery of the White Room (Bruce Cabot) (Univ) Complex and absurd "Crime Club" thriller laid…
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Educational Screen 1924-1925 — page 903
…This film has been spoken of in the highest of terms and is considered the thriller of the year. It is spoken of as…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 196
…5-10-38 (A) ( Y) Good of kind (C) If it interests Crime School (H. Bogart, Gale Page) (First Nat' UCrime-breeding slum life…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 280
…Agreeable little thriller. 11-3-36 (A) Fair (Y-C) Rather good thriller Back to Nature (Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane) (Fox) Another picture in…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 232
…Clitterhouse (Robinson,Trev- or) (Warner) Quite original crime thriller, smoothly done. Doctor-hero, for research on criminal reactions, joins gang in burglaries and finally…
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Educational Screen 1924-1925 — page 897
…THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Columbia Pictures) A regulation railroad thriller with a routine plot: — son of president works up from bottom under assumed name; villain…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 136
…Barrymore) (Para) Hectic thriller of London- Paris chase, by auto, ship and plane, after stolen suitcase of new super-explosive, including mur- ders, labored…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 94
…Jr.) (Univ) Fine cast used in stereotyped jungle thriller of pseudo-scientific search for Inca treasure by six males and one female (absurdly chic…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 266
…crime, who killed to prevent blackmail of mother. She resigns, takes over defense, wins, and marries long-devoted D. A. Passable little thriller. 8…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 72
…incurs grave suspicion, but deftly solves all ! Well-acted, agreeably puzzling little thriller more amusing than seai-y- 2-7-39 (A) Good of…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 376
…All devices of blood-and-thunder serial thrillers employed. 11-14-39 <A) Poor (Y) Poor (C) No Challenge The (Luis Trenker, Robert Douglas…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 36
…of kind (Y) Mature (C) No Crime Takes a Holiday (Jack Holt) (Columbia) Another low-cost crook thriller without undue violence. To get arson…
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Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 112
…Passable Funny Funny Burning Daylight (Milton Sills) (First Nat'l) Alaskan thriller—min- i n g camps—snow—villainy—gold and Sills m the…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 308
…Robinson, fugitive from chain gang, jailed for another's crime, is double- crossed again by real criminal and sent back to brutal camp, villain…
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Educational Screen 1939 — page 265
…Ray MUland) (Para) Pretentious war thriller. Border-town ho- tel alternately held by Russians and Austrians. Spy-hero poking as waiter, heroine seeking cause…
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Educational Screen 1934 — page 188
…A—Hardly Y—Perhaps C—No Black Moon (Jack Holt, Fay Wray) (Co- lumbia) Fantastic, preposterous thriller, rath- er well acted. Hero's wife…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 142
…2-20-40 (A) Stupid (Y) & (C) No Black Friday (KarlofF, Lugosi) (Universal) An> other pseudo-scientific horror thriller told in flash-back. Surgeon…
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Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 157
…Partners in Crime (Beery-Hatton) ( Para. ) Kind of burlesque crook story, with the co-stars a bit fun- nier than they sometimes are. PhyUis…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 106
…Solved despite endless blunderings and too much "comic relief" by Edgar Kennedy as sheriff. "Crime Club" picture. 3-8-38 (A) Mediocre (Y) Hardly…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 127
…4-23-35 (A) Ridiculous (Y) Gruesome (C) By no means Car 99 ( Frod Mac Murray, Guy Standing, Ann Sheridan) (Para.) Crime melodrama with…
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Educational Screen 1934 — page 82
…A—Mediocre Y—Better not C—No Bombay Mail (Edmund Lowe, Shirley Grey) (Universal) Harmless mystery melodrama of crime on board express from Calcutta…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 184
…4-9-40 (A) Fine of kind (Y) Mature (C) No Danger Ahead (Phillip Renfrew) (Monogram) Class B crime and adventure thriller. Royal Mounted…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 173
…4-13-37 (A) Good (Y) Very good (C) Good The Crime Nobody Saw (Lew Ayres. Eugene Pallette) (Para.) Mediocre murder tale, poor in…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 111
…A—Depends on taat« Y—Doubtful C—No Crime of the Century (Jean Hersholt. Stuart Erwin t ( Paramount) Entertaining and de- cidedly "difTerent" murder…
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Educational Screen 1932 — page 22
…Deceiver, The (Ian Keith) (Co- lumbia) Backstage murder-mystery- detective-thriller above average of its kind. Great dramatic star is also cruel Lothario and…
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Educational Screen 1938 — page 218
…Boyer, Hedy Lamarr) (U.A.) Colorful, exotic thriller beautifully photograph td, centering around glamorous criininnl. Draggy action weakens suspense, but fascinat- ing settings, interesting…
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Educational Screen 1934 — page 135
…A Hither amusing Y Perhaps C Hnrdlv Crime Doctor. The (Otto Kruger, Karen Horley, Nils Asther) (RKO) Above ;r crime-mystery with excellent cast…
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Educational Screen 1934 — page 22
…the gangster ! This wholesome feature rather lifts the film above ordinary crime-thrillers. Will tend to produce whole- some attitude and reaction in audience…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 372
…Bat Whispers, The (Chester Mor- ris) (UA) Artificial thriller, with all familiar devices and creepy ef- f . • ' i, usual misleading clues and mi. h…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 278
…Creeps, The (Helen Twelve- trees) (Univ.) Another "Cat and Canary" spooky thriller, quite un- original, with standard old devices of dark lighting, clutching hands…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 501
…Subway Express (^Jack Holt) (Columbia) Sensational murder -de- tective-thriller, showing commission of crime and its entire solution taking place in a subway train…
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Educational Screen 1928-1929 — page 69
…Overdone crime thriller. Woman Against the World. A (Georgia Hale) (Tiflfany) Well- acted but not over-convincing story of newspaper life. Girl cub reporter…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 24
…Sidney Black- mer) (Capitol) Stupid mystery thriller, naively told, that involves high minister, honored lawyer, and Chief of Scotland Yard with seem- ingly criminal…
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Educational Screen 1932 — page 59
…Sally Blane) (Tiffany) Newspaper gangster thriller, with little dis- tinction in its acting, slangy dialog that is breezy but without spark. Villain's hold…
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Educational Screen 1934 — page 123
…We do not bring into our literature classes dime novels, cheap magazine thrillers, crude serials from daily newspapers or the vicious trash sold fur…
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Educational Screen 1936 — page 20
…12-24-35 (A) Mediocre (Y) Poor (C) No Crime and Punishment (Peter Lorre, Edward Arnold) (Columbia) Powerful screening of Dos- toyevski's grim…
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Educational Screen 1940 — page 280
…Irene Harvey) (Re- public) Mediocre crime yarn. Fiancee and law- yer friend of wealthy business man gradually unravel murder case, details of which audi…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 260
…A—Fair Y—Hardly C—No After Toniffht (Constance Bennett, Gilbert Roland) (RKO) War-spy thriller, with in- credibly clever heroine a Russian spy…
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Educational Screen 1930-1931 — page 247
…In tracing the reason for the crime, which is justified by the court, the girl is identified as adopted by the murdered man but…
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Educational Screen 1935 — page 160
…5-28-35 (A) Stupid (Y) Poor (C) No Casino Murder Case, The (Paul Lukas) (MGM) Typical Van Dine thriller, with a new Philo…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 272
…10-5-37 (A) Good of kind (Y) Good thriller (C)No Califomian, The (Ricardo Cortez) (Fox) Lively semi-historical melodrama interesting chiefly for…
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Educational Screen 1933 — page 139
…A—Mediocre Y—Better not C—No Kinff Kons (Rtibcrt Armstrong, Fay Wray) (RKOl Grotesque thriller with absurd story, but manterful. photofrraphy and trick…
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Educational Screen 1937 — page 286
…10-19-37 (A) Perhaps (Y) Exciting (C) No Counsel for Crime (Otto Kruger, D. Montgom- ery) (Colum) Forceful indictment of unscrupu- lous trial…