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- Sandokan is called by his friend Yáñez, now attached to the maharani Surama, to help them against her cousin Raska treacherous plans. Journalist lady Dora and photographer Alfred, on their side, pursue the famous rebel pirate to get an interview. They will go together through danger and adventure.
- In 17th century England, Jassy is believed to be a witch because she has visions of approaching disasters. After Barney Hatton, an impoverished gent whose gambling father has lost the family home, helps her anyway she will not forget and will try to help him get his property back - but at any price?
- A group of both Norwegian and Britiish specially trained military team reenacts the WWII mission of the Grouse-Gunnerside commando which was crucial for the Allied Forces in the heavy water atomic bomb war. Focused on the difficulties these men had to endure in a frozen winter environment.
- After a wealthy businessman is found dead, reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Against the police conclusions, he suspects the assumed suicide is really a murder, and becomes highly interested in the young widow and the dead man's private secretary.
- Jacinto, a retired bullfighter who lives miserably with his nephew Pepote, receives a letter in which he is informed that, according to an old agreement, he must participate in a mock bullfight that will be celebrated that day in Las Ventas bullring. The letter seems to him a joke in bad taste, since he has not signed any contract; but while Jacinto is picking up cigarette butts around, he checks that his name is on the poster.
- His director's only film, Vida en Sombras tells the story of a man who from his childhood falls in love with cinema and grows to be a director and cameraman. While struggling to make pictures he gets married and is seriously struck by the Spanish Civil War. Life events with lights and shadows mix with a deep love for movies which will prevail in the end.
- George and Big Jim are comrades in the Navy but rivals outside it, both fighting for the love of Rose. When the war is over Father Regan tries to unite them, making them settle their differences through a boxing fight.
- Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement with two young British female travelers ensues, but the plot deepens into the disappearance of rare Mauritius postage stamps which they undertake to recover, in their role as Holmes and Watson..
- Christine, a lawyer closely working with District Attorney Lester Ashton, quits her job and joins his friend Bill's one-man buffet. Bill is drinking heavily because of his flirtatious wife. Trying to help him they get involved in a murder. Now Christine and Lester must think of a way to have their mutual friend Bill cleared out.
- Madrid in the 1870s. Amidst political intrigues against King Amadeo de Saboya, wealthy and strong-willed countess Curra de Albornoz makes her own way in spite of her son and husband, considering her indiscretions as merely trifles ("pequeñeces") until tragedy strikes her. Period drama with a luxurious production design.
- Melitón Galván, moral example of his small village community and tutor to Rosaura, must often travel to the city because of his brother Paco, a drunker and troublemaker. Paco finds his own kind in Chabelo, who gets his allowance from his aunt Susana and they quickly become friends.
- A young man falls in with a society whose principle is a complete disregard for work, and chaos ensues when the society decides to help run the hotel of his father.
- After Bill Snibson, a Lambeth cockney, discovers that he is a descendant from the Earl of Hareford and that he will now be residing in a Mayfair mansion with a bunch of snobbish relatives, he still holds onto his plain girlfriend Sally Smith and his Lambeth roots, even if that means facing his terrible, aristocratic aunt. And maybe the simple chaps can teach the rich how to have some fun: "Once you get down Lambeth way/ Every evening, every day/ You'll find yourself - doin' the Lambeth walk". Adapted from the highly successful West End musical which also became an early TV broadcast.
- Elegant Colin Grant and his associates are successful jewelry thieves, even unmasked to their victims, their perfect alibis making it impossible for the Comissioner police to arrest them. Things are running smoothly until Nick Mason enters the scene--and flirts with Colin's love interest.
- William Brown has a good-intentioned yet naughty nature that challenges his family's patience. He and his friends live various adventures weedening a garden, pursuing a secret agent, looking for a baby sister and deactivating a bomb.
- The Maharadscha vom Eschnapur hires a German architect to build a mausoleum. Burning with vengeance when he finds out his young wife has fallen for an adventurer he develops a deadly plan, while flattering the architect's fiancée and fighting ongoing treason.
- Gerte Winter, a young Berliner mechanic, marries an English rich nobleman who promises to send for her. Time goes on, and tired of waiting Gerte heads off to England. After some new acquaintances she finds herself in front of a big fenced property.
- Fred and Joan are a married couple working at the Benson's business. Mrs JJ Benson has a strict policy against married employees, so they keep it a secret while they save every penny as they wish to have a baby. Everything goes well until Mrs Benson decides to install her good-for-nothing son in the store and assigns Joan as his secretary. Then one day she is asked to model dresses for a late customer.
- A Texas millionaire travels to Europe to meet his girlfriend, a European countess. He stops in a rustic mountain village and meets a beautiful peasant girl. He falls in love with her, then must decide if he wants her or the rich countess.
- When the high class Divine family meet the newly rich Grangers from Iowa as neighbors in New York and Eleanor Divine is attracted to Eddie Granger instead of the aristocratic pairing her mother wishes for her, the tension between the two families raises. While both fathers fight each other in business, their daughter and son get closer.
- While the railroad advances westward, agent Jim Knox chooses expedite ways to obtain the land he needs, aided by his fierce Irish lieutenant Mulligan. Everybody expects homecoming lawyer Steve Logan will stop him, but he chooses instead an alliance, to even his sweetheart's rejection. Only a good friend finds the truth and will help him act this double role to restore freedom and dignity.
- Rosé and his opera troupe travel by ship to Monte Carlo. Mario Delmonti, the tenor, finds Carla hidden in his cabin, and helps her returning to Europe. Arriving in Monte Carlo they find the opera director hard to convince. Confident in Mario's exceptional voice they don't give up, even if they have to perform a parallel Tosca in front of the Opera house. First film Martha Eggerth and husband-to-be Jan Kiepura made together.
- Count Wolkersheim attends the 1815 Vienna Congress to negotiate,to the Countess joy. Political concerns and music mix in a waltzing city, their apparently opposite attitudes testing their love. Will she behave or will he learn to waltz?
- Back in India after what happened at first part Der Tiger von Eschnapur, Maharadscha Chandra is ready to carry on his well-planned vengeance, in which German architect Peter Fürbringer, his fiancée Irene and his assistant will get involuntarily involved having to fight for their lives amidst a revolt fueled by traitor Prinz Ramigani.
- Richard, son of the King of Laurentia, who has been living in Monte Carlo with Martha Karrillos for several years because his parents refused to accept this unroyal affair, is called to assume his duties after his father's death. He is expected to marry the princess of an allied country and produce with her an heir to the throne. Will he give up his true love?
- Hiram Draper is an all-American self-made man who profoundly dislikes everything British. Yet he must travel to London with his family. When Junior falls in love with an aristocratic girl, whose father despises Americans with equal intensity, fireworks are just about to start.
- Concha flies from his natal Rio to Germany to help his loved one, who has been caught after finding some diamonds in a mine already registered by a company. Amongst them is the impressive one which thanks to her will be known as The Star from Rio. She finds herself staying at the manager's home hired as a dancer to present the diamond at a fashion show. Then the lights go suddenly out.
- Champagne Waltz is one of five movies produced by Paramount in the 1930s featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera singer, who had also expanded her talents into movies.
- Baby, a count's daughter, longs for a stage career, while her best friend, a chorus girl, longs for an education. When Baby's parents find out she has cheated them, they decide to send her to an English boarding school. Her friend's company travel on the same boat. Both girls agree to change identities and follow their dreams.
- Violeta, an Andalusian gypsy, foretells a lady she will become empress. The lady is Eugenia de Montijo, and when she marries emperor Luis Napoleón of France she takes the young girl with her. The empress'cousin readily makes her his focus of attention, then she discovers a criminal attempt against the empress. Musical color version of a story previously played by Raquel Meller.
- Javier is used to make the best of his military life. When a companion is killed in his place, he makes up his mind and enters religious life. Reencountering his rich and spoiled family will show him that not all the battles were fought during the war.
- Antonio, a whale ship captain, has an affair with a woman who runs away convinced that her ill fate will fall upon him. He is sent to Cabo de Hornos, picking the ship owner and his wife, the woman he met, on the way. They head for their destination, a place with a black legend.
- Recently widowed from María de las Mercedes, King Alfonso XII of Spain is urged to marry again to secure the restored monarchy and a heir to the throne. He chooses María Cristina de Battemberg, who makes an excellent yet lonely queen. Then the king becomes ill. Second part to "¿Dónde vas Alfonso XII ?".
- Alejandro, a young composer, leaves Madrid after several disappointments, enlisting in the Army for Cuba, by then still a Spanish colony bursting with revolutionary attempts. He makes good friends with Antonio and then they meet Bambú, a beautiful fruit vendor. Both men fall in love with her and help her hide from her cruel father.
- A French cinema company is shooting a picture requiring real gypsies, so they hire a whole bunch and choose beautiful María Luisa to team with famed singer Carlos Molina. The plot includes a marriage and María Luisa believes it has been a real one.
- The daughter of a Russian general arrives at Fort Ross American outpost with a slightly credible motive, hiding her true reasons which have to do with treason and blackmail. Yet she can not but fall in love with Captain Lawrence, right hand to the governor and an apparently incorruptible man.
- Some British citizens meet at the Venetian Lido where they go to play. Between them is naughty Mr. Corner, who under the false name of Mr. Pickles goes after Mimi so his friend's son can be free to marry his own daughter. Only, he does not know that the man is in fact already married to Mimi. Little does he suspect that back home they will all meet at his home, Braystead Castle, where fireworks are to be expected.
- A singer arriving in Hollywood is tricked by jewel thieves to distract a wealthy audience. After running away he'll have to find a way to prove his innocence to both the police and the young girl composer he's fallen in love with. One of the few films made by operatic tenor Nino Martini.
- A story of war, mystery, love and adventure following a group of members of the International Brigade and their artist captain fighting in the Spanish Civil War who undergo internment in a French camp, forced work in the Sahara, carrying vital information to England and fighting a Nazi espionage web which will eventually take the captain back to Morocco, while searching for his loved one.
- The youth of Prince Alfonso who would become King Alfonso XII of Spain after Queen Isabel II abdication, centered in his love for his cousin María de las Mercedes. Daughter of one of his mother's political opponents, their marriage against the Queen's will won for them popular approval and helped achieving political stability in a turmoiled country. Her early and tragic death would inspire the song of the film's title. The film was so successful that a second part ("¿Dónde vas triste de ti?") would follow.
- Don Froilán, the grouchy priest of a small village, and his sister Camila help Rosita who has become pregnant and banned to return home by her step-father, while the responsible, the son of the richest family, is to be sent away tothe city.
- Opera singer Enrico Ferraro escapes from his manager and too many engagements changing trains for the Riviera. He makes a friend and stops at a village for some well deserved holidays, where he meets a beautiful girl.
- 1470. The Canary Islands try to resist the Spanish invaders. Their inhabitants are divided, their chief and his daughter Guayarmina (for whom a Spanish officer has fallen in love) wanting the peace, while the priest and resistance leader are for war. After several battles the islanders are chased to Tirma mountain by the Spanish army.
- In an impoverished Castilian village live Juan, his wife Acacia, their son and Juan's blind father. The harsh weather conditions force the peasants to emigrate to a better land. Acacia goes to the city instead. Time goes by and they will meet again.
- Sándor Barinkay joins the gypsies en route to his home village hiding his real identity as an Hungarian nobleman, whose parents were sent to exile. He claims his former properties, now taken by a pig merchant who plays the fool to the villagers' delight. Yet this man has an interesting daughter, and there's also the beautiful gypsy Saffi to consider. And a family hidden treasure to be found.
- Based on Meller's first screen appearance, "Los Arlequines de Seda y Oro", where two brothers are separated and reunited as adults, he a famed torero (bullfighter) she a singer raised by gypsies. This is a reduced version centered on her character.
- When Dr. Penning, a famed doctor, takes a wife, some of her women patients don't get discouraged, and his wife will have to face what being a doctor's wife supposes.
- When banker Jonathan Steele fires a flirtatious secretary, efficient unemployed Betty Miller gets a tip to get the job. In becoming indispensable she also falls in love with him, even if he doesn't notice that she is no more a church mouse.
- Optimistic Susie arrives in Vienna from Germany and soon finds work as a secretary. One evening staying late to complete work she meets a man in the office and takes him for a companion, not suspecting she is outing with the director himself.
- Carl Michael Ziehrer is a young composer who tries to make his way in a Strauss devoted Vienna. When his first opportunity arrives he is encouraged by Mitzi and two of her sisters. He in turn presents them with a waltz, "Wiener Mädeln" (Viennese girls). Then he meets Klara, the eldest sister, and the waltz's lyrics are born. But Klara has other interests. Colourful Austrian operette with Ziehrer waltzes and marches.