Soundtrack: R.H. Bassett

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by R.H. Bassett. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


Pilgrimage

1933 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Henrietta Crosman · Heather Angel · Norman Foster · Lucille La Verne

Synopsis Hannah Jessop (Henrietta Crosman) fears being abandoned by her son Jim (Norman Foster), and she doesn't approve of his romance with Mary Saunders (Marian Nixon). When Hannah discovers that Jim and Mary plan to wed, she sends her son off...

7.1

250 votes

7.1

250 votes

The Big Trail

1930 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast John Wayne · Marguerite Churchill · El Brendel · Tully Marshall

Synopsis In this sweeping pioneer adventure, a courageous young scout (John Wayne) leads hundreds of settlers across treacherous cliffs, through brutal snowstorms, Indian attacks and buffalo stampedes to their destiny out west. Along the way he loses his heart to a...

7.1

726 votes

7.1

726 votes

No Greater Glory

1934 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast George P. Breakston · Jimmy Butler · Jackie Searl · Frankie Darro

Synopsis George Breakston plays a frail youngster who idolizes gang leader Jimmy Butler. The gang is modeled after an army, complete with uniforms and a flag. Breakston's ill health makes him something of an outcast, but he is allowed to join...

7.0

54 votes

7.0

54 votes

While Paris Sleeps

1932 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast Victor McLaglen · Helen Mack · William Bakewell · Jack La Rue

Synopsis Fifteen years after Jacques Costaud, a French war veteran and a recipient of France's prestigous Croix de Guerre, kills a man and is sentenced to life in prison, he escapes from a penal colony in French Guyana. Jacques is chased...

6.8

22 votes

6.8

22 votes

The Road to Glory

1936 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast Fredric March · Warner Baxter · Lionel Barrymore · June Lang

Synopsis The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt....

6.8

223 votes

6.8

223 votes

Evelyn Prentice

1934 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Una Merkel · Rosalind Russell

Synopsis Evelyn Prentice is the respected wife of a high-profile New York attorney. Despite the prestige and status she enjoys, she feels neglected and out of boredom becomes involved with an unscrupulous womanizing poet, who gives her the attention she craves....

6.6

31 votes

6.6

31 votes

The Black Room

1935 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Boris Karloff · Marian Marsh · Robert Allen · Thurston Hall

Synopsis Ignoring an ancient prophecy, evil brother Gregor seeks to maintain his feudal power on his his Tyrolean estate by murdering and impersonating his benevolent younger twin.

6.6

118 votes

6.6

118 votes

Stanley and Livingstone

1939 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Henry King · Otto Brower

Cast Spencer Tracy · Nancy Kelly · Richard Greene · Walter Brennan

Synopsis An American newspaper searches Africa for a lost explorer.

6.5

156 votes

6.5

156 votes

Lloyd's of London

1936 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Henry King

Cast Freddie Bartholomew · Madeleine Carroll · Guy Standing · Tyrone Power

Synopsis Blake is in love with an aristocratic woman whose husband seriously injures him. Blake's friendship with Lord Nelson provides the basis for Blake's part in the growth of Lloyd's insurance business following the Battle of Trafalgar. Only very slightly based...

6.4

183 votes

6.4

183 votes

Dante's Inferno

1935 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Spencer Tracy · Claire Trevor · Henry B. Walthall · Alan Dinehart

Synopsis Jim Carter moves in on the McWade's carnival concession which shows scenes from Dante's "Inferno". He makes it a going concern, marrying Betting along the way. An inspector calls the amusement pier unsafe but Carter bribes him. The pier collapses,...

6.2

84 votes

6.2

84 votes

Craig's Wife

1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Dorothy Arzner

Cast Rosalind Russell · John Boles · Billie Burke · Jane Darwell

Synopsis A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.

6.1

43 votes

6.1

43 votes

Under Two Flags

1936 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Frank Lloyd

Cast Ronald Colman · Claudette Colbert · Victor McLaglen · Rosalind Russell

Synopsis Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends Victor on dangerous assignments to be rid of...

6.1

91 votes

6.1

91 votes

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

1937 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Norman Foster

Cast Peter Lorre · Virginia Field · Thomas Beck · Sig Ruman

Synopsis Mr. Moto encounters mysterious goings-on on a ship bound for Shanghai. He recognises his steward as the murderer of a man in San Francisco, and catches him trying to steal an important letter from the stateroom of another passenger, Robert...

5.6

42 votes

5.6

42 votes

The Gay Caballero

1932 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Alfred L. Werker

Cast George O'Brien · Victor McLaglen · Conchita Montenegro · Linda Watkins

Synopsis Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and cattle thief Don Paco is hounded by El Coyote (who is really Don Bob) who now has a partner in Ted. Unfortunately Ted is also...

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Good Intentions

1930 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Edmund Lowe · Marguerite Churchill · Regis Toomey · Earle Foxe

Synopsis Racketeer David Cresson's sudden passion for the straight-and-narrow life is due to his falling in love with Helen Rankin, a society débutante. However, his former associate and gang-members are more than slightly irritated, distressed and downright hostile toward his reformation.

Not rated

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Three Girls Lost

1931 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lanfield

Cast Loretta Young · Lew Cody · John Wayne · Joan Marsh

Synopsis Architect Gordon Wales finds fellow apartment house resident Joan Marsh locked out and flirts with her. When she is murdered evidence points to him. He and Joan's roommate Noreen become involved.

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Not rated

Goldie

1931 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Benjamin Stoloff

Cast Spencer Tracy · Warren Hymer · Jean Harlow · Jesse De Vorska

Synopsis Sailor Spike dates girls whose names he finds in an address book. Each girl has the same tatoo, placed there by another sailor Bill. When Spike meets Bill they become friends. In Calais Spike meets Goldie. Bill warns him against...

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Not rated