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Torch Singer 1933 Sally Trent has an illegitimate child, but cannot support her and gives the baby up for adoption The father, Michael Gardner, leaves for China not knowing about the baby, and she assumes he has abandoned her for life She gets a job as a torch singer, changes her name to Mimi Benton

The Black Cat 1934 Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but tragic man who is returning to the remains of the town he defended before becoming a prisoner of war for fifteen years When their hotel bound bus crashes in a mount

The Miracle Woman 1931 After Florence Fallons father dies unappreciated in the church where he preached for many years, she becomes embittered and loses faith She teams up with Horsby, a con man, and performs fake miracles for profit But the love and trust of a blind man restores her faith in God an

The Mummy (1932) In 1921 a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Also found in the tomb is the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to life. One night a young member of the expedition reads the

The ancient vampire Count Dracula arrives in England and begins to prey upon the virtuous young Mina.