Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1951  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz, Sheldon Leonard, William Frawley, Adele Jergens, Syd Saylor, Edward Gargan, Gavin Muir
Detectives Bud Alexander (Bud Abbott) and Lou Francis (Lou Costello) come to the aid of a boxer who injects himself with a powerful serum enabling him to become invisible. Unseen, he helps the detectives search for clues that will free him from a murder charge.
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Beware of Blondie 1950  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Bernds
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Kent, Adele Jergens, Jack Rice, Danny Mummert, Dick Wessel, Edward Earle
In this, the last of the "Blondie" movies, Mr. Dithers (Edward Earle) makes a huge mistake when he puts Dagwood in charge of the office and goes on vacation. There were 28 movies in the series, and it was time to finish, as the episodes were becoming too much of a formula.
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Blondie's Anniversary 1947  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Abby Berlin
Cast: Arthur Lake, Penny Singleton, Larry Simms, Marjorie Kent, Adele Jergens, Jerome Cowan, Grant Mitchell, William Frawley, Jack Rice, Eddie Acuff
Anniversaries come and go but few compare with the Bumsteads' comedy of errors when Blondie thinks that Dagwood's new watch is going to be her gift.
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Crime Doctor's Diary 1949 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Warner Baxter, Lois Maxwell, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens, Don Beddoe, Whit Bissell, Robert Armstrong, George Meeker, Selmer Jackson, Claire Carleton
This is the last in the series, and it's time had come. This one doesn't measure up to the earlier, more lively, entries. In his last case, Crime Doctor is out to clear his patient of murder and arson charges.
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The Dark Past 1948 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb, Adele Jergens, Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Berry Kroeger, Steven Geray, Ellen Corby, Wilton Graff
This remake of "Blind Alley" is a psychological drama about a professor, Doctor Andrew Collins (Lee J. Cobb), outwitting his captor, escaped convict Al Walker (William Holden).
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 Down to Earth 1947  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Edward Everett Horton, Roland Culver, James Gleason, William Frawley, Jean Donahue, William Haade, Adele Jergens, George Macready, Kathleen O'Malley, James Burke, Eddie Acuff, Alan Bridge
Rita Hayworth plays the Greek Goddess Terpsichore who visits Earth in the human form of Kitty Pendleton when she learns that Broadway producer Danny Miller (Larry Parks) is putting on a musical satire about Greek goddesses. She comes to help with the show but ends up landing a role in the play. Now, she gets Danny to change the show from a satire into a "work of art." But, her ideas are not very good, and the show turns into a major flop, but our Greek goddess makes everything right. Remade as "Xanadu" in 1980.
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Edge of Doom 1950 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Stronger Than Fear
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Robert Keith, Mala Powers, Adele Jergens, Harold Vermilyea, John Ridgely, Ellen Corby, Paul Stewart, Douglas Fowley
The brutal murder of parish priest Father Kirkman (Harold Vermilyea) by young Martin Lynn (Farley Granger) is but one of the problems for Martin as he struggles to deal with his conscience.
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The Fuller Brush Man 1948 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire, Adele Jergens, Ross Ford, Hillary Brooke, Trudy Marshall, Nicholas Joy, Donald Curtis, Arthur Space
A novice door-to-door salesman (Red Skelton) gets involved in a murder plot while he earnestly tries to ply his trade.
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Ladies of the Chorus 1949 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant, Eddie Garr, Steven Geray, Bill Edwards, Myron Healey, Robert Clarke, Gladys Blake
A chorus girl (Adele Jergens) is determined to prevent her daughter (Marilyn Monroe) from making the same mistakes in romance that she, herself, did years ago.
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 Show Boat 1951 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Sterling, William Warfield, Adele Jergens, Lief Erickson, Norman Leavitt, Fuzzy Knight, Emory Parnell, Regis Toomey
This remake of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein Broadway musical features Kathryn Grayson in the role of Magnolia, the daughter of the Mississippi riverboat's Captain Andy Hawk (Joe E. Brown). Magnolia takes over the riverboat show's starring role when Julie (Ava Gardner) is forced to leave after local police learn that she is not White but is married to White man Steve (Robert Sterling), and interracial marriages are forbidden. Gambler Gaylord Ravenal (Howard Keel) takes the role of Magnolia's leading man, and they fall in love and marry. But, Gaylord's gambling will prove to be a big problem–until he cleans up his act and returns to Magnolia and their baby daughter. Song standards, such as "Old Man River" (sung beautifully by William Warfield), "Bill," and "Make Believe" make this an enjoyable film.
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Side Street 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Edmon Ryan, Jean Hagen, Paul Harvey, Charles McGraw, Edwin Max, Adele Jergens, Harry Bellaver, Whit Bissell, John Gallaudet, Esther Somers, Harry Antrim
New York City postman Joe Norson (Farley Granger) steals an envelope filled with $30,000. As if this act was not bad enough, when Joe tries to return the cash, it turns out that the money belonged to blackmailers who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. And the chase is on.
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The Sound of Fury 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Try and Get Me
Director: Cy Endfield
Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges, Katherine Locke, Adele Jergens, Irene Vernon, Art Smith, Cliff Clark, Dabbs Greer
Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges) draws family-man Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) into his world of robbery and kidnapping–leading to tragic results.
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A Thousand and One Nights 1945 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Dusty Anderson, Adele Jergens, Dennis Hoey, Rex Ingram, Shelley Winters, Philip Van Zandt, Nestor Paiva
This is a lively "Arabian Nights" story in which Aladdin (Cornel Wilde) is attracted to the beautiful Genie (Evelyn Keyes).
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| 1. Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
2. Beware of Blondie (1950)
3. Blondie's Anniversary (1947)
4. Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
5. The Dark Past (1948)
6. Day the World Ended (1956)
7. Down to Earth (1947)
8. Edge of Doom (1950)
aka: Stronger Than Fear
9. The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
10. Ladies of the Chorus (1949)
11. Show Boat (1951)
12. Side Street (1950)
13. The Sound of Fury (1950)
aka: Try and Get Me
14. A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
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