Christmas in July 1940  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn, Alexander Carr, William Demarest, Ernest Truex, Franklin Pangborn, Harry Hayden, Rod Cameron, Harry Rosenthal, Adrian Morris, Georgia Caine, Julius Tannen, Torben Meyer, Ferike Boros
Believing he has won $10,000 in a slogan contest, a young clerk, Jimmy MacDonald (Dick Powell), tears off on a spending spree and proposes to his girlfriend, Betty Casey (Ellen Drew). When he finds out that the prize is not really his, Jimmy is faced with the consequences of his rash actions.
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The Fighting Marines 1935  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Action
Director: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane
Cast: Grant Withers, Adrian Morris, Ann Rutherford, Robert Warwick, George J. Lewis, Pat O'Malley, Jason Robards Sr., Warner Richmond, Frank Reicher, Robert Frazer, J. Frank Glendon, Richard Alexander
U.S. Marines work on establishing a landing field on Halfway Island in the Pacific Ocean, but their efforts are challenged by the villainous "Tiger Shark" who has been conducting his pirating business from the island. The low budget shows in this 12-episode serial.
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One Frightened Night 1935  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Charley Grapewin, Mary Carlisle, Arthur Hohl, Wallace Ford, Evalyn Knapp, Lucien Littlefield, Regis Toomey, Hedda Hopper, Clarence Wilson, Rafaela Ottiano, Fred Kelsey, Adrian Morris
Eccentric millionaire Jasper Whyte (Charley Grapewin) has a dilemma: if his long-lost granddaughter can't be found, he must leave his estate to "lesser" relatives and friends. So he calls the greedy group together with the news. But now TWO girls show up claiming to be the granddaughter. When one is poisoned and the other barely escapes murder, the hunt is on for the killer. A mixture of humor and mystery make this a fun film to watch.
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The Petrified Forest 1936 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Joe Sawyer, Porter Hall, Charley Grapewin, Paul Harvey, Eddie Acuff, Adrian Morris, Constance Bergen, Arthur Aylesworth
Humphrey Bogart leads a gang that invades an Arizona cafe where they run into Alan Squier (Leslie Howard) who wants them to kill him so the cafe's waitress, Gabrielle (Bette Davis), can journey to France on the insurance money.
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Poppy 1936  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Granville Bates, Catharine Doucet, Lynne Overman, Maude Eburne, Bill Wolfe, Adrian Morris, Rosalind Keith, Wade Boteler, Ralph Remley, Frank Sully, Dewey Robinson, Dell Henderson
Poppy (Rochelle Hudson), the daughter of carnival con-man Professor McGargle (W.C. Fields), falls in love with Mayor Farnsworth's (Granville Bates) son Billy (Richard Cromwell). Meanwhile, McGargle is wooing "Countess" Maggie Tubbs De Puizzi (Catharine Doucet) who is a phony claimant to the valuable Putnam estate. McGargle plots with Attorney E.G. Whiffen (Lynne Overman) to pass Poppy off as the real heir. By story's end, it is learned that Poppy was adopted by McGargle and, in fact, really is the heir to the Putnam estate. Now, Poppy plans to marry Billy and live happily ever after.
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Wall Street Cowboy 1939 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Raymond Hatton, Ann Baldwin, Pierre Watkin, Paul Fix, Craig Reynolds, Ivan Miller, Reginald Barlow, Adrian Morris
Roy (Roy Rogers) has a good vein of the prized mineral molybdenum on his ranch and Wall Street crooks are out to get it. So Roy heads back to NY to make everything right.
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| 1. Christmas in July (1940)
2. The Fighting Marines (1935)
3. One Frightened Night (1935)
4. The Petrified Forest (1936)
5. Poppy (1936)
6. Wall Street Cowboy (1939)
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