Buck Privates 1941  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, The Andrews Sisters, Lee Bowman, Alan Curtis, Jane Frazee, Nat Pendleton, Samuel S. Hinds, Harry Strang, Shemp Howard
Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) and Herbie Brown (Lou Costello) are con men who end up in the Army–by accident. The Andrews Sisters perform "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "I'll Be Seeing You in Apple Blossom Time."
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Die Screaming, Marianne 1971  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Die, Beautiful Marianne
Director: Pete Walker
Cast: Susan George, Barry Evans, Christopher Sandford, Judy Huxtable, Leo Genn, Kenneth Hendel, Anthony Sharp, Martin Wyldeck, Paul Stassino, Alan Curtis
Her parents' divorce led to Marianne (Susan George) living with her mother in England and her sister, Hildegarde (Judy Huxtable), living with her father (Leo Genn) in Portugal. When the mother dies, Marianne inherits a fortune and documents revealing her father to be a crooked judge. Now, Hildegarde wants the money, her father wants the documents, and Marianne is stalked by a gang of killers.
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Flight to Nowhere 1946  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William Rowland
Cast: Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Micheline Cheirel, Jack Holt, Jerome Cowan, Inez Cooper, Hoot Gibson, John Craven, Roland Varno, Michael Visaroff
A map disclosing the location of South Pacific deposits of Uranium has been stolen, and a former intelligence agent (Alan Curtis) and a federal agent (Jack Holt) intend to find it–which they do after the usual difficulties, including murder. Cheap, very cheap.
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Four Sons 1940  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes, Alan Curtis, George Ernest, Robert Lowery, Lionel Royce, Sig Ruman, Ludwig Stossel, Michael Visaroff, Greta Meyer
The sons are on different sides as this Czech family is in the middle of the Nazi invasion.
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Gung Ho! 1943 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Randolph Scott, Grace McDonald, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery Jr., J. Carrol Naish, Robert Mitchum, Rod Cameron, Milburn Stone, David Bruce, Peter Coe
This World War II propaganda film about the training of U.S. Marines is useful when examining tactics used to influence public opinion, but it fails as an exciting war film.
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High Sierra 1941 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Leslie, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Henry Hull, Barton MacLane, Henry Travers, Elisabeth Risdon, Cornel Wilde, Eddie Acuff
Ex-con Roy Earle (Humphrey Bogart) heads for a fishing resort in the Sierras, and along the way he meets a farm family on their way to LA in search of work. Their daughter, Velma (Joan Leslie), needs an operation on her club foot, and Roy figures his next robbery will result in money necessary for the surgery. More than a few problems develop, but Roy pays for the operation and, with police in pursuit, takes refuge in the High Sierras.
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The Invisible Man's Revenge 1944  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe
Cast: Jon Hall, Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Leon Errol, John Carradine, Ian Wolfe, Gale Sondergaard, Halliwell Hobbes, Lester Matthews, Skelton Knaggs
Robert Griffin (Jon Hall) gets hold of a serum that makes him invisible and creates mayhem for a couple (Gale Sondergaard and Lester Matthews) who once had tried to kill him.
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Mannequin 1937 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan, Leo Gorcey, Elisabeth Risdon, Mary Philips, Bert Roach, George Chandler, Paul Fix, Oscar O'Shea, Wade Boteler, James Flavin, Mary Gordon, Frank Puglia
A poor working girl, Jessie Cassidy (Joan Crawford), uses wealthy shipping tycoon John L. Hennessey (Spencer Tracy) to attain her dreamed-of destiny. "Always and Always" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song.
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Philo Vance's Gamble 1947 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Basil Wrangell
Cast: Alan Curtis, Vivian Austin, Frank Jenks, Tala Birell, Gavin Gordon, Cliff Clark, James Burke, Toni Todd, Joseph Crehan, Grady Sutton, Dan Seymour, Francis Pierlot
Alan Curtis takes on the role of super sleuth Philo Vance in this entry in the series. A valuable emerald is stolen, followed by a series of murders. Vance is called in to help, is soon immersed in an international smuggling ring but, of course, is able to sort through the suspects and come up with the killer.
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Philo Vance's Secret Mission 1947 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell, Frank Jenks, James Bell, Frank Fenton, Paul Maxey, Kenneth Farrell, Toni Todd, David Leonard, Frank Wilcox
The renowned master sleuth Philo Vance (Alan Curtis) is hired to provide input for a mystery magazine by publisher Martin Jamison (Paul Maxey) while also helping Martin solve the murder of his partner several years previously. When Martin is murdered Vance must figure out who killed the partner, which will surely lead to Martin's killer. This is the final Philo Vance film–at least for more than a half century and counting.
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Pirates of Capri 1949 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action
aka: Captain Sirocco
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Alan Curtis, Mariella Lotti, Massimo Serato, Mikhail Rasumny, Virginia Belmont, Franca Marzi, William Tubbs, Alberto Califano, Maria Auritano, Michel Sorel, Eleonora Rossi Drago
By day, pirate Captain Sirocco (Louis Hayward) disguises himself as Count di Amalfi, which enables him to spy on the Naples court of Queen Carolina (Binnie Barnes). At night, Sirocco puts on a mask and leads the rebels of Capri in an effort to overthrow Queen Carolina and her evil police chief Commodore Van Diel (Alan Curtis). Good action scenes.
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Remember Pearl Harbor 1942 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Don "Red" Barry, Alan Curtis, Fay McKenzie, Sig Ruman, Ian Keith, Rhys Williams, Maynard Holmes, Diana Del Rio, Robert Emmett Keane, Sammy Stein, James B. Leong
Shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Republic pictures produced this film about soldiers stationed in the Philippines at the time and culminates when an American G.I. (Don "Red" Barry) leads a suicide mission driving his plane into a Japanese troop ship.
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Shopworn Angel 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel, Nat Pendleton, Sam Levene, Alan Curtis, Charley Grapewin, Charles D. Brown, Jimmy Butler
A self-centered actress (Margaret Sullavan) plays with the affections of a soldier (James Stewart) from Texas who is on his way to battle. Typically good Sullavan/Stewart matchup.
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| 1. Buck Privates (1941)
2. Die Screaming, Marianne (1971)
aka: Die, Beautiful Marianne
3. Flight to Nowhere (1946)
4. Four Sons (1940)
5. Gung Ho! (1943)
6. High Sierra (1941)
7. The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
8. Mannequin (1937)
9. Naughty Nineties (1945)
10. Philo Vance's Gamble (1947)
11. Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947)
12. Pirates of Capri (1949)
aka: Captain Sirocco
13. Remember Pearl Harbor (1942)
14. Shopworn Angel (1938)
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