Ace Drummond 1936  N/R, 255 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Ford Beebe, Clifford Smith
Cast: John "Dusty" King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr., Guy Bates Post, Lon Chaney Jr., Jackie Morrow, Selmer Jackson, Robert Warwick, Arthur Loft, C. Montague Shaw, Frederick Vogeding, Al Bridge, James B. Leong, James Eagles, Chester Gan
Based on events in the life of World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker (who also created the comic strip character of Ace Drummond), Ace (John "Dusty" King) is a flying G-man who is sent to Mongolia to uncover the identity of a villain known as "The Dragon." While there, he meets Peggy (Jean Rogers) who is searching for her missing father. It takes 13 episodes, but together they take care of both problems.
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend 1949  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee, Olga San Juan, Porter Hall, Hugh Herbert, Al Bridge, Sterling Holloway, Margaret Hamilton, Emory Parnell
Saloon singer Freddie Jones (Betty Grable) hides out from the law in a Western town where she poses as the new schoolmarm.
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Bells of Capistrano 1942 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Morgan
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Lucien Littlefield, Virginia Grey, Morgan Conway, Eddie Acuff, Al Bridge, Tristram Coffin, Jay Novello
In his last movie before going into the armed forces, Gene Autry comes to the rescue of a rodeo owner who is being harassed by crooked competitors.
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 Black Beauty 1933 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Esther Ralston, Alexander Kirkland, Hale Hamilton, Gavin Gordon, Don Alvarado, George Walsh, Theodore Lorch, Eddie Fetherston, Al Bridge, John Larkin, Bruce Covington
Black Beauty has been raised by the loving Cameron family and is being trained to run in the steeplechase race. But, after a series of problems, the Camerons are forced to sell Black Beauty. The cruel Captain Jordan (Gavin Gordon) purchases the horse and then mistreats it. But, Henry Cameron (Alexander Kirkland) recovers the horse and brings love back into Black Beauty's life–and his own as he now will live happily ever after with Leila (Esther Ralston). Based on Anna Sewell's classic novel.
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 Blonde Venus 1932  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Cary Grant, Dickie Moore, Sidney Toler, Hattie McDaniel, Francis Sayles, Sterling Holloway, Al Bridge, Robert Emmett O'Connor
Edward and Helen Farraday (Herbert Marshall and Marlene Dietrich) learn that Edward needs medical treatment to save his life. Helen goes back to work to earn needed funds for medical aid, and when Edward goes to Europe for treatment, Helen begins an affair with her benefactor, Nick Townsend (Cary Grant).
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Borderland 1937 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nate Watt
Cast: William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Morris Ankrum, John Beach, Nora Lane, Charlene Wyatt, Trevor Bardette, Earle Hodgins, Al Bridge
"Fox" leads a tough gang that does its "business" along the Mexican border. Hoppy (William Boyd) poses as an outlaw in order to infiltrate the gang and bring Fox and other members to justice. He comes to town acting as coarse and nasty as possible in order to get noticed, and it works–he is hired by the leader. Hoppy finds out that Fox has been posing as the town's moron, but he is found out. Will Hoppy succeed in his mission? A good entry.
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Broadway to Cheyenne 1932  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
aka: From Broadway to Cheyenne
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Rex Bell, Marceline Day, Matthew Betz, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Ellis, Huntley Gordon, Earl Dwire, Roy D'Arcy, John Elliott, Al Bridge
Detective Breezy (Rex Bell) is wounded by Butch (Robert Ellis) and his gang in New York. While Breezy recuperates at home in Wyoming, who should come along but Butch's gang with plans to run a protection racket on the ranchers? But, Breezy will have none of that.
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Call of the Prairie 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Muriel Evans, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Chester Conklin, Al Bridge, Chill Wills, Hank Mann, Al Hill, Willie Fung
Outlaws are thwarted when Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) sneaks up on them and then convinces them to change their ways.
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The Courageous Dr. Christian 1940 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Tom Neal, Maude Eburne, Vera Lewis, George Meader, Reginald Barlow, Al Bridge, James C. Morton, Mary Davenport, Frank LaRue
In this second entry in the series, beloved Dr. Christian (Jean Hersholt) fends off the advances of wealthy Mrs. Stewart while fighting an outbreak of meningitis in a slum area of town.
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Cross My Heart 1946 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John Berry
Cast: Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Rhys Williams, Ruth Donnelly, Iris Adrian, Al Bridge, Howard Freeman, Michael Chekhov, Milton Kibbee, Lewis L. Russell
Confessing to a murder she did not commit, a woman (Betty Hutton) depends on her lawyer husband (Sonny Tufts) to defend her and, in turn, give her the attention she craves. This is a remake of "True Confession."
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Devil's Island 1940 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Boris Karloff, Nedda Harrigan, James Stephenson, Adia Kuznetzoff, Rolla Gourvitch, Will Stanton, Edward Keane, Pedro de Cordoba, Al Bridge, Earl Dwire
A French doctor, Charles Gaudet (Boris Karloff), treats a treasonous soldier and is punished with imprisonment on Devil's Island where his presence provides the means to save a young girl's life.
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Dick Tracy's Dilemma 1947 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Lyle Latell, Kay Christopher, Jack Lambert, Ian Keith, Tony Barrett, Tom Keene, Jason Robards Sr., Harry Strang, Bernadene Hayes, Jimmy Conlin, William B. Davidson, Al Bridge, Sean McClory
Chester Gould's comic-strip characters are back–this time Ralph Byrd again takes on the title role of Dick Tracy who must contend with Steve "The Claw Michel" (Jack Lambert) whose hand is a steel claw.
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Drum Taps 1933 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: J.P. McGowan
Cast: Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dix, Frank Coghlan Jr., Charles Stevens, Al Bridge, Harry Semels, Jim Mason, Slim Whitaker, Kermit Maynard, Hooper Atchley, Lloyd Ingraham, Jack Rockwell
Boy Scouts come to the aid of rancher Ken (Ken Maynard) in protecting his and other ranchers' property from a gang trying to grab their land.
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The Falcon's Alibi 1946 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ray McCarey
Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett, Jane Greer, Jason Robards Sr., Elisha Cook Jr., Emory Parnell, Al Bridge, Jean Brooks, Myrna Dell
When jewelry is stolen, Joan (Rita Corday) calls on the Falcon (Tom Conway) to clear her name.
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Fighting with Kit Carson 1933 N/R, 200 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Colbert Clark, Armand Schaefer
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Betsy King Ross, Noah Beery, Noah Beery Jr., Tully Marshall, Robert Warwick, Edmund Breese, Al Bridge, Lafe McKee, Edward Hearn, Jack Mower, Lane Chandler
In this 12-episode serial, Kit Carson (Johnny Mack Brown) leads a wagon train carrying government gold. The "Mystery Riders" plan on stealing the gold and finally succeed. Kit, with the help of the cavalry, sets out to retrieve the cargo.
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Framed 1947  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Karen Morley, Barbara Woodell, Sid Tomack, Al Bridge, Stanley Andrews, Walter Baldwin
After being setup by Paula Craig (Janis Carter), Mike Lambert (Glenn Ford) finds himself accused of murder and robbery.
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Gallant Defender 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Selman
Cast: Charles Starrett, Al Bridge, George Chesebro, Jack Clifford, Tom London, Joan Perry, Harry Woods, Roy Rogers, Glenn Strange, Bob Nolan
Charles Starrett made lots of movies; this is an early one in which he must clear himself from a murder charge.
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Hail the Conquering Hero 1944  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Al Bridge, Bill Edwards, Jimmie Dundee, Georgia Caine, Elizabeth Patterson, Freddie Steele, Harry Hayden, Jimmy Conlin, Chester Conklin, Esther Howard
This "hero" Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) is really a U.S. Marine Corps reject (he has hay fever!) who returns home to a town whose citizens think he is one of their returning soldiers and deserving of honor. Now, he finds himself running for mayor of the town and tries to explain that he did not serve in the Marine Corps, but he cannot convince his fellow citizens that his reputation is undeserved. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
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Honor of the Range 1934 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan James
Cast: Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker, Fred Kohler, Frank Hagney, Jack Rockwell, James A. Marcus, Albert J. Smith, Eddie Barnes, Franklyn Farnum, Slim Whitaker, Al Bridge, Hal Taliaferro
This offbeat Western features Ken Maynard playing two roles: one as good-guy sheriff Ken and the other as his weak and crooked brother Clem. After town bad-guy Rawhide (Fred Kohler) robs the bank and takes Ken's girlfriend, Mary (Cecilia Parker), hostage with help from Clem, Ken is blamed. After a change of heart, Clem tells Ken of Rawhide's hideout. Going undercover, Ken saves the day as Mary plays and organ loudly to distract gang members.
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The Hurricane Express 1932 N/R, 225 min.
Genre: Action
Director: J.P. McGowan, Armand Schaefer
Cast: Tully Marshall, Conway Tearle, John Wayne, Shirley Grey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Matthew Betz, James P. Burtis, Lloyd Whitlock, Joseph W. Girard, Edmund Breese, Al Bridge, Charles King
In this 12-episode serial, trains are being wrecked by "The Wrecker," a master of disguises. After pilot Larry's (John Wayne) father is killed in one of the wrecks, Larry is determined to find the culprit, despite the red herrings thrown up before him.
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Idaho 1943 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Bob Nolan, Virginia Grey, Harry Shannon, Onslow Stevens, Hal Taliaferro, Tom London, Pat Brady, Al Bridge
Judge Grey takes on the boozing and gambling in town, much to the dismay of the lady saloon owner (and head of an outlaw gang). She first threatens to expose the judge's bad past and then attempts to frame him for a robbery. But here come Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette to the rescue.
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The Jade Mask 1945 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Charlie Chan: The Jade Mask
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke, Janet Warren, Edith Evanson, Hardie Albright, Frank Reicher, Al Bridge, Ralph Lewis
When an inventor is murdered, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) and his son, Jimmy (Edwin Luke), put their heads together to solve the mystery.
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The Kid's Last Ride 1941 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: S. Roy Luby
Cast: Ray Corrigan, John "Dusty" King, Max Terhune, Luana Walters, Edwin Brian, Al Bridge, Glenn Strange, Frank Ellis, John Elliott, George Havens, Tex Palmer, Carl Mathews
The Range Busters (Ray Corrigan, John "Dusty" King, and Max Terhune) ride into town to break up a feud between a pair of outlaws (Al Bridge and Glenn Strange) who seek revenge on Sally and Edwin (Luana Walters and Edwin Brian) whose father had sentenced the outlaws' brother to be hanged. The Range Busters, for the fifth (of a total of 24) time, come out the winners.
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The Lady Eve 1941  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Luis Alberni, Robert Greig, Janet Beecher, Dora Clement, Al Bridge, Eddie Hall, Bess Flowers
This not-to-be-missed comedy pits Charles Pike (Henry Fonda) and Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) as the romantic couple who meets aboard ship. Very rich Charles rejects Jean who in turn plots to get him back by posing as Lady Eve Sidwich. A fun ride.
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The Little Foxes 1941 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson, Dan Duryea, Charles Dingle, Lucien Littlefield, Patricia Collinge, Carl Benton Reid, Jessica Grayson, John Marriott, Russell Hicks, Virginia Brissac, Al Bridge, Kenny Washington
Regina Gibbons (Bette Davis) could aptly be described as "the wife from Hell." When her husband, Horace (Herbert Marshall), refuses to join in her evil scheme, she simply refuses to give him his heart medicine–he dies!! The film received nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress (two nominations: Patricia Collinge and Teresa Wright), and Director. Based on Lillian Hellman's play.
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Melody Trail 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford, Wade Boteler, Al Bridge, William Castello, Marie Quillan, Fern Emmett, Gertrude Messinger, Tracy Layne
Gene Autry comes to the rescue of cowgirls who are losing cattle.
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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn, William Demarest, Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, Porter Hall, Emory Parnell, Al Bridge, J. Farrell MacDonald, Julius Tannen, Victor Potel
This wartime comedy is about Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) who becomes pregnant by one of the soldiers at a party–she doesn't know which one. As a solution to her dilemma, she snares Norval Jones (Eddie Bracken) who has been rejected for military service. Bold, for the 1940s, and lots of fun.
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My Little Chickadee 1940 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Mae West, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran, Margaret Hamilton, Si Jenks, Fuzzy Knight, Anne Nagel, Ruth Donnelly, Donald Meek, Willard Robertson, Lloyd Ingraham, Jackie Searl, Lane Chandler, Al Bridge
Flower Belle Lee (Mae West) is kidnapped by the Masked Bandit/Jeff Badger (Joseph Calleia) during a stagecoach robbery. Later, when Belle returns to town, she is suspected of having sexual relations with the Masked Bandit and is run out of town. On the train, she meets Cuthbert J. Twille (W.C. Fields) and fakes a marriage to him. Now, they return to town as a "respectable" couple, and the fun begins. Just watching the cavorting of W.C. Fields and Mae West in the same film makes this movie worthwhile.
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Mystery Mountain 1934 N/R, 223 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Edward Earle, Al Bridge, Tom London, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Hooper Atchley, Edward Hearn, George Chesebro
This movie is part of a longer serial in which the hero, Ken (Ken Maynard), is searching for the identity of "The Rattler," a master of disguises and a wrecker of railroad and other transportation vehicles. Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette, in their second movie appearance, are stagecoach drivers.
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 A Night at the Opera 1935 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones, Sig Ruman, Walter Woolf King, Edward Keane, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Gino Corrado, Frank Yaconelli, Billy Gilbert, Al Bridge, Jonathan Hale
When the Marx Brothers become part of the hoity-toity opera world, comedy abounds in this Marx Brothers' classic. In an attempt to reunite with his lover Rosa (Kitty Carlisle), Ricardo (Allan Jones) joins up with Fiorello and Tomasso (Chico Marx and Harpo Marx) to stow away on a ship headed for New York. They are prepared to pull out all stops to get Ricardo a job as the leading tenor in the New York Opera Company where Rosa is starring as the leading lady. They arrive in New York, but the authorities, who want to catch the stowaways, are on their trail, and they join up with Otis P. Driftwood (Groucho Marx) in their attempt to stay one step ahead of the authorities.
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The Palm Beach Story 1942 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest, Sig Arno, Jack Norton, Robert Warwick, Torben Meyer, Franklin Pangborn, Roscoe Ates, Dewey Robinson, Arthur Hoyt, Al Bridge, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Gerry (Claudette Colbert) leaves her engineer husband, Tom (Joel McCrea), in New York and heads for Florida where she meets snobby John D. Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee). Tom pursues, and comedy ensues.
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Partners of the Plains 1938 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Harvey Clark, Russell Hayden, Gwen Gaze, Hilda Plowright, John Warburton, Al Bridge, John Beach, Al Hill, Earle Hodgins
A lone woman is an inept rancher when she arrives in the West. However, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) proves to be an able friend as he helps her over the rough spots and wards off an evil land grabber.
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Rawhide Rangers 1941 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Kathryn Adams, Nell O'Day, Riley Hill, Harry Cording, Al Bridge, Frank Shannon, Ed Cassidy, Bob Cortman, Chester Gan, Jim Farley
A gang is successful in extorting money from the local ranchers until Brand's (Johnny Mack Brown) brother is killed by gang members. Brand quits the Texas Rangers and becomes an outlaw himself, gaining enough success to be noticed by the gang. Yes, he is actually undercover and brings the bad guys to justice.
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Robin Hood of Texas 1947 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Gene Autry, Lynne Roberts, Sterling Holloway, Adele Mara, James Cardwell, Al Bridge, Edmund Cobb, Paul Bryar, James Flavin, John Kellogg, Ray Walker, Archie Twitchell, Dorothy Vaughan, Stanley Andrews, Lester Dorr
When a band of bank robbers shows up at Gene Autry's ranch, he plays along with them to bring them to justice and get the loot returned to its rightful owners. Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys perform the songs "Good Old-Fashioned Hoedown," "Goin' Back to Texas," "The Merry-Go-Round-Up," and "You're the Moment of a Lifetime."
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Shadows Over Chinatown 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler, John Gallaudet, Bruce Kellogg, Paul Bryar, Al Bridge, Mary Gordon, Dorothy Granger
San Francisco's Chinatown becomes the center for an insurance racket, but Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) brings down the con men.
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Silver River 1948 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell, Bruce Bennett, Tom D'Andrea, Barton MacLane, Monte Blue, Jonathan Hale, Al Bridge, Arthur Space
Stanley Moore (Bruce Bennett) is a dishonest gambler who gets involved in the silver market and loses his wife, empire, and even his own life.
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1947 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Mad Wednesday
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Frances Ramsden, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee, Edgar Kennedy, Arline Judge, Franklin Pangborn, Lionel Stander, Margaret Hamilton, Al Bridge, Jack Norton, Robert Dudley, Arthur Hoyt, Julius Tannen
Harold Diddlebock (Harold Lloyd) had been a successful football player, then spent 23 years as a bookkeeper, and now has been fired. He goes to a bar, orders a potent drink, and goes on a wild spree. He wakes up 48 hours later with no idea of what has happened in the interim. Later, he learns that he has bought a circus and brings a circus lion, Jackie the Lion, with him when he visits bankers offering them the chance to buy the circus.
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Springtime in the Rockies 1937 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Polly Rowles, Ula Love, Ruth Bacon, Al Bridge, Tom London, George Chesebro, Jane Hunt, Edward Hearn
The boss wants sheep, and sheep she'll have. However, the cattle ranchers are up in arms over it and Foreman Gene Autry must deal with that.
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That Wonderful Urge 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner, Arleen Whelan, Lucile Watson, Gene Lockhart, Chill Wills, Hope Emerson, Porter Hall, Lloyd Gough, Richard Gaines, Taylor Holmes, Al Bridge, Lane Chandler, Frank Ferguson
Tyrone Power repeats his starring role in this remake of "Love Is News." This time, Gene Tierney takes the role of heiress Sara Farley who decides to get back at reporter Thomas Jefferson Tyler (Power) who has been printing non-flattering stories about her. Sara gets even by announcing to the press that she and Tyler are secretly married, and their love/hate relationship results in more than a few misadventures.
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Thunderhead - Son of Flicka 1945 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Louis King
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell, Patti Hale, Carleton Young, Ralph Sanford, Al Bridge, Robert Filmer
This sequel to "My Friend Flicka" is not quite up to the original, but overall it is enjoyable family fare as the story continues of a boy, Ken (Roddy McDowall), and his horse. This time around, Ken tries to train Flicka's colt Thunderhead to become a successful racehorse. Sequel: "Green Grass of Wyoming."
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Trail Dust 1936 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nate Watt
Cast: William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Gwynne Shipman, Britt Wood, Dick Dickinson, Earl Askam, Al Bridge, John Beach
Hoppy is leading a cattle drive north to supply a starving population. But greed is still out there as evil cattlemen try to rid competition by stopping the drive–perhaps they underestimate our hero.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Peggy Ann Garner, Lloyd Nolan, James Gleason, Ruth Nelson, John Alexander, Ferike Boros, Ted Donaldson, B.S. Pully, Al Bridge, Virginia Brissac, Charles Halton, J. Farrell McDonald
Financial worries of her parents, Katie and Johnny Nolan (Dorothy McGuire and James Dunn), affect the happiness of teenager Francie (Peggy Ann Garner) at the end of the 19th century. Growing up in a tenement existence, Francie wants a better life but struggles just to survive. A tree that survives the seasons is visible from their tenement and is her family's symbol of survival. This film is the first directorial effort of Elia Kazan. Dunn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Garner was presented an Honorary Oscar as Outstanding Child Actress.
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Twin Husbands 1934 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: John Miljan, Shirley Grey, Monroe Owsley, Hale Hamilton, Robert Elliott, Wilson Benge, William Franklin, Maurice Black, Al Bridge, Joseph W. Girard
Jerry Van Trevor (John Miljan) awakens and learns that he has been kidnapped by Chloe (Shirley Grey) and her accomplice, Colton Drain (Monroe Owsley). They plan to use Jerry's striking resemblance to Chloe's wealthy husband (also played by John Miljan), as the means to steal valuable bonds. But, Jerry is not who he seems to be and waits patiently to outwit his kidnappers.
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Unfaithfully Yours 1948 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence, Rudy Vallee, Lionel Stander, Edgar Kennedy, Kurt Kreuger, Al Bridge, Julius Tannen, Torben Meyer, Robert Greig, Isabel Jewell, Georgia Caine, Evelyn Beresford, J. Farrell MacDonald
Rex Harrison is brilliant as symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter whose brother-in-law August (Rudy Vallee) tells him that Alfred's wife, Daphne (Linda Darnell), is having an affair. Alfred obsesses with the thought that Daphne would have another lover and even plots her demise while conducting the orchestra. As he comes up with ways to solve the problem, Alfred sets each solution to a different classical number, and options change with the mood of the music. But, later, his efforts to physically carry out those plans result in slapstick gags, which end in a fiasco. This film was remade in 1984 starring Dudley Moore as the conductor and Nastassja Kinski as the "unfaithful" wife.
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Woman Chases Man 1937 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John G. Blystone
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Charles Winninger, Ella Logan, Erik Rhodes, Broderick Crawford, Leona Maricle, Charles Halton, Al Bridge, George Chandler
A woman (Miriam Hopkins) tries a scam to cheat a wealthy man (Joel McCrea) but falls in love with him instead.
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| 1. Ace Drummond (1936)
2. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
3. Bells of Capistrano (1942)
4. Black Beauty (1933)
5. Blonde Venus (1932)
6. Blue Montana Skies (1939)
7. Borderland (1937)
8. Both Barrels Blazing (1944)
9. Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
aka: From Broadway to Cheyenne
10. Call of the Prairie (1936)
11. The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
12. Cross My Heart (1946)
13. Devil's Island (1940)
14. Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
15. Drum Taps (1933)
16. The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
17. Fighting with Kit Carson (1933)
18. Framed (1947)
19. Gallant Defender (1935)
20. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
21. Honor of the Range (1934)
22. The Hurricane Express (1932)
23. Idaho (1943)
24. The Jade Mask (1945)
aka: Charlie Chan: The Jade Mask
25. The Kid's Last Ride (1941)
26. The Lady Eve (1941)
27. The Little Foxes (1941)
28. Melody Trail (1935)
29. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
30. My Little Chickadee (1940)
31. Mystery Mountain (1934)
32. A Night at the Opera (1935)
33. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
34. Partners of the Plains (1938)
35. Rawhide Rangers (1941)
36. Robin Hood of Texas (1947)
37. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
38. Silver River (1948)
39. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
aka: Mad Wednesday
40. Springtime in the Rockies (1937)
41. That Wonderful Urge (1948)
42. Thunderhead - Son of Flicka (1945)
43. Trail Dust (1936)
44. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
45. Twin Husbands (1934)
46. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
47. Woman Chases Man (1937)
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