Appointment in Berlin 1943  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: George Sanders, Marguerite Chapman, Onslow Stevens, Gale Sondergaard, Alan Napier, H.P. Sanders, Donald Douglas, Jack Lee, Alec Craig, Steven Geray
Keith Wilson (George Sanders) performs heroic acts as a British Secret Service spy when he broadcasts from Germany and sends war information to London via secret code.
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Barnacle Bill 1941  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Leo Carrillo, Virginia Weidler, Donald Meek, Barton MacLane, Irving Bacon, Connie Gilchrist, Sara Haden, William Edmunds, Don Terry, Alec Craig, Milton Kibbee, James Millican, William Forrest
Wallace Beery plays old salt Bill Johansen who is being pursued by Marge Cavendish (Marjorie Main) who would like to marry him. When not trying to escape the clutches of Marge, Bill must deal with 12-year-old Virginia (Virginia Weidler)–the young girl he has just learned is his daughter. Marge loans Bill money to purchase his dream schooner that is on the auction block, and the adventures begin. But, after more than a few complications, Bill returns home to a smiling Virginia and marries Marge.
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Calling Dr. Death 1943 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ramsay Ames, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce, Holmes Herbert, Fay Helm, Alec Craig, Frederick Giermann, George Eldredge
In this, the first of the "Inner Sanctum" series, Doctor Mark Steele (Lon Chaney Jr.) is one of the chief suspects after his wife is brutally murdered.
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Cat People 1942  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Horror / Thriller
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, Elizabeth Russell, Alec Craig, Bud Geary, Eddie Dew, Murdock MacQuarrie, Donald Kerr, Theresa Harris
Following their wedding, Oliver Reed (Kent Smith) learns that his wife Irena (Simone Simon) believes that she is a Cat Woman as a member of an ancient Serbian tribe and has a genetic tendency to turn into a panther when emotionally aroused. Oliver tries to help Irena by getting her psychiatric help from Dr. Louis Judd (Tom Conway), but Oliver runs into major problems. The marriage is failing, and Oliver becomes romantically interested in coworker Alice Moore (Jane Randolph). Now, a jealous Irena's stalking of Alice turns into a night of terror in a swimming pool.
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Dangerous Passage 1944  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Berke
Cast: Robert Lowery, Phyllis Brooks, Charles Arnt, Jack La Rue, Victor Kilian, Alec Craig, John Eldredge, William Edmunds, Will Wright
Joe Beck (Robert Lowery) inherits a fortune, but he must sail from South America to the U.S. in order to claim his money in Texas. On the voyage, he falls in love with sultry singer Nita Paxton (Phyllis Brooks) and, at the same time, finds himself the victim of attempts on his life by another traveler who wants the inheritance.
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A Date with the Falcon 1941 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins, Mona Maris, Victor Kilian, Frank Moran, Hans Conried, Edward Gargan, Alec Craig
A stolen formula for synthetic diamonds and its murdered inventor are the bases of this case for the Falcon (George Sanders).
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The Devil and Daniel Webster 1941 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
aka: Daniel and the Devil
All That Money Can Buy
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, James Craig, Gene Lockhart, John Qualen, George Cleveland, Jeff Corey, Anne Shirley, H.B. Warner, Frank Conlan, Lindy Wade, Alec Craig, Eddie Dew
Set in the1840s, Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) is the Devil with whom Jabez Stone (James Craig) traded his soul for riches. Now, Stone refuses to live up to his part of the bargain and insists on a legal trial. Daniel Webster (Edward Arnold) represents Stone in this classic Stephen Vincent Benet tale. Walter Huston received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor.
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Lassie Come Home 1943 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn, Dame May Whitty, Elizabeth Taylor, Nigel Bruce, Elsa Lanchester, J. Pat O'Malley, Alec Craig, Arthur Shields, Ben Webster, John Rogers, Alan Napier
A poor Yorkshire family sells its collie, Lassie, to the Duke of Rudling (Nigel Bruce), but Lassie escapes from her new home in Scotland and makes the long trip back to Yorkshire.
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 National Velvet 1945 G, 125 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Reginald Owen, Jackie "Butch" Jenkins, Juanita Quigley, Terry Kilburn, Alec Craig, Arthur Treacher, Norma Varden, Arthur Shields, Eugene Loring, Aubrey Mather
Young Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor) has dreamed of owning a horse, and her dreams come true when she wins a horse she names Pie. Velvet forms a bond and softens the heart of ex-jockey Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney) who helps her train Pie. Although her parents (Donald Crisp and Ann Revere) are cautious about Velvet's training plans, her mother parts with saved money that allows Pie to enter the Grand National Race. Velvet, Mi, and Pie go off to the races with Velvet disguised as a jockey, and they win the big race. Anne Revere carried away an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and Clarence Brown was nominated for Best Director.
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Northern Pursuit 1943 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop, Helmut Dantine, John Ridgely, Gene Lockhart, Tom Tully, Monte Blue, Bernard Nedell, Warren Douglas, Alec Craig
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner (Errol Flynn) tracks down a Nazi pilot and breaks up an espionage ring operating in Canada.
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 The Spider Woman 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Mary Gordon, Vernon Downing, Alec Craig, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Logan, Harry Cording
Gale Sondergaard is the Spider Woman whose game is to drive gamblers to the point of suicide so that she can collect on their insurance. Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) puts an end to her evil deeds in this good episode.
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Super Sleuth 1937  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli, Alan Bruce, Edgar Kennedy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Guilfoyle, Bradley Page, Willie Best, Alec Craig
This is the story of a movie star (Jack Oakie) who tries to reenact an actual crime and catch the true killer. This story was later remade as "Genius at Work."
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Tom Brown's School Days 1940 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Adventures at Rugby
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Josephine Hutchinson, Billy Halop, Polly Moran, Hughie Green, Ernest Cossart, Alec Craig, Gale Storm, Barlowe Borland, Forrester Harvey
Despite the fact that the new headmaster at Rugby boarding school, Doctor Arnold (Cedric Hardwicke) has a reputation for lack of discipline, Squire Brown (Ernest Cossart) supports his policy and sends his son, Tom (Jimmy Lydon), to Rugby. When Tom arrives at the school and immediately suffers from the hazing of school bullies, Tom has a solution: organize the other students to fight back, any way they can, against the bullies.
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Wise Girl 1937 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Walter Abel, Henry Stephenson, Alec Craig, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Margaret Dumont, Gregory Gaye, Ivan Lebedeff, Rafael Storm
Susan Fletcher (Miriam Hopkins) falls in love with a struggling artist, John O'Halloran (Ray Milland), AFTER she tries to get custody of his two children.
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| 1. Appointment in Berlin (1943)
2. Barnacle Bill (1941)
3. Calling Dr. Death (1943)
4. Cat People (1942)
5. Dangerous Passage (1944)
6. A Date with the Falcon (1941)
7. The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
aka: Daniel and the Devil
aka: All That Money Can Buy
8. Lassie Come Home (1943)
9. National Velvet (1945)
10. Northern Pursuit (1943)
11. The Spider Woman (1944)
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman
12. Super Sleuth (1937)
13. Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
aka: Adventures at Rugby
14. Wise Girl (1937)
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