 The Awful Truth 1937  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Cecil Cunningham, Molly Lamont, Esther Dale, Joyce Compton, Mary Forbes, Robert Warwick, Robert Allen
Lucy and Jerry Arriner (Irene Dunne and Cary Grant) divorce after believing each was unfaithful. Lucy was seeing handsome Armand Duvalle (Alex D'Arcy) and now is also dating wealthy neighbor Daniel Leeson (Ralph Bellamy). Meanwhile, Jerry starts dating nightclub singer Dixie Belle Lee (Joyce Compton) and socialite Barbara Vance (Molly Lamont). Their dog seems to be the only thing Lucy and Jerry have in common–until Lucy decides that she wants to resume her marriage to Jerry and starts plotting to get him back. Little does Lucy know that Jerry is still in love with her, and, as they set out to sabotage each other's plans to remarry, the fun begins. Leo McCarey won an Oscar for Best Director, and several other nominations were received, including Best Picture, Actress, and Supporting Actor (Bellamy).
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Blood of Dracula's Castle 1969  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Dracula's Castle
Castle of Dracula
Director: Al Adamson, Jean Hewitt
Cast: Paula Raymond, Alexander D'Arcy, John Carradine, Gene Otis Shayne, Jennifer Bishop, Robert Dix, Ray Young, Vicki Volante, John "Bud" Cardos, Ken Osborne
Count and Countess Townsend (Alexander D'Arcy and Paula Raymond)–in reality Dracula and his wife–show up in modern-day California where their butler (John Carradine) and his hunchback assistant (Ray Young) tend to the food supply consisting of the blood of young women chained in the dungeon.
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Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street 1973  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Glenn Corbett, Christa Lang, Anton Diffring, Eric P. Caspar, William Ray, Anthony Chinn, Alexander D'Arcy, Sieghardt Rupp, Hans-Christoph Blumenberg, Stephane Audran
After his partner is killed by a gang conducting blackmail and high-level corruption in Germany, an American private eye (Glenn Corbett) seeks revenge.
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Freedom for Us 1931 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Musical
Director: Rene Clair
Cast: Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy, Paul Ollivier, Andre Michaud, Rolla France, Germaine Aussey, Leon Lorin, William Burke, Vincent Hyspa, Alexander D'Arcy, Jacques Shelly, Albert Broquin, Maximilienne, Eugene Stuber, Marguerite de Morlaye
This famous anti-capitalist statement starts with two prisoners who become friends. Louis (Raymond Cordy) escapes and becomes an executive at a phonograph factory. When his friend, Emile (Henri Marchand), gets out of jail, he ends up as an assembly-line worker at his friend's factory. The de-humanization of the workers is highlighted with comedic interludes. This is the first non-English speaking film to receive an Oscar nomination (Best Art Direction).
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 How to Marry a Millionaire 1953  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, David Wayne, Rory Calhoun, William Powell, Cameron Mitchell, Alexander D'Arcy, Fred Clark
Loco (Betty Grable), Pola (Marilyn Monroe), and Schatze Page (Lauren Bacall) join forces as they set out to find a marriageable millionaire.
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Soldier of Fortune 1955  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry, Tom Tully, Anna Sten, Jack Kruschen, Alexander D'Arcy, Leo Gordon, Russell Collins, Richard Loo, Soo Yong, Frank Tang, Mel Welles, James Hong
An American, Jane Hoyt (Susan Hayward), arrives in Hong Kong searching for her photojournalist husband Louis (Gene Barry) and seeks the aid of mercenary, smuggler Hank Lee (Clark Gable). After discovering that Louis is being held captive by Communists in China, Lee travels in his private junk to the mainland in search of Louis. In the meantime, he has fallen in love with Jane but continues in his quest knowing that he could be risking his own life trying to help get Louis out of China.
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Topper Takes a Trip 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Verree Teasdale, Franklin Pangborn, Alexander D'Arcy, Paul Hurst, Spencer Charters, Irving Pichel, Armand Kaliz, Eddie Conrad, Leon Belasco, Georges Revanent, Wade Boteler
This film picks up where the original "Topper" left off (without Cary Grant, except in a flashback). Cosmo Topper's (Roland Young) wife Clara (Billie Burke) heads to France, intending to divorce Cosmo, thinking that he had an affair with Marion Kerby (Constance Bennett), who was, in reality, a ghost trying to do a good deed. Cosmo chases after Clara, hoping to change her mind, and Marion shows up with her ghost dog to help him out. Excellent special effects, especially for the 1930s.
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Vicki 1953 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Harry Horner
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott Reid, Richard Boone, Max Showalter, Alexander D'Arcy, Carl Betz, Aaron Spelling, John Dehner, Roy Engel, Parley Baer, Stuart Randall, Russ Conway, Frank Fenton, Frank Gerstle
Following the murder of supermodel Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters), police Lt. Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) vigorously steps into the case. He had been in love with Vicki before she gained success and has blamed her publicity man, Steve Christopher (Elliott Reed), for taking her away from him. Now, Cornell is determined to convict Christopher in what seems to be a personal vendetta. But Christopher, with help from Vicki's sister, Jill (Jeanne Crain), tracks down the identity of the real killer and puts an end to the madness.
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| 1. The Awful Truth (1937)
2. Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
aka: Dracula's Castle
aka: Castle of Dracula
3. Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1973)
4. Freedom for Us (1931)
5. How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
6. Soldier of Fortune (1955)
7. Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
8. Vicki (1953)
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