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, Felix Basch, Walter Bonn, Keith Hitchcock, Leonard Mudie, Reginald Sheffield
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. When the Nazis figure out that he is spying, Wilson needs to escape and obtains aid from a German girl, Ilse Preissing (Marguerite Chapman), and British intelligence agent Gretta Van Leyden (Gale Sondergaard).
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Baby Face 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Margaret Lindsay, Douglass Dumbrille, John Wayne, Arthur Hohl, Robert Barrat, Nat Pendleton, Henry Kolker, Alphonse Ethier, Theresa Harris, Maynord Holmes, Grace Hayle, Frank Darien
Lily (Barbara Stanwyck), a.k.a. "Baby Face", is a beautiful woman who uses sex in exchange for financial gain and uses her unique charms to attain security.
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Badlands of Dakota 1941 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer, Broderick Crawford, Hugh Herbert, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr., Fuzzy Knight, Samuel S. Hinds, Addison Richards, Glenn Strange, Bradley Page, Carleton Young, Don Barclay
Set during the gold-rush era in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Wild Bill Hickok (Richard Dix) keeps the gangsters under control while trying to keep Calamity Jane's (Frances Farmer) romantic intentions at bay. Meanwhile, two brothers (Robert Stack and Broderick Crawford), fight over a woman (Ann Rutherford).
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Copacabana 1947  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Groucho Marx, Carmen Miranda, Andy Russell, Steve Cochran, Gloria Jean, Louis Sobol, Abel Green, Earl Wilson
Talent agent Lionel Q. Deveraux (Groucho Marx) has only one client, Carmen Novarro (Carmen Miranda), but he tricks a nightclub owner (Steve Cochran) into believing that Carmen is actually two entertainers. The ploy works until Carmen is assigned to perform roles simultaneously.
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Cover-Up 1949  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton, Art Baker, Helen Spring, Ann E. Todd, Doro Merande, Virginia Christine, Russell Arms, Dan White, Paul E. Burns, Ruth Lee
Insurance investigator Sam Donovan (Dennis O'Keefe) digs into the case of a supposed suicide but does not get anywhere–until he gets help from a local citizen, Anita (Barbara Britton), in solving what turns out to be not a suicide, but a murder.
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Dangerous 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Dick Foran, Pierre Watkin, Milton Kibbee, George Irving, Mary Treen
Bette Davis won the Oscar for her role as alcoholic ex-star Joyce Heath in this fair movie. Obviously, she is the highlight and makes it worth watching.
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The Dark Horse 1932 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Warren William, Bette Davis, Guy Kibbee, Frank McHugh, Vivienne Osborne, Sam Hardy, Robert Warwick, Harry Holman, Charles Sellon, Robert Emmett O'Connor
This political satire features a less-than-competent gubernatorial candidate (Guy Kibbee) who is promoted by a devious campaign manager (Warren William) and his cohort (Bette Davis).
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Disraeli 1929  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: George Arliss, Joan Bennett, Florence Arliss, Anthony Bushell, David Torrence, Ivan F. Simpson, Doris Lloyd, Michael Visaroff
"Disraeli" was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Picture, and George Arliss won the Oscar for Best Actor in his role of the British prime minister who acquired rights to the Suez Canal, among many successes.
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The Fabulous Dorseys 1947 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Janet Blair, Paul Whiteman, William Lundigan, Sara Allgood, Arthur Shields, Dave Willock, James Flavin, William Bakewell, Helen O'Connell, Bob Eberly, Charlie Barnet, Mike Pingatore, Henry Busse
Big-band stars Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in this biography, which includes the story of their father Thomas (Arthur Shields) who works as a coal miner in Pennsylvania. Thomas encourages Tommy and Jimmy to study music and use their musical talent to escape his lifestyle. It is not easy, and the boys argue with each other. But, when Thomas dies, the brothers are reunited and become famous bandleaders.
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Four Faces West 1948 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
aka: They Passed This Way
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Charles Bickford, Joseph Calleia, William Conrad, Martin Garralaga, Raymond Largay, John Parrish, Dan White, Davison Clark, Houseley Stevenson, Sam Flint, Eva Novak, George McDonald, Forrest Taylor
Normally honest rancher Ross (Joel McCrea) resorts to bank robbery when his family homestead is threatened. He does, however, leave an IOU with the teller, intending to pay the money back. Sheriff Pat Garrett (Charles Bickford) sets out on his trail as Ross meets several people on his trek to avoid arrest. But Pat gets his man.
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The Girl from 10th Avenue 1935 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Bette Davis, Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Katharine Alexander, Helen Jerome Eddy, Adrian Rosley, Mary Treen
Miriam (Bette Davis) helps her boss Geoffrey Sherwood (Ian Hunter) out of his alcoholic doldrums and into their marriage–just in time to be confronted with his ex-flame who now wants him back. Good performance, as usual, by Bette Davis, but lots of soap.
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The Golden Arrow 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Eugene Pallette, Dick Foran, Carol Hughes, Catherine Doucet, Craig Reynolds, Henry O'Neill, Eddie Acuff, E.E. Clive
Daisy Appleby (Bette Davis) is a wealthy heiress who finds the solution to her problem of being plagued by fortune hunters–she wants a "marriage of convenience" with newspaperman Johnny Jones (George Brent).
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case 1939 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor, Jed Prouty, Jerome Cowan, Donald MacBride, H.B. Warner, William Demarest, Richard Denning, Judith Barrett
The screenplay for this Philo Vance (Warren William) mystery/comedy was written especially for scatterbrained comedienne Gracie Allen. Gracie was witness to a murder and agrees to help Philo Vance by giving her recollections, which are crazy enough to drive Vance to a point of distraction. However, he comes up with the killer in due course.
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Housewife 1934  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: George Brent, Bette Davis, Ann Dvorak, Ruth Donnelly, John Halliday, Hobart Cavanaugh, Robert Barrat, Jonathan Hale, Joseph Cawthorn, Phil Regan, Willard Robertson, Leila Bennett, Harry Tyler, Charles Coleman
When George (George Brent) leaves his wife Nan (Ann Dvorak) for Patricia (Bette Davis), he finds that life is still not a bed of roses. Rare weak effort by top stars.
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Invasion U.S.A. 1952 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Bice, Tom Kennedy, Wade Crosby, Erik Blythe, Phyllis Coates, Aram Katcher, Noel Neill
The Communist scare was on in the early 1950s, and this film, though weak in most respects, captures the flavor of the times. Mr. Ohman (Dan O'Herlihy) enters a bar in New York where the customers discuss current events. A TV news bulletin on the bar's TV states that the U.S. is being invaded. All but Mr. Ohman react with panic and head out to deal with their fate. Mr. Ohman's calm in the storm is revealed at film's end as an invasion, including the use of a nuclear bomb, takes place.
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It's Tough to Be Famous 1932 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Brian, Emma Dunn, Walter Catlett, Oscar Apfel, J. Carrol Naish, David Landau, Claire McDowell, Louise Beavers, Harold Minjir
Scotty (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) is a young submarine officer who saves the crew after his submarine sinks. Expecting to sacrifice his life, he is rescued instead and now is a MAJOR media celebrity, causing great disruption in his day-to-day activities. A good study of our obsession with heroes, at least in the 1930s.
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 The Jackie Robinson Story 1950 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers, Richard Lane, Harry Shannon, Ben Lessy, Bill Spaulding, Billy Wayne, Joel Fluellen, Bernie Hamilton, Kenny Washington
Jackie Robinson stars as himself in this biography of the great baseball star who broke the color barrier in the major leagues. It follows him from his playing days in college at U.C.L.A.; through the Negro League team in Kansas City; and his trials, tribulations, and successes in the majors.
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The Jolson Story 1946  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Bill Goodwin, Ludwig Donath, Tamara Shayne, John Alexander, Ann E. Todd, Pierre Watkin, Will Wright
This biography of 1920's star Al Jolson (Larry Parks) provides good entertainment and great Jolson tunes including "April Showers" and "Swanee." The film won Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Sound. It also had four other nominations, including Best Actor (Parks) and Supporting Actor (William Demarest).
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Little Lord Fauntleroy 1921 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green, Jack Pickford
Cast: Mary Pickford, Claude Gillingwater, Joseph J. Dowling, James A. Marcus, Kate Price, Fred Malatesta, Rose Dione, Arthur Thalasso, Colin Kenny, Madame DeBodamere, Francis Marion, Emmett King
Mary Pickford plays both a boy, Cedric, and his mother in this tale of the rich Earl of Dorincourt (Claude Gillingwater) who, finding out that he has not long to live, sends for his heir–Cedric–despite not liking the mother because she is an American. They arrive in England, and, despite problems when an imposter claims to be the heir, Cedric helps the Earl learn compassion.
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Meet the Stewarts 1942 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: William Holden, Frances Dee, Grant Mitchell, Anne Revere, Margaret Hamilton, Don Beddoe, Mary Gordon, Marjorie Gateson, Danny Mummert, Marguerite Chapman
Candace (Francis Dee) is a spoiled socialite who agrees to live on the budget of her working-class husband, Michael Stewart (William Holden).
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Mr. Winkle Goes to War 1944 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Warrick, Ted Donaldson, Bob Haymes, Richard Lane, Robert Armstrong, Fred Kohler Jr., Robert Mitchum, Richard Gaines, Walter Baldwin
Middle-aged bank clerk Wilbert Winkle (Edward G. Robinson) is drafted into the Army in World War II. This is a clever comedy that benefits from Robinson's normal good performance as he is transformed.
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Parachute Jumper 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Leo Carrillo, Bette Davis, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd, Sheila Terry, Harold Huber, Thomas E. Jackson, G. Pat Collins, Walter Brennan
Two ex-Marine aviators (Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Frank McHugh) turn to smuggling drugs and alcohol until Alabama (Bette Davis) turns their lives around.
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Paris Model 1953 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Eva Gabor, Tom Conway, Paulette Goddard, Leif Erickson, Marilyn Maxwell, Cecil Kellaway, Florence Bates, Barbara Lawrence, Laurette Luez, Aram Katcher
Four stories, all involving a Paris "original" gown provide good casts to show how four women use the gown for their own unique purposes.
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Shooting High 1940 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy / Action / Musical
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery, Jack Carson, Kay Aldridge, Hobart Cavanaugh, Charles Middleton, Eddie Acuff, George Chandler, Frank M. Thomas, Hamilton MacFadden, Ed Brady, Tom London, Pat O'Malley
Lovers Marjorie Pritchard (Marjorie Weaver) and Will Carson (Gene Autry) overcome a family feud to live happily ever after.
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Sierra 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Wanda Hendrix, Audie Murphy, Burl Ives, Dean Jagger, Richard Rober, Tony Curtis, Elisabeth Risdon, Roy Roberts, James Arness, Houseley Stevenson, Elliott Reid, Griff Barnett, Gregg Martell, Sara Allgood, Erskine Sanford
Jeff Hassard (Dean Jagger) and his son Ring (Audie Murphy) stay one step ahead of the law while trying to find evidence of Jeff's innocence in the crime of murder for which he is the prime suspect. They meet Riley Martin (Wanda Hendrix) who just happens to be a lawyer, and she just might be the answer to their problems.
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Smart Money 1931 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Ralf Harolde, Noel Francis, Maurice Black, Boris Karloff, Paul Porcasi, Ben Taggart, Morgan Wallace, Margaret Livingston, Billy House, Charles(1) Lane, Donald Cook
Nick (Edward G. Robinson) is a barber who is lucky in cards. His friends give him financial backing, and he heads for the city with his younger brother Jack (James Cagney) who is there to protect Nick from those who would steal from him. Nick hits it big in gambling, but he does have a weakness for blondes, and Sleepy Sam's (Ralf Harolde) girl (Noel Francis) gets Nick into a rigged game, and Nick loses everything. Jack tries to help, but tragedy awaits when Nick accidentally kills Jack and is sent to jail on manslaughter charges.
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A Thousand and One Nights 1945 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Dusty Anderson, Adele Jergens, Dennis Hoey, Rex Ingram, Shelley Winters, Philip Van Zandt, Nestor Paiva
This is a lively "Arabian Nights" story in which Aladdin (Cornel Wilde) is attracted to the beautiful Genie (Evelyn Keyes).
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Through the Back Door 1921 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green, Jack Pickford
Cast: Mary Pickford, Gertrude Astor, Wilfred Lucas, Helen Raymond, C. Norman Hammond, Elinor Fair, Adolphe Menjou, John Harron, Peaches Jackson, Doreen Turner
Neglected, rich, young Jeanne (Mary Pickford) doesn't fit into her remarried mother's (Gertrude Astor) plans, so Jeanne is raised by her nurse. When World War I breaks out, Jeanne is sent home, but does not tell her mother who she is. All ends well after a series of adventures.
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| 1. Appointment in Berlin (1943)
2. Baby Face (1933)
3. Badlands of Dakota (1941)
4. Copacabana (1947)
5. Cover-Up (1949)
6. Dangerous (1935)
7. The Dark Horse (1932)
8. Disraeli (1929)
9. The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
10. Four Faces West (1948)
aka: They Passed This Way
11. The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)
12. The Golden Arrow (1936)
13. The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
14. The Green Goddess (1930)
15. Housewife (1934)
16. Invasion U.S.A. (1952)
17. It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
18. The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
19. The Jolson Story (1946)
20. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
21. Meet the Stewarts (1942)
22. Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
23. Parachute Jumper (1933)
24. Paris Model (1953)
25. The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
26. Shooting High (1940)
27. Sierra (1950)
28. Smart Money (1931)
29. A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
30. Through the Back Door (1921)
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