Band of Angels 1957  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Patric Knowles, Rex Reason, Torin Thatcher, Andrea King, Ray Teal, Juanita Moore
This is the film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's epic novel about the Civil War and the personal love story of Hamish Bond (Clark Gable) and Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) who overcome racial prejudice in their efforts to find happiness.
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The Beast with Five Fingers 1946 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish, Charles Dingle, John Alvin, David Hoffman, Barbara Brown, Patricia Barry
A rich, invalid pianist dies and leaves everything to his nurse, much to the dismay of his relatives and personal secretary, Hilary (Peter Lorre). Hilary cuts off one of the pianist's hands, but finds that was a mistake as the hand gets a life of its own–and is after Hilary. Lorre is great, and the musical score and special effects are good, especially for the time. Occasionally slow, but still a horror classic of sorts.
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Buccaneer's Girl 1950  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Cast: Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas, Elsa Lanchester, Andrea King, Norman Lloyd, Jay C. Flippen, Henry Daniell, Douglass Dumbrille, Verna Felton, John Qualen, Connie Gilchrist, Ben Welden, Dewey Robinson, Peggie Castle
Debbie (Yvonne De Carlo) stows away on a pirate ship and falls in love with the captain, Robert Kingston (Philip Friend). But Debbie wants to marry into wealth, so when they arrive in New Orleans Debbie opts for attending a school for refined young ladies. By story's end, she ends up with Captain Kingston and wealth as well.
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God Is My Co-Pilot 1945 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Dennis Morgan, Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, John Ridgely, Stanley Ridges, Andrea King, Warren Douglas, Mark Stevens, Minor Watson
The famed World War II Flying Tigers are the focus of this film about action in the Pacific theater.
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I Was a Shoplifter 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King, Tony Curtis, Charles Drake, Gregg Martell, Larry Keating, Robert Gist, Rock Hudson, Nana Bryant
Undercover cop Jeff Andrews (Scott Brady) infiltrates a shoplifting ring and saves Faye Burton (Mona Freeman) who has been blackmailed into joining the criminal organization.
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The Lemon Drop Kid 1951  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King, Fred Clark, Jay C. Flippen, William Frawley, Tom Dugan, Harry Bellaver, Sid Melton, Ben Welden, Ida Moore, Tor Johnson, Jack Kruschen
Based on a Damon Runyan story, this is the remake of the 1934 film about a reformed gangster, The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope). The Kid accidentally gives gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) a bad tip on a race. Now Moran tells The Kid that he must come up with $10,000 to make up for what he would have won. The Kid sets up a fake charity–after all, it is Christmas–and begins to raise the needed funds. This is the film that introduced Ray Evans and Jay Livingston's Christmas ballad, "Silver Bells."
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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Andrea King, Clinton Sundberg, Art Smith, Lumsden Hare, Fred Clark, James Logan, Mary Field
Mr. Peabody (William Powell) is a middle-aged Bostonian who, while fishing in the Caribbean, reels in a beautiful mermaid (Ann Blyth).
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Red Planet Mars 1952 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Harry Horner
Cast: Peter Graves, Andrea King, Orley Lindgren, Bayard Veiller, Walter Sande, Marvin Miller, Herbert Berghof, Willis Bouchey, Morris Ankrum, Tom Keene
Radio waves are received from Mars; the message is that if God is worshipped, Earth can be as great as Mars. But, are the messages really from Mars? Could the word "Red" in the movie title have anything to do with Communism?
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The World in His Arms 1952 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn, John McIntire, Andrea King, Eugenie Leontovich, Hans Conried, Rhys Williams, Sig Ruman, Carl Esmond, Gregory Gaye, Bill Radovich, Bryan Forbes, Henry Kulky, Gregg Barton
Set in the 1850s, this film is about a sea captain, Jonathan Clark (Gregory Peck), who illegally hunts seals. He falls in love with a beautiful Russian princess, the Countess Marina (Ann Blyth), while helping her flee from an arranged marriage to Prince Semyon (Carl Esmond). Now, Clark and the Countess are about to wed, but the Countess is kidnapped by Prince Semyon and taken to Alaska. After recovering from a drunken stupor, Clark races fellow seal hunter Portugee (Anthony Quinn) to Alaska, but they are both arrested by the Russians. In an effort to save them, Countess Marina says she will marry Semyon when he orders the release of Clark and Portugee.
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| 1. Band of Angels (1957)
2. The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
3. Blackenstein (1973)
4. Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
5. God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
6. House of the Black Death (1965)
7. I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
8. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
9. Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
10. Red Planet Mars (1952)
11. The World in His Arms (1952)
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