 20 Million Miles to Earth 1957  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry, Tito Vuolo, Jan Arvan, Arthur Space, Bart Braverman, George Pelling, George Khoury
During its return from Venus, an American spaceship crashes into the waters off Italy. A cannister containing a specimen from Venus survives the crash, and a fast-growing reptile-like creature grows from the mass in the canister. While being studied, the creature escapes, of course. WATCH OUT ROME! Special effects master Ray Harryhousen helps make this film watchable.
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Andy Hardy's Double Life 1942  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Esther Williams, William Lundigan, Susan Peters, Robert Blake, Arthur Space, Addison Richards
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is ready to leave home for college, but he, as always, has girl problems. This time, Polly (Ann Rutherford) and her friend, Sheila (Esther Williams), teach him a lesson or two. This film marks Esther Williams' film debut. Also, look for Robert Blake in a bit part.
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The Bat People 1974  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror
aka: It Lives By Night
It's Alive!
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Stewart Moss, Marianne McAndrew, Michael Pataki, Paul Carr, Arthur Space, Robert Berk, Pat Delaney, George Paulsin, Bonnie Van Dyke, Jennifer Kulik, Lauie Brooks Jefferson, John Beck
On their honeymoon, John and Cathy Beck (Stewart Moss and Marianne McAndrew) join a group on a cavern trip. Since his current specialty is studying bats, scientist John is on the lookout, and he indeed finds bats, one of which bites him. He proceeds to turn in to a Bat-"were-bat," and eventually Cathy does likewise. And the killing begins.
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The Big Noise 1944 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Doris Merrick, Arthur Space, Philip Van Zandt, Francis Ford, Veda Ann Borg, Robert Blake, Frank Fenton, James Bush, Selmer Jackson, Harry Hayden
While delivering a new weapon to Washington, D.C., Laurel and Hardy fend off a gang of thieves in their own inimitable manner. Probably their worst film.
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Big Town After Dark 1947 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
aka: Underworld After Dark
Director: William C. Thomas
Cast: Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Ann Gillis, Vince Barnett, Joe Sawyer, Robert Kent, Charles Arnt, Joseph Allen, William Haade, Arthur Space, Richard Keene
When Susan (Ann Gillis), the niece of a newspaper publisher (Richard Travis), gets in over her head gambling, her uncle is blackmailed by gambling racketeers. Crusading newspaper editor-in-chief Steve Wilson (Philip Reed) and police reporter Lorelei Kilbourne (Hillary Brooke) jump on the trail of the mobsters involved.
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 Black Beauty 1946  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: Max Nosseck
Cast: Mona Freeman, Richard Denning, Evelyn Ankers, Charles Evans, J.M. Kerrigan, Moyna MacGill, Terry Kilburn, Tom Dillon, Arthur Space, Olaf Hytten, Leyland Hodgson, John Burton, Clifford Brooke
Young Anne (Mona Freeman) is given a colt by her father, and, through her efforts, the horse becomes a champion racer. But, the horse falls into the hands of a cruel man who abuses it. Anna finds the horse–though it is too late to save the day. Another version of Anna Sewell's novel.
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Confidentially Connie 1953 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Van Johnson, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern, Walter Slezak, Gene Lockhart, Arthur Space, Barbara Ruick, Hayden Rorke, Robert Burton, Marilyn Erskine
Connie Bedloe (Janet Leigh) tries to convince her poor but proud husband Joe (Van Johnson) that his teaching job is a dead end street and gets support from his scheming father (Louis Calhern).
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The Dancing Masters 1943 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Trudy Marshall, Bob Bailey, Margaret Dumont, Robert Mitchum, Matt Briggs, Nestor Paiva, Arthur Space, Edward Earle
While failing at operating their dancing school, Laurel and Hardy help a young inventor and end up stuck on a driverless bus while dealing with a gang of hoods.
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The Fuller Brush Man 1948 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire, Adele Jergens, Ross Ford, Hillary Brooke, Trudy Marshall, Nicholas Joy, Donald Curtis, Arthur Space
A novice door-to-door salesman (Red Skelton) gets involved in a murder plot while he earnestly tries to ply his trade.
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Home in Oklahoma 1946 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Carol Hughes, George Meeker, Ruby Dandridge, Arthur Space, Bob Nolan, George Lloyd, Frank Reicher
A boy inherits a fortune from a murdered rancher, and, of course, the bad guys want the boy's inheritance. This means Roy Rogers must deal with that while bringing the murderers to justice.
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Last of the Pony Riders 1953 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Kathleen Case, Dickie Jones, Gregg Barton, Arthur Space, Howard Wright, John Downey, Kermit Maynard
The Pony Express is outmoded and so are the Gene Autry movies, so Gene puts his spurs away after this film. Before saying, "Adios," he tries to set up his own stage line, but there are others who want it for themselves.
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The Lone Wolf and His Lady 1949 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Hoffman
Cast: Ron Randell, June Vincent, Alan Mowbray, William Frawley, Collette Lyons, Douglass Dumbrille, Arthur Space, Philip Van Zandt, Jack Overman, Robert Barrat
One last time around for the Lone Wolf as Ron Randell takes on the Lone Wolf role. This last one is probably the poorest as a valuable diamond is stolen from an exhibition and, of course, the Lone Wolf is the prime suspect, both because of his past and his presence on the scene as a news reporter.
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Lost City of the Jungle 1946 N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor
Cast: Russell Hayden, Jane(2) Adams, Lionel Atwill, Keye Luke, Helen Bennett, Ted Hecht, John Eldredge, John Mylong, John Miljan, John Gallaudet, George Lynn, Dick Curtis, Arthur Space, Gene Roth
In this 13-episode serial set in the jungles of the Himalayas, Sir Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) searches for the antidote for the atomic bomb that will allow him to rule the world. (Midway through the serial, the power behind Hazarias' scheme, Malborn (John Mylong), takes over since Atwill was dying of cancer.) But United Peace Foundation investigator Rod (Russell Hayden), along with his daughter (Jane Adams) and guide (Keye Luke), intends to save the world by putting an end to the scheme.
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A Man Alone 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Milland
Cast: Ray Milland, Mary Murphy, Ward Bond, Raymond Burr, Lee Van Cleef, Alan Hale Jr., Arthur Space, Douglas Spencer, Thomas Browne Henry, Grandon Rhodes
Ray Milland made his directorial debut and also starred in this film about an innocent man, Wes Steele, who finds relative safety in the quarantined home of Nadine Corrigan (Mary Murphy) who helps him hide from a lynch mob.
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The Mark of the Whistler 1944 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Marked Man
Director: William Castle
Cast: Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Porter Hall, Paul Guilfoyle, John Calvert, Matt Willis, Matt McHugh, Howard Freeman, Willie Best, Arthur Space
Lee Selfridge Nugent (Richard Dix) is a drifter who poses as the owner of an old bank account and withdraws the money. Now he is the target of those out for revenge because their father was sent to jail after a conflict with that account, and they now mistakenly believe that Lee was the one responsible.
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter, James Gleason, Frank McHugh, Will Wright, Gloria Henry, George Cleveland, Stephen Dunne, Arthur Space
Secretary Ellen Grant (Lucille Ball) gets in deeper than she plans when she gets involved with the underworld of bookies and shady real estate agents.
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Our Vines Have Tender Grapes 1945  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Agnes Moorehead, Jackie "Butch" Jenkins, Morris Carnovsky, Sara Haden, Louis Jean Heydt, Arthur Space, Greta Granstedt, Dorothy Morris, Charles Middleton, Elizabeth Russell, Francis Pierlot
This family story is about a wise Scandinavian father Martinius Jacobson (Edward G. Robinson) who leads his morally upright family–wife Bruna (Agnes Moorehead), seven-year-old daughter Selma (Margaret O'Brien), and nephew Arnold (Jackie "Butch" Jenkins)–as they adapt to the Wisconsin farming region. The new schoolmarm Viola Johnson (Frances Gifford) arrives, and problems ensue when she finds life in the country to be boring. But, she changes her mind when unexpected events occur to the Jacobson family, and she learns the value of supporting one's friends and neighbors.
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The Red House 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun, Allene Roberts, Julie London, Ona Munson, Harry Shannon, Arthur Space, Walter Sande, Pat Flaherty
Crippled farmer Pete Morgan (Edward G. Robinson) lives a secluded life with his sister Ellen (Judith Anderson) and teenage ward Meg (Allene Roberts) who they have raised since she was a baby. In the woods on the property is a red house that Pete forbids anyone to visit, but Meg becomes curious and talks farmhand Nath (Lon McCallister) into investigating with her. The secrets of the house come to light in this eerie tale.
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Rio Rita 1942 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll, Tom Conway, Peter Whitney, Barry Nelson, Patricia Dane, Arthur Space, Joan Valerie
This second remake of the Broadway musical features Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as Doc and Wishy, the heroes who capture Nazis that are threats to peace as they send messages via radio waves.
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Riot Squad 1941 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Finney
Cast: Richard Cromwell, Rita Quigley, John Miljan, Mary Ruth, Herbert Rawlinson, Mary Gordon, Donald Kerr, Jack C. Smith, Richard Clarke, Noel Cravat, Arthur Space, Forrest Taylor
Dr. Tom Brandon (Richard Cromwell) goes undercover for the police and infiltrates a criminal gang to bring its members to justice. But his fiancee (Rita Quigley), unaware of the reasons behind Tom's actions, breaks off her relationship with him.
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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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Sound Off 1952 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Anne James, Sammy White, John Archer, Gordon Jones, Wally Cassell, Arthur Space, Boyd "Red" Morgan, Pat Williams, Marshall Reed
Blake Edwards wrote the screenplay for this film in which Mike Donnelly (Mickey Rooney) is drafted and ends up entertaining the troops and a certain WAC, Lieutenant Colleen Rafferty (Anne James).
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Spirit of St. Louis 1957  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: James Stewart, Marc Connelly, Patricia Smith, Murray Hamilton, Bartlett Robinson, Robert Cornthwaite, Arthur Space, Sheila Bond, Harlan Warde, Dabbs Greer
This is the story about Charles Lindbergh's trials and tribulations when he became the first man to fly solo on his 33 1/2-hour, 3,600-mile flight from New York to Paris in 1927.
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Sudden Fear 1952 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett, Virginia Huston, Mike Connors, Bess Flowers, Taylor Holmes, Arthur Space
A playwright, Myra Hudson (Joan Crawford), learns that her new husband (Jack Palance) is planning to kill her. She devises a unique way to beat him at his own game. Crawford and Palance were nominated for Oscars.
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Target Earth 1954  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Sherman A. Rose
Cast: Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Richard Reeves, Virginia Grey, Robert Roark, Whit Bissell, Mort Marshall, Arthur Space, Steve Pendleton, House Peters Jr.
Frank (Richard Denning) and Nora (Kathleen Crowley) awaken in different parts of Chicago to find the city deserted. Robots from Venus are to blame, and Frank, Nora, and a couple of other survivors must find a way to save the Earth.
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Tortilla Flat 1942 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff, Sheldon Leonard, John Qualen, Donald Meek, Allen Jenkins, Connie Gilchrist, Henry O'Neill, Arthur Space, Mercedes Ruffino, Nina Campana, Betty Wells
This film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel features Spencer Tracy in the role of Pilon the leader of a group of friends living in the poor, Mexican community bordering on the town of Monterey, California. Pilon plots to steal the money that "the Pirate" (Frank Morgan has saved, while another of the friends, Danny (John Garfield), woos Dolores "Sweets" Ramirez (Hedy Lamarr). When Danny inherits two small houses, and the friends move in, Pilon moves away from his plan to steal "the Pirate's" money, and his attention switches to Dolores who he plans to steal away from Danny. But, after Danny is injured in a fight, Pilon changes his tune and helps Danny and Dolores get together. Frank Morgan was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actor).
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| 1. 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
2. Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
3. The Bat People (1974)
aka: It Lives By Night
aka: It's Alive!
4. The Big Noise (1944)
5. Big Town After Dark (1947)
aka: Underworld After Dark
6. Black Beauty (1946)
7. Confidentially Connie (1953)
8. The Dancing Masters (1943)
9. The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
10. Home in Oklahoma (1946)
11. Last of the Pony Riders (1953)
12. The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949)
13. Lost City of the Jungle (1946)
14. A Man Alone (1955)
15. The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
aka: The Marked Man
16. Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
17. Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
18. The Red House (1947)
19. Rio Rita (1942)
20. Riot Squad (1941)
21. Silver River (1948)
22. Sound Off (1952)
23. Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
24. Sudden Fear (1952)
25. Target Earth (1954)
26. Tortilla Flat (1942)
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