Forlorn River 1937  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
aka: River of Destiny
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Buster Crabbe, June Martel, Harvey Stephens, John Patterson, Syd Saylor, William Duncan, Chester Conklin, Ray Bennett, Ruth Warren, Lew Kelly, Barlowe Borland, Larry Lawrence, Lee Powell, Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian
In this Zane Grey tale, Nevada (Buster Crabbe) and his sidekick "Weary" (Syd Saylor) are in pursuit of Les Setter (Harvey Stephens) and his gang. Nevada finds Les, but the outlaw is clever and frames Nevada for rustling, and the ineffective sheriff (Chester Conklin) jails Nevada. By story's end, Nevada eventually gets his man–and also gets the lady (June Martel).
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes, Morton Lowry, E.E. Clive, Mary Gordon, Barlowe Borland, Beryl Mercer, Eily Malyon, Lionel Pape, Nigel De Brulier
For the first time on film, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce take on their roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. A huge hound has been killing the Baskervilles, and, following the killing of Sir Charles Baskerville, Holmes and Watson are given the job of solving the murder when the deceased's nephew, Sir Henry Baskerville (Richard Greene), calls on them to for help. Holmes sends Dr. Watson to the Baskerville estate to investigate. Meanwhile, Holmes, under disguise, monitors events at the estate and encounters more than a few mysteries before solving the crime.
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Sophie Lang Goes West 1937  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Reisner
Cast: Gertrude Michael, Lee Bowman, Sandra Storme, Buster Crabbe, Barlowe Borland, Jed Prouty, C. Henry Gordon, Rafael Storm, Fred Miller, Guy Usher
There have been one too many in this series, and the writers didn't seem to figure out what they wanted Sophie to do next. So, Sophie goes off to the West Coast, still avoiding the law. There she helps finish a screenplay and then helps the writer find a valuable stolen necklace.
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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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| 1. Forlorn River (1937)
aka: River of Destiny
2. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
3. Sophie Lang Goes West (1937)
4. Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
aka: Adventures at Rugby
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