Internes Can't Take Money 1937  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: You Can't Take Money
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan, Stanley Ridges, Lee Bowman, Irving Bacon, Steve Pendleton, Pierre Watkin, Charles(2) Lane, Fay Holden, Barry Macollum, James Bush, Anthony Nace, Nick Lukats, Frank Bruno
In this, the first in a series of Dr. Kildare stories, Janet (Barbara Stanwyck) is the widow of a bank robber and has been serving time for a crime she did not commit. Now, she is released from prison and searches for her kidnapped three-year-old daughter who is being held by Innes (Stanley Ridges) who wants money from Janet. While searching, Janet helps a young intern, Dr. Kildare (Joel McCrea), save the life of a thug, Hanlon (Lloyd Nolan). He offers Kildare money, but Kildare does not accept the offer. By story's end, it is Kildare who helps Janet find and retrieve her missing daughter.
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 On the Waterfront 1954  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, Rudy Bond, James Westerfield, Barry Macollum, Tony Galento, John F. Hamilton, Martin Balsam, Fred Gwynne, Pat Hingle
It takes courage to testify against union racketeering, and that is what dockworker Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) must face. His girlfriend Edie (Eva Marie Saint) and priest, Father Barry (Karl Malden), help Terry come to terms with his conscience. This film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actor (Marlon Brando), and Supporting Actress (Eva Marie Saint). Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb, and Karl Malden were all nominated for Oscars.
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Remedy for Riches 1940  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Edgar Kennedy, Jed Prouty, Walter Catlett, Robert Baldwin, Warren Hull, Maude Eburne, Margaret McWade, Hallene Hill, Renie Riano, Barry Macollum, Lester Sharpe, Prudence Penny, Stanley Blystone
Dr. Paul Christian's (Jean Hersholt) friend, Tom Stewart (Warren Hull), claims there is oil on his land and is selling shares to anyone willing to buy. But Stewart is a charlatan. Will Dr. Christian expose him?
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Revenge of the Zombies 1943 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: John Carradine, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Bob Steele, Mantan Moreland, Veda Ann Borg, Barry Macollum, Mauritz Hugo, James Baskett, Sybil Lewis, Franklyn Farnum, Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Dr. von Alterman (John Carradine) works in his Louisiana mansion creating zombies to become soldiers in the Nazi Army. When the doctor's wife, Lila (Veda Ann Borg), dies under mysterious circumstances, she is also turned into a zombie for the cause. But his plan is foiled when Lila's brother Scott (Mauritz Hugo), heroine Jen (Gale Storm), and undercover FBI Agent Larry (Robert Lowry) arrive on the scene and are aided by Zombie Lila who seems to have a will of her own.
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The Trouble with Harry 1955   PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe, Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick, Mildred Dunnock, Jerry Mathers, Royal Dano, Barry Macollum, Parker Fennelly
Young Arnie (Jerry Mathers) discovers the corpse of Harry in a Vermont woods. He goes home and tells his mother (Shirley MacLaine) who recognizes Harry as her ex-husband and thinks she is responsible because she hit him with a bottle. Meanwhile, a hunter (Edmund Gwenn), also spots Harry and thinks he shot him while hunting. Others also believe they are the ones who are responsible for his death. To ensure that the authorities do not discover the body, the villagers get together and bury Harry. The trouble with Harry is that he is a corpse that just does not stay buried, and his body keeps popping up around town. Alfred Hitchcock, in a change for him, shows comic genius in directing this comedy. The film marks Shirley MacLaine's film debut.
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| 1. Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
aka: You Can't Take Money
2. On the Waterfront (1954)
3. Remedy for Riches (1940)
4. Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
5. The Trouble with Harry (1955)
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