Always Goodbye 1938  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Lynn Bari, Binnie Barnes, Mary Forbes, Albert Conti, Franklin Pangborn, Ben Welden
In this remake of "Gallant Lady," Barbara Stanwyck plays the sacrificing mother who gives up her child for adoption.
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Anna and the King of Siam 1946  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb, Gale Sondergaard, Mikhail Rasumny, Dennis Hoey, Richard Lyon, William Edmunds, John Abbott, Tito Renaldo, Addison Richards, Ben Welden
British widow Anna (Irene Dunne) travels to Siam in 1862 to teach the royal children. While there, the King (Rex Harrison) and Anna develop a warm friendship through which she convinces the King to employ more humane treatment of his subjects. This film won Oscars for Best Cinematography and Art Direction and was the film debut for Harrison. The story was later remade as the musical "The King and I." Gale Sondergaard received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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 The Big Sleep 1946  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, John Ridgely, Dorothy Malone, Regis Toomey, Elisha Cook Jr., Bob Steele, Louis Jean Heydt, Ben Welden, Peggy Knudsen, Charles Waldron, Charles D. Brown, Trevor Bardette, Joseph Crehan
Private-eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is hired by wealthy General Sternwood (Charles Waldron) to investigate the activities of his daughter Carmen (Martha Vickers). At first, Carmen's sister, Vivian (Lauren Bacall), resents Marlowe, but love does enter the picture. Meanwhile, as Marlowe probes into Carmen's activities, the plot thickens, and murders ensue.
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Boys' Reformatory 1939  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Frankie Darro, Grant Withers, David Durand, Warren McCollum, Al Hill Jr., Robert McClung, George Offerman Jr., Frank Coghlan Jr., Ben Welden, Lillian Elliott
When orphaned Tommy (Frankie Darro) goes to reform school on a bum rap to cover for the deeds of his foster brother, Eddie (Ben Welden), he is befriended by Dr. Owens (Grant Withers) who helps him break out so that Tommy can track down those who influenced Eddie.
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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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Confession 1937 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joe May
Cast: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Jane Bryan, Donald Crisp, Mary Maguire, Robert Barrat, Dorothy Peterson, Laura Hope Crews, Ben Welden
When Vera's (Kay Francis) daughter, Lisa (Jane Bryan), becomes involved with an evil man (Basil Rathbone) from her own past, murder is the result with Vera confessing to the crime.
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Heading for Heaven 1947  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Stuart Erwin, Glenda Farrell, Russ Vincent, Irene Ryan, Milburn Stone, George O'Hanlon, Janice Wilson, Ralph Hodges, Dick Elliott, Charles Williams, Selmer Jackson, Ben Welden
Nervous, small-town realtor Henry (Stuart Erwin) is misdiagnosed as having three months to live. When his clothes are found, it is assumed that he had committed suicide, and the fun begins.
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Hollywood or Bust 1956  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Pat Crowley, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Willard Waterman, Anita Ekberg, Ben Welden, Frank Wilcox, Michael Ross, Kathryn Card
This is Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' last film together. The story involves Steve and Malcolm (Martin and Lewis) fulfilling their dream of meeting Anita Ekberg and the misadventures they encounter in the process.
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Kid Galahad 1937 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: The Battling Bellhop
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Harry Carey, Jane Bryan, William Haade, Soledad Jimenez, Joseph Crehan, Ben Welden, Joe Cunningham, Veda Ann Borg, Frank Faylen, Harland Tucker, Bob Evans
Boxing manager Nick Donati (Edward G. Robinson) decides to promote a young bellhop (Wayne Morris) as the next champion. While still training for his prize fight, the bellhop knocks out heavyweight Chuck McGraw (William Haade) after he insults Donati's girlfriend Louise "Fluff" Phillips (Bette Davis), and he is given the name "Kid Galahad." Later, he falls in love with Donati's young sister Marie (Jane Bryan). Their interest in each other angers Donati, and he arranges a fight that he is sure "Kid Galahad" will lose. But, will "Kid Galahad" come through and live up to his reputation as a winner? Remade in 1941 as "The Wagons Roll at Night" and in 1962 as "Kid Galahad."
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Killer Dill 1947 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Stuart Erwin, Anne Gwynne, Frank Albertson, Mike Mazurki, Milburn Stone, Dorothy Granger, Anthony Warde, Ben Welden, Dewey Robinson, Stanley Andrews, Julie Gibson
Door-to-door lingerie salesman Johnny Dill (Stuart Erwin) looks exactly like a notorious gangster, and when a rival gangster is killed, Johnny is suspected of the murder and finds himself in big trouble.
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Killers from Space 1954  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: W. Lee Wilder
Cast: Peter Graves, James Seay, Steve Pendleton, Frank Gerstle, John Frederick, Barbara Bestar, Shepard Menken, Jack Daly, Ron Kennedy, Ben Welden
Scientist Doug Martin's (Peter Graves) plane crashes as he and his pilot investigate results of an A-bomb test in Nevada. But, Doug is not found in the wreckage, and he shows up later stealing government secrets. Under truth serum, he tells of how he was captured by aliens and brainwashed; the aliens were after the secrets. Of course, no one believes him, so after the brainwashing wears off (!), he takes matters into his own hands and wipes out the aliens.
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Knockout 1941 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Olympe Bradna, Virginia Field, Anthony Quinn, Cornel Wilde, John Ridgely, Cliff Edwards, William Edmunds, Frank Wilcox, Ben Welden
Johnny Rocket (Arthur Kennedy) is a young boxer who runs into trouble both in and out of the ring.
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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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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth, Virginia Weidler, Ralph Morgan, Tom Dugan, Don Beddoe, Marc Lawrence, Ben Welden, Irving Bacon
Warren William takes on the role of reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard in a new series of Lone Wolf films. B-grade all the way, but enjoyable, with a good mix of mystery and humor. In this one, spies abduct Lanyard in an attempt to have him help steal secret anti-aircraft gun plans.
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Love Is on the Air 1937 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Ronald Reagan, June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Ben Welden, Robert Barrat, Addison Richards, Raymond Hatton, Tommy Bupp, Dickie Jones, Willard Parker
Ronald Reagan made his screen debut in this remake of "Hi, Nellie." He plays a good guy determined to use the airwaves to fight corruption.
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Marked Woman 1937 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Jane Bryan, Eduardo Ciannelli, Isabel Jewell, Allen Jenkins, Lola Lane, Ben Welden, Henry O'Neill, John Litel, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot, Damian O'Flynn, Raymond Hatton, Frank Faylen
Mary Dwight (Bette Davis) works at a nightclub, owned by mob boss Johnny Vanning (Eduardo Ciannelli), where she performs as a hostess and prostitute. After one of the customers is killed, Mary swears to turn states evidence to help prosecutor David Graham (Humphrey Bogart). But when she appears in court, Mary clams up. Later her sister Betty (Jane Bryan) joins the group and is killed by a gangster for not submitting to his advances. Mary again threatens to testify but is beaten and scarred for life. Finally, from her hospital bed, she begs fellow prostitutes to testify. The five women–including Mary–appear in court, testify, and help bring Vanning to his knees.
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The Mystery of the Marie Celeste 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Phantom Ship
Director: Denison Clift
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey, Arthur Margaretson, Edmund Willard, George Mozart, Ben Welden, Dennis Hoey, Gibson Gowland, Clifford McLaglen, Terrence De Marney
In 1872 an American ship, "Marie Celeste," was found drifting off the British coast with no one on board. The mystery of what happened to the crew was never solved, and this film speculates on what may have happened: a sea captain (Bela Lugosi) extracts revenge from his earlier treatment on the ship. This early Hammer film is slow-paced and, overall, not very interesting.
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Action
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry, James Gleason, Howard Da Silva, Faye Emerson, Edward Brophy, Charles Drake, Peter Whitney, Vera Lewis, Ben Welden
Matt Sawyer is a newspaper reporter who captures a big story while on the trail of a murderer and then is sued for libel.
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The Noose Hangs High 1948 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Cathy Downs, Joseph Calleia, Leon Errol, Mike Mazurki, Jack Overman, Fritz Feld, Joe Kirk, Ben Welden
When Homer and Ted (Lou Costello and Bud Abbott) try to retrieve stolen money, they end up in the middle of a gambling syndicate's activities.
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The Saint in New York 1938 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ben Holmes
Cast: Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale, Jack Carson, Paul Guilfoyle, Frederick Burton, Ben Welden, Charles Halton, Paul Fix
This is the first in a series of Saint films based on the novel by Leslie Charteris. Simon Templar, the Saint, is a cool, urbane detective who, in this entry is called in to deal with a major crime wave in New York. The entire series is generally well done. Hayward starred only in this and the final ("The Saint's Girl Friday") episodes.
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Search for Danger 1949 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Bernhard
Cast: John Calvert, Myrna Dell, Albert Dekker, Douglas Fowley, Ben Welden, Peter Brocco, Michael Mark, James Griffith, Mauritz Hugo, Jack Daly
This is the last of the "Falcon" series. John Calvert stars as the Falcon on the trail of two gamblers who have made off with $100,000.
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Shadows in the Night 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Baxter, Nina Foch, George Zucco, Minor Watson, Lester Matthews, Ben Welden, Edward Norris, Charles C. Wilson, Charles Halton, Jeanne Bates
In this, one of the better Crime Doctor entries, it appears that one of Lois Garland's ( Nina Foch) greedy relatives is trying to drive her insane. Crime Doctor (Warner Baxter) is called into the haunted house scene to investigate.
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Sinbad the Sailor 1947 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Adventure / Romance
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Anthony Quinn, George Tobias, Jane Greer, Mike Mazurki, Sheldon Leonard, Alan Napier, John Miljan, Brad Dexter, Paul Guilfoyle, Glenn Strange, Ben Welden
Sinbad (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) sails off in search of the lost treasure of Alexander the Great and tries to win the heart of beautiful Shireen (Maureen O'Hara).
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Sorrowful Jones 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, Thomas Gomez, Mary Jane Saunders, Claire Carleton, Houseley Stevenson, Ben Welden, Harry Tyler
This remake of "Little Miss Marker" features Bob Hope playing the role of Sorrowful Jones, the bookie who ends up with a young child as an I.O.U.
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Thunder Bay 1953 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Dan Duryea, Jay C. Flippen, Harry Morgan, Marcia Henderson, Antonio Moreno, Fortunio Bonanova, Mario Siletti, Robert Monet, Ben Welden, Ted Mapes, Dale Van Sickel, Frank Chase
Ex-GIs Steve Martin and Johnny Gambi (James Stewart and Dan Duryea) become oil drillers off the gulf-coast of Louisiana and run into complications. The shrimp fishermen in the area fear that the drilling noise is scaring away the shrimp–and, thus, is a threat to their livelihoods. Matters heat up when Steve falls in love with Stella (Joanne Dru) who happens to be a fisherman's (Antonio Moreno) daughter, and Johnny falls for his other daughter Francesca (Marcia Henderson). Despite a hurricane brewing, Steve and Johnny strike it rich and are, finally, able to work out their problems with the fishermen.
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Trapped by Boston Blackie 1948 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Chester Morris, June Vincent, Richard Lane, Patricia Barry, Edward Norris, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Fay Baker, William Forrest, Sarah Selby, Mary Currier, Pierre Watkin, Ben Welden, Abigail Adams, Bess Flowers
While Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) and his sidekick The Runt (George E. Stone) are guarding a priceless pearl necklace that Claire Carter (Sarah Selby) plans to wear at a party she is giving, the necklace disappears. Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) investigates and finds the necklace in Blackie's pocket. Once again, Blackie and The Runt escape and set out to find the thief in order to clear their names.
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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes 1935 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott
Cast: Arthur Wontner, Lyn Harding, Ian Fleming, Leslie Perrins, Jane(2) Carr, Charles Mortimer, Minnie Rayner, Michael Shepley, Ben Welden, Roy Emerton
This, the fourth in a series of five films with Arthur Wontner in the role of Sherlock Holmes, is a good adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, "The Valley of Fear." As Sherlock begins his retirement, he is visited by his old nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Lyn Harding), who warns Sherlock not to come out of retirement. But when a former agent is killed under mysterious circumstances, our master sleuth becomes involved.
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Up the River 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: Preston Foster, Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Arthur Treacher, Alan Dinehart, Jane Darwell, Sidney Toler, Eddie Collins, Bill Robinson, Edward Gargan, Robert Allen, Charles D. Brown, Irving Bacon, Ben Welden
In this remake of the 1930 film, con men Chipper Morgan (Preston Foster) and Darby Randall (Arthur Treacher) star on the prison football team. When they learn about a raw deal that a fellow teammate (Tony Martin) has been given, they agree to escape from prison and help him confront the racketeers. The plan does not set well with the warden (Alan Dinehart) who has bet a fortune on the upcoming football game and needs his stars to win. The duo does escape, but, fortunately for the warden, they return to win the game in its final moments.
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| 1. Always Goodbye (1938)
2. Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
3. Appointment with Murder (1948)
4. The Big Sleep (1946)
5. Boys' Reformatory (1939)
6. Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
7. Confession (1937)
8. Heading for Heaven (1947)
9. Hollywood or Bust (1956)
10. Kid Galahad (1937)
aka: The Battling Bellhop
11. Killer Dill (1947)
12. Killers from Space (1954)
13. Knockout (1941)
14. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
15. The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
16. Love Is on the Air (1937)
17. Marked Woman (1937)
18. The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935)
aka: Phantom Ship
19. Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
20. The Noose Hangs High (1948)
21. The Saint in New York (1938)
22. Search for Danger (1949)
23. Shadows in the Night (1944)
24. Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
25. Sorrowful Jones (1949)
26. Thunder Bay (1953)
27. Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)
28. The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
29. Up the River (1938)
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