Bar 20 1943  N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, George Reeves, Dustin Farnum, Victor Jory, Robert Mitchum, Douglas Fowley, Betty Blythe, Francis McDonald, Earle Hodgins
While working on a cattle drive, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his cohorts run into stagecoach robbers and settle a score.
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Dawn on the Great Divide 1942   N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Raymond Hatton, Mona Barrie, Rex Bell, Robert Lowery, Harry Woods, Betty Blythe, Christine McIntyre, Robert Frazer, Tristram Coffin, Lee Shumway, Roy Barcroft
The Rough Riders are back with Rex Bell replacing Tim McCoy (who was serving in the military during World War II). A gang disguised as Indians is raiding wagon trains carrying settlers and railroad supplies across the plains. Buck (Buck Jones) and Sandy (Raymond Hatton) guide the latest wagon train while Jack (Rex Bell) infiltrates the gang to end the raids once and for all. This is the popular Western actor Buck Jones' last film. He died in a Boston fire shortly before the film was released.
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Delinquent Parents 1938  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Doris Weston, Maurice Murphy, Helen MacKellar, Morgan Wallace, Terry Walker, Theodore von Eltz, Richard Tucker, Carlyle Moore Jr., Marjorie Reynolds, Harry Hayden, Betty Blythe, Byron Foulger
Following World War I, Edith (Marjorie Reynolds) was dumped by her husband (Carlyle Moore Jr.), and, finding it impossible to raise their baby, Edith placed Carol up for adoption. Years later, Carol (Doris Weston) learns that she was adopted, leaves home, and finds work. But, she gets in trouble with the law, and the court judge set up to handle Carol's case is an older and wiser Edith (Helen MacKellar), her birth mother. By story's end, both Carol and Edith win.
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Freckles Comes Home 1942 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Johnny Downs, Gale Storm, Mantan Moreland, Irving Bacon, Bradley Page, Betty Blythe, Marvin Stephens, Walter Sande, Max Hoffman Jr., Laurence Criner, John Ince, Gene O'Donnell
Freckles (Johnny Downs) arrives home from college with big plans for himself and his hometown. But he begins with a rough start when gangsters have holed up in town with the intent of robbing the bank. Freckles must deal with the situation while also dealing with his sweetheart, Jane (Gale Storm). Based on Gene Stratton-Porter's stories.
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Gangster's Boy 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Warwick, Lucy Gilman, Louise Lorimer, Tommy Wonder, Selmer Jackson, Betty Blythe, Bobby Stone, William Gould, Huntley Gordon, Hooper Atchley, Jack Kennedy
Hard-working teenager Larry Kelly (Jackie Cooper) tries to make amends for his father's–Tim 'Knuckles' Kelly (Robert Warwick)–past by taking the rap for a murder committed by a friend.
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Misbehaving Husbands 1940 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Dummy Trouble
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Harry Langdon, Betty Blythe, Esther Muir, Gayne Whitman, Florence Wright, Luana Walters, Frank Hagney, Gig Young, Fred Kelsey, Mary MacLaren, Frank Jaquet
Henry Butler (Harry Langdon) is innocent of cheating on his wife, Effie (Betty Blythe), but she sues for divorce, and more than a few complications ensue.
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Money Means Nothing 1934 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Wallace Ford, Gloria Shea, Edgar Kennedy, Maidel Turner, Betty Blythe, Vivien Oakland, Eddie Tamblyn, Richard Tucker, Ann Brody, Olaf Hytten, Tenen Holtz
During the Depression, socialite Julie Ferris McKay (Gloria Shea) falls in love with tire clerk Kenneth McKay (Wallace Ford), but problems loom for this ill-fated couple.
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Mr. Muggs Steps Out 1943 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William "Billy" Benedict, Gabriel Dell, Bobby Stone, Buddy Gorman, David Durand, Jimmy Strand, Joan Marsh, Betty Blythe, Halliwell Hobbes, Eddie Gribbon
To avoid reform school, Muggs (Leo Gorcey) takes a job with wealthy socialite Margaret Murray (Betty Blythe). He brings in his East Side Kids to be servants for Margaret's spoiled daughter's engagement party. When a valuable necklace is stolen, the East Side Kids are blamed, and they set out to find the real thief.
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Murder at Glen Athol 1936  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: John Miljan, Irene Ware, Iris Adrian, Noel Madison, Oscar Apfel, Barry Norton, Harry Holman, Betty Blythe, Wilson Benge, E.H. Calvert, James P. Burtis, Lew Kelly
While on vacation, detective Bill Holt (John Miljan) attends a party at a country mansion where death takes center stage when three guests are murdered.
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Nomads of the North 1920 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Hartford
Cast: Lon Chaney, Lewis Stone, Melbourne MacDowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, Betty Blythe, Francis McDonald, Gordon Mullen, Charles Smiley
While in the North Country, Raoul (Lon Chaney) falls in love with Nanette (Betty Blythe). After the bad Buck (Francis MacDonald) tells Nanette that Raoul is dead, Buck wins her heart, and they agree to wed. But when Raoul returns and Buck is found out, Raoul and Nanette flee after Raoul kills one of Buck's henchmen. Now both the Mounties and Buck are after the couple.
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The Perfect Clue 1935 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert G. Vignola
Cast: David Manners, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Dorothy Libaire, Betty Blythe, William P. Carleton, Ralf Harolde, Ernie Adams, Robert Gleckler, Frank Darien, Charles C. Wilson, Jack Richardson, Pat O'Malley, Frank LaRue, Lloyd Ingraham
Mona (Dorothy Libaire) is the spoiled daughter who rebels when her wealthy, widowed father Jerome (William P. Carleton) plans to marry Ursula (Betty Blythe). Mona decides to get even by eloping with her boyfriend Ronnie (Richard "Skeets" Gallagher). They are on the train to Niagara Falls when Mona changes her mind, jumps off the train, and hires David (David Manners) to drive her to Albany. David robs and dumps Mona only to return and apologize. But there are even more problems with David than Mona realizes, and a rocky road lies ahead.
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Pilgrimage 1933  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henrietta Crosman, Norman Foster, Heather Angel, Marian Nixon, Lucille La Verne, Hedda Hopper, Charley Grapewin, Maurice Murphy, Robert Warwick, Betty Blythe
A mother's (Henrietta Crosman) selfish interests lead to her son's (Norman Foster) death during World War I. Now, she visits his gravesite in France hoping to make sense out of all that has transpired.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter, Alan Reed, Jeff York, Morris Ankrum, Wally Cassell, Byron Foulger, Dick Crockett, Betty Blythe, Joel Friedkin
Cora (Lana Turner) falls for drifter Frank Chambers (John Garfield) who her husband Nick (Cecil Kellaway) has hired to work as a handyman at his gas station/diner. If Frank and Cora are to live "happily ever after," they need money. Their solution: murder Nick and collect on his insurance. They try to kill Nick. But, they fail, and now District Attorney Kyle Sackett (Leon Ames) is determined to get to the bottom of what really went on the night Nick was "accidentally"–but not fatally– electrocuted in his bathtub.
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The Scarlet Letter 1934 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert G. Vignola
Cast: Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright, Henry B. Walthall, William Farnum, Alan Hale, Virginia Howell, Cora Sue Collins, William Kent, Betty Blythe, Al O. Henderson, Jules Cowles, Mickey Rentschler
Colleen Moore takes on the role of Hester Prynne in this classic Nathaniel Hawthorne story of the woman who must wear a scarlet "A" for life after giving birth to an out-of-wedlock child.
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| 1. Bar 20 (1943)
2. The Chinese Cat (1944)
aka: Charlie Chan: The Chinese Cat
3. Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
4. Delinquent Parents (1938)
5. Freckles Comes Home (1942)
6. Gangster's Boy (1938)
7. Misbehaving Husbands (1940)
aka: Dummy Trouble
8. Money Means Nothing (1934)
9. Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
10. Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
11. Nomads of the North (1920)
12. The Perfect Clue (1935)
13. Pilgrimage (1933)
14. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
15. The Scarlet Letter (1934)
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