Buried Alive 1939 N/R, 74 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Halperin Cast: Beverly Roberts, Robert Wilcox, George Pembroke, Ted Osborne, Paul McVey, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Don Rowan, George Lynn, Wheeler Oakman, Robert McKenzie, Robert Fiske, Boyd Irwin, Edward Earle, Norman Budd, Ben Alexander
Prison trustee Johnny Martin (Robert Wilcox) is blamed for the murder of a guard and is denied parole. He learns that he is in prison for political reasons and finds only one ally: nurse Joan Wright (Beverly Roberts).
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Call of the Yukon 1938 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: B. Reeves Eason, John T. Coyle Cast: Richard Arlen, Beverly Roberts, Lyle Talbot, Garry Owen, Mala, Ivan Miller, Jimmy Lono, Emory Parnell, Al St. John, Charles Anthony Hughes
Author Jean (Beverly Roberts)–along with her bear cubs, a collie, and a talking rook–heads to the Yukon to find material for a novel. She meets a trader, Gaston (Richard Arlen), and the two decide to head home when winter conditions deteriorate. The ice breaks and they lose the dog sled. But help is on the way from another traveler, and the adventures and romances continue. Cheap.
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China Clipper 1936 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Ray Enright Cast: Pat O'Brien, Beverly Roberts, Ross Alexander, Humphrey Bogart, Marie Wilson, Henry B. Walthall, Joseph Crehan, Wayne Morris, Milburn Stone, Frank Faylen
Shortly after Lindbergh's famous flight, pilot Dave Logan (Pat O'Brien) has the foresight to envision the day an air service linkage between the U.S. and China will become a reality.
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The Perfect Speciman 1937 N/R, 97 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz Cast: Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Edward Everett Horton, Dick Foran, May Robson, Beverly Roberts, Allen Jenkins, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell
A wealthy woman (May Robson) shelters her grandson (Errol Flynn) from the outside world until a beautiful woman (Joan Blondell) enters the picture, and the grandmother loses control.
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Two Against the World 1936 N/R, 64 min. Genre: Drama aka: One Fatal Hour
Director: William C. McGann Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, Linda Perry, Carlyle Moore Jr., Henry O'Neill, Claire Dodd, Helen MacKellar, Hobart Cavanaugh, Harry Hayden, Robert Middlemass
A radio show uses murder as its theme in this not-too-successful remake of 1931's "Five Star Final."
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| 1. Buried Alive (1939)
2. Call of the Yukon (1938)
3. China Clipper (1936)
4. The Perfect Speciman (1937)
5. Two Against the World (1936) aka: One Fatal Hour
6. West of Shanghai (1937)
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