Arizona Mahoney 1936 N/R, 58 min. Genre: Western aka: Arizona Thunderbolt
Director: James P. Hogan Cast: Joe Cook, Robert Cummings, Buster Crabbe, June Martel, Marjorie Gateson, John Miljan, Dave Chasen, Irving Bacon, Billy Lee, Fred Kohler, James P. Burtis, Frank Mayo, Jim Mason, Jack Perrin
Arizona Mahoney (Joe Cook), who makes a living being shot out of a cannon in the circus, and his piano-playing partner Phillip Randall (Robert Cummings) decide to settle down in the West, and, with help from the circus elephant, they round up a gang of rustlers.
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Eyes of the Underworld 1943 N/R, 61 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Roy William Neill Cast: Richard Dix, Wendy Barrie, Lon Chaney Jr., Lloyd Corrigan, Don Porter, Billy Lee, Marc Lawrence, Edward Pawley, Joseph Crehan, Wade Boteler
Just as police chief Richard Bryan (Richard Dix) is about to obtain success in ridding his town of mobsters, his own past prison record comes back to haunt him.
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In Old Monterey 1939 N/R, 74 min. Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, George "Gabby" Hayes, Stuart Hamblen, Billy Lee, Jonathan Hale, Robert Warwick, Robert J. Wilke, Hal Price
Gene Autry must buy land for the government to allow building of a bombing range. There is resistance, especially from those who are holding out for a higher price. Not very patriotic, is it?
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Make a Wish 1937 N/R, 76 min. Genre: Musical
Director: Kurt Neumann Cast: Basil Rathbone, Bobby Breen, Marion Claire, Ralph Forbes, Henry Armetta, Leon Errol, Donald Meek, Billy Lee, Leonid Kinskey, Herbert Rawlinson, Richard Tucker, Johnny Arthur, Barbara Barondess, Spencer Charters, Lillian Harmer
Young singing prodigy Chip (Bobby Breen) attends a summer camp where he is befriended by composer Selden (Basil Rathbone) who has lost his creative inspiration. When Chip reads letters from his widowed mother Irene (Marion Claire) to Selden, her words give him that needed inspiration to write a new opera. Irene stars in the opera and falls in love with Selden, and Chip gets a new father.
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 1942 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Murphy Cast: Fay Bainter, Hugh Herbert, Barbara Jo Allen, Barbara Britton, Carolyn Lee, Moroni Olsen, Billy Lee, John Archer, Clem Bevans, Ethel Griffies
Based on a 1901 novel by Alice Hegan, this is the story of Mrs. Wiggs (Fay Bainter) who is a mother of five children, and although they suffer adversities, she manages to instill positive messages in her brood.
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Nevada City 1941 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western / Action / Musical / Romance
Director: Joseph Kane Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally Payne, George Cleveland, Billy Lee, Fred Kohler Jr., Pierre Watkin, Joseph Crehan, Jack Ingram, Yakima Canutt, Hank Bell, Rex Lease, Syd Saylor, Fred Burns, Jack Kirk
In the early 1860s, Jeff and Gabby (Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes) are stagecoach drivers when the railroad is coming to the West. Their boss, Mark Benton (Joseph Crehan), is concerned that the railroad will take over and is feuding with Hank Liddell (George Cleveland) who owns the railroad. Jeff and Gabby try to get Benton and Liddell to reconcile but are not successful. When financier Amos Norton (Pierre Watkin) hires outlaw Black Bart (Fred Kohler Jr.) to raid both the stagecoaches and the railroads, matters worsen–until Liddell and Benton finally work together, and Gabby and Jeff stop the robberies.
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Reg'lar Fellers 1941 N/R, 66 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Dreifuss Cast: Billy Lee, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Sarah Padden, Roscoe Ates, Maren Mayo, Buddy Boles, Janet Dempsey, Jerry Wilson, Malcolm Hutton, Netta Packer, Jack C. Smith, Sharon Lynn
Based on a popular comic strip of the day, this film's plot involves a group of kids–Pinhead (Billy Lee), Jimmy (Buddy Boles), Bump (Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer), Aggie (Janet Dempsey), Skeeter (Jerry Wilson), and Puddin'Head (Malcolm Hutton)–who invent a machine that they think will run on both land and water. Meanwhile, mean old Hetty Carter (Sarah Padden) is targeted to be robbed by thugs, but the kids help her, and she softens in her attitude toward children.
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The Reluctant Dragon 1941 N/R, 73 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske Cast: Robert Benchley, Nana Bryant, Buddy Pepper, Frances Gifford, Alan Ladd, Barnett Parker, Claud Allister, Billy Lee, John Dehner, Jeff Corey, Gerald Mohr, Florence Gill, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash
Humorist Robert Benchley tours the Walt Disney studios and provides a glimpse into the inner-workings of animated films.
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Say It in French 1938 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew L. Stone Cast: Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Janet Beecher, Mary Carlisle, Holmes Herbert, Walter Kingsford, William Collier Sr., Billy Lee, Erik Rhodes, G.P. Huntley
After a whirlwind courtship in France, golf pro Richard Carrington Jr. (Ray Milland) marries Julie (Olympe Bradna) but finds problems with his family when he returns home to the United States.
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Wagon Wheels 1934 N/R, 56 min. Genre: Western aka: Caravans West
Director: Charles Barton Cast: Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Billy Lee, Monte Blue, Raymond Hatton, Jan Duggan, Leila Bennett, Olin Howland, Howard Wilson, Julian Madison, Donald Gray, Colin Tapley
This film, based on a Zane Grey novel, involves the perils that befall a wagon train of settlers heading West. Randolph Scott plays the leader of the wagon train who must overcome attacks of not only bad weather, but Indians and fur traders who do not want settlers in their area.
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| 1. Arizona Mahoney (1936) aka: Arizona Thunderbolt
2. The Biscuit Eater (1940)
3. Cocoanut Grove (1938)
4. Eyes of the Underworld (1943)
5. In Old Monterey (1939)
6. Make a Wish (1937)
7. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
8. Nevada City (1941)
9. Reg'lar Fellers (1941)
10. The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
11. Say It in French (1938)
12. Wagon Wheels (1934) aka: Caravans West
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