Blackmail 1939  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart, Bobs Watson, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, John Wray, Arthur Hohl, Esther Dale, Joseph Crehan, Victor Kilian
In another good performance, Edward G. Robinson plays an innocent man who is blackmailed and sent to prison.
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Boys Town 1938   N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Addison Richards, Edward Norris, Minor Watson, Jonathan Hale, Bobs Watson, Mickey Rentschler, Frankie Thomas, Sidney Miller, Martin Spellman, Jimmy Butler
As Father Edward J. Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) strives to set up a community for homeless boys, he runs into trouble with one boy, Whitey Marsh (Mickey Rooney), whose older brother (Edward Norris) is a gangster. Whitey runs away a number of times and finally manages to join his brother's gang. But, Father Flanagan and the boys capture the gang, and Whitey, at last, respects Father Flanagan's program and has hope for the future. Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award as Best Actor for his role in this film (his second consecutive Best Actor Oscar). Nominations were received for Best Picture and Director, and another Oscar was received for Best Original Story.
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Dodge City 1939  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale, John Litel, Victor Jory, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ward Bond, Henry Travers, Henry O'Neill, Gloria Holden, Bobs Watson, Douglas Fowley
A cattle man, Wade Hatton (Errol Flynn), arrives in Dodge City in 1872 and is appointed sheriff. He tries to tame Dodge City and must diminish the influences of outlaw, saloon owner Jeff Surrett (Bruce Cabot) to obtain legitimacy for business interests and citizens in the town. Hatton manages to clean up Dodge City, and, in the process, wins the heart of Abbie Irving (Olivia de Havilland).
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Dr. Kildare's Crisis 1940  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Robert Young, Emma Dunn, Nat Pendleton, Walter Kingsford, Alma Kruger, Bobs Watson, Nell Craig
Dr. Kildare's (Lew Ayres) fiancee, nurse Mary Lamont (Laraine Day), has a problem when her brother comes for a visit. His behavior is strange, and Kildare thinks it may be due to epilepsy. If it is, then the marriage may be in jeopardy. Kildare tries to get to the real problem, and the grumpy Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) comes up with the diagnosis–an injury from an accident. A simple operation fixes the problem, and the wedding plans continue.
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Dreaming Out Loud 1940 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Frances Langford, Frank Craven, Bobs Watson, Irving Bacon, Clara Blandick, Robert Wilcox, Donald Briggs, Robert McKenzie, Phil Harris
This movie marks the film debut of radio comedians Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff). The plot involves their misadventures as Lum and Abner engage in fund raising as a means for bringing progress to their town of Pine Ridge, Arkansas.
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First to Fight 1967 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christian Nyby
Cast: Chad Everett, Marilyn Devin, Dean Jagger, Bobby Troup, Gene Hackman, Claude Akins, James Best, Norman Alden, Bobs Watson, Ken Swofford
This is an insightful psychological story about a Congressional Medal of Honor winner (Chad Everett) cracking up when he returns to fight in the Pacific.
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Kentucky 1938 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Butler
Cast: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Douglass Dumbrille, Karen Morley, Moroni Olsen, Russell Hicks, Willard Robertson, Bobs Watson, Charles(2) Lane
Walter Brennan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role of the patriarch of the Goodwin family that has been feuding with the Dillons. When Sally Goodwin (Loretta Young) falls in love with the young Dillon boy, the families finally reconcile.
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Men of Boys Town 1941 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson, Larry Nunn, Darryl Hickman, Henry O'Neill, Lee J. Cobb, Mary Nash, Sidney Miller, Addison Richards
This sequel to the classic "Boys' Town" again features Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in their roles of Father Flanagan and Whitey Marsh. A reformed Whitey comes to the aid of Father Flanagan in rehabilitating boys.
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| 1. Blackmail (1939)
2. Boys Town (1938)
3. Dodge City (1939)
4. Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
5. Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
6. First to Fight (1967)
7. Kentucky (1938)
8. Men of Boys Town (1941)
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