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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The Fighting Marines 1935  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Action
Director: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane
Cast: Grant Withers, Adrian Morris, Ann Rutherford, Robert Warwick, George J. Lewis, Pat O'Malley, Jason Robards Sr., Warner Richmond, Frank Reicher, Robert Frazer, J. Frank Glendon, Richard Alexander
U.S. Marines work on establishing a landing field on Halfway Island in the Pacific Ocean, but their efforts are challenged by the villainous "Tiger Shark" who has been conducting his pirating business from the island. The low budget shows in this 12-episode serial.
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Hollywood Hoodlum 1934 N/R, 53 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Hollywood Mystery
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: June Clyde, Frank Albertson, Jose Crespo, John Davidson, Tenen Holtz, Stanley Price, Cyril Ring, Edith Terry Pruess, Frances Morris, Monte Vandergrift
A publicity agent (Frank Albertson) is fired from his job with a movie studio. He hopes to get his job back by convincing a director (John Davidson) to film the life story of a notorious gangster. The director agrees, but insists on using a real hoodlum to play the part. Our hero finds one–who turns out to be the hoodlum whose life is to be portrayed. All ends well, and the agent's girlfriend (June Clyde) even becomes a star.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1932  N/R, 230 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Ford Beebe, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Harry Carey, Hobart Bosworth, Frank Coghlan Jr., Edwina Booth, Lucile Browne, Walter Miller, Bob Kortman, Walter McGrail, Nelson McDowell, Edward Hearn, Mischa Auer, Yakima Canutt, Jim Corey, Joan Gale
James Fenimore Cooper's classic tale is presented as a 12-chapter serial. Frontier guide Hawkeye (Harey Carey) and his Indian friends, Chingachgook and Uncas (Hobart Bosworth and Frank Coghlan Jr.), fight against the corrupt soldiers and the evil Indian Magua (Bob Kortman).
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Men with Steel Faces 1940 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Radio Ranch
Director: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jack Carlyle, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, William Moore, Dorothy Christy, J. Frank Glendon, Wheeler Oakman, Edward Peil Sr.
This is an edited version of the serial "The Phantom Empire" and is a Western science fiction story concerning an advanced civilization under the earth, which Gene Autry "unearths" while singing.
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The Miracle Rider 1935 N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Western
Director: B. Reeves Eason, Armand Schaefer
Cast: Tom Mix, Charles Middleton, Joan Gale, Jason Robards Sr., Robert Fraser, Edward Hearn, Tom London, Edmund Cobb, Niles Welch, Bob Kortman, Edward Earle, George Chesebro
This is Tom Mix's final film and his first serial (of 15 episodes). Tom (Tom Mix) joins the Texas Rangers following his father's murder, taking up his father's cause of Indian rights. His immediate task is to stop the dastardly Zaroff (Charles Middleton) who is illegally profiting from Indian land.
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Mountain Rhythm 1939  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Maude Eburne, Ferris Taylor, Tom London, Walter Fenner, Jack Pennick, Hooper Atchley, Bernard Suss
Land grabbers are frequent problems in Gene Autry's movies, and he again must deal with them.
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Murder on the Waterfront 1943 N/R, 49 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Warren Douglas, Joan Winfield, John Loder, Ruth Ford, Bill Crago, Bill Kennedy, William B. Davidson, James Flavin, Philip Van Zandt, Fred Kelsey
At a mere 49 minutes, this remake of 1938's "The Invisible Menace" is still too long for many to tolerate. The inventor of a top-secret device to protect guns from high temperature is murdered. A sailor (Warren Douglas) on leave gets mixed up in a Nazi spy ring–the real culprits.
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Mystery Mountain 1934 N/R, 223 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Edward Earle, Al Bridge, Tom London, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Hooper Atchley, Edward Hearn, George Chesebro
This movie is part of a longer serial in which the hero, Ken (Ken Maynard), is searching for the identity of "The Rattler," a master of disguises and a wrecker of railroad and other transportation vehicles. Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette, in their second movie appearance, are stagecoach drivers.
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Phantom Empire 1935 N/R, 245 min.
Genre: Western / Sci-Fi / Musical
Director: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Warner Richmond, Dorothy Christy, Smiley Burnette, Wheeler Oakman, Charles K. French, J. Frank Glendon, Peter Potter, Edward Peil Sr., Jack Carlyle, Hal Taliaferro, Lane Chandler
In this early science fiction serial of 12 episodes, Gene Autry discovers a subterranean empire that has existed since an ancient continent, Mu, sank beneath the sea. It is under his ranch, and Gene tries to keep peace between this peaceful civilization and the greed from above.
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Red River Valley 1936 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Man of the Frontier
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Frances Grant, Boothe Howard, Jack Kennedy, Frank LaRue, Frankie Marvin, Sam Flint, George Chesebro, Charles King
Accidents are happening at the construction site for an irrigation project, and Gene Autry and his trusty sidekick (Smiley Burnette) set out to get to the bottom of it.
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Rimfire 1949 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: James Millican, Mary Beth Hughes, Reed Hadley, Henry Hull, Fuzzy Knight, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, George Cleveland, Margia Dean, Ray Bennett, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, John L. Cason, Jason Robards Sr.
After thwarting a stagecoach robbery, Tom Harvey (James Millican) rides into a New Mexico town presumably looking for work–but we know that he's a Secret Service agent investigating stolen gold. Hired as Deputy Sheriff, Tom soon becomes involved in a case of multiple murders that some superstitious townsfolk believe are the result of a hanged man's ghost. Tom is able to solve both his case as well as the town's problem.
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Sergeant Murphy 1938 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Mary Maguire, Donald Crisp, Ben Hendricks Jr., William B. Davidson, Edmund Cobb, Emmett Vogan, Tracy Lane, Janet Shaw, Rosella Towne
This so-so film is about a young soldier (Ronald Reagan) who is devoted to a very special U.S. Army horse.
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Shadow of the Eagle 1932 N/R, 220 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ford Beebe, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: John Wayne, Dorothy Gulliver, Edward Hearn, Richard Tucker, Lloyd Whitlock, "Little Billy" Rhodes, Ivan Linow, James Bradbury Jr., Pat O'Malley, Walter Miller, Kenneth Harlan, Ernie Adams
In this low-budget, 12-episode serial, the Eagle levels threats against a corporation that he contends stole his invention, and the head of a traveling carnival is thought to be the Eagle. When the carnival boss turns up missing, pilot Craig McCoy (John Wayne) takes to the air in search of him. Cheap, but fast-paced.
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Sharad of Atlantis 1936 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane
Cast: Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, Lon Chaney Jr., Lane Chandler, William Farnum, Jack Mulhall, Boothe Howard, Raymond Hatton, C. Montague Shaw, Smiley Burnette, Frankie Marvin
A Navy Lieutenant (Ray Corrigan), his small crew, and passengers board a rocket-powered submarine in search of the legendary Atlantis. When they find it, they become involved with a battle between the ruler and the evil master of earthquakes–who intends to rule the world. This is an edited version (released in 1961) of the 1936 serial, "Undersea Kingdom."
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Undersea Kingdom 1936 N/R, 226 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane
Cast: Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, Lon Chaney Jr., Lane Chandler, William Farnum, Jack Mulhall, Boothe Howard, Raymond Hatton, C. Montague Shaw, Smiley Burnette, Frankie Marvin
A Navy Lieutenant (Ray Corrigan), his small crew, and passengers board a rocket-powered submarine in search of the legendary Atlantis. When they find it, they become involved with a battle between the ruler and the evil master of earthquakes–who intends to rule the world. This 12 chapter serial was edited and rereleased in 1961 as "Sharad of Atlantis."
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| 1. Blue Montana Skies (1939)
2. Call of the Yukon (1938)
3. The Fighting Marines (1935)
4. Hollywood Hoodlum (1934)
aka: Hollywood Mystery
5. The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
6. Men with Steel Faces (1940)
aka: Radio Ranch
7. The Miracle Rider (1935)
8. Mountain Rhythm (1939)
9. Murder on the Waterfront (1943)
10. Mystery Mountain (1934)
11. Phantom Empire (1935)
12. Red River Valley (1936)
aka: Man of the Frontier
13. Rimfire (1949)
14. Sergeant Murphy (1938)
15. Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
16. Sharad of Atlantis (1936)
17. Undersea Kingdom (1936)
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