Boy Meets Girl 1938  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy, Dick Foran, Ronald Reagan, Penny Singleton, Frank McHugh, Bruce Lester, Dennie Moore
The Cagney and O'Brien duo return as irreverent writers in this spoof of the Hollywood scene. They help a widow waitress (Wilson) by promoting her baby into being a star, as well as helping with her romantic problems. Look for Ron Reagan as the announcer.
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British Intelligence 1940 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Maris Wrixon, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert, Winifred Harris, Lester Matthews, Jack Mower, Frederick Vogeding
Employed as a butler at a British war minister's home, Valdar (Boris Karloff) is really a German espionage agent.
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Golden Earrings 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Murvyn Vye, Bruce Lester, Dennis Hoey, Quentin Reynolds, Reinhold Schunzel, Ivan Triesault, Eric Feldary, Larry Simms, Hermine Sterler, Harry Anderson, John Dehner, Leslie Denison
British Colonel Ralph Denistoun (Ray Milland) ventures behind enemy lines into Germany on a mission to relieve the Nazis of a deadly poison gas formula. While there, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful gypsy, Lydia (Marlene Dietrich), who helps him in his espionage mission.
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King Richard and the Crusaders 1954  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: David Butler
Cast: Rex Harrison, Virginia Mayo, George Sanders, Laurence Harvey, Robert Douglas, Michael Pate, Paula Raymond, Lester Matthews, Anthony Eustrel, Henry Corden, Wilton Graff, Neila Ates, Nick Cravat, Leslie Bradley, Bruce Lester
Under King Richard the Lionhearted's (George Sanders) leadership, Christian nations set off on the Third Crusade in an attempt to reclaim the Holy Grail from arch foe Saladin (Rex Harrison), Commander of the Faithful, Sultan of all Islam. Rivalries among the crusaders and Saladin's romantic interest in British noblewoman Lady Edith Plantagenet (Virginia Mayo) are items that Richard must contend with during this crusade.
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 The Letter 1940  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, David Newell, Gale Sondergaard, Victor Sen Yung, Bruce Lester, Cecil Kellaway, Doris Lloyd, Elizabeth Inglis, Willie Fung, Tetsu Komai, Leonard Mudie, John Ridgely
Somerset Maugham's play is brought to the screen in this film about circumstances following Leslie Crosbie's (Bette Davis) supposed self-defense murder of her lover, Geoffrey (David Newell). Geoffrey's widow (Gale Sondergaard) appears on the scene and says she has a letter from Leslie inviting Geoffrey to visit and that he was Leslie's lover. Leslie pays the $10,000 in blackmail money that is being demanded for the letter. The trial convenes, and her lawyer's (James Stephenson) defense proves Leslie innocent. Now, her husband Robert (Herbert Marshall) discovers that $10,000 is missing from his bank account, Leslie confesses, and Robert forgives her. But, everyone has not forgiven her, and a surprise visitor is lurking in Leslie's garden. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Davis), Supporting Actor (Stephenson), and Director. Remade in 1947 as "The Unfaithful" and in 1982 as "The Letter" for TV.
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 Pride and Prejudice 1940  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edmund Gwenn, Melville Cooper, Edna May Oliver, Ann Rutherford, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frieda Inescort, Karen Morley, Heather Angel, Marsha Hunt, Bruce Lester, Marten Lamont, Edward Ashley
Set in 19th-century England, Jane Austen's comedy of manners tells the dilemma of five unmarried sisters. One of them, Elizabeth (Greer Garson), is enamored with Darcy (Laurence Olivier), and this spurs on the other sisters–Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan), Lydia (Ann Rutherford), Kitty (Heather Angel), and Mary (Marsha Hunt)–to find their own romances.
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Shadows on the Stairs 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel, Bruce Lester, Miles Mander, Lumsden Hare, Turhan Bey, Charles Irwin, Phyllis Barry, Mary Field
When bodies are discovered in a London boarding house, the residents become the suspects, and accusations fly.
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Shining Victory 1941 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: James Stephenson, Donald Crisp, Montagu Love, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Barbara O'Neil, Sig Ruman, G.P. Huntley, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Doris Lloyd
A psychologist is so involved with his research that he has no time for his research assistant who is devoted to him.
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Tarzan and the Trappers 1958  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles F. Haas, Sandy Howard, H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Rickie Sorensen, Leslie Bradley, Maurice Marsac, Bruce Lester, Scatman Crothers, Don Blackman, Naaman Brown, Paul Thompson
Taken from three pilots for a TV series that never made it on the air, this video is about hunters searching for the eternal city of gold.
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A Yank in the R.A.F. 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton, Reginald Gardiner, Donald Stuart, Ralph Byrd, Richard Fraser, Denis Green, Bruce Lester, Lester Matthews
Tim (Tyrone Power), a U.S. pilot, flew planes to Canada and then ferried them to Britain before the U.S.'s entrance into World War II, thus helping arm Britain. Tim has a cocky attitude and does not appreciate the war effort. While in London, he meets ex-girlfriend Carol (Betty Grable), and she isn't pleased with his cavalier attitude about the war. To show his dedication, he joins the R.A.F. Great combat footage, which earned an Oscar nomination for Special Effects. One of Power's better efforts.
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| 1. Boy Meets Girl (1938)
2. British Intelligence (1940)
3. Golden Earrings (1947)
4. King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
5. The Letter (1940)
6. Pride and Prejudice (1940)
7. Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
8. Shining Victory (1941)
9. Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
10. A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
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