The Case of the Black Cat 1936  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William C. McGann, Alan Crosland
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan, Craig Reynolds, Carlyle Moore Jr., Bill Elliott, Nedda Harrigan, Garry Owen, Harry Davenport, George Rosener
Ricardo Cortez takes on the role of Perry Mason in the fifth entry in the series. Perry is called to a client's estate at night to write the client's granddaughter out of his will as an incentive to keep her from marrying a suspected fortune hunter. The client is killed in a suspicious fire, the gardener is murdered, and a treasure hunt for missing jewelry follows. The granddaughter's boyfriend is accused of the murders, but with Perry on his side, the real culprit will soon be identified. Director Alan Crosland was killed in an auto accident; the film was completed by William McGann.
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Delinquent Parents 1938  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Doris Weston, Maurice Murphy, Helen MacKellar, Morgan Wallace, Terry Walker, Theodore von Eltz, Richard Tucker, Carlyle Moore Jr., Marjorie Reynolds, Harry Hayden, Betty Blythe, Byron Foulger
Following World War I, Edith (Marjorie Reynolds) was dumped by her husband (Carlyle Moore Jr.), and, finding it impossible to raise their baby, Edith placed Carol up for adoption. Years later, Carol (Doris Weston) learns that she was adopted, leaves home, and finds work. But, she gets in trouble with the law, and the court judge set up to handle Carol's case is an older and wiser Edith (Helen MacKellar), her birth mother. By story's end, both Carol and Edith win.
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Tomorrow's Children 1934  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Unborn
Director: Crane Wilbur
Cast: Diane Sinclair, Donald Douglas, Carlyle Moore Jr., Sterling Holloway, Arthur Wanzer, Sarah Padden, John Preston, W. Messenger Bellis, Crane Wilbur, Hyram A. Hoover
A family is given an ultimatum: undergo sterilization or lose the welfare checks due to a family history of insanity and drunkenness, and ma and pa (Sarah Padden and Arthur Wanzer) agree. This ultimatum includes their eldest daughter, Alice (Diane Sinclair), who plans to marry Jim (Carlyle Moore Jr.). Can Dr. Brooks (Donald Douglas) save Alice? Heavy stuff, and a real curio.
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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. The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
2. Delinquent Parents (1938)
3. Tomorrow's Children (1934)
aka: The Unborn
4. Two Against the World (1936)
aka: One Fatal Hour
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