Above Suspicion 1943  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Owen, Richard Ainley, Cecil Cunningham, Ann Shoemaker, Felix Bressart, Sara Haden
Newlyweds (Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray) are honeymooning in Europe when World War II breaks out. The British Secret Service recruits them to find plans for a secret weapon, and as they become involved in espionage they travel from Paris to Salzburg on a trip filled with intrigue.
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Artists and Models 1937  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen, Gail Patrick, Ben Blue, Judy Canova, Cecil Cunningham, Donald Meek, Hedda Hopper, Martha Raye
Paula (Ida Lupino) pretends to be an "upper-cruster" in this film that is a showcase for music and specialty acts. Louis Armstrong's orchestra, Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra, cyclers, jugglers, tumblers, etc., all make for an overall fun movie.
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 The Awful Truth 1937  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Cecil Cunningham, Molly Lamont, Esther Dale, Joyce Compton, Mary Forbes, Robert Warwick, Robert Allen
Lucy and Jerry Arriner (Irene Dunne and Cary Grant) divorce after believing each was unfaithful. Lucy was seeing handsome Armand Duvalle (Alex D'Arcy) and now is also dating wealthy neighbor Daniel Leeson (Ralph Bellamy). Meanwhile, Jerry starts dating nightclub singer Dixie Belle Lee (Joyce Compton) and socialite Barbara Vance (Molly Lamont). Their dog seems to be the only thing Lucy and Jerry have in common–until Lucy decides that she wants to resume her marriage to Jerry and starts plotting to get him back. Little does Lucy know that Jerry is still in love with her, and, as they set out to sabotage each other's plans to remarry, the fun begins. Leo McCarey won an Oscar for Best Director, and several other nominations were received, including Best Picture, Actress, and Supporting Actor (Bellamy).
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Back Street 1941 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson, Frank McHugh, Tim Holt, Frank Jenks, Esther Dale, Samuel S. Hinds, Marjorie Gateson, Cecil Cunningham, Peggy Stewart, Nell O'Day, Kitty O'Neil, Nella Walker, Dale Winter
Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan are a believable team as they play star-crossed lovers Walter and Rae who, due to a mix-up, do not marry. Five years later, they meet again. Rae is engaged to marry Curt (Richard Carlson), and Walter has married another woman. Their love has lasted over the years, and Rae agrees to be Walter's mistress–an affair that will last for many years.
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Come and Get It 1936 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Roaring Timbers
Director: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson, William Wyler
Cast: Edward Arnold, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan, Joel McCrea, Frank Shields, Andrea Leeds, Mary Nash, Clem Bevans, Edwin Maxwell, Cecil Cunningham
Walter Brennan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in this film that was based on Edna Ferber's novel. The story begins with two loggers (Edward Arnold and Brennan) and follows their lives and conflicts.
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Cowboy Serenade 1942  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Morgan
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Cecil Cunningham, Rand Brooks, Tristram Coffin, Addison Richards, Slim Andrews, John Berkes, Tom London, Si Jenks, Hal Price
As the time approaches to enter the armed forces, Gene Autry is trying to find out who the head crook of the gambling ring is.
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Daughter of Shanghai 1937 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Anna May Wong, Philip Ahn, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham, J. Carrol Naish, Anthony Quinn, Frank Sully, Paul Fix, Evelyn Brent
While avenging her father's murder, Lan Ying Lin (Anna May Wong) uncovers a smuggling ring led by the diabolical Otto Hartman (Charles Bickford).
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Four Men and a Prayer 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure / Mystery
Director: John Ford
Cast: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven, C. Aubrey Smith, J. Edward Bromberg, John Carradine, Alan Hale, Reginald Denny, Barry Fitzgerald, William Henry, Berton Churchill, Claude King, Cecil Cunningham, Frank Dawson
Four brothers (Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven, and William Henry) suspect foul play in the murder of their father after he was dishonorably discharged from the British military. They begin an investigation to clear his name and discover more than they had bargained for.
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Manhattan Love Song 1934  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leonard Fields
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Dixie Lee, Nydia Westman, Helen Flint, Franklin Pangborn, Cecil Cunningham, Harold Waldridge, Herman Bing, Harrison Greene, George Irving, Emmett Vogan, Eddie Dean
Geraldine (Dixie Lee) and Carol (Helen Flint) are wealthy sisters who are in for a shock when they find that a crooked investor has lost their money. Their chauffeur, Williams (Robert Armstrong), and the maid, Annette (Nydai Westman), have enough money to buy the sisters' home, and the sisters reverse roles with them and become their servants.
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People Will Talk 1935 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Leila Hyams, Dean Jagger, Ruthelma Stevens, Edward Brophy, Stanley Andrews, Cecil Cunningham, Jack Mulhall, Sam Flint
Parents lovingly interfere in their daughter's marriage to get things back the way they were.
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Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise 1931 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan, Alan Hale, Hale Hamilton, Theodore von Eltz, Russell Simpson, Cecil Cunningham, Ian Keith
A Swedish immigrant, Susan Lenox (Greta Garbo), heads for the city to escape from her father and ends up in the arms of Rodney (Clark Gable).
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Swing High, Swing Low 1937 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Charles Butterworth, Jean Dixon, Dorothy Lamour, Harvey Stephens, Franklin Pangborn, Anthony Quinn, Cecil Cunningham, Charles Arnt, Charles Judels
Maggie King (Carole Lombard) is sure her happiness lies with jazzman Skid Johnson (Fred MacMurray), but convincing Skid of that is not an easy job.
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Wives Under Suspicion 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Whale
Cast: Warren William, Gail Patrick, Constance Moore, Ralph Morgan, William Lundigan, Cecil Cunningham, Samuel S. Hinds, Jonathan Hale, Lillian Yarbo, Milburn Stone, J. Anthony Hughes, James Flavin, Minerva Urecal, Edwin Stanley
District Attorney Jim Stowell (Warren William) has earned his reputation as a ruthless man who believes that execution should be the only sentence for first-degree murderers. While prosecuting Professor Shaw McAllen (Ralph Morgan) who is accused of murdering his wife, Stowell realizes that events in his own married life with his wife Lucy (Gail Patrick) closely parallel those of McAllen and his murdered wife. Compassion takes over as Stowell reflects on the circumstances and reasons that the death penalty may not always be the correct sentence.
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| 1. Above Suspicion (1943)
2. Artists and Models (1937)
3. The Awful Truth (1937)
4. Back Street (1941)
5. Come and Get It (1936)
aka: Roaring Timbers
6. Cowboy Serenade (1942)
7. Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
8. Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
9. Manhattan Love Song (1934)
10. People Will Talk (1935)
11. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise (1931)
12. Swing High, Swing Low (1937)
13. The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
14. Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
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