 The AristoCats 1970  G, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers, Vito Scotti, Nancy Kulp, Pat Buttram, Paul Winchell, George Lindsey, Thurl Ravenscroft, Hermione Baddeley, Charles(2) Lane, Monica Evans, Carole Shelley, Roddy Maude-Roxby
When wealthy Mme. Bonfamille (voice of Hermione Baddeley) dies, she leaves her fortune to her cat Duchess (voice of Eva Gabor) and her three kittens. The jealous butler, Edgar (voice of Roddy Maude-Roxby), abandons the cats in the French countryside so that he will have the fortune. But, there are rescuers out there in the form of alley cat Thomas O'Malley (voice of Phil Harris), mouse Roquefort (voice of Sterling Holloway), and hounds Lafayette and Napoleon (voices of George Lindsey and Pat Buttram) who come to their aid, and by story's end the cats are back home where they belong.
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Billie 1965  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Patty Duke, Jim Backus, Jane Greer, Warren Berlinger, Billy De Wolfe, Charles(2) Lane, Dick Sargent, Michael Fox, Richard Deacon, Ted Bessell
Talented athlete Billie (Patty Duke) bows to the wishes of parents and others to change her lifestyle from that of tomboy to a "ladylike" young woman.
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Borderline 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, Roy Roberts, Morris Ankrum, Jose Torvay, Charles(2) Lane, Pepe Hern, Richard Irving, Don Diamond
While on the trail of a Mexican drug-smuggling ring, two undercover police officers (Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor) suspect each other, discover their errors, and fall in love.
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A Close Call for Boston Blackie 1946 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Chester Morris, Lynn Merrick, Richard Lane, Frank Sully, George E. Stone, Claire Carleton, Erik Rolf, Charles(2) Lane, Mark Roberts, Emmett Vogan, Russell Hicks, Doris Houck, Ruth Warren
Once again, Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) works to clear his name. This time around, Blackie tells his sidekick The Runt (George E. Stone) to take his ex-girlfriend Gerry Peyton (Lynn Merrick) and her baby away from the crime scene where her husband has been killed while Blackie was calling Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) for assistance. Later, Gerry tells the police that Blackie shot her husband as part of a scheme to extort money from her husband's wealthy family. Blackie and The Runt investigate and learn that Gerry is the one planning to extort the money. Now they must bring proof to Inspector Farraday who, it turns out, is only trying to teach Blackie a lesson about being careful when picking girlfriends.
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Get to Know Your Rabbit 1972 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Tom Smothers, John Astin, Susanne Zenor, Samantha Jones, Allen Garfield, Katharine Ross, Orson Welles, Hope Summers, Charles(2) Lane, M. Emmet Walsh
Donald Beeman (Tom Smothers) learns how to perform magic from Mr. Delasandro (Orson Welles) and sets out to enter the realm of show business.
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 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Mystery / Romance
aka: Running Scared
Director: Alan Rafkin
Cast: Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, Dick Sargent, Skip Homeier, Reta Shaw, Lurene Tuttle, Philip Ober, Harry Hickox, Charles(2) Lane, Nydia Westman, George Chandler, Jesslyn Fax, Robert Cornthwaite, Jim Begg
Nervous Luther (Don Knotts) is a typesetter at the local newspaper and longs to become a reporter. He gets his chance when, as part of a publicity campaign, he must spend a night in a supposedly haunted house. Fun fare, and Luther even gets the prettiest girl in town, Alma Parker (Joan Staley, a former "Playboy" centerfold).
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The Gnome-Mobile 1967 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Walter Brennan, Tom Lowell, Matthew Garber, Karen Dotrice, Ed Wynn, Richard Deacon, Sean McClory, Norman Grabowski, Jerome Cowan, Charles(2) Lane
When two children, Rodney (Matthew Garber) and Elizabeth (Karen Dotrice), along with their grandfather Mulrooney (Walter Brennan), discover gnomes in a redwood forest, Mulrooney's sanity is questioned.
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Good Neighbor Sam 1964 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Swift
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine, Mike Connors, Louis Nye, Charles(2) Lane, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Seymour, Edward Andrews, Tristram Coffin, Robert Q. Lewis, Joyce Jameson, Linda Watkins, Peter Hobbs, Neil Hamilton
Advertising executive Sam Bissell (Jack Lemmon) is happily married to Minerva (Dorothy Provine) when he helps out his neighbor, Janet (Romy Schneider), by pretending to be her husband so she can inherit $15 million. Janet is married but separated from Howard (Mike Connors) and does not want to share the inheritance with him. Many complications arise when Sam's biggest client, Simon Nurdlinger (Edward G. Robinson), uses Sam and Janet as "the ideal married couple" in an ad campaign and features their pictures on billboards throughout the town.
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Hitched 1971  TV, 73 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Tim Matheson, Sally Field, Neville Brand, Kathleen Freeman, Slim Pickens, Denver Pyle, Don Knight, John Fiedler, John McLiam, Bo Svenson, Bill Zuckert, Charles(2) Lane, John Davis Chandler, Henry Jones, John Anderson
Newlyweds Roselle and Clare Bridgeman (Sally Field and Tim Matheson) head West in search of a better life, but end up having to deal with crooks. To make matters worse, they become separated, and their adventures continue This Comedy/Western is a sequel to "Lock, Stock and Barrel."
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Home in Wyomin' 1942  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Morgan
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Olin Howland, Joseph Strauch Jr., Charles(2) Lane, James Seay, Chick Chandler, Forrest Taylor, Hal Price, George Douglas, Frankie Marvin
Radio singing star Gene Autry comes to the rescue of a former boss who is about to lose his rodeo.
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I Wake Up Screaming 1942 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Hot Spot
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, William Gargan, Alan Mowbray, Allyn Joslyn, Elisha Cook Jr., Chick Chandler, Morris Ankrum, Cyril Ring, Charles(2) Lane, Frank Orth, Gregory Gaye
During intense questioning in the murder investigation of model Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis), promoter Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature) recalls through flashbacks events prior to her murder. At the same time, police are questioning Vicky's sister Jill (Betty Grable) and, through flashbacks, tie in what Frankie has described. Evidence mounts pointing to Frankie as the murderer–until Frankie reveals one last clue that leads to the real killer who has been there throughout the investigation.
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Internes Can't Take Money 1937 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: You Can't Take Money
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan, Stanley Ridges, Lee Bowman, Irving Bacon, Steve Pendleton, Pierre Watkin, Charles(2) Lane, Fay Holden
In this, the first in a series of Dr. Kildare stories, a young intern (Joel McCrea) helps a woman (Barbara Stanwyck) find and retrieve her missing daughter.
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home 1965  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov, Richard Crenna, Jim Backus, Scott Brady, Harry Morgan, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jackie Coogan, Charles(2) Lane, Jerome Cowan
When a U-2 pilot is downed in the Middle East, he coaches the kingdom's football team into a winning entity who is ready to play Notre Dame.
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Johnny Apollo 1940 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Charley Grapewin, Lionel Atwill, Marc Lawrence, Jonathan Hale, Russell Hicks, Fuzzy Knight, Harry Rosenthal, Charles(2) Lane, Selmer Jackson, Charles Trowbridge, John Hamilton
Robert Cain Sr. (Edward Arnold) is a wealthy broker who is convicted of embezzlement and sent to jail. His upstanding son, Bob (Tyrone Power), is ashamed of his father and changes his name. After relenting, Bob decides to try to get his father released, but that takes money and means working for mobster Mickey Dwyer (Lloyd Nolan). Bob uses the alias of "Johnny Apollo" and hooks up with Mickey, but both end up in the same jail as Bob's father. All the problems get worked out, and Bob even wins the heart of Mickey's daughter Lucky Dubarry (Dorothy Lamour).
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The Juggler 1953 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart, Joey Walsh, Alf Kjellin, Charles(2) Lane, John Banner, Richard Benedict, Beverly Washburn, Oscar Karlweis
One Auschwitz survivor, Hans Muller (Kirk Douglas) has problems adapting in Israel after World War II. Working as a juggler, he makes it across Israel and into a kibbutz where he meets an understanding society.
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Just Before Dawn 1946 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Castle
Cast: Warner Baxter, Adele Roberts, Martin Kosleck, Mona Barrie, Marian Miller, Charles D. Brown, Craig Reynolds, Robert Barrat, Charles(2) Lane, George Meeker, Marvin Miller, Charles Arnt, Byron Foulger, Ted Hecht
In the seventh film of the "Crime Doctor" series, Crime Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) is on the trail of a killer after being tricked into giving a fatal injection to one of his patients.
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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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Lucky Night 1939 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Myrna Loy, Robert Taylor, Joseph Allen, Henry O'Neill, Charles(2) Lane, Marjorie Main, Irving Bacon, Douglas Fowley
Wealthy Cora Jordan (Myrna Loy) marries a poor poet, Bill Overton (Robert Taylor), and problems mount over their different needs for social lives. No, thanks.
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The Mating Game 1959 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, Una Merkel, Philip Ober, Philip Coolidge, Charles(2) Lane, Trevor Bardette, William Smith
I.R.S. agent Lorenzo Charlton (Tony Randall) examines the fact that farmer Pop Larken (Paul Douglas) has never paid taxes. In the process of looking into the matter, Lorenzo falls in love with the farmer's daughter (Debbie Reynolds).
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Murphy's Romance 1985 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim, Dennis Burkley, Georgann Johnson, Dortha Duckworth, Charles(2) Lane, Bruce French, Henry Slate
This is a delightful tale about a love triangle. Sally Field is a determined divorcee who is trying to make a living with her children. She meets the town's pharmacist (James Garner) and just when romance seems to blossom, her ex-husband (Brian Kerwin) appears back in the picture. Field and Garner make a charming couple in this movie and Garner received and Oscar nomination.
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 The Music Man 1962  N/R, 151 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Morton DaCosta
Cast: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Paul Ford, Pert Kelton, Ron Howard, Charles(2) Lane, Mary Wickes, Rance Howard, Timmy Everett, Susan Luckey, Harry Hickox, William Fawcett, Percy Helton
Professor Harold Hill (Robert Preston) arrives in River City, Iowa, around 1900. He plans to work a scam on the citizens by forming a boys' marching band, but he falls in love with Marion (Shirley Jones) the librarian and changes his tune. Great Meredith Willson songs include "Seventy-Six Trombones," "Ya Got Trouble," "Gary, Indiana," "Till There Was You," "Marian the Librarian," and "Wells Fargo Wagon." An Oscar was awarded for Best Musical Score, and there were five nominations, including Best Picture.
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My Dog, the Thief 1969 TV, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Dwayne Hickman, Mary Ann Mobley, Joe Flynn, Elsa Lanchester, Roger C. Carmel, Mickey Shaughnessy, Charles(2) Lane, Vaughn Taylor, John Van Dreelen, Jim Begg
Helicopter pilot Jack (Dwayne Hickman) reports traffic for the local radio station, but his ratings are declining. Along comes a St. Bernard that is on the lam and hides in Jack's plane, resulting in increased ratings for Jack as the two make a fine pair. But, the dog is a kleptomaniac and has stolen a valuable necklace from thieves. Hilarity reigns in this weak Disney effort.
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Papa's Delicate Condition 1963 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Glynis Johns, Charles Ruggles, Laurel Goodwin, Linda Bruhl, Ned Glass, Murray Hamilton, Elisha Cook Jr., Charles(2) Lane, Don Beddoe, Claude Johnson, Juanita Moore, Trevor Bardette, Ken Renard, Benny Baker
Jack Griffith (Jackie Gleason) is a wealthy, lovable alcoholic whose wife Amberlyn (Glynis Johns) can't handle any more of his pranks. When their daughter Augusta (Laurel Goodwin) wanted the pony she saw in the circus parade, Jack bought her the entire circus. That was the final straw for Amberlyn who flees to her father's (Charles Ruggles) home in Texarkana. Jack, of course, follows in hot pursuit. This film won the Academy Award for Best Song: "Call Me Irresponsible."
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Rhythm on the River 1940 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone, Oscar Levant, John Scott Trotter, Charley Grapewin, William Frawley, Jeanne Cagney, Charles(2) Lane, Pierre Watkin
Ghostwriters Bob (Bing Crosby) and Cherry (Mary Martin) have been in the employ of music composer Oliver Courtney (Basil Rathbone). They fall in love and start writing in their own names. Naturally, they come up with a hit, but the story of their efforts is entertaining.
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Second Fiddle 1939 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee, Edna May Oliver, Mary Healy, Lyle Talbot, Alan Dinehart, Minna Gombell, Stewart Reburn, Spencer Charters, Charles(2) Lane, George Chandler, Irving Bacon, Minerva Urecal
Jimmy Sutton (Tyrone Power) is looking for an unknown actress to star in a big film and finds Minnesota teacher Trudi (skating star Sonja Henie). He brings Trudi to Hollywood, and Jimmy manufactures a romance between Trudi and her leading man Roger Maxwell (Rudy Vallee). Amusing twists and turns ensue, ending when it turns out that Jimmy is the one who really does love Trudi who, by now, has become a big star.
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Sis Hopkins 1941 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Judy Canova, Bob Crosby, Charles Butterworth, Jerry Colonna, Susan Hayward, Katharine Alexander, Carol Adams, Lynn Merrick, Charles(2) Lane, Andrew Tombes
Sis Hopkins (Judy Canova) heads for college in a big city and sings her way to success and popularity.
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Strange Behavior 1981 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
aka: Dead Kids
Director: Michael Laughlin
Cast: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Arthur Dignam, Scott Brady, Charles(2) Lane, Marc McClure, Dey Young, Elizabeth Cheshire, Beryl Te Wiata, Jim Boelsen
A series of gory murders committed by a college town's teenagers seems to have a connection to the university psychology department that is run by Dr. Gwen Parkinson (Fiona Lewis). Sheriff John Brady (Michael Murphy) investigates and, through his son Pete (Dan Shor) who had participated in mind-control experiments, finds that the murders appear to have started when Dr. LeSange (Arthur Dignam) ran the mind-control experiments in Parkinson's psychology department. But, LeSange is dead–or is he?–as Brady is about to find out. Special effects are well-executed.
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Strange Invaders 1983 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Laughlin
Cast: Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid, Michael Lerner, Louise Fletcher, Wallace Shawn, Fiona Lewis, Kenneth Tobey, June Lockhart, Charles(2) Lane
This film represents good satire on the 1950s science fiction genre. The plot involves Charles Bigelow's (Paul Le Mat) plight when he searches for his ex-wife and daughter. He ends up in Illinois where he runs into aliens who seem caught in the 1950's styles and customs. When Bigelow relates his story to a tabloid, the aliens head for him, and the chase is on.
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Sunset Limousine 1983 TV, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Hughes
Cast: John Ritter, Susan Dey, Paul Reiser, Audrie J. Neenan, Martin Short, George(2) Kirby, James Luisi, Louise Sorel, Lainie Kazan, Michael Ensign, Charles(2) Lane, Stacy Nelkin
This made-for-TV comedy follows out-of-work comedian Alan (John Ritter) as he takes a job driving a limo. He loses his girlfriend but is determined to win her back–after dealing with two hit men he becomes involved with through a client.
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Sybil 1976  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Sally Field, Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett, Jane Hoffman, William Prince, Charles(2) Lane, Jessamine Milner, Gordon Jump, Natasha Ryan
Sally Field takes on the role of Sybil, and Joanne Woodward plays her psychiatrist in this powerful Emmy-winning drama of a young woman who developed 17 personalities due to disturbing childhood experiences.
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Teacher's Pet 1958 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Seaton
Cast: Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young, Mamie Van Doren, Nick Adams, Peter Baldwin, Marion Ross, Charles(2) Lane, Jack Albertson, Harry Antrim
A professional newsman (Clark Gable) falls in love with a journalism teacher (Doris Day), and, despite an impressive rival, he wins her affections. Gig Young received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor.
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Top Secret Affair 1957  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus, John Cromwell, Roland Winters, Michael Fox, Frank Gerstle, Arthur Gould-Porter, Charles(2) Lane
When journalist Dottie Peale (Susan Hayward) tries to write an expose on Major General Melville Goodwin (Kirk Douglas), love gets in the way. 1 User Review
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| | throughly enlighting | donoharm 09/22/2007 | | like most movies this has a touch of truth. reporters are as unscruplous then as they are today. so many time it seem no one wants the truth, only dirt. pity! |
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| 1. Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
2. The AristoCats (1970)
3. Billie (1965)
4. Borderline (1950)
5. But Not for Me (1959)
6. A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
7. Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
8. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
aka: Running Scared
9. The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
10. Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
11. Hitched (1971)
12. Home in Wyomin' (1942)
13. I Wake Up Screaming (1942)
aka: Hot Spot
14. Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
aka: You Can't Take Money
15. John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965)
16. Johnny Apollo (1940)
17. The Juggler (1953)
18. Just Before Dawn (1946)
19. Kentucky (1938)
20. Lucky Night (1939)
21. The Mating Game (1959)
22. Murphy's Romance (1985)
23. The Music Man (1962)
24. My Dog, the Thief (1969)
25. Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
26. Rhythm on the River (1940)
27. Second Fiddle (1939)
28. Sis Hopkins (1941)
29. Strange Behavior (1981)
aka: Dead Kids
30. Strange Invaders (1983)
31. Sunset Limousine (1983)
32. Sybil (1976)
33. Teacher's Pet (1958)
34. Top Secret Affair (1957)
35. The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
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