Blazing Across the Pecos 1948  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Nazarro
Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Patricia Barry, Paul Campbell, Charles C. Wilson, Thomas E. Jackson, Chief Thundercloud, Jock Mahoney, Jack Ingram, Pat O'Malley
Masked hero The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) is back and comes to the aid of an inept sheriff (Smiley Burnette). When the town's mayor, Ace (Charles C. Wilson), hears that The Durango Kid has been killed, he sets out to terrorize his business rival. But who is that new deputy to the sheriff? One of the weaker films in the series.
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Blues in the Night 1941  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson, Wallace Ford, Howard Da Silva, Elia Kazan, Billy Halop, Peter Whitney, Joyce Compton, Herbert Heywood, George Lloyd, Charles C. Wilson, Matt McHugh
"Jigger" Pine (Richard Whorf) forms a jazz band, and the trumpeter Leo's (Jack Carson) wife Ginger "Character" Powell (Priscilla Lane) is their singer. They wait for that big break that doesn't come and spend their time riding the trains from one small gig to another. On one train ride they meet gangster Del Davis (Lloyd Nolan) who offers the band a job at his New Jersey roadhouse. They begin performing for Davis and employ sultry Kay (Betty Field) as their singer–and, too late, learn how mobster's moll Kay can tear the band apart.
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Broadway Limited 1941  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Marjorie Woodworth, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly, Zasu Pitts, Leonid Kinskey, George E. Stone, Gay Ellen Dakin, Charles C. Wilson, John Sheehan, Edgar Edwards, Eric Alden, Sam McDaniel, Eddie Acuff, J. Farrell MacDonald
Film director Ivan Ivanski (Leonid Kinskey) boards the train from Chicago heading to New York with his up-and-coming star April (Marjorie Woodworth) and secretary Patsy (Patsy Kelly). Ivan wants April to take a baby with her on the trip as a publicity stunt. They find a baby and start the trip, but problems unfold when the engineer suspects that the baby was kidnapped.
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 Dressed to Kill 1941 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Sheila Ryan, William Demarest, Ben Carter, Virginia Brissac, Henry Daniell, Charles Trowbridge, Mantan Moreland, Milton Parsons, Erwin Kalser, Dick Rich, Hamilton MacFadden, May Beatty, Charles C. Wilson
Tough private investigator Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is preparing to marry showgirl Joanne La Mar (Mary Beth Hughes) when he becomes involved in investigating a string of theatrical murders that are all linked to the same play that had been produced 25 years earlier. All of the victims were wearing costumes from the play when their bodies were discovered. Using a souvenir program, Nolan uncovers clues leading to the murderer and solves the case. But, Joanne is fed up with the time he spends on investigations and leaves him.
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Earthworm Tractors 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Natural Born Salesman
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee, Dick Foran, Carol Hughes, Gene Lockhart, Olin Howland, Joseph Crehan, Irving Bacon, Sarah Edwards, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson
This Depression Era film provides plenty of laughs when natural born salesman Alexander Botts (Joe E. Brown) plies his trade selling Earthworm tractors. Botts works on Sam Johnson (Guy Kibbee) to sell him tractors, and after a series of near disasters Botts makes a deal with Johnson that includes not only tractors but the affections of Johnson's daughter, Mabel (June Travis), as well.
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The Glass Key 1935  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: George Raft, Claire Dodd, Edward Arnold, Rosalind Keith, Ray Milland, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Robert Gleckler, Tammany Young, Charles C. Wilson, Emma Dunn
Based on Dashiell Hammett's novel about a politician (Edward Arnold) accused of murder, this becomes a riveting story of intrigue when his aide (George Raft) determines to clear the name of his boss and must fight the influential Mob. This story was remade in 1942.
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Here Is My Heart 1934 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Roland Young, Alison Skipworth, Reginald Owen, Cecilia Parker, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Arnt, Charles C. Wilson
A radio star (Bing Crosby) pretends to be a waiter to get close to a princess (Kitty Carlisle). "Love is Just Around the Corner" is one of the featured songs in this musical comedy.
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If I'm Lucky 1946 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James, Carmen Miranda, Phil Silvers, Edgar Buchanan, Frank J. Scannell, Charles Tannen, Harry Cheshire, Frank Fenton, Harry Hayden, Edward Keane, Paul Maxey, Dewey Robinson, Charles C. Wilson
In this remake of "Thanks a Million" (1937), Perry Como takes on the Dick Powell role of singer Allan Clark who receives an offer to sing at gubernatorial candidate Magonnagie's (Edgar Buchanan) rally. The campaign backers really want Allan to be the stooge candidate for their corrupt political machine–and, wonder of wonders, Allan wins the election. Songs include "One More Kiss," and "Bet Your Bottom Dollar."
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 It Happened One Night 1934  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Alan Hale, Roscoe Karns, Henry Wadsworth, Claire McDowell, Walter Connolly, Arthur Hoyt, Ward Bond, Milton Kibbee, Jameson Thomas, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson, Irving Bacon, Bess Flowers
This movie took a clean sweep of the Academy Awards with Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Writer. It relates the romance of a news reporter (Clark Gable) who is out for a story about a spoiled rich girl (Claudette Colbert) who is on the run from her father and fiance. Of course, they fall in love. Clark Gable, "Remember me? I'm the fellow you slept on last night."
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The Lemon Drop Kid 1934 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Marshall Nellan
Cast: Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, William Frawley, Minna Gombell, Robert McWade, Henry B. Walthall, Kitty Kelly, Baby LeRoy, Clarence Wilson, Charles C. Wilson, Eddie Peabody, Edward LeSaint, Dell Henderson, Ann Sheridan, Lee Shumway
A reformed racetrack tipster (Lee Tracy) finds his past catching up with him as the legal system closes in. This film, based on a Damon Runyon story, was remade in 1951 with Bob Hope playing the title role.
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The Mayor of Hell 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: James Cagney, Madge Evans, Allen Jenkins, Dudley Digges, Frankie Darro, Dorothy Peterson, Charles C. Wilson, Hobart Cavanaugh, Robert Barrat, Harold Huber, Sheila Terry, William V. Mong, G. Pat Collins, Edwin Maxwell, John Marston
This unusual story involves ex-gangster Richard 'Patsy' Gargan (James Cagney) who is appointed Deputy Commissioner of a reform school. He takes the position after the nurse (Madge Evans) at the school confides in him about the inhumane treatment being inflicted on the boys. He works to improve conditions at the reform school and the way the kids are being treated. But, Gargan leaves the reform school to kill a rival gangster, and then he goes into hiding. Meanwhile the poor conditions return at the reform school, and when the boys learn that Gargan is really a ruthless mobster they lose faith in him. But, Gargan returns, gets the warden Mr. Thompson (Dudley Digges) kicked out, and regains the boys' respect.
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Murder in the Clouds 1934 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Lyle Talbot, Ann Dvorak, Gordon Westcott, Robert Light, George Cooper, Charles C. Wilson, Henry O'Neill, Russell Hicks, Arthur Pierson, Edward McWade, Clay Clement, Eddie Shubert
Everything that can go wrong does when hotshot airline pilot Bob "Three Star" (Lyle Talbot) is hired to fly a scientist with a new explosive to Washington, D.C.
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Night Key 1937 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Corrigan
Cast: Boris Karloff, Warren Hull, Jean Rogers, Hobart Cavanaugh, Alan Baxter, Ward Bond, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds, Frank Reicher, Charles C. Wilson
When elderly inventor Dave Mallory (Boris Karloff) sells his new alarm system to Steve Ranger (Samuel S. Hinds) of Ranger Protection Services, the company puts Dave's invention in mothballs so that no one can get it. Dave is a victim of the crooks–until he outwits them by inventing a new device that nullifies Ranger's current alarm system.
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Pennies from Heaven 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows, Donald Meek, Louis Armstrong, John Gallaudet, Tom Dugan, Nana Bryant, Charles C. Wilson, Harry Tyler
The title song, "Pennies from Heaven," was nominated for an Academy Award in this film in which Bing Crosby plays a poor minstrel who befriends an orphan and her grandfather.
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The Perfect Clue 1935 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert G. Vignola
Cast: David Manners, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Dorothy Libaire, Betty Blythe, William P. Carleton, Ralf Harolde, Ernie Adams, Robert Gleckler, Frank Darien, Charles C. Wilson, Jack Richardson, Pat O'Malley, Frank LaRue, Lloyd Ingraham
Mona (Dorothy Libaire) is the spoiled daughter who rebels when her wealthy, widowed father Jerome (William P. Carleton) plans to marry Ursula (Betty Blythe). Mona decides to get even by eloping with her boyfriend Ronnie (Richard "Skeets" Gallagher). They are on the train to Niagara Falls when Mona changes her mind, jumps off the train, and hires David (David Manners) to drive her to Albany. David robs and dumps Mona only to return and apologize. But there are even more problems with David than Mona realizes, and a rocky road lies ahead.
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The Return of Dr. X 1939 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan, John Litel, Huntz Hall, Lya Lys, Charles C. Wilson, Vera Lewis, John Ridgely
After Dr. Francis Flegg (John Litel) brings Dr. Marshall Quesne (Humphrey Bogart) back to life, an endless search for fresh blood becomes the doctors' quest.
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Satan Met a Lady 1936  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Arthur Treacher, Marie Wilson, Barbara Blane, Wini Shaw, Porter Hall, Olin Howland, Charles C. Wilson
This lackluster film is based loosely on "The Maltese Falcon." However, it is a ram's horn instead of a falcon that is being used to transport stolen jewels.
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Shadows in the Night 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Baxter, Nina Foch, George Zucco, Minor Watson, Lester Matthews, Ben Welden, Edward Norris, Charles C. Wilson, Charles Halton, Jeanne Bates
In this, one of the better Crime Doctor entries, it appears that one of Lois Garland's ( Nina Foch) greedy relatives is trying to drive her insane. Crime Doctor (Warner Baxter) is called into the haunted house scene to investigate.
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Show Them No Mercy! 1935 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Cesar Romero, Bruce Cabot, Edward Norris, Edward Brophy, Warren Hymer, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Gleckler, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson
Kidnappers hold a young couple captive and their very lives rest in the mercy of their captors–until the law finally comes to the rescue. Remade as a Western, "Rawhide."
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Smashing the Money Ring 1939 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson, Eddie Foy Jr., Joe Downing, Charles D. Brown, Elliott Sullivan, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson, Donald Douglas, Joe King
This is the third in a series of Secret Service stories starring Ronald Reagan as Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft. This time around "Brass" leads his agents in an attempt to stop illegal action at sea.
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St. Louis Kid 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: James Cagney, Patricia Ellis, Allen Jenkins, Robert Barrat, Hobart Cavanaugh, Spencer Charters, Addison Richards, Arthur Aylesworth, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson
Eddie (James Cagney) and Buck (Allen Jenkins) are two truck drivers who manage to get mixed up in a dairy farmer dispute in this light-hearted action film.
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| 1. Blazing Across the Pecos (1948)
2. Blues in the Night (1941)
3. Broadway Limited (1941)
4. Dressed to Kill (1941)
5. Earthworm Tractors (1936)
aka: Natural Born Salesman
6. The Glass Key (1935)
7. Here Is My Heart (1934)
8. If I'm Lucky (1946)
9. It Happened One Night (1934)
10. The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
11. The Mayor of Hell (1933)
12. Murder in the Clouds (1934)
13. Night Key (1937)
14. Pennies from Heaven (1936)
15. The Perfect Clue (1935)
16. The Return of Dr. X (1939)
17. Satan Met a Lady (1936)
18. Shadows in the Night (1944)
19. Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
20. Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
21. St. Louis Kid (1934)
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