Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blanchard, Robert Paige, Martha Hyer, Anita Ekberg, James Flavin, Jack Kruschen, Horace McMahon, Joe Kirk
Lester (Bud Abbott) and Orville (Lou Costello) unwittingly are launched into outer space when they push the wrong button.
|  | |
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion 1950  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patricia Medina, Walter Slezak, Douglass Dumbrille, Marc Lawrence, Leon Belasco, Tor Johnson, Jack Raymond, Fred Nurney
After joining the Foreign Legion, Bud Jones (Bud Abbott) and Lou Hotchkiss (Lou Costello) end up in Algeria under the thumb of Sergeant Axmann (Walter Slezak).
| | |
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1951  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz, Sheldon Leonard, William Frawley, Adele Jergens, Syd Saylor, Edward Gargan, Gavin Muir
Detectives Bud Alexander (Bud Abbott) and Lou Francis (Lou Costello) come to the aid of a boxer who injects himself with a powerful serum enabling him to become invisible. Unseen, he helps the detectives search for clues that will free him from a murder charge.
| | |
 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy 1955 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara, Richard Deacon, Peggy King, Dan Seymour, Mel Welles, Kurt Katch, Richard Karlan
Two mummies and a search for treasure are the objects of interest for Pete Patterson (Bud Abbott) and Freddie Franklin (Lou Costello) as they stumble upon underhanded dealings in Egypt.
| | |
August Weekend 1936  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: Weekend Madness
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Valerie Hobson, G.P. Huntley, Paul Harvey, Betty Compson, Claire McDowell, Frank Melton, Dorothea Kent, Maynard Holmes, Gigi Parrish, Howard C. Hickman, Edgar Norton, Paul Irving
Despite his wealthy lifestyle, George Washburne (Paul Harvey) is restless and bored, so he leaves his family behind to go off on a weekend party with beautiful and sexy Claire (Valerie Hobson). But, it doesn't take long before George learns the value of his love for family–especially when he gets mixed up in a tax scandal and the IRS investigates his records. Director Charles Lamont made over 225 movies throughout his career and directed feature comedies such as Ma and Pa Kettle and Abbott & Costello.
| | |
Bagdad 1949  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Vincent Price, John Sutton, Jeff Corey, Frank Puglia, Paul Hubschmid, Fritz Leiber, David Wolfe, Otto Waldis, Leon Belasco
Returning from school in London, Princess Marjan (Maureen O'Hara) deals with her desert sheik father's assassination and regains her inheritance. 1 User Review
| User Review |
| | Very Good as stated | Anonymous 02/13/2007 | | |
|
| | |
Cipher Bureau 1938 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway, Tenen Holtz, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Walter Bonn, Si Wills, George Lynn, Jason Robards Sr., Hooper Atchley, Carl Stockdale
In this pre-World War II spy story, Leon Ames plays the role of Intelligence agent Philip Waring who, with his aide, Helen (Charlotte Wynters), works for the Cipher Bureau trying to break the code of German spies. Followed a year later by "Panama Patrol."
| | |
Comin' Round the Mountain 1951 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Shay, Kirby Grant, Margaret Hamilton, Glenn Strange, Joe Sawyer, Ida Moore, Guy Wilkerson, Russell Simpson
A family feud between the Winfields and the McCoys greets Al Stewart (Bud Abbott) and Wilbert (Lou Costello) when they head for the Kentucky hills to claim an inheritance.
| | |
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek 1950  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Gale Storm, Walter Brennan, Vincent Price, Eve Arden, Chick Chandler, Joe Sawyer, Harry Shannon, Rex Lease, I. Stanford Jolley
Stagehand Edward Timmons (Donald O'Connor) is a would-be actor who gains fame and the chance to act after he nabs a criminal hiding out in his theatrical troupe.
| | |
The Dark Hour 1936 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Ray Walker, Irene Ware, Berton Churchill, Hedda Hopper, Hobart Bosworth, E.E. Clive, William V. Mong, Harold Goodwin, Aggie Herring, Kathryn Sheldon, Harry Strang, Fred Kelsey
Based on a Sinclair Gluck novel, "The Last Trap," this is the story of two able, but very different, detectives (Ray Walker and Berton Churchill) working on a murder case in an old, dark house.
| | |
False Pretenses 1935 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Irene Ware, Sidney Blackmer, Russell Hopton, Betty Compson, Edward Gargan, Herbert Clifton, Lucy Beaumont, Marshall Ruth, John Picorri, Dot Farley, William Humphrey, Wilson Benge
Pretty waitress Mary Beekman (Irene Ware) yearns to find a wealthy husband and work her way up the social ladder. She convinces millionaire Kenneth Alden (Sidney Blackmer), who is secretly in love with her, to help her find the man of her dreams. In a comedy of errors, Mary ends up with retired bootlegger Pat Brennan (Russell Hopton) who has used his own social deceptions and believes Mary is the daughter in a wealthy family.
| | |
Flame of Araby 1951 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, Maxwell Reed, Susan Cabot, Lon Chaney Jr., Buddy Baer, Richard Egan, Royal Dano, Dewey Martin, Neville Brand
Tunisian princess Tanya (Maureen O'Hara), trying to escape an arranged marriage, offers herself as the prize in a horse race in which she hopes Tamerlane (Jeff Chandler) will win–riding his black stallion to victory. 1 User Review
| User Review |
| | Very Good as stated | Anonymous 02/13/2007 | | |
|
| | |
Francis in the Haunted House 1956 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Virginia Welles, James Flavin, Paul Cavanagh, Mary Ellen Kay, David Janssen, Ralph Dumke, Richard Gaines, Richard Deacon, Paul Frees
In this final Francis film, Mickey Rooney replaces Donald O'Connor and Paul Frees replaces Chill Wills as the voice of Francis the talking mule. It is also the weakest film of the series as the man and his mule get involved in haunted house goings-on.
| | |
Hit the Ice 1943 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Ginny Simms, Patric Knowles, Sheldon Leonard, Marc Lawrence, Joe Sawyer, Wade Boteler, Joseph Crehan, Elyse Knox
New York newsmen Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott) and Weejie McCoy (Lou Costello) happen upon a bank hold-up while visiting Sun Valley, Idaho.
| | |
I Was a Shoplifter 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King, Tony Curtis, Charles Drake, Gregg Martell, Larry Keating, Robert Gist, Rock Hudson, Nana Bryant
Undercover cop Jeff Andrews (Scott Brady) infiltrates a shoplifting ring and saves Faye Burton (Mona Freeman) who has been blackmailed into joining the criminal organization.
| | |
International Crime 1938 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Rod La Rocque, Astrid Allwyn, Thomas E. Jackson, Oscar O'Shea, Wilhelm von Brincken, William Pawley, Walter Bonn, Peter Potter, Lou Hearn, Tenen Holtz, John St. Polis, Jack Baxley
Based on the popular radio show, "The Shadow"–but without the ability to "cloud men's minds"–this film follows Lamont Cranston (Rod La Rocque), a radio and newspaper reporter, as he solves the murder of a banker.
| | |
The Kettles in the Ozarks 1956 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Arthur Hunnicutt, Una Merkel, Ted de Corsia, Richard Eyer, Dave O'Brien, Joe Sawyer, Roscoe Ates, Richard Deacon, Sid Tomack
Percy Kilbride was not available to play Pa Kettle in this film, so the storyline shifts to Uncle Sedge Kettle (Arthur Hunnicutt) who Ma Kettle tries to reform from his moonshining ways when she and the kids go to visit his back-country haunts.
| | |
The Lady in Scarlet 1935  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Reginald Denny, Patricia Farr, Claudia Dell, James Bush, Dorothy Revier, John St. Polis, Jameson Thomas, Al(2) Thompson, Jack Adair, John T. Murray, Lew Kelly
Lawyer Oliver Keith (Reginald Denny) and his girlfriend/ secretary Ella Carey (Patricia Farr) team up to solve a pair of murders. Slow.
| | |
Lay That Rifle Down 1955 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jil Jarmyn, Jacqueline deWit, Richard Deacon, Robert Burton, James Bell, Leon Tyler, Pierre Watkin, William Fawcett, Marjorie Bennett, Edmund Cobb
Overworked Judy (Judy Canova) is also paid little for her tasks at her aunt's hotel. So, she decides to enroll in a charm school, which turns out to be a scam, and that leads to more troubles–and fun for the viewer.
| | |
The Little Red Schoolhouse 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Schoolboy Penitentiary
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Frank Coghlan Jr., Dickie Moore, Ann Doran, Lloyd Hughes, Richard Carle, Ralf Harolde, Frank Sheridan, Matthew Betz, Kenneth Howell, Sidney Miller, Lafe McKee, Don Brodie
Orphaned 17-year-old Frankie (Frank Coghlan Jr.) runs away from his hometown and heads for New York City where he gets in trouble with a gang and ends up in reform school. Teachers get him back on the right track, and Frankie returns home in time to save his brother, Dickie (Dickie Moore), from making the same mistake.
| | |
Love, Honor and Oh Baby! 1940 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams, Wallace Ford, Marc Lawrence, Warren Hymer, Mona Barrie, Hobart Cavanaugh, Irving Bacon, Frank Puglia, Thomas E. Jackson, Eddy Waller, Matt McHugh, Robert Frazer, David Oliver, Vinton Haworth
After the break-up with his girlfriend, a desolate Brian (Donald Woods) decides to help his sister by hiring a hit man to kill him and allow his sister to collect on his insurance. Then, Brian falls in love with another woman, and now must race against time to figure out who the hit man is and to cancel the contract.
| | |
Ma and Pa Kettle 1949 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Audrey Young, Esther Dale, Barry Kelley, Harry Antrim, Ida Moore, Emory Parnell
In this first entry of what would become a series about the Kettles and their 15 kids, the down-on-their-luck family sees a change in fortune when they win a new home after naming the new slogan for a tobacco company.
| | |
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home 1954 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray, Alice Kelley, Mary Wickes, Brett Halsey, Irving Bacon, Emory Parnell, Oliver Blake, Virginia Brissac
Elwin Kettle (Brett Halsey) enters an essay contest to win money for his college education. As a finalist, he must play host to the contest's judges, and Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa (Percy Kilbride) try to get the farm cleaned up for the visit.
| | |
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town 1950 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Jim Backus, Ray Collins, Barbara Brown, Esther Dale, Ellen Corby, Oliver Blake
Pa Kettle (Percy Kilbride) wins a contest, and the prize includes a trip to New York City. Once there, Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa meet up with some gangsters, but the bad guys are no match for the Kettles.
| | |
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation 1953 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Ray Collins, Bodil Miller, Sig Ruman, Rita Moreno, Barbara Brown, Oliver Blake, Teddy Hart, Ivan Triesault
Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) visit France and end up in the middle of an espionage plot.
| | |
Shadows Over Shanghai 1938 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: James Dunn, Ralph Morgan, Lynda Grey, Robert Barrat, Paul Sutton, Edward Woods, Edwin Mordant, Chester Gan, Victor(2) Wong, Edward Keane, Billy Bevan, William Haade
American newspaperman Johnny McGinty (James Dunn) falls in love with a Russian teacher, Irene (Lynda Grey), who works at a mission in Shanghai. After Irene's brother (Edward Woods) gives her a valuable amulet that she must take from Shanghai to San Francisco and ensure that it does not get into the wrong hands, Johnny marries Irene hoping to aid in the effort to get the amulet out of the country. They board a ship for the voyage, but they are not alone; those who want the amulet are hot on its trail.
| | |
A Shot in the Dark 1935 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Charles Starrett, Robert Warwick, Edward Van Sloan, Marion Shilling, Doris Lloyd, Helen Jerome Eddy, James Bush, Julian Madison, Ralph Brooks, Eddie Tamblyn, Robert McKenzie, Jane Keckley, Herbert Bunston, John Davidson
After college student Byron Coates is found murdered, Byron's roommate Ken Harris (Charles Starrett) and his father Joseph Harris (Robert Warwick) set out to investigate. When another student is murdered, suspicions begin to zero in on Professor Bostwick (Edward Van Sloan), but there is more murder in the future before the case is solved.
| | |
Wallaby Jim of the Islands 1937 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Adventure / Musical / Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: George Houston, Ruth Coleman, Douglas Walton, Wilhelm von Brincken, Mamo Clark, Juan Torena, Syd Saylor, Colin(2) Campbell, Warner Richmond, Nick Thompson, Wilson Benge, Ian Keith, Edward Gargan, Kenneth Harlan, Chris-Pin Martin
Wallaby Jim (George Houston) has problems involving associate Norman Brooks' (Douglas Walton) gambling problem, and danger also looms for Jim and his crew on a pearl fishing expedition as they sail the South Pacific. Jim's rival, Adolph Richter (Wilhelm von Brincken), jumps Jim's claim because of Norman's gambling, which has put the operation in jeopardy and, in true pirate fashion, tries to take control of the pearls.
| | |
| 1. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
2. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
3. Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
4. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
5. Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
6. Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
7. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
8. August Weekend (1936)
aka: Weekend Madness
9. Bagdad (1949)
10. Cipher Bureau (1938)
11. Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
12. Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
13. The Dark Hour (1936)
14. False Pretenses (1935)
15. Flame of Araby (1951)
16. Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
17. Hit the Ice (1943)
18. I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
19. International Crime (1938)
20. The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
21. The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
22. Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
23. The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
aka: Schoolboy Penitentiary
24. Love, Honor and Oh Baby! (1940)
25. Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
aka: The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
26. Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
27. Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
28. Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
29. Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
30. A Shot in the Dark (1935)
31. Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
In The News
|
