Ace Drummond 1936  N/R, 255 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Ford Beebe, Clifford Smith
Cast: John "Dusty" King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr., Guy Bates Post, Lon Chaney Jr., Jackie Morrow, Selmer Jackson, Robert Warwick, Arthur Loft, C. Montague Shaw, Frederick Vogeding, Al Bridge, James B. Leong, James Eagles, Chester Gan
Based on events in the life of World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker (who also created the comic strip character of Ace Drummond), Ace (John "Dusty" King) is a flying G-man who is sent to Mongolia to uncover the identity of a villain known as "The Dragon." While there, he meets Peggy (Jean Rogers) who is searching for her missing father. It takes 13 episodes, but together they take care of both problems.
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Carson City Kid 1940  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Bob Steele, Noah Beery Jr., Pauline Moore, Francis McDonald, Hal Price, Arthur Loft, Ted Mapes, Chester Gan
The Carson City Kid (Roy Rogers) is on the trail of the man who killed his brother, and the search leads him to a town where the killer runs a saloon.
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Drift Fence 1936 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Desperadoes
Director: Otho Lovering
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Tom Keene, Katherine DeMille, Benny Baker, Leif Erickson, Stanley Andrews, Richard Carle, Irving Bacon, Jan Duggan, Effie Ellsler, Walter Long, Chester Gan, Richard Alexander, Budd Fine
Jim Traft (Benny Baker) meets Jim Travis (Tom Keene) at a rodeo and tells Travis of his troubles with cattle rustlers. Travis, who is actually a Texas Ranger, suggests that he impersonate Traft in building a fence to keep the rustlers out. But Travis must not only fight the rustlers, but he needs to convince neighbor Slinger Dunn (Buster Crabbe) that the fence must be built. Travis wins not only the battle of the rustlers but also wins the love of Slinger's sister, Molly (Katherine DeMille).
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Man Made Monster 1941 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: Atomic Monster
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson, Samuel S. Hinds, William B. Davidson, Ben Taggart, Constance Bergen, Ivan Miller, George Meader, Frank O'Connor, Byron Foulger, Russell Hicks, John Dilson, Chester Gan
Lon Chaney Jr. plays "Dynamo" Dan McCormick who is a carnival side-show performer using his immunity from absorbing large volts of electricity as his act. After riding on a bus that crashes into an electric pole, Dan is the sole survivor. Dan recuperates at the home of mad scientist Dr. Paul Rigas (Lionel Atwill) where Rigas uses him for experiments and turns Dan into a "man made monster" controlled by Rigas. When Rigas' colleague Dr. John Lawrence (Samuel S. Hinds) wants him to stop the experiment, Rigas orders Dan to kill him. The deed is done, but Dan is arrested and sentenced to the electric chair where he absorbs the electricity and again becomes a superhuman–now ready to seek revenge.
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Mystery of Mr. Wong 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Lotus Long, Holmes Herbert, Morgan Wallace, Craig Reynolds, Ivan Lebedeff, Chester Gan, Hooper Atchley, Bruce Wong, Jack Kennedy, Joe Devlin, Lee Tung Foo, Wilbur Mack
Gem collector Brendan Edwards (Morgan Wallace) possesses the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," which is the largest star sapphire in the world. The gem has been stolen from China, and Edwards has received a death threat. He calls in Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) for help, and, during a game of charades, Edwards is shot dead, and the star sapphire disappears. Mr. Wong and Inspector Sam Street (Grant Withers) sort out the evidence, expose the killer, and Mr. Wong returns the gem to China.
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Rawhide Rangers 1941  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Kathryn Adams, Nell O'Day, Riley Hill, Harry Cording, Al Bridge, Frank Shannon, Ed Cassidy, Bob Cortman, Chester Gan, Jim Farley
A gang is successful in extorting money from the local ranchers until Brand's (Johnny Mack Brown) brother is killed by gang members. Brand quits the Texas Rangers and becomes an outlaw himself, gaining enough success to be noticed by the gang. Yes, he is actually undercover and brings the bad guys to justice.
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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.
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Victory 1940  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Fredric March, Cedric Hardwicke, Betty Field, Jerome Cowan, Sig Ruman, Margaret Wycherly, Fritz Feld, Rafaela Ottiano, Lionel Royce, Chester Gan
A loner, Hendrik Heyst (Fredric March), finds his life on a small island is disrupted by the intrusion of unexpected "guests" in this film version of a Joseph Conrad tale.
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| 1. Ace Drummond (1936)
2. Carson City Kid (1940)
3. Drift Fence (1936)
aka: Texas Desperadoes
4. Man Made Monster (1941)
aka: Atomic Monster
5. Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
6. Rawhide Rangers (1941)
7. Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
8. Victory (1940)
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