The Black Sleep 1956  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Akim Tamiroff, John Carradine, Tor Johnson, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Phyllis Stanley, Claire Carleton
To rescue his wife from her catatonic state, a mad scientist performs human brain transplants in his remote castle. Dull material for this good horror cast.
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Born Yesterday 1950   N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden, Howard St. John, Frank Otto, Larry Oliver, Barbara Brown, Grandon Rhodes, Claire Carleton, Charles Cane, Paul Marion, John Morley, Helen Eby-Rock, William Mays, Smoki Whitfield
Tycoon Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) goes to Washington, D.C., with his girlfriend Billie (Judy Holliday) and, once there, decides she needs lessons to help her learn social graces. Professor Paul Verrall (William Holden) is hired, and, during the course of his teaching, tutor and student fall in love. Holliday won the Oscar for her role as the dizzy blonde. Nominations for Best Picture, Director, Writing, and Costume Design were also received.
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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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Crime Doctor's Diary 1949 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Warner Baxter, Lois Maxwell, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens, Don Beddoe, Whit Bissell, Robert Armstrong, George Meeker, Selmer Jackson, Claire Carleton
This is the last in the series, and it's time had come. This one doesn't measure up to the earlier, more lively, entries. In his last case, Crime Doctor is out to clear his patient of murder and arson charges.
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Crime Doctor's Man Hunt 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Castle
Cast: Warner Baxter, Ellen Drew, William Frawley, Frank Sully, Claire Carleton, Bernard Nedell, Jack Lee, Olin Howland, Francis Pierlot, Myron Healey
Forensic psychologist Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) gets involved in a case of Irene Cotter's (Ellen Drew) murder of two gangsters who had killed her brother.
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Death of a Salesman 1951 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell, Howard Smith, Royal Beal, Don Keefer, Jesse White, Claire Carleton, Elisabeth Fraser
Willie Loman (Fredric March) is Arthur Miller's traveling salesman who realizes his life has been a waste. His solution is suicide; through the use of flashbacks his tragedy is told.
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The Devil's Partner 1958 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Cast: Ed Nelson, Jean Allison, Edgar Buchanan, Spencer Carlisle, Richard Crane, Claire Carleton, Byron Foulger, Joe Hooker, Brian O'Hara, Harry Fleet
An old man makes a pact with the Devil, dies, and then returns as his younger self. Upon his return, bad things start happening in his remote Texas town.
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It's a Great Feeling 1949 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson, Bill Goodwin, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Danny Kaye, Ronald Reagan, Irving Bacon, Claire Carleton, Mel Blanc, Michael Curtiz, David Butler, Frank Cady
This spoof on Hollywood musicals is Doris Day's third movie, and many Warner Bros. stars make cameo appearances. The story begins as Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson (Themselves) are preparing their next film and are unable to find a director, so Carson decides to take the job. Morgan is unhappy with Carson's decision and threatens to bow out–until Carson promises a waitress, Judy Adams (Day), at the Warner Bros. commissary a job as an actress if she will pose as his pregnant wife and convince Morgan that he needs the money. The ploy works, but there is no part for Judy in the film, and a dejected Judy returns to her Wisconsin home to marry her boyfriend. The film ends at the wedding when the newly married couple turns around, and the groom looks just like Errol Flynn (played by himself).
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The Reckless Moment 1949 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, Roy Roberts, Paul E. Burns, Billy Snyder, Claire Carleton, Peter Brocco
Lucia (Joan Bennett) tries to hide evidence of an accidental homicide by her daughter, Bea (Geraldine Brooks); however, she is later blackmailed for her efforts by Martin Donnellly (James Mason) in this gripping suspense film.
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Sorrowful Jones 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, Thomas Gomez, Mary Jane Saunders, Claire Carleton, Houseley Stevenson, Ben Welden, Harry Tyler
This remake of "Little Miss Marker" features Bob Hope playing the role of Sorrowful Jones, the bookie who ends up with a young child as an I.O.U.
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Witness to Murder 1954  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Jesse White, Harry Shannon, Claire Carleton, Lewis Martin, Fred Graham, Harry Tyler, Juanita Moore
After witnessing a murder, Cheryl Draper (Barbara Stanwyck) has problems convincing police Lieutenant Lawrence Mathews (Gary Merrill) that she is not imagining the crime. Her life is in real peril because the murderer, Albert Richter (George Sanders), knows she was an eyewitness.
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| 1. The Black Sleep (1956)
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
2. Born Yesterday (1950)
3. A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
4. Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
5. Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)
6. Death of a Salesman (1951)
7. The Devil's Partner (1958)
8. It's a Great Feeling (1949)
9. The Reckless Moment (1949)
10. Sorrowful Jones (1949)
11. Witness to Murder (1954)
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