A Bride for Henry 1937  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Anne Nagel, Warren Hull, Henry Mollison, Claudia Dell, Betty Ross Clarke, Harrison Greene
After her fiance, Eric (Henry Mollison), stands her up, Sheila (Anne Nagel) rebounds and marries Henry (Warren Hull) who she uses to make Eric jealous. But, Henry has plans of his own and very much wants to make the marriage work.
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Charlie Chan in Black Magic 1944  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy
aka: Black Magic
Meeting at Midnight
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Sidney Toler, Frances Chan, Claudia Dell, Mantan Moreland, Jacqueline deWit, Edward Earle, Joseph Crehan, Helen Beverly, Geraldine Wall, Ralph Peters, Frank Jaquet, Harry Depp, Dick Gordon, Charles Jordan
Charlie Chan's (Sidney Toler) daughter Frances Chan (Frances Chan) attends a seance held by bogus fortunetellers William and Justine Bonner (Dick Gordon and Jacqueline deWit). During the seance, William is killed, and Frances becomes a suspect. The butler Birmingham (Mantan Moreland), who used to be Charlie's chauffeur, calls Charlie to investigate. Charlie arrives at the creepy mansion and, with help from Frances, solves the mystery.
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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.
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Midnight Warning 1932 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: William "Stage" Boyd, Claudia Dell, Huntley Gordon, John Harron, Hooper Atchley, Henry Hall, Lloyd Whitlock, Phillips Smalley, Lloyd Ingraham, Lon Poff
Back in the USA after traveling in the Orient, Enid (Claudia Dell) and her brother checked into a hotel, and a few hours later her brother disappeared. Witnesses claim he vanished into thin air, and now Enid is told there never was a brother and that she is going insane. Detective William Cornish (William "Stage" Boyd) enters the case and uncovers the truth: Enid's brother died of the bubonic plague, and the hotel–not wanting to alarm the guests–is involved in a coverup. This story grew out of rumors involving a hotel guest's death during the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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Yellow Cargo 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Sinful Cargo
Director: Crane Wilbur
Cast: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett, Jack La Rue, Claudia Dell, Henry Strange, John Ivans, Vance Carroll, Lillian Wessner, Crane Wilbur
This story initiated a series of four "G-Man" films starring Conrad Nagel and Eleanor Hunt as FBI agent Alan O'Connor and reporter Bobbie Reynolds. O'Connor works with the Immigration Department to track down a group of smugglers bringing in Oriental aliens while using a movie studio as the cover. Followed in 1937 by "Navy Spy," The Gold Racket," and "Bank Alarm."
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| 1. A Bride for Henry (1937)
2. Charlie Chan in Black Magic (1944)
aka: Black Magic
aka: Meeting at Midnight
3. Ghost Patrol (1936)
4. The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
5. Midnight Warning (1932)
6. Yellow Cargo (1936)
aka: Sinful Cargo
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