Black Angel 1946   N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling, Wallace Ford, Hobart Cavanaugh, Freddie Steele, John Phillips, Ben Bard, Junius Matthews, Marion Martin
Although innocent, Kirk Bennett (John Phillips) is sentenced to death for the murder of Martin Blair's (Dan Duryea) ex-wife (Constance Dowling). Kirk's wife, Catherine (June Vincent), teams up with Martin to prove Kirk's innocence.
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Boston Blackie and the Law 1946 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Warren Ashe, Selmer Jackson, Ted Hecht, Eddie Dunn, Eddie Fetherston, Brian O'Hara, Pat O'Malley, Edward Keane
In this remake of "Alias Boston Blackie" (1942), Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) is involved in a magic act at a women's prison where inmate Dinah Moran (Constance Dowling) uses the act to disappear. Blackie learns that Dinah's ex-husband Lampau (Warren Ashe) is a magician who has changed his name to John Jani, is performing near by, and is planning to marry his assistant Irene (Trudy Marshall). Blackie warns Lampau that Dinah has escaped, hides him, and then masquerades as Lampau. But Lampau is murdered, and Blackie is arrested for the crime. Blackie escapes from prison and uses magic to trick the murderess into admitting that she killed Lampau.
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Knickerbocker Holiday 1944  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Harry Joe Brown
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn, Constance Dowling, Shelley Winters, Ernest Cossart, Percy Kilbride, Otto Kruger, Chester Conklin, Fritz Feld
Relief from the pressures of politicians is what singing newspaper publisher Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy) wants in this period film that features Charles Coburn as Peter Stuyvesant. The classic song, "September Song" was introduced in this musical.
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Up in Arms 1944  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Danny Kaye, Dinah Shore, Dana Andrews, Constance Dowling, Louis Calhern, Elisha Cook Jr., Lyle Talbot, Walter Catlett, George Meeker, Margaret Dumont
In Danny Kaye's first feature film, he recreates Eddie Cantor's role from "Whoopee!" as a hypochondriac involved in many escapades following his Army induction.
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The Well-Groomed Bride 1946 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts, James Gleason, Constance Dowling, Percy Kilbride, Jean Heather, Tom Fadden, Don Beddoe, William Forrest
Lieutenant Dudley Briggs (Ray Milland) tries to get the only bottle of French champagne in San Francisco to use in the christening of an aircraft carrier. His quest leads to Margie Dawson (Olivia de Havilland) who is saving the champagne for her wedding to Lieutenant Torchy McNeil (Sonny Tufts).
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| 1. Black Angel (1946)
2. Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
3. Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
4. Up in Arms (1944)
5. The Well-Groomed Bride (1946)
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