Delightfully Dangerous 1945 N/R, 92 min. Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin Cast: Jane Powell, Ralph Bellamy, Constance Moore, Arthur Treacher, Louise Beavers, Ruth Tobey, Ruth Robinson, Andre Charlot, Shirley Hunter Williams, Bess Flowers, Earle Hodgins, Morton Gould & Orchestra
A singing career on Broadway is the dream of Sherry Williams (Jane Powell) who goes to NYC to visit her sister, Jo (Constance Moore), who she believes is already a Broadway star. But, when she arrives in the city, Sherry discovers that Jo is not a Broadway star but is, instead, burlesque star "Bubbles Barton." Undaunted, Sherry makes friends with producer Arthur Hale (Ralph Bellamy) to help get Jo a Broadway role–and the fun begins.
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Hit Parade of 1947 1947 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Musical
Director: Frank McDonald Cast: Eddie Albert, Constance Moore, Joan Edwards, Gil Lamb, Bill Goodwin, William Frawley, Roy Rogers, Richard Lane, Frank Fenton, Ralph Sanford
Kip Walker (Eddie Albert) and his fellow performers rise to stardom in a variety of fields of show business.
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I Wanted Wings 1941 N/R, 131 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Ray Milland, William Holden, Wayne Morris, Brian Donlevy, Constance Moore, Veronica Lake, Harry Davenport, Phil Brown, Edward Fielding, Willard Roberts
This film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects and provided the vehicle for Veronica Lake's film debut. The ho-hum plot involves the experiences of three men going through flight training during World War II.
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Prison Break 1938 N/R, 72 min. Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin Cast: Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell, Paul Hurst, Constance Moore, Ward Bond, Edward Pawley, Edmund MacDonald, Guy Usher, Victor Kilian, George Cleveland, Frank Darien, Glenn Strange
Tuna fisherman Joaquin (Barton MacLane) is wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to prison. He is up for early parole after being a model prisoner, but when he finds out that his movements will be limited, and he will not be allowed to marry his fiancee, he breaks out of prison and searches for the real killer.
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Take a Letter, Darling 1942 N/R, 93 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Constance Moore, Macdonald Carey, Robert Benchley, Dooley Wilson, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Arnt, Kathleen Howard, Margaret Seddon
Tom (Fred MacMurray) is hired by Mac (Rosalind Russell), a high-powered business executive, to act as her secretary and help deal with clients' female relatives.
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Wives Under Suspicion 1938 N/R, 75 min. Genre: Drama
Director: James Whale Cast: Warren William, Gail Patrick, Constance Moore, Ralph Morgan, William Lundigan, Cecil Cunningham, Samuel S. Hinds, Jonathan Hale, Lillian Yarbo, Milburn Stone, J. Anthony Hughes, James Flavin, Minerva Urecal, Edwin Stanley
District Attorney Jim Stowell (Warren William) has earned his reputation as a ruthless man who believes that execution should be the only sentence for first-degree murderers. While prosecuting Professor Shaw McAllen (Ralph Morgan) who is accused of murdering his wife, Stowell realizes that events in his own married life with his wife Lucy (Gail Patrick) closely parallel those of McAllen and his murdered wife. Compassion takes over as Stowell reflects on the circumstances and reasons that the death penalty may not always be the correct sentence.
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man 1939 N/R, 76 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall, Edward F. Cline Cast: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Constance Moore, John Arledge, James Bush, Thurston Hall, Edward Brophy, Mary Forbes, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Irving Bacon
Struggling circus owner Larson E. Whipsnade (W.C. Fields) struggles to stay away from legal trouble. This trait provides the backdrop for a very funny story about how one problem can quickly multiply into many more.
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| 1. Delightfully Dangerous (1945)
2. Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
3. I Wanted Wings (1941)
4. Prison Break (1938)
5. Spree (1967)
6. Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
7. Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
8. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
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