Case of the Baby-Sitter 1947 N/R, 40 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer Cast: Tom Neal, Allen Jenkins, Pamela Blake, Virginia Sale, George Meeker, Tom Kennedy, Rebel Randall, Keith Richards, Lona Andre, Crane Whitley, Eddie Kane, Bill Kennedy
Russ Ashton's (Tom Neal) detective agency is hired to provide baby-sitting duties for a duke and duchess (George Meeker and Rebel Randall), and Russ assigns his inept, but funny, assistant, Harvard (Allen Jenkins), to the job. But the duke and duchess are really jewel thieves, and a rival gang wants loot from the last heist, which brings Russ into action. Filmed concurrently with "The Hat Box Mystery" with several of the same stars.
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Enemy of Women 1944 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Drama aka: The Mad Lover
Director: Alfred Zeisler Cast: Claudia Drake, Wolfgang Zilzer, Donald Woods, H.B. Warner, Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Morgan, Gloria Stuart, Robert Barrat, Beryl Wallace, Byron Foulger, Lester Dorr, Crane Whitley
Presumably based on Hitler's propaganda chief, Dr. Goebbels (Wolfgang Zilzer), this wartime propaganda film follows Goebbels from his beginnings as a young playwright and his later womanizing. He had fallen in love with Maria (Claudia Drake) when acting as a tutor and later helped, unknown to her, with her acting career.
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The Flying Deuces 1939 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner, Charles Middleton, Jean Del Val, Crane Whitley, James Finlayson, Richard Cramer, Michael Visaroff, Billy Engle, Sam Lufkin
After Ollie (Oliver Hardy) has been rejected by his lady love Georgette (Jean Parker) because she is already married to Francois (Reginald Gardiner), he and Stan (Stan Laurel) join the Foreign Legion to help Ollie forget his troubles. But, their ineptness leads to them being charged with desertion. They escape in a stolen airplane that crashes.
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Hitler--Beast of Berlin 1939 N/R, 87 min. Genre: Drama aka: Beasts of Berlin Hitler: Beast of Berlin
Director: Sam Newfield Cast: Roland Drew, Steffi Duna, Greta Granstedt, Alan Ladd, Lucien Prival, Vernon Dent, John Ellis, George Rosener, Bodil Rosing, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Willy Kaufman, Hans Joby, Frederick Giermann, Crane Whitley
World War I veteran Hans Memling (Roland Drew) secretly opposes the Nazis and distributes foreign radio broadcasts through Germany. Memling is captured and, with his cohorts, is sent to a concentration camp. He escapes but is determined to help rebuild the anti-Nazi organization. This film was made before the U.S. entered World War II and was banned at first but rereleased later as "Beasts of Berlin."
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O.S.S. 1946 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Irving Pichel Cast: Alan Ladd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles, Richard Benedict, Richard Webb, Don Beddoe, Bobby Driscoll, Onslow Stevens, John Hoyt, Harold Vermilyea, Gloria Saunders, Crane Whitley, Gavin Muir, Joseph Crehan, Egon Brecher
During World War II, Allies are aided by O.S.S. agents (Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald) who are sent to France to destroy the Corbett Mallon railroad tunnel that German invaders are using to ship supplies to the troops. They succeed in their mission and fall in love in the process. But, commitment to duty interferes with their love for each other.
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Outpost in Morocco 1949 N/R, 92 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Florey Cast: George Raft, Marie Windsor, Akim Tamiroff, John Litel, Erno Verebes, Eduard Franz, Crane Whitley, Damian O'Flynn, Michael Ansara, John Doucette
Battle scenes are the highlight in this otherwise weak film. French Legionnaire Capt. Paul Gerard (George Raft) is sent to Morocco to put down a native rebellion and protect the garrison, but he falls in love with the rebel leader's daughter.
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Suddenly, It's Spring 1947 N/R, 87 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen Cast: Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Macdonald Carey, Arleen Whelan, John Kellogg, Frank Faylen, Willie Best, Victoria Horne, Crane Whitley, Isabel Randolph
In the midst of their impending divorce, Peter (Fred MacMurray) and Mary (Paulette Goddard) have second thoughts–leaving selected future mates out in the cold.
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They Raid by Night 1942 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet Cast: Lyle Talbot, June Duprez, Victor Varconi, George N. Neise, Charley Rogers, Paul Baratoff, Leslie Denison, Crane Whitley, Sven Hugo Borg, Eric Wilton, Pierce Lyden, John(2) Beck
British Commando Capt. Robert Owen (Lyle Talbot) leads a mission to Norway where he plans to overpower the Gestapo and use their uniforms when he and his men rescue a Norwegian General (Paul Baratoff) from a Nazi prison camp.
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| 1. Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947)
2. Enemy of Women (1944) aka: The Mad Lover
3. The Flying Deuces (1939)
4. Hitler--Beast of Berlin (1939) aka: Beasts of Berlin aka: Hitler: Beast of Berlin
5. O.S.S. (1946)
6. Outpost in Morocco (1949)
7. Suddenly, It's Spring (1947)
8. They Raid by Night (1942)
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