$1000 a Touchdown 1939  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye, Eric Blore, Susan Hayward, John Hartley, Joyce Mathews, Syd Saylor, George McKay, Tom Dugan, Matt McHugh, Edward Gargan, Jimmy Conlan, William Haade, Dewey Robinson, Charles Middleton
Two popular comedians of the time, Joe E. Brown and Martha Raye, play a struggling showbiz couple who takes off to run a poor school that she inherits. In order to get money to help the school, it is decided to build up the school's football team. Funny at times.
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The Big Shakedown 1934 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Francis Dillon
Cast: Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Henry O'Neill, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Dewey Robinson, John Wray, Renee Whitney
When a young pharmacist (Charles Farrell) is drawn into the drug kingdom, his wife (Bette Davis) decides she cannot live in his new world.
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Black Gold 1936 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Russell Hopton
Cast: Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Gloria Shea, Berton Churchill, Stanley Fields, Frank Shannon, George Cleveland, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Dewey Robinson, Slim Whitaker, Carleton Young, Horace B. Carpenter
J.C. Anderson (Berton Churchill) sabotages Dan O'Reilly's (Frank Shannon) oil well and kills Dan in the process, leaving Dan's young son Clifford, "Fishtail," (Frankie Darro) as owner of the well. Geologist Hank Langford (LeRoy Mason) comes to Fishtail's aid but, because of his offer, is kidnapped by Anderson. All is not lost; Hank escapes and saves the day.
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Broadway Musketeers 1938  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan, Marie Wilson, John Litel, Janet Chapman, Dick Purcell, Richard Bond, Anthony Averill, Horace McMahon, Dewey Robinson, Dorothy Adams, Jimmy Conlin, Jan Holm
In this remake of "Three on a Match," Isabel, Fay, and Connie (Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan, and Marie Wilson) were brought up together in an orphanage. Now, Isabel and Connie reunite when they bail Fay out of jail after her arrest for doing a striptease. They decide to meet every June to celebrate their birthdays. In the meantime, gambling, an extramarital affair, and divorce play roles in their lives, and events lead to the kidnapping of Isabel and her daughter Judy (Janet Chapman). The kidnapping culminates in Isabel jumping out of the window to her death. The police rescue Judy, and at the next reunion Fay and Connie are joined by Judy who takes Isabel's place.
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Buccaneer's Girl 1950 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Cast: Yvonne De Carlo, Philip Friend, Robert Douglas, Elsa Lanchester, Andrea King, Norman Lloyd, Jay C. Flippen, Henry Daniell, Douglass Dumbrille, Verna Felton, John Qualen, Connie Gilchrist, Ben Welden, Dewey Robinson, Peggie Castle
Debbie (Yvonne De Carlo) stows away on a pirate ship and falls in love with the captain, Robert Kingston (Philip Friend). But Debbie wants to marry into wealth, so when they arrive in New Orleans Debbie opts for attending a school for refined young ladies. By story's end, she ends up with Captain Kingston and wealth as well.
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Dark City 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore, Jack Webb, Ed Begley, Harry Morgan, Mark Keuning, Walter Sande, Mike Mazurki, Dewey Robinson, Joe Gray, Byron Foulger
Danny Haley (Charlton Heston) becomes involved in a crooked card game in which he wins. However, the losing player, Arthur (Don DeFore), commits suicide as a result of his loss. When Arthur's older brother, Billy (Mark Keuning), learns of the suicide, he sets out for revenge.
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The Devil's Playground 1946 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Action / Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Elaine Riley, Robert Elliott, Joseph J. Greene, Francis McDonald, Nedrick Young, Earle Hodgins, George Eldredge, Dewey Robinson, Merrill McCormick, Hank Bell, Bob Burns, John George
Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his pals California Carson (Andy Clyde) and Lucky Jenkins (Rand Brooks) come to the rescue of the widowed Mrs. Evans (Elaine Riley). She is looking for a hidden cache of gold, and the evil Judge Morton (Robert Elliott) wants the map leading to the gold. Morton is hoping to throw Mrs. Evans off her property, get the map, and take the gold for himself. Once again, Hoppy saves the day.
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 Dillinger 1945 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Nosseck
Cast: Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli, Elisha Cook Jr., Marc Lawrence, Ralph Lewis, Ludwig Stossel, Dewey Robinson, Selmer Jackson, Elsa Janssen, Constance Worth, William B. Davidson, Victor Kilian, Lou Lubin
Gunned down by police in front of Chicago's Biograph Theater in 1934, John Dillinger had been the FBI's Public Enemy Number One. Lawrence Tierney takes on the Dillinger role, but Edmund Lowe gets the more interesting role of gang chieftan Specs Green in this story tracing Dillinger's criminal career, which extends from petty thefts to bank robberies.
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Dishonored Lady 1947  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan, Paul Cavanagh, Natalie Schafer, Morris Carnovsky, Douglass Dumbrille, Margaret Hamilton, Ian Wolfe, Nicholas Joy, Dewey Robinson
Successful, but mentally unstable, magazine editor Madeleine (Hedy Lamarr) attempts suicide. After her psychiatrist insists she quit her high-pressure job, she moves to Greenwich Village and becomes a painter. She meets David (Dennis O'Keefe), and love blossoms. But she runs across an old boyfriend and, after he is killed, Madeleine is accused of the murder
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The Ghost Ship 1943 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard, Edmund Glover, Skelton Knaggs, Tom Burton, Steve Winston, Lawrence Tierney, Robert Bice, Dewey Robinson, Steve Forrest, Boyd Davis, George DeNormand, Skelton Knaggs
Third Officer Tom Merriam (Russell Wade) tries in vain to warn crewmen that Captain Stone (Richard Dix) is psychotic. When the men ignore him, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse follows that endangers the entire crew.
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The Great McGinty 1940  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, Muriel Angelus, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Allyn Joslyn, Thurston Hall, Harry Rosenthal, Arthur Hoyt, Libby Taylor, Frank Moran, Jimmy Conlin, Dewey Robinson, Esther Howard
Preston Sturges won the Academy Award for Best Writing (original screenplay) for his work on this political satire. The story is about Dan McGinty (William Demarest) who rises to governor of his state and then lets his power slip away because he tries to be honest.
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Hollywood and Vine 1945 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexis Thurn-Taxis
Cast: James Ellison, Wanda McKay, June Clyde, Ralph Morgan, Franklin Pangborn, Leon Belasco, Emmett Lynn, Vera Lewis, Robert Greig, Charles Williams, Ray Whitley, Dewey Robinson
This amusing parody on the film industry is set in a drugstore at Hollywood and Vine where screenwriter Larry Winters (James Ellison) has come to research his next story.
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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: June Haver, Mark Stevens, Martha Stewart, Reginald Gardiner, Lenore Aubert, William Frawley, Gene Nelson, George Cleveland, Truman Bradley, Charles Judels, Harry Cheshire, Robert Emmett Keane, John Arledge, Dewey Robinson, Buddy Clark
In this is a film biography, Mark Stevens takes on the role of early-20th century songwriter Joe Howard (his singing voice was dubbed by Buddy Clark). Romance enters Joe's life, and he marries chorus girl Katie (June Haver). Songs include "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," "What's the Use of Dreaming?", Goodbye My Lady Love," and "Hello My Baby."
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If I'm Lucky 1946 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James, Carmen Miranda, Phil Silvers, Edgar Buchanan, Frank J. Scannell, Charles Tannen, Harry Cheshire, Frank Fenton, Harry Hayden, Edward Keane, Paul Maxey, Dewey Robinson, Charles C. Wilson
In this remake of "Thanks a Million" (1937), Perry Como takes on the Dick Powell role of singer Allan Clark who receives an offer to sing at gubernatorial candidate Magonnagie's (Edgar Buchanan) rally. The campaign backers really want Allan to be the stooge candidate for their corrupt political machine–and, wonder of wonders, Allan wins the election. Songs include "One More Kiss," and "Bet Your Bottom Dollar."
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Killer Dill 1947 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Stuart Erwin, Anne Gwynne, Frank Albertson, Mike Mazurki, Milburn Stone, Dorothy Granger, Anthony Warde, Ben Welden, Dewey Robinson, Stanley Andrews, Julie Gibson
Door-to-door lingerie salesman Johnny Dill (Stuart Erwin) looks exactly like a notorious gangster, and when a rival gangster is killed, Johnny is suspected of the murder and finds himself in big trouble.
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The Lady Confesses 1945 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Mary Beth Hughes, Hugh Beaumont, Edmund MacDonald, Claudia Drake, Emmett Vogan, Edward Howard, Dewey Robinson, Barbara Slater, Carol Andrews, Jack George
About to be divorced, Norma Craig (Barbara Slater) returns after a seven-year disappearance and tells her husband Larry's (Hugh Beaumont) fiancee Vicky (Mary Beth Hughes) that she cannot marry Larry. That same night, Norma is murdered, and Larry is the prime suspect. Vickie sets out on her own to prove Larry's innocence and finds her own life in peril.
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Laughing at Life 1933  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ford Beebe
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Conchita Montenegro, William "Stage" Boyd, Lois Wilson, Henry B. Walthall, Regis Toomey, Ruth Hall, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Dewey Robinson, Ivan Lebedeff, Noah Beery, J. Farrell MacDonald
With the police on his trail, soldier of fortune Dennis P. McHale a.k.a. Captain Dennis Patrick Easter (Victor McLaglen) leaves Panama and travels to South America where he organizes a band of revolutionaries. Later, he meets an engineer, living a life similar to his, who turns out to be his own son.
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 Law and Order 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Cast: Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Raymond Hatton, Russell Hopton, Ralph Ince, Andy Devine, Walter Brennan, Russell Simpson, Harry Woods, Dewey Robinson
When the Clantons threaten the town, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday step into action and clean up the town. Very good.
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The Little Giant 1933 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Helen Vinson, Mary Astor, Kenneth Thomson, Russell Hopton, Shirley Grey, Don Dillaway, Berton Churchill, Selmer Jackson, Dewey Robinson, Louise Mackintosh, Rolfe Sedan, Joan Barclay, Guy Usher, William Worthington
Prohibition has ended, and Chicago gangster Bugs Ahearn (Edward G. Robinson) and chief lieutenant Al Daniels (Russell Hopton) head west to Santa Barbara where Bugs plans to gain respectability. Bugs rents a mansion from Ruth Wayburn (Mary Astor) and hires her as his personal assistant and social secretary. Meanwhile, Bugs falls in love with socialite Polly Cass (Helen Vinson) and asks her to marry him. But, Polly, without Bugs' knowledge, continues her affair with John Staley (Kenneth Thomson), and her family swindles Bugs out of his ill-gotten fortune. When Ruth, who has fallen in love with Bugs, finally tells Bugs about Polly's family's activities, Bugs calls in the mob to help him out.
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Love on the Run 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Reginald Owen, Mona Barrie, Ivan Lebedeff, William Demarest, Donald Meek, Dewey Robinson, Charles Judels
Foreign correspondent Michael Anthony (Clark Gable) gets involved in the world of espionage during his attempt to woo the beautiful heiress Sally Parker (Joan Crawford).
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Missing Girls 1936 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Roger Pryor, Muriel Evans, Sidney Blackmer, Noel Madison, Ann Doran, George Cooper, Dewey Robinson, Wallis Clark, Vera Lewis, Warner Richmond, Lafe McKee, Ben Carter, Frank LaRue
After Dorothy (Muriel Evans) and her friend Ann (Ann Doran) witness gangster Ben Davis (Noel Madison) kill Dorothy's father Senator Benson (Wallis Clark), they are taken hostage. Newspaper reporter Jimmie Dugan (Roger Pryor) disguises himself as a tramp and sets out to rescue the girls from Ma Barton's (Vera Lewis) hideout.
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Murder on the Campus 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: On the Stroke of Nine
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Charles Starrett, Shirley Grey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ruth Hall, Dewey Robinson, Maurice Black, Edward Van Sloan, Harry Bowen, Harrison Greene, Henry Hall
Reporter Bill Bartlett (Charles Starrett) is writing a story of students working their way through college. He meets student/nightclub singer Lillian Vayne (Shirley Grey), and the two hit it off. Upon hearing a gunshot shortly after dropping her off on campus, Bill and Lillian become suspects, and she is arrested. After two more students are killed, Bill investigates on his own and comes up with the real culprit.
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One Way Passage 1932 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Kay Francis, William Powell, Aline MacMahon, Warren Hymer, Frank McHugh, Herbert Mundin, Frederick Burton, Douglas Gerrard, Roscoe Karns, Dewey Robinson
A dying socialite (Kay Francis) finds love in the person of a condemned convict (William Powell) while both are passengers on an ocean liner. Remade in 1940 as "Til We Meet Again."
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The Palm Beach Story 1942  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest, Sig Arno, Jack Norton, Robert Warwick, Torben Meyer, Franklin Pangborn, Roscoe Ates, Dewey Robinson, Arthur Hoyt, Al Bridge, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Gerry (Claudette Colbert) leaves her engineer husband, Tom (Joel McCrea), in New York and heads for Florida where she meets snobby John D. Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee). Tom pursues, and comedy ensues.
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Pardon My Past 1945 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Marguerite Chapman, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest, Rita Johnson, Harry Davenport, Douglass Dumbrille, Dewey Robinson, George Chandler, Hugh Prosser
A naive young man (Fred MacMurray) ends up with the debts and troubles of a playboy who is his double.
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Poppy 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Granville Bates, Catharine Doucet, Lynne Overman, Maude Eburne, Bill Wolfe, Adrian Morris, Rosalind Keith, Wade Boteler, Ralph Remley, Frank Sully, Dewey Robinson, Dell Henderson
Poppy (Rochelle Hudson), the daughter of carnival con-man Professor McGargle (W.C. Fields), falls in love with Mayor Farnsworth's (Granville Bates) son Billy (Richard Cromwell). Meanwhile, McGargle is wooing "Countess" Maggie Tubbs De Puizzi (Catharine Doucet) who is a phony claimant to the valuable Putnam estate. McGargle plots with Attorney E.G. Whiffen (Lynne Overman) to pass Poppy off as the real heir. By story's end, it is learned that Poppy was adopted by McGargle and, in fact, really is the heir to the Putnam estate. Now, Poppy plans to marry Billy and live happily ever after.
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She Done Him Wrong 1933 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Noah Beery, Rafaela Ottiano, Gilbert Roland, Fuzzy Knight, Owen Moore, David Landau, Dewey Robinson, Rochelle Hudson, Tammany Young, Grace La Rue, Robert Homans, Louise Beavers
Lady Lou (Mae West) is a New York City saloonkeeper in this "Gay Nineties" story. Lou tries to seduce Captain Cummings (Cary Grant) who is really an undercover police detective investigating her activities. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Tension 1949 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Gough, Tom D'Andrea, William Conrad, Tito Renaldo, Philip Van Zandt, Dewey Robinson, Tommy Ryan, Jack Daley, Virginia Brissac, Steve Roberts, Hayward Soo Hoo
A pharmacist, Warren Quimby (Richard Basehart), suffers after learning that his wife Claire (Audrey Totter) is having an affair and hatches a plot to kill her lover Barney (Lloyd Gough). Warren takes on a new identity to perform the perfect crime, but someone else kills Barney before Warren gets to him, and now Warren is the prime suspect.
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| 1. $1000 a Touchdown (1939)
2. The Big Shakedown (1934)
3. Black Gold (1936)
4. Broadway Musketeers (1938)
5. Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
6. Dark City (1950)
7. The Devil's Playground (1946)
8. Dillinger (1945)
9. Dishonored Lady (1947)
10. The Ghost Ship (1943)
11. The Great McGinty (1940)
12. Hollywood and Vine (1945)
13. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
14. If I'm Lucky (1946)
15. Killer Dill (1947)
16. The Lady Confesses (1945)
17. Laughing at Life (1933)
18. Law and Order (1932)
19. The Little Giant (1933)
20. Love on the Run (1936)
21. Missing Girls (1936)
22. Murder on the Campus (1933)
aka: On the Stroke of Nine
23. One Way Passage (1932)
24. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
25. Pardon My Past (1945)
26. Poppy (1936)
27. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
28. Tension (1949)
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