Adventures in Iraq 1943  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: John Loder, Ruth Ford, Warren Douglas, Paul Cavanagh, Barry Bernard, Peggy Carson, Bill Crago, Martin Garralaga, Manuel Lopez, Dick Botiller, Eugene Borden, Bill Edwards
In this remake of 1930's "The Green Goddess," Doug's (Warren Douglas) plane is forced down in a desert storm. He and his two passengers are taken hostage by a sheik who intends to trade the trio for his brothers who are held by the British.
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Border Caballero 1936  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Tim McCoy, Lois January, Ralph Byrd, Ted Adams, J. Frank Glendon, Earl Hodgins, John Merton, Slim Whitaker, Jack Rockwell, Tex Phelps, Horace B. Carpenter, Steve Clark, Dick Botiller, Henry Hall, Si Jenks
Justice Department agent Tex Weaver (Ralph Byrd) is working undercover at Doc Shaw's (Earle Hodgins) medicine show in an effort to find evidence on bank robber Buff Brayden (Ted Adams). Tex gets assistance from an old friend and ex-agent Tim Ross (Tim McCoy) and saloon girl Goldie Harris (Lois January). When Tex is murdered, Tim takes over the investigation and gets evidence to convict Braden as well as the head of the gang, bank examiner Wiley Taggart (J. Frank Glendon).
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House of Mystery 1934 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Ed Lowry, Verna Hillie, John Sheehan, Brandon Hurst, Joyzelle Joyner, Fritzi Ridgeway, Clay Clement, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Fuller, Irving Bacon, George Cleveland, Dick Botiller
Based on the 1927 play "The Ape," this comedy/mystery is set in the mansion of an adventurer/archeologist who, 20 years previously, had taken priceless jewels from a Hindu temple and killed a sacred ape. Now, an assorted group of investors in that expedition have gathered at his mansion to claim their part of the loot. But the house is cursed by the ape, and, one by one, guests are murdered. Mindless fun and mayhem.
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The Return of Chandu 1934  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Lucien Prival, Clara Kimball Young, Bryant Washburn, Dean Benton, Phyllis Ludwig, Cyril Armbrister, Elias Lazaroff, Dick Botiller
This is another episode in the low-budget exploits of Chandu the Magician as White Magic fights Black Magic. Chandu (Bela Lugosi) sets out to rescue the Egyptian Princess who is on the verge of being sacrificed by the cult of Ubasti. This feature-length film from a 12-episode serial is one of several popular in this time frame–so bad that they are actually fun to watch.
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South of the Border 1939  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Lupita Tovar, Mary Lee, Duncan Renaldo, Selmer Jackson, Frank Reicher, William Farnum, Dick Botiller
With Germany being a big international threat at this time, this movie takes up the theme when Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette head to Mexico to deal with fascist agents who are causing real problems. 1 User Review
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Torrid Zone 1940  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Adventure
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Andy Devine, George Tobias, Helen Vinson, Jerome Cowan, George Reeves, Victor Kilian, Frank Puglia, Grady Sutton, John Ridgely, Paul Porcasi, Frank Yaconelli, Dick Botiller
Central American planter Nick Butler (James Cagney) is a plantation foreman working for Baldwin Fruit Company executive Steve Case (Pat O'Brien). Butler is preparing to head back to Chicago and leave his plantation job behind, but he encounters problems from Case who wants O'Brien to work on another plantation. Butler does agree and goes to the plantation where problems lie ahead in the form of Gloria (Helen Vinson) who is the wife of former foreman Bob Anderson (Jerome Cowan), sexy nightclub singer Lee Donley (Ann Sheridan), and Latino bandits led by Rosario "Rosie" La Mata (George Tobias).
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The Traitor 1936 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Tim McCoy, Frances Grant, Karl Hackett, Jack Rockwell, Pedro Regas, Frank Melton, Dick Curtis, J. Frank Glendon, Hal Taliaferro, Edmund Cobb, Dick Botiller, Soledad Jimenez
Texas Ranger Tim (Tim McCoy) goes undercover in order to catch the leader (J. Frank Glendon) of a gang of smugglers. Tim infiltrates the gang, but, after a battle between the gang and the good guys, Tim is arrested. All is sorted out when his true identity is revealed.
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Wagon Trail 1935  N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger, Edward Norris, Roger Williams, Earl Dwire, Chuck Morrison, John Elliott, Chief Thundercloud, Dick Botiller, Francis Walker, Budd Buster
Sheriff Hartley's (Harry Carey) son, Clay (Edward Norris), is talked into riding with a gang in a stage robbery. When a deputy is killed, Clay is wrongly convicted. Sentenced to be hung at dawn, the now ex-sheriff–due to the conviction of his son–uncovers the real killer.
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West of Nevada 1936 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Rex Bell, Joan Barclay, Al St. John, Steve Clark, Georgia O'Dell, Dick Botiller, Frank McCarroll, Forrest Taylor, Bob Woodward, Horace B. Carpenter
A banker and his hired guns are intent on stealing gold from an Indian reservation, but they must deal with Jim Carden (Rex Bell) who comes to the aid of the Indians.
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| 1. Adventures in Iraq (1943)
2. Border Caballero (1936)
3. House of Mystery (1934)
4. The Return of Chandu (1934)
5. South of the Border (1939)
6. Torrid Zone (1940)
7. The Traitor (1936)
8. Wagon Trail (1935)
9. West of Nevada (1936)
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