Appointment in Berlin 1943  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: George Sanders, Marguerite Chapman, Onslow Stevens, Gale Sondergaard, Alan Napier, H.P. Sanders, Donald Douglas, Jack Lee, Alec Craig, Steven Geray
Keith Wilson (George Sanders) performs heroic acts as a British Secret Service spy when he broadcasts from Germany and sends war information to London via secret code.
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Calling Philo Vance 1940  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Clemens
Cast: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill, Edward Brophy, Ralph Forbes, Donald Douglas, Martin Kosleck, Sheila Bromley, Jimmy Conlin, Edward Requello, Creighton Hale, Harry Strang
This updated remake of the successful "The Kennel Murder Case" brought this series of Philo Vance films to an end, with a new Vance (James Stephenson). Another, shorter series would follow in 1947. A designer of warplane equipment is murdered and Vance, who is now a government investigator, is on the trail of the killer.
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Charlie Chan in Panama 1940 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Adventure / Drama / Comedy
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Kane Richmond, Lionel Atwill, Mary Nash, Victor Sen Yung, Chris-Pin Martin, Jack La Rue, Frank Puglia, Eddie Acuff, Lionel Royce, Helen Ericson, Edwin Stanley, Donald Douglas, Addison Richards
During World War II, a plot is in-the-making to blow up the Panama Canal, and the United States government hires Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) to solve the case. Helping Charlie is his Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung), and after they land in Panama City they are confronted by the problem of a number of people who could be an elusive Axis spy known as Rymer who is behind the plot to destroy the canal. Will Charlie and Jimmy be able to identify Rymer, solve the case, and save the canal?
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Cheers for Miss Bishop 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Martha Scott, Edmund Gwenn, William Gargan, Sterling Holloway, Sidney Blackmer, Dorothy Peterson, Mary Anderson, Donald Douglas, Marsha Hunt, John Archer, Rosemary DeCamp, John Arledge, Jack Mulhall
Although she has missed chances for true love, Ella Bishop (Martha Scott) has devoted her life to her profession as a teacher in the Midwest and has inspired many of her students. Now, after 50 years of teaching, her successful students return to honor Miss Bishop.
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Dead Men Tell 1941 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Sidney Toler, Robert Weldon, Sheila Ryan, Victor Sen Yung, George Reeves, Donald Douglas, Kay Aldridge, Ethel Griffies, Truman Bradley, Paul McGrath, Lenita Lane, Milton Parsons, Pat Flaherty, Lee Phelps, Tim Ryan
Elderly, eccentric Miss Nodbury (Ethel Griffies) suffers a heart attack and dies while preparing to set out on a hunt for the $60 million family fortune that was inherited from her ancestor, pirate Black Hook. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) and #2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) investigate and learn that Miss Nodbury was frightened to death by a "ghost" that she believed was Black Hook. In fact, the killer was dressed up as Black Hook, and now Charlie must identify the culprit.
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 Gilda 1946  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, Gerald Mohr, Mark Roberts, Ludwig Donath, Donald Douglas
Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) manages a casino in South America and falls in love with Gilda (Rita Hayworth). Among Johnny's problems are that Gilda is married to his boss (George Macready) and the casino is really a front for the Nazis. Rita Hayworth performed her rendition of "Put the Blame on Mame" and was catapulted to stardom.
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The Great Gabbo 1929  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cruze
Cast: Erich von Stroheim, Betty Compson, Donald Douglas, Marjorie Kane, Harry Ross
Ventriloquist "The Great Gabbo" (Erich von Stroheim), slowly going mad, finds that his dummy is his only avenue for expression. He even drives his assistant (Betty Compson) away through verbal abuse, though she loves Gabbo. Now Gabbo is driven even further toward the edge of total destruction. Stroheim's first talkie.
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I Love You Again 1940 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, Donald Douglas, Nella Walker, Pierre Watkin, Paul Stanton, Morgan Wallace, Charles Arnt
An amnesiac (William Powell) is dull and boring, but then he receives a bump on the head and regains his old personality–and the love of his wife (Myrna Loy). Very funny–even today.
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The More the Merrier 1943 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines, Bruce Bennett, Frank Sully, Clyde Fillmore, Stanley Clements, Donald Douglas, Ann Savage
During World War II when there was a housing shortage in Washington D.C., Connie (Jean Arthur) shares an apartment with Mr. Dingle (Charles Coburn) who, in turn, sublets to an army sergeant, Joe (Joel McCrea). The dialogue is funny, and the movie is entertaining. Charles Coburn took home the Oscar for his supporting role in this film. There were five other nominations, including Best Picture, Actress, and Director.
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Murder, My Sweet 1944  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Farewell My Lovely
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Dick Powell, Anne Shirley, Mike Mazurki, Claire Trevor, Otto Kruger, Miles Mander, Douglas Walton, Donald Douglas, Ralf Harolde, Esther Howard
This remake of 1942's "The Falcon Takes Over" is the film adaptation of Raymond Chandler's book, "Farewell My Lovely," in which Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) is on the trail of a missing woman. Remade in 1975 as "Farewell, My Lovely."
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A Royal Scandal 1945 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Otto Preminger, Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, Anne Baxter, Charles Coburn, William Eythe, Vincent Price, Mischa Auer, Sig Ruman, Vladimir Sokoloff, Mikhail Rasumny, Grady Sutton, Eva Gabor, Egon Brecher, Donald Douglas, Michael Visaroff, Wilton Graff
Russia's Czarina, Catherine the Great (Tallulah Bankhead), is threatened with an overthrow, but her sexual appetite pays off as her lover, Alexi (William Eythe), comes to her aid and outfoxes the rebels.
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Smashing the Money Ring 1939 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson, Eddie Foy Jr., Joe Downing, Charles D. Brown, Elliott Sullivan, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson, Donald Douglas, Joe King
This is the third in a series of Secret Service stories starring Ronald Reagan as Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft. This time around "Brass" leads his agents in an attempt to stop illegal action at sea.
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Tarzan and the Amazons 1945 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Henry Stephenson, Maria Ouspenskaya, Barton MacLane, Donald Douglas, J.M. Kerrigan, Steven Geray, Shirley(2) O'Hara
An Amazon queen (Maria Ouspenskaya) and her tribe are endangered by traders and an archaeologist, but Tarzan comes to her aid.
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Tokyo Rose 1946 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Byron Barr, Osa Massen, Keye Luke, Leslie Fong, Grace Lem, Donald Douglas, Blake Edwards, Richard Loo, Lotus Long, H.T. Tsiang
While selling propaganda as a radio commentator for the Axis powers during World War II, Tokyo Rose becomes the object of a kidnapping plot.
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Tomorrow's Children 1934  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Unborn
Director: Crane Wilbur
Cast: Diane Sinclair, Donald Douglas, Carlyle Moore Jr., Sterling Holloway, Arthur Wanzer, Sarah Padden, John Preston, W. Messenger Bellis, Crane Wilbur, Hyram A. Hoover
A family is given an ultimatum: undergo sterilization or lose the welfare checks due to a family history of insanity and drunkenness, and ma and pa (Sarah Padden and Arthur Wanzer) agree. This ultimatum includes their eldest daughter, Alice (Diane Sinclair), who plans to marry Jim (Carlyle Moore Jr.). Can Dr. Brooks (Donald Douglas) save Alice? Heavy stuff, and a real curio.
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| 1. Appointment in Berlin (1943)
2. Calling Philo Vance (1940)
3. Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
4. Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
5. Dead Men Tell (1941)
6. Gilda (1946)
7. The Great Gabbo (1929)
8. I Love You Again (1940)
9. The More the Merrier (1943)
10. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
aka: Farewell My Lovely
11. A Royal Scandal (1945)
12. Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
13. Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
14. Tokyo Rose (1946)
15. Tomorrow's Children (1934)
aka: The Unborn
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