April in Paris 1952   N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Ray Bolger, Claude Dauphin, Eve Miller, Paul Harvey, George Givot, Herbert Farjeon, Raymond Largay, John Alvin, Wilson Millar, Jack Lomas, Eugene Borden, Don Brodie, Nestor Paiva, Donald Kerr
The title song is a big highlight of this film about chorus girl Dynamite Jackson (Doris Day) who finds romance with businessman S. Winthrop Putnam (Ray Bolger) while sailing to Europe to attend a Parisian Arts Festival. It turns out that Winthrop is already married to Marcia (Eve Miller), but when it is discovered that the marriage is illegal, the path is cleared for Winthrop and Dynamite to live happily ever after.
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The Basketball Fix 1951  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: John Ireland, Marshall Thompson, Vanessa Brown, William Bishop, Hazel Brooks, Johnny Sands, Bobby Hyatt, Walter Sande, Ted Pierson, Johnny Phillips, Lester Sharpe, Donald Kerr
After high-school basketball star Johnny Long (Marshall Thompson) becomes involved in point shaving, sportswriter Pete Ferreday (John Ireland) tries to intervene in an attempt to draw Johnny away from the mob's influence.
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Born to Fight 1938  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Hutchinson
Cast: Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Jack La Rue, Frances Grant, Sheila Bromley, Monte Collins, Eddie Phillips, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Philo McCullough, Hal Price, Donald Kerr, Gino Corrado
Boxing trainer Tom "Bomber" Brown (Kane Richmond) goes on the lam after accidentally injuring a crooked gambler, Smoothy (Jack La Rue). While traveling incognito, Brown finds up-and-coming fighter "Baby Face" Madison (Frankie Darro) who he trains for the Championship title.
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Cat People 1942  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Horror / Thriller
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, Elizabeth Russell, Alec Craig, Bud Geary, Eddie Dew, Murdock MacQuarrie, Donald Kerr, Theresa Harris
Following their wedding, Oliver Reed (Kent Smith) learns that his wife Irena (Simone Simon) believes that she is a Cat Woman as a member of an ancient Serbian tribe and has a genetic tendency to turn into a panther when emotionally aroused. Oliver tries to help Irena by getting her psychiatric help from Dr. Louis Judd (Tom Conway), but Oliver runs into major problems. The marriage is failing, and Oliver becomes romantically interested in coworker Alice Moore (Jane Randolph). Now, a jealous Irena's stalking of Alice turns into a night of terror in a swimming pool.
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 The Contender 1944 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Arline Judge, Julie Gibson, Donald Mayo, Glenn Strange, Milton Kibbee, Roland Drew, Sam Flint, George Turner, Jimmy Aubrey, Jack Ingram, Donald Kerr
As the means of getting his hands on money needed to send his son, Mickey (Donald Mayo), to an elite military academy, widower Gary Farrell (Buster Crabbe) enters a boxing tournament. But, he fails–thanks to alcohol addiction and a gold-digging girl. Gary's friends step in to help, and he learns that Mickey did not want to go to that military school after all.
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Deadly Ray from Mars 1966 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Flash Gordon: Mars Attacks the World
Director: Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Donald Kerr, Beatrice Roberts, Richard Alexander, C. Montague Shaw, Warner Richmond, Kenne Duncan, Wheeler Oakman, Jack Mulhall, Lane Chandler, Anthony Warde, Ben Lewis
This is a feature-length version of 1938's 15-episode serial "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" and was released in 1966. A deadly ray is sucking up Earth's nitrogen, so Flash (Buster Crabbe) and his crew must save the day. They find that Flash's enemy Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) is behind it, working from Mars. Then, there's Ming's ally Queen Azara (Beatrice Roberts), who has the power to turn people into clay.
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The Devil Bat 1940 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama / Sci-Fi
aka: Killer Bats
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien, Guy Usher, Yolande Donlan, Donald Kerr, Edmund Mortimer, Gene O'Donnell, Alan Baldwin, John Ellis, Hal Price, Arthur Q. Bryan, John Davidson, Wally Rairden
Deranged scientist Dr. Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) sets out to destroy the cosmetics firm where he is employed. (They don't pay him enough!) His "bats" kill people who wear a certain cologne. There is a sequel: "Devil Bat's Daughter."
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 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars 1938 N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Beatrice Roberts, Donald Kerr, Richard Alexander, C. Montague Shaw, Warner Richmond, Kenne Duncan, Wheeler Oakman, Jack Mulhall, Lane Chandler, Anthony Warde, Ben Lewis
The gang from the original 1936 "Flash Gordon" is back in this 15-episode serial that is still fun to watch. A deadly ray is sucking up Earth's nitrogen, so Flash (Buster Crabbe) and his crew must save the day. They find that Flash's enemy Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) is behind it, working from Mars. Then, there's Ming's ally Queen Azara (Beatrice Roberts) who has the power to turn people into clay. A full-length feature was made from the serial, known as "Deadly Ray from Mars."
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Gang Bullets 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Crooked Way
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Anne Nagel, Robert Kent, Charles Trowbridge, Morgan Wallace, J. Farrell MacDonald, John T. Murray, Arthur Loft, John Merton, Donald Kerr, Carleton Young, Benny Bartlett
As a last resort to gain enough evidence to put racketeer Big Bill Anderson (Morgan Wallace) in jail, Asst. Dist. Atty. John Carter (Robert Kent) pretends to be crooked and joins the racketeering gang. In the meantime, John's girlfriend Patricia (Anne Nagel), who does not know about the subterfuge, questions her choice in men.
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Lullaby of Broadway 1951 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Billy De Wolfe, Gladys George, Florence Bates, Anne Triola, Hanley Stafford, Donald Kerr, Bess Flowers
Melinda Howard (Doris Day) is a musical star in London who visits her mother, Jessica Howard (Gladys George), in the United States where she realizes that life has not been very good for Jessica lately.
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The Man Who Walked Alone 1945  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Dave O'Brien, Kay Aldridge, Walter Catlett, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Isabel Randolph, Smith Ballew, Nancy June Robinson, Ruth Lee, Chester Clute, Vivien Oakland, Vicki Saunders, Charles Williams, Frank Melton, Donald Kerr
While thumbing a ride, decorated war veteran Cpl. Marion Scott (Dave O'Brien) is given a ride by wealthy heiress Wilhelmina "Willy" Hammond (Kay Aldridge). They are immediately attracted to each other, but there is a problem: the car she is driving was stolen from her fiance, Alvin Bailey (Smith Ballew). Unwittingly, Marion enters the web of Willy's lies that will send them to jail–more than once!
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Murder in the Museum 1934 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
aka: Five Deadly Vices
Director: Melville Shyer
Cast: Henry B. Walthall, John Harron, Phyllis Barrington, Joseph W. Girard, John Elliott, Donald Kerr, Symona Boniface, Sam Flint, Clinton Lyle, Steve Clemente, Lynton Brent, Si Jenks
When one of the leaders of a reform group that wants to shutdown a sleazy freak show is murdered, reporter Jerry (John Harron) leads the search for the killer. Cheap, and an example of the difficulties that some silent film stars (e.g., Henry B. Walthall) had in adapting to talkies.
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Riot Squad 1941 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Finney
Cast: Richard Cromwell, Rita Quigley, John Miljan, Mary Ruth, Herbert Rawlinson, Mary Gordon, Donald Kerr, Jack C. Smith, Richard Clarke, Noel Cravat, Arthur Space, Forrest Taylor
Dr. Tom Brandon (Richard Cromwell) goes undercover for the police and infiltrates a criminal gang to bring its members to justice. But his fiancee (Rita Quigley), unaware of the reasons behind Tom's actions, breaks off her relationship with him.
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Tunnel of Love 1958 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala, Elisabeth Fraser, Doodles Weaver, Elizabeth Wilson, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Williams, Vikki Dougan, Esquire Trio, Sid Melton, Cosmo Sardo, Donald Kerr, Howard Negley
There are really funny things that happen during the adoption process, and a married couple, Isolde and Augie Poole (Doris Day and Richard Widmark), encounter more than their share when they register with the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency. When the agency sends out Estelle Novick (Gia Scala) to interview Isolde and Augie, their neighbor Dick (Gig Young) hits on her, and Estelle decides that Augie is not a good candidate for fatherhood. Augie decides to change Estelle's mind by taking her out to dinner. Matters get out of hand, and Augie wakes up in a motel room with a hangover. Nine months later, the agency tells Augie and Isolde that they have a baby for them. The baby bears a striking resemblance to Augie. Is there more to this than meets the eye?
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| 1. April in Paris (1952)
2. The Basketball Fix (1951)
3. Born to Fight (1938)
4. Cat People (1942)
5. The Contender (1944)
6. Deadly Ray from Mars (1966)
aka: Flash Gordon: Mars Attacks the World
7. The Devil Bat (1940)
aka: Killer Bats
8. Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
9. Gang Bullets (1938)
aka: The Crooked Way
10. Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
11. The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
12. Murder in the Museum (1934)
aka: Five Deadly Vices
13. Riot Squad (1941)
14. Tunnel of Love (1958)
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