Along Came Jones 1945  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy / Romance
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, Dan Duryea, Frank Sully, Lane Chandler, Russell Simpson, Arthur Loft, Don Costello, Walter Sande, Ray Teal, Willard Robertson, Ray Teal, Horace B. Carpenter, Lee Phelps
Melody Jones (Gary Cooper) and his sidekick George Fury (William Demarest) ride into the town of Payneville where Melody is mistaken for highway robber Monte Jarrad (Dan Duryea). A gunman shoots at Melody, but Monte Jarrad's girlfriend Cherry de Longpre (Loretta Young) saves Melody and takes him home to her ranch. Melody falls in love with Cherry, and, as a result, he is chased not only by the law but also by Jarrad.
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Everett Horton, Rita Johnson, James Gleason, John Emery, Donald MacBride, Don Costello, Halliwell Hobbes, Benny Rubin, Lloyd Bridges, Heinie Conklin, Joseph Crehan, Selmer Jackson
Just before his scheduled heavyweight championship fight, prizefighter Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) dies in a plane crash. The celestial Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains) sends Joe's soul back to Earth in the body of Bruce Farnsworth whose wife Julia (Rita Johnson) and her lover Tony (John Emery) have plotted his demise. They do the evil deed, but Joe has taken over Farnsworth's body and leaves the scene. Now, Joe hires his manager Max Corkle (James Gleason) to get him in shape as a prizefighter. Joe meets Betty Logan (Evelyn Keyes) whose father was framed by Farnsworth, falls in love with her, and straightens out Farnsworth's debt to his investors. This inspires Julia and Tony to plot the killing of "Farnsworth" once again. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Actor, Director, and Supporting Actor (Gleason) and won Oscars for Writing (original story and screenplay).
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A Lady Takes a Chance 1943 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western / Romance
aka: The Cowboy and the Girl
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers, Hans Conried, Mary Field, Don Costello, Grady Sutton, Grant Withers, Eddy Waller
Mollie Truesdale (Jean Arthur) is on vacation in the West when she takes in a rodeo, and a handsome cowboy (John Wayne) falls into her lap–and her heart.
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Marshal of Laredo 1945  N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft, Tom London, Sarah Padden, Tom Chatterton, Don Costello, Bud Geary, George Chesebro, Wheaton Chambers
When a lawyer is framed for murder by the bad guys, Red Ryder and youthful sidekick Little Beaver (Bill Elliott and Robert Blake) come to the rescue in the nick of time.
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Mystery Man 1944  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Don Costello, Eleanor Stewart, Francis McDonald, Forrest Taylor, Jack Rockwell, Bob Burns, Pierce Merton
After Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) prevents a bank robbery, the villains steal cattle from his Bar 20 ranch and frame Hoppy as their leader.
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A Night to Remember 1943  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, Will Wright, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Donald MacBride, Lee Patrick, Don Costello, Blanche Yurka
Mystery writer Jeff Troy (Brian Aherne) and his wife, Nancy (Loretta Young), find a dead body in their apartment. After more than one misstep, the amateur sleuths really do find the killer.
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Texas Masquerade 1944 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Mady Correll, J. Farrell MacDonald, Don Costello, Russell Simpson, Francis McDonald, Nelson Leigh, Robert McKenzie
An illegal financial deal goes awry when Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) saves his neighboring ranchers from being victims.
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| 1. A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
2. Along Came Jones (1945)
3. Crime Doctor (1943)
4. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
5. A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
aka: The Cowboy and the Girl
6. Marshal of Laredo (1945)
7. Mystery Man (1944)
8. A Night to Remember (1943)
9. Texas Masquerade (1944)
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