The Bride of Frankenstein 1935  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Horror / Romance
Director: James Whale
Cast: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Valerie Hobson, O.P. Heggie, Una O'Connor, E.E. Clive, Walter Brennan, John Carradine, Gavin Gordon, Douglas Walton, Lucien Prival, Dwight Frye
In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Dr. Frankenstein considers making a bride for his monster and then realizes the folly of his idea. But in this sequel, Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive) is coerced into creating a female companion (Elsa Lanchester) for his monster (Boris Karloff).
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 Charlie Chan in London 1934  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Ray Milland, Mona Barrie, Douglas Walton, Alan Mowbray, George Barraud, E.E. Clive, Reginald Sheffield, Murray Kinnell, Paul England, Madge Bellamy, Perry Ivins, Walter Johnson, Elsa Buchanan
After Paul's (Douglas Walton) arrest for murder, his sister Pamela Ward (Drue Leyton) calls in Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) to solve the crime and free her brother. Chan heads for Geoffrey Raymond's (Alan Mowbray) country estate where the murder occurred. He has only 65 hours to expose the real murderer before Paul is scheduled to be executed.
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Lyle Latell, Rita Corday, Dick Wessel, Ian Keith, Joseph Crehan, Douglas Walton, Skelton Knaggs, Esther Howard, Byron Foulger, Jimmy Crane, Milton Parsons
Morgan Conway takes on Ralph Byrd's role of detective Dick Tracy who, this time around, is on the trail of Cueball (Dick Wessel), the leader of a gang of jewel thieves.
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 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1932  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Halliwell Hobbes, Holmes Herbert, Edgar Norton, Douglas Walton, Sam Harris, Tempe Pigott, Eric Wilton, Arnold Lucy, G.L. McDonnell, John Rogers
Fredric March won the Oscar for his performance in this, the first, sound production of the famous tale by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll (March) experiments with good and evil and drinks a potion after which his dark side emerges as the evil Mr. Hyde whose lecherous appetite is unrestrained. Dr. Jekyll is unable to restrain Mr. Hyde, and tragedy ensues.
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The Garden Murder Case 1936 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume, Gene Lockhart, Nat Pendleton, H.B. Warner, Kent Smith, Grant Mitchell, Douglas Walton, Frieda Inescort, Henry B. Walthall, Jessie Ralph
The number of actors who play the suave Philo Vance continues to mount as Edmund Lowe takes on the role of the master sleuth. People are dying from what appear to be accidents, and Philo is called in by the police to help. He finds that hypnotism is involved, and he is almost a victim as he nears the perpetrator.
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The Lost Patrol 1934  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, J.M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan, Brandon Hurst, Douglas Walton, Sammy Stein, Howard Wilson, Neville Clark, Paul Hanson, Francis Ford, Frank(1) Baker
In this film adaptation of Philip MacDonald's novel, the story involves a British patrol stranded in the Mesopotamia Desert during World War I. The men are trying, with great difficulty, to fend off Arab enemy forces when their commanding officer is killed. A sergeant (Victor McLaglen) takes over, but the patrol has no knowledge of its location–or even its mission–when they start their trek across the desert. They stumble onto an oasis where they hope to find rest, but snipers begin to pick off the men, and the religious ranting of Sanders (Boris Karloff) fills their ears. Finally, only two men remain alive–Sergeant Morelli (Wallace Ford) and Sanders–and the desperate fight for survival continues. Another John Ford masterpiece with interesting characters.
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Mary of Scotland 1936 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton, John Carradine, Robert Barrat, Gavin Muir, Ian Keith, Moroni Olsen, Ralph Forbes, William Stack, Alan Mowbray, Frieda Inescort, Donald Crisp, David Torrence
In the 16th century, Mary was the Roman-Catholic Queen of Scotland and had many battles with her Protestant cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England. This is the story of Mary's (Katharine Hepburn) martyrdom when Elizabeth's (Florence Eldridge) allies ensure Mary's demise.
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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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The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Albert Lewin
Cast: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Donna Reed, Lowell Gilmore, Richard Fraser, Reginald Owen, Mary Forbes, Morton Lowry, Douglas Walton, Miles Mander, Lydia Bilbrook, Billy Bevan, Robert Greig
After his friend Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) talks him into it, London aristocrat Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) commissions artist Basil Hallward (Lowell Gilmore) to paint his portrait. When the picture is completed, Gray makes a pact with the Devil to stay eternally young. Years go by, and others grow older, but Gray seems to get younger. Meanwhile, the portrait is hidden away, but it shows Gray's face growing old and disfigured. He murders Hallward to ensure that his secret will not be told and then falls in love with Hallward's niece Gladys (Donna Reed). But, Gladys' ex-boyfriend David (Peter Lawford), whose Aunt Sibyl committed suicide when Gray betrayed her, is suspicious of Gray and sets out to reveal his true, evil nature. Gray: "To get back my youth, I'd do anything in the world–except get up early, take exercise, or be respectable." Angela Lansbury received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Raffles 1940 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Whitty, Dudley Digges, Douglas Walton, Lionel Pape, E.E. Clive, Peter Godfrey, Margaret Seddon, Gilbert Emery
An ex-Scotland Yard detective, Raffles (David Niven), relieves his boredom by becoming a jewel thief. This is a remake of a 1930 film by the same name.
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Wallaby Jim of the Islands 1937 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Adventure / Musical / Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: George Houston, Ruth Coleman, Douglas Walton, Wilhelm von Brincken, Mamo Clark, Juan Torena, Syd Saylor, Colin(2) Campbell, Warner Richmond, Nick Thompson, Wilson Benge, Ian Keith, Edward Gargan, Kenneth Harlan, Chris-Pin Martin
Wallaby Jim (George Houston) has problems involving associate Norman Brooks' (Douglas Walton) gambling problem, and danger also looms for Jim and his crew on a pearl fishing expedition as they sail the South Pacific. Jim's rival, Adolph Richter (Wilhelm von Brincken), jumps Jim's claim because of Norman's gambling, which has put the operation in jeopardy and, in true pirate fashion, tries to take control of the pearls.
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| 1. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
2. Charlie Chan in London (1934)
3. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
4. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
5. The Garden Murder Case (1936)
6. The Lost Patrol (1934)
7. Mary of Scotland (1936)
8. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
aka: Farewell My Lovely
9. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
10. Raffles (1940)
11. Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
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