Charlie Chan in the Secret Service 1944  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Gwen Kenyon, Benson Fong, Arthur Loft, Sarah Edwards, George J. Lewis, Marianne Quon, Muni Seroff, Barry Bernard, Gene Roth, Eddy Chandler, Lelah Tyler, George Lessey, Davison Clark
Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is appointed as an agent for the Secret Service when a government scientist is killed and his secret plans to fight off German U-boats are stolen. Charlie gets aid from Number Three Daughter Iris (Marianne Quon) and Number Two Son Tommie (Benson Fong), and, despite the killer targeting Charlie twice, Charlie continues in his quest to weed out the real killer from a list of suspects.
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Danger on Wheels 1940  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran, Vinton Haworth, Herbert Corthell, Harry C. Bradley, Sandra King, Landers Stevens, John Holmes, Jack Rice, Mary Treen, Eddy Chandler, Fred Santley, Eddie Fetherston, Harry Strang
"Pop" O'Shea (Herbert Corthell) and his mechanic "Guppy" Wexel (Andy Divine) are working on an experimental oil-fueled auto engine for car racing when their car is in an accident that nearly destroys the engine. Larry Taylor (Richard Arlen) has plans of his own for the oil-fueled engine and secretly installs it in his race car. He enters a race with the engine, wins the race–and the girl (Peggy Moran) as well.
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The Desert Trail 1935 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: John Wayne, Mary Kornman, Paul Fix, Eddy Chandler, Carmen Laroux, Lafe McKee, Al Ferguson, Henry Hall, Frank Ball, Artie Ortego, Dick Dickinson
Rodeo rider John Scott (John Wayne) is wrongly accused of a killing, so he and sidekick Kansas Charlie (Eddy Chandler) take off in pursuit of the real culprits. John even falls for a gang member's sister (Mary Kornman).
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 Dixiana 1930 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Luther Reed
Cast: Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna Howland, Dorothy Lee, Ralf Harolde, Bill Robinson, Eddy Chandler, Eugene Jackson, Robert Livingston
The popular comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey star as Peewee and Gaylord bringing comedy relief to this musical starring Bebe Daniels as their sister who is about to marry a wealthy Southern plantation heir (Everett Marshall).
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The Hard Way 1943  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, Gladys George, Faye Emerson, Paul Cavanagh, Roman Bohnen, Leona Maricle, Ann Doran, Eddie Acuff, Monte Blue, Virginia Brissac, Julie Bishop, Eddy Chandler
Helen Chemen (Ida Lupino in one of her best performances) pushes her talented sister Katie (Joan Leslie) to enter show business as the means to get out of poverty in Pennsylvania. Katie becomes a star, but not without consequences. Heavy and depressing at times, but the acting saves it.
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Topper Returns 1941  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly, H.B. Warner, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, George Zucco, Donald MacBride, Trevor Bardette, Rafaela Ottiano, George Lloyd, Duke York, Eddy Chandler
Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) is back in this final episode of the series. The fun-loving ghost of Gail Richards (Joan Blondell) seeks the aid of Cosmo in finding her killer before the killer finds her friend who was the intended victim. The search ends up in a dark, old house with all the creepy attributes. Some very funny scenes. A Special Effects Academy Award nomination was received.
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Welcome Danger 1929 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Clyde Bruckman, Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Douglas Haig, Noah Young, Charles Middleton, Will Walling, James Wang, Nelson McDowell, Edgar Kennedy, Jim Mason, Eddy Chandler, Tetsu Komai, James B. Leong, Leo Willis
In silent-screen-films' comedian Harold Lloyd's first "talkie" film, he plays botany student Harold Bledsoe who reluctantly succeeds his father on the San Francisco police force. On the way to his new job, he meets Billie Lee (Barbara Kent), and, despite problems, romance blooms. He succeeds as a police officer when he teams up with Officer Patrick Clancy (Noah Young), and, together, they break up a drug-dealing ring in Chinatown.
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| 1. Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
2. Danger on Wheels (1940)
3. The Desert Trail (1935)
4. Dixiana (1930)
5. The Hard Way (1943)
6. Topper Returns (1941)
7. Welcome Danger (1929)
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