Abilene Town 1946  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming, Lloyd Bridges, Helen Boyce, Howard Freeman, Richard Hale, Jack Lambert, Dick Curtis
When a range war rages in 1879 as homesteaders and cattlemen clash, Marshal Dan Mitchell (Randolph Scott) arrives on the scene to try to settle the dispute over land rights.
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The Casino Murder Case 1935  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell, Arthur Byron, Ted Healy, Eric Blore, Isabel Jewell, Louise Fazenda, Leslie Fenton, Leo G. Carroll, Purnell Pratt
Paul Lukas, accent and all, becomes the fourth Philo Vance. After people are poisoned, Philo is brought in to sort through the suspects in this stretch-in-credibility plot. Rosalind Russell was just beginning to blossom into stardom at the time of this film.
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A Christmas Carol 1938 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Barry MacKay, Lynne Carver, Leo G. Carroll, June Lockhart, Ann Rutherford, Halliwell Hobbes, Lionel Braham, D'Arcy Corrigan, Ronald Sinclair, Bunny Beatty, John O'Day
This early version of "A Christmas Carol" is worth watching. Ebenezer Scrooge (Reginald Owen) is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Present, Past, and Future (Ann Rutherford, Lionel Braham, and D'Arcy Corrigan), and they convince him to reassess his treatment of Tiny Tim (Terry Kilburn) and his family.
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Colt .45 1950  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Thundercloud
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott, Lloyd Bridges, Ian MacDonald, Chief Thundercloud, Alan Hale, Luther Crockett, Walter Coy, Charles Evans
When gun salesman Steve Farrell (Randolph Scott) loses his guns during a prison escape, he tracks down the escaped convict and puts an end to his killing spree.
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The Death Kiss 1933 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: David Manners, Adrienne Ames, Bela Lugosi, John Wray, Edward Van Sloan, Vince Barnett, Wade Boteler, Harry Strang, Paul Porcasi, Harold Minjir, Alexander Carr
During the filming of a mystery film, one of the actors is murdered. When the film's leading lady (Adrienne Ames) is arrested for the crime, the film's screenwriter Franklin Drew (David Manners) begins to investigate. The suspects include the studio chief (Alexander Carr), studio executive (Bela Lugosi), and the film's director (Edward Van Sloan).
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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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Invisible Agent 1942 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre, Cedric Hardwicke, J. Edward Bromberg, Albert Bassermann, John Litel, Holmes Herbert, Keye Luke, Philip Van Zandt, Matt Willis, Milburn Stone
In the continuation of the "Invisible Man" series, Frank Raymond (Jon Hall) drinks a potion, becomes invisible, and gathers secret information from the Nazis.
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Johnny Angel 1945 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso, Lowell Gilmore, Hoagy Carmichael, Marvin Miller, Margaret Wycherly, J. Farrell MacDonald, Marc Cramer, Jason Robards Sr.
Johnny Angel (George Raft) is on the trail of the highjackers who killed his father and stole the gold from his father's ship. Helping are waterfront contacts (Johnny is also a sea captain) and Paulette (Signe Hasso), who was a witness. One of the few times Raft played the good guy.
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Maisie Was a Lady 1941 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O'Sullivan, C. Aubrey Smith, Joan Perry, Paul Cavanagh, Edward Ashley, Hans Conried, Edgar Dearing, Charles D. Brown
Brooklyn showgirl Maisie (Ann Sothern) goes to work as a maid for a wealthy–but troubled–family and gets their lives back in order.
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Miss Annie Rooney 1942 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Shirley Temple, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore, Peggy Ryan, Gloria Holden, June Lockhart, Selmer Jackson, Virginia Sale, Roland Dupree, Jonathan Hale
Annie Rooney (Shirley Temple) is a poor girl who falls in love with a wealthy youth, Marty (Dickie Moore). Shirley receives her first screen kiss.
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Mr. Ace 1946 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: George Raft, Sylvia Sidney, Stanley Ridges, Sara Haden, Jerome Cowan, Sid Silvers, Alan Edwards, Roman Bohnen, Joyce Bryant, Joe Gray
Eddie (George Raft) heads a dirty political machine, and Margaret (Sylvia Sidney) is running for governor. Margaret needs Eddie's support, but, being a male chauvinist, he is reluctant to come to her aid. Eddie even sides with her opponent and tries to ruin Margaret's name. Eddie eventually sees the light and backs her. Now he's in trouble with the law for election fraud while Margaret falls for him. Got the picture? Not one of Raft's best, but Sidney is pretty good.
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Paris Calling 1941  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Elisabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Lee J. Cobb, Charles Arnt, Eduardo Ciannelli, Elisabeth Risdon, Georges Renavent, William Edmunds
The courage of a Frenchwoman, Marianne (Elisabeth Bergner), who joins the Resistance movement during World War II, is depicted in this insightful film about espionage used to inhibit Nazi control of Paris.
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Society Lawyer 1939 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Leo Carrillo, Virginia Bruce, Lee Bowman, Edward Brophy, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Strang, Frances Mercer, Clarence Kolb, Pierre Watkin, Ian Wolfe, Paul Guilfoyle
This is a remake of "Penthouse," Arthur Somers Roche's story about a lawyer's involvement with underworld characters.
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 Speed 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: James Stewart, Wendy Barrie, Una Merkel, Weldon Heyburn, Ralph Morgan, Patricia Wilder, Robert Livingston, Ted Healy, Walter Kingsford, Charles Trowbridge, William Tannen, Claudelle Kaye, George Chandler, Jack Clifford, Don Brodie
Terry Martin (James Stewart) and his crew at an auto plant have invented a new carburetor that they want to use in the upcoming Indianapolis 500 race. The plant owner's daughter Jane (Wendy Barrie) suggests that Terry let her engineer friend Frank (Weldon Heyburn) help in perfecting the carburetor. Frank steps in, but problems arise between Terry and Frank because they both are falling for Jane. When the carburetor is tested, it turns out to be a disaster, and the car crashes nearly killing the driver, Gadget (Ted Healy) and Terry. Frank saves them, and, together, they work to perfect the carburetor. They succeed and enter the car in the big race where the new carburetor earns the respect of all, and Terry ends up with Jane.
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A Study in Scarlet 1933 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John Warburton, Warburton Gamble, Alan Mowbray, J.M. Kerrigan, Doris Lloyd, Billy Bevan, Wyndham Standing, Halliwell Hobbes, Leila Bennett, Tempe Pigott, Cecil Reynolds
Sherlock Holmes (Reginald Owen) is asked by a widow, Mrs. Murphy (Doris Lloyd), to investigate a secret society where the members leave their fortunes to the society, the "Scarlet Ring," when they die. Unfortunately, members are being killed right and left, and Sherlock sets out to uncover the culprit.
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Tall in the Saddle 1944 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ward Bond, Ella Raines, Audrey Long, Elisabeth Risdon, Paul Fix, Raymond Hatton, Frank Puglia, George Chandler
Rocklin and Dave (John Wayne and "Gabby" Hayes) are the good guys who must fight against bad guy "Judge" Robert Garvey (Ward Bond) in an effort to clear Rocklin of false murder charges.
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| 1. Abilene Town (1946)
2. The Casino Murder Case (1935)
3. A Christmas Carol (1938)
4. Colt .45 (1950)
aka: Thundercloud
5. The Death Kiss (1933)
6. The Garden Murder Case (1936)
7. Invisible Agent (1942)
8. Johnny Angel (1945)
9. Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
10. Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
11. Mr. Ace (1946)
12. Paris Calling (1941)
13. Pursuit (1935)
14. Society Lawyer (1939)
15. Speed (1936)
16. A Study in Scarlet (1933)
17. Tall in the Saddle (1944)
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