Billy the Kid Returns 1938  N/R, 53 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Lynne Roberts, Morgan Wallace, Fred Kohler, Wade Boteler, Edwin Stanley, Horace Murphy, Joseph Crehan, Robert Emmett Keane, George "Gabby" Hayes
Roy Rogers sings and sings in this one where he is mistaken for the famed outlaw and must bring villains to justice to clear his name.
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Born to Be Wild 1938 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond, Robert Emmett Keane, Ben Hewlett, Charles Williams, Davison Clark, Byron Foulger, George Anderson, Edwin Stanley, Ben Hendricks Jr., Harrison Greene
Truckers Steve and Bill (Ralph Byrd and Ward Bond) set out on a trek to deliver a shipment of dynamite to a demolition site preparing to blow up a dam and put an end to plans by evil land barons to steal the land below.
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Charlie Chan in Panama 1940  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Adventure / Drama / Comedy
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Kane Richmond, Lionel Atwill, Mary Nash, Victor Sen Yung, Chris-Pin Martin, Jack La Rue, Frank Puglia, Eddie Acuff, Lionel Royce, Helen Ericson, Edwin Stanley, Donald Douglas, Addison Richards
During World War II, a plot is in-the-making to blow up the Panama Canal, and the United States government hires Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) to solve the case. Helping Charlie is his Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung), and after they land in Panama City they are confronted by the problem of a number of people who could be an elusive Axis spy known as Rymer who is behind the plot to destroy the canal. Will Charlie and Jimmy be able to identify Rymer, solve the case, and save the canal?
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Johnny Come Lately 1943 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: James Cagney, Marjorie Main, Hattie McDaniel, Grace George, Marjorie Lord, Edward McNamara, William Henry, Robert Barrat, George Cleveland, Margaret Hamilton, Norman Willis, Edwin Stanley, Irving Bacon, Tom Dugan, Lucien Littlefield
Ex-journalist Tom Richards (James Cagney) is a vagrant who happens into a newspaper job in a small town. He works with the editor, Vinnie McLeod (Grace George), to expose political corruption being carried out by W.M. Dougherty (Edward McNamara). After failed attempts, wealthy dowager Gashouse Mary (Marjorie Main) comes to Tom's aid and tells him about an embezzlement plot. Tom publishes the story and puts an end to the corruption.
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A Man Betrayed 1941 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Wheel of Fortune
Director: John H. Auer
Cast: John Wayne, Frances Dee, Edward Ellis, Wallace Ford, Ward Bond, Harold Huber, Alexander Granach, Barnett Parker, Edwin Stanley, Harry Hayden
Lawyer Lynn Hollister (John Wayne) arrives in town to take on political corruption and ends up falling in love with a crooked politician's (Edward Ellis) daughter, Sabra Cameron (Frances Dee).
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The Man Who Came to Dinner 1942  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis, Billie Burke, Jimmy Durante, Reginald Gardiner, Mary Wickes, Elisabeth Fraser, Grant Mitchell, George Barbier, Russell Arms, Edwin Stanley
Monty Woolley recreates his Broadway role of Sheridan Whiteside, a critic and radio personality. Whiteside is a guest lecturer who suffers an injury. While recuperating, he and his secretary (Bette Davis) move in with a local family. It does not take long for the welcome to wear out. Monty Woolley: "Strange? She's right out of 'The Hounds of the Baskervilles.'"
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The Mandarin Mystery 1936  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ralph Staub
Cast: Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, Rita La Roy, Wade Boteler, Franklin Pangborn, George Irving, Kay Hughes, William Newell, George Walcott, Edwin Stanley, Edgar Allen, Bert Roach
The popular hero of mystery novels, Ellery Queen, is brought to the screen with Eddie Quillan in the role of the sleuth. He sets out to recover a valuable Mandarin stamp that has been stolen and to solve murders that occurred during the heist. Even though Quillan had the same initials as Ellery Queen, he just didn't seem to fit the role–especially when the film was played more for laughs than for the mystery. No further Ellery Queen films were made until four years later.
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The Phantom Creeps 1939 N/R, 265 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Robert Kent, Dorothy Arnold, Roy Barcroft, Edwin Stanley, Regis Toomey, Jack C. Smith, Edward Van Sloan, Anthony Averill, Eddie Acuff
This 12-episode serial concerns mad scientist Dr. Zorba (Bela Lugosi) who intends to terrorize the world with his inventions, one of which is invisibility obtained by using a special belt. A government agent (Robert Kent) and a reporter (Dorothy Arnold) are hot on his trail but don't seem to be gaining ground. A feature-length version was also produced.
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Wives Under Suspicion 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Whale
Cast: Warren William, Gail Patrick, Constance Moore, Ralph Morgan, William Lundigan, Cecil Cunningham, Samuel S. Hinds, Jonathan Hale, Lillian Yarbo, Milburn Stone, J. Anthony Hughes, James Flavin, Minerva Urecal, Edwin Stanley
District Attorney Jim Stowell (Warren William) has earned his reputation as a ruthless man who believes that execution should be the only sentence for first-degree murderers. While prosecuting Professor Shaw McAllen (Ralph Morgan) who is accused of murdering his wife, Stowell realizes that events in his own married life with his wife Lucy (Gail Patrick) closely parallel those of McAllen and his murdered wife. Compassion takes over as Stowell reflects on the circumstances and reasons that the death penalty may not always be the correct sentence.
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| 1. Billy the Kid Returns (1938)
2. Born to Be Wild (1938)
3. Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
4. Johnny Come Lately (1943)
5. A Man Betrayed (1941)
aka: Wheel of Fortune
6. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
7. The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
8. The Phantom Creeps (1939)
9. Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
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