City of Missing Girls 1941  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: H.B. Warner, Astrid Allwyn, John Archer, Sarah Padden, Philip Van Zandt, George Rosener, Kathryn Crawford, Patricia Knox, Walter Long, Gale Storm, Danny(2) Webb, Boyd Irwin
A phony art school is actually an auditioning center for naive young women who are to be placed in nightclubs. When several of the women are murdered, reporter Nora (Astrid Allwyn) sets out to uncover what is going on when she is unhappy with the action taken by officials. She finds that the murderer is her own father.
|  | |
Custer's Last Stand 1936  N/R, 320 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Rex Lease, Lona Andre, William Farnum, Ruth Mix, Jack Mulhall, Nancy Caswell, George Chesebro, Dorothy Gulliver, Frank McGlynn Jr., Helen Gibson, Josef Swickard, Chief Thundercloud
The search is on for an Indian arrow that holds the key to hidden gold (on Indian land) in this 15-episode serial as scout Kit Cardigan (Rex Lease) attempts to prevent a war over the arrow. But attempts fail when both sides are drawn into what will become known as Custer's Last Stand.
| | |
Dead or Alive 1944 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Marjorie Clements, Rebel Randall, Ray Bennett, Charles King, Budd Buster, Bud Osborne, Henry Hall, Ted Mapes, Reed Howes
The "Texas Rangers" series continues as Tex (Tex Ritter) and the Rangers set out to bring an outlaw gang to justice by infiltrating the gang.
| | |
Death in the Air 1936  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Pilot X
Death in the Sky
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Lona Andre, John Carroll, Leon Ames, Henry Hall, Wheeler Oakman, Reed Howes, Pat Somerset, Gaston Glass, Hans Joby, Willard Kent, John Elliott
Carl Goering (Leon Ames), gone mad due to his World War I air combat experiences, thinks that all flyers are out to get him. So, he intends to kill all those who pilot a plane. It's up to Helen and Jerry (Helen Gage and John Carroll) to stop this nonsense. Cheaply made with stock footage of plane crashes.
| | |
Gambling with Souls 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Vice Racket
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Martha Chapin, Wheeler Oakman, Bryant Washburn, Gay Sheridan, Janet Eastman, Robert Frazer, Edward Keane, Gaston Glass, Florence Dudley, Eddie Laughton
After losing at gambling, Mae Miller (Martha Chapin) is forced into prostitution as the means of paying off her debts, and her sordid lifestyle leads to her shooting notorious gangster Lucky Wilder (Wheeler Oakman).
| | |
Guns of the Law 1944 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Jack Ingram, Bob Kortman, Jennifer Holt, Budd Buster, Charles King, Robert Barron, Frank McCarroll, Bud Osborne
The oil company is ready to make a deal with the Wilkins family, Lillian (Jennifer Holt) and Uncle Jed (Budd Buster), but the bad guys, knowing that property values will skyrocket, come up with a scheme to steal the Wilkins' land. The Texas Rangers (Dave O'Brien, James Newill, and Guy Wilkerson) arrive to take care of the situation in this 11th film of the series.
| | |
Hard Guy 1941  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Jack La Rue, Mary Healy, Kane Richmond, Iris Adrian, Gayle Mellott, Jack Mulhall, Howard Banks, Ben Taggart, C. Montague Shaw, Inna Gest
Nightclub owner Vic (Jack La Rue) marries off his showgirls to rich, young men and then charges the men's fathers for annulments. When one of the girls refuses to be part of the scam and is murdered, her sister (Mary Healy) takes the job of cigarette girl to learn the identity of her sister's killer.
| | |
The Judge 1949 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Milburn Stone, Katherine DeMille, Paul Guilfoyle, Stanley Waxman, Norman Budd, Jonathan Hale, John Hamilton, Joseph Forte, Jess Kirkpatrick, Herb Vigran, Barney Phillips, Charles Williams, Tom Holland, Bob Jellison, Al Rosman
When defense lawyer Martin Strang (Milburn Stone) suspects that his wife Lucille (Katherine DeMille) is having an affair with court psychiatrist Dr. James Anderson (Paul Guilfoyle), he plots to have her killed. First, he writes a will giving his money to the families who have been hurt by the criminals he defended. Then, he defends William Jackson (Paul Guilfoyle) on a murder charge, wins his freedom, but then is murdered by Jackson. His plan has backfired, but evidence points to Lucile and Dr. Anderson as the murderers. When they are arrested, Anderson kills himself. That act leaves Lucille–who has been left destitute by Martin's will–all alone in the world.
| | |
Skull and Crown 1935 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Regis Toomey, Jack Mulhall, Molly O'Day, Jack Mower, Lois January, James Murray, Tom London, John Elliott, Robert(2) Walker, George Chesebro, Milburn Morante, Slim Whitaker
Rin Tin Tin Jr. comes to the rescue of his master, Border Patrolman Bob Franklin (Regis Toomey), who has gone undercover to break up a smuggling ring led by the dastardly El Zorro (Jack Mower).
| | |
The Whispering Skull 1944 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Denny Burke, I. Stanford Jolley, Henry Hall, George Morrell, Ed Cassidy, Bob Kortman, Wen Wright
The Texas Rangers are on the trail of a mysterious killer known as "The Whispering Skull" who commits his crimes at night. After the death of a sheriff, Ranger Tex (Tex Ritter) poses as the killer in order to bring the real culprit out in the open.
| | |
| 1. City of Missing Girls (1941)
2. Custer's Last Stand (1936)
3. Dead or Alive (1944)
4. Death in the Air (1936)
aka: Pilot X
aka: Death in the Sky
5. Gambling with Souls (1936)
aka: The Vice Racket
6. Guns of the Law (1944)
7. Hard Guy (1941)
8. The Judge (1949)
9. Skull and Crown (1935)
10. The Whispering Skull (1944)
In The News
|
