The Bad Man 1930  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Clarence Badger
Cast: Walter Huston, James Rennie, Dorothy Revier, O.P. Heggie, Sidney Blackmer, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Marion Byron, Harry Semels, Erville Alderson, Myrna Loy
Gilbert Jones (James Rennie) is in danger of losing his ranch until he is aided by a Mexican bandito (Walter Huston).
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Haunted Gold 1932 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Harry Woods, Erville Alderson, Otto Hoffman, Martha Mattox, Blue Washington, Slim Whitaker, Bud Osborne, Ben Corbett, Bob Burns, John T. Prince, Mack V. Wright
John Mason (John Wayne) receives a weird message telling him to return to a mine that his father left him half interest in. He arrives with his sidekick Clarence (Blue Washington) and finds the deserted Sally Ann mine–an abandoned mine shaft with secret passages. But the mine is already occupied by Joe Ryan (Harry Woods) and his gang of bandits who are holed up trying to claim the mine's gold. Also in the mine is a mysterious phantom who spies on the goings on through holes in the wall. Who is the phantom, and will John be able to thwart the bandits? Throughout the adventures, love blooms between John and Janet (Sheila Terry) whose father had discovered the mine years ago.
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Parachute Battalion 1941 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Cast: Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Carey, Buddy Ebsen, Paul Kelly, Richard Cromwell, Robert Barrat, Erville Alderson, Edward Fielding, Selmer Jackson, Grant Withers, Walter Sande, Kathryn Sheldon, Eddie Dunn
In this Hollywood propaganda film just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Army trainees–Donald Morse (Robert Preston), Bill Burke (Edmond O'Brien), and Jeff Hollis (Buddy Ebsen)–are training for the parachute corps at Fort Benning, Georgia. While concentrating on parachute practice, they still make use of their free time, and Donald and Bill find themselves competing for the affections of beautiful Kit Richards (Nancy Kelly) whose father just happens to be tough MSgt. Bill "Thunderhead" Richards (Harry Carey).
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The Scarlet Empress 1934  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, C. Aubrey Smith, Gavin Gordon, Olive Tell, Jameson Thomas, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Ruthelma Stevens, Davison Clark, Erville Alderson, Maria Riva, Akim Tamiroff
To improve the royal bloodline, the Empress Elizabeth (Louise Dresser) of Russia imports German Princess Sophia (Marlene Dietrich) as the bride for her dull-witted son, the Grand Duke Peter (Sam Jaffe). When the Empress dies, Sophia leads her troops to the palace and ascends to the throne as Catherine the Great. While this story is not historically accurate, it represents one of the best biographical efforts of the 1930s.
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The Spiral Staircase 1946  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Gordon Oliver, Elsa Lanchester, James Bell, Charles Wagenheim, Ellen Corby, Richard Tyler, Erville Alderson, Sara Allgood, Rhys Williams, Myrna Dell
A crazed killer is on the loose, peeking through a hole in the wall looking for his next victim. He has his eye on Helen Capel (Dorothy McGuire), a mute servant girl, who works in the very eerie house of the bedridden Mrs. Warren (Ethel Barrymore). Barrymore received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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The Thirteenth Guest 1932 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Lady Beware
Director: Albert Ray
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, J. Farrell MacDonald, James Eagles, Eddie Phillips, Erville Alderson, Paul Hurst, Crauford Kent, Ethel Wales, Phillips Smalley, Tom London, John Ince
Thirteen years ago the host of a dinner party died at the table after naming the person who would inherit his house. Twelve of the 13 invited guests were on hand, with the heir being the only absentee. Now, after the mansion had been closed up all these years, bodies start showing up at the table in the same chair that each was in at the dinner. Phil (Lyle Talbot), a playboy sleuth, is called in to solve the case and bring the hooded killer to justice.
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| 1. The Bad Man (1930)
2. The Girl from Chicago (1927)
3. Haunted Gold (1932)
4. Parachute Battalion (1941)
5. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
6. The Spiral Staircase (1946)
7. The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
aka: Lady Beware
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