Alice Adams 1935  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Ann Shoemaker, Evelyn Venable, Charley Grapewin, Hedda Hopper, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Albertson, Jonathan Hale
Alice Adams (Katharine Hepburn) believes in upward mobility (socially at least) as she tries to step from her lower-middle-class surroundings into the upper-class world. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Actress (Hepburn).
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Hollywood Stadium Mystery 1938  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Stadium Murders
Director: David Howard
Cast: Neil Hamilton, Evelyn Venable, Jimmy Wallington, Barbara Pepper, Lucien Littlefield, Lynne Roberts, Charles Williams, James Spottswood, Reed Hadley, Smiley Burnette, Robert Homans, William Haade
D.A. Bill Devons (Neil Hamilton) is assigned the task of solving the mysterious murder of a boxer preparing for a championship fight–a murder that occurred in front of hundreds of boxing fans.
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The Little Colonel 1935  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Bill Robinson, Evelyn Venable, John Lodge, Sidney Blackmer, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Darien, Harry Strang, Alden "Stephen" Chase
Shirley Temple sings and dances her way through this movie set in the South during Reconstruction following the Civil War.
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Pauline Lord, W.C. Fields, Zasu Pitts, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor, Donald Meek, Charles Middleton, Jimmy Butler, Virginia Weidler, George Reed
This is the story of Mrs. Wiggs (Pauline Lord), the mother of five children, who handles adversity and manages to instill positive messages in her brood. Remade in 1942.
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 Pinocchio 1940  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen
Cast: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Cliff Edwards, Evelyn Venable, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Charles Judels, Don Brodie, Mel Blanc, Jack Mercer, Marion Darlington, Patricia Page
This is an early Disney masterpiece of animation. It tells the story of Pinocchio (voice of Dickie Jones), a wooden puppet crafted by Gepetto (voice of Christian Rub). Gipetto wishes that Pinocchio could be his real son, and the Blue Fairy (voice of Evelyn Venable) grants his wish. Jimminy Cricket (voice of Cliff Edwards) is appointed to be Pinocchio's "conscience." This proves a difficult task when Pinocchio lies, skips school, and heads to Pleasure Island. But, when Pinocchio learns that Gepetto has been swallowed by a whale, he risks his life and saves Gepetto–proving that he deserves to be Gepetto's son. "When You Wish Upon a Star" won an Academy Award for Best Song.
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| 1. Alice Adams (1935)
2. Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938)
aka: The Stadium Murders
3. The Little Colonel (1935)
4. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
5. Pinocchio (1940)
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