The Basketball Fix 1951  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: John Ireland, Marshall Thompson, Vanessa Brown, William Bishop, Hazel Brooks, Johnny Sands, Bobby Hyatt, Walter Sande, Ted Pierson, Johnny Phillips, Lester Sharpe, Donald Kerr
After high-school basketball star Johnny Long (Marshall Thompson) becomes involved in point shaving, sportswriter Pete Ferreday (John Ireland) tries to intervene in an attempt to draw Johnny away from the mob's influence.
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The Big Trees 1952  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Western
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore, Edgar Buchanan, John Archer, Alan Hale Jr., Roy Roberts, Ellen Corby, Charles Meredith, Harry Cording, Lane Chandler, Frank Hagney, William Challee
Set around 1900, this remake of "Valley of the Giants" features Kirk Douglas as greedy lumberjack Jim Fallon who wants to use California's Redwood Forest for his own profit. Confronted by Quaker environmentalists, Fallon is finally convinced to save the trees.
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Donovan's Brain 1953 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Davis, Steve Brodie, Lisa Howard, Tom Powers, Michael Colgan, James Anderson, Victor Sutherland, Peter Adams, Harlan Warde, Shimen Ruskin
Scientist Dr. Patrick Corey (Lew Ayres) specializes in brain research and has successfully kept a monkey's brain alive. When a ruthless millionaire dies in a plane accident, Corey notes that brain waves are still active and removes the brain for experimentation. The brain stays alive and even begins to control Corey–who continues the millionaire's corrupt work in a Jekyll/Hyde-like situation. As the brain becomes ever more powerful, it influences others to do its bidding. A good film based on Curt Siodmak's novel and was filmed previously as "Lady and the Monster" and later as "The Brain" a.k.a. "Vengeance." This film is closest to the novel's storyline.
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Guilty of Treason 1950 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Treason
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Charles Bickford, Paul Kelly, Bonita Granville, Richard Derr, Berry Kroeger, Roland Winters, Elisabeth Risdon, John Banner, Morgan Farley, Thomas Browne Henry, Nestor Paiva, Lisa Howard
Hungarian Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty (Charles Bickford) was tried, convicted, and imprisoned for speaking out against Communism after World War II. This anti-Communist film tells his story, including the trial at which it became known that his confession was a result of the use of torture and drugs.
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The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde, Tito Vuolo, Charles Arnt, Marjorie Bennett, Alan Wells, Mimi Aguglia, Morgan Farley, Bud Wolfe, Howard Negley, William Gould
San Francisco Police Lieutenant Ed Cullen (Lee J. Cobb) is having an affair with married socialite Lois Frazer (Jane Wyatt) who is divorcing her husband Howard (Harlan Warde). When Lois shoots and kills Howard, Ed comes to her aid and helps her get rid of the body. They deposit the body at the airport, but Ed's brother Andy (John Dall), who just happens to be a homicide detective, discovers the cover-up. Ed and Lois flee to the abandoned Fort Point at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. The police track them down and arrest them. Ed's trial begins, and he faces the fact that Lois has captivated her lawyer, and Ed is now out of her life.
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This Woman Is Dangerous 1952 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Joan Crawford, Dennis Morgan, David Brian, Richard Webb, Philip Carey, Ian MacDonald, Sherry Jackson, Mari Aldon, George Chandler, Douglas Fowley
When criminal Beth Austin (Joan Crawford) undergoes an operation to prevent impending blindness, she falls in love with her doctor (Dennis Morgan).
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| 1. The Basketball Fix (1951)
2. Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
3. The Big Trees (1952)
4. Donovan's Brain (1953)
5. Guilty of Treason (1950)
aka: Treason
6. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
7. This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
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