Amateur Crook 1937  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Sam Katzman
Cast: Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Monte Blue, Jack Mulhall, Vivien Oakland, Jimmy Aubrey, Fuzzy Knight, Henry Roquemore, Edward Earle, Forrest Taylor, Fern Emmett, Charles Williams, Sam Adams
After Jerry Cummings (Forrest Taylor) gives as collateral a large diamond to loan sharks (Monte Blue and Jack Mulhall), his daughter Betsy (Joan Barclay) pretends to be a thief to keep the loan sharks from running off with the diamond. But, artist Jimmy Baxter (Bruce Bennett), who is not aware of Betsy's true identity, interferes because he thinks the loan sharks are good guys.
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City Limits 1934  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Frank Craven, Sally Blane, Ray Walker, Claude Gillingwater, James Burke, Jimmy Conlin, George "Gabby" Hayes, George Cleveland, Henry Roquemore, Fern Emmett, George Nash
Ailing J.B. Matthews (Frank Craven) owns a railroad company that is in danger of a hostile takeover. Needing to clear his head of the pressures, J.B. takes an unplanned vacation on his private railway car and is joined by two hobos who provide the needed relief, and he returns in time to save the railroad (with help from his daughter (Sally Blane) and a reporter (Ray Walker)).
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Dead Men Walk 1943 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young, Dwight Frye, Fern Emmett, Robert Strange, Hal Price, Sam Flint, Merrill McCormick, Al St. John, Forrest Taylor
George Zucco plays two roles, one an evil practitioner of the dark arts and the other a good, upstanding doctor. But Lloyd, the good doctor, kills his evil brother who then returns from the grave as a vampire to extract revenge. Very low budget, but entertaining with Zucco's overacting and Dwight Frye as the hunchback assistant to the evil doctor.
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Half a Sinner 1940 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Al Christie
Cast: Heather Angel, John "Dusty" King, Constance Collier, Walter Catlett, Tom Dugan, Robert Elliott, Clem Bevans, Emma Dunn, Henry Brandon, William B. Davidson, Fern Emmett, Sonny Bupp, Wilbur Mack, Fred Kohler
Schoolteacher Anne Gladden (Heather Angel) escapes the attentions of a gangster by driving off in his car. What Anne does not know is that there is a corpse in the trunk. While the gangster tries to recover his car, Anne meets a stranger and picks him up. Now they discover the body and try to return the car, but both the gangster and the police are on their trail.
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Melody Trail 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford, Wade Boteler, Al Bridge, William Castello, Marie Quillan, Fern Emmett, Gertrude Messinger, Tracy Layne
Gene Autry comes to the rescue of cowgirls who are losing cattle.
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Rainbow Valley 1935 N/R, 52 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Lucile Browne, George "Gabby" Hayes, LeRoy Mason, Bert Dillard, Lloyd Ingraham, Jay Wilsey, Frank Ball, Lafe McKee, Fern Emmett, Art Dillard, Tex Palmer, Tex Phelps, Herman Hack, Eddie Parker
The Rainbow Valley community needs a new road, but Rogers (LeRoy Mason) and his gang continuously halt the project through the use of explosives. John Martin (John Wayne) sets out to uncover who is responsible and why the effort is being undermined. Martin finds that the gang is causing problems as the means to buy the land cheap, and he takes appropriate action.
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The Riders of the Whistling Skull 1937  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Golden Trail
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Mary Russell, Roger Williams, Fern Emmett, C. Montague Shaw, Yakima Canutt, Chief Thundercloud, Iron Eyes Cody, John Van Pelt, John Ward
The Three Mesquiteers, Stoney, Tuscon, and Lullaby (Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune) are back in the saddle–this time in search of an archeologist who is being held captive in a lost Indian city. A well made film with good audio and video effects.
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 Saga of Death Valley 1939 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Don "Red" Barry, Frank M. Thomas, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Ingram, Doris(2) Day, Lew Kelly, Fern Emmett, Tommy Baker, Horace B. Carpenter, Lane Chandler, George Montgomery, Horace Murphy, Buz Buckley
Ed Tasker (Frank M. Thomas) murders Roy Rogers Sr. (Lane Chandler), kidnaps his son Tim (Buz Buckley), and raises him as his nephew Jerry. Fifteen years later, Tim's long-lost brother Roy (Roy Rogers) returns to the family's ranch. Tasker is still in the area, controls the water supply, and charges the ranchers a fee for the water. Tim (now played by Don "Red" Barry) kills a farmer after Tasker orders him to do so. Now, Roy, not knowing that it is his brother who is Tasker's "nephew," organizes the ranchers into a vigilante group, and they set out to put an end to Tasker and his criminal activities.
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 Swing Time 1936  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness, Pierre Watkin, Georges Metaxa, Gerald Hamer, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Byrd, Fern Emmett, Frank Mills, Landers Stevens, Bess Flowers
A gambler, John "Lucky" Garnett (Fred Astaire), arrives late and misses his wedding to Margaret (Betty Furness). Now he must prove that he is worthy of marrying her in the future. He goes to New York where he has an on-again, off-again romance with dance instructor Penelope "Penny" Carroll (Ginger Rogers). By story's end, Penny escapes her own wedding to Ricky (Georges Metaxa), and "Lucky" and Penny are reunited. Jerome Kern wrote the score, which includes "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Never Gonna Dance." The first of these won the Oscar for Best Song. One of the pair's best.
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Texas Terror 1935 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Lucile Browne, LeRoy Mason, George "Gabby" Hayes, Fern Emmett, Jay Wilsey, Yakima Canutt, John Ince, Henry Roquemore, Jack Duffy, Artie Ortego, Herman Hack, Tex Palmer, Tex Phelps, Frank Ball
Sheriff John Higgins (John Wayne) thinks that he has killed his good friend, Dan Matthews (Frank Ball), during an outlaw gang shootout and turns over his badge to Ed Williams (George "Gabby" Hayes). Later, John meets Dan's sister Beth (Lucile Browne) who, not knowing of the role he may have played in her brother's death, hires John as her ranch foreman. Stagecoach robber Joe Dickson (LeRoy Mason) tells Beth about John's past, and, later, John learns that Joe is the one responsible for Dan's death. John calls together a tribe of Indians to track down Joe, and, no longer feeling guilty, John is now free to fall in love with Beth.
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Trail of the Lonesome Pine 1936 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Nigel Bruce, Beulah Bondi, Robert Barrat, Samuel S. Hinds, Henry Brandon, Fuzzy Knight, George "Spanky" McFarland, Otto Fries, Alan Baxter, Margaret Armstong, Fern Emmett
Jack Hale (Fred MacMurray) arrives in the Appalachian Mountains to buy land from the Tolliver family so that he can run his railroad through the mountains. Jack falls in love with June Tolliver (Sylvia Sidney), and that causes a love triangle because Jane's cousin Dave (Henry Fonda) also loves June. Meanwhile, the elder Tollivers–Melissa and Judd (Beulah Bondi and Fred Stone)–continue their long-standing feud with Buck Falin (Robert Barrat) and his family. The feud escalates, and young Buddy Tolliver (George "Spanky" McFarland) is killed, which is the tragedy that finally brings everyone to their senses.
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The Vampire Bat 1933 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Maude Eburne, George E. Stone, Dwight Frye, Robert Frazer, Rita Carlyle, Lionel Belmore, William V. Mong, Stella Adams, Paul Weigel, Harrison Greene, Fern Emmett, Carl Stockdale
There's an epidemic of murders in a European village, with the victims having their blood drained. The villagers are set on the bat theory, since the town is infested by bats–but police inspector Karl (Melvyn Douglas) isn't so sure. After the townsfolk kill a bat-loving outcast (Dwight Frye), things heat up as Karl consults Dr. Otto von Niemann (Lionel Atwill), who believes in the vampire theory. But we all know that Lionel Atwill has been the mad doctor/scientist in many other movies.
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| 1. Amateur Crook (1937)
2. City Limits (1934)
3. Dead Men Walk (1943)
4. Half a Sinner (1940)
5. Melody Trail (1935)
6. Rainbow Valley (1935)
7. The Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937)
aka: The Golden Trail
8. Saga of Death Valley (1939)
9. Swing Time (1936)
10. Texas Terror (1935)
11. Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
12. The Vampire Bat (1933)
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