The Big Noise 1944  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Doris Merrick, Arthur Space, Philip Van Zandt, Francis Ford, Veda Ann Borg, Robert Blake, Frank Fenton, James Bush, Selmer Jackson, Harry Hayden
While delivering a new weapon to Washington, D.C., Laurel and Hardy fend off a gang of thieves in their own inimitable manner. Probably their worst film.
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 Charlie Chan at the Circus 1936  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, George Brasno, Olive Brasno, J. Carrol Naish, Boothe Howard, Francis Ford, Paul Stanton, Wade Boteler, John McGuire, Shirley Deane, Drue Leyton, John Aasen, Paul McVey, Shia Jung
A killer ape and the murder of the circus owner interfere with Charlie Chan's (Warner Oland) trip to the circus with his 12 children. While Charlie is busy with his investigation, Number One Son Lee (Keye Luke) is attracted to contortionist Su Toy (Shia Jung) but gets no response to his advances. Meanwhile, Charlie travels by train with the circus to the next town trying to solve the crime before another murder is committed. J. Carrol Naish, who plays lion tamer Tom Holt in this film, will later take on the role of Charlie Chan in the 1950s' TV series.
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Drums Along the Mohawk 1939  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver, John Carradine, Eddie Collins, Jessie Ralph, Arthur Shields, Robert Lowery, Roger Imhof, Ward Bond, Dorris Bowdon, Francis Ford, Kay Linaker, Spencer Charters
As settlers encroached more and more on Indian lands, those on the frontier outskirts were often victims of Indian attacks. This is the sympathetic story of one young couple (Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert) who tried to start life anew on the fringes of American civilization during the Revolutionary War.
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Eyes of Texas 1948 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Andy Devine, Nana Bryant, Roy Barcroft, Danny Morton, Francis Ford, Bob Nolan, Stanley Blystone, Pat Brady, Pascale Perry
U.S. Marshal Roy Rogers comes to investigate the dealings of bad lawyer Hattie E. Waters (Nana Bryant). Ranch owner Thad Cameron (Francis Ford) turned his ranch into a home for boys whose fathers died in World War II. It seems that Waters wants the ranch and will resort to anything, including killer dogs, to get it.
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The Far Frontier 1948  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Gail Davis, Andy Devine, Francis Ford, Roy Barcroft, Clayton Moore, Robert Strange, Holly Bane, Lane Bradford, Edmund Cobb
Gangsters are being smuggled into the United States in a unique way–in barrels. Roy Rogers is out to stop this nonsense.
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 Frankenstein 1931   N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, Lionel Belmore, Michael Mark, Pauline Moore, Francis Ford, Frederick Kerr, Marilyn Harris, Soledad Jimenez, Mary Gordon, Cecilia Parker
Boris Karloff plays Frankenstein's monster in this "father of horror films." It is the story of Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) who digs up new graves in search of body parts for his experiments in the creation of human life. Frankenstein does succeed, but the life he creates has a violent and murderous brain. When Frankenstein's fiancee Elizabeth (Mae Clarke) arrives at his laboratory with Victor (John Boles) and Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan), they find an eerie scene and a totally changed Frankenstein obsessed with the creation of his monster.
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The Informer 1935 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor, J.M. Kerrigan, Donald Meek, Joe Sawyer, Neil Fitzgerald, D'Arcy Corrigan, Leo McCabe, Steve Pendleton, Francis Ford, May Boley
Gypo Nolan (Victor McLaglen) turns in his rebel friend (Preston Foster) for the government's reward money, which in turn will provide passage for his girlfriend (Margot Grahame). Of course, this action initiates revenge from the I.R.A. rebel forces. John Ford won the Best Director Oscar, and Victor McLaglen took Best Actor honors. Two other Oscars were received (Best Writing and Musical Score), and the film was nominated for Best Picture.
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 Jitterbugs 1943 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivian Blaine, Bob Bailey, Douglas Fowley, Noel Madison, Lee Patrick, Robert Emmett Keane, Francis Ford, Charles Halton
When Susan Cowan (Vivian Blaine) is cheated out of her family estate, Laurel and Hardy pretend to be a socialite and a Southern Colonel to help retrieve Susan's inheritance.
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The Lost Patrol 1934 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, J.M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan, Brandon Hurst, Douglas Walton, Sammy Stein, Howard Wilson, Neville Clark, Paul Hanson, Francis Ford, Frank(1) Baker
In this film adaptation of Philip MacDonald's novel, the story involves a British patrol stranded in the Mesopotamia Desert during World War I. The men are trying, with great difficulty, to fend off Arab enemy forces when their commanding officer is killed. A sergeant (Victor McLaglen) takes over, but the patrol has no knowledge of its location–or even its mission–when they start their trek across the desert. They stumble onto an oasis where they hope to find rest, but snipers begin to pick off the men, and the religious ranting of Sanders (Boris Karloff) fills their ears. Finally, only two men remain alive–Sergeant Morelli (Wallace Ford) and Sanders–and the desperate fight for survival continues. Another John Ford masterpiece with interesting characters.
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The Man from Monterey 1933 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Luis Alberni, Francis Ford, Nina Quartero, Lafe McKee, Donald Reed, Lillian Leighton, Slim Whitaker, Jim Corey, Frank Ellis, Tom London, Chris-Pin Martin
U.S. Army Captain John Holmes (John Wayne) is sent to Monterey to convince land owners to register their Spanish land grants else the land will become public domain. But there are bad people out there who want property to become public domain so that they can take over the land at a cheap price. Can Captain Holmes save the land owners from such dastardly acts? This is John Wayne's last "cheapy" film before moving on to bigger and better movies.
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The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, John Carradine, Harry Carey, Arthur Byron, Ernest Whitman, Joyce Kay, Paul Fix, Fred Kohler Jr., Francis McDonald, O.P. Heggie, Francis Ford
This film is based on the true experience of Dr. Samuel Mudd (Warner Baxter) who was sentenced to life imprisonment because he set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth (Francis McDonald) during Booth's escape attempt following his assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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The Quiet Man 1952  N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Francis Ford, Arthur Shields, Mae Marsh, Eileen Crowe, Sean McClory, Jack MacGowran, Ken Curtis, Harry Tenbrook, James Lilburn
American ex-boxer Sean Thornton (John Wayne) returns to his mother's village in Ireland. Once there, he falls in love with Mary Kate (Maureen O'Hara) and must win her over from her family. John Ford won his fourth Best Director Academy Award for this film. An Oscar was also received for Best Cinematography along with five other nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Victor McLaglen).
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Steamboat Round the Bend 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb, Eugene Pallette, Raymond Hatton, Stepin Fetchit, John McGuire, Berton Churchill, Francis Ford, Roger Imhof
Fleety Belle (Anne Shirley) falls for Doctor John Pearly (Will Rogers), owner of a steamboat, whose goal is to win a great steamboat race that becomes the exciting climax for this film. Rogers died in a plane crash in Alaska before this film was released.
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The Sun Shines Bright 1953  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: John Ford
Cast: Charles Winninger, Arleen Whelan, John Russell, Stepin Fetchit, Grant Withers, Milburn Stone, Slim Pickens, Henry O'Neill, Russell Simpson, Ludwig Stossel, Francis Ford, Paul Hurst, Mitchell Lewis, Dorothy Jordan
This remake of "Judge Priest," the moral leader of his family and community, is an uplifting–if not as good as the original–story.
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The Texans 1938 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, May Robson, Walter Brennan, Robert Cummings, Robert Barrat, Harvey Stephens, Francis Ford, Raymond Hatton, Irving Bacon
Following the Civil War, high taxes prove impossible for one Texas family that drives their cattle to a new range outside the area being taxed.
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Wagon Master 1950 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Joanne Dru, Ward Bond, James Arness, Charles Kemper, Alan Mowbray, Jane Darwell, Kathleen O'Malley, Russell Simpson, Francis Ford, Jim Thorpe, Mickey Simpson, Ruth Clifford, Fred Libby
A Mormon wagon train, led by Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond), is headed for the Utah territory, and two horse traders–Travis (Ben Johnson) and Sandy (Harry Carey Jr.)–are hired to guide them there. Along the way they are joined by Dr. A. Locksley Hall (Alan Mowbray) and his medicine show troupe. Also joining them are Uncle Shiloh Clegg (Charles Kemper) and his family who have just murdered a clerk while robbing an express office. As if dealing with the outlaw Clegg family was not enough, the wagon train must also contend with the Indians along the trail in this great Ford film.
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White Gorilla 1945  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Ray Corrigan, Lorraine Miller, Frank Merrill, George J. Lewis, Francis Ford, Budd Buster, Charles King
Starting with a 1927 silent film ("Perils of the Jungle"), new footage was added, which resulted in–you guessed it–one of the very worst films ever. A white gorilla (Frank Merrill, from the 1927 film) is snubbed by the black gorillas because he is white. This makes him sad and angry, but he will soon fight to save the African continent. To make matters worse, the gorilla costumes don't fit all that well.
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| 1. The Big Noise (1944)
2. Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
3. Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
4. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
5. Eyes of Texas (1948)
6. The Far Frontier (1948)
7. Frankenstein (1931)
8. The Informer (1935)
9. Jitterbugs (1943)
10. The Lost Patrol (1934)
11. The Man from Monterey (1933)
12. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
13. The Quiet Man (1952)
14. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
15. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
16. The Texans (1938)
17. Wagon Master (1950)
18. White Gorilla (1945)
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