Boys' Reformatory 1939  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Frankie Darro, Grant Withers, David Durand, Warren McCollum, Al Hill Jr., Robert McClung, George Offerman Jr., Frank Coghlan Jr., Ben Welden, Lillian Elliott
When orphaned Tommy (Frankie Darro) goes to reform school on a bum rap to cover for the deeds of his foster brother, Eddie (Ben Welden), he is befriended by Dr. Owens (Grant Withers) who helps him break out so that Tommy can track down those who influenced Eddie.
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 Charlie Chan at the Race Track 1936  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck, Alan Dinehart, Gavin Muir, Paul Fix, Jonathan Hale, George Irving, Frankie Darro, Gloria Roy, G.P. Huntley, Frank Coghlan Jr., Harry Strang, Holmes Herbett
Charlie Chan's (Warner Oland), racehorse owner friend, Major Kent (George Irving), is found dead in the stall of his championship horse while traveling via steamship from Australia to California. The ship stops at Hawaii, Charlie investigates, and determines that Kent's death was murder. With help from his son Lee (Keye Luke), Charlie uncovers an international gambling ring involved in the drugging of racehorses to fix races.
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Drum Taps 1933  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: J.P. McGowan
Cast: Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dix, Frank Coghlan Jr., Charles Stevens, Al Bridge, Harry Semels, Jim Mason, Slim Whitaker, Kermit Maynard, Hooper Atchley, Lloyd Ingraham, Jack Rockwell
Boy Scouts come to the aid of rancher Ken (Ken Maynard) in protecting his and other ranchers' property from a gang trying to grab their land.
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Hell's House 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Higgin
Cast: Junior Durkin, Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien, Frank Coghlan Jr., Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn, Morgan Wallace, Hooper Atchley, Wallis Clark, James A. Marcus
A very naive teenager (Junior Durkin) ends up in reform school after he takes the blame for a bootlegging crime in this very early Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien film.
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The Last Frontier 1926  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: William Boyd, Marguerite De La Motte, Jack Hoxie, J. Farrell MacDonald, Frank Coghlan Jr., Mitchell Lewis, Gladys Brockwell, Frank Lackteen
Government scout Tom Kirby (William Boyd) and Western legend Buffalo Bill Cody (Jack Hoxie) lead a wagon train through Indian territory when they are attacked. Beth, who was saved by Kirby though her parents were killed, is taken in by a crooked trader (Mitchell Lewis). When the Indians attack the town with a buffalo stampede, Kirby, with assorted Western heroes, arrives to take care of the situation. Remade as a serial in 1932.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1932 N/R, 230 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Ford Beebe, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Harry Carey, Hobart Bosworth, Frank Coghlan Jr., Edwina Booth, Lucile Browne, Walter Miller, Bob Kortman, Walter McGrail, Nelson McDowell, Edward Hearn, Mischa Auer, Yakima Canutt, Jim Corey, Joan Gale
James Fenimore Cooper's classic tale is presented as a 12-chapter serial. Frontier guide Hawkeye (Harey Carey) and his Indian friends, Chingachgook and Uncas (Hobart Bosworth and Frank Coghlan Jr.), fight against the corrupt soldiers and the evil Indian Magua (Bob Kortman).
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The Little Red Schoolhouse 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Schoolboy Penitentiary
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Frank Coghlan Jr., Dickie Moore, Ann Doran, Lloyd Hughes, Richard Carle, Ralf Harolde, Frank Sheridan, Matthew Betz, Kenneth Howell, Sidney Miller, Lafe McKee, Don Brodie
Orphaned 17-year-old Frankie (Frank Coghlan Jr.) runs away from his hometown and heads for New York City where he gets in trouble with a gang and ends up in reform school. Teachers get him back on the right track, and Frankie returns home in time to save his brother, Dickie (Dickie Moore), from making the same mistake.
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Meet Dr. Christian 1939 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Enid Bennett, Paul Harvey, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Maude Eburne, Frank Coghlan Jr., Patsy Lee Parsons, Sarah Edwards, John Kelly
Jean Hersholt started the "Dr. Christian" radio series in 1937 that lasted for 16 years. This film is the first of six episodes–also starring Hersholt. Loveable Dr. Christian has a practice in a small Minnesota town, and in this episode the good doctor wants to build a hospital. But the town's mayor has other plans–until Dr. Christian, despite having out-of-date tools, performs a delicate operation on the mayor's daughter.
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 The Public Enemy 1931  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Mae Clarke, Beryl Mercer, Leslie Fenton, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Murray Kinnell, Clark "Buddy" Burroughs, Frankie Darro, Frank Coghlan Jr., Tyrell Davis
This gangster film was the vehicle that catapulted James Cagney to the top as a portrayer of tough guys. Tom Powers (Cagney) rises from the slums of Chicago to become a vicious racketeer only to find that the fall from power is inevitable.
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Red Lights Ahead 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roland D. Reed
Cast: Andy Clyde, Lucile Gleason, Paula Stone, Roger Imhof, Frank Coghlan Jr., Ben Alexander, Ann Doran, Matty Kemp, Sam Flint, Addison Randall, Eleanor Stewart
Pa Wallace (Roger Imhof) invests in a gold mine on the advice of the president of his lodge, F.Q. Whitney (Sam Flint). They hit it big, and Pa moves his family into a mansion, hires a maid and butler, and enjoys the good life–until Whitney is arrested for swindling. The money disappears, and the Wallace family must move out of the mansion. But, Grandpa (Andy Clyde) bails them out and teaches his family a lesson about the value of working for their money.
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The Yankee Clipper 1927 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Rupert Julian
Cast: William Boyd, Elinor Fair, Frank Coghlan Jr., John Miljan, Walter Long, Louis Payne, Burr McIntosh, George Ovey, Zack Williams, William Blaisdell, Harry Holden, Julia Faye, Clarence Burton, Stanton Heck, Nicholas Soussanin
This silent film involves a race between an American ship, "The Yankee Clipper" manned by Hal Winslow (William Boyd), and a British ship, "The Lord of the Isles" manned by Huntington (Louis Payne). The race begins at Foo Chow, China, and will end at Boston harbor. The winner will win the rights to China's tea trade with America and also will become the owner of the losing ship. Before leaving Foo Chow, Winslow is visited by his opposing captain's daughter, Lady Jocelyn (Elinor Fair), and her fiance Raul de Vigny (John Miljan). Before Lady Jocelyn and de Vigny disembark, the ship sails away from the harbor, and problems lie ahead–including a typhoon, a mutiny encouraged by de Vigny, and even an attempted rape of Lady Jocelyn and murder of de Vigny after a chase that leads to the top of the rigging.
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| 1. Boys' Reformatory (1939)
2. Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
3. Drum Taps (1933)
4. Hell's House (1932)
5. The Last Frontier (1926)
6. The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
7. The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
aka: Schoolboy Penitentiary
8. Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
9. The Public Enemy (1931)
10. Red Lights Ahead (1936)
11. The Yankee Clipper (1927)
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