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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 Buffalo Bill 1944  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell, Edgar Buchanan, Anthony Quinn, Moroni Olsen, Frank Fenton, Chief Thundercloud, Sidney Blackmer
Indian scout and Wild West showman William Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, is portrayed by Joel McCrea in this epic biography.
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A Foreign Affair 1948  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell, William Murphy, Stanley Prager, Peter von Zerneck, Raymond Bond, Boyd Davis, Robert Malcolm, Charles Meredith, Michael Raffetto, Damian O'Flynn, Frank Fenton, Bill Neff
As a member of a fact finding mission, Iowa Congresswoman Phoebe Frost (Jean Arthur) investigates American Capt. John Pringle (John Lund) who is stationed in Post-World War II Berlin. Phoebe learns that John is having an affair with Berlin torch singer Erika von Schluetow (Marlene Dietrich). To make matters worse, he is involved in black market activities. Despite being shocked by all that she has learned, Phoebe falls in love with John and now must compete with sexy Erika for his attention.
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Getting Gertie's Garter 1945 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Marie McDonald, Barry Sullivan, Binnie Barnes, Sheila Ryan, J. Carrol Naish, Jerome Cowan, Vera Marshe, Don Beddoe, Frank Fenton
Based on a popular stage comedy, this funny, slapstick farce concerns a jeweled garter. Ken (Dennis O'Keefe) had given it to Gertie (Marie McDonald), but he is now married to Patty (Sheila Ryan). Gertie is about to marry Ken's friend but intends to keep the garter–just in case Ken returns to her. Ken MUST get that garter (which is always around Gertie's leg) back without his wife or friend knowing about it.
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The Golden Stallion 1949  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez, Pat Brady, Douglas Evans, Frank Fenton, Greg McClure, Dale Van Sickel, Clarence Straight, Foy Willing
A clever diamond-smuggling operation is going on across the Mexican border. A mare has a specially made horseshoe that holds the diamonds. The mare runs off, a smuggler is killed, Trigger is blamed, Roy Rogers confesses in order to save Trigger, Trigger becomes the smuggler, the mare gives birth to Trigger's offspring, Roy uses the offspring (Trigger Jr.) to get the smugglers (after legally getting out of jail, of course). Sing, Roy, Sing. We'll need it for this one.
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Hazard 1948  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Fred Clark, Stanley Clements, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Charles McGraw, Frank Faylen, Frank Fenton, Walter Baldwin, Isabel Randolph, Taylor Holmes, Charles McGraw
While private investigator J.D. Storm (Macdonald Carey) is trailing gambler Ellen Crane (Paulette Goddard), he falls in love with her.
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Hit Parade of 1947 1947 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Eddie Albert, Constance Moore, Joan Edwards, Gil Lamb, Bill Goodwin, William Frawley, Roy Rogers, Richard Lane, Frank Fenton, Ralph Sanford
Kip Walker (Eddie Albert) and his fellow performers rise to stardom in a variety of fields of show business.
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If I'm Lucky 1946 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James, Carmen Miranda, Phil Silvers, Edgar Buchanan, Frank J. Scannell, Charles Tannen, Harry Cheshire, Frank Fenton, Harry Hayden, Edward Keane, Paul Maxey, Dewey Robinson, Charles C. Wilson
In this remake of "Thanks a Million" (1937), Perry Como takes on the Dick Powell role of singer Allan Clark who receives an offer to sing at gubernatorial candidate Magonnagie's (Edgar Buchanan) rally. The campaign backers really want Allan to be the stooge candidate for their corrupt political machine–and, wonder of wonders, Allan wins the election. Songs include "One More Kiss," and "Bet Your Bottom Dollar."
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Isle of Forgotten Sins 1943 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Monsoon
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Frank Fenton, Rita Quigley, Veda Ann Borg, Rick Vallin, Betty Amann, Tala Birell, Patti McCarty
Two deep-sea divers (John Carradine and Frank Fenton) hold their own against the diabolical ship captain (Sidney Toler) who has his own plans for taking over the sunken treasure they seek.
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Lady of Burlesque 1943 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Striptease Lady
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian, Gloria Dickson, Marion Martin, Pinky Lee, Frank Conroy, Charles Dingle, Frank Fenton
Based on Gypsy Rose Lee's novel, "The G-String Murders," this is a witty drama about striptease artist Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck) who becomes involved in murders at her burlesque theater.
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Mexican Hayride 1948 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Grey, Luba Malina, John Hubbard, Pedro de Cordoba, Fritz Feld, Tom Powers, Chris-Pin Martin, Frank Fenton
Harry Lambert (Bud Abbott) helps Joe Bascom (Lou Costello) find a lost mine in Mexico and ends up in the middle of a con game. The bullfight scene in which Lou Costello becomes a participant is worth the price of admission.
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Minesweeper 1943 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Berke
Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Russell Hayden, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Emma Dunn, Charles D. Brown, Chick Chandler, Douglas Fowley, Frank Fenton, Ralph Sanford, Robert Mitchum, Dub Taylor
Naval officer Richard Houston (Richard Arlen), who had deserted the Navy due to his chronic gambling, reenlists as a seaman under an assumed name when World War II breaks out. He is assigned to a minesweeper where he becomes a hero by destroying a new type of enemy mine. Another film to keep up the morale back home during World War II.
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The Navy Comes Through 1942 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Jackie Cooper, Carl Esmond, Max Baer, Desi Arnaz, Ray Collins, Frank Jenks, Frank Fenton, Joey Ray, Marten Lamont
Filmed shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and using newsreel film footage, this World War II story involves the heroics of the crew of an old freighter that blows up U-Boats and shoots down Nazi bombers. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects.
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Philo Vance's Secret Mission 1947 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell, Frank Jenks, James Bell, Frank Fenton, Paul Maxey, Kenneth Farrell, Toni Todd, David Leonard, Frank Wilcox
The renowned master sleuth Philo Vance (Alan Curtis) is hired to provide input for a mystery magazine by publisher Martin Jamison (Paul Maxey) while also helping Martin solve the murder of his partner several years previously. When Martin is murdered Vance must figure out who killed the partner, which will surely lead to Martin's killer. This is the final Philo Vance film–at least for more than a half century and counting.
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Relentless 1948 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman, Willard Parker, Akim Tamiroff, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat, Clem Bevans, Mike Mazurki, Frank Fenton, Hank Patterson
Nick (Robert Young) is accused of a murder he did not commit. While being pursued he is himself pursuing the one who did it–while being hidden by Luella (Marguerite Chapman). He finds his man. Pretty good.
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Swamp Fire 1946 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William H. Pine
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Virginia Grey, Buster Crabbe, Carol Thurston, Pedro de Cordoba, Pierre Watkin, Marcelle Corday, William Edmunds, Frank Fenton, David Janssen, Edwin Maxwell
Navy war veteran, riverboat captain Johnny (Johnny Weissmuller) plies the waters of the lower Mississippi River and fights it out with evil trapper Mike (Buster Crabbe) over the woman (Virginia Grey) he loves. The only highlight: the fight in the alligator-filled swamp. Look for a young David Janssen.
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Texans Never Cry 1951 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Gail Davis, Frank Fenton, Russell Hayden, Minerva Urecal, Holly Bane, Roy Butler, Mary Castle, Tom Keene, Frank Fenton
Singing cowboy Gene Autry is a lawman and succeeds in stopping the dastardly crime of selling fake lottery tickets.
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Trigger, Jr. 1950 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady, Gordon Jones, Grant Withers, Peter Miles, Frank Fenton, George Cleveland, I. Stanford Jolley, Stanley Andrews
It's the old "protection" racket finding its way into the West as the bad guy lets a killer horse loose to raise havoc among the neighboring ranches. Roy Rogers gets in trouble in trying to save the day, but a boy who is afraid of horses rides to the rescue.
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Vicki 1953 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Harry Horner
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott Reid, Richard Boone, Max Showalter, Alexander D'Arcy, Carl Betz, Aaron Spelling, John Dehner, Roy Engel, Parley Baer, Stuart Randall, Russ Conway, Frank Fenton, Frank Gerstle
Following the murder of supermodel Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters), police Lt. Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) vigorously steps into the case. He had been in love with Vicki before she gained success and has blamed her publicity man, Steve Christopher (Elliott Reed), for taking her away from him. Now, Cornell is determined to convict Christopher in what seems to be a personal vendetta. But Christopher, with help from Vicki's sister, Jill (Jeanne Crain), tracks down the identity of the real killer and puts an end to the madness.
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| 1. The Big Noise (1944)
2. Buffalo Bill (1944)
3. A Foreign Affair (1948)
4. Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
5. The Golden Stallion (1949)
6. Hazard (1948)
7. Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
8. If I'm Lucky (1946)
9. Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
aka: Monsoon
10. Lady of Burlesque (1943)
aka: Striptease Lady
11. Mexican Hayride (1948)
12. Minesweeper (1943)
13. The Navy Comes Through (1942)
14. Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947)
15. Relentless (1948)
16. Rosie the Riveter (1944)
17. Swamp Fire (1946)
18. Texans Never Cry (1951)
19. Trigger, Jr. (1950)
20. Vicki (1953)
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