Bells of San Angelo 1947  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Andy Devine, John McGuire, Fritz Leiber, Eddie Acuff, Bob Nolan, Olaf Hytten, David Sharpe, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
There's smuggling going on around the Mexican border and Dale Evans, a novelist, teams with Roy Rogers to stop that nonsense.
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Black Gold 1936  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Russell Hopton
Cast: Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Gloria Shea, Berton Churchill, Stanley Fields, Frank Shannon, George Cleveland, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Dewey Robinson, Slim Whitaker, Carleton Young, Horace B. Carpenter
J.C. Anderson (Berton Churchill) sabotages Dan O'Reilly's (Frank Shannon) oil well and kills Dan in the process, leaving Dan's young son Clifford, "Fishtail," (Frankie Darro) as owner of the well. Geologist Hank Langford (LeRoy Mason) comes to Fishtail's aid but, because of his offer, is kidnapped by Anderson. All is not lost; Hank escapes and saves the day.
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Born to Fight 1938  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Hutchinson
Cast: Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Jack La Rue, Frances Grant, Sheila Bromley, Monte Collins, Eddie Phillips, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Philo McCullough, Hal Price, Donald Kerr, Gino Corrado
Boxing trainer Tom "Bomber" Brown (Kane Richmond) goes on the lam after accidentally injuring a crooked gambler, Smoothy (Jack La Rue). While traveling incognito, Brown finds up-and-coming fighter "Baby Face" Madison (Frankie Darro) who he trains for the Championship title.
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Flames 1932  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Karl Brown
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Noel Francis, George Cooper, Marjorie Beebe, Richard Tucker, Russell Simpson, Kit Guard, Patricia Caron, Fred Parker, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Firefighters (Johnny Mack Brown and George Cooper) save a young woman's (Noel Francis) and her friend's (Marjorie Beebe) cat. They meet again when her apartment catches on fire, and love blooms for both firefighters.
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Fool's Gold 1947 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Robert Emmett Keane, Jane Randolph, Steve Barclay, Harry Cording, Earle Hodgins, Robert Bentley, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) comes to the aid of a friend, an Army Colonel, whose son has deserted. Hoppy learns that the son has joined a gang, led by "Professor" Dixon (Robert Emmett Keane), that plots to steal gold. So, Hoppy goes underground to bring the boy to his senses AND stop the gang from executing their plan.
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Frontier Justice 1936 N/R, 58 min.
Genre:
Director: Robert F. McGowan
Cast: Hoot Gibson, Jane Barnes, Richard Cramer, Roger Williams, John Elliott, Franklyn Farnum, Lloyd Ingraham, Joseph W. Girard, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, George Yeoman, Lafe McKee, Henry Hall, Steve Clark, Pat Harmon, William McCall
Brent Halston's (Hoot Gibson) father was a cattle owner who sheep herders managed to frame, and he was sent to an insane asylum. Sheep herder Gilbert Ware (Richard Cramer) is behind the framing because he wants the land. Now, Ware's partner, John Wilton (Roger Williams), frames Brent on a murder charge, and Brent is sent to jail. But, Brent manages to escape, takes Ware hostage, and exposes Ware and Wilton as the perpetrators.
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Gaucho Serenade 1940 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Keep Rollin'
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Duncan Renaldo, Mary Lee, Tom London, Joseph Crehan, Smith Ballew, William Ruhl, Ted Adams, Lester Matthews, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
There's lots of Gene Autry's singing in this one, but he still has time to take care of some sticky businessmen who are up to no good.
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The Haunted Ranch 1943 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey
Cast: John "Dusty" King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Julie Duncan, Glenn Strange, Rex Lease, Charles King, Bud Osborne, Budd Buster, Tex Palmer, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Steve Clark
Rance Austin (Glenn Strange) and his gang search for stolen gold bullion at the Triangle W Ranch. To keep people away during their search, one of the gang poses as a ghost. But the Range Busters are on their way to take care of the gang. One of a series of "Range Buster" films.
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Imitation of Life 1934  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Ned Sparks, Louise Beavers, Rochelle Hudson, Fredi Washington, Alan Hale, Clarence Wilson, Henry Armetta, Henry Kolker, Paul Porcasi, Wyndham Standing, Franklin Pangborn, Dennis O'Keefe, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
This is the film adaptation of the Fannie Hurst novel about mothers Bea Pullman and Delilah Johnson (Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers) and daughters Jessie (Rochelle Hudson as 18-year-old Jessie) and Peola (Fredi Washington as 16-year-old Peola) whose relationships become difficult. Bea and Delilah open a pancake restaurant that proves to be very successful. But, despite success in their professional lives, problems rise to the fore with their daughters. Jessie falls in love with her mother's boyfriend (Warren William). Meanwhile, light-skinned Peola decides to pass herself off as White and breaks Delilah's heart. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Nabonga 1944  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Gorilla
Jungle Woman
Nabonga Gorilla
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Fifi D'Orsay, Julie London, Bryant Washburn, Herbert Rawlinson, Prince Modupe, Jackie Newfield, Ray Corrigan, I. Stanford Jolley, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Ray Gorman (Buster Crabbe) heads to the African jungles to clear his father's name. Years earlier, his father's bank had been embezzled, and the trail leads to Africa. Ray meets Doreen (Julie London in her screen debut), the embezzler's daughter who, as a child, survived a plane crash and was raised by a gorilla, Nabonga, that is now her protector. Doreen, Nabonga, and Ray team to fight the bad guys who want the embezzled money. Really cheap, with Black stereotyping that was common for the day.
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Oh, Susanna! 1936 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Frances Grant, Earle Hodgins, Frankie Marvin, Donald Kirke, Boothe Howard, Carl Stockdale, Clara Kimball Young, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
The train carrying Gene Autry is robbed, and Gene is thrown from the train. After rescue by his sidekick, Gene sings a few songs and then brings the robbers to justice.
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The Palm Beach Story 1942 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest, Sig Arno, Jack Norton, Robert Warwick, Torben Meyer, Franklin Pangborn, Roscoe Ates, Dewey Robinson, Arthur Hoyt, Al Bridge, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Gerry (Claudette Colbert) leaves her engineer husband, Tom (Joel McCrea), in New York and heads for Florida where she meets snobby John D. Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee). Tom pursues, and comedy ensues.
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Palooka 1934 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Joe Palooka
The Great Schnozzle
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle, William Cagney, Thelma Todd, Franklyn Ardell, Tom Dugan, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Louise Beavers, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Stanley Fields
Fight manager Knobby Walsh (Jimmy Durante) signs up farmboy Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) as a boxer and trains him for a big fight with hard-drinking champ Al "Mac" McSwatt (William Cagney– brother of James Cagney). In this film, Durante sings his song, "Ink-a-Dinka-do."
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Penny Serenade 1941  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan, Ann Doran, Eva Lee Kuney, Wallis Clark, Walter Soderling, Billy Bevan, Ben Taggart, Jane Biffle, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Dick Wessel, Frank Mills, John Tyrrell
Julie Adams (Irene Dunne) listens to the song "Penny Serenade," which is the song that was playing when she first met her husband Roger (Cary Grant). That song and others cause Julie to remember her life with Roger, and the story is told through flashbacks. Their courtship, marriage, adoption of Trina (Jane Biffle), and then sudden death of Trina (now played by Eva Lee Kuney) at age six are shown through Julie's memories. Grant received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
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A Strange Adventure 1932 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Wayne Murder Case
Director: Phil Whitman, Hampton Del Ruth
Cast: Regis Toomey, June Clyde, Lucille La Verne, William V. Mong, Jason Robards Sr., Eddie Phillips, Dwight Frye, Isabelle Vecki, Alan Roscoe, Nadine Dore, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Harry Myers
A hooded killer is on the loose after murdering Silas Wayne (William V. Mong) in the presence of his would-be heirs. Now it is up to police Detective-Sergeant Mitchell (Regis Toomey) and news reporter "Nosey" Toodles (Jane Clyde) to solve the case.
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Under the Big Top 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Karl Brown
Cast: Marjorie Main, Anne Nagel, Jack La Rue, Grant Richards, George Cleveland, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Betty Compson, Herbert Rawlinson, Rolfe Sedan, Charlene Wyatt, Harry Harvey, Speed Hansen
The "Three Flying Pennies" trapeze act–featuring Penny (Anne Nagel), Pablo Le Grande (Grant Richards), and Ricardo Le Grande (Jack La Rue)–draws big crowds to the circus owned by Penny's Aunt Sara Post (Marjorie Main). Problems arise when Penny and her partners do not abide by Sara's strict rules. But by story's end, they sort out their complicated relationships, and the act goes on.
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What Price Crime? 1935 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: Charles Starrett, Noel Madison, Virginia Cherrill, Charles Delaney, Jack Mulhall, Nina Guilbert, Henry Roquemore, John Elliott, Arthur Loft, Jack Cowell, Lafe McKee, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
G-man Allen Grey (Charles Starrett) goes undercover as a prizefighter in order to catch the gang that is smuggling firearms that they steal from the government. The trail leads to nightclub owner Douglas Worthington (Noel Madison) who turns out to be the gang leader. Our hero's task becomes more difficult when he falls in love with Worthington's sister (Virginia Cherrill).
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Wild Horse Rodeo 1937 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, June Martel, Edmund Cobb, William Gould, Jack Ingram, Roy Rogers, Walter Miller, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
The bad guys harass the horses to be used at the rodeo. The horses belong to the fair maiden, so the Three Mesquiteers come to the rescue. Roy Rogers is a singer.
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Youth on Parole 1937 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Marian Marsh, Gordon Oliver, Miles Mander, Margaret Dumont, Milburn Stone, Joe Caits, Harry Tyler, Peggy Shannon, Ranny Weeks, Sarah Padden, Wade Boteler, Mary Kornman, Paul Stanton, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Theodore von Eltz
After being paroled while serving their 18-months sentences for robbing a jewelry store–a crime they did not commit–Phillip (Gordon Oliver) and Bonnie (Marian Marsh) get together and fall in love. Problems rise to the fore when Phillip's boss fires him after learning about the prison sentence. But, this time, Bonnie and Phillip decide to take action and track down those jewel thieves who framed them.
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| 1. Bells of San Angelo (1947)
2. The Biscuit Eater (1940)
3. Black Gold (1936)
4. Born to Fight (1938)
5. Flames (1932)
6. Fool's Gold (1947)
7. Frontier Justice (1936)
8. Gaucho Serenade (1940)
aka: Keep Rollin'
9. The Haunted Ranch (1943)
10. Imitation of Life (1934)
11. Nabonga (1944)
aka: Gorilla
aka: Jungle Woman
aka: Nabonga Gorilla
12. Oh, Susanna! (1936)
13. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
14. Palooka (1934)
aka: Joe Palooka
aka: The Great Schnozzle
15. Penny Serenade (1941)
16. A Strange Adventure (1932)
aka: Wayne Murder Case
17. Under the Big Top (1938)
18. What Price Crime? (1935)
19. Wild Horse Rodeo (1937)
20. Youth on Parole (1937)
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