Abandoned 1949  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler, Meg Randall, Raymond Burr, Marjorie Rambeau, Jeanette Nolan, Mike Mazurki, Clifton Young, Will Kuluva, Sid Tomack, Ruth Sanderson, William Frambes, Perc Launders, Steve Darrell
Reporter Mark Sitko (Dennis O'Keefe) helps Paula Considine (Gale Storm) find her unwed sister's baby and, at the same time, uncovers an adoption scam.
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City of Missing Girls 1941  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: H.B. Warner, Astrid Allwyn, John Archer, Sarah Padden, Philip Van Zandt, George Rosener, Kathryn Crawford, Patricia Knox, Walter Long, Gale Storm, Danny(2) Webb, Boyd Irwin, Lloyd Ingraham, Herb Vigran, Donald Curtis
A phony art school is actually an auditioning center for naive young women who are to be placed in nightclubs. When several of the women are murdered, reporter Nora (Astrid Allwyn) sets out to uncover what is going on when she is unhappy with the action taken by officials. She finds that the murderer is her own father, Joseph Thompson (Boyd Irwin).
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Curtain Call at Cactus Creek 1950  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Gale Storm, Walter Brennan, Vincent Price, Eve Arden, Chick Chandler, Joe Sawyer, Harry Shannon, Rex Lease, I. Stanford Jolley
Stagehand Edward Timmons (Donald O'Connor) is a would-be actor who gains fame and the chance to act after he nabs a criminal hiding out in his theatrical troupe.
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Freckles Comes Home 1942  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Action
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Johnny Downs, Gale Storm, Mantan Moreland, Irving Bacon, Bradley Page, Betty Blythe, Marvin Stephens, Walter Sande, Max Hoffman Jr., Laurence Criner, John Ince, Gene O'Donnell, Irving Mitchell, Si Jenks
Freckles (Johnny Downs) arrives home from college with big plans for himself and his hometown. But he begins with a rough start when gangsters have holed up in town with the intent of robbing the bank. Freckles must deal with the situation while also dealing with his sweetheart, Jane (Gale Storm). Based on Gene Stratton-Porter's stories.
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 Jesse James at Bay 1941 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure / Musical / Romance
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally Payne, Pierre Watkin, Ivan Miller, Gale Storm, Hal Taliaferro, Roy Barcroft, Jack Kirk, Edward Peil Sr., Hank Bell, Budd Buster, Chester Conklin, Jack Rockwell, Bob Woodward
The railroad is coming, and the railroaders need the land. So, they plot to grab the land from the settlers. Jesse James (Roy Rogers) helps the settlers by robbing the trains and distributing the proceeds among the settlers. But a local villain (also played by Roy Rogers) is a dead-ringer for Jesse, and the battle begins.
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Let's Go Collegiate 1941 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
aka: Farewell to Fame
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Frankie Darro, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Gale Storm, Frank Sully, Barton Yarborough, Frank Faylen, Marguerite Whitten, Paul Maxey, Tristram Coffin
After members of a collegiate crew team–Frankie (Frankie Darro) and Jeff (Mantan Moreland)–tell their girlfriends that they will win the big race, their star rower is drafted. But that doesn't stop Frankie and Jeff who get a truck driver, Herk Bevans (Frank Sully), to fill in. They win, but Herk turns out to be a criminal on the run, and more than a few problems await the boys.
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Man from Cheyenne 1942 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally Payne, Lynne Carver, William Haade, James Seay, Gale Storm, Bob Nolan, Jack Ingram, Jack Kirk, Pat Brady, Bob Burns, Spade Cooley, Art Dillard, Ted Mapes
Marian Hardy (Lynne Carver) is a rustler and uses her sexy charms to get cattle information from the ranchers to pass on to her gang. Agent Roy Rogers is in Wyoming assigned to put an end to the rustling. The clues lead to the Hardy ranch, but when Roy tracks down the gang, a gunfight ensues at the ranch, and Roy must fight the gang.
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Red River Valley 1941 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Sally Payne, Trevor Bardette, Gale Storm, Bob Nolan, Pat Brady, Hal Taliaferro, Robert Homans, Lynton Brent, Hank Bell, Karl Farr, Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman, Tim Spencer
Singing cowboy Roy Rogers helps drought-affected ranchers raise money to build a reservoir. Along comes a gambler, Allison (Trevor Bardette), who steals the money in a crooked stock deal. Roy will see that justice prevails. Songs include "Red River Valley," "When Payday Rolls Around," "Chant of the Wanderer," "Lily of the Hillbilly Valley," and "Love Begins at Sunset on the Trail."
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Revenge of the Zombies 1943 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: John Carradine, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Bob Steele, Mantan Moreland, Veda Ann Borg, Barry Macollum, Mauritz Hugo, James Baskett, Sybil Lewis, Franklyn Farnum, Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Dr. von Alterman (John Carradine) works in his Louisiana mansion creating zombies to become soldiers in the Nazi Army. When the doctor's wife, Lila (Veda Ann Borg), dies under mysterious circumstances, she is also turned into a zombie for the cause. But his plan is foiled when Lila's brother Scott (Mauritz Hugo), heroine Jen (Gale Storm), and undercover FBI Agent Larry (Robert Lowry) arrive on the scene and are aided by Zombie Lila who seems to have a will of her own.
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Smart Alecks 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Stanley Clements, Bobby Stone, Ernest Morrison, David Gorcey, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Gale Storm, Roger Pryor, Walter Woolf King, Dick Ryan, Herbert Rawlinson, Sam Bernard
Muggs (Leo Gorcey) and gang need money for baseball uniforms, and when Danny (Bobby Jordan) receives a reward for helping capture Butch (Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom), the gang forces Danny to turn over the money, thinking Danny wants it all for himself. But when Danny is severely injured by the escaped Butch, the gang comes to his aid. A weak entry in the series.
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Stampede 1949  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Rod Cameron, Gale Storm, Johnny Mack Brown, Don Castle, Donald Curtis, John Eldredge, John Miljan, Jonathan Hale, James Harrison, Henry Hall, Adrian Wood, Wes Christensen, I. Stanford Jolley, Duke York, Steve Clark
Produced and written by Blake Edwards, this is the story of farmers moving west but not without problems encountered by ranchers over land rights. Brothers Mike and Tim McCall (Rod Cameron and Don Castle) own a ranch and have control of a dam. When settlers John Dawson (Steve Clark) and his daughter Connie (Gale Storm) arrive, they discover that their land is dry. After many problems, the dam is blown up, war breaks out, and a cattle stampede ensues.
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Swing Parade of 1946 1946 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Gale Storm, Phil Regan, Russell Hicks, Edward Brophy, John Eldredge, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Mary Treen, Leon Belasco, Connee Boswell, Will Osborne, Louis Jordan
The plot is thin, but the music goes on and on in this tale about aspiring singer Carol (Gale Storm) who gets a job at Danny's (Phil Regan) new nightclub–against his fathers wishes. The Three Stooges, who play waiters, are a highlight.
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The Texas Rangers 1951 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: George Montgomery, Gale Storm, Jerome Courtland, Noah Beery Jr., John Litel, John Dehner, Ian MacDonald, William Bishop, John Doucette, Jock Mahoney, Douglas Kennedy, George Chesebro, Kenne Duncan, Myron Healey, Dick Wessel
The year is 1872, and Johnny Carver (George Montgomery) is serving a life sentence in prison when he is offered a deal. If he will track down Sam Bass (William Bishop) and his notorious outlaw gang, Carver will be given his freedom. Carver agrees to the deal but is more interested in seeking vengeance against The Sundance Kid (Ian MacDonald) who was responsible for sending him to prison. Problems lie ahead, but Carver finally decides to go along with the deal and tracks down Bishop.
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Tom Brown's School Days 1940 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Adventures at Rugby
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Josephine Hutchinson, Billy Halop, Polly Moran, Hughie Green, Ernest Cossart, Alec Craig, Gale Storm, Barlowe Borland, Forrester Harvey, Antoinette Rotche, Alexander Pollard, Frank Mills
Despite the fact that the new headmaster at Rugby boarding school, Doctor Arnold (Cedric Hardwicke) has a reputation for lack of discipline, Squire Brown (Ernest Cossart) supports his policy and sends his son, Tom (Jimmy Lydon), to Rugby. When Tom arrives at the school and immediately suffers from the hazing of school bullies, Tom has a solution: organize the other students to fight back, any way they can, against the bullies.
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| 1. Abandoned (1949)
2. City of Missing Girls (1941)
3. Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
4. The Dude Goes West (1948)
5. Freckles Comes Home (1942)
6. Jesse James at Bay (1941)
7. Let's Go Collegiate (1941)
aka: Farewell to Fame
8. Man from Cheyenne (1942)
9. Red River Valley (1941)
10. Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
11. Smart Alecks (1942)
12. Stampede (1949)
13. Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
14. The Texas Rangers (1951)
15. Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
aka: Adventures at Rugby
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