Actors and Sin 1952  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marsha Hunt, Dan O'Herlihy, Eddie Albert, Rudolph Anders, Alan Reed, Tracey Roberts, Jenny Hecht, Paul Guilfoyle, Ric Roman, Betty Field, Louis B. Mayor, Jack L. Warner, George Baxter, Ben Hecht
This film contains a two-part anthology. In "Actor's Blood," Shakespearean actor Maurice Tillayou (Edward G. Robinson) tries to control the career of his actress daughter, Marcia (Marsha Hunt). After Marcia commits suicide, Maurice makes her death look like murder. In "Woman of Sin," Hollywood agent Orlando Higgins (Eddie Albert) is shocked when he learns that his new screen-writer client, Millicent Egelhofer (Jenny Hecht), is actually a nine-year-old girl.
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The Flying Saucer 1950  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Mikel Conrad
Cast: Mikel Conrad, Pat Garrison, Hantz von Teuffen, Lester Sharpe, Russell Hicks, Frank Darien, Denver Pyle, Roy Engel, Garry Owens, Virginia Hewitt, George Baxter, Robert Boon
Playboy Mike Trent (Mikel Conrad) and Special Agent Vee Langley (Pat Garrison) search Alaska's pubs for any information from possible eyewitnesses to a UFO sighting. The "UFO" is discovered to be a Russian aircraft, and Soviet spies have their own use for the "UFO."
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Iron Man 1951 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Stephen McNally, Joyce Holden, Rock Hudson, Jim Backus, James Arness, George Baxter, John Maxwell, Larry J. Blake
In this remake of the 1931 film, coalminer Coke Mason (Jeff Chandler) becomes a boxer to earn money to buy a radio store despite problems with his wife, Rose (Evelyn Keyes).
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Tea for Two 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Patrice Wymore, Eve Arden, Billy De Wolfe, S.Z. Sakall, Bill Goodwin, Virginia Gibson, Crauford Kent, Elinor Donahue, Harry Harvey, Pat Flaherty, George Baxter, Herschel Daugherty
Based on the Broadway musical, "No, No, Nanette," this delightful film is about Nan's (Doris Day) bet that she can get money needed for her Broadway musical show by not answering "NO!" for an entire weekend. Nan wins the bet and then learns that the money was wiped out in the Wall Street Stock Market crash. Jimmy (Gordon MacRae) is smitten with Nan and offers her the money. The show does go on and is a hit. The film's songs include "Tea for Two," "I Want to Be Happy," "I Only Have Eyes for You," and "Do Do Do."
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Thirty Day Princess 1934 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Marion Gering
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold, Henry Stephenson, Vince Barnett, Edgar Norton, Ray Walker, Lucien Littlefield, Robert McWade, George Baxter
When a princess becomes ill and cannot go on her scheduled tour, an actress (Sylvia Sidney) fills in for her, and she falls in love with a reporter (Cary Grant) she meets while performing her duties.
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Unknown World 1951  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Victor Kilian, Bruce Kellogg, Otto Waldis, Jim Bannon, Marilyn Nash, Tom Handley, Dick Cogan, George Baxter
With bomb shelters being "the thing" in the 1950s, this film comes up with a sure winner for a shelter: the center of the Earth. A team led by scientist Jeremiah Morley (Victor Kilian) builds a giant drilling machine to do just that. And the expedition begins, with hazards sure to lie ahead.
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| 1. Actors and Sin (1952)
2. The Flying Saucer (1950)
3. Iron Man (1951)
4. Tea for Two (1950)
5. Thirty Day Princess (1934)
6. Unknown World (1951)
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