Arsene Lupin 1932  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, John Miljan, Tully Marshall, Henry Armetta, George Davis, John Davidson, James T. Mack
In their first joint screen appearance, John and Lionel Barrymore play a gentleman rogue, Arsene Lupin (John), and the French detective, Guerchard (Lionel), who is hot on Arsene Lupin's trail.
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 The Black Cat 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: The House of Doom
The Vanishing Body
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti, Harry Cording, Luis Alberni, Lucille Lund, Herman Bing, Andre Cheron, Egon Brecher, George Davis, Paul Weigel
This is the first film starring both Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi and concerns a young couple–Joan and Peter Alison (Julie Bishop and David Manners)–who meet Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Lugosi) on a train while honeymooning in Budapest. Werdegast offers them a ride from the station, but after an accident the trio ends up at the home of Hjalmar Poetzig (Karloff). Poetzig is a satanic cult leader who has stolen Werdegast's wife and daughter. The wife has died and her corpse is hidden in the house. Meanwhile, Werdegast has married the daughter. Now the chess game begins as Poelzig and Werdegast engage in mind games, and the Alisons become the pawns in this deadly game.
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 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo 1937  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field, Sidney Blackmer, Harold Huber, Kay Linaker, Robert Kent, Edward Raquello, George Lynn, Louis Mercier, George Davis, George Sorel, John Bleifer, Georges Renavent, Eugene Borden
Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) and his son Lee (Keye Luke) are vacationing in Monte Carlo when a million dollars in bonds from the famous Riviera casino are stolen, and the messenger who was carrying them is murdered. Charlie is asked to investigate and uncovers the work of bartender Al Rogers (George Lynn) who is blackmailing Mrs Karnoff (Kay Linaker) whose husband (Sidney Blackmer) is engaged in a bitter feud with Paul Savarin (Edward Raquello). Al turns up dead, but is Mrs. Karnoff really the murderess? Other suspects include Savarin and a woman with things to hide, Evelyn Gray (Virginia Field). This is Oland's last movie.
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Charlie Chan in City in Darkness 1939 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
aka: City in Darkness
Director: Herbert I. Leeds
Cast: Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, Richard Clarke, Harold Huber, Leo G. Carroll, Lon Chaney Jr., Pedro de Cordoba, Dorothy Tree, Douglass Dumbrille, C. Henry Gordon, Noel Madison, Louis Mercier, George Davis, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Barbara Leonard
When Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) visits friends from World War I in Paris, he finds that Paris is a city of darkness because of air raids preparing for the possible outbreak of World War II. Munitions maker Petroff (Douglass Dumbrille) is murdered, and Charlie investigates. The clues lead to espionage and arms dealings with the Nazis. At the film's end, Charlie talks about the evils of conference table bargaining.
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The Circus 1928 G, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, George Davis, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sanford, John Rand, Steve Murphy, Betty Morrisey, Charles Chaplin
The Tramp (Charles Chaplin) is working odd jobs at a circus when police think he is a pickpocket and chase him around the Big Top. The crowd, thinking it is part of the act, finds him hilarious. This leads to his being hired as a clown. Soon he falls in love, is spurned, shrugs his shoulders, and sets off in a new direction leaving the circus behind.
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 The Gay Divorcee 1934  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, William Austin, Betty Grable, E.E. Clive, Paul Porcasi, Lillian Miles, Charles Coleman, George Davis, Charlie Hall
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, as Guy and Mimi, run into each other at a resort where Mimi is awaiting her divorce. Mimi mistakes Guy for the man (Erik Rhodes) who her aunt (Alice Brady) has hired to have a tryst with Mimi and, thus, provide the grounds for her divorce. Complications ensue when Guy is attracted to Mimi, but she, because of the mix-up, does not treat him well. By story's end, all ends happily. The dances to "The Continental" and "Night and Day" are delightfully performed in this film. "The Continental" won the Academy Award for Best Song, the first year that the award was given for this category. Nominations were also received for four other awards, including Best Picture.
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The Lady Says No 1952  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Ross
Cast: Joan Caulfield, David Niven, James Robertson Justice, Lenore Lonergan, Frances Bavier, Peggy Maley, Henry Jones, Jeff York, George Davis, Robert Williams
When magazine photographer Bill Shelby (David Niven) arrives in town to work on a story about best-selling author Dorinda (Joan Caulfield), he is amazed that this beautiful woman wrote a book trashing men. Determined to change her opinion on men, Bill pursues her, and complications are inevitable.
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Sherlock, Jr. 1924  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Fantasy / Drama / Mystery
Director: Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Ward Crane, Erwin Connolly, Kewpie Morgan, George Davis, Ruth Holly, Jane Connelly, Doris Deane, Ford West, John Patrick
A film projectionist (Buster Keaton) dreams of being a detective, and–miracle-of-miracles–he falls asleep and finds himself inside the film he is showing. He takes on the persona of Sherlock Jr., ace detective, and becomes involved in mystery stories. One story parallels his own life involving his girlfriend (Kathryn McGuire) and her other suitor (Ward Crane) who has stolen a watch to buy her a large box of chocolates. Camera tricks utilized provide classic moments in silent-film history.
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Till We Meet Again 1944 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Ray Milland, Barbara Britton, Walter Slezak, Lucile Watson, Mona Freeman, Vladimir Sokoloff, William Edmunds, Konstantin Shayne, George Davis, Jack Lambert
French nun Sister Clothilde (Barbara Britton) helps a downed American pilot (Ray Milland) evade Nazi capture during World War II.
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Without Love 1945 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Patricia Morison, Gloria Grahame, Carl Esmond, Felix Bressart, George Davis, George Chandler
Jamie Rowan (Katharine Hepburn) is a widow who marries her boarder Pat Jamieson (Spencer Tracy), and only later do they fall in love.
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| 1. Arsene Lupin (1932)
2. The Black Cat (1934)
aka: The House of Doom
aka: The Vanishing Body
3. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
4. Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939)
aka: City in Darkness
5. The Circus (1928)
6. Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947)
7. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
8. The Lady Says No (1952)
9. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
10. Till We Meet Again (1944)
11. Without Love (1945)
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