Blake of Scotland Yard 1937  N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Adventure / Mystery
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Herbert Rawlinson, Ralph Byrd, Joan Barclay, Lloyd Hughes, Dickie Jones, Lucille Lund, Nick Stuart, Sam Flint, Jimmy Aubrey, Theodore Lorch, George DeNormand
In this 15-episode serial, Scotland Yard inspector Sir James Blake (Herbert Rawlinson) sponsors the invention of a death ray by Dr. Jerry Sheehan (Ralph Byrd). But, guess what. The dastardly "Scorpion" wants it for his own villainous work. One of the better serials that was also cut down to a feature-length edition.
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The Gay Amigo 1949 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Armida, Joe Sawyer, Walter Baldwin, Fred Kohler Jr., Kenneth MacDonald, George DeNormand, Clayton Moore, Sam Flint, Fred Crane, Bud Osborne
A U.S. Army patrol mistakes Cisco (Duncan Renaldo) and Pancho (Leo Carillo) for members of a gang of bandits. The Captain (Kenneth MacDonald) lets them go, believing that they will lead the Army to the rest of the gang. Pancho and Cisco have their own plans: they pose as crooks and catch the real bandits.
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The Ghost Ship 1943  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard, Edmund Glover, Skelton Knaggs, Tom Burton, Steve Winston, Lawrence Tierney, Robert Bice, Dewey Robinson, Steve Forrest, Boyd Davis, George DeNormand, Skelton Knaggs
Third Officer Tom Merriam (Russell Wade) tries in vain to warn crewmen that Captain Stone (Richard Dix) is psychotic. When the men ignore him, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse follows that endangers the entire crew.
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The Painted Stallion 1937 N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan James, Ray Taylor, William Witney
Cast: Ray Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason, Duncan Renaldo, Sammy McKim, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Perrin, Ed "Oscar" Platt, Lou Fulton, Jean Carmen, Yakima Canutt, George DeNormand
This 12-chapter Serial is entertaining, if you are into old Westerns. U.S. agent Clark Stewart (Ray Corrigan) is sent to Santa Fe to complete a trade agreement with Mexico. Meanwhile, Walter Jamison (Hoot Gibson) leads a wagon train West to Santa Fe with passengers that are hoping to take advantage of the agreement. But the evil governor of Santa Fe (Alfredo Dupray) attempts to undermine the negotiations AND stop the wagon train from arriving. Throughout the journey, a mysterious rider on a beautiful, painted stallion shoots whistling arrows to protect the wagon train passengers. Plenty of action, and old West heroes such as Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, and Jim Bowie add to the festivities.
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A Raisin in the Sun 1961  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr., Stephen Perry, Joel Fluellen, Roy Glenn, Ray Stubbs, Rudolph Monroe, George DeNormand, Louis Terrel, Thomas D. Jones
In the 1950s, the African-American Younger family–Lena (Claudia McNeil), her son Walter Lee (Sidney Poitier), his wife Ruth (Ruby Dee), and their college-age daughter Beneatha (Diana Sands)–live a cramped existence in Chicago's South Side. Lena inherits $10,000 when her husband dies, and family members differ on how the money should be spent. Finally, Lena gets her way and buys a home for her family–in an all-White neighborhood in Chicago where the Youngers are the first Black family to move in.
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Tarzan the Fearless 1933  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Julie Bishop, E. Alyn Warren, Edward Woods, Philo McCullough, Frank Lackteen, Mischa Auer, Matthew Betz, Carlotta Monti, Al Kikume, Symona Boniface, Darby Jones, George DeNormand, Everett Brown, Philip Sleeman
After Dr. Brooks (E. Alyn Warren) is kidnapped by the followers of Zar, God of the Jeweled Fingers, his daughter Mary (Julie Bishop) and her boyfriend Bob (Edward Woods) team up with Tarzan (Buster Crabbe) to rescue him. Problems are inevitable because Mary's safari guides Jeff and Nick (Philo McCullough and Matthew Betz) have ulterior motives in the search for Dr. Brooks–including collecting a bounty for proof of Tarzan's death and stealing the lost treasure of the Zar.
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West of the Law 1942 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Cook, Harry Woods, Jack Daley, Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart, Milburn Morante, Roy Barcroft, Horace B. Carpenter, Tom London, Bud Osborne, Tex Palmer, George DeNormand, Al Ferguson
In the final (of eight) "Rough Riders" film, Marshals Buck, Tim, and Sandy (Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, and Raymond Hatton) are brought to the town by newspaper editor Rufus Todd (Milburn Morante) whose presses have been ruined when he was about to uncover the gang responsible for a gold robbery. As usual, The Rough Riders go undercover to nab the culprits–including the leader, a respected town leader.
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| 1. Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)
2. The Gay Amigo (1949)
3. The Ghost Ship (1943)
4. The Painted Stallion (1937)
5. A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
6. Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
7. West of the Law (1942)
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