Angel on My Shoulder 1946  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Onslow Stevens, George Cleveland, Hardie Albright, Fritz Leiber, Jonathan Hale, George Meeker, James Flavin
A murdered mobster, Eddie Kagle (Paul Muni), makes a deal with the devil (Claude Rains) to come back to life–as a respected judge.
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Apache Rose 1947  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Olin Howland, George Meeker, Minerva Urecal, John Laurenz, Bob Nolan, Russ Vincent, LeRoy Mason, Donna Martell, Terry Frost, Conchita Lemus, Tex Terry, Pat Brady, Ken Terrell
Oil prospector Roy Rogers tries to get drilling rights to an old Spanish land grant in California. Problems arise when Roy has to contend with boat gamblers who are after the oil-rich land themselves. Meanwhile, Billie Colby (Dale Evans) finds her life is threatened, and she teams up with Roy to get the goods on the gamblers.
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Back Street 1932  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Irene Dunne, John Boles, George Meeker, Zasu Pitts, Arletta Duncan, William Bakewell, Jane Darwell, June Clyde, Doris Lloyd, Walter Catlett, Pat Weigel, James Donlan, Maude Turner Gordon, Shirley Grey, Robert McWade
The ill-fated romance of lovers Rae and Walter (Irene Dunne and John Boles) is doomed because of complications. They part, but their passion for each other remains. Walter does marry another woman, but when he and Rae meet again years later, they enter into a secret love affair, and Rae remains loyal to Walter for the rest of her life.
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Blessed Event 1932 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Lee Tracy, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Isabel Jewell, George Meeker, Frank McHugh, Tom Dugan, Ned Sparks, Dick Powell
Newspaper columnist Alvin Roberts (Lee Tracy) specializes in reporting on "blessed events" which are started before marriage. When he announces the pregnancy of Dorothy (Isabel Jewell), it changes the lives of both Alvin and Dorothy. Behind the humor is a powerful story.
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Case of the Baby-Sitter 1947  N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Tom Neal, Allen Jenkins, Pamela Blake, Virginia Sale, George Meeker, Tom Kennedy, Rebel Randall, Keith Richards, Lona Andre, Crane Whitley, Eddie Kane, Bill Kennedy
Russ Ashton's (Tom Neal) detective agency is hired to provide baby-sitting duties for a duke and duchess (George Meeker and Rebel Randall), and Russ assigns his inept, but funny, assistant, Harvard (Allen Jenkins), to the job. But the duke and duchess are really jewel thieves, and a rival gang wants loot from the last heist, which brings Russ into action. Filmed concurrently with "The Hat Box Mystery" with several of the same stars.
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Crime Doctor's Diary 1949 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Warner Baxter, Lois Maxwell, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens, Don Beddoe, Whit Bissell, Robert Armstrong, George Meeker, Selmer Jackson, Claire Carleton
This is the last in the series, and it's time had come. This one doesn't measure up to the earlier, more lively, entries. In his last case, Crime Doctor is out to clear his patient of murder and arson charges.
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Crime, Inc. 1945 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal, Martha Tilton, Lionel Atwill, Grant Mitchell, Harry Shannon, Danny Morton, Virginia Vale, Don Beddoe, George Meeker
Crime reporter Jim Riley (Tom Neal) takes on a gang of racketeers, and the case against them is made more difficult when the jury foreman (Leo Carrillo) is the gang leader.
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The Dragon Murder Case 1934 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette, Helen Lowell, Dorothy Tree, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, George E. Stone, George Meeker, Etienne Girardot, Robert Warwick
Warren William takes over the role of sophisticated sleuth Philo Vance in this not-too-great entry. There are many suspects when deaths occur in the "dragon pool" at the wealthy Stamm residence. But Philo Vance is able to sort through the clues to find the culprit. William was concurrently playing Perry Mason in another series and would later star in the "Lone Wolf" series.
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Emma 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy, John Miljan, Leila Bennett, George Meeker, Purnell Pratt, Barbara Kent, Kathryn Crawford, Dale Fuller, Wilfred Noy, Andre Cheron, Wade Boteler, Lee Phelps
An elderly nanny, Emma (Marie Dressler), raised the Smith children. Following the death of their mother, she marries their father Frederick Smith (Jean Hersholt). Frederick dies, and Emma is the sole inheritor of his fortune. The children then accuse Emma of murdering their father. Emma is put on trial and is acquitted. She leaves the Smith family and goes to work for another family. Dressler was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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Four Sons 1928 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Margaret Mann, James Hall, Ralph Bushman, Earle Foxe, Charles Morton, George Meeker, June Collyer, Albert Gran, Frank Reicher, Jack Pennick
In this silent, anti-war film, a Bavarian woman (Margaret Mann) had four sons, but three of them were killed during World War I. Now, her only remaining son (James Hall) has moved to the United States and is branded a traitor, but she longs to join him.
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The Gay Ranchero 1948 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Tito Guizar, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Estelita Rodriguez, George Meeker, Dennis Moore, Bob Nolan, LeRoy Mason, Keith Richards
Roy Rogers is the singing Sheriff and he must deal with a gang who tries to take over the airport.
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Home in Oklahoma 1946  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Carol Hughes, George Meeker, Ruby Dandridge, Arthur Space, Bob Nolan, George Lloyd, Frank Reicher
A boy inherits a fortune from a murdered rancher, and, of course, the bad guys want the boy's inheritance. This means Roy Rogers must deal with that while bringing the murderers to justice.
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I Accuse My Parents 1945 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Mary Beth Hughes, Robert Lowell, John Miljan, Vivienne Osborne, George Meeker, Edward Earle, George Lloyd, Patricia Knox, Florence Johnson, Richard Bartell
High-school senior Jimmy (Robert Lowell) falls for nightclub singer Kitty (Mary Beth Hughes), gets involved in a jewel heist ordered by Kitty's boss, and kills the leader. When he appears in court, Jimmy blames his alcoholic parents for his troubles, and the judge sets him free. Don't try this at home!
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Just Before Dawn 1946 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Castle
Cast: Warner Baxter, Adele Roberts, Martin Kosleck, Mona Barrie, Marian Miller, Charles D. Brown, Craig Reynolds, Robert Barrat, Charles(2) Lane, George Meeker, Marvin Miller, Charles Arnt, Byron Foulger, Ted Hecht
In the seventh film of the "Crime Doctor" series, Crime Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) is on the trail of a killer after being tricked into giving a fatal injection to one of his patients.
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Larceny, Inc. 1942 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Anthony Quinn, Edward Brophy, Harry Davenport, Jackie Gleason, Grant Mitchell, George Meeker, John Qualen, Barbara Jo Allen, Andrew Tombes, Joe Downing, Joseph Crehan
After being released from Sing Sing Prison, attempting one last robbery before going straight, three ex-cons Pressure Maxwell (Edward G. Robinson), Jug Martin (Broderick Crawford), and Leo Dexter (Anthony Quinn) join forces to tunnel through to a bank vault. Jackie Gleason plays the bit part of a soda jerk, Hobart. Very funny.
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The Life of Jimmy Dolan 1933 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Guy Kibbee, Fifi D'Orsay, Aline MacMahon, Lyle Talbot, Mickey Rooney, George Meeker, Harold Huber, John Wayne
After he thinks he has accidentally killed a man, a prizefighter (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) retreats to the children's home where he was raised. Look quickly for John Wayne as a boxer. Remade as "They Made Me a Criminal."
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 Murder by Television 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Houghland Murder Case
Director: Clifford Sandforth
Cast: Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, Huntley Gordon, George Meeker, Claire McDowell, Henry Mowbray, Charles Hill Mailes, Hattie McDaniel, Henry Hall, Allen Jung
When a professor demonstrates a new invention–television–he is murdered. Did the television perform the dastardly deed or was it the devilish work of the assistant (Bela Lugosi)?
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Northwest Trail 1945 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Derwin Abrahams
Cast: Bob Steele, Joan Woodbury, John Litel, Madge Bellamy, Raymond Hatton, George Meeker, Ian Keith, Charles Middleton, John Hamilton, Bill Hammond, Bud Osborne, Al Ferguson
Mountie Matt O'Brien (Bob Steele) is assigned to escort Easterner Kate Owens (Joan Woodbury) to a remote area to see her uncle. Trouble lies ahead as Kate's money is stolen, and the Mountie Sergeant appears to be involved in a gold-smuggling ring. A cheaply made film, and it shows.
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One Touch of Venus 1948 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Ava Gardner, Robert Walker, Dick Haymes, Eve Arden, Tom Conway, Sara Allgood, Arthur O'Connell, James Flavin, George Meeker, Olga San Juan, James Flavin, Hugh Herbert, Anne Nagel, Russ Conway, Eddie Parker
This musical comedy is taken from the Broadway show and involves a department store statue of Venus (Ava Gardner) coming to life after being kissed by employee Eddie Hatch (Robert Walker). Love becomes the order of the day, and Venus and Eddie dance in Central Park. The love affair continues for 24 hours until Venus returns to her pedestal and her immobile form.
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 The Roaring Twenties 1939  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Frank McHugh, Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Keane, Joe Sawyer, Eddie Acuff, Joseph Crehan, George Meeker, John Hamilton, Robert Elliott
When Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) returns to America as a veteran of World War I, he fails to find conventional employment. Instead, he forms a successful bootlegging business and is joined by wartime friend George Hally (Humphrey Bogart). Coming to their aid is another buddy, lawyer Lloyd Hart (Jeffrey Lynn). This is one of the better gangster films made in Hollywood.
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Rough Riders' Round-Up 1939 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Eddie Acuff, George Meeker, Glenn Strange, Duncan Renaldo, William Pawley, Dorothy Sebastian, George Chesebro, Guy Usher, Hank Bell, Jim Corey, I. Stanford Jolley, Chris-Pin Martin
Back from fighting in the Spanish American War, Rough Riders–Roy (Roy Rogers), Rusty (Raymond Hatton), and Tommy (Eddie Acuff)–find jobs as members of the Border Patrol. Arizona Jack (William Pawley) runs an operation in which his outlaws rob stages and prospectors, after which they take their stolen property south of the border into Mexico. Roy, Rusty, and Tommy are assigned to guard a shipment of gold and to detain runaway Dorothy Blair (Lynne Roberts). They fail in both assignments. Tommy is killed by Arizona Jack, and his outlaws take Dorothy captive. Roy and Rusty are also soon captured by the outlaws. But, Dorothy escapes, rescues Roy and Rusty, and they put an end to Arizona Jack's illegal activities.
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The Singing Hill 1941 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Dale, Mary Lee, Spencer Charters, George Meeker, Gerald Oliver Smith, Wade Boteler, Harry Stubbs, Monte Montague, Hal Price
Gene Autry sings and sings and fixes a problem. It appears that Virginia Dale would like to give up her land, but if she does, bad guy John Ramsey (George Meeker) can charge high prices for grazing land.
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Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Smash-Up
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, Marsha Hunt, Eddie Albert, Carl Esmond, Carleton Young, Charles D. Brown, Tom Chatterton, Robert Shayne, George Meeker
Susan Hayward was nominated for an Oscar as Best Actress in her role as nightclub singer Angie. While her husband's (Lee Bowman) career soars, Angie hits the skids as she turns to alcohol for comfort.
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Song of Nevada 1944 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Mary Lee, Lloyd Corrigan, Thurston Hall, John Eldredge, George Meeker, Bob Nolan, Kenne Duncan, Forrest Taylor, Si Jenks
In this interesting tale, Roy Rogers helps a man who is presumed dead from a plane crash. His daughter has become a snob after going back east and now she is returning to take over the ranch and her father hopes Roy can bring her back to her senses.
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Spoilers of the Plains 1951 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Grant Withers, William Forrest, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr., George Meeker, Fred Kohler Jr., Keith Richards
This doesn't sound too much like a Western when you learn that we're talking about spies, rocket-launchings, and satellites as being a part of the tale. In any event, Roy Rogers fights it out with the bad guys and comes away the hero.
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Strictly Dishonorable 1931 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox, Lewis Stone, George Meeker, Sidney Toler, Natalie Moorhead, William Ricciardi, Samuel Bonello, Aldo Franchetti, Carlo Schipa
Based on Preston Sturges' play this story revolves around an opera star (Paul Lukas) whose actions lead to a public slander campaign that interferes with his courting of the woman he loves (Sidney Fox). Remade in 1951.
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Stunt Pilot 1939 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Waggner
Cast: John Trent, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone, Jason Robards Sr., Pat O'Malley, George Meeker, Wesley Barry, George Cleveland, John Daheim, Carleton Young, Mary Field, Forrest Taylor
Ace pilot Tailspin Tommy Tompkins (John Trent) is hired to work as a stunt pilot for a movie featuring a dogfight scene. When someone replaces blanks in the gun with real bullets, another stunt flyer (George Meeker) is killed, and Tailspin Tommy is arrested. Will Tailspin Tommy get out of this jam? Based on the comic strip. Other "Tailspin" films include: "Danger Flight" and "Mystery Plane."
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Tarzan's Revenge 1938 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, George Barbier, C. Henry Gordon, Hedda Hopper, George Meeker, Joe Sawyer, Corbet Morris, John Lester Johnson, Frederick Clarke, Bill Elliott, Al Thompson, Blue Washington
Olympic decathlon champion Glenn Morris takes over the role of Tarzan in this story involving a safari; an evil king; and the lovely lady, Eleanor (Eleanor Holm). While on safari with her uncle (George Barbier), aunt (Hedda Hopper), and boyfriend Nev (George Meeker), Eleanor is captured by Ben Alieu Bey (C. Henry Gordon). Tarzan swings in to rescue Eleanor and saves her from Ben Alieu Bey's grasp.
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Twilight in the Sierras 1950 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez, Pat Brady, Russ Vincent, George Meeker, Fred Kohler Jr., Edward Keane, House Peters Jr., Pierce Lyden
An ex-counterfeiter has been kidnapped, and U.S. Marshal Roy Rogers is out after the counterfeiting gang who did it. Dale Evans is there to provide songs and romance.
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Up in Arms 1944 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Danny Kaye, Dinah Shore, Dana Andrews, Constance Dowling, Louis Calhern, Elisha Cook Jr., Lyle Talbot, Walter Catlett, George Meeker, Margaret Dumont
In Danny Kaye's first feature film, he recreates Eddie Cantor's role from "Whoopee!" as a hypochondriac involved in many escapades following his Army induction.
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The Wedding Night 1935 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ralph Bellamy, Walter Brennan, Anna Sten, Helen Vinson, Sig Ruman, Esther Dale, George Meeker, Hilda Vaughn, Douglas Wood
A Polish girl is pursued by two men–with disastrous results.
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Wedding Present 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, George Bancroft, Conrad Nagel, Gene Lockhart, William Demarest, Inez Courtney, Edward Brophy, Purnell Pratt, George Meeker
Charlie (Cary Grant) and Rusty (Joan Bennett) are reporters who find their relationship changing when Charlie is appointed the editor.
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You're in the Army Now 1941 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Donald MacBride, Jane Wyman, Regis Toomey, Joe Sawyer, Clarence Kolb, Paul Harvey, George Meeker, Paul Stanton
This silly movie involves vacuum-cleaner salesmen (Jimmy Durante and Phil Silvers) who, through their own ineptness, enlist in the Army.
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| 1. Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
2. Apache Rose (1947)
3. Back Street (1932)
4. Blessed Event (1932)
5. Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947)
6. Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
7. Crime, Inc. (1945)
8. Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
9. The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
10. Emma (1932)
11. Four Sons (1928)
12. The Gay Ranchero (1948)
13. Home in Oklahoma (1946)
14. I Accuse My Parents (1945)
15. Just Before Dawn (1946)
16. Larceny, Inc. (1942)
17. The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
18. Murder by Television (1935)
aka: The Houghland Murder Case
19. Night of Terror (1933)
20. Northwest Trail (1945)
21. One Touch of Venus (1948)
22. The Red Dragon (1945)
23. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
24. Rough Riders' Round-Up (1939)
25. The Singing Hill (1941)
26. Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)
aka: Smash-Up
27. Song of Nevada (1944)
28. Spoilers of the Plains (1951)
29. Strictly Dishonorable (1931)
30. Stunt Pilot (1939)
31. Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
32. Twilight in the Sierras (1950)
33. Up in Arms (1944)
34. The Wedding Night (1935)
35. Wedding Present (1936)
36. You're in the Army Now (1941)
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