Black Dragons 1942  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, Clayton Moore, George Pembroke, Robert Frazer, Edward Peil Sr., Robert Fiske, Frank Melton, Irving Mitchell, Kenneth Harlan, Max Hoffman Jr., Joseph Eggenton, I. Stanford Jolley, Jack Cheatham
Doctor Melcher (Bela Lugosi) performs plastic surgery on the "Black Dragons," a group of Japanese who are potential saboteurs in the U.S. during World War II. Disguised as Caucasians, they hope to infiltrate American cities.
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Bluebeard 1944  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stossel, Iris Adrian, George Pembroke, Teala Loring, Sonia Sorel, Henry Kolker, Emmett Lynn, Patti McCarty, Frank Darien, George Irving
John Carradine is at his spooky best as he plays deranged killer Gaston Morel, a deranged killer of beautiful women. Morel is an artist who picks up models, paints their pictures, and then kills them. He meets his match in a clever young woman (Jean Parker) who learns about Morel's crimes and is determined to bring him to justice.
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Buried Alive 1939  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Halperin
Cast: Beverly Roberts, Robert Wilcox, George Pembroke, Ted Osborne, Paul McVey, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Don Rowan, George Lynn, Wheeler Oakman, Robert McKenzie, Robert Fiske, Boyd Irwin, Edward Earle, Norman Budd, Ben Alexander
Prison trustee Johnny Martin (Robert Wilcox) is blamed for the murder of a guard and is denied parole. He learns that he is in prison for political reasons and finds only one ally: nurse Joan Wright (Beverly Roberts).
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Call Northside 777 1948 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker, E.G. Marshall, Kasia Orzazewski, Betty Garde, Moroni Olsen, John McIntire, Paul Harvey, Joanne De Bergh, Howard Smith, Michael Chapin, Samuel S. Hinds, George Pembroke
This story, based on an actual police case, features James Stewart as Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal who is given the assignment of writing a public interest story. His assignment is Tillie Wieceki (Kasia Orzazewski) who has offered $5,000 for information proving that her son Frank (Michael Chapin) is innocent although convicted of a policeman's murder committed 11 years ago. McNeal does not believe that Frank is innocent, but when McNeal examines the case, Frank passes a lie detector test showing that he is innocent, and, by the end of McNeal's investigation, Frank gains his freedom.
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Fear Strikes Out 1957 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson, Edd Byrnes, Bart Burns, Bing Russell, Peter J. Votrian, Don Brodie, Richard Bull, June Jocelyn, George Pembroke, Jeffrey Sayre, Gary Vinson
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall (Anthony Perkins) suffered from mental illness that led to a nervous breakdown. This is the story of how his desire to please his pugnacious father, John (Karl Malden), brought on the breakdown and how Jimmy fights to overcome adversity and return to baseball.
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Flying Wild 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William West
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Donald Haines, Joan Barclay, David Gorcey, Bobby Stone, Ernest Morrison, Dave O'Brien, Eugene Francis, Herbert Rawlinson, George Pembroke, Dennis Moore
Mugs (Leo Gorcey) and the rest of the East Side Kids work at an airplane factory where they uncover a plot to steal secrets and provide them to enemy agents.
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The Invisible Ghost 1941 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Bela Lugosi, John McGuire, Polly Ann Young, Clarence Muse, Terry Walker, George Pembroke, Betty Compson, Fred Kelsey, Jack Mulhall, Ernie Adams, Ottola Nesmith, Lloyd Ingraham, Robert Strange, Fred Aldrich
Gentle Dr. Kessler (Bela Lugosi) lives with his adult daughter Virginia (Polly Ann Young) and household staff in his large mansion. He grieves the loss of his wife (Betty Compson) who was believed killed in an auto accident. But she did not die, and the butler (Clarence Muse) has kept her locked away until she recovers from her amnesia that resulted from the accident. She routinely gets out, and when she looks in the doctor's window, he is put in a trance and kills people he runs across. Cheap, but the good direction helps keep an eerie atmosphere.
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The Last Alarm 1940 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: William West
Cast: J. Farrell MacDonald, Warren Hull, Polly Ann Young, George Pembroke, Mary Gordon, Bruce MacFarlane, Joel Friedkin, Eddie Hart, Charles Anthony Hughes, Eddie Kane
Captain Jim Hadley (J. Farrell MacDonald) is bored after reaching required retirement age. When a fireman friend is killed fighting a fire that appeared to be arson, Jim and his daughter's (Polly Ann Young) boyfriend/insurance investigator (Warren Hull) team up to find the arsonist.
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Paper Bullets 1941  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Gangs, Inc.
Crime, Inc
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Linda Ware, John Archer, Vince Barnett, Alan Ladd, Gavin Gordon, William Halligan, George Pembroke, Selmer Jackson, Phillip Trent, Kenneth Harlan, Bryant Washburn, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Robert Strange
Rita Adams (Joan Woodbury) had been raised in an orphanage with fellow orphans Bob Elliot and Mickey Roma (John Archer and Jack La Rue). As an adult, Rita takes the rap for wealthy playboy Harold's (Phillip Trent) hit-and-run crime and ends up in jail. When she is released from prison, Rita determines to get vengeance against Harold's father Clarence (George Pembroke) who was responsible for her being sent to prison. Meanwhile, her childhood friend Bob is now an undercover agent trying to snare mobster Mickey, and Rita is the key to his investigation. Rita rises to power in the criminal world but ends up back in prison; however, this time her childhood sweetheart Bob promises to be waiting when she is released.
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Showdown at Boot Hill 1958  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Cast: Charles Bronson, Robert Hutton, John Carradine, Paul Maxey, Carole Mathews, Fintan Meyler, Thomas Browne Henry, Mike Mason, George Pembroke, William Stevens
When a lawman (Charles Bronson) discovers, to his horror, that he has mistakenly killed an innocent man, he has many problems to solve for himself as well as the family of the victim.
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 Spooks Run Wild 1941 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, David Gorcey, Ernest Morrison, Donald Haines, Dave O'Brien, George Pembroke, Angelo Rossitto, Dorothy Short, Dennis Moore, P.J. Kelly, Guy Wilkerson
While the East Side Kids are camping in the mountains, they hear that a monster-killer is on the loose. Muggsy (Leo Gorcey) suffers a gunshot wound, and the boys seek shelter in an old mansion, which happens to be owned by Nardo (Bela Lugosi). Later, the kids see Muggsy walking around in a trance and think that Nardo has turned him into a zombie. But, is Nardo a monster-killer, or is he simply a magician–only the horrors experienced within the walls of the old mansion will reveal the answer.
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| 1. Black Dragons (1942)
2. Bluebeard (1944)
3. Buried Alive (1939)
4. Call Northside 777 (1948)
5. Fear Strikes Out (1957)
6. Flying Wild (1941)
7. The Invisible Ghost (1941)
8. The Last Alarm (1940)
9. Paper Bullets (1941)
aka: Gangs, Inc.
aka: Crime, Inc
10. Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)
11. Spooks Run Wild (1941)
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