Bar 20 1943  N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, George Reeves, Dustin Farnum, Victor Jory, Robert Mitchum, Douglas Fowley, Betty Blythe, Francis McDonald, Earle Hodgins
While working on a cattle drive, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his cohorts run into stagecoach robbers and settle a score.
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Blood and Sand 1941  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Anthony Quinn, Alla Nazimova, J. Carrol Naish, George Reeves, John Carradine, Pedro de Cordoba, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, Monty Banks, Vincente Gomez, Fortunio Bonanova, Victor Kilian
In this remake of the 1922 film, popular Spanish bullfighter Juan Gallardo (Tyrone Power) finds his performances lack their previous daring now that he is in the middle of an affair with the beautiful Dona Sol (Rita Hayworth). In an effort to regain the love of his wife, Carmen (Linda Darnell), and to regain lost popularity, Juan Gallardo makes the fateful decision to fight just one more bull.
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The Blue Gardenia 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell, Richard Erdman, George Reeves, Ruth Storey, Ray Walker, Nat King Cole
After finding out that her soldier/boyfriend has found a new girlfriend, Norah (Anne Baxter) goes out with Harry (Raymond Burr). The blind date doesn't go well for Norah. Returning to Harry's place after having too much to drink, he makes a pass at her, and she takes a poker to him. Later, after Harry is found dead, Norah assumes she did it while drunk, and now a reporter (Richard Conte) is on her trail. OK film noir.
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Border Patrol 1943  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Russell Simpson, Claudia Drake, George Reeves, Duncan Renaldo, Cliff Parkinson, Pierce Lyden, Robert Mitchum
Texas Rangers Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd), California (Andy Clyde), and Johnny (Jay Kirby) are tasked to break up the smuggling of Mexicans into the U.S. who are being held as, essentially, slaves in Orestes' (Russell Simpson) silver mine. When one Mexican is shot by a member of the Orestes gang, the Rangers are convicted by a kangaroo court and sentenced to be hanged. They escape and, with great dispatch, take care of the situation. Look for young Robert Mitchum as one of the gang members.
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Buckskin Frontier 1943 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Lee J. Cobb, Victor Jory, Lola Lane, Max Baer, George Reeves, Joe Sawyer
As the Western frontier undergoes settlement in the 19th century, the railroad presents problems as well as benefits along the line, and the owner (Lee J. Cobb) of a freight wagon business is particularly affected.
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Bugles in the Afternoon 1952 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, Barton MacLane, George Reeves, Gertrude Michael, Sheb Wooley, Bob Steele, James Millican
Sergeant Kern Shafter (Ray Milland) finds love and excitement when he heads to America's West and enlists in the cavalry.
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Colt Comrades 1943  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, George Reeves, Earle Hodgins, Victor Jory, Douglas Fowley, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Mitchum
After capturing an outlaw and collecting the bounty, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his friends invest the cash in a cattle ranch but find problems lie ahead.
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Dead Men Tell 1941 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Sidney Toler, Robert Weldon, Sheila Ryan, Victor Sen Yung, George Reeves, Donald Douglas, Kay Aldridge, Ethel Griffies, Truman Bradley, Paul McGrath, Lenita Lane, Milton Parsons, Pat Flaherty, Lee Phelps, Tim Ryan
Elderly, eccentric Miss Nodbury (Ethel Griffies) suffers a heart attack and dies while preparing to set out on a hunt for the $60 million family fortune that was inherited from her ancestor, pirate Black Hook. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) and #2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) investigate and learn that Miss Nodbury was frightened to death by a "ghost" that she believed was Black Hook. In fact, the killer was dressed up as Black Hook, and now Charlie must identify the culprit.
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Forever Female 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas, James Gleason, Jesse White, Marjorie Rambeau, George Reeves, King Donovan, Marion Ross, Pat Crowley
An aging summer-stock star tries to take on roles meant for much younger actresses in this perceptive, and very funny, story.
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 From Here to Eternity 1953  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, Philip Ober, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, John Dennis, Merle Travis, George Reeves, Tim Ryan, Claude Akins
This is the story about Karen Holmes (Deborah Kerr) and the men she encounters while looking for a break from her loneliness as an Army wife. From the quiet Hawaiian nights to the earth-shaking December 7th bombing of Pearl Harbor, this story's characters are pawns in the hands of fate. The movie won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra), and Supporting Actress (Donna Reed). It was also nominated for five Oscars, including Best Actress (Kerr) and two for Best Actor (Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift).
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 Gone with the Wind 1939 G, 219 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Hattie McDaniel, Ward Bond, Jane Darwell, Victor Jory, Butterfly McQueen, Barbara O'Neil, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Laura Hope Crews
Based on Margaret Mitchell's popular novel, this story takes place during the Civil War. When southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) learns that her beloved Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) is going to marry his cousin Melanie (Olivia de Havilland), she is crushed. Despite warnings from her faithful servant Mammy (Hattie McDaniel), Scarlett accosts Ashley at a barbeque. Charleston profiteer Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) listens in on the confrontation and falls in love with Scarlett. Their affair begins, and as Scarlett flirts, cries, struggles, and dances with Rhett, she manages to survive the changes brought on as the South fights to maintain plantation life. Ashley to Scarlett: "Isn't it enough that you've gathered every other man's heart today? You've always had mine. You cut your teeth on it." This film won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actress (Leigh), and Supporting Actress (McDaniel). It was also nominated for five other awards.
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The Great Lover 1949 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Musical / Thriller
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young, Roland Culver, George Reeves, Jim Backus, Richard Lyon, Gary Gray, Sig Arno, Jerry Hunter, Jack Benny, Paul Bryar, Fritz Feld, Norman Leavitt
Freddie Hunter (Bob Hope) chaperones a group of Boy Scouts on an ocean liner traveling to Europe. En route, they run smack into a series of adventures when they face gambler C. J. Dabney (Roland Young) who is also a murderer.
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So Proudly We Hail! 1943 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, George Reeves, Barbara Britton, Walter Abel, Sonny Tufts, Bill Goodwin, Mary Treen, John Litel
In this somewhat dated, but still enjoyable, film Army nurses serve on Bataan treating the wounded soldiers during World War II. Paulette Goddard was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress).
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Special Agent 1949  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. Thomas
Cast: William Eythe, George Reeves, Kasey Rogers, Paul Valentine, Tom Powers, Carole Mathews, Frank Puglia, Jeff York, Virginia Christine, Walter Baldwin, Robert Williams, Raymond Bond
With help from the daughter (Kasey Rogers) of the engineer killed during a train robbery, special agent Johnny Douglas (William Eythe) investigates the murder and theft of $100,000 in railroad receipts.
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The Strawberry Blonde 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale, Jack Carson, George Tobias, Una O'Connor, George Reeves, Edward McNamara, Roy Gordon
Set in the "Gay Nineties," this is the tale of Biff Grimes (James Cagney) and how he deals with an unrequited love for the "strawberry blonde" (Rita Hayworth). By film's end, he is reconciled with his happy marriage to Amy (Olivia de Havilland).
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Til We Meet Again 1940 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Binnie Barnes, Frank McHugh, Eric Blore, George Reeves, Henry O'Neill, Frank Wilcox, Regis Toomey
This remake of Oscar-winning "One Way Passage" is about a woman (Merle Oberon) suffering from a fatal illness who falls in love with a condemned convict she meets aboard ship on their trip to San Francisco.
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Torrid Zone 1940 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Adventure
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Andy Devine, George Tobias, Helen Vinson, Jerome Cowan, George Reeves, Victor Kilian, Frank Puglia, Grady Sutton, John Ridgely, Paul Porcasi, Frank Yaconelli, Dick Botiller
Central American planter Nick Butler (James Cagney) is a plantation foreman working for Baldwin Fruit Company executive Steve Case (Pat O'Brien). Butler is preparing to head back to Chicago and leave his plantation job behind, but he encounters problems from Case who wants O'Brien to work on another plantation. Butler does agree and goes to the plantation where problems lie ahead in the form of Gloria (Helen Vinson) who is the wife of former foreman Bob Anderson (Jerome Cowan), sexy nightclub singer Lee Donley (Ann Sheridan), and Latino bandits led by Rosario "Rosie" La Mata (George Tobias).
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Westward Ho, the Wagons! 1956 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley, Jeff York, David Stollery, Sebastian Cabot, George Reeves, Iron Eyes Cody, Juliette Compton, Mouseketeers
In this Disney Western, a wagon train rolling along the Oregon Trail is attacked by savage Sioux Indians. Our mouseketeer friends (Doreen Tracy, Chubby O'Brien, Tommy Cole, and Karen Pendleton) are on the trip as the Stevens and Thompson kids, but can't help this film much.
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| 1. Bar 20 (1943)
2. Blood and Sand (1941)
3. The Blue Gardenia (1953)
4. Border Patrol (1943)
5. Buckskin Frontier (1943)
6. Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
7. Colt Comrades (1943)
8. Dead Men Tell (1941)
9. Forever Female (1953)
10. From Here to Eternity (1953)
11. Gone with the Wind (1939)
12. The Great Lover (1949)
13. Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943)
14. Leather Burners (1943)
15. So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
16. Special Agent (1949)
17. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
18. Til We Meet Again (1940)
19. Torrid Zone (1940)
20. Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)
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