The Case of the Black Cat 1936  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William C. McGann, Alan Crosland
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan, Craig Reynolds, Carlyle Moore Jr., Bill Elliott, Nedda Harrigan, Garry Owen, Harry Davenport, George Rosener
Ricardo Cortez takes on the role of Perry Mason in the fifth entry in the series. Perry is called to a client's estate at night to write the client's granddaughter out of his will as an incentive to keep her from marrying a suspected fortune hunter. The client is killed in a suspicious fire, the gardener is murdered, and a treasure hunt for missing jewelry follows. The granddaughter's boyfriend is accused of the murders, but with Perry on his side, the real culprit will soon be identified. Director Alan Crosland was killed in an auto accident; the film was completed by William McGann.
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City of Missing Girls 1941  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: H.B. Warner, Astrid Allwyn, John Archer, Sarah Padden, Philip Van Zandt, George Rosener, Kathryn Crawford, Patricia Knox, Walter Long, Gale Storm, Danny(2) Webb, Boyd Irwin
A phony art school is actually an auditioning center for naive young women who are to be placed in nightclubs. When several of the women are murdered, reporter Nora (Astrid Allwyn) sets out to uncover what is going on when she is unhappy with the action taken by officials. She finds that the murderer is her own father.
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Ellis Island 1936  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon, Jack La Rue, Joyce Compton, Bradley Page, Johnny Arthur, George Rosener, Maurice Black, E.H. Calvert, Bryant Washburn, Robert Frazer, Matty Fain
Ted Kedrich (George Rosener) has been released from prison after serving time for bank robbery. He is in the process of deportation at Ellis Island when he is kidnapped by a gang wanting the never-recovered stolen money. Now it falls on the shoulders of immigration officer Gary Curtis (Donald Cook) to lead the search for Ted AND the money.
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The Great Commandment 1939 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: John Beal, Maurice Moscovitch, Albert Dekker, Marjorie Cooley, Warren McCollum, Lloyd Corrigan, Ian Wolfe, Olaf Hytten, Anthony Marlowe, Lester Sharpe, Marc Loebell, Harold Minjir, George Rosener
Judean scholar Joel (John Beal) revolts against the Romans, but with the arrival of Jesus of Nazareth, Joel puts down his sword in favor of a higher calling.
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Hitler--Beast of Berlin 1939 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Beasts of Berlin
Hitler: Beast of Berlin
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Roland Drew, Steffi Duna, Greta Granstedt, Alan Ladd, Lucien Prival, Vernon Dent, John Ellis, George Rosener, Bodil Rosing, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Willy Kaufman, Hans Joby, Frederick Giermann, Crane Whitley
World War I veteran Hans Memling (Roland Drew) secretly opposes the Nazis and distributes foreign radio broadcasts through Germany. Memling is captured and, with his cohorts, is sent to a concentration camp. He escapes but is determined to help rebuild the anti-Nazi organization. This film was made before the U.S. entered World War II and was banned at first but rereleased later as "Beasts of Berlin."
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In Old Cheyenne 1941 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Joan Woodbury, J. Farrell MacDonald, Sally Payne, Hal Taliaferro, Iron Eyes Cody, George Rosener, William Haade, Jack Kirk
Newspaper reporter Roy Rogers heads to Cheyenne to look into a story about a bad guy. But, it turns out that the man he's covering isn't the bad guy. Of course Roy exposes the real one.
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| 1. The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
2. City of Missing Girls (1941)
3. Ellis Island (1936)
4. The Great Commandment (1939)
5. Hitler--Beast of Berlin (1939)
aka: Beasts of Berlin
aka: Hitler: Beast of Berlin
6. In Old Cheyenne (1941)
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