By Appointment Only 1933  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Sally O'Neil, Marceline Day, Edward Morgan, Edward Martindel, Wilson Benge, Claire McDowell, Pauline Garon, Gladys Blake
Dr. Michael Travers (Lew Cody) gains legal custody of teenager Judy (Sally O'Neil) after her mother dies. Although he is engaged to Diane (Aileen Pringle), Michael leaves on a three-year business trip to Europe, and on his return he falls in love with the now-17-year-old Judy. Whatever will become of Diane?
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Fear in the Night 1947  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Maxwell Shane
Cast: Paul Kelly, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Kay Scott, Charles Victor, Robert Emmett Keane, Jeff York, Janet Warren, John Harmon, Gladys Blake
Vince (DeForest Kelley) awakes from a nightmare in which he killed a burglar in a mirrored room–or was it real? He has bruises, a button from the man's coat, and a key he had taken from the house. His police detective friend, Cliff (Paul Kelly), doesn't believe it to be real until they take shelter in a deserted mansion with a mirrored room. It's time to find out what happened. Remade by Director Maxwill Shane in 1956 as "Nightmare."
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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1944  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: And So They Were Married
Director: Joe May
Cast: Simone Simon, James Ellison, William Terry, Minna Gombell, Robert Mitchum, Chick Chandler, Alan Dinehart, Gladys Blake, Grady Sutton, Milton Kibbee
When Johnny's (William Terry) girlfriend (Simone Simon) needs a Washington, D.C. apartment, he hands over the keys to his lodgings. The only problem is that he has also given keys to a number of his friends who manage to arrive day and night.
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Ladies of the Chorus 1949  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant, Eddie Garr, Steven Geray, Bill Edwards, Myron Healey, Robert Clarke, Gladys Blake
A chorus girl (Adele Jergens) is determined to prevent her daughter (Marilyn Monroe) from making the same mistakes in romance that she, herself, did years ago.
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 The Phantom of the Opera 1943 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance / Musical
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier, Leo Carrillo, Hume Cronyn, J. Edward Bromberg, Fritz Feld, Frank Puglia, Steven Geray, Jane Farrar, Barbara Everest, Fritz Leiber, Gladys Blake, Nicki Andre
This remake of the 1925 movie is the first talkie version of this story. Claude Rains does a good job as the masked Phantom who comes up from the sewers under the Paris Opera House to coach singer Christine (Susanna Foster). He terrorizes the singers and even drugs and strangles the lead singer (Jane Farrar) to ensure that Christine will be given the lead. When Christine fails to appear on the stage, the Phantom causes a giant chandelier to crash on the audience. Now, the Phantom kidnaps Christine who does manage to remove his mask. More terror ensues during the dark chase beneath the opera house to rescue Christine.
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Scared to Death 1947 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Douglas Fowley, Joyce Compton, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Molly Lamont, Angelo Rossitto, Gladys Blake, Roland Varno, Stanley Andrews, Stanley Price
This story is narrated by the corpse of Laura Van Ee (Molly Lamont) who suffered persecution by her husband and others until the fright proved too much, and she died. Now, from the morgue, the bizarre story of just how she got there is told.
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 Woman of the Year 1942 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, William Bendix, Reginald Owen, Roscoe Karns, Minor Watson, Gladys Blake, Dan Tobin, William Tannen, Ludwig Stossel, Sara Haden, Edith Evanson, George Kezas, Ann Codee
This was the first time Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn appeared together on the screen. They play sports columnist Sam (Tracy) and political reporter Tess (Hepburn) who carry on a feud through their columns. They finally meet when their editor Clayton (Reginald Owen) introduces them to try to make peace. They seem to have nothing in common–except love–but they marry. The marriage is filled with problems, and after Tess is named "Woman of the Year," Sam walks out. Now, Tess tries to mend her ways in order to win Sam back. Hepburn was nominated for an Oscar, and an Oscar was won for Best Original Screenplay.
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| 1. By Appointment Only (1933)
2. Fear in the Night (1947)
3. Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
aka: And So They Were Married
4. Ladies of the Chorus (1949)
5. The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
6. Scared to Death (1947)
7. Woman of the Year (1942)
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