Blondie 1938  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale, Gene Lockhart, Ann Doran, Gordon Oliver, Kathleen Lockhart, Danny Mummert, Irving Bacon, Dorothy Moore, Fay Helm, Willie Best, Ian Wolfe, Edgar Dearing
Chic Young's comic strip about a suburban family comes to the screen. In this first of a series of 28 films, the Bumsteads (Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton) are worried about the prospect of Dagwood losing his job–the day before their fifth wedding anniversary.
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Brother Rat 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Johnnie Davis, Jane Bryan, Eddie Albert, Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Henry O'Neill, Olin Howland, Gordon Oliver
Three cadets (Eddie Albert, Wayne Morris, and Ronald Reagan) at Virginia Military Institute conceal a forbidden marriage that would mean dismissal from the cadet corps if discovered. This film was remade in 1952 as the musical "About Face." There is also a sequel: "Brother Rat and a Baby."
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop 1937  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Anne Nagel, Linda Perry, Craig Reynolds, Gordon Oliver, Joseph Crehan, Helen MacKellar, Edward McWade, Mira McKinney
Donald Woods takes on the role of Perry Mason in this final, and weakest, entry in the series. A bishop asks Perry to take the case of finding the real heir to a rich man's estate, contending that the current heir may be an impostor. After the rich man is murdered, Perry's job grows more difficult.
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Jezebel 1938  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Fay Bainter, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Spring Byington, Richard Cromwell, Henry O'Neill, John Litel, Gordon Oliver, Janet Shaw, Irving Pichel, Theresa Harris, Margaret Early
Set in New Orleans during the1850s, a Southern belle (Bette Davis) plays mind games with her two suitors (Henry Fonda and George Brent), but the results are not what she planned. Bette Davis received an Oscar for Best Actress, and Fay Bainter won for Best Supporting Actress. A nomination for Best Picture was also received.
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My Forbidden Past 1951  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Lucile Watson, Will Wright, Janis Carter, Gordon Oliver, Basil Ruysdael, Clarence Muse, Walter Kingsford
This movie, set in New Orleans, is about a scheming woman (Ava Gardner) who has her eyes set on a young physician (Robert Mitchum), and she will stop at nothing to gain his attentions.
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San Quentin 1937 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLane, Marc Lawrence, Joe Sawyer, Veda Ann Borg, Joe King, Garry Owen, Raymond Hatton, James Robbins, Gordon Oliver, Emmett Vogan, Ernie Adams, William Pawley
Former Army Captain Stephen Jameson (Pat O'Brien) is hired by San Quentin prison to bring military order to the rowdy yard. Meanwhile, he falls for May (Ann Sheridan) but keeps his occupation a secret from her when she tells him that her brother Joe "Red" Kennedy (Humphrey Bogart) is a prisoner at San Quentin. When "Red" learns about the romance from stoolie "Sailor Boy" Hansen (Joe Sawyer), he plots his escape. It works, and he appears at May's apartment and shoots at and wounds Jameson–only to be gunned down on his way to surrender.
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The Spiral Staircase 1946 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Gordon Oliver, Elsa Lanchester, James Bell, Charles Wagenheim, Ellen Corby, Richard Tyler, Erville Alderson, Sara Allgood, Rhys Williams, Myrna Dell
A crazed killer is on the loose, peeking through a hole in the wall looking for his next victim. He has his eye on Helen Capel (Dorothy McGuire), a mute servant girl, who works in the very eerie house of the bedridden Mrs. Warren (Ethel Barrymore). Barrymore received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Station West 1948 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead, Tom Powers, Burl Ives, Gordon Oliver, Steve Brodie, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Burr, Regis Toomey
Haven (Dick Powell) is an undercover military intelligence officer out to uncover who murdered two soldiers guarding a gold shipment. The hunt leads him to Charlie's (Jane Greer) saloon/gambling hall where he finds that she is involved in the crime scene. A good flick.
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Youth on Parole 1937 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Marian Marsh, Gordon Oliver, Miles Mander, Margaret Dumont, Milburn Stone, Joe Caits, Harry Tyler, Peggy Shannon, Ranny Weeks, Sarah Padden, Wade Boteler, Mary Kornman, Paul Stanton, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Theodore von Eltz
After being paroled while serving their 18-months sentences for robbing a jewelry store–a crime they did not commit–Phillip (Gordon Oliver) and Bonnie (Marian Marsh) get together and fall in love. Problems rise to the fore when Phillip's boss fires him after learning about the prison sentence. But, this time, Bonnie and Phillip decide to take action and track down those jewel thieves who framed them.
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| 1. Blondie (1938)
2. Brother Rat (1938)
3. The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
4. Jezebel (1938)
5. My Forbidden Past (1951)
6. San Quentin (1937)
7. The Spiral Staircase (1946)
8. Station West (1948)
9. West of Shanghai (1937)
10. Youth on Parole (1937)
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