Captain Fury 1939  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Hal Roach
Cast: Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen, Paul Lukas, June Lang, John Carradine, George Zucco, Douglass Dumbrille, Virginia Field, Charles Middleton, Mary Gordon
Brian Ahern is the Austrailian adventurer Captain Fury who takes on the wicked warden of a penal colony.
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The Devil's Brother 1933  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Bogus Bandits
Fra Diavolo
The Virtuous Tramps
Director: Hal Roach
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dennis King, Thelma Todd, James Finlayson, Lucile Browne, Arthur Pierson, Henry Armetta, Lane Chandler, Matt McHugh
Looking for potential victims, a thief (Dennis King) pretends to be a marquis in order to get closer to the action. Laurel and Hardy play his inept assistants in this comedy/operetta.
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The Magic Cloak of Oz 1914  N/R, 38 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: J. Farrell MacDonald
Cast: Mildred Harris, Violet MacMillan, Fred Woodward, Vivian Reed, Frank(2) Moore, Pierre Couderc, Juanita Hansen, Hal Roach, Richard Rosson, Raymond Russell, Jessie May Walsh, Mai Wells
The fairies of Oz have woven a magic cloak that will grant the one wearing it one wish. The lucky recipient is Fluff (Mildred Harris) who, along with her brother Bud (Violet MacMillan), has just lost their father. Her wish, "to be happy again," is granted, and Fluff and Bud end up in the palace with an endless supply of toys.
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 One Million B.C. 1940 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Hal Roach
Cast: Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hubbard, Mamo Clark, Nigel De Brulier, Conrad Nagel., Jacqueline Dalya, Inez Palange, Edgar Edwards
This caveman saga has excellent special effects–often seen in other films–depicting the dangers encountered by early humans inhabiting Earth. Remade as "One Million Years B.C." in 1966.
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Pardon Us 1931 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Parrott
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wilfred Lucas, Walter Long, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall, Sam Lufkin, Boris Karloff, Hal Roach, Eddie Dunn
In Laurel and Hardy's first full-length feature film, they become "bootleggers" when they sell their home-brewed beer. As a result, they end up in jail.
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Road Show 1941 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Roach
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard, Charles Butterworth, Patsy Kelly, George E. Stone, Margaret Roach, Polly Ann Young, Edward Norris, Marjorie Woodworth, Florence Bates, Willie Best
Col. Carleton Carroway (Adolphe Menjou) and Drogo Gaines (John Hubbard) escape from a mental asylum and join Penguin Moore's (Carole Landis) carnival. Zaniness abounds.
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The Squaw Man 1914 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Dustin Farnum, Monroe Salisbury, Winifred Kingston, Red Wing, William Elmer, Foster Knox, Hal Roach, Joseph Singleton, Dick La Reno, Fred Montague
This is the first film of feature length made in Hollywood. The story involves settling the West and the love affair between Wyoming rancher James Wynnegate (Dustin Farnum) and Native American Nat-U-Rich (Red Wing). This film was made again by Cecil B. DeMille in 1918 and 1931.
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| 1. Captain Fury (1939)
2. The Devil's Brother (1933)
aka: Bogus Bandits
aka: Fra Diavolo
aka: The Virtuous Tramps
3. The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)
4. One Million B.C. (1940)
5. Pardon Us (1931)
6. Road Show (1941)
7. The Squaw Man (1914)
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