Kid Galahad 1937  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: The Battling Bellhop
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Harry Carey, Jane Bryan, William Haade, Soledad Jimenez, Joseph Crehan, Ben Welden, Joe Cunningham, Veda Ann Borg, Frank Faylen, Harland Tucker, Bob Evans
Boxing manager Nick Donati (Edward G. Robinson) decides to promote a young bellhop (Wayne Morris) as the next champion. While still training for his prize fight, the bellhop knocks out heavyweight Chuck McGraw (William Haade) after he insults Donati's girlfriend Louise "Fluff" Phillips (Bette Davis), and he is given the name "Kid Galahad." Later, he falls in love with Donati's young sister Marie (Jane Bryan). Their interest in each other angers Donati, and he arranges a fight that he is sure "Kid Galahad" will lose. But, will "Kid Galahad" come through and live up to his reputation as a winner? Remade in 1941 as "The Wagons Roll at Night" and in 1962 as "Kid Galahad."
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King of the Underworld 1939  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge, Jessie Busley, Arthur Aylesworth, Raymond Brown, Charles Trowbridge, John Ridgely, Pierre Watkin, Harland Tucker, Ralph Remley, Charley Foy, Murray Alper, Joe Devlin
Dr. Niles Nelson (John Eldridge) has been hired as the doctor for Joe Gurney (Humphrey Bogart) and his gangsters. When police raid Joe's hideout, Joe kills Niles and sets it up so that Niles' wife Carol (Kay Francis), who is also a doctor, is accused of the murder. Carol is acquitted, searches for Joe, and moves to a small town where Joe's gangsters are jailed. She meets Bill Stevens (James Stephenson) who Joe has hired to write his biography and convinces him not to write the story. Meanwhile, Joe is wounded while breaking the two gangsters out of jail and asks Carol to treat him. Carol treats Joe and his gangsters with eye drops that blind them and then calls the police.
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Roar of the Press 1941  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, Jed Prouty, Suzanne Kaaren, Robert Frazer, Harland Tucker, Evalyn Knapp, Dorothy Lee, John Holland, Paul Fix, Maxine Leslie, Betty Compson
Honeymoon plans are put on hold when newspaper reporter Wally Williams (Wallace Ford) begins an investigation into a series of murders that were originally written off as suicides. Within a few days both the bride (Jean Parker) and the groom are kidnapped, but Wally's gangster acquaintances arrive to save the day.
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Slim 1937  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Henry Fonda, Margaret Lindsay, Stuart Erwin, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joe Sawyer, Dick Purcell, Jane Wyman, John Litel, Craig Reynolds, Harland Tucker, Joe King, Carlyle Moore Jr., Archie Robbins, Henry Otho
Actually, this is not a bad movie. Although the plot is not overwhelming, it is the story of two high-voltage linemen Slim and Red Blayd (Henry Fonda and Pat O'Brien) who vie for the love of Cally (Margaret Lindsay). 2 User Reviews
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| | LFlat 05/21/2011 | | this movie is a must see by all those in the trade. wish it was more accessable |
| | cow boy jim 03/13/2010 | | would like if this movie is available on dvd? |
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| 1. Kid Galahad (1937)
aka: The Battling Bellhop
2. King of the Underworld (1939)
3. Roar of the Press (1941)
4. Slim (1937)
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