Born to Be Wild 1938  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond, Robert Emmett Keane, Ben Hewlett, Charles Williams, Davison Clark, Byron Foulger, George Anderson, Edwin Stanley, Ben Hendricks Jr., Harrison Greene
Truckers Steve and Bill (Ralph Byrd and Ward Bond) set out on a trek to deliver a shipment of dynamite to a demolition site preparing to blow up a dam and put an end to plans by evil land barons to steal the land below.
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A Bride for Henry 1937 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Anne Nagel, Warren Hull, Henry Mollison, Claudia Dell, Betty Ross Clarke, Harrison Greene
After her fiance, Eric (Henry Mollison), stands her up, Sheila (Anne Nagel) rebounds and marries Henry (Warren Hull) who she uses to make Eric jealous. But, Henry has plans of his own and very much wants to make the marriage work.
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Manhattan Love Song 1934  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leonard Fields
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Dixie Lee, Nydia Westman, Helen Flint, Franklin Pangborn, Cecil Cunningham, Harold Waldridge, Herman Bing, Harrison Greene, George Irving, Emmett Vogan, Eddie Dean
Geraldine (Dixie Lee) and Carol (Helen Flint) are wealthy sisters who are in for a shock when they find that a crooked investor has lost their money. Their chauffeur, Williams (Robert Armstrong), and the maid, Annette (Nydai Westman), have enough money to buy the sisters' home, and the sisters reverse roles with them and become their servants.
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Mr. Boggs Steps Out 1938 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Wiles
Cast: Stuart Erwin, Helen Chandler, Toby Wing, Tully Marshall, Spencer Charters, Otis Harlan, Walter Byron, Peter Potter, Harry Tyler, Milburn Stone, Eddie Kane, Nora Cecil, Harrison Greene, Wilson Benge
After winning $1,500 in a bean-guessing contest, statistician Oliver Boggs (Stuart Erwin) quits his office job and moves to Peckham Falls where he buys a barrel factory and attracts the attentions of both Oleander Tubbs (Helen Chandler) and Irene Lee (Toby Wing). All goes well–until Oliver runs into trouble when conniving lawyer Dennis Andrews (Walter Byron) enters the scene with his own plans for the nearby pickle factory that uses Oliver's barrels.
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Murder on the Campus 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: On the Stroke of Nine
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Charles Starrett, Shirley Grey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ruth Hall, Dewey Robinson, Maurice Black, Edward Van Sloan, Harry Bowen, Harrison Greene, Henry Hall
Reporter Bill Bartlett (Charles Starrett) is writing a story of students working their way through college. He meets student/nightclub singer Lillian Vayne (Shirley Grey), and the two hit it off. Upon hearing a gunshot shortly after dropping her off on campus, Bill and Lillian become suspects, and she is arrested. After two more students are killed, Bill investigates on his own and comes up with the real culprit.
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New Frontier 1939 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Frontier Horizon
Director: George Sherman
Cast: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Jones, Eddy Waller, Sammy McKim, LeRoy Mason, Harrison Greene, Reginald Barlow, Dave O'Brien, Jack Ingram, Hal Price
In John Wayne's last "Three Mesqueteers" film (since he moved up to bigger-time films), the group helps settlers whose land is the prospective site for a reservoir. The Mesqueteers convince the settlers to move to a new area where irrigation is scheduled to become available. But when that turns out to be a hoax, the Mesqueteers take action.
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The Vampire Bat 1933 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Maude Eburne, George E. Stone, Dwight Frye, Robert Frazer, Rita Carlyle, Lionel Belmore, William V. Mong, Stella Adams, Paul Weigel, Harrison Greene, Fern Emmett, Carl Stockdale
There's an epidemic of murders in a European village, with the victims having their blood drained. The villagers are set on the bat theory, since the town is infested by bats–but police inspector Karl (Melvyn Douglas) isn't so sure. After the townsfolk kill a bat-loving outcast (Dwight Frye), things heat up as Karl consults Dr. Otto von Niemann (Lionel Atwill), who believes in the vampire theory. But we all know that Lionel Atwill has been the mad doctor/scientist in many other movies.
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| 1. Born to Be Wild (1938)
2. A Bride for Henry (1937)
3. Manhattan Love Song (1934)
4. Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
5. Murder on the Campus (1933)
aka: On the Stroke of Nine
6. New Frontier (1939)
aka: Frontier Horizon
7. The Vampire Bat (1933)
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