Alaska Highway 1943  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Ralph Sanford, Joe Sawyer, William Henry, Eddie Quillan, Jack Wegman, Harry Shannon, Edward Earle, Keith Richards
Army engineer Woody (Richard Arlen) is assigned to work on an important project: building the Alaskan Highway. He works with his trouble-loving younger brother, Steve (William Henry), and has had to come to Steve's aid more than once. Matters heat up when Steve shows an interest in Woody's girlfriend, Ann (Jean Parker).
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Champion 1949  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Lola Albright, Ruth Roman, John Daheim, Luis Van Rooten, Harry Shannon, Ralph Sanford, Esther Howard, Polly Bergen, Tim Ryan, Hal March, George Meader
This is the story of boxer Michael 'Midge' Kelly (Kirk Douglas) who fights his way to a championship despite physical and mental problems. He lets nothing and no one–including his shotgun wife Emma (Ruth Roman), his manager Tommy Haley (Paul Stewart), and his crippled brother Connie (Arthur Kennedy)–stand in his way. He wins fights easily, but, after almost losing his crown, Midge tries to turn his life around and keep his championship. Several Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actor (Douglas), and the film won an Oscar for Best Film Editing.
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Come Next Spring 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Steve Cochran, Walter Brennan, Sherry Jackson, Richard Eyer, Edgar Buchanan, Sonny Tufts, Harry Shannon, Mae Clark, Roscoe Ates
Following eight years of roaming the countryside, family patriarch Matt Ballot (Steve Cochran) returns to his wife Bess (Ann Sheridan) and children. He has his work cut out for him in convincing relatives and friends that he is home to stay.
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Cow Town 1950  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Harry Shannon, Jock Mahoney, Clark "Buddy" Burroughs, Harry Harvey, Steve Darrell, Ted Mapes, Sandy Sanders, Ralph Sanford
A range war rages, and it's due to Gene Autry protecting himself from rustlers with barbed wire around his ranch. All is well when Gene demonstrates that the wire is safe.
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Crime, Inc. 1945 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal, Martha Tilton, Lionel Atwill, Grant Mitchell, Harry Shannon, Danny Morton, Virginia Vale, Don Beddoe, George Meeker
Crime reporter Jim Riley (Tom Neal) takes on a gang of racketeers, and the case against them is made more difficult when the jury foreman (Leo Carrillo) is the gang leader.
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Curtain Call at Cactus Creek 1950  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Gale Storm, Walter Brennan, Vincent Price, Eve Arden, Chick Chandler, Joe Sawyer, Harry Shannon, Rex Lease, I. Stanford Jolley
Stagehand Edward Timmons (Donald O'Connor) is a would-be actor who gains fame and the chance to act after he nabs a criminal hiding out in his theatrical troupe.
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Dangerous Years 1947  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Pierson
Cast: Billy Halop, Ann E. Todd, Jerome Cowan, Anabel Shaw, Richard Gaines, Scotty Beckett, Darryl Hickman, Harry Shannon, Dickie Moore, Donald Curtis
Juvenile delinquent Danny (Billy Halop) kills a popular teacher when he and his gang pull off a robbery. The resulting trial is a real tearjerker. One of Marilyn Monroe's early (and brief) appearances.
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Doughboys in Ireland 1943 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Kenny Baker, Jeff Donnell, Lynn Merrick, Guy Bonham, Harry Shannon, Dorothy Vaughan, Robert Mitchum, Pedro de Cordoba, Herbert Rawlinson, George Tyne
Orchestra leader Danny O'Keefe (Kenny Baker) is drafted into the Army and sent to Ireland where he helps entertain the troops. He strikes up a romance with a local girl (Jeff Donnell), but things get dicey when his state-side girlfriend (Lynn Merrick) shows up as part of a USO troupe. Not much, but another one of many such World War II tension-relievers.
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Flesh and Fury 1952 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman, Wallace Ford, Connie Gilchrist, Louis Jean Heydt, Tom Powers, Harry Guardino, Harry Shannon, Nella Walker
A hearing and speech impaired boxer, Paul Callan (Tony Curtis), is torn between two women: a sexy blonde (Jan Sterling) and an honest, secure reporter (Mona Freeman).
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 Gypsy 1962 N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace, Betty Bruce, Parley Baer, Harry Shannon, Morgan Brittany, Ann Jillian, Jack Benny, Diane Pace, Faith Dane, Roxanne Arlen, Ben Lessy, George Petrie
This version of the Broadway musical production, based on the life of Louise "Gypsy Rose Lee" Hovick, stars Natalie Wood in the title role. Gypsy's mother, Mama Rose (Rosalind Russell), always wanted fame but never achieved it. So, she is determined to make vaudeville stars of her daughters June (Ann Jillian) and Louise. June bails out leaving an unwilling Louise to do Mama Rose's bidding. Vaudeville is on the wane, but Louise does get a booking in a burlesque house where she finds stardom as stripper "Gypsy Rose Lee." Songs include "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Let Me Entertain You," and "All I Need Is a Girl." The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Music, Cinematography, and Costume Design.
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 High Noon 1952   N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western / Thriller
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Thomas Mitchell, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Harry Morgan, Ian MacDonald, Lee Van Cleef, Eve McVeagh, Morgan Farley, Harry Shannon, Robert J. Wilke, Sheb Wooley
Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for his portrayal of the Marshal who, despite his Quaker bride's (Grace Kelly) objections, bravely faces an avenging murderer. Oscars were also awarded for Best Song: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')," Musical Score, and Film Editing. Nominations were also received for Best Picture, Director, and Writing.
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Idaho 1943 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Bob Nolan, Virginia Grey, Harry Shannon, Onslow Stevens, Hal Taliaferro, Tom London, Pat Brady, Al Bridge
Judge Grey takes on the boozing and gambling in town, much to the dismay of the lady saloon owner (and head of an outlaw gang). She first threatens to expose the judge's bad past and then attempts to frame him for a robbery. But here come Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette to the rescue.
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 The Jackie Robinson Story 1950 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers, Richard Lane, Harry Shannon, Ben Lessy, Bill Spaulding, Billy Wayne, Joel Fluellen, Bernie Hamilton, Kenny Washington
Jackie Robinson stars as himself in this biography of the great baseball star who broke the color barrier in the major leagues. It follows him from his playing days in college at U.C.L.A.; through the Negro League team in Kansas City; and his trials, tribulations, and successes in the majors.
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Kansas Pacific 1953 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Nazarro
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Tom Fadden, Reed Hadley, Douglas Fowley, Irving Bacon, Robert Keys, Myron Healey
Just before the start of the Civil War, the Kansas Pacific Railroad is expanding west, and Southern sympathizers attempt to stop the expansion. Army Captain Nelson (Sterling Hayden) is tasked to keep the construction going.
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 The Lady from Shanghai 1948 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia, Erskine Sanford, Gus Schilling, Harry Shannon
Irish adventurer Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) gets involved with Elsa (Rita Hayworth) and Arthur (Everett Sloane) Bannister and ends up the foil in the Bannisters' bizarre murder scheme. Errol Flynn's yacht, "Zaca," was used in the seagoing scenes of this film.
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The Lonely Man 1957 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, Denver Pyle, Claude Akins, Elisha Cook Jr., Elaine Aiken, Harry Shannon
Ex-outlaw Jacob Wade (Jack Palance) tries to go straight and reconcile with his son Riley (Anthony Perkins) but finds many obstacles in his way.
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Lure of the Wilderness 1952  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith, Walter Brennan, Tom Tully, Harry Shannon, Will Wright, Jack Elam, Harry Carter, Pat Hogan
A man accused of murder and his daughter spend years hiding from the law and learning to survive in the Okefenokee Swamp.
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 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Sharyn Moffett, Reginald Denny, Louise Beavers, Jason Robards Sr., Harry Shannon, Ian Wolfe, Nestor Paiva
Jim and Muriel Blandings (Cary Grant and Myrna Loy) suffer MANY setbacks in their attempts to refurbish their dream house in Connecticut.
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Mr. Soft Touch 1949 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Ted de Corsia, Clara Blandick, Stanley Clements, Roman Bohnen, Harry Shannon
An army vet (Glenn Ford) falls for a do-gooder (Evelyn Keyes) in this lightweight drama.
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The Mummy's Ghost 1944 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Robert Lowery, Ramsay Ames, Barton MacLane, George Zucco, Frank Reicher, Harry Shannon, Emmett Vogan, Lester Sharpe, Claire Whitney, Oscar O'Shea, Ivan Triesault, Steve Barclay, Bess Flowers
This sequel to "The Mummy's Tomb" is yet another horror story involving Kharis the Mummy (Lon Chaney) who gets help from Cult of Akran member Yousef Bey (John Carradine) in the search for his lost love, Princess Ananka (Ramsay Ames). They travel to New England and learn that Ananka's soul has been taken over by an exchange student, Amina Mansouri (also played by Ames), who is studying with Egyptologist Norman (Frank Reicher) and has a boyfriend Tommy (Robert Lowery). Kharis stalks Amina, and when he learns that Yousef Bey is in love with his princess, he kills him. Now, with his reincarnated princess in his arms, the Mummy sinks into a bog and disappears. Followed by "The Mummy's Curse."
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Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harry Scott
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker, Albert Bassermann, Ferike Boros, Harry Shannon, John Banner, Hans Conried, Emory Parnell
A burlesque queen (Ginger Rogers) is about to marry an important Nazi agent (Walter Slezak) but is rescued from her fate by a radio war correspondent (Cary Grant).
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The Red House 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun, Allene Roberts, Julie London, Ona Munson, Harry Shannon, Arthur Space, Walter Sande, Pat Flaherty
Crippled farmer Pete Morgan (Edward G. Robinson) lives a secluded life with his sister Ellen (Judith Anderson) and teenage ward Meg (Allene Roberts) who they have raised since she was a baby. In the woods on the property is a red house that Pete forbids anyone to visit, but Meg becomes curious and talks farmhand Nath (Lon McCallister) into investigating with her. The secrets of the house come to light in this eerie tale.
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The Saint in Palm Springs 1941 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Hively
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle, Jonathan Hale, Linda Hayes, Ferris Taylor, Harry Shannon, Eddie Dunn, Richard Crane, Charles Quigley
In George Sanders' last appearance as the Saint, he is out to find out how rare postage stamps are being smuggled out of England. He ends up in Palm Springs with murder and mayhem following him.
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Singing Guns 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Vaughn Monroe, Ella Raines, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Jeff Corey, Harry Shannon, Billy Gray, Barry Kelley, Tom Fadden, Ralph Dunn, George Chandler, Denver Pyle
Singer Vaughn Monroe takes on the serious role of Rhiannon who, when cheated out of his gold mine, resorts to robbing that same mine to obtain what he believes is rightfully his.
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Song of Texas 1943 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Sheila Ryan, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Arline Judge, William Haade, Hal Taliaferro, Pat Brady, Tom London, Bob Nolan, Eve March, Hank Bell, Maxine Doyle, Yakima Canutt, Harry McKim
Rodeo star Roy Rogers (played by himself) has quit the rodeo and become a rancher. His old friend Sam Bennett (Harry Shannon) is also no longer performing in rodeos, and Roy hires him as a ranch hand. Sam's daughter, Sue (Sheila Ryan), is living in the East and decides to visit her father. Sue believes that Sam owns the ranch, and big problems lie ahead when Roy helps Sam try to fool her by pretending that Sam does own the ranch. Songs include "Moonlight and Roses," "Mexicali Rose," and Rainbow Over the Range."
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The Tall Men 1955 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan, Cameron Mitchell, Juan Garcia, Harry Shannon, Emile Meyer, Will Wright, Mae Marsh, Steve Darrell
Two brothers, Ben (Clark Gable) and Clint (Cameron Mitchell), are hired for a cattle drive to deliver cattle baron Nathan Stark's (Robert Ryan) herd from Texas to Montana. Along the way, they encounter adventure and romance.
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 This Gun for Hire 1942 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Tully Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Pamela Blake, Mikhail Rasumny, Harry Shannon, Frank Ferguson
Based on Graham Greene's novel, "A Gun aor Sale," this is a stark drama that launched Alan Ladd's career. He plays a paid gunman who sets out to avenge a double-cross.
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Three Little Words 1950 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Debbie Reynolds, Keenan Wynn, Gale Robbins, Gloria DeHaven, Phil Regan, Harry Shannon
Songwriters Bert Kalmar (Red Skelton) and Harry Ruby (Fred Astaire) compose Broadway shows and find romances with performers.
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Tulsa 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendariz, Lloyd Gough, Chill Wills, Ed Begley, Lola Albright, Harry Shannon, Jimmy Conlin, Iron Eyes Cody
Cherokee (Susan Hayward) is hell-bent in her quest for oil–until she finally realizes that wildcat oil drilling takes its toll on herself as well as her land.
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Where Danger Lives 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains, Maureen O'Sullivan, Charles Kemper, Ralph Dumke, Philip Van Zandt, Billy House, Harry Shannon
After heading to Mexico to escape a murder charge, Dr. Jeff Cameron (Robert Mitchum) realizes his companion, Margo (Faith Domergue), may have more than a few mental problems.
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Witness to Murder 1954 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Jesse White, Harry Shannon, Claire Carleton, Lewis Martin, Fred Graham, Harry Tyler, Juanita Moore
After witnessing a murder, Cheryl Draper (Barbara Stanwyck) has problems convincing police Lieutenant Lawrence Mathews (Gary Merrill) that she is not imagining the crime. Her life is in real peril because the murderer, Albert Richter (George Sanders), knows she was an eyewitness.
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Written on the Wind 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Grant Williams, Robert J. Wilke, Edward Platt, Harry Shannon, John Larch
The Hadleys are a wealthy oil family beset by troubles–son Kyle (Robert Stack) is an alcoholic and daughter Marylee (Dorothy Malone) is a nymphomaniac. Dorothy Malone won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Robert Stack was nominated for Supporting Actor in this soaper that is saved by good acting.
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Yellow Rose of Texas 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Grant Withers, Harry Shannon, George Cleveland, William Haade, Hal Taliaferro, Tom London, Bob Nolan
Roy Rogers is an undercover insurance agent working on Betty Weston's (Dale Evans) showboat. He is trying to find money stolen several years before, supposedly by Betty's father. Several popular songs are sung, including the title song.
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| 1. Alaska Highway (1943)
2. Champion (1949)
3. Come Next Spring (1956)
4. Cow Town (1950)
5. Crime, Inc. (1945)
6. Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
7. Dangerous Years (1947)
8. Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
9. Flesh and Fury (1952)
10. Gypsy (1962)
11. High Noon (1952)
12. Idaho (1943)
13. In Old California (1942)
14. The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
15. Kansas Pacific (1953)
16. The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
17. The Lonely Man (1957)
18. Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
19. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
20. Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
21. The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
22. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
23. The Red House (1947)
24. The Saint in Palm Springs (1941)
25. Singing Guns (1950)
26. Song of Texas (1943)
27. The Tall Men (1955)
28. This Gun for Hire (1942)
29. Three Little Words (1950)
30. Tulsa (1949)
31. Where Danger Lives (1950)
32. Witness to Murder (1954)
33. Written on the Wind (1956)
34. Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)
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