Charlie Chan at the Olympics 1937  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane, Keye Luke, C. Henry Gordon, John Eldredge, Jonathan Hale, Andrew Tombes, Selmer Jackson, Tom Layne Jr., Morgan Wallace, Frederick Vogeding, Arno Frey, Howard C. Hickman
Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) rides in the dirigible "Hindenburg" on his way to Berlin in order to track down an espionage ring that has hijacked an experimental plane. They plan to sell the plane's remote control device that allows it to fly unmanned. Coincidentally, Charlie's son Lee (Keye Luke) is on the United States swimming team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and, of course, will aid Charlie in the investigation. Charlie suspects that Yvonne Roland (Katherine DeMille) is a spy and works with U.S. Navy officials to solve the case. During the investigation, Lee is kidnapped during a wild chase through Berlin after Yvonne hides the stolen device in the luggage of Lee's teammate Richard's (Allan Lane) girlfriend Betty (Pauline Moore). Another good "Charlie Chan" film.
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 Charlie Chan at the Opera 1936  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, Charlotte Henry, Keye Luke, Thomas Beck, William Demarest, Gregory Gaye, Frank Conroy, Guy Usher, Selmer Jackson, Margaret Irving, Nedda Harrigan, Maurice Cass
This is one of the best in the long line of Charlie Chan films. In this outing, Chan (Warner Oland) solves the disappearance of a mental patient and two murders during an opera performance. Boris Karloff plays a baritone, who has more than a few mental problems in this thirteenth film in the series.
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 Charlie Chan at the Race Track 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck, Alan Dinehart, Gavin Muir, Paul Fix, Jonathan Hale, George Irving, Frankie Darro, Gloria Roy, G.P. Huntley, Frank Coghlan Jr., Harry Strang, Holmes Herbett
Charlie Chan's (Warner Oland), racehorse owner friend, Major Kent (George Irving), is found dead in the stall of his championship horse while traveling via steamship from Australia to California. The ship stops at Hawaii, Charlie investigates, and determines that Kent's death was murder. With help from his son Lee (Keye Luke), Charlie uncovers an international gambling ring involved in the drugging of racehorses to fix races.
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Charlie Chan in Honolulu 1938 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks, Victor Sen Yung, Eddie Collins, Robert Barrat, Philip Ahn, Paul Harvey, Marc Lawrence, George Zucco, Claire Dodd, John "Dusty" King, Richard Lane, Layne Tom Jr., Al Kikume, Arthur Loft
Sidney Toler debuted as the replacement for the deceased Warner Oland in the title role of Charlie Chan in this film about murder aboard a ship docked in the port of Honolulu. Charlie's Number Two Son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) wants to be a detective and intercepts his father's telephone call to investigate the shipboard murder. Jimmy arrives aboard the ship, introduces himself as Charlie Chan, and begins the investigation. Charlie arrives later, straightens out who is really "Charlie Chan," and orders all to stay aboard. Meanwhile, the ship's Captain Johnson (Robert Barrat) wants to take the ship out of the harbor, and the pressure is on Charlie to find clues to the murder, which just might point to Captain Johnson.
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The Crooked Circle 1932  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Ben Lyon, Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, Irene Purcell, C. Henry Gordon, Raymond Hatton, Roscoe Karns, Berton Churchill, Spencer Charters, Robert Frazer, Frank Reicher, Christian Rub
When amateur detectives track down a secret society of hooded students of the occult and confront them in a haunted house, mayhem ensues.
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The Desert Song 1953 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dick Wesson, Ray Collins, Frank DeKova, William Conrad, Paul Picerni
This film, based on Sigmund Romberg's romantic operetta, is set in the African desert and features Gordon MacRae as the mysterious leader of the Riffs who fight evil Arabs.
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The Dragon Murder Case 1934  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette, Helen Lowell, Dorothy Tree, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, George E. Stone, George Meeker, Etienne Girardot, Robert Warwick
Warren William takes over the role of sophisticated sleuth Philo Vance in this not-too-great entry. There are many suspects when deaths occur in the "dragon pool" at the wealthy Stamm residence. But Philo Vance is able to sort through the clues to find the culprit. William was concurrently playing Perry Mason in another series and would later star in the "Lone Wolf" series.
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Goodbye Love 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Charles Ruggles, Verree Teasdale, Sidney Blackmer, Phyllis Barry, Mayo Methot, Ray Walker, John Kelly, Grace Hayle, Luis Alberni, Richard Tucker, Edward Van Sloan, Garfield Fielding
After refusing to make alimony payments, wealthy businessman Chester Hamilton (Sidney Blackmer) goes to jail and shares his cell with his butler, Groggs (Charles Ruggles), who also did not pay his alimony bills. When they get out of jail, the two become involved with with a gold digger (Verree Teasdale), and problems multiply.
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Happy Go Lovely 1951 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes, Diane Hart, Gordon Jackson, Barbara Couper, Gladys Henson, Sandra Dorne, Hugh Dempster
Stuffy millionaire B.G. Bruno (David Niven) gives young Janet (Vera-Ellen) a lift. Janet is a member of an American movie production shooting in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is seen exiting the limo. Rumors fly after the sighting, and the director, needing money, thinks B.G. might help. Meanwhile, a love affair takes place between B.G. and Janet. All ends well. Vera-Ellen's dance routines are a highlight.
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Hello Frisco, Hello 1943 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie, Lynn Bari, June Havoc, Ward Bond, Laird Cregar, Aubrey Mather, John Archer, Frank Orth, George Lloyd, Eddie Dunn, Frank Darien, Harry Hayden, Charles Cane
This film is about the romance of a honky-tonk saloon singer Trudy Evans (Alice Faye) on the Barbary Coast and her ambitious lover Johnny Cornell (John Payne). As Trudy rises to stardom, Johnny leaves Trudy for Nob Hill socialite Bernice Croft (Lynn Bari). Trudy then heads for Europe where she gains more success and then returns to the Bay area hoping to reunite with Johnny. The film's song "You'll Never Know" won the Oscar for Best Song.
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I Wake Up Screaming 1942 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Hot Spot
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, William Gargan, Alan Mowbray, Allyn Joslyn, Elisha Cook Jr., Chick Chandler, Morris Ankrum, Cyril Ring, Charles(2) Lane, Frank Orth, Gregory Gaye
During intense questioning in the murder investigation of model Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis), promoter Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature) recalls through flashbacks events prior to her murder. At the same time, police are questioning Vicky's sister Jill (Betty Grable) and, through flashbacks, tie in what Frankie has described. Evidence mounts pointing to Frankie as the murderer–until Frankie reveals one last clue that leads to the real killer who has been there throughout the investigation.
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Madison Avenue 1962 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Dana Andrews, Howard St. John, Eddie Albert, Eleanor Parker, Jeanne Crain, Henry Daniell, Kathleen Freeman, Grady Sutton, Michael Ford, David White
Executives in the field of advertising, Clint Lorimer (Dana Andrews) and Anne Tremaine (Eleanor Parker), differ in their methods of interacting with others in their cutthroat business world.
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Pin Up Girl 1944 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
aka: Pin-Up Girl
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe E. Brown, Eugene Pallette, Dorothea Kent, Dave Willock, Condos Brothers, Charlie Spivak, Robert Homans, Skating Vanities, Marcel Dalio
In this World War II musical comedy, Lorry Jones (Betty Grable) falls in love with Naval hero Tommy Dooley (John Harvey) and finds that work as a USO entertainer enables her to follow Tommy and to become a star as well.
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The Purple Mask 1955 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Gene Barry, Dan O'Herlihy, Angela Lansbury, George Dolenz, Robert Cornthwaite, Paul Cavanagh, John Hoyt, Donald Randolph
Swashbuckler Rene (Tony Curtis) kidnaps Napoleon's men as a means to obtain funds to help the Royalists' cause.
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She's Working Her Way Through College 1952 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson, Don DeFore, Phyllis Thaxter, Patrice Wymore, Roland Winters, Raymond Greenleaf, George Meader, Eve Miller
Wanting to improve herself intellectually, burlesque dancer Angela Gardner (Virginia Mayo) heads for college and upsets the campus in this musical remake of "The Male Animal."
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South Sea Sinner 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Macdonald Carey, Shelley Winters, Helena Carter, Luther Adler, Frank Lovejoy, John Ridgely, Liberace, Art Smith, James Flavin, Molly Lamont
This remake of "Seven Sinners" features MacDonald Carey in the role of "Jake" Davis who arrives on a small island where he encounters cabaret singer Coral (Shelley Winters).
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Sun Valley Serenade 1941 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, Lynn Bari, Joan Davis, Dorothy Dandridge, William B. Davidson, Almira Sessions, Mel Ruick, Nicholas Brothers, Ralph Dunn, Chester Clute, Ann Doran
Phil Corey's (Glenn Miller) band has sponsored Norwegian refugee Karen (skating star Sonja Henie), and now the band has an engagement at Sun Valley, Idaho. When jealousy enters the picture, and the band's soloist Vivian (Lynn Bari) quits, Karen steps in and stages a fantastic ice show for a delighted audience.
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Tarzan and the Trappers 1958  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles F. Haas, Sandy Howard, H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Rickie Sorensen, Leslie Bradley, Maurice Marsac, Bruce Lester, Scatman Crothers, Don Blackman, Naaman Brown, Paul Thompson
Taken from three pilots for a TV series that never made it on the air, this video is about hunters searching for the eternal city of gold.
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Tarzan's Fight for Life 1958 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Rickie Sorensen, Jil Jarmyn, James Edwards, Woody Strode, Carl Benton Reid, Harry Lauter, Roy Glenn, Nick Stewart
The plot for this film involves Tarzan versus a superstitious, conniving witch doctor.
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Ten Wanted Men 1955 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone, Alfonso Bedoya, Donna Martell, Skip Homeier, Clem Bevans, Leo Gordon, Minor Watson, Lester Matthews, Dennis Weaver, Lee Van Cleef
Rancher John Stewart (Randolph Scott) gives shelter to Maria Segura (Donna Martell) who is the abused mistress of his chief rival, Wick Campbell (Richard Boone). Their animosity builds, and Campbell hires gunslinger Frank Scavo (Leo Gordon) and his crew to raid Stewart's ranch and claim it for Campbell. But, in the end, good does win over evil.
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Three Little Girls in Blue 1946 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: June Haver, George Montgomery, Vivian Blaine, Celeste Holm, Vera-Ellen, Frank Latimore, Charles Smith, Charles Halton, Ruby Dandridge, Thurston Hall
This lighthearted, musical remake of "Three Blind Mice" and "Moon Over Miami" is set at the turn of the 19th/20th century. Three sisters head for Atlantic City with husband-hunting on their minds.
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To the Shores of Tripoli 1942 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Action
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, William Tracy, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Harry Morgan, Edmund MacDonald, Russell Hicks, Minor Watson
Another patriotic movie to inspire the American people in the early stages of WWII, this one concerns the "growing up" of a rich, brash, young man (John Payne) as the sergeant (Randolph Scott) turns him into a REAL Marine. When the chips were down after Pearl Harbor, our man was there. This is the first time audiences could see the flaming red hair of Maureen O'Hara in living color.
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Wonder Man 1945 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy, Steve Cochran, Otto Kruger, Huntz Hall, Eddie Acuff
Danny Kaye stars as two brothers: Buzzy is a nightclub entertainer who is murdered by gangsters and studious twin Edwin who is called on to help get the killers. The film won an Oscar for special effects and was nominated for the music.
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| 1. Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
2. Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
3. Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
4. Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
5. The Crooked Circle (1932)
6. The Desert Song (1953)
7. The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
8. Goodbye Love (1934)
9. Happy Go Lovely (1951)
10. Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
11. I Wake Up Screaming (1942)
aka: Hot Spot
12. Madison Avenue (1962)
13. Pin Up Girl (1944)
aka: Pin-Up Girl
14. The Purple Mask (1955)
15. She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
16. South Sea Sinner (1949)
17. Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
18. Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
19. Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
20. Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
21. Ten Wanted Men (1955)
22. Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
23. To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
24. Wonder Man (1945)
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