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Charlie Chan at the Race Track 1936 2 and a half stars

    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.

Crack-Up 1936 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Peter Lorre, Brian Donlevy, Helen Wood, Ralph Morgan, J. Carrol Naish, Thomas Beck, Kay Linaker, Lester Matthews

  This is a pretty good spy story, with Colonel Gimpy (Peter Lorre) trying to get the plans for an experimental plane with help from a test pilot (Brian Donlevy).

Give a Girl a Break 1953 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Debbie Reynolds, Helen Wood, Bob Fosse, Donna Martell, Kurt Kasznar, Richard Anderson, Lurene Tuttle, Larry Keating

  When the star (Donna Martell) quits her Broadway show, three aspiring starlets (Marge Champion, Debbie Reynolds, and Helen Wood) compete for the vacant role.

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