The Arizona Raiders 1936 N/R, 57 min. Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: James P. Hogan Cast: Buster Crabbe, Raymond Hatton, Marsha Hunt, Betty Jane Rhodes, Johnny Downs, Grant Withers, Don Rowan, Arthur Aylesworth, Richard Carle, Petra Silva, Herbert Heywood, Bob Card, Ken Cooper
Laramie (Buster Crabbe) saves himself from a hanging, saves horse thief Tracks (Raymond Hatton) from a hanging, springs young Lonesome (Johnny Downs) from jail, and the threesome head out on a variety of humorous escapades. Based on a Zane Grey story.
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Blues in the Night 1941 N/R, 88 min. Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Anatole Litvak Cast: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson, Wallace Ford, Howard Da Silva, Elia Kazan, Billy Halop, Peter Whitney, Joyce Compton, Herbert Heywood, George Lloyd, Charles C. Wilson, Matt McHugh
"Jigger" Pine (Richard Whorf) forms a jazz band, and the trumpeter Leo's (Jack Carson) wife Ginger "Character" Powell (Priscilla Lane) is their singer. They wait for that big break that doesn't come and spend their time riding the trains from one small gig to another. On one train ride they meet gangster Del Davis (Lloyd Nolan) who offers the band a job at his New Jersey roadhouse. They begin performing for Davis and employ sultry Kay (Betty Field) as their singer–and, too late, learn how mobster's moll Kay can tear the band apart.
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Green Grass of Wyoming 1948 N/R, 89 min. Genre: Family / Drama / Western
Director: Louis King Cast: Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan, Burl Ives, Robert Adler, Will Wright, Geraldine Wall, Charles Tannen, Richard Garrick, Marcella Becker, Herbert Heywood, Marilyn Monroe
In this sequel to "My Friend Flicka" and "Thunderhead-Son of Flicka," the story continues, but this time around the plot concentrates on rival horse-breeding Greenway (Peggy Cummins and Charles Coburn) and Mclaughlin (Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan, and Geraldine Wall) families.
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King of the Pecos 1936 N/R, 54 min. Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane Cast: John Wayne, Muriel Evans, Cy Kendall, Jack Clifford, Arthur Aylesworth, J. Frank Glendon, Herbert Heywood, Earl Dwire, Mary MacLaren, Yakima Canutt
Law student John Clayborn (John Wayne) comes home to avenge the murder of his parents several years earlier by a ruthless landowner (and rustler). After failure in the court system, John must take matters into his own hands.
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The Mummy's Curse 1944 N/R, 62 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Leslie Goodwins Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Coe, Virginia Christine, Kay Harding, Dennis Moore, Holmes Herbert, Martin Kosleck, Kurt Katch, Addison Richards, Charles Stevens, William Farnum, Napoleon Simpson, Ann Codee, Budd Buster, Herbert Heywood
In this sequel to "The Mummy's Ghost," Kharis the Mummy (Lon Chaney Jr.) and Princess Ananka (Virginia Christine) are dug out of the bog they disappeared into at the end of the earlier film. Archaeologist James Halsey (Dennis Moore) and his assistant Dr. Ilzor Zandaab (Peter Coe)–who, unknown to Halsey, is a member of the Egyptian cult of Akran–arrive to find the mummies who have been transferred to Cajun country after the bog was drained. Kharis and Ananka are revived when Zandaab obtains tanna leaves that he knows are the secret potion to bring them back. Ananka suffers from amnesia and wanders the streets. Kharis is determined to find her, and he wreaks havoc in Louisiana as he kills anyone who stands in his way. Will Halsey be the one to finally put the mummies away for good? This is the final film in the "Mummy" series.
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Tailspin Tommy and the Great Air Mystery 1935 N/R, 220 min. Genre: Adventure aka: The Great Air Mystery
Director: Ray Taylor Cast: Clark Williams, Jean Rogers, Delphine Drew, Noah Beery Jr., Bryant Washburn, Pat J. O'Brien, Herbert Heywood, Matthew Betz, Harry Worth, Manuel Lopez, Charles A. Browne, James P. Burtis
Despite anti-aircraft fire, bombs, and a volcano, Tailspin Tommy Tompkins (Clark Williams) and pal Skeeter Milligan (Noah Beery Jr.) prevent rebels from taking over a Latin American country's oil reserves. A 12-part serial for the 1930s' Saturday matinees.
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| 1. The Arizona Raiders (1936)
2. Blues in the Night (1941)
3. Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
4. King of the Pecos (1936)
5. The Mummy's Curse (1944)
6. Tailspin Tommy and the Great Air Mystery (1935) aka: The Great Air Mystery
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