Bad Man of Deadwood 1941 N/R, 61 min. Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Adams, Henry Brandon, Herbert Rawlinson, Sally Payne, Jay Novello, Monte Blue, Eddie Acuff, Tom London
Between songs, Roy Rogers–as a reformed outlaw–comes to town and deals with crooked businessmen who think they own the town.
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Blake of Scotland Yard 1937 N/R, 300 min. Genre: Adventure / Mystery
Director: Robert F. Hill Cast: Herbert Rawlinson, Ralph Byrd, Joan Barclay, Lloyd Hughes, Dickie Jones, Lucille Lund, Nick Stuart, Sam Flint, Jimmy Aubrey, Theodore Lorch, George DeNormand
In this 15-episode serial, Scotland Yard inspector Sir James Blake (Herbert Rawlinson) sponsors the invention of a death ray by Dr. Jerry Sheehan (Ralph Byrd). But, guess what. The dastardly "Scorpion" wants it for his own villainous work. One of the better serials that was also cut down to a feature-length edition.
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Borrowed Trouble 1948 N/R, 61 min. Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Anne O'Neal, John Parrish, Cliff Clark, Helen Chapman, Earle Hodgins, Herbert Rawlinson, Elaine Riley, John Kellogg, Don Haggerty
When Steve (John Parrish) builds a saloon–in competition with another bar in town–next to Lucy's (Anne O'Neal) schoolhouse, she begins a feud by throwing apples through the bar's windows. When Lucy is kidnapped, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd), along with sidekicks California (Andy Clyde) and Lucky (Rand Brooks), steps in to take care of the situation. This is the final film of the "Hopalong Cassidy" series of about 66 films–a series that featured action, humor, and often better-than-average plots.
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Colt Comrades 1943 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, George Reeves, Earle Hodgins, Victor Jory, Douglas Fowley, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Mitchum
After capturing an outlaw and collecting the bounty, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his friends invest the cash in a cattle ranch but find problems lie ahead.
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Convention Girl 1935 N/R, 66 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Luther Reed Cast: Rose Hobart, Weldon Heyburn, Sally O'Neil, Herbert Rawlinson, Toni Reed, Shemp Howard, Ruth Gillette, James Spottswood, Lucille Mendez, Nancy Kelly, Alan Brooks, William H. White, Nell O'Day
Cynthia "Babe" Laval (Rose Hobart) is a queen in her world of Atlantic City call girls, but she would love to live a normal life. One possibility is for Babe to marry Bill Bradley (Weldon Heyburn), but she refuses to settle down with him because he owns a gambling house. When she meets wealthy Ward Hollister (Herbert Rawlinson), Babe thinks he could be the answer to her dreams. But problems arise, and now Bill looks pretty good to Babe.
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Counterfeiters 1948 N/R, 73 min. Genre: Action
Director: Sam Newfield Cast: John Sutton, Doris Merrick, Hugh Beaumont, Lon Chaney Jr., George O'Hanlon, Herbert Rawlinson, Pierre Watkin, Robert Kent, Don C. Harvey, Joi Lansing
John Sutton plays a Scotland Yard investigator who establishes himself as an undercover agent and brings an end to the illegal counterfeiting business of a gang of talented criminals.
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Dark Victory 1939 N/R, 106 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Edmund Goulding Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, Cora Witherspoon, Virginia Brissac, Dorothy Peterson, Herbert Rawlinson, Charles Richman, Leonard Mudie, Fay Helm, John Ridgely, David Newell
A young heiress (Bette Davis) learns that she has a fatal brain tumor. During the course of treatment, she falls in love with her doctor (George Brent) and finds new meaning in her life.
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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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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 1940 N/R, 225 min. Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor Cast: Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Anne Gwynne, Frank Shannon, John Hamilton, Herbert Rawlinson, Shirley Deane, Lee Powell, Roland Drew, Tom Chatterton, Don Rowan, Ben Taggart, Victor Zimmerman, Edgar Edwards
Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) is back in action in this 12-episode serial as the "Purple Death," a lethal plague, hits Earth. Flash's nemesis, Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) of the planet Mong, is behind it. So, Flash and friends return to Mong seeking the antidote. Of course, the powers of Ming will make that difficult.
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Flying Wild 1941 N/R, 63 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: William West Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Donald Haines, Joan Barclay, David Gorcey, Bobby Stone, Ernest Morrison, Dave O'Brien, Eugene Francis, Herbert Rawlinson, George Pembroke, Dennis Moore
Mugs (Leo Gorcey) and the rest of the East Side Kids work at an airplane factory where they uncover a plot to steal secrets and provide them to enemy agents.
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Forty Thieves 1944 N/R, 60 min. Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Douglass Dumbrille, Louise Currie, Kirk Alyn, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Frazer, Glenn Strange, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Rockwell, Bob Kortman
Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) loses the sheriff's election to timid Jerry Doyle (Kirk Alyn) who got the outlaw vote. When the town goes downhill, Hoppy proceeds to have Doyle impeached. But the dastardly outlaw boss (Douglass Dumbrille) brings in 40 outlaws to deal with our hero. Even Hoppy can't possibly take care of that many bad guys at once, or can he?
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Gene Autry and the Mounties 1951 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Western
Director: John English Cast: Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Elena Verdugo, Carleton Young, Richard Emory, Gregg Barton, Herbert Rawlinson, Trevor Bardette, Francis McDonald, House Peters Jr.
Gene Autry is up North singing and helping the Mounties while chasing a bank robber in Canada. This film was followed by "Blue Canadian Rockies," which was shot while the crew was still on location.
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Jail Bait 1954 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. Cast: Timothy Farrell, Steve Reeves, Dolores Fuller, Theodora Thurman, Lyle Talbot, Herbert Rawlinson, Clancey Malone, Mona McKinnon, Bud Osborne, John Avery
In this story, Vic Brady (Timothy Farrel)l undergoes plastic surgery to change his looks in order to escape capture by the police. Another Ed Wood bomb. 1 User Review
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| | Steve Reeves takes his shirt off! | Candy Kane 01/28/2007 | | Okay, this movie stink as only an Ed Wood movie can, but you have to see Steve Reeves in his debut play a cop who takes his shirt off at the precinct for no good reason other than to show off his magnificent chest. |
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Lumberjack 1944 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander Cast: William Boyd, Jimmy Rogers, Andy Clyde, Herbert Rawlinson, Ethel Wales, Douglass Dumbrille, Francis McDonald, John Whitney, Charles Morton, Bob Burns
Julie (Ellen Hall) is a widow whose husband was murdered. Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) comes to her aid, catches the killers, and saves her valuable timberland.
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Make a Wish 1937 N/R, 76 min. Genre: Musical
Director: Kurt Neumann Cast: Basil Rathbone, Bobby Breen, Marion Claire, Ralph Forbes, Henry Armetta, Leon Errol, Donald Meek, Billy Lee, Leonid Kinskey, Herbert Rawlinson, Richard Tucker, Johnny Arthur, Barbara Barondess, Spencer Charters, Lillian Harmer
Young singing prodigy Chip (Bobby Breen) attends a summer camp where he is befriended by composer Selden (Basil Rathbone) who has lost his creative inspiration. When Chip reads letters from his widowed mother Irene (Marion Claire) to Selden, her words give him that needed inspiration to write a new opera. Irene stars in the opera and falls in love with Selden, and Chip gets a new father.
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Nabonga 1944 N/R, 72 min. Genre: Action aka: Gorilla Jungle Woman Nabonga Gorilla
Director: Sam Newfield Cast: Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Fifi D'Orsay, Julie London, Bryant Washburn, Herbert Rawlinson, Prince Modupe, Jackie Newfield, Ray Corrigan, I. Stanford Jolley, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Ray Gorman (Buster Crabbe) heads to the African jungles to clear his father's name. Years earlier, his father's bank had been embezzled, and the trail leads to Africa. Ray meets Doreen (Julie London in her screen debut), the embezzler's daughter who, as a child, survived a plane crash and was raised by a gorilla, Nabonga, that is now her protector. Doreen, Nabonga, and Ray team to fight the bad guys who want the embezzled money. Really cheap, with Black stereotyping that was common for the day.
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The Panther's Claw 1942 N/R, 72 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine Cast: Sidney Blackmer, Byron Foulger, Rick Vallin, Herbert Rawlinson, Gerta Rozan, Lynn Starr, Barry Bernard, John Ince, Martin Ashe, Thornton Edwards, Walter James, Frank Darien, Willy Castello
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt (Sidney Blackner) investigates a murder in an opera company, and, while wigmaker Everett Digberry (Byron Foulger) is the prime suspect, many are on the list of potential perpetrators.
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Riot Squad 1941 N/R, 55 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Finney Cast: Richard Cromwell, Rita Quigley, John Miljan, Mary Ruth, Herbert Rawlinson, Mary Gordon, Donald Kerr, Jack C. Smith, Richard Clarke, Noel Cravat, Arthur Space, Forrest Taylor
Dr. Tom Brandon (Richard Cromwell) goes undercover for the police and infiltrates a criminal gang to bring its members to justice. But his fiancee (Rita Quigley), unaware of the reasons behind Tom's actions, breaks off her relationship with him.
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Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island 1937 N/R, 260 min. Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Ray Taylor, Mack V. Wright Cast: Mala, Mamo Clark, Herbert Rawlinson, William Newell, John Ward, Selmer Jackson, John Dilson, John Picorri, George Chesebro, Bob Kortman, George Cleveland, Lloyd Whitlock, Tracy Roebuck, Herbert Weber, Anthony Pawley
A U.S. Intelligence Agency sends Agent Mala (Mala) to a South Pacific island to investigate the destruction of a dirigible, which had stopped for refueling. Mala finds that spies on the island are using their technology to cause volcanic eruptions to keep the natives in line while they do their spy work. A 14-episode serial.
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S.O.S. Coast Guard 1937 N/R, 220 min. Genre: Action
Director: Alan James, William Witney Cast: Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Maxine Doyle, Herbert Rawlinson, Lee Ford, John Picorri, Lawrence Grant, Thomas Carr, Carleton Young, George Chesebro, Yakima Canutt, Jack Ingram
Mad scientist Boroff (Bela Lugosi) invents a gas that disintegrates everything in its path and sets out to market it to foreign governments. He also searches for the rare ingredients that will allow for large-scale production. But fear not. Lt. Terry Kent (Ralph Byrd), U.S. Coast Guard, and news woman Jean Norman (Maxine Doyle) stand in Boroff's way in this 12-episode serial.
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Shake Hands with Murder 1944 N/R, 63 min. Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Albert Herman Cast: Iris Adrian, Frank Jenks, Douglas Fowley, Jack Raymond, Claire Rochelle, Herbert Rawlinson, Juan de la Cruz, I. Stanford Jolley, Forrest Taylor, George Kirby, Gene Roth, Anitra Sparrow
Bail-bond broker Patsy Brent (Iris Adrian) and her partner Eddie Jones (Frank Jenks) try to help accused embezzler Steve Morgan (Douglas Fowley) by posting a big bond for him. All goes well–until Morgan's victim, John Clark (Herbert Rawlinson), is murdered, and Morgan comes up as the main suspect. Now, Patsy and Eddie must try to prove him innocent and find the real killer.
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Show Them No Mercy! 1935 N/R, 76 min. Genre: Drama
Director: George Marshall Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Cesar Romero, Bruce Cabot, Edward Norris, Edward Brophy, Warren Hymer, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Gleckler, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson
Kidnappers hold a young couple captive and their very lives rest in the mercy of their captors–until the law finally comes to the rescue. Remade as a Western, "Rawhide."
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Silent Conflict 1948 N/R, 61 min. Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Virginia Belmont, Earle Hodgins, Don Haggerty, James Harrison, Forbes Murray, John Butler, Herbert Rawlinson
Lucky (Rand Brooks) becomes the victim of an evil hypnotist who coerces him into stealing from his fellow ranchers and trying to murder Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd).
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Sinister Journey 1948 N/R, 59 min. Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Elaine Riley, John Kellogg, Don Haggerty, Stanley Andrews, Harry Strang, Herbert Rawlinson, John Butler
With the railroad for a setting, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) comes to the aid of Lee Garvin (John Kellogg) who has been arrested for murder.
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Swiss Family Robinson 1940 N/R, 92 min. Genre: Family
Director: Edward Ludwig Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew, Terry Kilburn, Tim Holt, Christian Rub, John Wray, Herbert Rawlinson, Orson Welles, Bobbie Quillan
Based on Johann David Wyss' novel, this is the story of a shipwrecked family who learn how to survive on a small South Seas island. Welles narrates opening scenes.
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Two Weeks to Live 1943 N/R, 76 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair Cast: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Franklin Pangborn, Kay Linaker, Irving Bacon, Herbert Rawlinson, Ivan F. Simpson, Rosemary La Planche, Danny Duncan, Evalyn Knapp, Charles Middleton, Luis Alberni
Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) are in Chicago to check out a railroad Abner has inherited when Abner falls down some stairs and ends up at the hospital. After being misdiagnosed as having two weeks to live, Abner signs up for a trip to Mars to obtain enough money to pay off a debt.
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Under the Big Top 1938 N/R, 63 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Karl Brown Cast: Marjorie Main, Anne Nagel, Jack La Rue, Grant Richards, George Cleveland, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Betty Compson, Herbert Rawlinson, Rolfe Sedan, Charlene Wyatt, Harry Harvey, Speed Hansen
The "Three Flying Pennies" trapeze act–featuring Penny (Anne Nagel), Pablo Le Grande (Grant Richards), and Ricardo Le Grande (Jack La Rue)–draws big crowds to the circus owned by Penny's Aunt Sara Post (Marjorie Main). Problems arise when Penny and her partners do not abide by Sara's strict rules. But by story's end, they sort out their complicated relationships, and the act goes on.
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The Woman of the Town 1943 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud Cast: Claire Trevor, Albert Dekker, Barry Sullivan, Henry Hull, Marion Martin, Porter Hall, Percy Kilbride, Beryl Wallace, Arthur Hohl, Clem Bevans, George Cleveland, Russell Hicks, Teddi Sherman, Herbert Rawlinson, Marlene Mains
Partially based on fact, this film is an account of Bat Masterson's (Albert Dekker) experiences in Dodge City. When unable to get a job as a newspaper reporter, Bat becomes the marshal of the town. Bat falls in love with dance-hall girl Dora (Claire Trevor) who works hard behind the scenes to look after the welfare of the town's citizens. When Dora is gunned down by cattle baron King Kennedy (Barry Sullivan), Bat not only takes care of King but also honors Dora for her efforts to clean up the town. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Musical Score.
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| 1. Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
2. Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)
3. Borrowed Trouble (1948)
4. Colt Comrades (1943)
5. Convention Girl (1935)
6. Counterfeiters (1948)
7. Dark Victory (1939)
8. Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
9. Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
10. Flying Wild (1941)
11. Forty Thieves (1944)
12. Gene Autry and the Mounties (1951)
13. Jail Bait (1954)
14. Lost Canyon (1942)
15. Lumberjack (1944)
16. Make a Wish (1937)
17. Nabonga (1944) aka: Gorilla aka: Jungle Woman aka: Nabonga Gorilla
18. The Panther's Claw (1942)
19. Riot Squad (1941)
20. Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1937)
21. S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937)
22. Shake Hands with Murder (1944)
23. Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
24. Silent Conflict (1948)
25. Sinister Journey (1948)
26. Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
27. Two Weeks to Live (1943)
28. Under the Big Top (1938)
29. The Woman of the Town (1943)
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