 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshal, George Zucco, Terry Kilburn, Henry Stephenson, E.E. Clive, Arthur Hohl, Mary Gordon, Holmes Herbert, Mary Forbes, May Beatty, Frank Dawson, Peter Willes
Clever detective Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his faithful cohort, Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce), are trying to foil an attempt by Professor Moriarty (George Zucco) to steal England's Crown Jewels. When Moriarty sends a death threat to socialite Ann Brandon (Ida Lupino), Holmes and Watson are sidetracked while Moriarty goes on with his plot to steal the jewels. Now, Holmes and Watson must split up to prevent murder as well as the theft.
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Anne of the Indies 1951  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Herbert Marshall, Thomas Gomez, James Robertson Justice, Sean McClory, Holmes Herbert, Francis Pierlot, Carleton Young
A legendary pirate, Anne (Jean Peters), evades capture by French Captain Pierre La Rochelle (Louis Jourdan) only to fall into the clutches of Blackbeard (James Robertson Justice).
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The Brigand 1952   N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Anthony Dexter, Anthony Quinn, Gale Robbins, Jody Lawrance, Mari Blanchard, Holmes Herbert, Fay Roope, Carl Benton Reid, Ron Randell, Carleton Young
A commoner (Anthony Dexter) has a look-alike–the Spanish king (also played by Dexter)–and he becomes involved with plots against Spanish royalty.
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British Intelligence 1940 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Maris Wrixon, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert, Winifred Harris, Lester Matthews, Jack Mower, Frederick Vogeding
Employed as a butler at a British war minister's home, Valdar (Boris Karloff) is really a German espionage agent.
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Calling Dr. Death 1943 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ramsay Ames, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce, Holmes Herbert, Fay Helm, Alec Craig, Frederick Giermann, George Eldredge
In this, the first of the "Inner Sanctum" series, Doctor Mark Steele (Lon Chaney Jr.) is one of the chief suspects after his wife is brutally murdered.
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The Dark Angel 1935  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Fredric March, Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall, Janet Beecher, John Halliday, Frieda Inescort, Claud Allister, David Torrence, Holmes Herbert, Henrietta Crosman
This film received the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, and Merle Oberon was nominated for Best Actress. It is a remake of the 1925 movie about Alan Trent's (Fredric March) attempts to conceal his blindness from his lover, Kitty Vane (Merle Oberon).
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 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1932  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Halliwell Hobbes, Holmes Herbert, Edgar Norton, Douglas Walton, Sam Harris, Tempe Pigott, Eric Wilton, Arnold Lucy, G.L. McDonnell, John Rogers
Fredric March won the Oscar for his performance in this, the first, sound production of the famous tale by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll (March) experiments with good and evil and drinks a potion after which his dark side emerges as the evil Mr. Hyde whose lecherous appetite is unrestrained. Dr. Jekyll is unable to restrain Mr. Hyde, and tragedy ensues.
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The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Doris Lloyd, Holmes Herbert, Leyland Hodgson, Dwight Frye, Janet Ann Gallow, Barton Yarborough, Olaf Hytten, Lionel Belmore, Harry Cording
Ygor (Bela Lugosi) and the Monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) have survived the wrath of the mob of villagers and arrive at a Balkan village where Dr. Frankenstein's son, Ludwig (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), now lives. Igor and Dr. Bohmer (Lionel Atwill) convince Ludwig to place a new brain in the Monster's head. Through sly work on the part of Igor, he manages to get his own brain transplanted into the Monster, which, of course, results in disaster.
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The House of Fear 1945 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather, Dennis Hoey, Paul Cavanagh, Holmes Herbert, Harry Cording, Sally Shepherd, Gavin Muir, David Clyde
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are on the trail of the solution to a number of murders of guests at a Scottish mansion.
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House of Rothschild 1934 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Paul Harvey, Reginald Owen, Holmes Herbert, Helen Westley, Alan Mowbray
During the era of Napoleon, the Rothschilds were a very powerful banking family. This is their family saga. It is a well-told tale, and the film was nominated for an Oscar.
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Invisible Agent 1942 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre, Cedric Hardwicke, J. Edward Bromberg, Albert Bassermann, John Litel, Holmes Herbert, Keye Luke, Philip Van Zandt, Matt Willis, Milburn Stone
In the continuation of the "Invisible Man" series, Frank Raymond (Jon Hall) drinks a potion, becomes invisible, and gathers secret information from the Nazis.
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 The Invisible Man 1933  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: James Whale
Cast: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Una O'Connor, Henry Travers, William Harrigan, Holmes Herbert, E.E. Clive, Dudley Digges, Walter Brennan, John Carradine, Forrester Harvey, Harry Stubbs, Donald Stuart, Dwight Frye, Jameson Thomas
H.G. Wells wrote the story, which was then adapted to film in this excellent, early-era movie that marks the film debut of Claude Rains. The plot involves a scientist (Rains) who invents an invisibility serum with one bad side effect: using it causes the person to go insane, and he does.
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Madame X 1929 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Absinthe
Director: Lionel Barrymore
Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Lewis Stone, Raymond Hackett, Holmes Herbert, Eugenie Besserer, John P. Edington, Mitchell Lewis, Ullrich Haupt, Sidney Toler, Richard Carle, Carroll Nye, Claude King
Certainly not the best rendition of the story, but it is a heavy melodrama curio. A bored wife (Ruth Chatterton) is cast into the streets by her husband (Lewis Stone) after he finds out she has been unfaithful. Years later her son (Raymond Hackett), not knowing who she is, defends her on a murder charge. This is the first film to utilize a moving microphone (attached to a fishing pole). The film received Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Chatterton) and Director.
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Man Hunt 1941 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine, Roddy McDowall, Ludwig Stossel, Heather Thatcher, Frederick Worlock, Roger Imhof, Holmes Herbert, Olaf Hytten, William Haade, Kurt Kreuger, Frederick Vogeding, Lester Matthews
While in the Bavarian Alps, big-game hunter Thorndyke (Walter Pidgeon) has an opportunity to assassinate Hitler. He fails in the attempt and is captured by the Gestapo, beaten, and left for dead. With help from young Vaner (Roddy McDowell), Thorndyke stows away on a steamer where he sees a "Mr. Jones" (John Carradine) who has stolen Thornydyke's identity, including his passport. But "Mr. Jones" is only one problem he must deal with in the coming days. Remade in 1976 as "Rogue Male."
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The Man Without a Country 1917 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest C. Warde
Cast: Holmes Herbert, J.H. Gilmour, Florence La Badie, Carey L. Hastings, Ernest Howard, Charles Dundan, Wilbert Shields, George Marlo
Edward Everett Hale's 1863 short story is brought to the screen featuring Holmes Herbert as Philip Nolan who was sentenced to living out his life aboard an American warship after he declared, "Damn the United States! I wish I could never hear of her again." The sailors aboard the ship are ordered to never use the words "United States" nor to give Nolan any information about what was happening in the United States. Nolan's punishment changes his life forever.
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 Mark of the Vampire 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tod Browning
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Jean Hersholt, Donald Meek, Carol Borland, Holmes Herbert, Ivan F. Simpson, Zeffie Tilbury
In this remake of 1927's "London After Midnight," a gloomy mansion is haunted by the "undead" Count Mora (Bela Lugosi) and his daughter (Carol Borland).
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Mr. Moto's Last Warning 1939 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Field, John Carradine, George Sanders, Robert Coote, John Davidson, E.E. Clive, Holmes Herbert, Leyland Hodgson
A plot to disrupt agreements between France and England over the Suez Canal is thwarted by Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre).
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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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Mystery of Mr. Wong 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Lotus Long, Holmes Herbert, Morgan Wallace, Craig Reynolds, Ivan Lebedeff, Chester Gan, Hooper Atchley, Bruce Wong, Jack Kennedy, Joe Devlin, Lee Tung Foo, Wilbur Mack
Gem collector Brendan Edwards (Morgan Wallace) possesses the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," which is the largest star sapphire in the world. The gem has been stolen from China, and Edwards has received a death threat. He calls in Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) for help, and, during a game of charades, Edwards is shot dead, and the star sapphire disappears. Mr. Wong and Inspector Sam Street (Grant Withers) sort out the evidence, expose the killer, and Mr. Wong returns the gem to China.
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Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Allen Vincent, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gavin Gordon, Edwin Maxwell, Holmes Herbert, DeWitt Jennings
Following his hideous disfigurement in a fire at his London wax museum, the owner relocates to America where he opens a new museum. This time his figures are his own murder victims encased in wax. This is the first horror film not set in the usual old, gloomy manse and was remade with Vincent Price in the lead as "House of Wax."
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 The Pearl of Death 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Evelyn Ankers, Holmes Herbert, Mary Gordon, Richard Nugent, Ian Wolfe, Miles Mander, Billy Bevan
This film was adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Six Napoleons." The story involves the plot to steal a $250,000 pearl and how Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) get to the bottom of the matter.
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Say It in French 1938 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Janet Beecher, Mary Carlisle, Holmes Herbert, Walter Kingsford, William Collier Sr., Billy Lee, Erik Rhodes, G.P. Huntley
After a whirlwind courtship in France, golf pro Richard Carrington Jr. (Ray Milland) marries Julie (Olympe Bradna) but finds problems with his family when he returns home to the United States.
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 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Kaaren Verne, Holmes Herbert, Mary Gordon, Dennis Hoey, Harry Woods, Paul Fix, William Post Jr.
Set in 1940s' Britain, this Sherlock Holmes film involves espionage and Gestapo intrigue. Although Holmes (Basil Rathbone) has been updated to the 1940s, the story fares well.
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington 1943 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Lord, Henry Daniell, George Zucco, Holmes Herbert, John Archer, Gavin Muir, Ian Wolfe, Thurston Hall
Filmed during World War II, this movie is about Nazi spies trying to get their hands on microfilm hidden in a matchbox. Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) sleuths out the villains.
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Singapore 1947 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington, Thomas Gomez, Porter Hall, Edith Evanson, Holmes Herbert, Philip Ahn
This film is a story about an amnesiac who forgets the man she loves. Having thought that she had died in a WWII bombing raid, he discovers his error on a trip back to Singapore after the war, where he returns to resume his smuggling business. This movie was remade as "Istanbul" in 1957.
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The Terror 1928 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis, Matthew Betz, Holmes Herbert, John Miljan, Otto Hoffman, Joseph W. Girard, Frank Austin, Conrad Nagel, Reed Howes
Edgar Wallace's play is brought to the screen in one of the first "talkies." A mysterious killer is on the loose and is now present at a dinner with assorted guests, including an undercover Scotland Yard investigator. Remade in 1938.
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This Above All 1942 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Gladys Cooper, Philip Merivale, Sara Allgood, Alexander Knox, Queenie Leonard, Melville Cooper, Jill Esmond, Holmes Herbert, Denis Green, Arthur Shields
Prudence Cathaway (Joan Fontaine) upsets her wealthy family when she wants no favors and enlists in the British Women's Air Force–WAFs–in World War II. While in training, she meets embittered Clive Briggs (Tyrone Power), who is recovering from wounds. When Clive decides to go AWOL rather than return to duty, Prudence tries to convince him that England is worth fighting for.
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 The Uninvited 1944 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Ray Milland, Gail Russell, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Alan Napier, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dorothy Stickney, Barbara Everest, David Clyde, Rita Page, Helena Grant, Holmes Herbert, Queenie Leonard, Ivan F. Simpson, Moyna MacGill
When Roderick (Ray Milland) and his sister, Pamela (Ruth Hussey), buy and move into an old mansion, they experience strange occurrences. They are visited by Stella (Gail Russell) who tells them that her deceased mother claimed the house is haunted and that the ghosts intend to harm Stella. The previous owner is Stella's grandfather (Donald Crisp) who seems to know something but does not discuss it. Meanwhile, Roderick and Stella fall in love, and now they are determined to find the reasons behind the house's frightening supernatural activities. 1 User Review
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| | Great Oldie! | Brucifer 01/31/2007 | | For thrill seekers of the OLD days past.. this is a great haunted house movie with just enough thrill of the haunt to it for any movie lover! |
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The Verdict 1946 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris, Rosalind Ivan, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Shields, Morton Lowry, Holmes Herbert, Ian Wolfe
Superintendent Grodman (Sydney Greenstreet) and Victor Emmric (Peter Lorre) work to clear the name of a man who the obnoxious Scotland Yard Investigator Buckley (George Coulouris) has railroaded through the court system in his zest to solve a murder. This all began as a plot to teach Buckley a lesson, but the matter quickly gets out of hand.
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| 1. Accent on Youth (1935)
2. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
3. Anne of the Indies (1951)
4. The Brigand (1952)
5. British Intelligence (1940)
6. Broadminded (1931)
7. Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
8. Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
9. Calling Dr. Death (1943)
10. The Dark Angel (1935)
11. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
12. Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)
13. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
14. The House of Fear (1945)
15. House of Rothschild (1934)
16. Invisible Agent (1942)
17. The Invisible Man (1933)
18. Madame X (1929)
aka: Absinthe
19. Man Hunt (1941)
20. The Man Without a Country (1917)
21. Mark of the Vampire (1935)
22. Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
23. The Mummy's Curse (1944)
24. Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
25. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
26. The Pearl of Death (1944)
27. Say It in French (1938)
28. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
29. Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
30. Singapore (1947)
31. The Terror (1928)
32. This Above All (1942)
33. The Uninvited (1944)
34. Untamed (1929)
35. The Verdict (1946)
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