Cipher Bureau 1938  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway, Tenen Holtz, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Walter Bonn, Si Wills, George Lynn, Jason Robards Sr., Hooper Atchley, Carl Stockdale
In this pre-World War II spy story, Leon Ames plays the role of Intelligence agent Philip Waring who, with his aide, Helen (Charlotte Wynters), works for the Cipher Bureau trying to break the code of German spies. Followed a year later by "Panama Patrol."
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Clearing the Range 1931 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Otto Brower
Cast: Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Hooper Atchley, George Mendoza, Robert Homans, Edward Peil Sr., Edward Hearn, Eva Grippon, Maston Williams, Jack Byron, Tex Driscoll, Ben Corbett, Fred Gilman, Jim Corey, Milton Brown
Bank cashier Lafe Kildare (Hooper Atchley) has been stealing from the bank, and when the bank president Jim Fremont (Edward Hearn) begins to suspect Lafe, Lafe kills Jim and becomes the bank president. Jim's brother Curt (Hoot Gibson) arrives in town posing as a cowardly drifter to investigate his brother's murder. He does his investigating at night, posing as Mexican bandit El Capitan in order to solve the murder, which he does, bringing Lafe to justice. Meanwhile, he wins the affections of a rancher's daughter, Mary Lou Moran (Sally Eilers–Hoot Gibson's wife at the time).
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. 1941  N/R, 263 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery
Director: John English, William Witney
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Michael Owen, Jan Wiley, John Davidson, Ralph Morgan, Robert Frazer, Howard C. Hickman, Nora Lane, Jack Mulhall, David Sharpe, Kenneth Harlan, John Dilson, Robert Fiske, Hooper Atchley, Anthony Warde
In this last in a series of serials, Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is on the trail of "Ghost," who has the ability to become invisible. He is going too far in destroying members of a group of influential citizens trying to get rid of crime in the city. (15 episodes)
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Drum Taps 1933 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: J.P. McGowan
Cast: Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dix, Frank Coghlan Jr., Charles Stevens, Al Bridge, Harry Semels, Jim Mason, Slim Whitaker, Kermit Maynard, Hooper Atchley, Lloyd Ingraham, Jack Rockwell
Boy Scouts come to the aid of rancher Ken (Ken Maynard) in protecting his and other ranchers' property from a gang trying to grab their land.
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G-men vs. the Black Dragon 1943 N/R, 244 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet, William Witney
Cast: Rod Cameron, Roland Got, Constance Worth, Nino Pipitone, Noel Cravat, George J. Lewis, C. Montague Shaw, Robert Homans, Hooper Atchley, Tom Seidel, Ken Terrell, Norman Nesbitt, Harry Burns
Set in World War II, this Serial is a good example of the episode-ending cliff hangers that brought patrons back to the theaters. A Japanese Society, the Black Dragon, led by brutal Oyama Haruchi (Nino Pipitone), is set on sabotaging the U.S. war efforts. But Special Agent Rex Bennett (Rod Cameron) and his team members British Secret Service Agent Vivian Marsh (Constance Worth) and Chinese Agent Chang Sing (Roland Got) thwart the Japanese plans in each episode. Plenty of action.
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Gangster's Boy 1938  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Warwick, Lucy Gilman, Louise Lorimer, Tommy Wonder, Selmer Jackson, Betty Blythe, Bobby Stone, William Gould, Huntley Gordon, Hooper Atchley, Jack Kennedy
Hard-working teenager Larry Kelly (Jackie Cooper) tries to make amends for his father's–Tim 'Knuckles' Kelly (Robert Warwick)–past by taking the rap for a murder committed by a friend.
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Hell's House 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Higgin
Cast: Junior Durkin, Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien, Frank Coghlan Jr., Charley Grapewin, Emma Dunn, Morgan Wallace, Hooper Atchley, Wallis Clark, James A. Marcus
A very naive teenager (Junior Durkin) ends up in reform school after he takes the blame for a bootlegging crime in this very early Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien film.
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Midnight Warning 1932 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: William "Stage" Boyd, Claudia Dell, Huntley Gordon, John Harron, Hooper Atchley, Henry Hall, Lloyd Whitlock, Phillips Smalley, Lloyd Ingraham, Lon Poff
Back in the USA after traveling in the Orient, Enid (Claudia Dell) and her brother checked into a hotel, and a few hours later her brother disappeared. Witnesses claim he vanished into thin air, and now Enid is told there never was a brother and that she is going insane. Detective William Cornish (William "Stage" Boyd) enters the case and uncovers the truth: Enid's brother died of the bubonic plague, and the hotel–not wanting to alarm the guests–is involved in a coverup. This story grew out of rumors involving a hotel guest's death during the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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Mountain Rhythm 1939 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Maude Eburne, Ferris Taylor, Tom London, Walter Fenner, Jack Pennick, Hooper Atchley, Bernard Suss
Land grabbers are frequent problems in Gene Autry's movies, and he again must deal with them.
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Mr. Wong, Detective 1938 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings, Evelyn Brent, William Gould, Lucien Prival, John Hamilton, George Lloyd, Frank Bruno, Lee Tung Foo, John St. Polis, Hooper Atchley, Wilbur Mack, Lynton Brent
This film is the first in a series of mysteries investigated by Chinese detective Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff). Wong investigates a murder in which poison gas was the murder weapon.
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Mystery Mountain 1934 N/R, 223 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Ken Maynard, Verna Hillie, Edward Earle, Al Bridge, Tom London, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Hooper Atchley, Edward Hearn, George Chesebro
This movie is part of a longer serial in which the hero, Ken (Ken Maynard), is searching for the identity of "The Rattler," a master of disguises and a wrecker of railroad and other transportation vehicles. Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette, in their second movie appearance, are stagecoach drivers.
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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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The Old Barn Dance 1937 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Helen Valkis, Sammy McKim, Roy Rogers, Ivan Miller, Earl Dwire, Hooper Atchley, Carleton Young, Earle Hodgins
A tractor company comes to town, resulting in downfall of Gene Autry's horse-selling business. When the tractors turn out to be real junk, Gene is there to get the con men. Roy Rogers is one of Gene's singers.
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Sagebrush Troubador 1935 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Barbara Pepper, J. Frank Glendon, Dennis Moore, Tom London, Frankie Marvin, Fred Kelsey, Hooper Atchley, Julian Rivero
Gene Autry sings his way along while he is hot on the trail of a killer.
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The Santa Fe Trail 1930 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Law Rides West
Director: Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf
Cast: Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno, Eugene Pallette, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, Hooper Atchley, Luis Alberni, Lee Shumway, Chief Yowlachie, Blue Cloud, Chief Standing Bear, Jack Byron
Sheep rancher Stan Hollister (Richard Arlen) is falsely accused of murdering an Indian, but two children saw the real killer, which also aids Stan in stopping a land grabber.
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The Secret Witness 1931 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
aka: Terror by Night
Director: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Una Merkel, William Collier Jr., Zasu Pitts, Purnell Pratt, Clyde Cook, Ralf Harolde, June Clyde, Rita La Roy, Paul Hurst, Nat Pendleton, Clarence Muse, Hooper Atchley, Billy Bletcher, Mike Donlin, Henry Hall
Wealthy philanderer Herbert Folsom (Hooper Atchley) is found dead from a bullet wound, and there are several suspects who include his wife (Rita La Roy) and the brother of his latest mistress–who committed suicide when Herbert had refused to dump his wife. Ditzy neighbor Lois Martin (Una Merkel) helps in identifying the culprit.
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The Three Musketeers 1933 N/R, 215 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Thriller
Director: Armand Schaefer
Cast: John Wayne, Raymond Hatton, Ralph Bushman, Noah Beery Jr., Lon Chaney Jr., Ruth Hall, Jack Mulhall, Al Ferguson, Edward Peil Sr., William Desmond, Yakima Canutt, Hooper Atchley, Gordon De Main, Robert Frazer, Robert Warwick
After rescuing Clancy, Renard and Schmidt (Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, and Ralph Bushman), Lt. Tom Wayne (John Wayne) joins them in a fight against their nemesis–the Devil of the Desert, El Shatan (Yakima Canutt)–during the reign of France's Louis XIII. The last of John Wayne's serials.
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| 1. Cipher Bureau (1938)
2. Clearing the Range (1931)
3. Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941)
4. Drum Taps (1933)
5. G-men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
6. Gangster's Boy (1938)
7. Hell's House (1932)
8. Midnight Warning (1932)
9. Mountain Rhythm (1939)
10. Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
11. Mystery Mountain (1934)
12. Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
13. The Old Barn Dance (1937)
14. Sagebrush Troubador (1935)
15. The Santa Fe Trail (1930)
aka: The Law Rides West
16. The Secret Witness (1931)
aka: Terror by Night
17. The Three Musketeers (1933)
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