Batman and Robin 1949  N/R, 263 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane(2) Adams, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Graves, Don C. Harvey, William Fawcett, Leonard Penn, Rick Vallin, Michael Whalen, Greg McClure, House Peters Jr., John Doucette, Wally West, Frank Ellis
In this 15-episode serial, Batman and Robin (Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan) must outwit the black-hooded "Wizard" who sets out to use his stolen remote-controlled device to no good. They must also periodically rescue photographer Vicki Vale (Jane Adams) from assorted perils.
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The Big Night 1960 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Randy Sparks, Venetia Stevenson, Dick Foran, Jesse White, Dick Contino, Frank Ferguson, Paul Langton, House Peters Jr., Robert Paget, Marc Cavell, Kay E. Kuter, Anna Lee
Frank (Randy Sparks) and Ellie (Venetia Stevenson) watch as a car being chased by the police crosses a bridge, and one of the passengers tosses a briefcase into the canal. Later, Frank retrieves it and, instead of notifying the police, hides it nearby. He reads about a robbery in which $209,000 was stolen and two robbers were slain but still keeps his secret cache hidden. Problems ensue when the third robber, Carl Farrow (Dick Contino), returns to the scene and finds the case missing. Now, both the police and Farrow set out to find the stolen money
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 Flash Gordon 1936  N/R, 245 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action
aka: Space Soldiers
Atomic Rocketship
Director: Frederick Stephani
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson, Frank Shannon, Richard Alexander, Jack "Tiny" Lipson, George Cleveland, Duke York, Earl Askam, Theodore Lorch, Richard Tucker, James Pierce, Muriel Goodspeed, House Peters Jr.
The comic strip comes to life with this 13-episode serial, which was also cut down into a feature-length film. The characters are quite interesting and well-developed as Planet Mongo is on a collision course with Earth. So, Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) and friends, including his companion Dale (Jean Rogers) blast off to see what's going on out there. Mongo turns out to be ruled by Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) who has all sorts of creatures ready to do his dirty work as he carries out his plan for Earth.
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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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 King of the Rocket Men 1949  N/R, 166 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Fred C. Brannon
Cast: Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, I. Stanford Jolley, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr., James Craven, Douglas Evans, Ted Adams, Stanley Price, Tom Steele, David Sharpe, Eddie Parker
In this 12-episode serial, a mad traitor, from a group of scientists who have made scientific breakthroughs, is now killing them off so he can have exclusive control of the inventions. But Jeff King (Tristram Coffin) is assigned the task of safeguarding the secrets and dons his Rocket Man costume to fight the dastardly traitor who calls himself "Dr. Vulcan" (I. Stanford Jolley). Let the fight begin, as Dr. Vulcan has his own lethal devices.
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The Old West 1952 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Gail Davis, House Peters Jr., Louis Jean Heydt, Dickie Jones, Tom London, Lyle Talbot, House Peters, Frankie Marvin
With a little help from the preacher, Gene (Gene Autry) thwarts a gang's attempts to steal the contract for providing horses to the stagecoach line.
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Public Cowboy No. 1 1937 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ann Rutherford, James C. Morton, Frank LaRue, Frankie Marvin, Hal Price, William Farnum, Arthur Loft, House Peters Jr.
Set in the current time, cattle rustlers are still around–now using planes, refrigerated trucks, and shortwave radios to get the job done. But here comes our singing cowboy, Gene Autry, with his trusty horse and six-gun to foil the bad guys.
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Spoilers of the Plains 1951 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Grant Withers, William Forrest, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr., George Meeker, Fred Kohler Jr., Keith Richards
This doesn't sound too much like a Western when you learn that we're talking about spies, rocket-launchings, and satellites as being a part of the tale. In any event, Roy Rogers fights it out with the bad guys and comes away the hero.
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Target Earth 1954   N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Sherman A. Rose
Cast: Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Richard Reeves, Virginia Grey, Robert Roark, Whit Bissell, Mort Marshall, Arthur Space, Steve Pendleton, House Peters Jr.
Frank (Richard Denning) and Nora (Kathleen Crowley) awaken in different parts of Chicago to find the city deserted. Robots from Venus are to blame, and Frank, Nora, and a couple of other survivors must find a way to save the Earth.
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Twilight in the Sierras 1950 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez, Pat Brady, Russ Vincent, George Meeker, Fred Kohler Jr., Edward Keane, House Peters Jr., Pierce Lyden
An ex-counterfeiter has been kidnapped, and U.S. Marshal Roy Rogers is out after the counterfeiting gang who did it. Dale Evans is there to provide songs and romance.
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Under California Stars 1948 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, George Lloyd, Wade Crosby, Bob Nolan, House Peters Jr., Steve Clark, Michael Chapin, Joseph A. Garro
Trigger would bring a good price for the horse thieves, so he is sought for ransom. Roy Rogers must spring into action.
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Winning of the West 1953 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis, Robert Livingston, Gregg Barton, Richard Crane, House Peters Jr., William Forrest, Rodd Redwing, George Chesebro
Gene Autry sings his way through protecting a publicist, who is somewhat of a zealot, from a band of outlaws, one of which is Gene's brother.
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Yellowstone 1936 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Henry Hunter, Judith Barrett, Ralph Morgan, Alan Hale, Andy Devine, Monroe Owsley, Michael Loring, Paul Fix, Rollo Harvey, Raymond Hatton, House Peters Jr., Mary Gordon, Claud Allister, Diana Gibson
Yellowstone National Park ranger Dick Sherwood (Henry Hunter) falls in love with Ruth Foster (Judith Barrett) while she is visiting from Chicago. Judith's father James (Ralph Morgan) was involved in a robbery many years earlier, and the $90,000 of stolen money is hidden in a cave at Yellowstone. The gang of robbers–including James–is released from prison and comes searching for the money. James is murdered–his body spurts out of a geyser! Ranger Dick is suspected as the murderer and begins his own investigation, but it is his pal, Pay Day (Andy Devine), who gets to the bottom of what is really happening.
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| 1. Batman and Robin (1949)
2. The Big Night (1960)
3. Flash Gordon (1936)
aka: Space Soldiers
aka: Atomic Rocketship
4. Gene Autry and the Mounties (1951)
5. King of the Rocket Men (1949)
6. The Old West (1952)
7. Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
8. Spoilers of the Plains (1951)
9. Target Earth (1954)
10. Twilight in the Sierras (1950)
11. Under California Stars (1948)
12. Winning of the West (1953)
13. Yellowstone (1936)
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