Dakota 1945  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ona Munson, Hugo Haas, Ward Bond, Mike Mazurki, Paul Fix, Grant Withers, Pierre Watkin, Olive Blakeney, Nick Stewart, Robert Livingston, Olin Howland
In this so-so Western, John Devlin (John Wayne) is in a territorial dispute over a railroad line. John's love interest, Sandy (Vera Ralston), is the daughter of the railway tycoon.
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Days of Glory 1944  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed, Maria Palmer, Lowell Gilmore, Hugo Haas, William Challee, Joseph Vitale, Glen Vernon, Ivan Triesault
Gregory Peck made his film debut in this World War II drama bout Russian peasants fighting against Hitler's goal of Leibensraum, the domination of Eastern Europe. As German troops invade Russia, peasants turn into guerillas to protect their homeland.
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The Fighting Kentuckian 1949  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: George Waggner
Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy, Marie Windsor, John Howard, Hugo Haas, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Odette Myrtil
Following the War of 1812, two frontiersmen (John Wayne and Oliver Hardy), help French refugees in Alabama who are in danger of being tricked out of their land.
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The Princess and the Pirate 1944 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Walter Slezak, Victor McLaglen, Marc Lawrence, Hugo Haas, Maude Eburne, Adia Kuznetzoff, Brandon Hurst
Sylvester (Bob Hope) and Margaret (Virginia Mayo) are pursued by pirates (Walter Brennan is very funny as one of the pirates) and are caught in the clutches of La Roche (Walter Slezak).
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Summer Storm 1944 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Hugo Haas, Edward Everett Horton, Lori Lahner, John Philliber, Sig Ruman, John Abbott, Byron Foulger, Andre Charlot, Frank Orth, Sarah Padden, Paul Hurst, Charles Trowbridge
Based on Anton Chekhov's "The Shooting Party," Linda Darnell stars as the peasant, Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin, who is determined to raise her standard of living. After marrying middle-aged public servant Anton Urbenin (Hugo Haas), Olga becomes involved in affairs with Count "Piggy" Volsky (Edward Everett Horton) and with judge Fedor Petroff (George Sanders). Olga's actions lead to tragedy when Fedor kills her–letting Anton take the blame until ten years later when his guilt forces him to confess.
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What Next, Corporal Hargrove? 1945 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Jean Porter, Chill Wills, Hugo Haas, William "Bill" Phillips, Paul Langton, Cameron Mitchell, William Lundigan, Walter Sande
This sequel to "See Here, Private Hargrove" finds our hero (Walker) in France near war's end. He and his buddy (Wynn) are on garbage duty where they get into all sorts of predicaments.
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| 1. Dakota (1945)
2. Days of Glory (1944)
3. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
4. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
5. The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
6. Summer Storm (1944)
7. What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945)
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