Broadway to Cheyenne 1932  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
aka: From Broadway to Cheyenne
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Rex Bell, Marceline Day, Matthew Betz, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Ellis, Huntley Gordon, Earl Dwire, Roy D'Arcy, John Elliott, Al Bridge
Detective Breezy (Rex Bell) is wounded by Butch (Robert Ellis) and his gang in New York. While Breezy recuperates at home in Wyoming, who should come along but Butch's gang with plans to run a protection racket on the ranchers? But, Breezy will have none of that.
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Daniel Boone 1936  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: David Howard
Cast: George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes, Clarence Muse, George Regas, Dickie Jones, Huntley Gordon, Harry Cording, Crauford Kent
Pioneers head for Kentucky under the protective lead of frontiersman Daniel Boone.
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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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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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Mr. Wong in Chinatown 1939 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, George Lynn, William Royle, Richard Loo, Lotus Long, Huntley Gordon, James Flavin, Lee Tung Foo, Bessie Loo, Ernie Stanton, I. Stanford Jolley, Guy Usher, Wilbur Mack
Detective Wong (Boris Karloff) finds the body of a murder victim in his home and learns from reporter Bobby Logan (Marjorie Reynolds) that the victim is Chinese Princess Lin Hwa (Lotus Long). Police Captain Bill Street (Grant Withers) aids Wong in the investigation, and they discover the murdered body of Lin's traveling companion (Bessie Loo). As Wong closes in on the case, he is kidnapped and held hostage aboard a ship in San Francisco harbor. Will Street and Logan be able to save him? This story was later remade as "The Chinese Ring" starring Roland Winters in his first role as Charlie Chan.
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 Murder by Television 1935  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Houghland Murder Case
Director: Clifford Sandforth
Cast: Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, Huntley Gordon, George Meeker, Claire McDowell, Henry Mowbray, Charles Hill Mailes, Hattie McDaniel, Henry Hall, Allen Jung
When a professor demonstrates a new invention–television–he is murdered. Did the television perform the dastardly deed or was it the devilish work of the assistant (Bela Lugosi)?
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Phantom of Chinatown 1940 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Keye Luke, Grant Withers, Lotus Long, Charles F. Miller, Virginia Carpenter, John Dilson, Paul McVey, Huntley Gordon, John Holland, Willy Castello, Richard Terry, Robert Kellard, Lee Tung Foo, Victor(2) Wong, Bruce Mitchell
Boris Karloff left the "Mr. Wong" series and was replaced by a younger Wong–Jimmy (Keye Luke)–in this final entry in the series. An archeologist returns from an expedition where an ancient scroll was found. Before you know it, he is murdered and Jimmy sets out to hunt down the murderer.
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The Red-Haired Alibi 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Merna Kennedy, Grant Withers, Theodore von Eltz, Huntley Gordon, Paul Porcasi, Purnell Pratt, Arthur Hoyt, John Vosburgh, Fred Kelsey, Shirley Temple
Red-headed Lynn (Merna Kennedy) is the constant escort for gangster Trent Travers (Theodore von Eltz). This gives him an alibi when his men do the dirty work, and Lynn is so naive that she doesn't even know he's a crook. All ends well in this feature film debut for Shirley Temple.
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Secrets 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Mary Pickford, Leslie Howard, C. Aubrey Smith, Blanche Friderici, Doris Lloyd, Herbert Evans, Ned Sparks, Allan Sears, Mona Maris, Huntley Gordon, Ethel Clayton, Bessie Barriscale, Lyman Williams, Virginia Grey, Ellen Johnson
Mary and John (Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard) leave New England and join a group of pioneers heading West across America in their covered wagons. They settle in California and become cattle ranchers. When tragedies occur–including Indian attacks, the death of Mary's child, and John's philandering–Mary still remains a loyal wife and mother.
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| 1. Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
aka: From Broadway to Cheyenne
2. Daniel Boone (1936)
3. Gangster's Boy (1938)
4. Midnight Warning (1932)
5. Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
6. Murder by Television (1935)
aka: The Houghland Murder Case
7. Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
8. The Red-Haired Alibi (1932)
9. Secrets (1933)
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