Across the Wide Missouri 1951  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, George Chandler, Richard Anderson, Douglas Fowley
Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) and Ironshirt (Ricardo Montalban) are 19th-century pioneers who are intent on fur trapping while Indians are just as determined to keep them out of their hunting grounds.
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The Border Legion 1930  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf
Cast: Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Eugene Pallette, Stanley Fields, E.H. Calvert, Ethan Allen, Syd Saylor, Hank Bell, Jim Corey
This remake of Zane Grey's story uses footage from an earlier silent film as it tells the story of the an outlaw (Jack Holt) who puts his life on the line when he comes to aid of Jim (Richard Arlen) and his love (Fay Wray) after Jim is falsely accused of murder.
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Cat People 1942  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Horror / Thriller
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, Elizabeth Russell, Alec Craig, Bud Geary, Eddie Dew, Murdock MacQuarrie, Donald Kerr, Theresa Harris
Following their wedding, Oliver Reed (Kent Smith) learns that his wife Irena (Simone Simon) believes that she is a Cat Woman as a member of an ancient Serbian tribe and has a genetic tendency to turn into a panther when emotionally aroused. Oliver tries to help Irena by getting her psychiatric help from Dr. Louis Judd (Tom Conway), but Oliver runs into major problems. The marriage is failing, and Oliver becomes romantically interested in coworker Alice Moore (Jane Randolph). Now, a jealous Irena's stalking of Alice turns into a night of terror in a swimming pool.
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 The Chase 1946  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Ripley
Cast: Robert Cummings, Michele Morgan, Steve Cochran, Lloyd Corrigan, Peter Lorre, Jack Holt, Don Wilson, James Westerfield, Shirley(2) O'Hara, Nina Koshetz, Alex Minotis, Yolanda Lacca, Jimmy Ames, Bess Flowers, Alex Montoya
The fortunes of Chuck (Robert Cummings), an out-of-luck veteran, change when he returns a wallet to gangster Eddie (Steve Cochran). Matters get rough when Eddie's wife (Michele Morgan) is sprung from prison. Chuck helps her escape from Eddie, and the chase is on.
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Flight to Nowhere 1946  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William Rowland
Cast: Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Micheline Cheirel, Jack Holt, Jerome Cowan, Inez Cooper, Hoot Gibson, John Craven, Roland Varno, Michael Visaroff
A map disclosing the location of South Pacific deposits of Uranium has been stolen, and a former intelligence agent (Alan Curtis) and a federal agent (Jack Holt) intend to find it–which they do after the usual difficulties, including murder. Cheap, very cheap.
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Holt of the Secret Service 1941 N/R, 225 min.
Genre: Action
Director: James W. Horne
Cast: Jack Holt, Evelyn Brent, Tristram Coffin, C. Montague Shaw, Ted Adams, Joe McGuinn, John Ward, Edward Hearn, Ray Parsons, Jack Cheatham
This 15-episode film follows the exploits of Agent Jack Holt (Jack Holt) as he takes on counterfeiters. There are plenty of cliffhangers for the audience.
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The Little American 1917 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Cecil B. MeMille
Cast: Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton, Wallace Beery, Hobart Bosworth, DeWitt Jennings, Ben Alexander, Carl Gerard, Walter Long, James Neill, Colleen Moore, Ramon Novarro
The year is 1914, and American Angela Moore (Mary Pickford) has two suitors–Karl is from Germany, and Jules is French. Then war breaks out, and Karl and Jules return to their countries to fight. Angela sails for France to visit her aunt, but her ship is sunk by a U-boat. Angela survives and goes to her aunt's chateau where she learns that her aunt has died. Angela has inherited her aunt's chateau. The Germans attack, and Angela begins to send messages to the Allies but is caught and sentenced to be executed. Karl comes to her aid, denounces the Kaiser, and is also sentenced. Now, the French, along with Jules, arrive in time to free Mary and Karl who then sail back to the United States.
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 The Littlest Rebel 1935  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley, Bill Robinson, Stepin Fetchit, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Willie Best, James Flavin, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Set during the Civil War, a young Southern girl, Virgie Cary (Shirley Temple), is the daughter of a captured Confederate soldier. Virgie dances (with Bill Robinson) and charms President Lincoln into sparing her father's life.
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Loaded Pistols 1948  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Gene Autry, Barbara Britton, Chill Wills, Jack Holt, Russell Arms, Robert Shayne, Vince Barnett, Leon Weaver, Fred Kohler Jr., Clem Bevans
The real killers must be caught so the youngster wrongfully accused of the murder can be freed, and Gene Autry is just the man to do it.
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My Pal Trigger 1946 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Yakima Canutt, Frank McDonald
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Jack Holt, LeRoy Mason, Roy Barcroft, Sam Flint, Kenne Duncan, William Haade, Bob Nolan
One of Roy Rogers' best, this is a light-hearted musical tale of how Roy obtained Trigger. Both Roy and a dastardly gambler want to breed their mares with a champion stallion. The bad guy shoots the stallion, but not before Roy's mare is pregnant with Trigger. Lots of fun, action, and songs.
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San Francisco 1936  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Ted Healy, Jessie Ralph, Shirley Ross, Edgar Kennedy, Jason Robards Sr., Harold Huber, Margaret Irving, William Ricciardi, Kenneth Harlan, Roger Imhof, Frank Mayo
Blackie Norton (Clark Gable) owns the Paradise beer garden in San Francisco where he hires singer Mary Blake (Jeanette MacDonald) to sing. Romance between Blackie and Mary is in the air, but club patron Jack Burley (Jack Holt) vies for Mary's attentions and offers her a job with the San Francisco Opera. Blackie's friend, Father Mullin (Spencer Tracy), also believes that Mary should be singing somewhere other than at Blackie's bar. Mary is torn between working for Blackie and looking for a classier job. Then fate steps in when San Francisco is hit by the great 1906 Earthquake, and the film's climax takes place amidst the backdrop of fires breaking out, buildings swaying and collapsing, and the rubble brought on by the disaster. This epic film earned a number of Academy Award nominations (Best Picture, Spencer Tracy for Best Actor, and W.S. Van Dyke for Best Director) but ended up with only one Oscar–Best Sound Recording.
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The Squaw Man 1918 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Elliott Dexter, Ann Little, Katherine MacDonald, Jack Holt, Thurston Hall, Tully Marshall, Herbert Standing, Noah Beery, Pat Moore, Helen Dunbar
This is the second filming (of three) of this Cecil B. DeMille story about Jim Wynnegate (Elliott Dexter) who takes the rap for his cousin on an embezzlement charge and leaves England for Wyoming. There he saves the life of an Indian girl (Ann Little) from the clutches of villain Cash Hawkins (Jack Holt). After Wynnegate marries her, his cousin's wife, Diana (Katherine MacDonald), arrives with the news that the cousin is dead. Knowing that Jim took the rap because he loved Diana, his wife commits suicide to allow Jim and Diana to reunite, which is what they do. They head back to England where he assumes the position of Earl of Kerhill. A better film than the earlier one, showing the beginnings of DeMille's desire to make extravaganzas.
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The Strawberry Roan 1948 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Gene Autry, Gloria Henry, Pat Buttram, Jack Holt, Dickie Jones, Rufe Davis, John McGuire, Eddy Waller, Redd Harper, Sam Flint, Jack Ingram, Ted Mapes
While trying to tame a wild horse (Champion), a boy, Joe (Dickie Jones) is severely injured. The boy's father insists that the horse be killed. But the horse escapes and Gene (Gene Autry) decides to train the horse rather than kill it. Now, the newly trained horse may help Joe in his recovery.
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Submarine 1928 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, Ralph Graves, Clarence Burton, Arthur Rankin
Jack (Jack Holt) is a deep sea diver and Bob (Ralph Graves) is his best friend. The Navy buddies have trouble when Bob goes out with Jack's new wife (Dorothy Revier)–though not knowing she is Jack's wife. But the big trouble comes when a submarine sinks, in 400 feet of water off San Diego, with the crew on board. Now it's up to Jack to save the day. One of the first "disaster" films.
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Task Force 1949 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris, Walter Brennan, Julie London, Jack Holt, Bruce Bennett, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely, Richard Rober
This is the story of a retired naval officer Jonathan L. Sullivan's (Gary Cooper) argument for a carrier task force. Although today's Navy depends on carriers, in the 1930s few heeded Sullivan's advice.
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They Were Expendable 1945 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson, Paul Langton, Leon Ames, Cameron Mitchell, Donald Curtis, Arthur Walsh, Jeff York, Jack Pennick, Murray Alper, Harry Tenbrook
This is a good war film about American PT Boat crews battling the Japanese in the Pacific. Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) commands a Torpedo Boat Squadron in Manila Bay, an inlet of the South China Sea, at the beginning of World War II. The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, and many U.S. ships are out of commission. The assignment of Brickley's PT Boats is to run messages, but they do manage to shoot down three Japanese planes. Fed up with message-running assignments, Brickley's executive officer Lt. Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) asks for a transfer to destroyer duties. This story does not glorify war; instead, it tells it like it is–warts and all. Vintage John Ford.
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 Thunder Birds 1942 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton, Jack Holt, Dame May Whitty, George Barbier, Richard Haydn, Reginald Denny, Iris Adrian, Ted North, C. Montague Shaw, Joyce Compton
Set during World War II, this is the story of a love triangle between Kay Saunders (Gene Tierney), air cadet Steve Britt (Preston Foster), and his trainer Peter Stackhouse (John Sutton).
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Victory 1919 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Maurice Tourneur
Cast: Jack Holt, Seena Owen, Lon Chaney, Wallace Beery, Ben Deeley, Laura Winston, Bull Montana, George Nichols
A drifter, Axel Heyst (Jack Holt), settles in the South Seas where he takes a job mining coal on a remote island. He rescues Alma (Seena Owen) who is being held hostage by hotel owner Schomberg (Wallace Beery). Together, they hitch a ride to his island. An evil trio is sent by Schomberg to recover Alma, and Axel must stand up to the thugs.
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Wanderer of the Wasteland 1924 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Irvin Willat
Cast: Jack Holt, Noah Beery, George Irving, Kathlyn Williams, Billie Dove, Jim Mason, Richard Neill, James Gordon, William A. Carroll, Willard Cooley
Based on a Zane Grey novel, this is the story of Adam Larey (Jack Holt) who confronts his younger brother, Guerd (Jim Mason), concerning his gambling. When his brother is accidentally shot, Adam flees into the wasteland. Upon finding that his brother was only wounded, Adam returns to both his brother and his girlfriend, Ruth (Billie Dove). This was the first Technicolor Western.
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| 1. Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
2. Behind the Mask (1932)
3. The Border Legion (1930)
4. Cat People (1942)
5. The Chase (1946)
6. Flight to Nowhere (1946)
7. Holt of the Secret Service (1941)
8. The Little American (1917)
9. The Littlest Rebel (1935)
10. Loaded Pistols (1948)
11. My Pal Trigger (1946)
12. San Francisco (1936)
13. The Squaw Man (1918)
14. The Strawberry Roan (1948)
15. Submarine (1928)
16. Task Force (1949)
17. They Were Expendable (1945)
18. Thunder Birds (1942)
19. Victory (1919)
20. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924)
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