 The Bank Dick 1940  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio, Jessie Ralph, Franklin Pangborn, Shemp Howard, George Moran, Dick Purcell, Pierre Watkin, Eddie Acuff, Russell Hicks, Al Hill, Jack Norton, Bill Wolfe
After a bank robber trips over the park bench that barfly Egbert Souse (W.C. Fields) is lying on, the robber is caught, and Egbert becomes the town hero. Egbert is given a job at the bank as a guard and becomes involved in a bank scam convincing Og Oggilby (Grady Sutton)–who happens to be the fiance of Egbert's daughter Myrtle (Una Merkel)–to embezzle funds to buy shares in the Beefsteak Mines. When bank examiner J. Pinkerton Snoopington (Franklin Pangborn) arrives on the scene, mayhem ensues culminating in a great car chase. W.C. Fields' mastery of the comic art makes this film a classic.
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Flame of Barbary Coast 1945  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley, Virginia Grey, Butterfly McQueen, Paul Fix, Marc Lawrence, Russell Hicks, Jack Norton
Montana rancher Duke Fergus (John Wayne) goes to San Francisco where he confronts the famous San Francisco earthquake AND a love affair with saloon singer Flaxen Tarry (Ann Dvorak).
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The Fleet's In 1942  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Cass Daley, Leif Erickson, Rod Cameron, Gil Lamb, Jack Norton, Barbara Britton, Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, Hal K. Dawson, George M. Carleton
A shy sailor, Casey Kirby (William Holden), gets the reputation of being a ladies' man after being kissed backstage as a publicity stunt. Casey's buddy, Barney Waters (Eddie Bracken), reports the story to the sailors on his ship, and they make bets that Casey will get The Countess of Swingland (Dorothy Lamour) to kiss him in public. Meanwhile, The Countess does become attracted to Casey, and her best friend Bessie Dale (Betty Hutton) sets her sights on Barney. The story was remade by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as "Sailor Beware."
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The Palm Beach Story 1942 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, William Demarest, Sig Arno, Jack Norton, Robert Warwick, Torben Meyer, Franklin Pangborn, Roscoe Ates, Dewey Robinson, Arthur Hoyt, Al Bridge, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Gerry (Claudette Colbert) leaves her engineer husband, Tom (Joel McCrea), in New York and heads for Florida where she meets snobby John D. Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee). Tom pursues, and comedy ensues.
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The Scarlet Clue 1945 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Sidney Toler, Benson Fong, Mantan Moreland, Helen Devereaux, Virginia Brissac, Jack Norton, I. Stanford Jolley, Janet Shaw, Robert Homans, Reid Kilpatrick
Stepping into the world of espionage, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) prevents spies from stealing World War II radar plans.
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1947  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Mad Wednesday
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Frances Ramsden, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee, Edgar Kennedy, Arline Judge, Franklin Pangborn, Lionel Stander, Margaret Hamilton, Al Bridge, Jack Norton, Robert Dudley, Arthur Hoyt, Julius Tannen
Harold Diddlebock (Harold Lloyd) had been a successful football player, then spent 23 years as a bookkeeper, and now has been fired. He goes to a bar, orders a potent drink, and goes on a wild spree. He wakes up 48 hours later with no idea of what has happened in the interim. Later, he learns that he has bought a circus and brings a circus lion, Jackie the Lion, with him when he visits bankers offering them the chance to buy the circus.
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The Spoilers 1942 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey, Richard Barthelmess, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds, Russell Simpson, William Farnum, Marietta Canty, Jack Norton, Forrest Taylor, Ray Bennett, Art Miles
This is a good retelling of Rex Beach's novel, "The Spoilers." Roy Glennister (John Wayne) arrives in Alaska with Helen Chester (Margaret Lindsay) and is greeted by saloon owner Cherry Malotte (Marlene Dietrich) who has staked Flapjack (Russell Simpson) as a partner in Glennister's mine. Problems rise to the fore when the gold commissioner, Alexander McNamara (Randolph Scott), conspires to take over the rights to the mines in the area. A legal fight appears to be impossible, and the result is a bar-room brawl in which Glennister and McNamara fight for the rights to the mine.
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Thanks for the Memory 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Charles Butterworth, Otto Kruger, Hedda Hopper, Laura Hope Crews, Roscoe Karns, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, William Collier Sr., Emma Dunn, Edward Gargan, Jack Norton, Patricia Wilder, Barney Dean, Pat West
Young newlyweds Steve (Bob Hope) and Anne Merrick (Shirley Ross) have much to work out during their rocky start at marriage. As they settle into their New York apartment, Anne goes off to work every day as a fashion model, and aspiring author Steve stays home devoting his time to writing. This arrangement leads to their temporary break-up. But, by story's end, they are reunited and living happily ever after.
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| 1. The Bank Dick (1940)
2. Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
3. The Fleet's In (1942)
4. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
5. The Scarlet Clue (1945)
6. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
aka: Mad Wednesday
7. The Spoilers (1942)
8. Thanks for the Memory (1938)
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