Beggars in Ermine 1934  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Henry B. Walthall, Betty Furness, Jameson Thomas, James Bush, Astrid Allwyn, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lee Phelps, Myrtle Stedman, Gordon De Main
Once a steel mill owner, now crippled and destitute, John Dawson (Lionel Atwill) organizes beggars into a union in his attempt to seek revenge against his competitor who arranged John's "accident."
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Beyond Tomorrow 1940 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, Alex Melesh, Maria Ouspenskaya, Helen Vinson, Richard Carlson, Jean Parker, Rod La Rocque, J. Anthony Hughes, Robert Homans, William Bakewell, Virginia McMullen, James Bush, Gino Corrado
Three old, rich men (Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, and Charles Winninger), who have been wrapped up in themselves all their lives, are lonely on Christmas, so they look for dinner guests. James and Jean (Richard Carlson and Jean Parker) are selected, and the couple falls in love. Later, tough times cause a parting of the ways. The three elderly men die in a plane wreck and return as spirits to help get the couple back together.
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The Big Noise 1944  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Doris Merrick, Arthur Space, Philip Van Zandt, Francis Ford, Veda Ann Borg, Robert Blake, Frank Fenton, James Bush, Selmer Jackson, Harry Hayden
While delivering a new weapon to Washington, D.C., Laurel and Hardy fend off a gang of thieves in their own inimitable manner. Probably their worst film.
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Ceiling Zero 1935  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin, James Bush, Henry Wadsworth, Barton MacLane, Bill Elliott, Isabel Jewell, Addison Richards
Howard Hawks spotlights pilots battling fog and poor communications to deliver the mail. Dizzy Davis (James Cagney) must atone for past mistakes in this action-oriented movie. One of the best of the Cagney-Pat O'Brien team-ups. Remade as "International Squadron" in 1941.
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Crimson Romance 1934  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: David Howard
Cast: Ben Lyon, Sari Maritza, Erich von Stroheim, Hardie Albright, James Bush, William Bakewell, Herman Bing, Bodil Rosing, Vince Barnett, Arthur Clayton, Oscar Apfel, Purnell Pratt, Jason Robards Sr., Wilhelm von Brincken
American friends Bob Wilson (Ben Lyon) and Fred von Bergen (James Bush) join the German air force prior to the U.S. entry in World War I. When America enters the war, Bob remains loyal to America and fights for his country, but Fred continues to fight for Germany and is killed in action. Bob consoles Fred's love Alida (Sari Maritza), and his actions lead to their marriage. Meanwhile, Fred's mother (Bodil Rosing) delivers an anti-war eulogy.
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King of the Cowboys 1943 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Bob Nolan, Peggy Moran, Gerald Mohr, Lloyd Corrigan, Irving Bacon, Pat Brady, James Bush, Russell Hicks, Cliff Parkinson
It's World War II, and saboteurs are blowing up warehouses. Roy Rogers and friends must go undercover by impersonating rodeo riders to get the bad guys. There's time for many a song.
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The Lady in Scarlet 1935  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Reginald Denny, Patricia Farr, Claudia Dell, James Bush, Dorothy Revier, John St. Polis, Jameson Thomas, Al(2) Thompson, Jack Adair, John T. Murray, Lew Kelly
Lawyer Oliver Keith (Reginald Denny) and his girlfriend/ secretary Ella Carey (Patricia Farr) team up to solve a pair of murders. Slow.
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The Man from Colorado 1948  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ellen Drew, William Holden, Ray Collins, Edgar Buchanan, Denver Pyle, Jerome Courtland, James Millican, Ian MacDonald, James Bush, Jim Bannon, William "Bill" Phillips, Eddie Fetherston, Ben Corbett, Stanley Andrews
Colonel Owen Devereaux (Glenn Ford) is a disturbed Civil War veteran who becomes a federal judge after returning from the war. His Army buddy Del Stewart (William Holden) has been appointed marshal, and he tries to help Owen overcome his psychologically motivated need to condemn men to death. Making matters worse is the fact that Del shares an unrequited love with Owen's wife Caroline (Ellen Drew) that causes jealousy. Tensions mount and lead to a violent conclusion.
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Night of Mystery 1937  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ewald Andre Dupont
Cast: Grant Richards, Roscoe Karns, Helen Burgess, Ruth Coleman, Elizabeth Patterson, Harvey Stephens, June Martel, Ellen Drew, Purnell Pratt, Colin Tapley, James Bush, Ivan F. Simpson
This remake of 1929's "The Greene Murder Case" brings yet another actor (Grant Richards) to the scene as the suave, master detective Philo Vance. Vance investigates the murder of a NY millionaire as greedy relatives seek a portion of the inheritance. After a few suspects are murdered, Vance comes up with the killer. Richards certainly was not the best Philo Vance.
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 Out of the Past 1947 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
aka: Build My Gallows High
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Steve Brodie, Richard Webb, Virginia Huston, Dickie Moore, Frank Wilcox, Mary Field, Paul Valentine, Ken Niles, Oliver Blake, James Bush, John Kellogg
Californian Jeff Markham (Robert Mitchum) is a man with a dubious past who becomes involved with a hood, Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas). While helping find Sterling's girlfriend Kathie (Jane Greer) in Acapulco, Markham finds himself accused of a murder that Kathie committed. A good film that was remade in 1984 as "Against All Odds."
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A Shot in the Dark 1935 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Charles Starrett, Robert Warwick, Edward Van Sloan, Marion Shilling, Doris Lloyd, Helen Jerome Eddy, James Bush, Julian Madison, Ralph Brooks, Eddie Tamblyn, Robert McKenzie, Jane Keckley, Herbert Bunston, John Davidson
After college student Byron Coates is found murdered, Byron's roommate Ken Harris (Charles Starrett) and his father Joseph Harris (Robert Warwick) set out to investigate. When another student is murdered, suspicions begin to zero in on Professor Bostwick (Edward Van Sloan), but there is more murder in the future before the case is solved.
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They Made Me a Killer 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. Thomas
Cast: Robert Lowery, Barbara Britton, Lola Lane, Frank Albertson, Elisabeth Risdon, James Bush, Edmund MacDonald, Ralph Sanford, Byron Barr, Paul Harvey, John Harmon, Will Wright
Wrongfully accused of robbery and murder, Tom Durling (Robert Lowery) escapes from the police and gets help from the sister (Barbara Britton) of the man he is accused of killing. Together, they track down the real criminals.
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man 1939 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall, Edward F. Cline
Cast: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Constance Moore, John Arledge, James Bush, Thurston Hall, Edward Brophy, Mary Forbes, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Irving Bacon
Struggling circus owner Larson E. Whipsnade (W.C. Fields) struggles to stay away from legal trouble. This trait provides the backdrop for a very funny story about how one problem can quickly multiply into many more.
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| 1. Beggars in Ermine (1934)
2. Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
3. The Big Noise (1944)
4. Ceiling Zero (1935)
5. Crimson Romance (1934)
6. I Cover the War (1937)
7. King of the Cowboys (1943)
8. The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
9. The Man from Colorado (1948)
10. Night of Mystery (1937)
11. Out of the Past (1947)
aka: Build My Gallows High
12. A Shot in the Dark (1935)
13. They Made Me a Killer (1946)
14. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
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