Alaska Highway 1943  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Ralph Sanford, Joe Sawyer, William Henry, Eddie Quillan, Jack Wegman, Harry Shannon, Edward Earle, Keith Richards
Army engineer Woody (Richard Arlen) is assigned to work on an important project: building the Alaskan Highway. He works with his trouble-loving younger brother, Steve (William Henry), and has had to come to Steve's aid more than once. Matters heat up when Steve shows an interest in Woody's girlfriend, Ann (Jean Parker).
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Apache Uprising 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet, John Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., Gene Evans, Richard Arlen, Arthur Hunnicutt, DeForest Kelley, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Parker
A gold robbery and Apache uprising are thwarted by Jim Walker (Rory Calhoun) who waylays danger from his town.
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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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Black Tuesday 1954  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves, Jean Parker, Milburn Stone, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Silvia Findley, James Bell, William Schallert, Vic Perrin
Vincent Canelli (Edward G. Robinson) and Peter Manning (Peter Graves) are escaped convicts trying to stay one step ahead of the cops in this exciting gangster film.
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Bluebeard 1944 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stossel, Iris Adrian, George Pembroke, Teala Loring, Sonia Sorel, Henry Kolker, Emmett Lynn, Patti McCarty, Frank Darien, George Irving
John Carradine is at his spooky best as he plays deranged killer Gaston Morel, a deranged killer of beautiful women. Morel is an artist who picks up models, paints their pictures, and then kills them. He meets his match in a clever young woman (Jean Parker) who learns about Morel's crimes and is determined to bring him to justice.
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The Flying Deuces 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner, Charles Middleton, Jean Del Val, Crane Whitley, James Finlayson, Richard Cramer, Michael Visaroff, Billy Engle, Sam Lufkin
After Ollie (Oliver Hardy) has been rejected by his lady love Georgette (Jean Parker) because she is already married to Francois (Reginald Gardiner), he and Stan (Stan Laurel) join the Foreign Legion to help Ollie forget his troubles. But, their ineptness leads to them being charged with desertion. They escape in a stolen airplane that crashes.
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The Gunfighter 1950  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker, Karl Malden, Skip Homeier, Verna Felton, Ellen Corby, Richard Jaeckel, Alan Hale Jr., Anthony Ross, Mae Marsh, Cliff Clark, James Millican, Harry Harvey
Gunfighter Jimmie Ringo (Gregory Peck) wants to settle down and rekindle the love he and his wife, Peggy (Helen Westcott), once shared. While waiting for Peggy in a saloon, Ringo learns that he cannot escape his past.
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I Live on Danger 1942 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Sam White
Cast: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Norris, Dick Purcell, Roger Pryor, Douglas Fowley, Ralph Sanford, Edwin Maxwell, Patsy Nash, Bernadene Hayes, Billy Nelson
Newsman Jeff Morrell (Chester Morris) sets out to prove the innocence of Eddie (Edward Nelson) upon the urging of Eddie's sister, Susan (Jean Parker). In the process, the couple falls in love, and Jeff is successful in saving Eddie. An OK thriller.
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Lady for a Day 1933 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks, Walter Connolly, Jean Parker, Nat Pendleton, Barry Norton, Halliwell Hobbes
Apple Annie (May Robson) is a 75-year-old seller of apples in Times Square in this Damon Runyon tale, and she knows how to extract money from the other peddlers. She sends money to her daughter (Jean Parker) in Spain, implying she is wealthy in her letters to the daughter. Now the daughter is visiting, and Apple Annie needs help, so she goes to gambler Dave the Dude (Warren William) to set her up for the visit. Now the fun begins. Good flick. Sequel: "Lady By Choice." Capra remade the story in 1961 as "Pocketful of Miracles."
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A Lawless Street 1955  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson, Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, John Emery, James Bell, Ruth Donnelly, Michael Pate, Don Megowan, Jeanette Nolan, Frank Hagney
Marshal Calem Ware (Randolph Scott) has spent years trying to clean up the West, but after he is shot and believed killed in the town of Medicine Bend, he hangs up his guns and returns to his wife, dance-hall singer Tally (Angela Lansbury), who had left him because of the dangers inherent in his job.
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 Little Women 1933 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Frances Dee, Edna May Oliver, Jean Parker, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington, Samuel S. Hinds, John Lodge, Douglass Montgomery, Nydia Westman, Harry Beresford, Mabel Colcord, Marion Ballou
Four New England sisters–Meg (Frances Dee), Jo (Katharine Hepburn), Beth (Jean Parker), and Amy (Joan Bennett)–learn to grow and survive under the loving care of their mother, Marmee (Spring Byington) while their beloved father (Samuel S. Hinds) is serving as a chaplain for the Union forces during the Civil War. This is the first film version of Louisa May Alcott's famous book, and it was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director.
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Minesweeper 1943 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Berke
Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Russell Hayden, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Emma Dunn, Charles D. Brown, Chick Chandler, Douglas Fowley, Frank Fenton, Ralph Sanford, Robert Mitchum, Dub Taylor
Naval officer Richard Houston (Richard Arlen), who had deserted the Navy due to his chronic gambling, reenlists as a seaman under an assumed name when World War II breaks out. He is assigned to a minesweeper where he becomes a hero by destroying a new type of enemy mine. Another film to keep up the morale back home during World War II.
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The Navy Way 1944 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Berke
Cast: Robert Lowery, Jean Parker, William Henry, Roscoe Karns, Sharon Douglas, Robert Armstrong, Tom Keene, Larry Nunn, Mary Treen, Joseph Crehan
Disgruntled boxer Johnny (Robert Lowery) has a tough time adjusting to regimented life as he learns the "Navy Way" during boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. But he finally sees the need for teamwork in one of a series of World War II propaganda films.
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Operator 13 1934 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Marion Davies, Gary Cooper, Jean Parker, Katharine Alexander, Hattie McDaniel, Willard Robertson, Henry Wadsworth, Douglass Dumbrille, Fuzzy Knight, Sidney Toler
Set during the Civil War, Gail Loveless (Marion Davies) is a Union spy who falls in love with Confederate Captain Jack Gailliard (Gary Cooper), a man who does his own bit of spying.
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Roar of the Press 1941 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, Jed Prouty, Suzanne Kaaren, Robert Frazer, Harland Tucker, Evalyn Knapp, Dorothy Lee, John Holland, Paul Fix, Maxine Leslie, Betty Compson
Honeymoon plans are put on hold when newspaper reporter Wally Williams (Wallace Ford) begins an investigation into a series of murders that were originally written off as suicides. Within a few days both the bride (Jean Parker) and the groom are kidnapped, but Wally's gangster acquaintances arrive to save the day.
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The Texas Rangers 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker, Lloyd Nolan, Edward Ellis, Stanley Andrews, Irving Bacon, George "Gabby" Hayes, Fred Kohler, Richard Carle, Frank Shannon, Benny Bartlett, Frank Cordell, Jed Prouty, Elena Martinez
Following the Civil War, outlaws Jim Hawkins (Fred MacMurray) and Wahoo Jones (Jack Oakie) opt out of their criminal activities and turn to the side of law and order when they become Texas Rangers. Later, Jim and Wahoo conspire to capture a former cohort Sam McGee (Lloyd Nolan) whose gang is creating terror throughout the area. Followed by "The Texas Rangers Ride Again" and remade in 1949 as "Streets of Laredo."
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Tomorrow We Live 1942 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: At Dawn We Die
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Jean Parker, Emmett Lynn, William(2) Marshall, Rose Anne Stevens, Ray Miller, Frank Hagney, Rex Lease, Jack Ingram, Jane Hale
A gangster, The Ghost (Ricardo Cortez), blackmails ex-con "Pop" Bronson (Emmett Lynn) into storing his mass of stolen tires. But, when "Pop's" daughter, Julie (Jean Parker), learns what is happening, she tries to save her father. Her efforts fail after a rival gang beats up The Ghost. The Ghost thinks that "Pop" Bronson is responsible and exacts revenge by shooting him in front of Julie.
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| 1. Alaska Highway (1943)
2. Apache Uprising (1966)
3. Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
4. Black Tuesday (1954)
5. Bluebeard (1944)
6. Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
7. The Flying Deuces (1939)
8. The Gunfighter (1950)
9. I Live on Danger (1942)
10. Lady for a Day (1933)
11. A Lawless Street (1955)
12. Little Women (1933)
13. Minesweeper (1943)
14. The Navy Way (1944)
15. One Body Too Many (1944)
16. Operator 13 (1934)
17. Roar of the Press (1941)
18. The Texas Rangers (1936)
19. Tomorrow We Live (1942)
aka: At Dawn We Die
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