Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture 1949  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane, Don McGuire, Joan Woodbury, Sid Tomack, Frank Sully, Charles Arnt, Luis Van Rooten, Philip Ahn, Peter Brocco, Benson Fong, Edgar Dearing, Fred F. Sears, Pat O'Malley
This film represents the last episode in the "Boston Blackie" series. Once again, Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) and his sidekick The Runt (Sid Tomack replaces George E. Stone for this final episode.) are accused of murder. This time around, they are reported to be leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered. Blackie and The Runt, as usual, escape from the police and manage to find the real murderer in Wong's Curio Shop where they also find stolen jewels hidden in tea bags.
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Bulldog Courage 1935 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Fix, Eddie Buzard, John Cowell, Karl Hackett, John Elliott, Edmund Cobb, Edward Hearn, Jack Rockwell, Ed Cassidy, Art Mix
Years after his father was killed by a crooked banker (Karl Hackett) who tried to take over his mine, Tim Braddock (Tim McCoy) rides into town to exact revenge. The banker is still trying to take over mines, and Tim takes care of the bad guys–once and for all.
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Cipher Bureau 1938 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway, Tenen Holtz, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Walter Bonn, Si Wills, George Lynn, Jason Robards Sr., Hooper Atchley, Carl Stockdale
In this pre-World War II spy story, Leon Ames plays the role of Intelligence agent Philip Waring who, with his aide, Helen (Charlotte Wynters), works for the Cipher Bureau trying to break the code of German spies. Followed a year later by "Panama Patrol."
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Confessions of Boston Blackie 1941  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Chester Morris, Harriet Hilliard, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Lloyd Corrigan, Joan Woodbury, Walter Sande, Ralph Theodore, Walter Soderling, William "Billy" Benedict, Mike Donovan, Jack Clifford, Eddie Laughton, Jack O'Malley, Ralph Dunn
Chester Morris returns for the second time in the role of Boston Blackie in this entertaining series about the ex-criminal who now helps solve crimes. Once again, Blackie is accused and on the run with Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) in pursuit. This time, George E. Stone joins the cast as Blackie's sidekick, The Runt, helping Blackie prove his innocence in the murder of sculptor Allison (Walter Soderling).
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The Desperadoes 1943  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Edgar Buchanan, Raymond Walburn, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Porter Hall, Joan Woodbury, Irving Bacon
An ex-gunslinger (Glenn Ford) joins up with a lawman (Randolph Scott) to fight injustice.
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In Old Cheyenne 1941 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Joan Woodbury, J. Farrell MacDonald, Sally Payne, Hal Taliaferro, Iron Eyes Cody, George Rosener, William Haade, Jack Kirk
Newspaper reporter Roy Rogers heads to Cheyenne to look into a story about a bad guy. But, it turns out that the man he's covering isn't the bad guy. Of course Roy exposes the real one.
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King of the Zombies 1941  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland, Henry Victor, John Archer, Patricia Stacey, Guy Usher, Marguerite Whitten, Leigh Whipper, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, James Davis, Laurence Criner
A U.S. agent, his pilot, and his man-servant are sent to the Caribbean to locate an admiral whose plane crashed. They also crash on a tiny island where a German doctor is making zombies out of the inhabitants through hypnosis. He had also caused the admiral's plane to crash, planning to hypnotize the admiral and then extract secrets from him. But our heroes stop that nonsense in this World War II propaganda film–though the U.S. had not yet entered the war.
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The Living Ghost 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
aka: A Walking Nightmare
Lend Me Your Ear
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: James Dunn, Joan Woodbury, Paul McVey, Vera Gordon, Norman Willis, J. Farrell MacDonald, Minerva Urecal, George Eldredge, Jan Wiley, Lawrence Grant, Howard Banks, Gus Glassmire
Ex-detective Nick Trayne (James Dunn) and his assistant, Billie Hilton (Joan Woodbury), search for wealthy-banker, kidnap-victim Walter Craig (Gus Glassmire), and during the investigation Craig turns up alive but in a catatonic state. To solve the new mystery, Nick and Billie follow a trail of clues that leads them to an old shack where eerie experiments involving zombies have been performed.
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Man from Headquarters 1942 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Frank Albertson, Joan Woodbury, John Maxwell, Dick Elliott, Byron Foulger, Robert Kellard, Arthur O'Connell, Mel Ruick, Gwen Kenyon, Jack Mulhall, Paul Bryar, Maynard Holmes, Max Hoffman Jr., Christine McIntyre, Charlie Hall
After helping to solve a gangland murder, Chicago police reporter Larry Doyle (Frank Albertson) is kidnapped by mobsters and dumped on a train to prevent him from testifying. He wakes up in St. Louis and befriends Ann (Joan Woodbury). Together, they return to Chicago and–despite problems with the mobsters along the way–out-fox the gang boss Louis Padroni (Max Hoffman Jr.) at his own game.
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Northwest Trail 1945  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Derwin Abrahams
Cast: Bob Steele, Joan Woodbury, John Litel, Madge Bellamy, Raymond Hatton, George Meeker, Ian Keith, Charles Middleton, John Hamilton, Bill Hammond, Bud Osborne, Al Ferguson
Mountie Matt O'Brien (Bob Steele) is assigned to escort Easterner Kate Owens (Joan Woodbury) to a remote area to see her uncle. Trouble lies ahead as Kate's money is stolen, and the Mountie Sergeant appears to be involved in a gold-smuggling ring. A cheaply made film, and it shows.
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Paper Bullets 1941 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Gangs, Inc.
Crime, Inc
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Linda Ware, John Archer, Vince Barnett, Alan Ladd, Gavin Gordon, William Halligan, George Pembroke, Selmer Jackson, Phillip Trent, Kenneth Harlan, Bryant Washburn, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Robert Strange
Rita Adams (Joan Woodbury) had been raised in an orphanage with fellow orphans Bob Elliot and Mickey Roma (John Archer and Jack La Rue). As an adult, Rita takes the rap for wealthy playboy Harold's (Phillip Trent) hit-and-run crime and ends up in jail. When she is released from prison, Rita determines to get vengeance against Harold's father Clarence (George Pembroke) who was responsible for her being sent to prison. Meanwhile, her childhood friend Bob is now an undercover agent trying to snare mobster Mickey, and Rita is the key to his investigation. Rita rises to power in the criminal world but ends up back in prison; however, this time her childhood sweetheart Bob promises to be waiting when she is released.
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Phantom Killer 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton, Warren Hymer, Mantan Moreland, J. Farrell MacDonald, Gayne Whitman, Kenneth Harlan, George J. Lewis, Elliott Sullivan, Karl Hackett, Frank Ellis
District Attorney Edward Clark (Dick Purcell) prosecutes the rich, popular, deaf mute John G. Harrison (John Hamilton) on a murder charge. When John is acquitted, the DA investigates and uncovers the fact that the Hamiltons are twin brothers, and the "normal" one is the bad guy. Remake of 1933's "The Sphinx."
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The Rogues' Tavern 1936 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Wallace Ford, Barbara Pepper, Joan Woodbury, Jack Mulhall, Clara Kimball Young, John Elliott, John Cowell, Earl Dwire, Vincent Dennis, Arthur Loft, Ed Cassidy
Detective Jimmy Flavin (Wallace Ford) and his bride-to-be Marjorie (Barbara Pepper) check in at an inn. They must put off their wedding plans when they investigate a series of deaths at the inn that are thought to be caused by a mad dog. Together they find the real culprit in this poorly written–but fun–entry.
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Song of the Gringo 1936 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Old Corral
Director: John P. McCarthy
Cast: Tex Ritter, Joan Woodbury, Fuzzy Knight, Monte Blue, Warner Richmond, Al J. Jennings, Martin Garralaga, William Desmond, Forrest Taylor, Robert Fiske, Glenn Strange, Budd Buster
Marshal Tex (Tex Ritter) goes underground and infiltrates a gang that is using all means, including murder, to take over the local mines. Songs abound as Tex saves the day. This is Tex Ritter's film debut in a remake of 1930's "Oklahoma Cyclone."
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Sunset Serenade 1942 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Bob Nolan, Helen Parrish, Onslow Stevens, Joan Woodbury, Frank M. Thomas, Pat Brady, Roy Barcroft, Dick Wessel, Rex Lease
It's the fair-young-maiden-from-back-east-who-inherits-a-ranch story, and as the story goes, the bad guys want to get rid of her. And as the story goes, Roy Rogers sings some songs and saves the day.
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Super Sleuth 1937 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli, Alan Bruce, Edgar Kennedy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Guilfoyle, Bradley Page, Willie Best, Alec Craig
This is the story of a movie star (Jack Oakie) who tries to reenact an actual crime and catch the true killer. This story was later remade as "Genius at Work."
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A Yank in Libya 1942 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: H.B. Warner, Walter Woolf King, Joan Woodbury, Harry Parke, Duncan Renaldo, George J. Lewis, Wilhelm von Brincken, Howard Banks, Amarilla Morris
Unwilling to give in when authorities fail to listen to his claims that Nazis are providing Libyan natives with guns, American correspondent Mike Malone (Walter Woolf King) continues the investigation on his own.
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| 1. Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
2. Bulldog Courage (1935)
3. The Chinese Cat (1944)
aka: Charlie Chan: The Chinese Cat
4. Cipher Bureau (1938)
5. Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
6. The Desperadoes (1943)
7. The Eagle's Brood (1935)
8. In Old Cheyenne (1941)
9. King of the Zombies (1941)
10. The Living Ghost (1942)
aka: A Walking Nightmare
aka: Lend Me Your Ear
11. Man from Headquarters (1942)
12. Northwest Trail (1945)
13. Paper Bullets (1941)
aka: Gangs, Inc.
aka: Crime, Inc
14. Phantom Killer (1942)
15. The Rogues' Tavern (1936)
16. Song of the Gringo (1936)
aka: The Old Corral
17. Sunset Serenade (1942)
18. Super Sleuth (1937)
19. A Yank in Libya (1942)
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