Boston Blackie's Rendezvous 1945  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Arthur Dreifuss
Cast: Chester Morris, Nina Foch, Steve Cochran, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Iris Adrian, Harry Hayden, Adele Roberts, Joe Devlin, Dan Stowell, Philip Van Zandt, Marilyn Johnson, Robert Williams, John Tyrrell
In this film, which is one of the best of the "Boston Blackie" series, Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) and his sidekick The Runt (George E. Stone) track down psycho killer "Jimmy" Cook (Steve Cochran) who has escaped from an asylum. To intimidate Blackie, Jimmy kidnaps dance hall hostess Sally Brown (Nina Foch). Now Blackie and The Runt try to find Jimmy, and, of course, Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) is hot on their trail suspecting Blackie of murder.
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Double Dynamite 1951  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Don McGuire, Howard Freeman, Harry Hayden, Nestor Paiva, Lou Nova, Joe Devlin, Frank Orth, William Edmunds, Russell Thorson, Charles Coleman, Ida Moore, Hal K. Dawson
Bank tellers Johnny Dalton (Frank Sinatra) and "Mibs" Goodhug (Jane Russell) want to get married but just don't have enough money. Their friend Emil J. Keck (Groucho Marx) jokingly suggests that they rob the bank to get the needed funds, but Johnny remains on the side of honesty. Then, Johnny wins $60,000 at the race track, but before he and Mibs can spend the money on their marriage, word leaks out that Johnny is the chief suspect in a $70,000 embezzlement at their bank. By story's end, it is learned that Mib's adding machine has a mechanical problem, no money is missing from the bank, and, maybe just maybe, Johnny and Mibs can live happily ever after.
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Mystery of Mr. Wong 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Lotus Long, Holmes Herbert, Morgan Wallace, Craig Reynolds, Ivan Lebedeff, Chester Gan, Hooper Atchley, Bruce Wong, Jack Kennedy, Joe Devlin, Lee Tung Foo, Wilbur Mack
Gem collector Brendan Edwards (Morgan Wallace) possesses the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," which is the largest star sapphire in the world. The gem has been stolen from China, and Edwards has received a death threat. He calls in Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) for help, and, during a game of charades, Edwards is shot dead, and the star sapphire disappears. Mr. Wong and Inspector Sam Street (Grant Withers) sort out the evidence, expose the killer, and Mr. Wong returns the gem to China.
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| 1. Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945)
2. Double Dynamite (1951)
3. Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
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