Arrest Bulldog Drummond 1938  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Action
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: John Howard, H.B. Warner, Heather Angel, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, George Zucco, Claud Allister, Zeffie Tilbury, Leonard Mudie, John Davidson
Once again Bulldog Drummond (John Howard) puts off his marriage to Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel) when he goes off on the trail of a murderer. In this entry in the Bulldog Drummond series, Drummond and his cohort, Scotland Yard's Col. Nielson (H.B. Warner), must recapture an ammunition-detonating machine that was stolen by an espionage ring.
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa 1938 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Louis King
Cast: John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner, J. Carrol Naish, E.E. Clive, Reginald Denny, Anthony Quinn, Matthew Boulton, Neil Fitzgerald, Paul Porcasi
Just before he is to marry Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel), Bulldog Drummond (John Howard) heads off for Africa to rescue his friend, Col. Nielson (H. B. Warner), from the clutches of an international spy ring.
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Bulldog Drummond's Bride 1939 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner, Reginald Denny, Eduardo Ciannelli, Elizabeth Patterson, E.E. Clive, John Sutton, Neil Fitzgerald, Gerald Hamer
Bulldog Drummond (John Howard) and his fiancee, Phyllis (Heather Angel), finally get married, but their honeymoon haven has been taken over by a bank robber (Eduardo Ciannelli) along with his ton of explosives.
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Bulldog Drummond's Peril 1938 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Peril of Bulldog Drummond
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, Porter Hall, Nydia Westman, Elizabeth Patterson, Halliwell Hobbes, Zeffie Tilbury
Once again Bulldog Drummond (John Howard) must delay wedding plans as he and Col. Nielson (John Barrymore) head to Switzerland in search of a stolen diamond.
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Bulldog Drummond's Revenge 1937 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Louis King
Cast: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, Frank Puglia, Nydia Westman, Robert Gleckler, Lucien Littlefield
Bulldog Drummond (John Howard) and his able cohort, Scotland Yard's Col. Nielson (John Barrymore), are on the trail of the secret formula for a powerful bomb.
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The Fighting Kentuckian 1949  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: George Waggner
Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy, Marie Windsor, John Howard, Hugo Haas, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Odette Myrtil
Following the War of 1812, two frontiersmen (John Wayne and Oliver Hardy), help French refugees in Alabama who are in danger of being tricked out of their land.
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Green Hell 1940 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: James Whale
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Bennett, John Howard, George Sanders, Vincent Price, Alan Hale, George Bancroft, Gene Garrick, Francis McDonald, Iron Eyes Cody
On a treasure hunt through South America, an archeological expedition discovers lost temples and headhunters in the interior jungle of Brazil.
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The Invisible Woman 1940  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charles Ruggles, Oskar Homolka, Edward Brophy, Donald MacBride, Margaret Hamilton, Shemp Howard, Anne Nagel, Mary Gordon, Thurston Hall
Daffy inventor Professor Gibbs (John Barrymore) has perfected his invisibility machine but needs a guinea pig. Model Kitty Carroll (Virginia Bruce), having motives for being invisible, answers the call. Meanwhile, wacky gangsters are sent to steal the invention for their boss. Fun, with plenty of well-known actors.
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 Lost Horizon 1937  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Mystery
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, Sam Jaffe, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Margo, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, George Chan, David Torrence, Carl Stockdale, Hugh Buckler, Wyrley Birch, Darby Clark
British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) and his brother George (John Howard) help British citizens–Henry Bernard (Thomas Mitchell), Gloria (Isabel Jewell), and "Lovey" Lovett (Edward Everett Horton)–evacuate from China during a revolution. Their plane crashes in Tibet, and a rescue team, led by Chang (H.B. Warner), leads them to Shangri-La where they discover a tranquility that they have never before experienced. This wonderful city is ruled by an aging 200 year-old High Lama (Sam Jaffe) who is impressed with Robert and wants him to succeed him after his death. Now, Robert is torn between leaving for England or remaining in Shangri-La with his new-found love Sondra (Jane Wyatt). A winner of two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Film Editing), it also received five nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Warner).
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Love from a Stranger 1947 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, John Howard, John Hodiak, Isobel Elsom, Ernest Cossart, Ann Richards, Frederick Worlock, Philip Tonge, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Billy Bevan
This remake of the 1937 Roland V. Lee film casts Sylvia Sidney in the role of the woman who suspects that her new husband (John Hodiak) plans to kill her.
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The Mad Doctor 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, John Howard, Barbara Jo Allen, Kitty Kelly, Ralph Morgan, Martin Kosleck, Hugh O'Connell, Hugh Sothern, George Chandler
Doctor George Sebastian (Basil Rathbone) marries women for their money, but he is finally tripped up by a newsman, Gil Sawyer (John Howard), when he plans to marry his next victim (Vera Vague).
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 The Philadelphia Story 1940 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, John Howard, Ruth Hussey, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, Virginia Weidler, Henry Daniell, Lionel Pape, Rex Evans, Hillary Brooke, Lee Phelps, Claude King
Philadelphia's elite citizens are the subject of this romantic comedy. Katharine Hepburn plays socialite Tracy Lord who is divorced from C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) and is about to marry stuffed-shirt George Kittredge (John Howard). James Stewart plays reporter Macaulay Connor who has arrived on the scene to cover the wedding, but he falls in love with the bride-to-be. Stewart carried away an Academy Award for Best Actor. An Academy Award was also given for Best Writing, and nominations were received for Best Picture, Actress (Hepburn), Supporting Actress (Ruth Hussey for her role as Macaulay's girlfriend), and Director.
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Submarine Raider 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Philip Ahn, Bruce Bennett, Marguerite Chapman, John Howard, Warren Ashe, Larry Parks, Forrest Tucker, Stanley Brown, Roger Clark, Eileen O'Hearn
Great battle scenes highlight this film about submarine warfare at the beginning of America's entry into World War II.
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The Texas Rangers Ride Again 1940 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Ellen Drew, John Howard, Akim Tamiroff, May Robson, Broderick Crawford, Charley Grapewin, John Miljan, Anthony Quinn, Robert Ryan, Monte Blue, Harvey Stephens, Eva Puig, Harold Goodwin, Joseph Crehan, Eddie Foy Jr.
In this sequel to "The Texas Rangers" (1936), "Stats" Dangerfield (Ellen Drew) asks for help from the Texas Rangers. Working undercover, Jim Kingston (John Howard) and Mace Townsley (Broderick Crawford) arrive at her ranch to investigate a case of cattle rustling. They infiltrate the gang of rustlers, led by ranch foreman Joe Yuma (Anthony Quinn), and manage to bring an end to the gang's activities–and, at the same time, a romance begins between "Stats" and Jim.
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Thirteen Hours by Air 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Zasu Pitts, John Howard, Benny Bartlett, Grace Bradley, Alan Baxter, Brian Donlevy, Ruth Donnelly, Dean Jagger
Hijacking and murder is in store for passengers on a commercial airplane flying a transcontinental route.
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| 1. Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938)
2. Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
3. Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
4. Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
5. Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
aka: Peril of Bulldog Drummond
6. Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
7. Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
8. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
9. Green Hell (1940)
10. Hold 'Em Navy (1937)
11. The Invisible Woman (1940)
12. Lost Horizon (1937)
13. Love from a Stranger (1947)
14. The Mad Doctor (1941)
15. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
16. Submarine Raider (1942)
17. The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
18. Thirteen Hours by Air (1936)
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