Black Beauty 1933 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Phil Rosen Cast: Esther Ralston, Alexander Kirkland, Hale Hamilton, Gavin Gordon, Don Alvarado, George Walsh, Theodore Lorch, Eddie Fetherston, Al Bridge, John Larkin, Bruce Covington
Black Beauty has been raised by the loving Cameron family and is being trained to run in the steeplechase race. But, after a series of problems, the Camerons are forced to sell Black Beauty. The cruel Captain Jordan (Gavin Gordon) purchases the horse and then mistreats it. But, Henry Cameron (Alexander Kirkland) recovers the horse and brings love back into Black Beauty's life–and his own as he now will live happily ever after with Leila (Esther Ralston). Based on Anna Sewell's classic novel.
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Circumstantial Evidence 1945 N/R, 68 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John Larkin Cast: Michael O'Shea, Lloyd Nolan, Trudy Marshall, Billy Cummings, Ruth Ford, Reed Hadley, Roy Roberts, Scotty Beckett, Byron Foulger, Dorothy Adams, John Eldredge, Eddie Marr
Joe (Michael O'Shea) has been found guilty of murder and is on death row when he breaks out of prison. His young son, Pat (Billy Cummings), tells him to give himself up and convinces Joe that he will be proved innocent in a retrial.
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Frankie and Johnnie 1936 N/R, 66 min. Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: John H. Auer, Chester Erskine Cast: Helen Morgan, Chester Morris, Lilyan Tashman, Florence Reed, Walter Kingsford, Cora Witherspoon, William Harrigan, John Larkin
Based on the title song, this is the story of the romance and marriage of cat-house singer Frankie (Helen Morgan) and country boy Johnnie (Chester Morgan). Shortly after the marriage, Johnnie begins fooling around with Nellie Bly (Lilyan Tashman)–an affair that ends in Johnnie's murder.
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Sporting Blood 1931 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Brabin Cast: Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody, Marie Prevost, Harry Holman, J. Farrell MacDonald, John Larkin, Hallam Cooley, Eugene Jackson
This is the story of a horse that is rescued after being mishandled. With proper training, it shows its championship form and wins the Kentucky Derby.
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Those Calloways 1965 N/R, 132 min. Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar Cast: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon DeWilde, Walter Brennan, Ed Wynn, Linda Evans, Philip Abbott, Parley Baer, Tom Skerritt, John Larkin
The Calloways are Vermonters who seek to provide a bird sanctuary for wild geese despite resistance from local residents. Disney.
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| 1. Black Beauty (1933)
2. Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
3. Frankie and Johnnie (1936)
4. Sporting Blood (1931)
5. Those Calloways (1965)
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