Adam Had Four Sons 1941  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward, Fay Wray, Richard Denning, Robert "Buddy" Shaw, June Lockhart, Johnny Downs, Helen Westley, Clarence Muse
This is the Stoddard family saga covering 30 years in the early 20th century. Ingrid Bergman plays the governess who devotes herself to family service through all the trials and tribulations as well as the joys and successes.
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Adventures of the Flying Cadets 1943  N/R, 170 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor
Cast: Johnny Downs, Bobby Jordan, Ward Wood, William "Billy" Benedict, Eduardo Ciannelli, Regis Toomey, Robert Armstrong, Jennifer Holt, Charles Trowbridge, Joseph Crehan, Addison Richards, Philip Van Zandt
This 13-episode war adventure centers on flying students who are suspects in a series of murders when they are set up by a Nazi agent known as "The Black Hangman." It is the agent who murdered members of an expedition in order to keep secret the location of a helium deposit in Africa. Our flying heroes are determined to clear their names, and those Nazis better watch out.
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Algiers 1938  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart, Walter Kingsford, Paul Harvey, Johnny Downs, Robert Greig
Suave French jewel thief Pepe le Moko (Charles Boyer) is safe within the Casbah confines where he plays cat-and-mouse games with Inspector Slimane (Joseph Calleia). But when he meets the beautiful Gaby (Hedy Lamarr), her very presence represents the world at large that he can no longer enter, and Inspector Slimane just bides his time. Charles Boyer was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar and Gene Lockhart was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Arizona Raiders 1936 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Raymond Hatton, Marsha Hunt, Betty Jane Rhodes, Johnny Downs, Grant Withers, Don Rowan, Arthur Aylesworth, Richard Carle, Petra Silva, Herbert Heywood, Bob Card, Ken Cooper
Laramie (Buster Crabbe) saves himself from a hanging, saves horse thief Tracks (Raymond Hatton) from a hanging, springs young Lonesome (Johnny Downs) from jail, and the threesome head out on a variety of humorous escapades. Based on a Zane Grey story.
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 Babes in Toyland 1934  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
aka: March of the Wooden Soldiers
Director: Gus Meins, Charley Rogers
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlotte Henry, Felix Knight, Henry Brandon, Florence Roberts, Ferdinand Munier, Virginia Karns, William Burress, Johnny Downs, Marie Wilson, Richard Alexander, Ellen Corby, Jack Hill, Alice Dahl
This very amusing film of Victor Herbert's "Mother Goose" operetta features Stannie Dum (Stan Laurel) and Ollie Dee (Oliver Hardy) as apprentice toymakers coming to the aid of Little Bo-Peep (Charlotte Henry). The evil Silas Barnaby (Henry Brandon) is threatening to force Bo-Peep into marrying him if she does not pay her rent. The wedding does occur, but it is Stannie, disguised as Bo-Peep, who marches down the aisle. Barnaby is humiliated and steals one of the Three Little Pigs making it look as if Bo-Peep's boyfriend Tom-Tom Piper (Felix Knight) did the dirty deed. When Stannie and Ollie step in and expose the plot, Barnaby attacks Toyland. But, never fear, the wooden soldiers come to the rescue and save Toyland.
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Freckles Comes Home 1942 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Johnny Downs, Gale Storm, Mantan Moreland, Irving Bacon, Bradley Page, Betty Blythe, Marvin Stephens, Walter Sande, Max Hoffman Jr., Laurence Criner, John Ince, Gene O'Donnell
Freckles (Johnny Downs) arrives home from college with big plans for himself and his hometown. But he begins with a rough start when gangsters have holed up in town with the intent of robbing the bank. Freckles must deal with the situation while also dealing with his sweetheart, Jane (Gale Storm). Based on Gene Stratton-Porter's stories.
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Here Come the Girls 1953 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Claude Binyon
Cast: Bob Hope, Tony Martin, Arlene Dahl, Rosemary Clooney, William Demarest, Fred Clark, Robert Strauss, Millard Mitchell, Frank Orth, Johnny Downs
Stanley Snodgrass (Bob Hope) becomes the star of a Broadway musical–although he is unaware that he is being set up as bait to trap a murderer.
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The Mad Monster 1942  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Johnny Downs, George Zucco, Anne Nagel, Sarah Padden, Glenn Strange, Gordon De Main, Mae Busch, Reginald Barlow, Robert Strange, Henry Hall
Mad scientist Lorenzo Cameron (George Zucco) sets out to develop a potion that will make soldiers invincible and, thus, win the war. But first he intends to show his scientist peers that he's not as crazy as they claim. In fact, revenge is on his mind as he injects the potion into his dim-witted gardener, Petro (Glenn Strange). Petro turns into a werewolf–the perfect weapon for revenge–and the killing starts. The doctor's daughter (Anne Nagel) and reporter Tom Gregory (Johnny Downs) figure out what's going on, and they plan to save the day. A poor attempt to capitalize on the success of "The Wolf Man."
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Pigskin Parade 1936 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: David Butler
Cast: Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley, Stuart Erwin, Yacht Club Boys, Betty Grable, Judy Garland, Elisha Cook Jr., Alan Ladd, Johnny Downs, Arline Judge
In Judy Garland's first major film, music reigns supreme amidst the spirit of college football. Watch for Alan Ladd as a student who sings with the Yacht Club Boys. Stuart Erwin was nominated for an Oscar for his Supporting Actor performance.
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| 1. Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)
3. Algiers (1938)
4. The Arizona Raiders (1936)
5. Babes in Toyland (1934)
aka: March of the Wooden Soldiers
6. Freckles Comes Home (1942)
7. Here Come the Girls (1953)
8. The Mad Monster (1942)
9. Pigskin Parade (1936)
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