The Caine Mutiny 1954  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin, E.G. Marshall, Tom Tully, Robert Francis, Arthur Franz, Claude Akins, May Wynn, Warner Anderson, Katherine Warren, Jerry Paris, Steve Brodie
Humphrey Bogart plays Captain Queeg, the slightly mentally unbalanced captain of the U.S.S. Caine. Following a typhoon, Lieutenant Maryk (Van Johnson) is tried for mutiny because of his actions during the storm. Queeg's testimony and downfall as he rolls ball bearings in his fist is a classic scene. The film received several Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Bogart), and Supporting Actor (Tom Tully).
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Force of Arms 1951  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: A Girl for Joe
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Frank Lovejoy, Gene Evans, Dick Wesson, Paul Picerni, Katherine Warren, Ross Ford, Ron Hagerthy, Don Gordon
This film, based on Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" is set in Italy during World War II where WAC nurse Lieutenant Eleanor McKay (Nancy Olson) falls in love with her patient, Sergeant Peterson (William Holden).
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 Jailhouse Rock 1957  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Hugh Sanders, Dean Jones, Jennifer Holden, Vaughn Taylor, Glenn Strange, Grandon Rhodes, Katherine Warren, Anne Neyland, Peter Adams, Bess Flowers, Francis De Sales, Percy Helton
This is Elvis Presley at his best. He plays singer Vince Everett who accidentally kills a man and ends up in prison where he finds a friend in Hunk Houghton (Mickey Shaughnessy) who suggests that he perform in the prison show. He is a hit! Later, after Vince is released from jail, he meets and falls in love with a publicist, Peggy Van Alden (Judy Tyler), who happens to work for a record company. She is an important part of his recording "Jailhouse Rock" and certain stardom.
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Mystery Submarine 1950  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Macdonald Carey, Marta Toren, Robert Douglas, Carl Esmond, Ludwig Donath, Jacqueline Dalya, Fred Nurney, Katherine Warren, Howard Negley, Bruce Morgan
Brett Young (Macdonald Carey) is an undercover agent with the job of keeping U.S. atomic secrets from falling into the wrong hands. The mysterious Madelein Brenner (Marta Toren) and a renegade submarine that is after atomic secrets become Young's challenge. Weak.
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The Star 1952 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood, Warner Anderson, Minor Watson, June Travis, Katherine Warren, Barbara Woodell, Fay Baker, Barbara Lawrence, Paul Frees, Robert Warrick, Herb Vigran, Byron Foulger, Al Hill
Aging star Margaret Elliot (Bette Davis) strives for a comeback and then realizes her time has passed, and she must look other places for pleasures in life. Davis received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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The Steel Trap 1952 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Eddie Marr, Jonathan Hale, Tom Powers, Aline Towne, William Hudson, Carleton Young, Katherine Warren, Walter Sande
On Friday a bank manager, Jim Osborne (Joseph Cotten), stole a half-million dollars from his bank, but now he has second thoughts, and he tries to replace the money over the weekend.
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| 1. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
2. Force of Arms (1951)
aka: A Girl for Joe
3. Jailhouse Rock (1957)
4. Mystery Submarine (1950)
5. The Star (1952)
6. The Steel Trap (1952)
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