Black Aces 1937  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Buck Jones
Cast: Buck Jones, Kay Linaker, Charles King, Fred MacKaye, W.E. Lawrence, Bob Kortman, Robert Frazer, Raymond Brown, Barney Phillips, Frank Campeau, Charles Le Moyne, Robert McKenzie, Ben Corbett, Arthur Van Slyke, Lee Shumway
After losing his ranch in a poker game, Ted (Buck Jones) is accused of murdering one of the winners, and, furthermore, he is thought to be a member of the notorious "Black Aces" gang. Ted sets out to clear his name by bringing the real culprits to justice. Ted's effort pleases his girlfriend, Sandy (Kay Linaker).
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Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo 1937  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field, Sidney Blackmer, Harold Huber, Kay Linaker, Robert Kent, Edward Raquello, George Lynn, Louis Mercier, George Davis, George Sorel, John Bleifer, Georges Renavent, Eugene Borden
Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) and his son Lee (Keye Luke) are vacationing in Monte Carlo when a million dollars in bonds from the famous Riviera casino are stolen, and the messenger who was carrying them is murdered. Charlie is asked to investigate and uncovers the work of bartender Al Rogers (George Lynn) who is blackmailing Mrs Karnoff (Kay Linaker) whose husband (Sidney Blackmer) is engaged in a bitter feud with Paul Savarin (Edward Raquello). Al turns up dead, but is Mrs. Karnoff really the murderess? Other suspects include Savarin and a woman with things to hide, Evelyn Gray (Virginia Field). This is Oland's last movie.
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Charlie Chan in Reno 1939  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Sidney Toler, Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Kane Richmond, Victor Sen Yung, Pauline Moore, Robert Lowery, Eddie Collins, Kay Linaker, Louise Henry, Charles D. Brown, Hamilton MacFadden, Iris Wong, Morgan Conway
Mary Whitman (Pauline Moore) goes to Reno seeking to divorce her husband Curtis (Kane Richmond) and checks into a hotel where Jeanne Bentley (Louise Henry), who is also divorcing her husband, is found murdered. Police suspect Mary, and she calls on the services of Honolulu detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler). Chan shows up with Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) and, while investigating the murder, engages in a battle of wits with local sheriff Tombstone Fletcher (Slim Summerville) who questions Chan's investigating abilities.
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Charlie Chan in Rio 1941  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Sidney Toler, Mary Beth Hughes, Victor Jory, Harold Huber, Richard Derr, Victor Sen Yung, Kay Linaker, Truman Bradley, Ann Codee, Eugene Borden, Jacqueline Dalya, Cobina Wright, Ted North, Hamilton MacFadden, Leslie Denison
Following Warner Oland's untimely death in 1937, Sidney Toler took over the role of Charlie Chan, Honolulu investigator. In this film, Chan travels to Rio with Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) to bring a murderess, nightclub singer Lola (Jacqueline Dalya) to Hawaii for trial. After Lola is murdered, Chan must solve her murder.
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Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise 1940 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Victor Sen Yung, Lionel Atwill, Leo G. Carroll, Robert Lowery, Don Beddoe, Cora Witherspoon, Kay Linaker, Charles Middleton, Leonard Mudie, Harlan Briggs, Claire De Brey, James Burke, Richard Keene
A Scotland Yard detective is murdered, and Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) goes aboard a cruise ship sailing from Honolulu to San Francisco to solve the crime when it appears that the killer is one of the ship's passengers. With help from his Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) and the widow (Kay Linaker) of the murdered Scotland Yard detective, Charlie investigates suspicious passengers who include Dr. Sudermann (Lionel Atwill), Prof. Gordon (Leo G. Carroll), and Mr. Walters (Charles Middleton). This is a remake of the lost Charlie Chan movie of 1931, "Charlie Chan Carries On."
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Drums Along the Mohawk 1939 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver, John Carradine, Eddie Collins, Jessie Ralph, Arthur Shields, Robert Lowery, Roger Imhof, Ward Bond, Dorris Bowdon, Francis Ford, Kay Linaker, Spencer Charters
As settlers encroached more and more on Indian lands, those on the frontier outskirts were often victims of Indian attacks. This is the sympathetic story of one young couple (Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert) who tried to start life anew on the fringes of American civilization during the Revolutionary War.
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Easy Money 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Onslow Stevens, Kay Linaker, Noel Madison, Allen Vincent, Barbara Barondess, Wallis Clark, Selmer Jackson, Robert Homans, Robert Graves, John Kelly, Robert Frazer, Barbara Bedford, Dickie Walters, Betty Mack, Henry Hebert
Prosecuting attorney Dan Adams (Onslow Stevens) resigns his position and goes undercover working to get the goods on a gang of fake-accident racketeers, and, in the process, his brother Eddie (Allen Vincent) is murdered by the gangsters. With Eddie's death, Dan's assistant Carol Carter (Kay Linaker) comes up with key evidence against the gang, but gang leader "Duke" Trotti (Noel Madison) has plans to do away with Carol before she can implicate them.
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence 1939 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ricardo Cortez
Cast: Jean Rogers, Raymond Walburn, Marjorie Rambeau, Glenn Ford, Ward Bond, Richard Conte, Eddie Collins, Irving Bacon, Kay Linaker
Joe (Glenn Ford) thumbs rides to Arizona, and along the way, he meets other Depression-era people with their own hard-luck stories.
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Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman 1940  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Eduardo Ciannelli, Gladys Cooper, Ernest Cossart, Odette Myrtil, Mary Treen, K.T. Stevens, Walter Kingsford, Cecil Cunningham, Nella Walker, Edward Fielding, Kay Linaker, Richard Nichols
For her role as Kitty Foyle, Ginger Rogers won the Oscar for Best Actress. This is the story of Kitty's intimidation by the snobby, social class of her husband Wynnewood "Wyn" Strafford VI (Dennis Morgan) and her eventual happiness with another man, Dr. Mark Eisen (James Craig). The film also received four nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
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Laura 1944 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams, Grant Mitchell, James Flavin, Kathleen Howard, Clyde Fillmore, Lane Chandler, Harry Strang, Cara Williams, Kay Linaker, Frank LaRue
When beautiful socialite Laura (Gene Tierney) is thought to be murdered, Detective Mark MacPherson (Dana Andrews) is assigned to the case and develops a compulsive attraction for Laura through her portrait. As he investigates Laura's past while reading her diary and letters, Mark falls in love with her, and one night the real Laura opens the door and walks into the room. Based on the novel by Vera Caspary.
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The Outer Gate 1937 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Behind Prison Bars
Director: Raymond Cannon
Cast: Ralph Morgan, Kay Linaker, Ben Alexander, Eddie Acuff, Charles Brokaw, Robert Cummings
Bookkeeper Bob Terry (Ben Alexander) is in love with his boss John Borden's (Ralph Morgan) daughter Lois (Kay Linaker), and John disapproves of the relationship. Later, bonds are missing from the office, and John accuses Bob who is sent to prison. After the real thief is caught, Bob is released from jail, and vows to get revenge against his former employer.
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Two Weeks to Live 1943 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Franklin Pangborn, Kay Linaker, Irving Bacon, Herbert Rawlinson, Ivan F. Simpson, Rosemary La Planche, Danny Duncan, Evalyn Knapp, Charles Middleton, Luis Alberni
Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) are in Chicago to check out a railroad Abner has inherited when Abner falls down some stairs and ends up at the hospital. After being misdiagnosed as having two weeks to live, Abner signs up for a trip to Mars to obtain enough money to pay off a debt.
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| 1. Black Aces (1937)
2. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
3. Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
4. Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
5. Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
6. Crack-Up (1936)
7. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
8. Easy Money (1936)
9. Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
10. Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940)
11. Laura (1944)
12. The Outer Gate (1937)
aka: Behind Prison Bars
13. Two Weeks to Live (1943)
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