Black Dragons 1942  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, Clayton Moore, George Pembroke, Robert Frazer, Edward Peil Sr., Robert Fiske, Frank Melton, Irving Mitchell, Kenneth Harlan, Max Hoffman Jr., Joseph Eggenton, I. Stanford Jolley, Jack Cheatham
Doctor Melcher (Bela Lugosi) performs plastic surgery on the "Black Dragons," a group of Japanese who are potential saboteurs in the U.S. during World War II. Disguised as Caucasians, they hope to infiltrate American cities.
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The Case of the Velvet Claws 1936  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Warren William, Claire Dodd, Wini Shaw, Bill Elliott, Joe King, Addison Richards, Eddie Acuff, Olin Howland, Kenneth Harlan, Clara Blandick
Well, what-do-you-know, Perry Mason (Warren William) marries his faithful secretary, Della Street (Claire Dodd). But before they can take off on their honeymoon, Perry is hired (at gunpoint) to stop an article from being printed in a scandal sheet. It turns out that the woman behind the gun is the wife of the publisher of the paper, and she will do anything to ensure that her affair with another is not made public. Fast-paced, fun mystery.
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The Corpse Vanishes 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin, Elizabeth Russell, Minerva Urecal, Vince Barnett, Joan Barclay, Angelo Rossitto, Kenneth Harlan, Gwen Kenyon, Frank Moran, George Eldredge, Eddie Kane, Murdock MacQuarrie
Mad scientist Doctor Lorenz (Bela Lugosi) kidnaps and murders young brides to give his aged wife, the Countess (Elizabeth Russell), eternal youth–until Pat Hunter (Luana Walters) sets the trap that snares the crazed doctor.
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Dangerous Lady 1941  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Bernard B. Ray
Cast: June Storey, Neil Hamilton, Douglas Fowley, John Holland, Emmett Vogan, Evelyn Brent, Greta Granstedt, Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart, Jack Mulhall, Terry Walker, Carl Stockdale, Kenneth Harlan
Detectives Phyllis and Duke Maratindel (June Storey and Neil Hamilton) stay just one step ahead of the police as they try to prove that Hester (Evelyn Brent) is not a "dangerous lady" by tracking down the real killer.
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Desperate Cargo 1941 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Julie Duncan, Jack Mulhall, I. Stanford Jolley, Richard Clarke, Paul Bryar, Kenneth Harlan, Johnstone White, Thornton Edwards, Don Forrest, Rick Vallin
Clipper-ship crewman Tony Bronson (Ralph Byrd) comes to the rescue of two chorus girls, Peggy and Ann (Carol Hughes and Julie Duncan), who are stranded in a South American village. He invites them on board his ship, which is headed toward their home. But problems arise when bad guys try to steal the ship's money. Luckily, Tony also comes to the ship's rescue.
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. 1941  N/R, 263 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery
Director: John English, William Witney
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Michael Owen, Jan Wiley, John Davidson, Ralph Morgan, Robert Frazer, Howard C. Hickman, Nora Lane, Jack Mulhall, David Sharpe, Kenneth Harlan, John Dilson, Robert Fiske, Hooper Atchley, Anthony Warde
In this last in a series of serials, Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is on the trail of "Ghost," who has the ability to become invisible. He is going too far in destroying members of a group of influential citizens trying to get rid of crime in the city. (15 episodes)
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Dick Tracy's G-Men 1939 N/R, 263 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John English, William Witney
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Irving Pichel, Ted Pearson, Walter Miller, George Douglas, Robert Carson, Julian Madison, Jennifer Jones, Tristram Coffin, George Cleveland, Kenneth Harlan, Ted Mapes, William Stahl, Robert Wayne, Ken Terrell
In the third of four Dick Tracy serials, Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is an FBI agent and is on the trail of Zarnoff, the head of an international spy ring. The trouble is, it's the second chase of the evil Zarnoff, who had previously been caught by Tracy and executed. However, after being revived by drugs, he is back in business and gives Dick and his men all they can handle. (15 episodes)
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Doomed to Die 1940 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, Melvin Lang, Guy Usher, Tristram Coffin, William Stelling, Catherine Craig, Henry Brandon, Richard Loo, Wilbur Mack, Kenneth Harlan, Gibson Gowland, Maxine Leslie
With help from reporter Bobby Logan (Marjorie Reynolds), ace detective Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) investigates the murder of a shipping magnate and finds more than just murder. Fifth in the Mr. Wong series and the last one starring Karloff. One more would follow: "Phantom of Chinatown."
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Gunsmoke Ranch 1937 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Kenneth Harlan, Jean Carmen, Sammy McKim, Ed "Oscar" Platt, Lou Fulton, Yakima Canutt, Horace B. Carpenter, Robert(2) Walker, Jack Ingram
Flood victims from the East are lured to crooked Phineas T. Flagg's (Kenneth Harlan) Gunsmoke Ranch, which has been condemned by the government for the building of a dam. The Three Mesquiteers step in to bring a halt to the scam
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Hitler: Dead or Alive 1942 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Ward Bond, Dorothy Tree, Warren Hymer, Paul Fix, Russell Hicks, Bruce Edwards, Felix Basch, Bobby Watson, Frederick Giermann, Kenneth Harlan, Fee Malten, George Sorel
Ward Bond, Warren Hymer, and Paul Fix play three ex-convicts who try to cash in on a $1,000,000 reward offered by an American businessman for the capture of Adolf Hitler.
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The Law Rides Again 1943 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan James
Cast: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Jack La Rue, Betty Miles, Emmett Lynn, Kenneth Harlan, Chief Thundercloud, Bryant Washburn, John Bridges, Kenne Duncan, Roy Brent, Hank Bell
Government agents Ken and Hoot (Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson), the "Trail Blazers," track down a crooked Indian agent who is cheating the local tribe.
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Man Hunt 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Marguerite Churchill, Ricardo Cortez, Charles "Chic" Sale, William Gargan, Dick Purcell, Olin Howland, Addison Richards, George E. Stone, Maude Eburne, Milton Kibbee, Russell Simpson, Eddie Shubert, Anita Kerry, Nick Copeland, Kenneth Harlan
Schoolteacher Jane Carpenter (Marguerite Churchill) is bored with her dull, small town, so she tries to spice up the classroom with tales of Old West outlaws. When bank robber Frank Kingman (Ricardo Cortez) escapes and hides in the school, Jane helps him. As the town's newspaper and citizens become interested in the case, Jane discovers that outlaw life is not so glamorous.
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Murder in the Air 1940 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Ronald Reagan, John Litel, Lya Lys, James Stephenson, Eddie Foy Jr., Robert Warwick, Dick Rich, William Gould, Victor Zimmerman, Kenneth Harlan
Government agents "Brass" Bancroft (Ronald Reagan) and Saxby (John Litel) fight espionage threats to the country.
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Paper Bullets 1941 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Gangs, Inc.
Crime, Inc
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Linda Ware, John Archer, Vince Barnett, Alan Ladd, Gavin Gordon, William Halligan, George Pembroke, Selmer Jackson, Phillip Trent, Kenneth Harlan, Bryant Washburn, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Robert Strange
Rita Adams (Joan Woodbury) had been raised in an orphanage with fellow orphans Bob Elliot and Mickey Roma (John Archer and Jack La Rue). As an adult, Rita takes the rap for wealthy playboy Harold's (Phillip Trent) hit-and-run crime and ends up in jail. When she is released from prison, Rita determines to get vengeance against Harold's father Clarence (George Pembroke) who was responsible for her being sent to prison. Meanwhile, her childhood friend Bob is now an undercover agent trying to snare mobster Mickey, and Rita is the key to his investigation. Rita rises to power in the criminal world but ends up back in prison; however, this time her childhood sweetheart Bob promises to be waiting when she is released.
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The Penalty 1920 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wallace Worsley
Cast: Lon Chaney, Ethel Grey Terry, Charles Clary, Claire Adams, Kenneth Harlan, Jim Mason, Edouard Trebaol, Milton Ross, Clarence Wilson, Lee Phelps
Blizzard (Lon Chaney) is a legless, underworld crime boss in San Francisco who is out to get revenge on the incompetent doctor who had unnecessarily amputated his legs when Blizzard was a child. But, after having an operation to remove a blood clot in his brain, Blizzard puts aside his evil ways–and some people are not happy about the change. A good Chaney silent film.
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Phantom Killer 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton, Warren Hymer, Mantan Moreland, J. Farrell MacDonald, Gayne Whitman, Kenneth Harlan, George J. Lewis, Elliott Sullivan, Karl Hackett, Frank Ellis
District Attorney Edward Clark (Dick Purcell) prosecutes the rich, popular, deaf mute John G. Harrison (John Hamilton) on a murder charge. When John is acquitted, the DA investigates and uncovers the fact that the Hamiltons are twin brothers, and the "normal" one is the bad guy. Remake of 1933's "The Sphinx."
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Pride of the Bowery 1941 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Here We Go Again
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Donald Haines, Carleton Young, Bobby Stone, Mary Ainslee, Kenneth Howell, David Gorcey, Ernest Morrison, Kenneth Harlan, Nick Stuart, Lloyd Ingraham
Muggs (Leo Gorcey) is training for a boxing tournament when Danny (Bobby Jordan) talks him into training at a camp, which turns out to be a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp where young men help in land reclamation for financial aid for their families. But Muggs alienates others in the camp and is falsely accused of stealing money. Intended to give assistance to the President Roosevelt's CCC, the film flopped–as did the CCC a year later.
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San Francisco 1936  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Ted Healy, Jessie Ralph, Shirley Ross, Edgar Kennedy, Jason Robards Sr., Harold Huber, Margaret Irving, William Ricciardi, Kenneth Harlan, Roger Imhof, Frank Mayo
Blackie Norton (Clark Gable) owns the Paradise beer garden in San Francisco where he hires singer Mary Blake (Jeanette MacDonald) to sing. Romance between Blackie and Mary is in the air, but club patron Jack Burley (Jack Holt) vies for Mary's attentions and offers her a job with the San Francisco Opera. Blackie's friend, Father Mullin (Spencer Tracy), also believes that Mary should be singing somewhere other than at Blackie's bar. Mary is torn between working for Blackie and looking for a classier job. Then fate steps in when San Francisco is hit by the great 1906 Earthquake, and the film's climax takes place amidst the backdrop of fires breaking out, buildings swaying and collapsing, and the rubble brought on by the disaster. This epic film earned a number of Academy Award nominations (Best Picture, Spencer Tracy for Best Actor, and W.S. Van Dyke for Best Director) but ended up with only one Oscar–Best Sound Recording.
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Secret Evidence 1941 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart, Kenneth Harlan, Howard Masters, Bob White, Donald Curtis, Charles R. Phipps, Dorothy Vaughan, Budd Buster, Kitty McHugh, Boyd Irwin
Linda (Marjorie Reynolds) loved Tony Baxter (Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart) but didn't realize he was a crook until he was arrested and sent to jail. Now Linda falls in love with Assistant D.A. David Harrison (Charles Quigley), and all goes well–until Baxter is released from prison and wants Linda back. Linda's brother, Jerry (Howard Masters), goes to Baxter's apartment and finds Baxter shot to death. Jerry is arrested for the murder, reluctantly David serves as the prosecutor, and Linda tries to prove that Jerry is innocent.
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Shadow of the Eagle 1932 N/R, 220 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ford Beebe, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: John Wayne, Dorothy Gulliver, Edward Hearn, Richard Tucker, Lloyd Whitlock, "Little Billy" Rhodes, Ivan Linow, James Bradbury Jr., Pat O'Malley, Walter Miller, Kenneth Harlan, Ernie Adams
In this low-budget, 12-episode serial, the Eagle levels threats against a corporation that he contends stole his invention, and the head of a traveling carnival is thought to be the Eagle. When the carnival boss turns up missing, pilot Craig McCoy (John Wayne) takes to the air in search of him. Cheap, but fast-paced.
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The Shadow Strikes 1937 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lynn Shores
Cast: Rod La Rocque, Lynn Anders, James Blakely, Walter McGrail, Kenneth Harlan, William Kellogg, Cy Kendall, Norman Ainsley, John Carnivale, John St. Polis, Wilson Benge, James C. Morton
The popular radio sleuth, Lamont Cranston/"The Shadow" (Rod La Rocque), who could "cloud men's minds" is brought to the screen as he pursues the killer of a wealthy man while the police try to pin the killing on him.
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Sunset Trail 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters, Glenn Strange, Jack Rockwell, Tom London, Jan Clayton, Robert Fiske, Kenneth Harlan
When a neighboring rancher is brutally murdered, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) searches for the killer.
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Under Western Stars 1938 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Guy Usher, Tom Chatterton, Earle Hodgins, Frankie Marvin, Kenneth Harlan, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Earl Dwire
Roy Rogers goes to Washington, D.C. (amidst many songs) to lobby Congress to help solve the drought problem by having water available to the public. Roy's first starring role.
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The Underdog 1943 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Barton MacLane, Bobby Larson, Jan Wiley, Charlotte Wynters, Conrad Binyon, Elizabeth Valentine, Kenneth Harlan, George Anderson, Jack Kennedy, I. Stanford Jolley, Frank Ellis, Jack Rockwell
In this World War II era story, the Tate family–John and Amy (Barton MacLane and Jan Wiley) along with their son Henry (Bobby Larson) and his dog Hobo–lose their farm due to a foreclosure and move to the city. But, even more problems await them in the city in the form of gangs, both local and Nazi saboteurs.
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The Walking Dead 1936  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill, Barton MacLane, Warren Hull, Paul Harvey, Robert Strange, Eddie Acuff, Edmund Gwenn, Henry O'Neill, Joe King, Addison Richards, Joe Sawyer, Kenneth Harlan, Miki Morita
Corrupt attorney Nolan (Ricardo Cortez) leads a group of gangsters and frames John Ellman (Boris Karloff) on a trumped-up charge of murder. Ellman is found guilty and is executed. Now, after learning that Ellman was innocent, Dr. Edmund Beaumont (Edmund Gwenn) brings Ellman back to life. Ellman is intent on avenging his untimely demise, tracks down the gangsters, and scares them to death. Finally, Nolan and his cohort, Loder (Barton MacLane), kill Ellman, but then their car crashes into a power line, and they are also killed.
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Wallaby Jim of the Islands 1937 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Adventure / Musical / Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: George Houston, Ruth Coleman, Douglas Walton, Wilhelm von Brincken, Mamo Clark, Juan Torena, Syd Saylor, Colin(2) Campbell, Warner Richmond, Nick Thompson, Wilson Benge, Ian Keith, Edward Gargan, Kenneth Harlan, Chris-Pin Martin
Wallaby Jim (George Houston) has problems involving associate Norman Brooks' (Douglas Walton) gambling problem, and danger also looms for Jim and his crew on a pearl fishing expedition as they sail the South Pacific. Jim's rival, Adolph Richter (Wilhelm von Brincken), jumps Jim's claim because of Norman's gambling, which has put the operation in jeopardy and, in true pirate fashion, tries to take control of the pearls.
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Wanderer of the Wasteland 1935 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otho Lovering
Cast: Dean Jagger, Gail Patrick, Edward Ellis, Monte Blue, Buster Crabbe, Trixie Friganza, Raymond Hatton, Fuzzy Knight, Charles Waldron, Anna Q. Nilsson, Leif Erickson, Tammany Young, Kenneth Harlan, Benny Baker, Stanley Andrews
Based on a Zane Grey story, this is the tale of Adam (Dean Jagger) who is on the lam when he is wrongfully accused of murder. Now lost in Death Valley, he is saved by wanderer Dismukes (Edward Ellis). He reunites with his girl friend Ruth (Gail Patrick), is cleared of the murder charge, and deals with villainous Big Ben (Buster Crabbe). This is the second rendition of Grey's tale and was again remade in 1945. The first film was made in 1924 and was the first Technicolor Western.
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Whirlwind Horseman 1938 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Ken Maynard, Billy Griffith, Joan Barclay, Kenneth Harlan, Joseph W. Girard, Glenn Strange, Dave O'Brien, Budd Buster, Kenny Dix, Roger Williams, Walter Shumway, Lew Meehan, Carl Mathews, George Morrell, Bud Osborne
Ken Morton and Happy Holmes (Ken Maynard and Bill Griffith) are on their way to their friend Cherokee's (Budd Buster) mine when they find themselves involved with an outlaw gang, led by Ritter (Roger Williams), that has been terrorizing ranchers. They first suspect that rancher Jim Radford (Joseph W. Girard) is behind the rustling but later turn their focus to the real villain.
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| 1. Black Dragons (1942)
2. The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
3. The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
4. Dangerous Lady (1941)
5. Desperate Cargo (1941)
6. Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941)
7. Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
8. Doomed to Die (1940)
9. Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)
10. Hitler: Dead or Alive (1942)
11. The Law Rides Again (1943)
12. Man Hunt (1936)
13. Murder in the Air (1940)
14. Paper Bullets (1941)
aka: Gangs, Inc.
aka: Crime, Inc
15. The Penalty (1920)
16. Phantom Killer (1942)
17. Pride of the Bowery (1941)
aka: Here We Go Again
18. San Francisco (1936)
19. Secret Evidence (1941)
20. Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
21. The Shadow Strikes (1937)
22. Sunset Trail (1939)
23. Under Western Stars (1938)
24. The Underdog (1943)
25. The Walking Dead (1936)
26. Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
27. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
28. Whirlwind Horseman (1938)
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