The Body Snatcher 1945   N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Russell Wade, Rita Corday, Bela Lugosi, Edith Atwater, Sharyn Moffett, Donna Lee, Robert Clarke, Mary Gordon, Milton Kibbee, Larry Wheat, Bill Williams
During his off-duty hours, an Edinburgh cab driver (Boris Karloff) becomes a grave robber supplying fresh corpses for Dr. MacFarlane (Henry Daniell) to use in his medical research. Blackmail and murders ensue in this chilling thriller set in the mid-1800s. The tale is based on a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson and is a prototype of the thriller genre. This is the last movie in which Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starred together. 1 User Review
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| | Excellent Move with Great Acting by two pro's | Anonymous 11/02/2009 | | |
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The Loudspeaker 1934  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Radio Star
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Ray Walker, Julie Bishop, Charley Grapewin, Noel Francis, Lorin Raker, Spencer Charters, Wilbur Mack, Sherwood Bailey, Larry Wheat, Mary Carr, Ruth Romaine, Billy Irvin
When his life in Burlap, Pennsylvania, proves too stifling, aspiring radio personality Joe Miller (Ray Walker) boards a train headed for New York City. Joe's life picks up when he is hired to emcee a popular radio show. But, Joe soon realizes that, as he becomes more and more successful, he is losing his old friends. Will Joe find a way to match stardom with being a "good" guy?
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Magic Town 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Ned Sparks, Wallace Ford, Regis Toomey, Donald Meek, Ann Doran, Ann Shoemaker, Mickey Kuhn, Larry Wheat
After a pollster, Rip Smith (James Stewart), finds the quintessential American town, troubles brew when the resulting publicity exposes the quiet town to the rest of the world.
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Nevada 1944  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Killy
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys, Nancy Gates, Harry Woods, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Russell Hopton, Craig Reynolds, Virginia Belmont, Wheaton Chambers, Emmett Lynn, Larry Wheat
This Zane Grey Western is the story of a cowboy (Robert Mitchum) who finds love and becomes a hero when he fights for law and order.
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Peck's Bad Boy 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Thomas Meighan, Dorothy Peterson, Jackie Searl, O.P. Heggie, Gertrude Howard, Charles E. Evans, Larry Wheat, Harvey Clark, Lloyd Ingraham
Young Bill Peck (Jackie Cooper) and his widower father, Henry (Thomas Meighan), live a good, quiet life–until Aunt Lily (Dorothy Peterson) and Bill's cousin Horace (Jackie Searl) move in and attempt to ruin the father/son relationship.
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| 1. The Body Snatcher (1945)
2. The Loudspeaker (1934)
aka: The Radio Star
3. Magic Town (1947)
4. Nevada (1944)
5. Peck's Bad Boy (1934)
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