 Alice in Wonderland 1933  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Charlotte Henry, Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, Charles Ruggles, Roscoe Karns, Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields, Cary Grant, Sterling Holloway, Edward Everett Horton, Leon Errol, Ned Sparks
This is the Lewis Carroll story brought to the screen with Alice (Charlotte Henry) dealing with the offbeat characters in Wonderland. This is the first full-length film of the story.
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Follow the Band 1943 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Eddie Quillan, Mary Beth Hughes, Leon Errol, Anne Rooney, Samuel S. Hinds, Robert Mitchum, Russell Hicks, Irving Bacon, Frank Faylen, Benny Bartlett
A Vermont farmer heads to NYC with his trombone under his arm and hopes of hitting it big. What do you know? He does, and soon becomes a popular nightclub and radio success. But what about the girl back home? Lots of songs in this minor movie.
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The Golden Fleecing 1940  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan, Virginia Grey, Nat Pendleton, Leon Errol, George Lessey, Richard Carle, Ralph Byrd, Marc Lawrence
Insurance agent Henry Twinkle (Lew Ayres) is not the brightest bulb in the house but is an honest man who loves his boss' daughter (Rita Johnson). He sells a big policy to the rich Gus (Lloyd Nolan) and then finds out that Gus is a gangster being sought by the law. Henry MUST find and protect Gus before the gangster is killed and the insurance policy must be paid. Lame comedy.
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Higher and Higher 1943 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Michele Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra, Leon Errol, Marcy McGuire, Victor Borge, Mary Wickes, Elisabeth Risdon, Barbara Hale, Mel Torme, Paul Hartman, Grace Hartman, Dooley Wilson, Ivy Scott, Rex Evans
Mr. Drake (Leon Errol) is bankrupt and has not paid his staff in months. Now, his valet Mike (Jack Haley) hatches a scheme to marry off the maid, Millie (Michele Morgan), to wealthy bachelor Frank (Frank Sinatra) who lives next door. Millie poses as Drake's debutante daughter to get the attention of Frank, and the fun begins. Songs include "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" and "This is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening."
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The Invisible Man's Revenge 1944 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe
Cast: Jon Hall, Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Leon Errol, John Carradine, Ian Wolfe, Gale Sondergaard, Halliwell Hobbes, Lester Matthews, Skelton Knaggs
Robert Griffin (Jon Hall) gets hold of a serum that makes him invisible and creates mayhem for a couple (Gale Sondergaard and Lester Matthews) who once had tried to kill him.
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Make a Wish 1937 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Bobby Breen, Marion Claire, Ralph Forbes, Henry Armetta, Leon Errol, Donald Meek, Billy Lee, Leonid Kinskey, Herbert Rawlinson, Richard Tucker, Johnny Arthur, Barbara Barondess, Spencer Charters, Lillian Harmer
Young singing prodigy Chip (Bobby Breen) attends a summer camp where he is befriended by composer Selden (Basil Rathbone) who has lost his creative inspiration. When Chip reads letters from his widowed mother Irene (Marion Claire) to Selden, her words give him that needed inspiration to write a new opera. Irene stars in the opera and falls in love with Selden, and Chip gets a new father.
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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break 1941  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Dumont, Leon Errol, Leon Belasco, Anne Nagel, Mona Barrie, Irving Bacon, Claud Allister, Billy Lenhart, Kenneth Brown, Susan Miller, Charles Lang, Minerva Urecal
W.C. Fields plays himself going through a day trying to sell a story to Esoteric Studios' producer Franklin Pangborn. The script reading becomes the story of Uncle Bill (Fields) and his niece (Gloria Jean) flying to Mexico to sell wooden nutmegs. Along the way, Uncle Bill dives out of an airplane to retrieve a whiskey bottle–and survives! He lands on a mountain where he meets and woos Mrs. Hemogloben (Margaret Dumont) who eats men. Many funny gags and moments.
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The Noose Hangs High 1948  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Cathy Downs, Joseph Calleia, Leon Errol, Mike Mazurki, Jack Overman, Fritz Feld, Joe Kirk, Ben Welden
When Homer and Ted (Lou Costello and Bud Abbott) try to retrieve stolen money, they end up in the middle of a gambling syndicate's activities.
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The Notorious Sophie Lang 1934 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Murphy
Cast: Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh, Alison Skipworth, Arthur Byron, Leon Errol, Norman Ainsley, Arthur Hoyt, Ben Taggart, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Edward McWade
Sophie (Gertrude Michael) is a jewel thief who has been successful in England and now returns home to New York City. The police use the services of a European thief (Paul Cavanagh) to follow her, hoping she will lead them to bigger game. The nonstop chase is on in this so-so film, which was followed by two sequels.
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Paramount on Parade 1930 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Jean Arthur, Maurice Chevalier, Clara Bow, Gary Cooper, Stuart Erwin, Fredric March, William Powell, Jack Oakie, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Leon Errol
This debut by Paramount into the realm of the "talkies" includes numbers by Clara Bow and Maurice Chevalier as well as other Paramount stars cavorting in skits.
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We're Not Dressing 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ray Milland, Ethel Merman, Leon Errol, Ben Hendricks Jr., Ernie Adams, Stanley Blystone
The guests of rich heiress Doris Worthington (Carole Lombard) are shipwrecked when her yacht sinks off a tropical island. One of the deck hands (Bing Crosby) is the only one who knows rules of survival, and he shows the stranded society set how to find food and shelter.
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| 1. Alice in Wonderland (1933)
2. Follow the Band (1943)
3. The Golden Fleecing (1940)
4. Higher and Higher (1943)
5. The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
6. Make a Wish (1937)
7. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
8. The Noose Hangs High (1948)
9. The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
10. One Heavenly Night (1931)
11. Paramount on Parade (1930)
12. We're Not Dressing (1934)
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