Deception 1946  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, John Abbott, Benson Fong, Richard Walsh, Lois Austin, Alex Pollard, Bess Flowers, Kenneth Hunter, Russell Arms, Patricia Barry, Gino Corrado, Clifton Young
Alexander (Claude Rains) is an orchestra leader who threatens the happiness of Christine (Bette Davis) when he tells her he is going to reveal facts about their earlier love affair to her jealous husband Karel (Paul Henreid).
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Down Texas Way 1942  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters, Dave O'Brien, Glenn Strange, Lois Austin, Harry Woods, Tom London, Jack Daley
The Rough Riders–Buck (Buck Jones), Tim (Tim McCoy), and Sandy (Raymond Hatton)–are back for their sixth episode of the series. When Sandy is framed for the murder of the town's banker (who was taking on the gang trying to gain control of the town), Buck and Tim come to the rescue and bring the real killers to justice.
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The Golden Eye 1948  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Mystery of the Golden Eye
Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Victor Sen Yung, Mantan Moreland, Tim Ryan, Bruce Kellogg, Wanda McKay, Evelyn Brent, Ralph Dunn, Lois Austin, Forrest Taylor, Lee "Lasses" White, Edmund Cobb, John Merton, George Spaulding, Lee Tung Foo
Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) visits an Arizona dude ranch where a defunct gold mine, mysteriously, has become active and, once again, is producing gold. The mine owner, Mr. Manning (Forrest Taylor) has called on Chan to help him when he learns that he is the intended victim of a murderer. Chan, his son Tommy (Victor Sen Yung), and chauffeur Birmingham (Mantan Moreland) pose as tourists, and the investigation begins. Clues lead to mine operator Driscoll (Ralph Dunn) who is smuggling gold from Mexico and passing it off as coming from the mine. But solving this case will prove difficult–and dangerous.
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Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Howard Freeman, Erskine Sanford, Lois Austin, Otto Waldis, Audrey Young
Shy Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine) spends years obsessed with concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan). Finally, she spends one night with him and later has his child. This is good soap opera fare.
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Mom and Dad 1948 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: June Carlson, Lois Austin, George Eldredge, Jimmy Clark, Hardie Albright, Bob Lowell, Willa Pearl Curtis, Jimmy Zaner, Jane Isbell, Robert Filmer
Joan's (June Carleson) innocence helped result in pregnancy. Tame by today's standards, this was considered to be obscene when it was released and even banned in some areas. It is interesting as a slice of changing attitudes in the country since the 1940s.
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Tomorrow Is Forever 1946 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent, Lucile Watson, Richard Long, Natalie Wood, Ian Wolfe, Lois Austin, Irving Pichel, Milton Kibbee
Larry Hamilton (George Brent) hires an Austrian scientist, Erich Kessler (Orson Welles). Larry's wife, Elizabeth (Claudette Colbert), begins to suspect that Kessler is her husband of 20 years ago who was supposedly killed in action during World War I.
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Winter Meeting 1948 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bretaigne Windust
Cast: Bette Davis, Janis Paige, Jim Davis, John Hoyt, Florence Bates, Walter Baldwin, Lois Austin, Harry Lewis
A writer, Susan Grieve (Bette Davis), falls in love with a war hero, but they both come to their new relationship with unresolved problems.
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| 1. Deception (1946)
2. Down Texas Way (1942)
3. The Golden Eye (1948)
aka: The Mystery of the Golden Eye
aka: Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye
4. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
5. Mom and Dad (1948)
6. Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
7. Winter Meeting (1948)
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