Case of the Baby-Sitter 1947  N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Tom Neal, Allen Jenkins, Pamela Blake, Virginia Sale, George Meeker, Tom Kennedy, Rebel Randall, Keith Richards, Lona Andre, Crane Whitley, Eddie Kane, Bill Kennedy
Russ Ashton's (Tom Neal) detective agency is hired to provide baby-sitting duties for a duke and duchess (George Meeker and Rebel Randall), and Russ assigns his inept, but funny, assistant, Harvard (Allen Jenkins), to the job. But the duke and duchess are really jewel thieves, and a rival gang wants loot from the last heist, which brings Russ into action. Filmed concurrently with "The Hat Box Mystery" with several of the same stars.
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Custer's Last Stand 1936 N/R, 320 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Rex Lease, Lona Andre, William Farnum, Ruth Mix, Jack Mulhall, Nancy Caswell, George Chesebro, Dorothy Gulliver, Frank McGlynn Jr., Helen Gibson, Josef Swickard, Chief Thundercloud, Bobby Nelson
The search is on for an Indian arrow that holds the key to hidden gold (on Indian land) in this 15-episode serial as scout Kit Cardigan (Rex Lease) attempts to prevent a war over the arrow. But attempts fail when both sides are drawn into what will become known as Custer's Last Stand.
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Death in the Air 1936  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Pilot X
Death in the Sky
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Lona Andre, John Carroll, Leon Ames, Henry Hall, Wheeler Oakman, Reed Howes, Pat Somerset, Gaston Glass, Hans Joby, Willard Kent, John Elliott
Carl Goering (Leon Ames), gone mad due to his World War I air combat experiences, thinks that all flyers are out to get him. So, he intends to kill all those who pilot a plane. It's up to Helen and Jerry (Helen Gage and John Carroll) to stop this nonsense. Cheaply made with stock footage of plane crashes.
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Lost in the Stratosphere 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melville W. Brown
Cast: William Cagney, Edward J. Nugent, June Collyer, Edmund Breese, Lona Andre, Cactus Mack, Russ Clark, Matt McHugh, June Gittelson, Hattie McDaniel, Pauline Garon, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Military pilots Lt. Tom "Soapy" Cooper and Lt. Richard "Woody" Wood (William Cagney and Edward J. Nugent) are also pranksters–until one of their practical jokes misfires, and they find themselves in a weather balloon "lost in the stratosphere." (William Cagney is James Cagney's brother.)
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The Mysterious Rider 1933  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Fighting Phantom
Director: Fred(2) Allen
Cast: Kent Taylor, Lona Andre, Warren Hymer, Irving Pichel, Gail Patrick, Berton Churchill, Cora Sue Collins, Clarence Wilson, E.H. Calvert, Niles Welch
Based on a Zane Grey story, crooked lawyer Cliff Harkness (Irving Pichel) cheats ranchers out of their money and land. Cliff's life takes a turn for the worse when the "Mysterious Rider" (Kent Taylor) comes to the aid of the homesteaders.
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| 1. Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947)
2. Custer's Last Stand (1936)
3. Death in the Air (1936)
aka: Pilot X
aka: Death in the Sky
4. Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)
5. The Mysterious Rider (1933)
aka: The Fighting Phantom
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