The Fighting O'Flynn 1949  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Arthur Pierson
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Patricia Medina, Richard Greene, Helena Carter, Arthur Shields, J.M. Kerrigan, Ludwig Donath, Lumsden Hare, Otto Waldis, Henry Brandon
Irish swashbuckler O'Flynn (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) tries to foil Napoleon's invasion plans and manages to save the fair Lady Benedetta (Helena Carter) in the process.
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 Gilda 1946  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, Gerald Mohr, Mark Roberts, Ludwig Donath, Donald Douglas
Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) manages a casino in South America and falls in love with Gilda (Rita Hayworth). Among Johnny's problems are that Gilda is married to his boss (George Macready) and the casino is really a front for the Nazis. Rita Hayworth performed her rendition of "Put the Blame on Mame" and was catapulted to stardom.
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The Great Caruso 1951 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novotna, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid, Eduard Franz, Ludwig Donath, Alan Napier, Nestor Paiva, Pal Javor, Carl Milletaire, Shepard Menken
Although this is a romanticized version of opera star Enrico Caruso's (Mario Lanza) life, the music of Mario Lanza and Ann Blyth makes this film very enjoyable. The story follows Caruso from his birth in Naples through his youth as a choir singer, then cabaret singer, and finally as an opera star at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Caruso falls in love with Dorothy (Ann Blyth), and, despite her father's (Carl Benton Reid) objections, they marry and live happily until Caruso dies when he is just 47 years old.
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The Great Sinner 1949 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, Ethel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Ludwig Stossel, Ludwig Donath, Curt Bois
Based on Dostoyevsky's "The Gambler," this film is about gambling addictions. When Fedja (Gregory Peck) helps Pauline Ostrovsky (Ava Gardner) overcome her gambling problems, he becomes addicted himself.
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Jolson Sings Again 1949  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, William Demarest, Ludwig Donath, Bill Goodwin, Myron McCormick, Tamara Shayne, Eric Wilton, Robert Emmett Keane, Marjorie Stapp, Jock Mahoney, Frank McClure
The success of the original Al Jolson film prompted a sequel, which continues the story of the popular singer, again played by Larry Parks. It includes the time during World War II and his visits to the troops as well as the making of the first movie. Again, Jolson's singing voice is used, with plenty of songs presented, some of which are repeats of the first film.
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The Jolson Story 1946 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Bill Goodwin, Ludwig Donath, Tamara Shayne, John Alexander, Ann E. Todd, Pierre Watkin, Will Wright
This biography of 1920's star Al Jolson (Larry Parks) provides good entertainment and great Jolson tunes including "April Showers" and "Swanee." The film won Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Sound. It also had four other nominations, including Best Actor (Parks) and Supporting Actor (William Demarest).
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Lady from Chungking 1943  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Anna May Wong, Harold Huber, Mae Clarke, Rick Vallin, Paul Bryar, Ted Hecht, Ludwig Donath, James B. Leong, Archie Got, Walter Soo Hoo
The Japanese had invaded China during World War II when a young woman, Kwan Mei (Anna May Wong), organizes farmers into a guerilla force and leads them against the Japanese intruders.
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Mystery Submarine 1950 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Macdonald Carey, Marta Toren, Robert Douglas, Carl Esmond, Ludwig Donath, Jacqueline Dalya, Fred Nurney, Katherine Warren, Howard Negley, Bruce Morgan
Brett Young (Macdonald Carey) is an undercover agent with the job of keeping U.S. atomic secrets from falling into the wrong hands. The mysterious Madelein Brenner (Marta Toren) and a renegade submarine that is after atomic secrets become Young's challenge. Weak.
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Sealed Verdict 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Ray Milland, Florence Marly, Broderick Crawford, John Hoyt, John Ridgely, Ludwig Donath, Norbert Schiller, Patricia Miller, Celia Lovsky, Elisabeth Risdon
Captain Kinsella (Broderick Crawford) is suspected of being a Nazi, and Major Robert Lawson (Ray Milland) is determined to find sufficient evidence to put Kinsella away.
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Sirocco 1951 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Marta Toren, Lee J. Cobb, Everett Sloane, Gerald Mohr, Onslow Stevens, Zero Mostel, Nick Dennis, Ludwig Donath, Harry Guardino
Gunrunner Harry Smith (Humphrey Bogart) operates in the middle of the 1925 war between the French and the Syrians in Damascus.
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Strange Death of Adolf Hitler 1943 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Ludwig Donath, Gale Sondergaard, George Dolenz, Fritz Kortner, Frederick Giermann, William Trenk, Merrill Rodin, Ludwig Stossel, Charles Bates, Joan Blair
In this wartime drama, Hitler's officers become involved in a plot to take over the government.
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Torn Curtain 1966 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hahsjorg Felmy, Tamara Toumanova, Ludwig Donath, David Opatoshu, Mort Mills, Arthur Gould-Porter, Erik Holland
American scientist Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman) is actually a double agent posing as a defector to keep working on a missile project that will prevent nuclear war.
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| 1. The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)
2. Gilda (1946)
3. The Great Caruso (1951)
4. The Great Sinner (1949)
5. Jolson Sings Again (1949)
6. The Jolson Story (1946)
7. Lady from Chungking (1943)
8. Mystery Submarine (1950)
9. Sealed Verdict (1948)
10. Sins of Jezebel (1953)
11. Sirocco (1951)
12. Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
13. Torn Curtain (1966)
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