Challenge to Lassie 1949  G, 76 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen, Alan Webb, Ross Ford, Henry Stephenson, Alan Napier, Sara Allgood, Edmund Breon, Arthur Shields, Lumsden Hare, Charles Irwin
This "Lassie" story takes place in 19th-century Edinburgh where Lassie has been keeping watch over her dead master's grave–until she encounters strict police Sergeant Davie (Reginald Owen) who wants Lassie destroyed because he claims she is a stray. But, Lassie's life is spared when kindly innkeeper John Traill (Edmund Gwenn) proves to the court that Lassie, indeed, is not a stray when they track her down to her deceased owner's gravesite.
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Charlie Chan Carries On 1931  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: Warner Oland, Marguerite Churchill, John Garrick, Warren Hymer, William(2) Holden, George Brent, Jason Robards Sr., Marjorie White, C. Henry Gordon, Peter Gawthorne, John T. Murray, John Swor, Goodee Montgomery, Lumsden Hare, Zeffie Tilbury
This film, lost in the archives, features Warner Oland in his first role as Charlie Chan. Charlie is vacationing in London when a wealthy American is murdered in a London hotel. Charlie follows clues that lead him from London to Nice, San Remo, Hong Kong, and Honolulu. This film was remade in 1940 as "Charlie Chan 's Murder Cruise" with Sidney Toler in the title role.
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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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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake 1959  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Cast: Eduard Franz, Valerie French, Henry Daniell, Grant Richards, Paul Cavanagh, Paul Wexler, Howard Wendell, Lumsden Hare, Frank Gerstle
Jonathan Drake (Eduard Franz) attends his brother's funeral and finds that the head is missing from the corpse. Fearing that he is slated to be the next victim of his family's voodoo curse, Jonathan gets help from his daughter (Valerie French) and a detective (Grant Richards) to put an end to the madness. 1 User Review
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Girls Gone Wild 1929 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, William Russell, Roy D'Arcy, Leslie Fenton, Hedda Hopper, John Darrow, Edmund Breese, Fred MacMurray, Lumsden Hare
A wild young woman has a falling out with her boyfriend after his father arrests her for speeding. Later, the boyfriend saves the day and regains her love. The first movie for Fred MacMurray, who was an extra. Silent.
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 Gunga Din 1939  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joan Fontaine, Montagu Love, Robert Coote, Cecil Kellaway, Abner Biberman, Lumsden Hare, Reginald Sheffield, Roland Varno, Charles Bennett, Jamiel Hasson
Rudyard Kipling's poem about British soldiers crushing revolts during the 1800s in India is the source for this outstanding film. After a British outpost is raided by the rebelling Thugges who want the British off their land, Sergeants Cutter (Cary Grant) MacChesney (Victor McLaglen), and Ballantine (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) are ordered to the outpost to annihilate the raiders. They are accompanied by Indian troops and water-bearer Gunga Din (Sam Jaffe) and manage to complete their mission. Later, Cutter and Gunga Din search for gold and find it–in the Thugges' headquarters, and the dangers reach new heights.
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Hills of Home 1948  G, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
aka: Master of Lassie
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake, Janet Leigh, Rhys Williams, Reginald Owen, Edmund Breon, Alan Napier, Hughie Green, Lumsden Hare, Eileen Erskine, Frederick Worlock, David Thursby
In the Scottish mountain town of Glen Urtach, Lassie has been tending sheep but is afraid of the water. Her owner, Dr. William MacLure (Edmund Gwenn), tries to cure Lassie's phobia but fails–until William has an accident, and Lassie dives into the raging river to save him.
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His Double Life 1933 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Arthur Hopkins
Cast: Roland Young, Lillian Gish, Lumsden Hare, Montagu Love, Lucy Beaumont, Charles Richman, Oliver Smith, Philip Tonge, Audrey Ridgewell, Regina DeValet
In this film based on Arnold Bennett's play, Roland Young takes the role of shy artist Priam Farrel whose death is mistakenly reported when the body of his valet is identified as that of Farrel. Going along with the error, Farrel attends his own funeral at Westminster Abbey and then meets and marries spinster Alice (Lillian Gish). But, life happily ever after is not an easy goal to obtain.
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It Happened In Brooklyn 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford, Jimmy Durante, Gloria Grahame, Marcy McGuire, Aubrey Mather, Tamara Shayne, William Roy, Bobby Long, William Haade, Lumsden Hare, Raymond Largay, William Tannen
Ex-GI Danny Miller (Frank Sinatra) returns to his Brooklyn neighborhood and moves in with his friend Nick Lombardi (Jimmy Durante) who is a high school janitor. Now, his friend from the Army, Jamie Shellgrove (Peter Lawford), arrives in town. Danny and Jamie decide to compose music together and help with a fundraiser for Nick's granddaughter Rae (Marcy McGuire) who wants to be a pianist. Soon both men are romantically attracted to Rae's music teacher Anne Fielding (Kathryn Grayson). Jamie ends up with Anne, but all is not lost when Danny falls for an Army nurse (Gloria Grahame) who he had met in the service.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1936  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon, Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel, Philip Reed, Robert Barrat, Hugh Buckler, Willard Robertson, Lumsden Hare, William Stack, Frank McGlynn Sr., Will Stanton, William V. Mong, Art Dupuis
This is an excellent, exciting rendition of James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel, with Randolph Scott in perhaps his best work as Hawkeye. During the French and Indian War, Hawkeye escorts the two daughters–Alice and Cora Munro (Binnie Barnes and Heather Angel) of the commander of a fort through hostile territory accompanied by the last two survivors of the Mohican tribe Uncas (Philip Reed) and Chingachgook (Robett Barrat).
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The Little Minister 1934 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, John Beal, Alan Hale, Andy Clyde, Donald Crisp, Lumsden Hare, Dorothy Stickney, Mary Gordon, Frank Conroy, Reginald Denny
A minister (John Beal) arrives in a Scottish town in the 1840s, and, while striving for acceptance, he falls in love with a young gypsy girl (Katharine Hepburn).
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The Lodger 1944 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Laird Cregar, George Sanders, Merle Oberon, Cedric Hardwicke, Sara Allgood, Aubrey Mather, Queenie Leonard, David Clyde, Helena Pickard, Billy Bevan, Doris Lloyd, Edmund Breon, Colin Campbell, Lumsden Hare, C. Montague Shaw
This remake of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller stars Laird Cregar as Mr. Slade, the boarding house lodger, who rents a room in a London boardinghouse owned by Ellen Bonting (Sara Allgood). At the same time, Jack the Ripper is killing actresses in London, and Ellen becomes suspicious of Slade. Ellen's niece Kitty (Merle Oberon) is a music-hall actress, and Scotland Yard Inspector John Warwick (George Sanders) is in love with her. Ellen tells Warwick of her suspicions, and, heeding Ellen's warnings, Warwick works to solve the murders. Good performances and lots of chills. Remade as "Man in the Attic."
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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Andrea King, Clinton Sundberg, Art Smith, Lumsden Hare, Fred Clark, James Logan, Mary Field
Mr. Peabody (William Powell) is a middle-aged Bostonian who, while fishing in the Caribbean, reels in a beautiful mermaid (Ann Blyth).
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Northwest Passage 1940  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Addison Richards, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Donald MacBride, Robert Barrat, Lumsden Hare, Isabel Jewell
In this historical saga about 18th-century America, Major Robert Rogers (Spencer Tracy) leads his men on an expedition to map out a northwest passage to the sea.
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The Paradine Case 1947 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Alida Valli, Leo G. Carroll, Ethel Barrymore, Louis Jourdan, Joan Tetzel, Isobel Elsom, Edgar Norton, John Goldsworthy, Lester Matthews, Lumsden Hare, Patrick Aherne
This courtroom drama involves the case of Maddelena Anna Paradine (Alida Valli) who is on trial for murdering her wealthy husband. Defense attorney Anthony Keane (Gregory Peck), although married to Gay (Ann Todd), falls in love with his beautiful client, fails to see the blatant facts of the case, and believes that she is innocent. Meanwhile, Judge Lord Thomas Horfield (Charles Laughton) sees through Anna's facade, and the prosecuting attorney, Sir Joseph (Leo G. Carroll), is determined to find her guilty. Despite Anna's protests, Keane calls her lover, stableman Andre Latour (Louis Jourdan), to the stand and tries to prove that he is the murderer. After being disgraced, Latour commits suicide. Finally, Anna admits that she killed her husband and blames Keane for Latour's death. The story ends with a stunned Keane leaving the courtroom. Ethel Barrymore received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Lady Sophie Horfield, the judge's loony wife.
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The Princess Comes Across 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Douglass Dumbrille, Alison Skipworth, William Frawley, Porter Hall, Sig Ruman, Mischa Auer, George Barbier, Lumsden Hare
Pretending to be Swedish Princess Olga (Carole Lombard), a young actress from Brooklyn falls in love while sailing across the sea to get a movie contract.
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 Rebecca 1940 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Romance
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Leo G. Carroll, Melville Cooper, Lumsden Hare, Leonard Carey, Edward Fielding, Forrester Harvey
In this film, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Joan Fontaine plays a naive woman married to a brooding widower (Laurence Olivier). After moving into his country estate, she finds that she must live in the shadow of Rebecca, his first wife. Based on Daphne du Maurier's Gothic novel. The film also won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and was nominated for nine other awards, including Best Actor (Olivier), Actress (Fontaine), Supporting Actress (Judith Anderson) and Director.
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Shadows on the Stairs 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel, Bruce Lester, Miles Mander, Lumsden Hare, Turhan Bey, Charles Irwin, Phyllis Barry, Mary Field
When bodies are discovered in a London boarding house, the residents become the suspects, and accusations fly.
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She 1935 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Samuel S. Hinds, Noble Johnson, Lumsden Hare, Jim Thorpe, Ray Corrigan
She (Helen Gahagan) has ruled over the lost land of Kor for 500 years, her immortality being maintained by the Flame of Life. Along comes a trio of people (Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, and Nigel Bruce) seeking this land and bringing problems as She falls for Scott. Based on the 1887 novel by H. Rider Haggard (who also wrote "King Solomon's Mines") and was remade in 1965.
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Suspicion 1941 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel, Reginald Sheffield, Leo G. Carroll, Constance Worth, Auriol Lee, Billy Bevan, Gavin Gordon, Lumsden Hare, Alfred Hitchcock
Timid Lina (Joan Fontaine) marries Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant). Although deeply in love with Johnnie, Lina begins to piece together evidence that she is her husband's intended murder victim. Joan Fontaine won the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance in this film, and a nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Svengali 1931 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Bramwell Fletcher, Donald Crisp, Luis Alberni, Lumsden Hare, Paul Porcasi, Carmel Myers, Ferike Boros, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Rose Dione, Yola d'Avril
In this film adaptation of George du Maurier's "Trilby," John Barrymore is superb in the title role of Svengali, the mentor who casts a spell that provides the impetus for young singer Trilby (Marian Marsh) to reach stardom. Trilby has left her family to pursue her career, but what Trilby is not aware of is that she is being manipulated hypnotically and can only perform under Svengali's command. Meanwhile, young artist Billee (Bramwell Fletcher), who is in love with Trilby, has discovered the ruse and follows Svengali and Trilby to Egypt.
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That Forsythe Woman 1949 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Compton Bennett
Cast: Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young, Janet Leigh, Harry Davenport, Halliwell Hobbes, Stanley Logan, Lumsden Hare, Aubrey Mather
Based on John Galsworthy's novel, "The Man of Property," from "The Forsythe Saga," Soames Forsythe's (Errol Flynn) marriage goes on the rocks, and the split has repercussions that echo throughout the family.
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The Three Musketeers 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Walter Abel, Paul Lukas, Moroni Olsen, Onslow Stevens, Heather Angel, Margot Grahame, Ian Keith, Ralph Forbes, Rosamond Pinchot, John Qualen, Miles Mander, Lumsden Hare, Murray Kinnell, Nigel De Brulier
This is not a bad rendition of Alexandre Dumas' D'Artagnan (Walter Abel) and his musketeers who roam 17th-century France during the reign of Louis XIII (Miles Mander). It doesn't, however, have as much action as later versions.
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The White Sister 1933 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lewis Stone, Louise Closser Hale, May Robson, Edward Arnold, Sarah Padden, Lumsden Hare, Nat Pendleton, Gino Corrado
Following the "death" of her lover, Giovanni Severi (Clark Gable), during the war, Angela Chlaromonte (Helen Hayes) joins a nunnery. When Giovanni turns up alive after escaping from a prison camp, he convinces her to leave the convent, but the results are disastrous.
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The World Moves On 1934 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Franchot Tone, Reginald Denny, Raul Roulien, Stepin Fetchit, Sig Ruman, Lumsden Hare, Louise Dresser, Dudley Digges, Frank Melton, Brenda Fowler, Russell Simpson, Marcelle Corday
This is the saga of two wealthy Louisiana families enduring grim changes in Europe and America during a 100-year period. The Girards of French heritage and the Warburtons from England intermarry and form a successful business alliance. They corner the cotton business in the South, but, personally, they fight each other. Nevertheless, their fortunes grow–until the stock market plunge in the 1920s destroys the empire. Mrs. Warburton (Madeleine Carroll) and Richard Girard (Franchot Tone) survive and begin anew only to find World War II now closing in on them. A strong anti-war film.
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| 1. Challenge to Lassie (1949)
2. Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
3. The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)
4. The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
5. Girls Gone Wild (1929)
6. Gunga Din (1939)
7. Hills of Home (1948)
aka: Master of Lassie
8. His Double Life (1933)
9. It Happened In Brooklyn (1947)
10. The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
11. The Little Minister (1934)
12. The Lodger (1944)
13. Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
14. Northwest Passage (1940)
15. The Paradine Case (1947)
16. The Princess Comes Across (1936)
17. Rebecca (1940)
18. Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
19. She (1935)
20. Suspicion (1941)
21. Svengali (1931)
22. That Forsythe Woman (1949)
23. The Three Musketeers (1935)
24. The White Sister (1933)
25. The World Moves On (1934)
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