 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum 1940  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lynn Shores
Cast: Sidney Toler, C. Henry Gordon, Marc Lawrence, Marguerite Chapman, Victor Sen Yung, Joan Valerie, Michael Visaroff, Charles Trowbridge, Eddie Marr, Joe King, Ted Osborne, Hilda Vaughn, Charles Wagenheim, Archie Twitchell, Harold Goodwin
Steve McBirney (Marc Lawrence) has escaped from the New York City courthouse after being convicted of murder. McBirney wants revenge against Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) who was the chief witness against him at the trial. The museum is run by plastic surgeon Dr. Cream (C. Henry Gordon) who performs facial surgeries on fugitives so that they look like the wax dummies, including Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. Chan is lured to the museum with his son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung), and McBirney awaits–ready to strike.
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Rebellion 1936  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western / Thriller / Romance
Director: Lynn Shores
Cast: Tom Keene, Rita Hayworth, Duncan Renaldo, William Royle, Gino Corrado, Roger Gray, Robert McKenzie, Allan Cavan, Jack Ingram, Lita Cortez, Theodore Lorch, Merrill McCormick, Al Haskell, George Regas
Life in the new state of California in 1850 is not easy for some of the Mexicans because land-grabbers are trying to drive them off their land. One such victim is Paula (Rita Hayworth) whose father was killed. She appeals to Washington, and John Carroll (Tom Keene) is sent to bring law and order. He not only does that and win the hand of Paula, but he becomes the state's first Governor.
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The Shadow Strikes 1937  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lynn Shores
Cast: Rod La Rocque, Lynn Anders, James Blakely, Walter McGrail, Kenneth Harlan, William Kellogg, Cy Kendall, Norman Ainsley, John Carnivale, John St. Polis, Wilson Benge, James C. Morton
The popular radio sleuth, Lamont Cranston/"The Shadow" (Rod La Rocque), who could "cloud men's minds" is brought to the screen as he pursues the killer of a wealthy man while the police try to pin the killing on him.
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| 1. Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
2. Rebellion (1936)
3. The Shadow Strikes (1937)
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