Baby Face Morgan 1942  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Dreifuss
Cast: Mary Carlisle, Richard Cromwell, Robert Armstrong, Chick Chandler, Charles Judels, Warren Hymer, Vince Barnett, Ralf Harolde, Hal K. Dawson, Kenneth Chryst, Pierce Lyden, Toddy Peterson
This gangster comedy is a tale about over-the-hill mobsters who are tricked into thinking "Baby Face" Morgan (Richard Cromwell) is now in charge of a phony trucking insurance scam. But "Baby Face" isn't in on the scam, pays off claims, and reduces the gang's profits.
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College Humor 1933  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joe Sawyer, Mary Kornman
Professor Danvers (Bing Crosby) falls for popular co-ed, Barbara (Mary Carlisle), in this film providing a humorous look at academia.
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Dance, Girl, Dance 1940  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaya, Mary Carlisle, Katharine Alexander, Edward Brophy, Walter Abel, Harold Huber, Ernest Truex, Chester Clute, Emma Dunn, Sidney Blackmer
Judy O'Brien (Maureen O'Hara) arrives in New York City planning to gain fame as a ballerina. As luck would have it, she gets a job working as a stooge for strip-tease dancer Bubbles (Lucille Ball) who dances a ballet as a lead-in to her strip show. The two women encounter problems when they both fall for playboy Jimmy Harris (Louis Hayward), and physical fighting is used to determine who should have Jimmy. But that issue is settled after Jimmy's ex-wife (Virginia Field) decides to take him back.
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Dead Men Walk 1943  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young, Dwight Frye, Fern Emmett, Robert Strange, Hal Price, Sam Flint, Merrill McCormick, Al St. John, Forrest Taylor
George Zucco plays two roles, one an evil practitioner of the dark arts and the other a good, upstanding doctor. But Lloyd, the good doctor, kills his evil brother who then returns from the grave as a vampire to extract revenge. Very low budget, but entertaining with Zucco's overacting and Dwight Frye as the hunchback assistant to the evil doctor.
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Double or Nothing 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Theodore Reed
Cast: Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle, William Frawley, Fay Holden, Benny Baker, Samuel S. Hinds, William Henry, Walter Kingsford
With a million dollars at stake, Lefty Boylan (Bing Crosby), Liza Lou Lane (Martha Raye), Half-Pint (Andy Devine), and Peterson (William Frawley) all compete for the prize in this zany musical/ comedy.
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 Down to Earth 1932 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Dorothy Jordan, Matty Kemp, Clarence Wilson, Mary Carlisle, Brandon Hurst, Henry Kolker, Harvey Clark, Theodore Lodi, Louise Mackintosh
This sequel to "They Had to See Paris" again stars Will Rogers as the suddenly rich Oklahoman. Now his family will not stop spending money, so he hatches a scheme to make them believe he has gone bankrupt.
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Dr. Rhythm 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Beatrice Lillie, Andy Devine, Laura Hope Crews, Sterling Holloway, Franklin Pangborn, Louis Armstrong, Rufe Davis, Fred Keating
Doctor Remsen (Bing Crosby) pretends to be a policeman so that he can guard the lady he loves, Judy Marlowe (Mary Carlisle).
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Her Mad Night 1932  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Held for Murder
Director: E. Mason Hopper
Cast: Irene Rich, Conway Tearle, Mary Carlisle, Kenneth Thomson, William B. Davidson
Joan (Irene Rich) took the blame and is now convicted of killing the man who molested her daughter, Constance (Mary Carlisle). The electric chair is scheduled in the very near future, but Constance, who is the only one who really knows the truth, is away on a cruise. Will she return in time to prove her mother's innocence?
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The Old Homestead 1935 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Eddie Kane, Edward J. Nugent, Mary Carlisle, Dorothy Lee, Fuzzy Knight, Bob Nolan, Roy Rogers, Willard Robertson, Lawrence Gray, Willard Robertson
This Western musical finds a young couple heading to the City in search of fame and fortune. One finds the fame via radio. Roy Rogers makes a brief singing appearance.
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One Frightened Night 1935 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Charley Grapewin, Mary Carlisle, Arthur Hohl, Wallace Ford, Evalyn Knapp, Lucien Littlefield, Regis Toomey, Hedda Hopper, Clarence Wilson, Rafaela Ottiano, Fred Kelsey, Adrian Morris
Eccentric millionaire Jasper Whyte (Charley Grapewin) has a dilemma: if his long-lost granddaughter can't be found, he must leave his estate to "lesser" relatives and friends. So he calls the greedy group together with the news. But now TWO girls show up claiming to be the granddaughter. When one is poisoned and the other barely escapes murder, the hunt is on for the killer. A mixture of humor and mystery make this a fun film to watch.
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Palooka 1934 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Joe Palooka
The Great Schnozzle
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Rambeau, Robert Armstrong, Mary Carlisle, William Cagney, Thelma Todd, Franklyn Ardell, Tom Dugan, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Louise Beavers, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Stanley Fields
Fight manager Knobby Walsh (Jimmy Durante) signs up farmboy Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) as a boxer and trains him for a big fight with hard-drinking champ Al "Mac" McSwatt (William Cagney– brother of James Cagney). In this film, Durante sings his song, "Ink-a-Dinka-do."
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Say It in French 1938 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Janet Beecher, Mary Carlisle, Holmes Herbert, Walter Kingsford, William Collier Sr., Billy Lee, Erik Rhodes, G.P. Huntley
After a whirlwind courtship in France, golf pro Richard Carrington Jr. (Ray Milland) marries Julie (Olympe Bradna) but finds problems with his family when he returns home to the United States.
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| 1. Baby Face Morgan (1942)
2. College Humor (1933)
3. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
4. Dead Men Walk (1943)
5. Double or Nothing (1937)
6. Down to Earth (1932)
7. Dr. Rhythm (1938)
8. Her Mad Night (1932)
aka: Held for Murder
9. Hold 'Em Navy (1937)
10. Kind Lady (1936)
11. The Old Homestead (1935)
12. One Frightened Night (1935)
13. Palooka (1934)
aka: Joe Palooka
aka: The Great Schnozzle
14. Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
15. Say It in French (1938)
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