Boy of the Streets 1937  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Maureen O'Connor, Kathleen Burke, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Marjorie Main, Guy Usher, Matty Fain, George Cleveland, Bill Elliott, Don Latorre, Paul White
Street-kid Chuck Brennan (Jackie Cooper), who leads a neighborhood gang and worships his political operative father, tries to get into business on the corrupt side of city government. It looks like he just may make it–until he is shot by a gangster. Chuck survives but not to fight another day. Instead, he turns his life around with Nora (Maureen O'Connor) by his side.
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Ellis Island 1936 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon, Jack La Rue, Joyce Compton, Bradley Page, Johnny Arthur, George Rosener, Maurice Black, E.H. Calvert, Bryant Washburn, Robert Frazer, Matty Fain
Ted Kedrich (George Rosener) has been released from prison after serving time for bank robbery. He is in the process of deportation at Ellis Island when he is kidnapped by a gang wanting the never-recovered stolen money. Now it falls on the shoulders of immigration officer Gary Curtis (Donald Cook) to lead the search for Ted AND the money.
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 Great Guy 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: John G. Blystone
Cast: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Edward Brophy, James Burke, Henry Kolker, Bernadene Hayes, Edward McNamara, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Gleckler, Joe Sawyer, Edward Gargan, Matty Fain, Mary Gordon, Wallis Clark, Douglas Wood
It is the Depression Era, and Johnny Cave (James Cagney) has retired from a career in boxing and has accepted the position of Inspector for the Department of Weights and Measures. He discovers bureaucratic problems within the Bureau and, against the wishes of his girlfriend Janet (Mae Clarke), he crusades against the corruption that he finds in the meat-packing business.
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Shadows of the Orient 1935  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt P. Lynwood
Cast: Esther Ralston, Regis Toomey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Oscar Apfel, Sidney Blackmer, Eddie Fetherston, Kit Guard, James B. Leong, Matty Fain, John Elliott, Richard Loo, Slim Whitaker
After she is arrested in a Chinatown casino, Viola (Esther Ralston) finds herself caught in the middle–between the casino owner King Moss (Sidney Blackmer) who runs a smuggling ring, and immigration official Bob Baxter (Regis Toomey) who has provided Viola with her alibi.
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| 1. Boy of the Streets (1937)
2. Ellis Island (1936)
3. Great Guy (1936)
4. Shadows of the Orient (1935)
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