Angel on My Shoulder 1946  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Onslow Stevens, George Cleveland, Hardie Albright, Fritz Leiber, Maurice Cass, George Meeker, James Flavin, Erskine Sanford, Marion Martin, Jimmie Dundee, Sarah Padden, Addison Richards
A murdered mobster, Eddie Kagle (Paul Muni), goes to Hell and makes a deal with The Devil, Nick (Claude Rains), to come back to life. The deal is for Eddie to take over the body of respected Judge Fred Parker and perform bad deeds. To Nick's dismay, Eddie only performs good deeds, and, when he falls for the judge's fiance Barbara Foster (Anne Baxter), he tries to break his deal with Nick. Nick takes Eddie back to Hell after promising Eddie that he will leave the judge and Barbara alone.
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Blondie Hits the Jackpot 1949  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Bernds
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie, Jerome Cowan, Lloyd Corrigan, Danny Mummert, Ann Carter, James Flavin, Alyn Lockwood, Sherlee Collier, Maurice Cass, Dick Wessel, Eric Wilton, Ray Teal
When Dagwood (Arthur Lake) loses his job, he finds work on a construction project where the workers are using faulty material. Blondie (Penny Singleton) tries to help by competing on a radio quiz show and then solves Dagwood's problems. .
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 Charlie Chan at the Opera 1936 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, Charlotte Henry, Keye Luke, Thomas Beck, William Demarest, Gregory Gaye, Frank Conroy, Guy Usher, Selmer Jackson, Margaret Irving, Nedda Harrigan, Maurice Cass, Tom McGuire, William Bailey
This is one of the best in the long line of Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) films. Gravelle (Boris Karloff) was an opera star who, suffering from amnesia following a fire, has spent his last seven years in an asylum. When Gravelle sees a picture of his unfaithful, opera singer wife Lucretia (Nedda Harrigan) in a newspaper story, his memory returns, and he heads to the opera house to seek revenge. Murders ensue, and Chan investigates.
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Kid Monk Baroni 1952  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
aka: Young Paul Baroni
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Cast: Richard Rober, Bruce Cabot, Allene Roberts, Mona Knox, Leonard Nimoy, Jack Larson, Budd Jaxon, Archer MacDonald, Kathleen Freeman, Joseph Mell, Paul Maxey, Stuart Randall, William Cabanne, Chad Mallory, Maurice Cass
Teenager Paul "Monk" Baroni (Leonard Nimoy) learns how to box by instructions from his priest, Father Callahan (Richard Rober). After a manager steps in, "Monk" earns a reputation in the world of professional boxing, but, in the process, he forgets some of the lessons learned at his old church and neighborhood. Never fear, redemption lies just around the corner.
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Submarine Base 1943 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Albert H. Kelley
Cast: Eric Blore, Luis Alberni, Iris Adrian, Fifi D'Orsay, John Litel, Alan Baxter, Jacqueline Dalya, Georges Metaxa, George Flaherty, Rafael Storm, Iris Adrian, Lucien Prival, Frederic Brunn, Maurice Cass
An ex-gangster, Joe Morgan (Alan Baxter) works with the Allies from a small island–until the Nazis catch on to his double-crossing activities.
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Whispering Smith Speaks 1935 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Romance
Director: David Howard
Cast: George O'Brien, Irene Ware, Kenneth Thomson, Maude Allen, Spencer Charters, Frank Sheridan, William V. Mong, Edward Keane, Victor Potel, Maurice Cass, Dick Rush, Si Jenks, Bess Flowers, John Ince, J.P. McGowan
Whispering Smith's (George O'Brien) father is the president of a railroad, and, in order to learn the business, he works as a track walker. Along the way, he meets and befriends Nan Roberts (Irene Ware) who is planning to sell her Colorado ranch. When Whispering Smith learns that there is valuable tungsten on Nan's land, he comes to her aid before her land is taken from her by villains.
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Wife vs. Secretary 1936 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, May Robson, James Stewart, Tom Dugan, George Barbier, Hobart Cavanaugh, Gilbert Emery, Marjorie Gateson, Gloria Holden, Maurice Cass, Clay Clement, Frederick Burton, Leonard Carey
Linda (Myrna Loy) becomes suspicious of an affair between her publisher husband, Van Sanford (Clark Gable), and his beautiful secretary, Whitey (Jean Harlow), even though Whitey seems to be happy with her boyfriend Dave. When Van and Whitey fly off to Cuba on business, a very upset Linda legally separates from Van and is ready to sail off on a European cruise. But, Whitey confronts Linda at the pier, explains the situation, and Linda rushes back to Van.
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| 1. Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
2. Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949)
3. Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
4. Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
aka: Young Paul Baroni
5. Submarine Base (1943)
6. Whispering Smith Speaks (1935)
7. Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
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