The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins, Donald Crisp, Gale Page, Thurston Hall, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Ward Bond, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Bert Hanlon, Curt Bois, Vladimir Sokoloff, Billy Wayne
While trying to discover what makes the criminal mind work, the psychiatrist Dr. Clitterhouse (Edward G. Robinson) cracks a safe while attending a party. He then contacts beautiful Jo Keller (Claire Trevor) who fences stolen gems, she introduces him to gangster "Rocks" Valentine (Humphrey Bogart), and Clitterhouse ends up becoming enthralled with the underworld–all of which will lead to murder. "Rocks" is his victim, and Clitterhouse uses his psychiatric expertise to make the jury members find that he is insane.
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The Boogie Man Will Get You 1942  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Jeff Donnell, Larry Parks, Maude Eburne, Don Beddoe, Frank Puglia, George McKay, Frank Sully
To help with the war effort, Professor Billings (Boris Karloff) and Doctor Lorentz (Peter Lorre) plan to turn corpses into supermen who will fight for the Allies in World War II.
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Each Dawn I Die 1939 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Victor Jory, Stanley Ridges, Alan Baxter, Willard Robertson, Clay Clement, John Wray, Emma Dunn, Edward Pawley, Paul Hurst, Louis Jean Heydt
This prison melodrama centers around the attempted escape of crime boss "Hood" Stacey (George Raft) and the involvement of another prisoner, youthful reporter Frank Ross (James Cagney), who was framed for murder. Frank has appealed for parole but remains behind bars at Rocky Point Prison. He thinks that he has found a solution when he makes a deal to help "Hood" escape if "Hood" will help Frank prove his own innocence. "Hood" escapes but does nothing to help Frank until Frank's reporter girlfriend Joyce (Jane Bryan) steps in and convinces "Hood" to identify the real killer, Peter Kassock (John Wray), as the man who framed Frank. It turns out that Peter is also at Rocky Point Prison, and now his fate is sealed.
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Hazard 1948  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Fred Clark, Stanley Clements, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Charles McGraw, Frank Faylen, Frank Fenton, Walter Baldwin, Isabel Randolph, Taylor Holmes, Charles McGraw
While private investigator J.D. Storm (Macdonald Carey) is trailing gambler Ellen Crane (Paulette Goddard), he falls in love with her.
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Hollywood or Bust 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Pat Crowley, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Willard Waterman, Anita Ekberg, Ben Welden, Frank Wilcox, Michael Ross, Kathryn Card
This is Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' last film together. The story involves Steve and Malcolm (Martin and Lewis) fulfilling their dream of meeting Anita Ekberg and the misadventures they encounter in the process.
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space 1958 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Cast: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin, Robert Ivers, Chuck Wassil, Ty Hardin, Valerie Allen, Ken Lynch, John Eldredge, Alan Dexter, James Anderson, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom
The plan of aliens taking over human bodies is going well–until one young wife, Marge Farrell (Gloria Talbott) begins to suspect that something is not quite right about her husband, Bill (Tom Tryon). Her suspicions grow when she sees the same symptoms in many male neighbors.
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Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1944 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Monty Woolley, June Haver, Dick Haymes, Anthony Quinn, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Veda Ann Borg, Clarence Kolb, Chick Chandler, Marion Martin, George Chandler
Eleven of his songs are highlighted in this sentimental biography of American composer Ernest R. Ball (Dick Haymes).
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Louisiana Purchase 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, Irene Bordoni, Dona Drake, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Frank Albertson, Raymond Walburn, Donald MacBride, Andrew Tombes
Both Irving Berlin's music and Senator Jim Taylor's (Bob Hope) outrageous filibuster in which he reads "Gone with the Wind" contribute to making this film an enjoyable escape from reality.
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Mr. Moto's Gamble 1938 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Tinling
Cast: Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Dick Baldwin, Lynn Bari, Douglas Fowley, Harold Huber, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Ward Bond, Lon Chaney Jr., Paul Fix
Ace detective Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) goes behind the scenes of the boxing world to unravel the truth behind a boxer's death.
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My Son, the Hero 1943 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Patsy Kelly, Roscoe Karns, Joan Blair, Carol Hughes, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Luis Alberni, Joseph Allen, Lois Collier, Jeni Le Gon, Nick Stewart, Hal Price, Al St. John, Maxine Leslie
Con-man "Big Time" Morgan (Roscoe Karns) has lied to his war correspondent son, Michael (Joseph Allen), by telling him he is a wealthy businessman. Now, Michael is coming to visit his father, and "Big Time"–with help from ex-wife Gerty (Patsy Kelly) and prize fighter Kid Slug (Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom)–gets his hands not only a mansion but a family as well, thus increasing his chances of pulling off the deception.
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Naughty But Nice 1939 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dick Powell, Gale Page, Helen Broderick, Ronald Reagan, Allen Jenkins, Zasu Pitts, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Jerry Colonna, Luis Alberni
Professor Hardwick (Dick Powell) composes songs with his partner Zelda Manton (Ann Sheridan), but singer Linda McKay (Gale Page) has other plans for his song-writing methods.
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Nothing Sacred 1937  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Sig Ruman, Frank Fay, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Margaret Hamilton, Olin Howland, Hedda Hopper
When Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) is told that she has only six weeks to live, reporter Wally Cook's (Fredric March) newspaper sends her to New York City for an all-expense-paid final fling. There is one little problem: the diagnosis is wrong! An excellent film that was remade in 1954 as "Living It Up" starring Jerry Lewis.
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Smart Alecks 1942  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Stanley Clements, Bobby Stone, Ernest Morrison, David Gorcey, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Gale Storm, Roger Pryor, Walter Woolf King
Muggs (Leo Gorcey) and gang need money for baseball uniforms, and when Danny (Bobby Jordan) receives a reward for helping capture Butch (Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom), the gang forces Danny to turn over the money, thinking Danny wants it all for himself. But when Danny is severely injured by the escaped Butch, the gang comes to his aid. A weak entry in the series.
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Submarine Patrol 1938 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Ford
Cast: Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, George Bancroft, Slim Summerville, John Carradine, Moroni Olsen, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Ward Bond, Warren Hymer
Naval activity during World War I is the background for this adventure about those who patrolled the deep seas looking for enemy submarines.
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To the Shores of Tripoli 1942 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Action
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, William Tracy, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Harry Morgan, Edmund MacDonald, Russell Hicks, Minor Watson
Another patriotic movie to inspire the American people in the early stages of WWII, this one concerns the "growing up" of a rich, brash, young man (John Payne) as the sergeant (Randolph Scott) turns him into a REAL Marine. When the chips were down after Pearl Harbor, our man was there. This is the first time audiences could see the flaming red hair of Maureen O'Hara in living color.
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| 1. Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
2. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
3. The Bellboy (1960)
4. The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
5. Each Dawn I Die (1939)
6. Hazard (1948)
7. Hollywood or Bust (1956)
8. I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
9. Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
10. Louisiana Purchase (1941)
11. Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
12. My Son, the Hero (1943)
13. Naughty But Nice (1939)
14. Nothing Sacred (1937)
15. Smart Alecks (1942)
16. Submarine Patrol (1938)
17. To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
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