Angel Face 1952  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall, Jim Backus, Leon Ames, Barbara O'Neil, Kenneth Tobey, Raymond Greenleaf, Griff Barnett, Robert Gist, Morgan Farley, Bess Flowers, Herbert Lytton
When a beautiful–but psychotic–rich woman, Diane (Jean Simmons), plots to kill her stepmother Catherine (Barbara O'Neil), ambulance driver Frank (Robert Mitchum) unwittingly becomes involved in the crime. Frank is hired as the family chauffeur, and Diane fixes the car so that it goes over a cliff, but the accident kills not only Catherine but Diane's father Charles (Herbert Marshall) as well. Frank and Diane are now charged with murder. In an effort to sway the jury, Diane's lawyer (Leon Ames) suggests Diane and Frank marry, they do, and are acquitted. After being freed, Frank realizes that he cannot be married to a murderess and tells Diane that he is leaving her. Not a good move because Diane now puts the car into reverse, they fall over a cliff, and hurtle to their deaths.
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Double Crossbones 1951  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Adventure
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter, Will Geer, John Emery, Stanley Logan, Kathryn Givney, Hayden Rorke, Morgan Farley, Hope Emerson, Charles McGraw, Alan Napier, Robert Barrat, Glenn Strange, Gregg Martell, Jeff Chandler
After being wrongly accused of piracy, 18th-century shopkeeper apprentice Dave Crandall (Donald O'Connor) takes refuge on a pirate boat and, through a series of unlikely events, earns the reputation as the most dangerous pirate sailing the world's seas.
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Dreamer 1979  PG, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Noel Nosseck
Cast: Tim Matheson, Susan Blakely, Jack Warden, Richard B. Shull, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Barbara Stuart, Mews Small, Matt Clark, John Crawford, Chris Schenkel, Morgan Farley, Speedy Zapataa, JoBe Cerny, Rita Ascot Boyd, Pat Mullins Brown
Dreamer (Tim Matheson) is a bowler, coached by crusty Harry (Jack Warden), who sets out to win the national championship. His girlfriend Karen (Susan Blakely) loves Dreamer but thinks he spends too much time bowling and not enough time with her.
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years 1977  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Rosemary Murphy, Walter McGinn, Blair Brown, David Healy, Peggy McCay, Donald Moffat, Mark Harmon, John Beal, Priscilla Pointer, Toni Damay, Barbara Conrad, Morgan Farley, Anna Lee
This sequel has most of the same cast and is every bit as good as the first one. It covers FDR's and Eleanor's (Edward Herrmann and Jane Alexander) years in the White House from 1933 to 1945. Told in flashback as Eleanor attends Franklin's funeral, the stories include Eleanor working for social reform, coming to the aid of polio-stricken Franklin, and learning how to deal with Franklin's domineering mother Sara (Rosemary Murphy). The stories also reflect on FDR pulling the country out of the Depression and his "Day of Infamy" speech in which he declares war on Japan. This sequel received Emmys for Best Director and Outstanding Special.
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The Greene Murder Case 1929  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: William Powell, Florence Eldridge, Ullrich Haupt, Jean Arthur, Eugene Pallette, E.H. Calvert, Gertrude Norman, Lowell Drew, Morgan Farley, Brandon Hurst
Philo Vance (William Powell) is back in the second film of S.S. Van Dine's sophisticated amateur sleuth/psychologist. He is called in by the police to assist in solving the murder of a rich, New York businessman. Philo has his hands full when the nine primary suspects begin to be killed off one-by-one.
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Guilty of Treason 1950 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Treason
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Charles Bickford, Paul Kelly, Bonita Granville, Richard Derr, Berry Kroeger, Roland Winters, Elisabeth Risdon, John Banner, Morgan Farley, Thomas Browne Henry, Nestor Paiva, Lisa Howard
Hungarian Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty (Charles Bickford) was tried, convicted, and imprisoned for speaking out against Communism after World War II. This anti-Communist film tells his story, including the trial at which it became known that his confession was a result of the use of torture and drugs.
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 High Noon 1952  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western / Thriller
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Thomas Mitchell, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Harry Morgan, Ian MacDonald, Lee Van Cleef, Eve McVeagh, Morgan Farley, Harry Shannon, Robert J. Wilke, Sheb Wooley
Gary Cooper won the Academy Award for his portrayal of the Marshal who, despite his Quaker bride's (Grace Kelly) objections, bravely faces an avenging murderer. Oscars were also awarded for Best Song: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')," Musical Score, and Film Editing. Nominations were also received for Best Picture, Director, and Writing.
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The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde, Tito Vuolo, Charles Arnt, Marjorie Bennett, Alan Wells, Mimi Aguglia, Morgan Farley, Bud Wolfe, Howard Negley, William Gould
San Francisco Police Lieutenant Ed Cullen (Lee J. Cobb) is having an affair with married socialite Lois Frazer (Jane Wyatt) who is divorcing her husband Howard (Harlan Warde). When Lois shoots and kills Howard, Ed comes to her aid and helps her get rid of the body. They deposit the body at the airport, but Ed's brother Andy (John Dall), who just happens to be a homicide detective, discovers the cover-up. Ed and Lois flee to the abandoned Fort Point at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. The police track them down and arrest them. Ed's trial begins, and he faces the fact that Lois has captivated her lawyer, and Ed is now out of her life.
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Open Secret 1948 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Reinhardt
Cast: John Ireland, Jane Randolph, Roman Bohnen, Sheldon Leonard, George Tyne, Morgan Farley, Ellen Lowe, Anne O'Neal, Arthur O'Connell, John Alvin, Rory Mallinson, Helena Dare
While on their honeymoon, Paul (John Ireland) and Nancy (Jane Randolph) stop to visit Paul's old Army buddy. But, he is missing, and Paul calls on his friend, Detective Sergeant Mike Frontelli (Sheldon Leonard), to investigate. He finds evidence incriminating an anti-Semite gang that is vandalizing and terrorizing the neighborhood.
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The Strange Door 1951 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Charles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally Forrest, Richard Wyler, Michael Pate, Paul Cavanagh, Alan Napier, William Cottrell, Morgan Farley, Charles Horvath
This is the adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" in which the mad Frenchman, Alan de Maletroit (Charles Laughton), cannot control his insane jealousy and throws his brother Edmond (Paul Cavanagh) in the dungeon while forcing a marriage on his brother's daughter, Blanche (Sally Forrest).
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| 1. Angel Face (1952)
2. Double Crossbones (1951)
3. Dreamer (1979)
4. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
5. The Greene Murder Case (1929)
6. Guilty of Treason (1950)
aka: Treason
7. High Noon (1952)
8. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
9. Open Secret (1948)
10. The Strange Door (1951)
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