The Bishop Murder Case 1930  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis, Carroll Nye, George F. Marion, Bodil Rosing, Delmer Daves, Charles Quatermaine, Zelda Sears
The body of "Cock Robin" is discovered with an arrow through his heart. He is one of a series of murder victims in which the killer leaves nursery rhymes in his wake. Detective Philo Vance (Basil Rathbone) goes to work and finds the psychopathic killer.
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Convicted Woman 1940  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Lola Lane, Glenn Ford, Iris Meredith, Lorna Gray, Esther Dale, William Farnum, Mary Field
Tough-luck Betty (Rochelle Hudson) ends up in a women's prison and must contend with hardened inmates. Lawyer Mary Ellis (Frieda Inescort) takes an interest in her situation.
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Delinquent Parents 1938 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Doris Weston, Maurice Murphy, Helen MacKellar, Morgan Wallace, Terry Walker, Theodore von Eltz, Richard Tucker, Carlyle Moore Jr., Marjorie Reynolds, Harry Hayden, Betty Blythe, Byron Foulger
Following World War I, Edith (Marjorie Reynolds) was dumped by her husband (Carlyle Moore Jr.), and, finding it impossible to raise their baby, Edith placed Carol up for adoption. Years later, Carol (Doris Weston) learns that she was adopted, leaves home, and finds work. But, she gets in trouble with the law, and the court judge set up to handle Carol's case is an older and wiser Edith (Helen MacKellar), her birth mother. By story's end, both Carol and Edith win.
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Exiled to Shanghai 1937 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Wallace Ford, June Travis, Dean Jagger, William Bakewell, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale, William Harrigan, Sarah Padden, Syd Saylor, Charles Trowbridge, Johnny Arthur, Minerva Urecal
After being fired by boss Charlie Sears (Dean Jagger), Ted Young (Wallace Ford) establishes the first television newsreel service and is re-hired by his news agency where he and Charlie vie for the attentions of Nancy Jones (June Travis).
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Hitler: Dead or Alive 1942 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Ward Bond, Dorothy Tree, Warren Hymer, Paul Fix, Russell Hicks, Bruce Edwards, Felix Basch, Bobby Watson, Frederick Giermann, Kenneth Harlan, Fee Malten, George Sorel
Ward Bond, Warren Hymer, and Paul Fix play three ex-convicts who try to cash in on a $1,000,000 reward offered by an American businessman for the capture of Adolf Hitler.
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King of Chinatown 1939  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Sidney Toler, Philip Ahn, Anthony Quinn, Roscoe Karns, Richard Denning, Charles Trowbridge, Alex Pollard
Mobster Frank Baturin (Akim Tamiroff) is double-crossed by his own goons, and the course of his life is subsequently altered.
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Love Is on the Air 1937 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Ronald Reagan, June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Ben Welden, Robert Barrat, Addison Richards, Raymond Hatton, Tommy Bupp, Dickie Jones, Willard Parker
Ronald Reagan made his screen debut in this remake of "Hi, Nellie." He plays a good guy determined to use the airwaves to fight corruption.
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The Man They Could Not Hang 1939 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Boris Karloff, Robert Wilcox, Lorna Gray, Roger Pryor, Charles Trowbridge, Joe De Stephani, Don Beddoe, Ann Doran, Byron Foulger, James Craig
Doctor Henry Savaard (Boris Karloff) is executed for murder because of his experiments. Now, his experiments are responsible for bringing him back to life, and he is out for revenge against the judge and jury members who were responsible for his execution.
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The Man with Nine Lives 1940 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Behind the Door
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Boris Karloff, Byron Foulger, Roger Pryor, Stanley Brown, Charles Trowbridge, Jo Ann Sayers, Hal Taliaferro, Ivan Miller, Bruce Bennett, Ernie Adams
A doctor (Boris Karloff), frozen for many years, is thawed out and then accused of unethically freezing a very wealthy patient to use as a guinea pig in his experiment.
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Men Without Souls 1940 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: John Litel, Barton MacLane, Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Don Beddoe, Cy Kendall, Dick Curtis, Richard Fiske, Eddie Laughton, Walter Soderling
Johnny Adams (Glenn Ford) commits a crime so he can get into prison and exact revenge on the brutal guard who killed his father.
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Million Dollar Legs 1939 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Betty Grable, John Hartley, Donald O'Connor, Jackie Coogan, Peter Lind Hayes, Buster Crabbe, Richard Denning, Thurston Hall, William Holden, Roy Gordon
Greg (John Hartley) is an able college athlete and student who strives to succeed without the financial backing of his father (Thurston Hall). The college kids buy a racehorse to get the school out of debt. Holden's appearance is very brief-look fast.
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Shopworn 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Regis Toomey, Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield, Clara Blandick, Edwin Maxwell, Oscar Apfel, Joe Sawyer, Albert Conti, Wallis Clark
The romance of waitress Kitty Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) and her rich boyfriend (Regis Toomey) is broken up when his mother frames her and she is sent to jail. Years later, Kitty becomes a stage star and is eventually reunited with her lover.
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This Modern Age 1931 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Joan Crawford, Pauline Frederick, Neil Hamilton, Monroe Owsley, Hobart Bosworth, Emma Dunn, Albert Conti, Marjorie Rambeau, Ann Dvorak, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Marcelle Corday
Debutante Valentine (Joan Crawford) is reunited with her mother in Paris where she becomes the object of romantic attention from two men.
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| 1. Before I Hang (1940)
2. The Bishop Murder Case (1930)
3. Convicted Woman (1940)
4. Delinquent Parents (1938)
5. Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
6. Hitler: Dead or Alive (1942)
7. King of Chinatown (1939)
8. Love Is on the Air (1937)
9. The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
10. The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
aka: Behind the Door
11. Men Without Souls (1940)
12. Million Dollar Legs (1939)
13. Shopworn (1932)
14. This Modern Age (1931)
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