Carmen Jones 1954  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James, Diahann Carroll, Joe Adams, Brock Peters, Roy E. Glenn Sr., Nick Stewart, Sandy Lewis
Otto Preminger's terrific African American cast enhances this film version of Oscar Hammerstein's successful 1943 Broadway play. Dorothy Dandridge was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of that ultimate femme fatale: Carmen Jones.
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Dakota 1945  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ona Munson, Hugo Haas, Ward Bond, Mike Mazurki, Paul Fix, Grant Withers, Pierre Watkin, Olive Blakeney, Nick Stewart, Robert Livingston, Olin Howland
In this so-so Western, John Devlin (John Wayne) is in a territorial dispute over a railroad line. John's love interest, Sandy (Vera Ralston), is the daughter of the railway tycoon.
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Go West, Young Man 1936  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Mae West, Warren William, Randolph Scott, Alice Brady, Elizabeth Patterson, Lyle Talbot, Isabel Jewell, Margaret Perry, Etienne Girardot, Maynard Holmes, John Indrisano, Nick Stewart, Charles Irwin, Walter Walker
Movie star Mavis Arden (Mae West), who expects to get her own way, ends up stranded at a remote boarding house where she decides to have fun with good-looking gas station mechanic Bud Norton (Randolph Scott). The attraction lasts–until Mavis fears commitment and backs off from the relationship.
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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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Tarzan's Fight for Life 1958 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Rickie Sorensen, Jil Jarmyn, James Edwards, Woody Strode, Carl Benton Reid, Harry Lauter, Roy Glenn, Nick Stewart
The plot for this film involves Tarzan versus a superstitious, conniving witch doctor.
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| 1. Carmen Jones (1954)
2. Dakota (1945)
3. Go West, Young Man (1936)
4. My Son, the Hero (1943)
5. Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
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