 Adam's Rib 1949  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne, Jean Hagen, Hope Emerson, Eve March, Clarence Kolb, Will Wright, Emerson Treacy, Polly Moran, Elizabeth Flournoy, Tommy Noonan, Paula Raymond
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn play married attorneys Adam and Amanda Bonner who are on opposing sides at home as well as in the trial of sexy blonde Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday) who shot her husband's (Tom Ewell) mistress. While Adam is the prosecutor in the case, Amanda defends Doris because she believes that Doris has the right to get revenge–just as men always have. Sexual equality, Amanda argues, is what should set Doris free. Doris is acquitted, but both Adam and Amanda admit that men and women are different, and, hence, the battle of the sexes continues.
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 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 1953  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Eugene Lourie
Cast: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Donald Woods, Jack Pennick, Lee Van Cleef, Steve Brodie, Ross Elliott, Frank Ferguson, Mary Hill, Michael Fox
Nuclear testing in the Arctic results in the release of a frozen, prehistoric monster (a rhedosaurus), but when Tom Nesbitt (Paul Hubschmid), who saw the creature, tries to warn the people, his warnings fall on deaf ears. People start to believe when the monster heads down the East coast of the U.S. and invades New York from the sea. It is finally dealt with on Coney Island. Good early special effects and a glimmer of what would lie ahead in the monster world (e.g. Godzilla).
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Blood of Dracula's Castle 1969  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Dracula's Castle
Castle of Dracula
Director: Al Adamson, Jean Hewitt
Cast: Paula Raymond, Alexander D'Arcy, John Carradine, Gene Otis Shayne, Jennifer Bishop, Robert Dix, Ray Young, Vicki Volante, John "Bud" Cardos, Ken Osborne
Count and Countess Townsend (Alexander D'Arcy and Paula Raymond)–in reality Dracula and his wife–show up in modern-day California where their butler (John Carradine) and his hunchback assistant (Ray Young) tend to the food supply consisting of the blood of young women chained in the dungeon.
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Crisis 1950  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Cary Grant, Jose Ferrer, Paula Raymond, Signe Hasso, Gilbert Roland, Leon Ames, Ramon Novarro, Antonio Moreno, Pedro de Cordoba, Soledad Jimenez
Doctor Eugene Norland Ferguson (Cary Grant) and his wife, Helen (Paula Raymond) are kidnapped while vacationing in Central America. The doctor is then forced to perform needed brain surgery on a dictator–the kidnappers want the dictator to die as a result of the surgery.
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Devil's Doorway 1950  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond, Marshall Thompson, James Mitchell, Edgar Buchanan, Rhys Williams, Spring Byington, James Millican, Harry Antrim
This average flick started a trend to present Native Americans as the "good guys" and whites as the "bad guys." Lance (Robert Taylor) returns to his tribal lands after the Civil War to find that his people are being persecuted by whites who want the land. He must become a renegade to right the wrongs.
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Five Bloody Graves 1970  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Gun Riders
The Lonely Man
Director: Al Adamson
Cast: Robert Dix, Scott Brady, Jim Davis, John Carradine, Paula Raymond, John "Bud" Cardos, Darlene Lucht, Ken Osborne, Vicki Volante, Gene Raymond
A loner gunman chases bad men who sell arms to the Indians in this low budget, violent film highlighting seasoned actors.
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Inside Straight 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gerald Mayer
Cast: David Brian, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Mercedes McCambridge, Paula Raymond, Lon Chaney Jr., Roland Winters, Claude Jarman Jr., John Hoyt, Barbara Billingsley
A poker game, set up by Rip MacCool (David Brian), is the vehicle for telling MacCool's history through flashbacks.
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King Richard and the Crusaders 1954 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: David Butler
Cast: Rex Harrison, Virginia Mayo, George Sanders, Laurence Harvey, Robert Douglas, Michael Pate, Paula Raymond, Lester Matthews, Anthony Eustrel, Henry Corden, Wilton Graff, Neila Ates, Nick Cravat, Leslie Bradley, Bruce Lester
Under King Richard the Lionhearted's (George Sanders) leadership, Christian nations set off on the Third Crusade in an attempt to reclaim the Holy Grail from arch foe Saladin (Rex Harrison), Commander of the Faithful, Sultan of all Islam. Rivalries among the crusaders and Saladin's romantic interest in British noblewoman Lady Edith Plantagenet (Virginia Mayo) are items that Richard must contend with during this crusade.
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The Sellout 1952 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gerald Mayer
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter, Paula Raymond, Cameron Mitchell, Karl Malden, Everett Sloane, Whit Bissell, Thomas Gomez, Jonathan Cott
Political corruption in a small town is the theme of this story in which newspaper editor Allridge (Walter Pidgeon) fights the forces of city hall.
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| 1. Adam's Rib (1949)
2. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
3. Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
aka: Dracula's Castle
aka: Castle of Dracula
4. Crisis (1950)
5. Devil's Doorway (1950)
6. Five Bloody Graves (1970)
aka: The Gun Riders
aka: The Lonely Man
7. Inside Straight (1951)
8. King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
9. The Sellout (1952)
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