Anne of Green Gables 1919  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Desmond Taylor
Cast: Mary Miles Minter, Paul Kelly, Marcia Harris, Frederick Burton, F.T. Chailee, Leila Romer, Lincoln Stedman, Hazel Sexton, Russell Hewitt, Albert Hackett, Laurie Lovelle, Carolyn Lee, Jack B. Hollis, George Stewart
This is a story of a young girl's years in an era of innocent days in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Anne (Mary Miles Minter) is an orphan who is adopted by her uncle (Frederick Burton) and his sister (Marcia Harris) in this amusing tale. Anne is involved in many adventures while growing up, but after she graduates, she goes to work as a school teacher. One day, Anne whips gossipy Mrs. Pie's (Leila Romer) misbehaving son Anthony (Russell Hewitt). Later that day, Anthony falls from a hay wagon and breaks his arm. He tells people that Anne broke his arm, but after the Reverend Figtree (Jack B. Hollis) reveals that he saw Anthony fall from the wagon, and Anne is exonerated. All ends well when Anne marries the man she loves, Gilbert Blythe (George Stewart).
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Crossfire 1947 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Sam Levene, Paul Kelly, Jacqueline White, Steve Brodie, George Cooper, Lex Barker, Richard Benedict, Tom Keene, William Phipps, Marlo Dwyer, Harry Harvey
Racial prejudice is the theme of this film about a war veteran (Robert Ryan) who cold-bloodedly kills a Jew (Sam Levene). The police (Robert Young and Robert Mitchum) set a trap through which they plan to catch the killer. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Ryan), Supporting Actress (Gloria Grahame), Director, and Writing.
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The Devil's Party 1938  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray McCarey
Cast: Victor McLaglen, William Gargan, Paul Kelly, Beatrice Roberts, Frank Jenks, John Gallaudet, Samuel S. Hinds, Joe Downing, Arthur Hoyt, Edward Gargan, Bill Elliott, Scotty Beckett
Four NYC boys made a pact that they would always meet once a year to renew their friendship, Their plans were changed when one of them accidentally set fire to a warehouse and another one took the blame and was sent to reform school. Now Marty (Victor McLaglen)–who had taken the blame–is a professional gambler and owns a nightclub. They are reunited when two of them (William Gargan and John Gallaudet), now policemen, investigate a murder at Marty's club. After one is killed during the investigation, the fourth friend (Paul Kelly), now a priest, sees that justice is served.
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Fear in the Night 1947 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Maxwell Shane
Cast: Paul Kelly, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Kay Scott, Charles Victor, Robert Emmett Keane, Jeff York, Janet Warren, John Harmon, Gladys Blake
Vince (DeForest Kelley) awakes from a nightmare in which he killed a burglar in a mirrored room–or was it real? He has bruises, a button from the man's coat, and a key he had taken from the house. His police detective friend, Cliff (Paul Kelly), doesn't believe it to be real until they take shelter in a deserted mansion with a mirrored room. It's time to find out what happened. Remade by Director Maxwill Shane in 1956 as "Nightmare."
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The File on Thelma Jordan 1949  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Thelma Jordan
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Rober, Minor Watson, Barry Kelley, Laura Elliot, Basil Ruysdael
Attorney Cleve Marshall (Wendell Corey) leaves his wife Pamela (Joan Tetzel) and falls in love with Thelma Jordan (Barbara Stanwyck). The ill-fated romance leads to murder and atonement.
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Fit for a King 1937  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Joe E. Brown, Helen Mack, Paul Kelly, Harry Davenport, Halliwell Hobbes, John Qualen, Donald Briggs, Frank Reicher, Russell Hicks, Charles Trowbridge, Robert Warwick, Charles(1) Lane
Cub reporter Virgil Jones (Joe E. Brown) is assigned to write a story about Archduke Julio (Harry Davenport) and, in the process, falls in love with a princess (Helen Mack). In a comedy of errors, Virgil uncovers a plot to kill the archduke and princess, foils the plot, and wins the heart of the princess who is now a queen.
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Flying Tigers 1942 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: David Miller
Cast: John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Paul Kelly, Gordon Jones, Mae Clarke, Addison Richards, Gregg Barton, Richard Loo, Tom Neal
This World War II action film features John Wayne in the role of air-ace Jim Gordon who excelled in daredevil feats during dogfight actions. This film, along with others like it, improved the morale of those back home during the War.
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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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The Howards of Virginia 1940 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Marshal, Paul Kelly, Richard Carlson, Alan Ladd, Irving Bacon, Elisabeth Risdon, Anne Revere, Peter Cushing
This is the story of how one family endured the American Revolutionary War.
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Invisible Stripes 1939 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden, Flora Robson, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Kelly, Marc Lawrence, Lee Patrick, Henry O'Neill, Moroni Olsen, Tully Marshall, Joseph Crehan, Joe Downing, Chester Clute, Margot Stevenson
Cliff Taylor (George Raft) is paroled from Sing Sing prison the same day as mobster Chuck Martin (Humphrey Bogart). Cliff needs money to help his younger brother Tim (William Holden) get married to Peggy (Jane Bryan) and joins Chuck's gang. Problems ensue, and both Cliff and Chuck are killed by rival gangsters Ed Kruger (Paul Kelly) and Lefty Sloan (Marc Lawrence). But, as they lie near death, Cliff and Chuck console themselves with the fact that by dying they will not be serving life sentences.
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Johnny Dark 1954 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Paul Kelly, Ilka Chase, Sidney Blackmer, Scatman Crothers, Russell Johnson, Joe Sawyer, Robert Nichols
After being cheated by the automaker for whom he works, engineer Johnny Dark (Tony Curtis) steals the sports car he designed and enters a Canada to Mexico race.
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The Man from Music Mountain 1943 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Legionnaires
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, Paul Kelly, Ann Gillis, George Cleveland, Pat Brady, Paul Harvey, Jay Novello, Hal Taliaferro, Bob Nolan
The war is on between the cattlemen and sheepherders when Roy (Roy Rogers) returns home for a singing engagement on the local radio station. He gets plenty of time to sing after untangling this mess.
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Mr. and Mrs. North 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Cast: Gracie Allen, William Post Jr., Paul Kelly, Rose Hobart, Virginia Grey, Tom Conway, Felix Bressart, Stuart Crawford, Porter Hall, Millard Mitchell, Lucien Littlefield, Keye Luke
Daffy Pam (Gracie Allen) and husband Gerry (William Post Jr.) return home to their apartment and discover a corpse. When she learns that all the suspects match up with their socialite friends, Pam jumps into the fray using her off-beat logic to help solve the case.
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Murder with Pictures 1936 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Lew Ayres, Gail Patrick, Joyce Compton, Paul Kelly, Onslow Stevens, Ernest Cossart, Anthony Nace, Benny Baker, Joe Sawyer, Irving Bacon, Purnell Pratt, Frank Sheridan
Crime boss Nate Girard (Onslw Stevens) beats a murder rap and throws a party for the press during which one of his men is killed while posing for a picture with Nate. Photographer Kent Murdock (Lew Ayres) was at the party where he met a woman (Gail Patrick) who needed to talk with him. Later, she shows up at Kent's apartment and tells him that she is a suspect in the murder. Kent believes her and sets out to find the real killer.
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Navy Blue and Gold 1937 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Robert Young, James Stewart, Florence Rice, Billie Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Tom Brown, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Kelly, Frank Albertson, Minor Watson
Three Annapolis midshipmen endure the rigors of life at the United States Naval Academy and realize the benefits of esprit de corps amidst the excitement of the annual Army-Navy football game.
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Parachute Battalion 1941 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Cast: Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Carey, Buddy Ebsen, Paul Kelly, Richard Cromwell, Robert Barrat, Erville Alderson, Edward Fielding, Selmer Jackson, Grant Withers, Walter Sande, Kathryn Sheldon, Eddie Dunn
In this Hollywood propaganda film just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Army trainees–Donald Morse (Robert Preston), Bill Burke (Edmond O'Brien), and Jeff Hollis (Buddy Ebsen)–are training for the parachute corps at Fort Benning, Georgia. While concentrating on parachute practice, they still make use of their free time, and Donald and Bill find themselves competing for the affections of beautiful Kit Richards (Nancy Kelly) whose father just happens to be tough MSgt. Bill "Thunderhead" Richards (Harry Carey).
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Public Hero No. 1 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Walter Ruben
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia, Paul Kelly, Lewis Stone, Paul Hurst, George E. Stone, Selmer Jackson, Walter Brennan
FBI agents are not far behind mob boss Sonny (Joseph Calleia) who has escaped from prison. This is an entertaining, suspense-filled drama featuring Lionel Barrymore as a hard-drinking doctor for the mob.
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 The Roaring Twenties 1939  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Frank McHugh, Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Keane, Joe Sawyer, Eddie Acuff, Joseph Crehan, George Meeker, John Hamilton, Robert Elliott
When Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) returns to America as a veteran of World War I, he fails to find conventional employment. Instead, he forms a successful bootlegging business and is joined by wartime friend George Hally (Humphrey Bogart). Coming to their aid is another buddy, lawyer Lloyd Hart (Jeffrey Lynn). This is one of the better gangster films made in Hollywood.
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San Antonio 1945 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Western / Romance
Director: David Butler
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall, Victor Francen, Florence Bates, John Litel, Paul Kelly, Monte Blue, Doodles Weaver, Paul Kelly, Robert Shayne, John Alvin, Robert Barrat, Pedro de Cordoba, Tom Tyler
Cattleman Clay Hardin (Errol Flynn) arrives in San Antonio, Texas, to capture Roy Stuart (Paul Kelly) who he believes leads a cattle rustling gang. Upon arrival, Clay is attracted to dance-hall singer Jeanne Starr (Alexis Smith) who works in the saloon owned by Roy. Clay believes that Jeanne is in with the crooked rustlers, but he falls in love with her. Tensions rise after Clay's friend Charlie Bell (John Litel) is murdered and culminate in a shoot-out at the Alamo.
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Side Street 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Edmon Ryan, Jean Hagen, Paul Harvey, Charles McGraw, Edwin Max, Adele Jergens, Harry Bellaver, Whit Bissell, John Gallaudet, Esther Somers, Harry Antrim
New York City postman Joe Norson (Farley Granger) steals an envelope filled with $30,000. As if this act was not bad enough, when Joe tries to return the cash, it turns out that the money belonged to blackmailers who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. And the chase is on.
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Springfield Rifle 1952 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Lon Chaney Jr., Philip Carey, Martin Milner, Alan Hale Jr., James Millican, Fess Parker
Major "Lex" Kearney (Gary Cooper) develops a scheme in which he poses as a traitor to uncover espionage involving the supply of needed horses for the Union during the Civil War.
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The Square Jungle 1955 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Hopper
Cast: Tony Curtis, Pat Crowley, Ernest Borgnine, Paul Kelly, Jim Backus, Leigh Snowden, David Janssen, Carmen McRae, John Marley, Barney Phillips
Eddie Quaid (Tony Curtis) is an amateur boxer who battles his way into the professional world of boxing and the championship.
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Storm Center 1956 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Taradash
Cast: Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter, Paul Kelly, Kathryn Grant, Edith Evanson, Joe Mantell, Edward Platt, Howard Wendell, Kevin Coughlin
Blacklisting of the communications media in the 1950s is the focus of this film about a librarian (Bette Davis) who will not take a certain book about communism out of circulation.
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The Story of Dr. Wassell 1944 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Carl Esmond, Carol Thurston, Paul Kelly, Elliott Reid, Stanley Ridges, Philip Ahn
In this disappointing Cecil B. DeMille offering, Dr. Corydon Wassell (Gary Cooper) works tirelessly to save humanity during World War II.
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Tarzan's New York Adventure 1942 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey, Charles Bickford, Paul Kelly, Chill Wills, Cy Kendall, Russell Hicks, Elmo Lincoln
When Boy (Johnny Sheffield) is kidnapped by a circus owner, Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) and Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) follow Boy to New York City where Tarzan swings from flagpoles and the Brooklyn Bridge during the rescue attempts.
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| 1. Adventure Island (1947)
2. Anne of Green Gables (1919)
3. Blind Date (1934)
4. Crossfire (1947)
5. Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
6. The Devil's Party (1938)
7. Fear in the Night (1947)
8. The File on Thelma Jordan (1949)
aka: Thelma Jordan
9. Fit for a King (1937)
10. Flying Tigers (1942)
11. Frenchie (1950)
12. Guilty of Treason (1950)
aka: Treason
13. The Howards of Virginia (1940)
14. Invisible Stripes (1939)
15. Johnny Dark (1954)
16. The Man from Music Mountain (1943)
aka: Texas Legionnaires
17. Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)
18. Murder with Pictures (1936)
19. Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
20. The Painted Hills (1951)
aka: Lassie: The Painted Hills
21. Parachute Battalion (1941)
22. Public Hero No. 1 (1935)
23. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
24. San Antonio (1945)
25. Side Street (1950)
26. Springfield Rifle (1952)
27. The Square Jungle (1955)
28. Storm Center (1956)
29. The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
30. Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
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