 Charlie Chan in London 1934  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Ray Milland, Mona Barrie, Douglas Walton, Alan Mowbray, George Barraud, E.E. Clive, Reginald Sheffield, Murray Kinnell, Paul England, Madge Bellamy, Perry Ivins, Walter Johnson, Elsa Buchanan
After Paul's (Douglas Walton) arrest for murder, his sister Pamela Ward (Drue Leyton) calls in Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) to solve the crime and free her brother. Chan heads for Geoffrey Raymond's (Alan Mowbray) country estate where the murder occurred. He has only 65 hours to expose the real murderer before Paul is scheduled to be executed.
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Charlie Chan in Paris 1935 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Lewis Seller
Cast: Warner Oland, Mary Brian, Erik Rhodes, John Miljan, Thomas Beck, Keye Luke, Minor Watson, Henry Kolker, John Qualen, Harry Cording, Murray Kinnell, Dorothy Appleby, Ruth Peterson, Perry Ivins, Eddie Vitch
Warner Oland plays Charlie Chan in this story about a Honolulu detective who is aided by his son Lee (Keye Luke) in the search for the killer of one of his undercover agents, Nardi (Dorothy Appleby). Nardi had called on Chan to come to Paris to help get the goods on a counterfeiting ring, but all that remains of Nardi is one important cryptic clue. Lee comes to the aid of his father in solving the case and identifying the chief counterfeiter. This is the first "Charlie Chan" film in which Luke appears.
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The Silver Cord 1933  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea, Laura Hope Crews, Eric Linden, Frances Dee, Helen Cromwell, Perry Ivins, Reginald Pasch, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Paul Irving
Mrs. Phelps (Laura Hope Crews) is a domineering mother who tries all the tricks possible to keep her engaged son at home. Meanwhile, her married son (Joel McCrea) and his wife (Irene Dunne) return, and the tricks continue in a attempt to have the couple move in. Fine performance by Laura Hope Crews.
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Son of Frankenstein 1939  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Emma Dunn, Edgar Norton, Lionel Belmore, Lawrence Grant, Ward Bond, Donnie Dunagan, Perry Ivins, Michael Mark, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Caroline Frances Cooke
Doctor Victor Frankenstein's son, Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), returns to the gothic mansion with his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchins) and son Peter (Donnie Dunagan). Wolf assures his doubting neighbors that he is not like his father. But, when the evil blacksmith Ygor (Bela Lugosi) asks him to bring the Monster back to life, Wolf agrees, revives the Monster (Boris Karloff), and the madness continues. After the Monster kidnaps Peter, Wolf tracks him down and knocks the Monster into a sulfur pit. Will this finally be the end of the Monster?
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Streets of Laredo 1949 G, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: William Holden, William Bendix, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman, Stanley Ridges, Alfonso Bedoya, Ray Teal, Clem Bevans, James Bell, Joe Dominguez, Dick Foote, Grandon Rhodes, Perry Ivins, Byron Foulger, Hank Bell
In this remake of 1936's "The Texas Rangers," outlaws Jim Dawkins (William Holden) and Wahoo Jones (William Bendix) turn to the side of law and order when they become Texas Rangers. Later, they are forced to capture a former cohort, Lorn Reming (Macdonald Carey).
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| 1. Charlie Chan in London (1934)
2. Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
3. The Silver Cord (1933)
4. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
5. Streets of Laredo (1949)
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