Blockade 1938  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, Leo Carrillo, John Halliday, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robert Warwick, Reginald Denny, Peter Godfrey, Katherine DeMille, William B. Davidson
The Spanish Civil War becomes all too real in this film about espionage agents.
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Christmas in Connecticut 1945  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner, S.Z. Sakall, Robert Shayne, Una O'Connor, Frank Jenks, Joyce Compton, John Dehner, Dick Elliott, Marie Blake, Walter Baldwin, Emmet Smith, Jack Mower
Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) writes for a homemaker magazine, but, in reality, she does no housework herself. When she is coerced into entertaining a young World War II veteran (Dennis Morgan), Elizabeth must find a phony husband, baby, and house to ensure that her boss (Sydney Greenstreet) does not catch on to her deceptive business practices.
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Cry Wolf 1947 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks, Richard Basehart, Jerome Cowan, John Ridgely, Patricia Barry, Jack Mower, Paul Stanton, Rory Mallinson, Helen Thimig, Barry Bernard, John Elliott, Creighton Hale, Lisa Golm
Sandra Marshall (Barbara Stanwyck) returns to her late husband James' family mansion for his funeral and announces to James' research scientist uncle, Mark (Errol Flynn), the news of her secret marriage to James. Mark distrusts Sandra but allows her to stay at the mansion where she makes friends with James' sister Julie (Geraldine Brooks) who then dies under mysterious circumstances. Sandra believes that Mark has committed the murder of Julie, but are her suspicions correct?
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 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C. Aubrey Smith, Sara Allgood, Peter Godfrey, William Tannen, Frederick Worlock, Frances Robinson, Billy Bevan, Denis Green, Forrester Harvey
The focus of this version of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is on the psychological problems involved with Jekyll's two personalities. After the good Dr. Jekyll (Spencer Tracy) drinks his potion and the evil Mr. Hyde emerges, his violent and sexual side is drawn to floozy barmaid Ivy Peterson (Ingrid Bergman). Later, when the father (Donald Crisp) of Beatrix (Lana Turner) gives permission for Dr. Jekyll to marry her, Dr. Jekyll decides that he must tell them about his evil side of Mr. Hyde. But, his decision may be too late when he discovers that Mr. Hyde is taking over his personality.
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The Girl from Jones Beach 1949 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake, Henry Travers, Lois Wilson, Florence Bates, Helen Westcott, Paul Harvey
Artist Bob Randolph (Ronald Reagan) sets out to find a perfectly proportioned model; he finds her in schoolteacher Ruth Wilson (Virginia Mayo), but the school board reaction is unfavorable.
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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth, Virginia Weidler, Ralph Morgan, Tom Dugan, Don Beddoe, Marc Lawrence, Ben Welden, Irving Bacon
Warren William takes on the role of reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard in a new series of Lone Wolf films. B-grade all the way, but enjoyable, with a good mix of mystery and humor. In this one, spies abduct Lanyard in an attempt to have him help steal secret anti-aircraft gun plans.
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One More Tomorrow 1946  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith, John Loder, Jane Wyman, Reginald Gardiner, Marjorie Gateson, Thurston Hall, Sig Arno
Based on Philip Barry's play, this is the story of a playboy (Dennis Morgan) and his ill-fated romance with a magazine editor (Ann Sheridan). This is a re-make of 1932's "The Animal Kingdom."
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Please Murder Me 1956  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Raymond Burr, Angela Lansbury, Dick Foran, Lamont Johnson, John Dehner, Robert Griffin, Denver Pyle, Alex Sharp, Russell Thorson, Lee Miller, Madge Blake
Attorney Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr) defends Myra (Angela Lansbury)–the widow of his best friend–after she has been accused of her husband's murder. He "proves" her innocence and falls in love with her only to learn that, indeed, she really did murder her husband.
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Raffles 1940 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Whitty, Dudley Digges, Douglas Walton, Lionel Pape, E.E. Clive, Peter Godfrey, Margaret Seddon, Gilbert Emery
An ex-Scotland Yard detective, Raffles (David Niven), relieves his boredom by becoming a jewel thief. This is a remake of a 1930 film by the same name.
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That Hagen Girl 1947  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun, Lois Maxwell, Dorothy Peterson, Conrad Janis, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Charles Kemper, Penny Edwards, Harry Davenport, Nella Walker
This film is chock-full of sentimentality. It is the story about whether or not Tom Bates (Ronald Reagan) REALLY is Mary Hagen's (Shirley Temple) birth father, and it's really poor.
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls 1947  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce, Isobel Elsom, Patrick O'Moore, Ann Carter, Colin(2) Campbell, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Creighton Hale
Geoffrey Carroll (Humphrey Bogart) is an insane artist who paints pictures of his wives entitled "The Angel of Death" and then poisons them.
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| 1. Blockade (1938)
2. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
3. Cry Wolf (1947)
4. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
5. Escape Me Never (1947)
6. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
7. The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
8. One Last Fling (1949)
9. One More Tomorrow (1946)
10. Please Murder Me (1956)
11. Raffles (1940)
12. That Hagen Girl (1947)
13. The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
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