Charlie Chan in Honolulu 1938  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks, Victor Sen Yung, Eddie Collins, Robert Barrat, Philip Ahn, Paul Harvey, Marc Lawrence, George Zucco, Claire Dodd, John "Dusty" King, Richard Lane, Layne Tom Jr., Al Kikume, Arthur Loft
Sidney Toler debuted as the replacement for the deceased Warner Oland in the title role of Charlie Chan in this film about murder aboard a ship docked in the port of Honolulu. Charlie's Number Two Son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) wants to be a detective and intercepts his father's telephone call to investigate the shipboard murder. Jimmy arrives aboard the ship, introduces himself as Charlie Chan, and begins the investigation. Charlie arrives later, straightens out who is really "Charlie Chan," and orders all to stay aboard. Meanwhile, the ship's Captain Johnson (Robert Barrat) wants to take the ship out of the harbor, and the pressure is on Charlie to find clues to the murder, which just might point to Captain Johnson.
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Charlie Chan in Reno 1939  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Sidney Toler, Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Kane Richmond, Victor Sen Yung, Pauline Moore, Robert Lowery, Eddie Collins, Kay Linaker, Louise Henry, Charles D. Brown, Hamilton MacFadden, Iris Wong, Morgan Conway
Mary Whitman (Pauline Moore) goes to Reno seeking to divorce her husband Curtis (Kane Richmond) and checks into a hotel where Jeanne Bentley (Louise Henry), who is also divorcing her husband, is found murdered. Police suspect Mary, and she calls on the services of Honolulu detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler). Chan shows up with Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) and, while investigating the murder, engages in a battle of wits with local sheriff Tombstone Fletcher (Slim Summerville) who questions Chan's investigating abilities.
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Dangerous Passage 1944  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Berke
Cast: Robert Lowery, Phyllis Brooks, Charles Arnt, Jack La Rue, Victor Kilian, Alec Craig, John Eldredge, William Edmunds, Will Wright
Joe Beck (Robert Lowery) inherits a fortune, but he must sail from South America to the U.S. in order to claim his money in Texas. On the voyage, he falls in love with sultry singer Nita Paxton (Phyllis Brooks) and, at the same time, finds himself the victim of attempts on his life by another traveler who wants the inheritance.
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In Old Chicago 1937 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Sidney Blackmer, Phyllis Brooks, Tom Brown, Berton Churchill
Alice Brady won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs. O'Leary in this story about the great Chicago fire. The film also received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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Lady in the Dark 1944 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Dram / Musical / Romance
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Jon Hall, Warner Baxter, Gail Russell, Barry Sullivan, Mischa Auer, Mary Philips, Rand Brooks, Phyllis Brooks, Edward Fielding, Mary Parker, Catherine Craig, Virginia Farmer, Fay Helm
This is the film adaptation of the hit Broadway play about magazine editor Liza Elliott (Ginger Rogers) who is on the verge of a mental breakdown. Although three men–Charley (Ray Milland), Kendall (Warner Baxter), and Randy (Jon Hall)–are romancing her, Liza is not happy and feels that she cannot control her own life. Liza is desperate and seeks psychoanalytic help from Dr. Brooks (Barry Sullivan) to solve her many indecisions.
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Little Miss Broadway 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Shirley Temple, Jimmy Durante, George Murphy, Phyllis Brooks, Edna May Oliver, George Barbier, Jane Darwell, Donald Meek, Claude Gillinwater, Edward Ellis, El Brendel, Patricia Wilder, George Brasno, Olive Brasno, Charles Williams
Shirley Temple plays talented orphan Betsy Brown Shea who lives with Broadway vaudevillians in a hotel run by Sarah Wendling (Edna May Oliver). When rents are past due and Sarah threatens to close the hotel, young Betsy comes up with the idea of putting on a vaudeville show to provide rent money. They stage a musical revue, and all ends happily. Songs include "Little Miss Broadway," "Swing Me an Old-Fashioned Song," and "When you Were Sweet Sixteen."
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Jack Haley, Gloria Stuart, Phyllis Brooks, Helen Westley, Slim Summerville, Bill Robinson, William Demarest, Paul Harvey, Raymond Scott, Alan Dinehart, J. Edward Bromberg, Dixie Dunbar, Paul Hurst
Although Rebecca Winstead's Aunt Miranda Wilkins (Helen Westley) forbids her to associate with the show business world, neighbor talent scout Tony Kent (Randolph Scott) sets up the talented Rebecca (Shirley Temple) for a radio broadcast. She wins the radio talent contest and becomes the darling of the airwaves. Along the way, she dances with Aloysius (Bill Robinson).
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The Shanghai Gesture 1941 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaya, Eric Blore, Ivan Lebedeff, Clyde Fillmore, Mike Mazurki, Grayce Hampton, Rex Evans, Mikhail Rasumny, Michael Dalmatoff
Gin Sling (Ona Munson) runs a casino in Shanghai but is about to be forced to vacate by the rich Sir Guy Charteris (Walter Huston). His daughter, Poppy (Gene Tierney), has become addicted to the gambling and drinking at the casino. We now find out that Gin Sling is the woman Charteris abandoned in the past–and who now plans revenge.
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Silver Spurs 1943 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Musical
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, John Carradine, Phyllis Brooks, Jerome Cowan, Joyce Compton, Hal Taliaferro, Pat Brady, Tom London, Bob Nolan, Dick Wessel, Forrest Taylor, Charles C. Wilson, Byron Foulger, Arthur Loft
Oil-rich lands on a proposed railroad route mean there is a land grabber somewhere around. Lucky Miller (John Carradine) will stop at nothing to gain rancher Jerry Johnson's (Jerome Cowan) land. Lucky kills Jerry and frames ranch foreman Roy Rogers who is then put in jail. Will Roy be able to clear his name and save the day?
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Slightly Honorable 1940 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Broderick Crawford, Edward Arnold, Ruth Terry, Alan Dinehart, Claire Dodd, Bernard Nedell, Eve Arden, Douglass Dumbrille, Phyllis Brooks, Douglas Fowley, Ernest Truex, Janet Beecher, Evelyn Keyes, John Sheehan
Corrupt politician Russ Sampson (Edward Arnold) frames lawyer John Webb (Pat O'Brien) for the murder of a woman involved in a scandal. Webb and law partner Russ (Broderick Crawford) set out to find the real murderer.
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Up the River 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: Preston Foster, Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Arthur Treacher, Alan Dinehart, Jane Darwell, Sidney Toler, Eddie Collins, Bill Robinson, Edward Gargan, Robert Allen, Charles D. Brown, Irving Bacon, Ben Welden
In this remake of the 1930 film, con men Chipper Morgan (Preston Foster) and Darby Randall (Arthur Treacher) star on the prison football team. When they learn about a raw deal that a fellow teammate (Tony Martin) has been given, they agree to escape from prison and help him confront the racketeers. The plan does not set well with the warden (Alan Dinehart) who has bet a fortune on the upcoming football game and needs his stars to win. The duo does escape, but, fortunately for the warden, they return to win the game in its final moments.
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You Can't Have Everything 1937 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Alice Faye, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger, Gypsy Rose Lee, Arthur Treacher, Tony Martin, Louis Prima, Phyllis Brooks, Dorothy Christy, David Rubinoff, Wally Vernon, Jed Prouty
Schoolteacher Judith Poe Wells (Alice Faye) has dreams of becoming the playwright of a hit play in this delightful musical. When Judith meets musical writer George Macrae (Don Ameche), romance ensues and he talks producer Sam Gordon (Charles Gordon) into buying her play. But, problems lie ahead when Gordon's former girlfriend Lulu (Gypsy Rose Lee) steps in.
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| 1. Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
2. Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
3. Dangerous Passage (1944)
4. In Old Chicago (1937)
5. Lady in the Dark (1944)
6. Little Miss Broadway (1938)
7. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
8. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
9. Silver Spurs (1943)
10. Slightly Honorable (1940)
11. Up the River (1938)
12. You Can't Have Everything (1937)
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