 The Birth of a Nation 1915  N/R, 159 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Western / Romance
aka: The Clansman
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh, Eugene Pallette, Elmo Lincoln, Robert Harron, John Ford, Joseph Henabery, Howard Gaye, Walter Long
With this epic film, Hollywood reached new heights in the production of extravaganzas. However, it is also an example of how filmmaking can be used as propaganda–in this case, glorifying the Ku Klux Klan. The film begins with lifelong friends the Camerons (Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, and Mae Marsh) being separated from the Stonemans (Lillian Gish, Ralph Lewis, and Robert Harron) by the Civil War and the Mason Dixon line. When the war ends, Ben Cameron (Walthall) organizes a secret group, the Ku Klux Klan, to "restore" order. Music and battle noises were added for a 1930 reissue.
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 Dillinger 1945  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Nosseck
Cast: Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli, Elisha Cook Jr., Marc Lawrence, Ralph Lewis, Ludwig Stossel, Dewey Robinson, Selmer Jackson, Elsa Janssen, Constance Worth, William B. Davidson, Victor Kilian, Lou Lubin
Gunned down by police in front of Chicago's Biograph Theater in 1934, John Dillinger had been the FBI's Public Enemy Number One. Lawrence Tierney takes on the Dillinger role, but Edmund Lowe gets the more interesting role of gang chieftan Specs Green in this story tracing Dillinger's criminal career, which extends from petty thefts to bank robberies.
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The Jade Mask 1945  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Charlie Chan: The Jade Mask
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke, Janet Warren, Edith Evanson, Hardie Albright, Frank Reicher, Al Bridge, Ralph Lewis
When an inventor is murdered, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) and his son, Jimmy (Edwin Luke), put their heads together to solve the mystery.
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Marked Trails 1944  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John P. McCarthy
Cast: Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Veda Ann Borg, Mauritz Hugo, Ralph Lewis, Steve Clark, Charles Stevens, Lynton Brent, Bud Osborne, George Morrell, Ben Corbett
Oil swindlers led by Blanche (Veda Ann Borg) better watch out when veteran heroes Parkford and Bob (Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele) set out to out-con them.
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Mystery Liner 1934 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Ghost of John Holling
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Noah Beery, Astrid Allwyn, Cornelius Keefe, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Edwin Maxwell, Ralph Lewis, Boothe Howard, Zeffie Tilbury, John M. Sullivan, George "Gabby" Hayes, Gordon De Main, George Cleveland
Murder stalks a luxury liner that is secretly testing a device, which will remotely control a ship, and there are plenty of suspects for the investigating detective to sort through. Cheaply made but fun to watch.
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Somewhere in Sonora 1933 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: John Wayne, Henry B. Walthall, Shirley Palmer, J.P. McGowan, Ann Fay, Paul Fix, Frank Rice, Billy Franey, Ralph Lewis, Slim Whitaker, Blackie Whiteford, Jim Corey, Frank Ellis, Glenn Strange, Bud Osborne
John (John Wayne) is accused of tampering with a rival's stagecoach before the stagecoach race. After being jailed, he is sprung by his employer, Bob Leadly (Henry B. Walthall), and ranch hands who are sure that John is innocent. John heads to Sonora, Mexico to clear Leadly's son Bart (Paul Fix) from a charge of murder. Not only does he do that, he also clears his own name.
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Sunset Range 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray McCarey
Cast: Hoot Gibson, Mary Doran, James Eagles, Walter McGrail, John Elliott, Ralph Lewis, Eddie Lee, Kitty McHugh, Martha Sleeper, Fred Gilmore, Horace B. Carpenter, Slim Whitaker
Reasonin' Bates (Hoot Gibson) and his pals ride to the rescue of Bonnie (Mary Doran) after Grant (Walter McGrail) and his henchmen kidnap her to recover stolen money that they had hidden in her luggage.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1917 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Willard Louis, Harry De Vere, Josef Swickard, Herschel Mayall, Charles Clary, Rosita Marstini, Ralph Lewis, William Clifford
In this early film version of Charles Dickens' story of love and death during the era around the French Revolution, William Farnum takes on the roles of aristocrat Charles Darnay and his savior Sydney Carton. Sydney has fallen in love with Lucie Manette (Jewel Carmen), but she marries Charles. Later, after Charles is captured and sentenced to the guillotine, Sydney selflessly plots to take Charles' place and allow him to return to Lucie.
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| 1. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
aka: The Clansman
2. Dillinger (1945)
3. The Flying Serpent (1946)
4. The Jade Mask (1945)
aka: Charlie Chan: The Jade Mask
5. Marked Trails (1944)
6. Mystery Liner (1934)
aka: Ghost of John Holling
7. Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
8. Sunset Range (1935)
9. A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
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