Condemned to Live 1935  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Ralph Morgan, Maxine Doyle, Russell Gleason, Pedro de Cordoba, Mischa Auer, Lucy Beaumont, Carl Stockdale, Edward Cecil, Barbara Bedford, Robert Frazer, Paul Weigel
Kindly, town doctor Paul Kriston (Ralph Morgan) is well liked by the townsfolk for his generosity. When a series of murders occur that appear to be caused by a vampire, the doctor attempts to find out the cause. But his assistant, Zan (Mischa Auer), knows the truth: it is the doctor who is the vampire.
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. 1941  N/R, 263 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery
Director: John English, William Witney
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Michael Owen, Jan Wiley, John Davidson, Ralph Morgan, Robert Frazer, Howard C. Hickman, Nora Lane, Jack Mulhall, David Sharpe, Kenneth Harlan, John Dilson, Robert Fiske, Hooper Atchley, Anthony Warde
In this last in a series of serials, Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is on the trail of "Ghost," who has the ability to become invisible. He is going too far in destroying members of a group of influential citizens trying to get rid of crime in the city. (15 episodes)
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Doctor Bull 1933  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
aka: Dr. Bull
Director: John Ford
Cast: Will Rogers, Vera Allen, Marian Nixon, Howard Lally, Louise Dresser, Andy Devine, Berton Churchill, Rochelle Hudson, Elizabeth Patterson, Ralph Morgan
Dr. Bull (Will Rogers) is a small-town physician who dispenses wisdom along with his prescriptions. However, when he falls in love with widow Janet Cardmaker (Vera Allen), gossip abounds among the town's residents.
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Enemy of Women 1944  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Mad Lover
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Cast: Claudia Drake, Wolfgang Zilzer, Donald Woods, H.B. Warner, Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Morgan, Gloria Stuart, Robert Barrat, Beryl Wallace, Byron Foulger, Lester Dorr, Crane Whitley
Presumably based on Hitler's propaganda chief, Dr. Goebbels (Wolfgang Zilzer), this wartime propaganda film follows Goebbels from his beginnings as a young playwright and his later womanizing. He had fallen in love with Maria (Claudia Drake) when acting as a tutor and later helped, unknown to her, with her acting career.
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Exclusive 1937 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Charles Ruggles, Lloyd Nolan, Fay Holden, Ralph Morgan, Horace McMahon, Irving Bacon, Harlan Briggs, Willard Robertson
Vina Swain (Frances Farmer) tries to out-scoop her father (Charles Ruggles) and boyfriend Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray) who work at her rival newspaper.
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Heart of the Rockies 1951 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Ralph Morgan, Fred Graham, Jack Ingram, Robert "Buzz" Henry, William Gould, Pepe Hern, Rand Brooks
A powerful–and shady–land baron wants no part of a new highway that is being built. He sends out his gang to stop the work, which brings Roy Rogers to the rescue. Between songs, Roy also has time to rehabilitate street urchins.
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Hollywood and Vine 1945 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexis Thurn-Taxis
Cast: James Ellison, Wanda McKay, June Clyde, Ralph Morgan, Franklin Pangborn, Leon Belasco, Emmett Lynn, Vera Lewis, Robert Greig, Charles Williams, Ray Whitley, Dewey Robinson
This amusing parody on the film industry is set in a drugstore at Hollywood and Vine where screenwriter Larry Winters (James Ellison) has come to research his next story.
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Jack London 1943  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Adventures of Jack London
The Life of Jack London
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen, Harry Davenport, Frank Craven, Virginia Mayo, Ralph Morgan, Louise Beavers, Jonathan Hale, Leonard Strong
Fiction reigns in this loosely based biography of American author Jack London. This is a disappointing film that wastes potential talent.
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The Kennel Murder Case 1933  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson, Jack La Rue, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Barrat, Henry O'Neill, Frank Conroy
In this classic Philo Vance (William Powell) mystery, detective Vance investigates a murder at the Kennel Club that was made to look like a suicide.
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The Last Round-Up 1947 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Gene Autry, Jean Heather, Ralph Morgan, Carol Thurston, Iron Eyes Cody, Jay Silverheels, Mark Daniels, Robert Blake, Russ Vincent, Trevor Bardette
Gene Autry's nasty job is to get the Indians relocated from a barren stretch of land, which is to be used for a new aqueduct. Needless to say, the Indians don't take too well to another relocation. Several songs break the tension, including "Comin' Round the Mountain."
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Little Men 1934 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Ralph Morgan, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Junior Durkin, Cora Sue Collins, Phyllis Cerf, Frankie Darro, Dickie Moore, Richard Quine, Tommy Bupp, Tad Alexander, David Durand, Buster Phelps, Ronnie Cosby, Dickie Jones, Bobby Cox
Louisa May Alcott's story is adapted to the screen as a follow-on to "Little Women," and it's pretty "soapy." Jo March (Erin O'Brien-Moore) and Professor Bhaer (Ralph Morgan)–from "Little Women"–are now married. They start a school for homeless boys in hopes of providing a path for the boys' success.
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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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The Mad Doctor 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, John Howard, Barbara Jo Allen, Kitty Kelly, Ralph Morgan, Martin Kosleck, Hugh O'Connell, Hugh Sothern, George Chandler
Doctor George Sebastian (Basil Rathbone) marries women for their money, but he is finally tripped up by a newsman, Gil Sawyer (John Howard), when he plans to marry his next victim (Vera Vague).
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Magnificent Obsession 1935  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Charles Butterworth, Betty Furness, Sara Haden, Ralph Morgan, Henry Armetta, Arthur Hoyt, Arthur Treacher, Lucien Littlefield, Gilbert Emery, Beryl Mercer, Theodore von Eltz, Sidney Bracey, Cora Sue Collins
After being involved in an accident that causes the death of Helen Hudson's (Irene Dunne) husband, alcoholic playboy Bobby Merrick (Robert Taylor) apologizes only to watch Helen turn away and walk into traffic. She is hit by a car and blinded. Now Bobby reforms, becomes an eye surgeon, finds Helen, restores her eyesight, and finds true love with her.
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Mannequin 1937 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan, Leo Gorcey, Elisabeth Risdon, Mary Philips, Bert Roach, George Chandler, Paul Fix, Oscar O'Shea, Wade Boteler, James Flavin, Mary Gordon, Frank Puglia
A poor working girl, Jessie Cassidy (Joan Crawford), uses wealthy shipping tycoon John L. Hennessey (Spencer Tracy) to attain her dreamed-of destiny. "Always and Always" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song.
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The Monster Maker 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Tala Birell, Wanda McKay, Terry Frost, Glenn Strange, Alex Pollard, Sam Flint
Mad Dr. Igor Markoff (J. Carrol Naish) conducts his acromegaly (a disease that enlarges the body's bones) experiments on humans, turning them into grotesque-looking creatures. He falls in love with pianist Anthony Lawrence's (Ralph Morgan) daughter, Patricia (Wanda McKay), but she will have nothing to do with him. So, of course, he injects Anthony with his acromegaly-inducing drug thinking that, when he cures Anthony, Patricia will love him, AND he may be able to extort money from the victim. But, alas, life isn't that simple.
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Night Monster 1942 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Ford Beebe
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan, Don Porter, Nils Asther, Fay Helm, Frank Reicher, Doris Lloyd, Francis Pierlot, Janet Shaw, Eddy Waller, Robert Homans, Cyril Delevarti
As the result of an operation, Kurt Ingston (Ralph Morgan) has been left crippled, and his legs have been amputated. Now, one by one, his doctors are becoming murder victims when they visit Kurt at his country estate. A psychologist, Dr. Lynn Harper (Irene Hervey), investigates the sanity of Kurt's daughter Margaret (Fay Helm), and Dick Baldwin (Don Porter) investigates the killings. Will Dick be able to solve the murders before Lynn becomes the next victim?
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Out West with the Hardys 1938 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Don Castle, Virginia Weidler, Gordon Jones, Ralph Morgan, Nana Bryant, Tom Neal
Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), with family (Fay Holden, Celia Parker, and Mickey Rooney) in tow, heads to an Arizona ranch to help Dora Northcote (Nana Bryant) with her legal problems. Once there, family members manage to find their own set of problems with which to deal.
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The Outer Gate 1937 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Behind Prison Bars
Director: Raymond Cannon
Cast: Ralph Morgan, Kay Linaker, Ben Alexander, Eddie Acuff, Charles Brokaw
Bookkeeper Bob Terry (Ben Alexander) is in love with his boss John Borden's (Ralph Morgan) daughter Lois (Kay Linaker), and John disapproves of the relationship. Later, bonds are missing from the office, and John accuses Bob who is sent to prison. After the real thief is caught, Bob is released from jail, and vows to get revenge against his former employer.
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The Power and the Glory 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson, Phillip Trent, Henry Kolker, Sarah Padden, J. Farrell MacDonald, Robert Warwick
This is a great character study of Tom Garner's (Spencer Tracy) rise to the top of his profession only to find that his wife was unfaithful, and his life had no meaning.
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Shadows Over Shanghai 1938 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: James Dunn, Ralph Morgan, Lynda Grey, Robert Barrat, Paul Sutton, Edward Woods, Edwin Mordant, Chester Gan, Victor(2) Wong, Edward Keane, Billy Bevan, William Haade
American newspaperman Johnny McGinty (James Dunn) falls in love with a Russian teacher, Irene (Lynda Grey), who works at a mission in Shanghai. After Irene's brother (Edward Woods) gives her a valuable amulet that she must take from Shanghai to San Francisco and ensure that it does not get into the wrong hands, Johnny marries Irene hoping to aid in the effort to get the amulet out of the country. They board a ship for the voyage, but they are not alone; those who want the amulet are hot on its trail.
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 Speed 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: James Stewart, Wendy Barrie, Una Merkel, Weldon Heyburn, Ralph Morgan, Patricia Wilder, Robert Livingston, Ted Healy, Walter Kingsford, Charles Trowbridge, William Tannen, Claudelle Kaye, George Chandler, Jack Clifford, Don Brodie
Terry Martin (James Stewart) and his crew at an auto plant have invented a new carburetor that they want to use in the upcoming Indianapolis 500 race. The plant owner's daughter Jane (Wendy Barrie) suggests that Terry let her engineer friend Frank (Weldon Heyburn) help in perfecting the carburetor. Frank steps in, but problems arise between Terry and Frank because they both are falling for Jane. When the carburetor is tested, it turns out to be a disaster, and the car crashes nearly killing the driver, Gadget (Ted Healy) and Terry. Frank saves them, and, together, they work to perfect the carburetor. They succeed and enter the car in the big race where the new carburetor earns the respect of all, and Terry ends up with Jane.
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Stand Up and Cheer! 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, James Dunn, Sylvia Froos, Shirley Temple, Ralph Morgan, John Boles, Nigel Bruce, Stepin Fetchit, Dick Foran
To help bring the country out of the Great Depression, a new Cabinet post–Secretary of Amusements–is designed. It has little impact until young Shirley Dugan (Shirley Temple) shows up. Temple sings "Baby Take a Bow."
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Strange Interlude 1932 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Alexander Kirkland, Ralph Morgan, Robert Young, May Robson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden, Tad Alexander
Based on Eugene O'Neil's play, this story is about 70 years in the life of Nina Leeds (Norma Shearer) who marries Sam (Alexander Kirkland) but has a son fathered by Ned (Clark Gable).
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Way Down South 1939 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Bobby Breen, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan, Clarence Muse, Steffi Duna, Sally Blane, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Middleton, Robert Greig, Jack Carr, Marguerite Whitten, Lillian Yarbo
Set in New Orleans during the 1850s, this story involves the efforts of a young orphan, Tim Reed (Bobby Breen), to save his family's plantation and prevent the slaves from being sold by the executor of the estate, Martin Dill (Edwin Maxwell).
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Weird Woman 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Morgan, Elisabeth Risdon, Lois Collier, Elizabeth Russell, Harry Hayden, Phil Brown, Jackie Lou Harding
In this "Inner Sanctum" mystery, Professor Norman Reed (Lon Chaney Jr.) runs into major problems with his jealous former love when he brings home his new bride (Anne Gwynne).
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Wells Fargo 1937 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee, Lloyd Nolan, Henry O'Neill, Mary Nash, Ralph Morgan, Johnny Mack Brown, Porter Hall, Robert Cummings, Jack Clark, Clarence Kolb
As the expansion of the country accelerated in the West in the mid-1800s, the need for better communications and flow of goods was evident, and the Wells Fargo company grew to meet those needs. This saga of these times, was presented in periodic episodes. The film was originally 115 minutes long, but most current prints are edited versions.
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Wives Under Suspicion 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Whale
Cast: Warren William, Gail Patrick, Constance Moore, Ralph Morgan, William Lundigan, Cecil Cunningham, Samuel S. Hinds, Jonathan Hale, Lillian Yarbo, Milburn Stone, J. Anthony Hughes, James Flavin, Minerva Urecal, Edwin Stanley
District Attorney Jim Stowell (Warren William) has earned his reputation as a ruthless man who believes that execution should be the only sentence for first-degree murderers. While prosecuting Professor Shaw McAllen (Ralph Morgan) who is accused of murdering his wife, Stowell realizes that events in his own married life with his wife Lucy (Gail Patrick) closely parallel those of McAllen and his murdered wife. Compassion takes over as Stowell reflects on the circumstances and reasons that the death penalty may not always be the correct sentence.
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Yellowstone 1936 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Henry Hunter, Judith Barrett, Ralph Morgan, Alan Hale, Andy Devine, Monroe Owsley, Michael Loring, Paul Fix, Rollo Harvey, Raymond Hatton, House Peters Jr., Mary Gordon, Claud Allister, Diana Gibson
Yellowstone National Park ranger Dick Sherwood (Henry Hunter) falls in love with Ruth Foster (Judith Barrett) while she is visiting from Chicago. Judith's father James (Ralph Morgan) was involved in a robbery many years earlier, and the $90,000 of stolen money is hidden in a cave at Yellowstone. The gang of robbers–including James–is released from prison and comes searching for the money. James is murdered–his body spurts out of a geyser! Ranger Dick is suspected as the murderer and begins his own investigation, but it is his pal, Pay Day (Andy Devine), who gets to the bottom of what is really happening.
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| 1. Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
2. Condemned to Live (1935)
3. Crack-Up (1936)
4. Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941)
5. Doctor Bull (1933)
aka: Dr. Bull
6. Enemy of Women (1944)
aka: The Mad Lover
7. Exclusive (1937)
8. Heart of the Rockies (1951)
9. Hollywood and Vine (1945)
10. Jack London (1943)
aka: The Adventures of Jack London
aka: The Life of Jack London
11. The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
12. The Last Round-Up (1947)
13. Little Men (1934)
14. The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
15. The Mad Doctor (1941)
16. Magnificent Obsession (1935)
17. Mannequin (1937)
18. The Monster Maker (1944)
19. Night Monster (1942)
20. Out West with the Hardys (1938)
21. The Outer Gate (1937)
aka: Behind Prison Bars
22. The Power and the Glory (1933)
23. Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
24. Speed (1936)
25. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
26. Strange Interlude (1932)
27. Way Down South (1939)
28. Weird Woman (1944)
29. Wells Fargo (1937)
30. Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
31. Yellowstone (1936)
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