Check and Double Check 1930  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Amos 'N' Andy
Director: Melville W. Brown
Cast: Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll, Sue Carol, Irene Rich, Ralf Harolde, Charles Morton, Edward Martindel, Rita La Roy, Russ Powell, Roscoe Ates, Duke Ellingon, Robert Homans
In this, their only film appearance, the White comedians of radio fame, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, bring their Black characters of Amos 'n' Andy to the screen. Although their radio show had been a hit, seeing them in blackface was a different matter. Years later, the characters were brought to TV and were readily accepted when Black men took on the roles of Amos 'n' Andy.
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Hold That Woman! 1940 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: James Dunn, Frances Gifford, George Douglas, Martin Spellman, Rita La Roy, Eddie Fetherston, Guy Usher, Paul Bryar, Edwin Miller, Jack Roper, Dave O'Brien, William Newell
Repossessor Jimmy Parker's (James Dunn) current task is to repossess a radio for nonpayment. After accomplishing his mission, he is pursued by gangsters who want the stolen jewels hidden in the radio. After the obligatory escapades, he brings about the capture of the bad guys.
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A Holy Terror 1931  N/R, 52 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: George O'Brien, Sally Eilers, Rita La Roy, Humphrey Bogart, James Kirkwood, Stanley Fields, Robert Warwick, Richard Tucker, Earl Pingree
Wealthy easterner (George O'Brien) heads west in his plane after finding out that a rancher may hold to key to his father's murder. After crashing his plane and having a romantic interlude, he confronts the rancher only to find out that the rancher is his real father. A weak early Bogart film, with Humphrey having a relatively small role as the rancher's foreman.
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Hot Saturday 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, Randolph Scott, Edward Woods, Lilian Bond, William Collier Sr., Jane Darwell, Rita La Roy, Oscar Apfel, Marjorie Main, Stanley Smith, Rose Coghlan, Jessie Arnold, Grady Sutton, Nora Cecil
Socialite Ruth Brock (Nancy Carroll) is engaged to Bill Fadden (Randolph Scott), but after an argument with him she takes revenge by having an innocent fling with playboy Romer (Cary Grant). Gossip abounds, and her fiance threatens to call off the wedding. Romer tells the real story and wins Ruth as a result.
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The Mandarin Mystery 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ralph Staub
Cast: Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, Rita La Roy, Wade Boteler, Franklin Pangborn, George Irving, Kay Hughes, William Newell, George Walcott, Edwin Stanley, Edgar Allen, Bert Roach
The popular hero of mystery novels, Ellery Queen, is brought to the screen with Eddie Quillan in the role of the sleuth. He sets out to recover a valuable Mandarin stamp that has been stolen and to solve murders that occurred during the heist. Even though Quillan had the same initials as Ellery Queen, he just didn't seem to fit the role–especially when the film was played more for laughs than for the mystery. No further Ellery Queen films were made until four years later.
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The Secret Witness 1931 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
aka: Terror by Night
Director: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Una Merkel, William Collier Jr., Zasu Pitts, Purnell Pratt, Clyde Cook, Ralf Harolde, June Clyde, Rita La Roy, Paul Hurst, Nat Pendleton, Clarence Muse, Hooper Atchley, Billy Bletcher, Mike Donlin, Henry Hall
Wealthy philanderer Herbert Folsom (Hooper Atchley) is found dead from a bullet wound, and there are several suspects who include his wife (Rita La Roy) and the brother of his latest mistress–who committed suicide when Herbert had refused to dump his wife. Ditzy neighbor Lois Martin (Una Merkel) helps in identifying the culprit.
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Sin Takes a Holiday 1930  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul L. Stein
Cast: Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, Basil Rathbone, Zasu Pitts, Rita La Roy, Louis John Bartels, John Roche, Kendall Lee, Muriel Finley, Judith Wood
After agreeing to a marriage of convenience, a young woman (Constance Bennett) is taught some lessons about the value of being true to oneself and must make some real decisions.
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Sinners in the Sun 1932 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Carole Lombard, Adrienne Ames, Chester Morris, Cary Grant, Walter Byron, Alison Skipworth, Rita La Roy, Ida Lewis, Reginald Barlow, Zita Moulton
When choosing between "money" and "love," a young woman learns that "love" is the best choice.
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Yellow Ticket 1931  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Elissa Landi, Laurence Olivier, Lionel Barrymore, Walter Byron, Sarah Padden, Mischa Auer, Boris Karloff, Rita La Roy, Edwin Maxwell, Frederick Burt
Russian society before the Revolution is the setting for this film about a young Jewish woman (Elissa Landi) who is forced into prostitution. She meets and falls in love with a British newsman (Laurence Olivier), and the two endanger themselves as they work for justice.
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| 1. Check and Double Check (1930)
aka: Amos 'N' Andy
2. Hold That Woman! (1940)
3. A Holy Terror (1931)
4. Hot Saturday (1932)
5. The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
6. The Secret Witness (1931)
aka: Terror by Night
7. Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
8. Sinners in the Sun (1932)
9. Yellow Ticket (1931)
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