Bulldog Drummond's Revenge 1937  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Adventure
Director: Louis King
Cast: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, Frank Puglia, Nydia Westman, Robert Gleckler, Lucien Littlefield, John Sutton, Miki Morita, Benny Bartlett, Matthew Boulton, Brooks Benedict, Gerald Rogers
With his fiancee Phyllis Claverling (Louise Campbell), his servant Tenny (E.E. Clive), and friend Algy Longworth (Reginald Denny) along for the ride with him, Bulldog Drummond (John Howard) is on the trail of the secret formula for a powerful bomb that has been stolen by Draven Nogais (Frank Puglia). The trail leads to a train headed for Paris. Of course, Scotland Yard's Col. Neilson (John Barrymore) is also on the trail, and adventures ensue.
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The Farmer Takes a Wife 1935   N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda, Charles Bickford, Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Roger Imhof, Jane Withers, Margaret Hamilton, Sig Ruman, John Qualen, Kitty Kelly, Robert Gleckler, Philip Cooper, Dick Foran, George "Gabby" Hayes
In Henry Fonda's film debut, he recreated his stage role of Erie Canal worker Dan Harrow's devoted labor on the Canal in order to save enough money to buy a farm, and, in the process, he falls in love with Molly (Janet Gaynor). 1 User Review
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The Finger Points 1931 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Francis Dillon
Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey, Clark Gable, Robert Elliott, Oscar Apfel, Robert Gleckler, J. Carrol Naish, Frank McClure, James P. Burtis, Mickey Bennett, Martin Cichy, Frank Marlowe, Bob Perry, George Taylor
Breckenridge Lee (Richard Barthelmess) is a journalist who arrives from the South and finds a job with The Press. He learns how to shake down the gangsters and is paid hush money by the Chicago crime syndicate to keep certain stories out of print. But, will he end up going straight?
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The Glass Key 1935  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: George Raft, Claire Dodd, Edward Arnold, Rosalind Keith, Ray Milland, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Robert Gleckler, Tammany Young, Charles C. Wilson, Emma Dunn
Based on Dashiell Hammett's novel about a politician (Edward Arnold) accused of murder, this becomes a riveting story of intrigue when his aide (George Raft) determines to clear the name of his boss and must fight the influential Mob. This story was remade in 1942.
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 Great Guy 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: John G. Blystone
Cast: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Edward Brophy, James Burke, Henry Kolker, Bernadene Hayes, Edward McNamara, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Gleckler, Joe Sawyer, Edward Gargan, Matty Fain, Mary Gordon, Wallis Clark, Douglas Wood
It is the Depression Era, and Johnny Cave (James Cagney) has retired from a career in boxing and has accepted the position of Inspector for the Department of Weights and Measures. He discovers bureaucratic problems within the Bureau and, against the wishes of his girlfriend Janet (Mae Clarke), he crusades against the corruption that he finds in the meat-packing business.
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The Headline Woman 1935 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Woman in the Case
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Heather Angel, Roger Pryor, Jack La Rue, Ford Sterling, Conway Tearle, Franklin Pangborn, Jack Mulhall, Robert Gleckler, Russell Hopton, Ward Bond, Theodore von Eltz, Wade Boteler, Syd Saylor, Morgan Wallace, George "Gabby" Hayes
When star reporter Bob Grayson (Roger Pryor) learns that Myrna (Heather Angel) is going to be charged with murder, he kidnaps her in hopes of being the first one to get the story, and, too late, he realizes that she is his publisher's daughter. But, he falls in love with Myrna, believes in her innocence, and with help from Hugo (Ford Sterling) sets out to find the real killer.
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Now I'll Tell 1934 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin Burke
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, Alice Faye, Robert Gleckler, Shirley Temple, Hobart Cavanaugh, Henry O'Neill, G.P. Huntley, Clarence Wilson, Vince Barnett
Gambler Arnold Rothstein was killed and the case remained unsolved. This is the story of his widow's theory of what really happened.
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The Perfect Clue 1935 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert G. Vignola
Cast: David Manners, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Dorothy Libaire, Betty Blythe, William P. Carleton, Ralf Harolde, Ernie Adams, Robert Gleckler, Frank Darien, Charles C. Wilson, Jack Richardson, Pat O'Malley, Frank LaRue, Lloyd Ingraham
Mona (Dorothy Libaire) is the spoiled daughter who rebels when her wealthy, widowed father Jerome (William P. Carleton) plans to marry Ursula (Betty Blythe). Mona decides to get even by eloping with her boyfriend Ronnie (Richard "Skeets" Gallagher). They are on the train to Niagara Falls when Mona changes her mind, jumps off the train, and hires David (David Manners) to drive her to Albany. David robs and dumps Mona only to return and apologize. But there are even more problems with David than Mona realizes, and a rocky road lies ahead.
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Show Them No Mercy! 1935 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Cesar Romero, Bruce Cabot, Edward Norris, Edward Brophy, Warren Hymer, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Gleckler, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson, Frank Conroy, Edythe Elliott, Orrin Burke, Bud Geary, Edward Keane
Kidnappers–Gimp (Warren Hymer), Buzz (Edward Brophy), Pitch (Bruce Cabot), and Tobey (Cesar Romero)–have made a deal for $200,000 and hide out in an abandoned farmhouse. When a thunderstorm strikes, young couple Joe and Loretta Martin (Edward Norris and Rochelle Hudson) seek refuge with their young daughter in the same farmhouse and are taken captive by the gang. Now, their lives rest in the mercy of their captors–until the law finally comes to the rescue. Remade as a Western, "Rawhide."
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They Made Me a Criminal 1939 N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, May Robson, Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Ward Bond, Gabriel Dell, John Ridgely, Barbara Pepper, Bernard Punsly, Robert Gleckler
Prizefighter Johnnie Bradfield (John Garfield) awakens one morning and reads a newspaper article reporting that he was killed in a car accident after murdering a reporter. Johnnie had spent the previous night in a drunken stupor and, after being conked on the head, has no memories of the events. Johnnie heads out of town and hides out at Grandma Rafferty's (May Robson) ranch where he finds security among the juvenile delinquents working there. Meanwhile, discredited Detective Monty Phelan (Claude Rains) does not believe that Johnnie died in the accident and, hoping to redeem himself, is on his trail.
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Whipsaw 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens, William Harrigan, Clay Clement, Robert Gleckler, Robert Warwick, Georges Renavent, Paul Stanton, Wade Boteler
Ross McBride (Spencer Tracy) investigates jewel thefts and is recognized as a detective by a gang member, Vivian Palmer (Myrna Loy). When Vivian decides to play along and not reveal his identity, she gets more than she bargained for when she falls in love with Ross.
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| 1. Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
2. The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
3. The Finger Points (1931)
4. The Glass Key (1935)
5. Great Guy (1936)
6. The Headline Woman (1935)
aka: The Woman in the Case
7. Now I'll Tell (1934)
8. The Perfect Clue (1935)
9. Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
10. They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
11. Whipsaw (1935)
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