Big Town 1947  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
aka: Underworld After Dark
Director: William C. Thomas
Cast: Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Ann Gillis, Vince Barnett, Joe Sawyer, Robert Kent, Charles Arnt, Joseph Allen, William Haade, Arthur Space, Richard Keene, Sumner Getchell, Benny Bartlett, Marin Sais
When Susan (Ann Gillis), the niece of newspaper publisher Amos Peabody (Charles Arnt), gets in over her head gambling, her uncle is blackmailed by gambling racketeers led by Chuck LaRue (Richard Travis). Crusading newspaper editor-in-chief Steve Wilson (Philip Reed) and police reporter Lorelei Kilbourne (Hillary Brooke) jump on the trail of the mobsters involved.
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Blonde Comet 1941 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Virginia Vale, Robert Kent, Barney Oldfield, Vince Barnett, William Halligan, Joey Ray, Red Knight, Diana Hughes
Veteran racer Barney Oldfield plays himself as a mechanic inventor who hires Jim Flynn (Robert Kent) to test out one of his newly designed carburetors on the racing circuit. At the same time, "The Blonde Comet" Beverly Blake (Virginia Vale) races on the circuit trying to save her father's tire business. When the rival drivers meet, they fall in love, but they also manage to gain success for Beverly's father's tire business and Oldfield's new carburetor as well.
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 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo 1937  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field, Sidney Blackmer, Harold Huber, Kay Linaker, Robert Kent, Edward Raquello, George Lynn, Louis Mercier, George Davis, George Sorel, John Bleifer, Georges Renavent, Eugene Borden
Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) and his son Lee (Keye Luke) are vacationing in Monte Carlo when a million dollars in bonds from the famous Riviera casino are stolen, and the messenger who was carrying them is murdered. Charlie is asked to investigate and uncovers the work of bartender Al Rogers (George Lynn) who is blackmailing Mrs Karnoff (Kay Linaker) whose husband (Sidney Blackmer) is engaged in a bitter feud with Paul Savarin (Edward Raquello). Al turns up dead, but is Mrs. Karnoff really the murderess? Other suspects include Savarin and a woman with things to hide, Evelyn Gray (Virginia Field). This is Oland's last movie.
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Counterfeiters 1948  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: John Sutton, Doris Merrick, Hugh Beaumont, Lon Chaney Jr., George O'Hanlon, Herbert Rawlinson, Pierre Watkin, Robert Kent, Don C. Harvey, Joi Lansing
John Sutton plays a Scotland Yard investigator who establishes himself as an undercover agent and brings an end to the illegal counterfeiting business of a gang of talented criminals.
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The Country Girl 1954  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Seaton
Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden, Anthony Ross, Gene Reynolds, Eddie Ryder, Robert Kent, Frank J. Scannell, Jacqueline Fontaine, "Snub" Pollard, John W. Reynolds, Franklyn Farnum, Jon Provost, Ida Moore, Dan White
Devoted Georgie (Grace Kelly) must deal with her alcoholic husband, Frank (Bing Crosby), whose acting career is fading. Georgie plays the foil to hide her husband's problem with alcohol. Grace Kelly won an Oscar for her role; the film also won an Academy Award for Best Writing and had nominations for Best Picture, Actor (Crosby), Director, Cinematography, and Art Direction/Set Decoration.
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 Dimples 1936 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, Stepin Fetchit, Helen Westley, Robert Kent, Delma Byron, Astrid Allwyn, John Carradine, Paul Stanton, Berton Churchill, Delma Byron, Julius Tannen, Billy McClain, Arthur Aylesworth, Jack Clifford
Sylvia "Dimples" Dolores Appleby (Shirley Temple) gathers the crowd with her dancing in the streets of nineteenth-century New York City while her grandfather Eustace Appleby (Frank Morgan) moves among her admirers picking their pockets. This is the story of Dimples' travels from the street to the stage.
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East Side of Heaven 1939 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer, Irene Hervey, C. Aubrey Smith, Jerome Cowan, Robert Kent, J. Farrell MacDonald, Arthur Hoyt, Brandon Hurst
Taxi driver Denny (Bing Crosby) discovers a baby abandoned on the back seat of his cab, and he determines to care for the infant with the help of fiancee Mary (Joan Blondell) and his best friend, Nicky (Mischa Auer). Crosby croons, of course.
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Gang Bullets 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Crooked Way
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Anne Nagel, Robert Kent, Charles Trowbridge, Morgan Wallace, J. Farrell MacDonald, John T. Murray, Arthur Loft, John Merton, Donald Kerr, Carleton Young, Benny Bartlett
As a last resort to gain enough evidence to put racketeer Big Bill Anderson (Morgan Wallace) in jail, Asst. Dist. Atty. John Carter (Robert Kent) pretends to be crooked and joins the racketeering gang. In the meantime, John's girlfriend Patricia (Anne Nagel), who does not know about the subterfuge, questions her choice in men.
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Love Before Breakfast 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, Cesar Romero, Janet Beecher, Betty Lawford, Richard Carle, Bert Roach, Forrester Harvey, Ed Barton, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Kent, Sammee Tong
Scott Miller (Preston Foster) and Bill Wadsworth (Cesar Romero) are both in love with Kay Colby (Carole Lombard), and, to get rid of Bill in the competition, Scott gives Bill a job running the company's business in Japan. Then, he arranges for the beautiful Contessa Janie Campanella (Betty Lawford) to sail on the same ship that Bill is taking to Japan. Romance blooms, but when Kay finds out about Scott's manipulation, she breaks off their relationship. Later, she accepts that his actions were performed in the name of true love, and Kay and Scott marry.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent, J. Edward Bromberg, Chick Chandler, George Regas, Frederick Vogeding, Al Kikume, James B. Leong, H.W. Gim, Gloria Roy, Victor Sen Yung
Mr. Moto is back in action while on an archeological expedition in the Indochina jungles. He saves a young aviatrix who is on a secret mission, quells a revolution, and uncovers a munitions site. A busy fellow.
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The Phantom Creeps 1939 N/R, 265 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Robert Kent, Dorothy Arnold, Roy Barcroft, Edwin Stanley, Regis Toomey, Jack C. Smith, Edward Van Sloan, Anthony Averill, Eddie Acuff
This 12-episode serial concerns mad scientist Dr. Zorba (Bela Lugosi) who intends to terrorize the world with his inventions, one of which is invisibility obtained by using a special belt. A government agent (Robert Kent) and a reporter (Dorothy Arnold) are hot on his trail but don't seem to be gaining ground. A feature-length version was also produced.
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lionel Atwill, Helen Gilbert, Nat Pendleton, Laraine Day, Sara Haden, Samuel S. Hinds, Emma Dunn, Walter Kingsford, Grant Mitchell, Alma Kruger, Robert Kent, Marie Blake, Martha O'Driscoll
Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) has his hands full in this, the third, episode in the series. Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) collapses from overwork (and cancer, which is cured), and Kildare comes to the rescue. At the same time, with guidance from Gillespie, he cures Nancy Messenger (Helen Gilbert) who suffers from hysterical blindness.
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 Shoot to Kill 1947 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Berke
Cast: Russell Wade, Luana Walters, Edmund MacDonald, Robert Kent, Vince Barnett, Nestor Paiva, Charles Trowbridge, Harry Brown, Harry Cheshire, John Elliott, Ted Hecht, Gene Rodgers, Frank O'Connor, Eddie Foster, Joe Devlin
Crooked Assistant District Attorney Lawrence Dale (Edmund MacDonald) frames gangster Dixie Logan (Robert Kent) who wants in on the action. Dixie's wife, Marian (Luana Walters), and reporter George Mitchell (Russell Wade) expose Lawrence's evil ways. Told in flashback by Marian.
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Sunset in Wyoming 1941 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Morgan
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Maris Wrixon, George Cleveland, Sarah Edwards, Monte Blue, Robert Kent, Dick Elliott, John Dilson, Stanley Blystone, Frank O'Connor, Nora Lane, Mary MacLaren, Lloyd Whitlock, Bob Woodward
Gene Autry just can't accept the stripping of all the timber from the land, which can result in flooding, and he steps in to solve the problem.
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| 1. Big Town (1947)
aka: Underworld After Dark
2. Blonde Comet (1941)
3. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
4. Counterfeiters (1948)
5. The Country Girl (1954)
6. Dimples (1936)
7. East Side of Heaven (1939)
8. Gang Bullets (1938)
aka: The Crooked Way
9. Love Before Breakfast (1936)
10. Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)
11. The Phantom Creeps (1939)
12. The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
13. Shoot to Kill (1947)
14. Sunset in Wyoming (1941)
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