Babies for Sale 1940  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Miles Mander, Joe De Stefani, Selmer Jackson, Georgia Caine, John Qualen, Mary Currier, Isabel Jewell, Eva Hyde
When babies are exploited by criminals who sell them to hopeful, would-be parents, reporter Steve Burton (Glenn Ford) tries to get the goods on the racketeers.
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Convicted Woman 1940  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Lola Lane, Glenn Ford, Iris Meredith, Lorna Gray, Esther Dale, William Farnum, Mary Field
Tough-luck Betty (Rochelle Hudson) ends up in a women's prison and must contend with hardened inmates. Lawyer Mary Ellis (Frieda Inescort) takes an interest in her situation.
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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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Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors 1967  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Gallery of Horror
Blood Suckers
Return from the Past
Director: David L. Hewitt
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Rochelle Hudson, Ron Brogan, Mitch Evans, Roger Gentry, Karen Joy, Ron Doyle, Margaret Moore, Vic McGee
John Carradine narrates this weak anthology of five horror/comedy stories. It is simply a waste of both the actors' and viewers' time.
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Imitation of Life 1934  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Ned Sparks, Louise Beavers, Rochelle Hudson, Fredi Washington, Alan Hale, Clarence Wilson, Henry Armetta, Henry Kolker, Paul Porcasi, Wyndham Standing, Franklin Pangborn, Dennis O'Keefe, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
This is the film adaptation of the Fannie Hurst novel about mothers Bea Pullman and Delilah Johnson (Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers) and daughters Jessie (Rochelle Hudson as 18-year-old Jessie) and Peola (Fredi Washington as 16-year-old Peola) whose relationships become difficult. Bea and Delilah open a pancake restaurant that proves to be very successful. But, despite success in their professional lives, problems rise to the fore with their daughters. Jessie falls in love with her mother's boyfriend (Warren William). Meanwhile, light-skinned Peola decides to pass herself off as White and breaks Delilah's heart. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Judge Priest 1934 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall, Stepin Fetchit, Hattie McDaniel, Rochelle Hudson, David Landau, Berton Churchill, Charley Grapewin
This film adaptation of Irvin S. Cobb's short stories features Will Rogers as the down-home Judge Priest who rules wisely over both his courtroom and his family affairs. Another good John Ford movie.
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 Les Miserables 1935 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Florence Eldridge, Rochelle Hudson, Marilyn Knowlden, Frances Drake, Jessie Ralph, John Carradine, Ferdinand Gottschalk
This excellent movie deals with a starving man, Jean Valjean (Fredric March), who steals a loaf of bread and is tormented ever after. There are several versions, both before and after this one. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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Meet Boston Blackie 1941  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane, Charles Wagenheim, Constance Worth, Jack O'Malley, George Magrill, Michael Rand, Walter Sande, Eddie Laughton, John Tyrrell, Byron Foulger, Lee Shumway
In this "Boston Blackie" episode, Chester Morris debuts in the role of ex-con Boston Blackie. This time around, Blackie again teams up with his sidekick The Runt (Charles Wagenheim) to prove his innocence after being accused of murder while returning from an ocean cruise. Blackie and The Runt track down a gang of spies working out of Coney Island, and, with help from Cecelia Bradley (Rochelle Hudson), who insists on joining them, they crack the case.
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Men Without Souls 1940 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: John Litel, Barton MacLane, Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford, Don Beddoe, Cy Kendall, Dick Curtis, Richard Fiske, Eddie Laughton, Walter Soderling
Johnny Adams (Glenn Ford) commits a crime so he can get into prison and exact revenge on the brutal guard who killed his father.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent, J. Edward Bromberg, Chick Chandler, George Regas, Frederick Vogeding, Al Kikume, James B. Leong
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 Night Walker 1964 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle
Cast: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Judi Meredith, Hayden Rorke, Rochelle Hudson, Lloyd Bochner, Marjorie Bennett, Jess Barker, Tetsu Komai
Widow Irene Trent (Barbara Stanwyck) suffers from nightmares about her dead husband, and she begins to confuse her dreams with reality.
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Poppy 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Granville Bates, Catharine Doucet, Lynne Overman, Maude Eburne, Bill Wolfe, Adrian Morris, Rosalind Keith, Wade Boteler, Ralph Remley, Frank Sully, Dewey Robinson, Dell Henderson
Poppy (Rochelle Hudson), the daughter of carnival con-man Professor McGargle (W.C. Fields), falls in love with Mayor Farnsworth's (Granville Bates) son Billy (Richard Cromwell). Meanwhile, McGargle is wooing "Countess" Maggie Tubbs De Puizzi (Catharine Doucet) who is a phony claimant to the valuable Putnam estate. McGargle plots with Attorney E.G. Whiffen (Lynne Overman) to pass Poppy off as the real heir. By story's end, it is learned that Poppy was adopted by McGargle and, in fact, really is the heir to the Putnam estate. Now, Poppy plans to marry Billy and live happily ever after.
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 Rebel Without a Cause 1955  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Nick Adams, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Virginia Brissac, Marietta Canty, Jack Grinnage, Ian Wolfe, Edward Platt
A new kid in town, troubled teenager Jim (James Dean), cannot reconcile himself to his parents' middle-class lifestyle and is befriended by two high-school classmates Judy and Plato (Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo). However, as the friendship develops, and they get involved in a "chicken" race of cars speeding toward a cliff, tragedy ensues. Mineo and Wood received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress.
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She Done Him Wrong 1933 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Noah Beery, Rafaela Ottiano, Gilbert Roland, Fuzzy Knight, Owen Moore, David Landau, Dewey Robinson, Rochelle Hudson, Tammany Young, Grace La Rue, Robert Homans, Louise Beavers
Lady Lou (Mae West) is a New York City saloonkeeper in this "Gay Nineties" story. Lou tries to seduce Captain Cummings (Cary Grant) who is really an undercover police detective investigating her activities. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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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
Kidnappers hold a young couple captive and their very 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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Strait-Jacket 1964 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle
Cast: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John, John Anthony Hayes, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Edith Atwater, Howard Hoffman, Mitchell Cox
Twenty years after she went to prison for murder, Lucy Harbin (Joan Crawford) is released and reunited with her daughter, Carol (Diane Baker)–then more murders begin to take place.
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Way Down East 1935 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Henry King
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Henry Fonda, Slim Summerville, Edward Trevor, Russell Simpson, Spring Byington, Margaret Hamilton, Andy Devine, Sara Haden, Astrid Allwyn, Clem Bevans, William "Billy" Benedict, Al Lydell, Harry C. Bradley, Phil La Toska
A Maine farm girl, Anna (Rochelle Hudson), is the object of gossip because she has given birth to an illegitimate child. David Bartlett (Henry Fonda) loves Anna and bridges the gap between Anna and the town.
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Wild Boys of the Road 1933 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Frankie Darro, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson, Ann Hovey, Grant Mitchell, Sterling Holloway, Charley Grapewin, Ward Bond, Arthur Hohl, Minna Gombell, Claire McDowell, Robert Barrat, Willard Robertson, Wade Boteler
California teenagers Eddie Smith (Frankie Darro) and Tommy Gordon (Edwin Phillips) find their families suffering during the early Depression era and run away to find work. They hop a train and meet others on their trip east, including Sally (Dorothy Coonan Wellman) and Grace (Rochelle Hudson). The mobile group of teens turns into outlaws, and they become involved with other teens, just like themselves, in a quest for survival during desperate times.
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| 1. Babies for Sale (1940)
2. Convicted Woman (1940)
3. Curly Top (1935)
4. Devil's Cargo (1948)
5. Doctor Bull (1933)
aka: Dr. Bull
6. Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors (1967)
aka: Gallery of Horror
aka: Blood Suckers
aka: Return from the Past
7. Imitation of Life (1934)
8. Judge Priest (1934)
9. Les Miserables (1935)
10. Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
11. Men Without Souls (1940)
12. Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)
13. The Night Walker (1964)
14. Poppy (1936)
15. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
16. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
17. Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
18. Strait-Jacket (1964)
19. Way Down East (1935)
20. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
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