Christmas in July 1940  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn, Alexander Carr, William Demarest, Ernest Truex, Franklin Pangborn, Harry Hayden, Rod Cameron, Harry Rosenthal, Adrian Morris, Georgia Caine, Julius Tannen, Torben Meyer, Ferike Boros
Believing he has won $10,000 in a slogan contest, a young clerk, Jimmy MacDonald (Dick Powell), tears off on a spending spree and proposes to his girlfriend, Betty Casey (Ellen Drew). When he finds out that the prize is not really his, Jimmy is faced with the consequences of his rash actions.
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Evel Knievel 1971  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: George Hamilton, Sue Lyon, Bert Freed, Rod Cameron, Dub Taylor, Ron Masak, Hal Baylor, Mary Peters, Sylvia Hayes, Betty Bronson
Filmed in Butte, Montana, hometown of the jump-crazy motorcyclist Evel Knievel (George Hamilton), this is his biography told in flashbacks as Evel prepares for a big jump.
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The Fleet's In 1942  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Cass Daley, Leif Erickson, Rod Cameron, Gil Lamb, Jack Norton, Barbara Britton, Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, Hal K. Dawson, George M. Carleton
A shy sailor, Casey Kirby (William Holden), gets the reputation of being a ladies' man after being kissed backstage as a publicity stunt. Casey's buddy, Barney Waters (Eddie Bracken), reports the story to the sailors on his ship, and they make bets that Casey will get The Countess of Swingland (Dorothy Lamour) to kiss him in public. Meanwhile, The Countess does become attracted to Casey, and her best friend Bessie Dale (Betty Hutton) sets her sights on Barney. The story was remade by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as "Sailor Beware."
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The Forest Rangers 1942  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Action
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard, Susan Hayward, Albert Dekker, Lynne Overman, Eugene Pallette, Regis Toomey, Rod Cameron, Clem Bevans, James Brown
"I've Got Spurs That Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" was introduced in this film about logging company manager Tana Mason (Susan Hayward) competing for the attentions of forest ranger Don Stuart (Fred MacMurray), even though he has a new bride, Celia (Paulette Goddard).
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G-men vs. the Black Dragon 1943  N/R, 244 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet, William Witney
Cast: Rod Cameron, Roland Got, Constance Worth, Nino Pipitone, Noel Cravat, George J. Lewis, C. Montague Shaw, Robert Homans, Hooper Atchley, Tom Seidel, Ken Terrell, Norman Nesbitt, Harry Burns
Set in World War II, this Serial is a good example of the episode-ending cliff hangers that brought patrons back to the theaters. A Japanese Society, the Black Dragon, led by brutal Oyama Haruchi (Nino Pipitone), is set on sabotaging the U.S. war efforts. But Special Agent Rex Bennett (Rod Cameron) and his team members British Secret Service Agent Vivian Marsh (Constance Worth) and Chinese Agent Chang Sing (Roland Got) thwart the Japanese plans in each episode. Plenty of action.
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Gung Ho! 1943 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Randolph Scott, Grace McDonald, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery Jr., J. Carrol Naish, Robert Mitchum, Rod Cameron, Milburn Stone, David Bruce, Peter Coe
This World War II propaganda film about the training of U.S. Marines is useful when examining tactics used to influence public opinion, but it fails as an exciting war film.
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The Last Movie 1971  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Chinchero
Director: Dennis Hopper
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Stella Garcia, Samuel Fuller, Sylvia Miles, Julie Adams, Rod Cameron, Peter Fonda, Roy Engel, Kris Kristofferson, John Phillip Law
This movie lacks the finesse to deliver its message about moviemaking's effect on the location site of a Peruvian village. Kristofferson's debut.
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Mrs. Parkington 1944 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Frances Rafferty, Agnes Moorehead, Selena Royle, Gladys Cooper, Lee Patrick, Rod Cameron, Hans Conried
MGM teamed up that "perfect" couple, Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, in this family saga of a wealthy New York family: the Parkingtons. Garson received her fifth Academy Award nomination for her role of a hotel maid who marries an oil man and takes her place in the elite New York society.
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No Time for Love 1943  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ilka Chase, Richard Haydn, Paul McGrath, June Havoc, Rhys Williams, Bill Goodwin, Marjorie Gateson, Morton Lowry, Frank Moran, Rod Cameron, George Dolenz, Rhys Williams, Ben Taggart
A famous photographer, Katherine Grant (Claudette Colbert), while photographing a tunnel being constructed under the Hudson River, takes pictures of sandhog Jim Ryan (Fred MacMurray) who is working on the tunnel project. A fight breaks out, and Jim wins. Katherine has taken pictures of the fight, and the pictures appear in a magazine. As a result, Jim is fired. Because she feels responsible, Katherine hires Jim as her assistant, which leads to romance despite great differences in their personalities.
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 North West Mounted Police 1940 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, George Bancroft, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr., Regis Toomey, Richard Denning, Rod Cameron
Dusty Rivers (Gary Cooper) is a Texas Ranger who ends up working with the Canadian Mounties when he heads into their territory while on the trail of his man.
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Oh! Susanna 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Rod Cameron, Lorna Gray, Forrest Tucker, Chill Wills, William Ching, Jim Davis, Wally Cassell, Jimmy Lydon, Douglas Kennedy, William Haade
Cavalry officer Captain Calhoun's (Rod Cameron) charter to protect the Indians and their land from prospectors is made even more difficult due to his boss (Forrest Tucker) who is an Indian hater.
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The Remarkable Andrew 1942 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: William Holden, Ellen Drew, Brian Donlevy, Rod Cameron, Porter Hall, Montagu Love, Jimmy Conlin, Richard Webb, Frances Gifford, Nydia Westman
Andrew Jackson's ghost (Brian Donlevy) helps Andrew Long (William Holden) achieve justice when he is framed on a charge of embezzlement.
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San Antone 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Forrest Tucker, Katy Jurado, Bob Steele, Harry Carey Jr., Rodolfo Acosta, Roy Roberts, George Cleveland, Richard Hale
This film is set during the years immediately following the Civil War and is about Confederate bully (Forrest Tucker) who victimizes those who also want to live in Texas.
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Stampede 1949 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Rod Cameron, Gale Storm, Johnny Mack Brown, Don Castle, Donald Curtis, John Eldredge, John Miljan, Jonathan Hale, James Harrison, Blake Edwards
Produced and written by Blake Edwards, this is the story of farmers moving west but not without problems encountered by ranchers over land rights.
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True to the Army 1942 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Allan Jones, Ann Miller, Judy Canova, Jerry Colonna, Clarence Kolb, William Demarest, Arthur Loft, Rod Cameron, Eddie Acuff, Mary Treen
This film is a remake of "She Loves Me Not," and was later remade as "How to Be Very, Very Popular." The plot involves a young woman (Judy Canova) who witnesses a murder and then hides out from the perpetrators.
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Wake Island 1942 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, Mikhail Rasumny, Rod Cameron, Bill Goodwin, Damian O'Flynn, Barbara Britton, Frank Albertson, Phillip Terry, Don Castle, Dane Clark
Set shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Marines are sent to small Wake Island to hold off the Japanese advances. The action is nearly continuous as the Marines thwart one attack after another. This and other similar films were important in rallying the country behind the war effort and showing there is even victory in defeat. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (William Bendix).
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| 1. Christmas in July (1940)
2. Evel Knievel (1971)
3. The Fleet's In (1942)
4. The Forest Rangers (1942)
5. G-men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
6. Gung Ho! (1943)
7. The Last Movie (1971)
aka: Chinchero
8. Mrs. Parkington (1944)
9. No Time for Love (1943)
10. North West Mounted Police (1940)
11. Oh! Susanna (1951)
12. Pirates of Monterey (1947)
13. Psychic Killer (1975)
14. The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
15. Riding High (1943)
16. San Antone (1953)
17. Stampede (1949)
18. True to the Army (1942)
19. Wake Island (1942)
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