Back Street 1941  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson, Frank McHugh, Tim Holt, Frank Jenks, Esther Dale, Samuel S. Hinds, Marjorie Gateson, Cecil Cunningham, Peggy Stewart, Nell O'Day, Kitty O'Neil, Nella Walker, Dale Winter
Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan are a believable team as they play star-crossed lovers Walter and Rae who, due to a mix-up, do not marry. Five years later, they meet again. Rae is engaged to marry Curt (Richard Carlson), and Walter has married another woman. Their love has lasted over the years, and Rae agrees to be Walter's mistress–an affair that will last for many years.
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Badlands of Dakota 1941  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer, Broderick Crawford, Hugh Herbert, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr., Fuzzy Knight, Samuel S. Hinds, Addison Richards, Glenn Strange
Set during the gold-rush era in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Wild Bill Hickok (Richard Dix) keeps the gangsters under control while trying to keep Calamity Jane's (Frances Farmer) romantic intentions at bay. Meanwhile, two brothers (Robert Stack and Broderick Crawford), fight over a woman (Ann Rutherford).
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Berkeley Square 1933 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, Irene Browne, Beryl Mercer, Lionel Belmore, Alan Mowbray, Samuel S. Hinds, Olaf Hytten, David Torrence
Based on a successful Broadway play, this film represents the first movie in which time travel is featured. Leslie Howard plays the scientist who travels back in time to 1784 London where he enters the body of his ancestor.
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The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bing Crosby, Lyda Roberti, Wendy Barrie, Henry Wadsworth, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Ruggles, Ethel Merman, Samuel S. Hinds, C. Henry Gordon, Benny Baker, Guy Standing, Mary Boland
This second film in a series of "Big Broadcasts" uses a plot unfolding everyday occurrences at a radio station to showcase radio personalities on the big screen. The station's owner, Spud (Jack Oakie), performs as the announcer on his station's show. The station is on the verge of bankruptcy when George and Gracie (George Burns and Gracie Allen) sell Spud the "Radio Eye" that picks up events and televises them on a viewing screen. Among those captured performing on the "Radio Eye" are Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Amos "N" Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), and the Vienna Boys Choir
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Black Legion 1937 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Joe Sawyer, Robert Barrat, Samuel S. Hinds, Addison Richards, Eddie Acuff, Paul Harvey, Helen Flint, Dickie Jones, John Litel, Dorothy Vaughan, Henry Brandon
Auto factory worker Frank Taylor (Humphrey Bogart) is a hard worker who wants to become a foreman. The job opening occurs, but Polish-American immigrant Joe Dombrowski (Henry Brandon) is named the new foreman. Now hatred takes over, and Frank is recruited to join a secret White supremacist organization, The Black Legion. Frank and the Legion members burn down the Dombrowski family's chicken farm, and the family leaves town. Frank now gets the job of foreman, but tragedies lie ahead–beginning with his wife Ruth (Erin O'Brien-Moore) leaving when his job and the atrocities he commits with the Black Legion take up most of his time. Now, matters go from bad to worse as murder and a prison sentence follow with the Black Legion behind the whole thing.
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Blossoms in the Dust 1941 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden, Samuel S. Hinds, Kathleen Howard, George Lessey, William Henry, Henry O'Neill, John Eldredge, Marc Lawrence
This is the true story of Edna Gladney (Greer Garson) who started the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society in Fort Worth. Edna's early life was hard until she met and married Samuel (Walter Pidgeon), the owner of a flour mill in Texas. After their baby died in infancy and she couldn't have more children, she decided to start the Children's Home, specializing in illegitimate children (a problem that had hurt her in the past). After her husband's death, Edna became a strong force in changing laws relevant to illegitimacy. The heavy melodrama won an Academy Award for Best Interior Set Decoration and was nominated for three others, including Best Picture and Actress.
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 Bordertown 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette, Robert Barrat, Soledad Jimenez, Gavin Gordon, Henry O'Neill, Hobart Cavanaugh, Samuel S. Hinds
Marie (Bette Davis) kills her husband (Robert Barrat) because she thinks she is in love with Johnny Ramirez (Paul Muni). When Johnny spurns her advances, Marie frames him for the murder. Fortunately for Johnny, Marie breaks down on the witness stand and he becomes a free man.
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The Boy with Green Hair 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Dean Stockwell, Richard Lyon, Walter Catlett, Samuel S. Hinds, Regis Toomey, Dwayne Hickman, Russ Tamblyn
Following his parents' death during an air raid, Peter Frye's (Dean Stockwell) hair turns green, and he becomes a social outcast in this insightful fable.
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Buck Privates 1941 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, The Andrews Sisters, Lee Bowman, Alan Curtis, Jane Frazee, Nat Pendleton, Samuel S. Hinds, Harry Strang, Shemp Howard
Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) and Herbie Brown (Lou Costello) are con men who end up in the Army–by accident. The Andrews Sisters perform "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "I'll Be Seeing You in Apple Blossom Time."
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Call Northside 777 1948 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker, E.G. Marshall, Kasia Orzazewski, Betty Garde, Moroni Olsen, John McIntire, Paul Harvey, Joanne De Bergh, Howard Smith, Michael Chapin, Samuel S. Hinds, George Pembroke
This story, based on an actual police case, features James Stewart as Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal who is given the assignment of writing a public interest story. His assignment is Tillie Wieceki (Kasia Orzazewski) who has offered $5,000 for information proving that her son Frank (Michael Chapin) is innocent although convicted of a policeman's murder committed 11 years ago. McNeal does not believe that Frank is innocent, but when McNeal examines the case, Frank passes a lie detector test showing that he is innocent, and, by the end of McNeal's investigation, Frank gains his freedom.
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Calling Dr. Kildare 1939  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Nat Pendleton, Lana Turner, Samuel S. Hinds, Lynne Carver, Emma Dunn, Walter Kingsford, Alma Kruger
In this second episode of the series, Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) is sent to a clinic by his gruff mentor, Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore). Kildare gets in trouble when he removes a bullet from a suspected murderer at the request of the patient's beautiful sister (Lana Turner). But Dr. Kildare believes the man is innocent and sets out to prove it.
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Cobra Woman 1944 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Barrier, Mary Nash, Samuel S. Hinds, Moroni Olsen, Fritz Leiber, Lois Collier
Maria Montez plays twin sisters–Toilea is the prisoner of her evil sister, Princess Nadja. When Toilea's fiance (Jon Hall) tries to rescue her, confusion reigns as he tries to discern the true identity of the look-alike sisters.
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The Crime Doctor 1934 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John S. Robertson
Cast: Nils Asther, G. Pat Collins, Frank Conroy, Donald Crisp, William Frawley, Samuel S. Hinds, Fred Kelsey, Otto Kruger, J. Farrell MacDonald, Karen Morley
A detective seeks to commit the perfect crime. He suspects his wife of having an affair and kills a woman who is blackmailing the suspected man involved in the affair. However, this doesn't solve the problem in this tragic tale.
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Destry Rides Again 1939 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Charles Winninger, Mischa Auer, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Una Merkel, Samuel S. Hinds, Jack Carson, Warren Hymer
Bottleneck is a Western town badly in need of help, and Destry (James Stewart) is hired to do the job. Through peaceful means, mild-mannered Destry cleans up the town.
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The Devil's Party 1938  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray McCarey
Cast: Victor McLaglen, William Gargan, Paul Kelly, Beatrice Roberts, Frank Jenks, John Gallaudet, Samuel S. Hinds, Joe Downing, Arthur Hoyt, Edward Gargan, Bill Elliott, Scotty Beckett
Four NYC boys made a pact that they would always meet once a year to renew their friendship, Their plans were changed when one of them accidentally set fire to a warehouse and another one took the blame and was sent to reform school. Now Marty (Victor McLaglen)–who had taken the blame–is a professional gambler and owns a nightclub. They are reunited when two of them (William Gargan and John Gallaudet), now policemen, investigate a murder at Marty's club. After one is killed during the investigation, the fourth friend (Paul Kelly), now a priest, sees that justice is served.
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Double or Nothing 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Theodore Reed
Cast: Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle, William Frawley, Fay Holden, Benny Baker, Samuel S. Hinds, William Henry, Walter Kingsford
With a million dollars at stake, Lefty Boylan (Bing Crosby), Liza Lou Lane (Martha Raye), Half-Pint (Andy Devine), and Peterson (William Frawley) all compete for the prize in this zany musical/ comedy.
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home 1940 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Samuel S. Hinds, Gene Lockhart, John Shelton, Nat Pendleton, Emma Dunn, Alma Kruger, Walter Kingsford
Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) completes his internship at Blair General and must return home to help his father who is overworked due to other doctors having moved out of his small town. Kildare has what he considers to be a great idea: open a clinic using underutilized doctors from Blair. Not all the townsfolk agree with the plan.
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case 1940 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Shepperd Strudwick, Samuel S. Hinds, Emma Dunn, Nat Pendleton, Walter Kingsford, Alma Kruger, John Eldredge
In this episode of Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) and his crusty mentor Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), brain surgeon Gregory Lane (Sheppard Strudwick) comes under fire for problems with patients after surgery. Dr. Lane also vies for the attention of Dr. Kildares's girlfriend (Laraine Day). Dr. Kildare gets to the bottom of the problem in an episode that hit it big in 1940 for its graphic depiction of hospital procedures.
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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day 1941 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Mary Names the Day
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Red Skelton, Alma Kruger, Fay Holden, Samuel S. Hinds, Nils Asther, Walter Kingsford, Emma Dunn
The wedding day finally arrives for Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) and nurse Mary Lamont (Laraine Day). But shortly after the ceremony, Mary is killed by a speeding truck. Now it is up to crusty Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) to bring Kildare back from his grief to continue helping others. Laraine Day was on the way up and the studio (MGM) decided to end her role on the Kildare films.
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The Egg and I 1947 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, Percy Kilbride, Donald MacBride, Samuel S. Hinds, Elisabeth Risdon, Fuzzy Knight, Esther Dale, Richard Long, Billy House, Ida Moore, John Berkes, Victor Potel
This witty story is based on Betty MacDonald's popular book about herself (Claudette Colbert) and her husband Bill's (Fred MacMurray) change in lifestyle when they moved from the city to take over a chicken ranch. Marjorie Main was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ma Kettle.
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First Love 1939 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Robert Stack, Eugene Pallette, Helen Parrish, Lewis Howard, Leatrice Joy, June Storey, Frank Jenks, Kathleen Howard, Thurston Hall, Samuel S. Hinds, Marcia Mae Jones
Orphaned Connie (Deanna Durbin) lives with her rich aunt and uncle and their children. The family accepts an invitation to a lavish social ball, but the family tells Connie to stay home. Connie does come to the ball and meets "Prince Charming" (Robert Stack) who just happens to be her wicked cousin's boyfriend. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards.
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Follow the Band 1943 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Eddie Quillan, Mary Beth Hughes, Leon Errol, Anne Rooney, Samuel S. Hinds, Robert Mitchum, Russell Hicks, Irving Bacon, Frank Faylen, Benny Bartlett
A Vermont farmer heads to NYC with his trombone under his arm and hopes of hitting it big. What do you know? He does, and soon becomes a popular nightclub and radio success. But what about the girl back home? Lots of songs in this minor movie.
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He Was Her Man 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Victor Jory, Frank Craven, Harold Huber, Russell Hopton, Ralf Harolde, John Qualen, Samuel S. Hinds, George Chandler
This weak crime drama concerns a double-crossing safecracker fleeing from the mob. He ends up in a fishing village and falls in love with a fisherman's fiancee. Not exactly one of Cagney's best.
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His Brother's Wife 1936 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Jean Hersholt, Joseph Calleia, John Eldredge, Samuel S. Hinds, Phyllis Clare, Leonard Mudie, Jed Prouty, Pedro de Cordoba
When Rita (Barbara Stanwyck) is left by her lover, Chris (Robert Taylor), who heads for the jungle on a scientific expedition, she marries his brother out of spite.
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It Ain't Hay 1943 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Money for Jam
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Grace McDonald, Cecil Kellaway, William Forrest, Shemp Howard, Eugene Pallette, Richard Lane, Samuel S. Hinds, Pierre Watkin
While searching for a replacement horse for their friend, Grover (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur (Lou Costello) unwittingly steal a racehorse, Teabiscuit.
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 It's a Wonderful Life 1946  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond, Gloria Grahame, Beulah Bondi, Frank Faylen, Frank Albertson, H. B. Warner, Todd Karns, Samuel S. Hinds, Mary Treen, Virginia Patton
When a businessman (James Stewart) is despondent and decides to end his life, he is saved by his "angel" (Henry Travers) who shows him that he has helped his family and neighbors over the years by giving them opportunities that changed their lives. Henry Travers: "Strange isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives–and when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"
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Kid Glove Killer 1942 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman, Samuel S. Hinds, John Litel, Cliff Clark, Eddie Quillan, Nella Walker, Ava Gardner, James Flavin
Police criminologist Gordon McKay (Van Heflin) uses scientific test-tube evidence to solve the mystery behind the mayor's murder.
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Lady on a Train 1945 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles David
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton, David Bruce, George Coulouris, Allen Jenkins, Dan Duryea, Jacqueline deWit, Patricia Morison, Elizabeth Patterson, Samuel S. Hinds, William Frawley
As her train pulls into Grand Central Station, Nikki (Deanna Durbin) glimpses a murder being committed in a nearby building. She reports the crime, but the police won't listen. So, Nikki investigates and gets involved with the dead man's off-beat family.
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 Little Women 1933  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Frances Dee, Edna May Oliver, Jean Parker, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington, Samuel S. Hinds, John Lodge, Douglass Montgomery, Nydia Westman, Harry Beresford, Mabel Colcord, Marion Ballou
Four New England sisters–Meg (Frances Dee), Jo (Katharine Hepburn), Beth (Jean Parker), and Amy (Joan Bennett)–learn to grow and survive under the loving care of their mother, Marmee (Spring Byington) while their beloved father (Samuel S. Hinds) is serving as a chaplain for the Union forces during the Civil War. This is the first film version of Louisa May Alcott's famous book, and it was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director.
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Man Made Monster 1941 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: Atomic Monster
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson, Samuel S. Hinds, William B. Davidson, Ben Taggart, Constance Bergen, Ivan Miller, George Meader, Frank O'Connor, Byron Foulger, Russell Hicks, John Dilson, Chester Gan
Lon Chaney Jr. plays "Dynamo" Dan McCormick who is a carnival side-show performer using his immunity from absorbing large volts of electricity as his act. After riding on a bus that crashes into an electric pole, Dan is the sole survivor. Dan recuperates at the home of mad scientist Dr. Paul Rigas (Lionel Atwill) where Rigas uses him for experiments and turns Dan into a "man made monster" controlled by Rigas. When Rigas' colleague Dr. John Lawrence (Samuel S. Hinds) wants him to stop the experiment, Rigas orders Dan to kill him. The deed is done, but Dan is arrested and sentenced to the electric chair where he absorbs the electricity and again becomes a superhuman–now ready to seek revenge.
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Men in White 1934 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Elizabeth Allan, Otto Kruger, Henry B. Walthall, Wallace Ford, Samuel S. Hinds, Frank Puglia, Russell Hopton
This film led to a number of Hollywood stories about personal lives of doctors. This story is about a surgeon (Clark Gable) who is devoted to medicine but has problems in his love life.
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Navy Blue and Gold 1937 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Robert Young, James Stewart, Florence Rice, Billie Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Tom Brown, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Kelly, Frank Albertson, Minor Watson
Three Annapolis midshipmen endure the rigors of life at the United States Naval Academy and realize the benefits of esprit de corps amidst the excitement of the annual Army-Navy football game.
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Night Key 1937 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Corrigan
Cast: Boris Karloff, Warren Hull, Jean Rogers, Hobart Cavanaugh, Alan Baxter, Ward Bond, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds, Frank Reicher, Charles C. Wilson
When elderly inventor Dave Mallory (Boris Karloff) sells his new alarm system to Steve Ranger (Samuel S. Hinds) of Ranger Protection Services, the company puts Dave's invention in mothballs so that no one can get it. Dave is a victim of the crooks–until he outwits them by inventing a new device that nullifies Ranger's current alarm system.
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Pardon My Sarong 1942 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige, Leif Erickson, William Demarest, Ink Spots, Lionel Atwill, Samuel S. Hinds, Irving Bacon, Eddie Acuff
Chicago bus drivers Algey Shaw (Bud Abbott) and Willington Phlug (Lou Costello) are hired to drive a playboy to California but end up on a South Seas island befuddling an attempted robbery.
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Penthouse 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Mae Clarke, Raymond Hatton, Phillips Holmes, C. Henry Gordon, Nat Pendleton, George E. Stone, Samuel S. Hinds
A lawyer works for the Mob and then finds himself the object of a murder frame-up. Good flick.
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Pittsburgh 1942 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton, Thomas Gomez, Shemp Howard, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Fix, William Haade, Nestor Paiva, Charles Coleman, Ben Taggart, Virginia Sale, Wade Boteler
Charles "Pittsburgh" Markham (John Wayne) is an ambitious man whose time spent with the coal business shows that he places work above family. He eventually loses his wife Josie (Marlene Dietrich) to John "Cash" Evans (Randolph Scott).
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The Rage of Paris 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mischa Auer, Louis Hayward, Helen Broderick, Charles Coleman, Samuel S. Hinds, Nella Walker, Harry Davenport, Lionel Pape, Mary Forbes, Leonard Mudie
Nicole de Cortillon (Danielle Darrieux) needs money. Her solution: catch a rich husband. Wealthy Canadian Bill Duncan (Louis Hayward) becomes the target, and the plan works–until Bill's friend, Jim (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), enters the scene and complications are assured.
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 The Raven 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Louis Friedlander
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Irene Ware, Lester Matthews, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Hoyt, Inez Courtney, Ian Wolfe, Spencer Charters, Walter Miller
Doctor Vollin (Bela Lugosi) has more than dinner in mind for his guests. His torture chamber is going to be the evening's entertainment–with his "guests" as unwilling participants.
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The Return of October 1948 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Glenn Ford, Albert Sharpe, Terry Moore, James Gleason, Roland Winters, Dame May Whitty, Henry O'Neill, Samuel S. Hinds, Nana Bryant, Stephen Dunne
In this Melvin Frank-Norman Panama story, Terry Ramsey (Terry Moore) fantasizes that her Uncle Willie (James Gleason) has come back from the dead and is now a horse. Professor Bassert (Glenn Ford) becomes interested in writing a book about her story.
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Rhythm on the Range 1936 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Samuel S. Hinds, Lucile Watson, Warren Hymer, George E. Stone, James Burke, Clem Bevans
The classic song "I'm an Old Cowhand" was introduced in this film AND Martha Raye made her film debut. Doris Halloway (Frances Farmer) is a wealthy New Yorker who heads west and meets a ranch hand (Bing Crosby) who, in turn, saves her from kidnappers. This film was remade in 1956 as "Pardners" starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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 Ride 'Em Cowboy 1942 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Ella Fitzgerald, Samuel S. Hinds, Judd McMichael, Ted McMichael, Joe McMichael, Douglass Dumbrille
Duke (Bud Abbott) and Willoughby (Lou Costello) leave New York to become cowboys on a dude ranch out west. The story is funny, and Ella Fitzgerald is not to be missed as she sings "A Tisket, A Tasket."
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Sadie McKee 1934 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, Esther Ralston, Jean Dixon, Leo G. Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, Mary Forbes, Helen Ware, Matt McHugh, Zelda Sears, Wade Boteler, Selmer Jackson, Samuel S. Hinds
Housemaid Sadie McKee (Joan Crawford) is working for wealthy Michael Alderson (Franchot Tone) and his family when she elopes with her boyfriend Tommy (Gene Raymond) to New York City. But, before Sadie and Tommy get married, Tommy dumps her when he takes up with showgirl Dolly (Esther Ralston). Devastated, Sadie takes a nightclub job, accepts a drunken marriage proposal from millionaire Jack Brennan (Edward Arnold), and marries him. Now known as a gold digger, Sadie does help Brennan overcome his alcoholism. Has Sadie possibly found true love, or is it still waiting in the wings? The song "All I Do Is Dream of You" was introduced in this film.
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 Scarlet Street 1945 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay, Rosalind Ivan, Jess Barker, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Loft, Vladimir Sokoloff, Russell Hicks, Charles Kemper, Lou Lubin, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Cy Kendall, Lee Phelps
An amateur painter, Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson), is also the henpecked husband of Adele (Rosalind Ivan). Christopher is a sitting duck for extortion when the seductive Kitty March (Joan Bennett) arrives on the scene with big plans for making money off Christopher's art work. Kitty persuades Cross to embezzle money to pay for her apartment. Meanwhile, what Cross does not know is that Kitty's lover is con man Johnny Prince (Dan Duryea), and he is removing Cross' name from the paintings and replacing them with Kitty's name. Now the art work proves successful, and Johnny claims they are Kitty's and makes money off of them. Cross finally catches on, kills Kitty, and then suffers a mental breakdown. This is a remake of Jean Renoir's classic "La Chienne."
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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
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, he cures a woman who is blind.
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Seven Sinners 1940 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Broderick Crawford, Mischa Auer, Albert Dekker, Billy Gilbert, Oskar Homolka, Anna Lee, Samuel S. Hinds, Reginald Denny
Bruce (John Wayne) is a young Naval officer who, along with Dr. Martin (Albert Dekker), fights for the love of Bijou (Marlene Dietrich), a young cafe singer in the South Pacific.
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She 1935 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Samuel S. Hinds, Noble Johnson, Lumsden Hare, Jim Thorpe, Ray Corrigan
She (Helen Gahagan) has ruled over the lost land of Kor for 500 years, her immortality being maintained by the Flame of Life. Along comes a trio of people (Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, and Nigel Bruce) seeking this land and bringing problems as She falls for Scott. Based on the 1887 novel by H. Rider Haggard (who also wrote "King Solomon's Mines") and was remade in 1965.
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Shepherd of the Hills 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi, Marjorie Main, Ward Bond, Marc Lawrence, James Barton, Samuel S. Hinds, John Qualen
Based on Harold Bell Wright's penetrating book about young Matt (John Wayne), this is the story about a man who cannot figure why his father (Harry Carey) deserted the family.
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 Son of Dracula 1943 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, Pat Moriarity, Frank Craven, J. Edward Bromberg, Samuel S. Hinds, Etta McDaniel, George Irving
Lon Chaney Jr. plays a mean Count Alucard–DRACULA spelled backwards. He marries Katherine Caldwell (Louise Allbritton), but their extracurricular activities are doomed from the start because her ex-fiance, Frank Stanley (Robert Paige), hovers nearby.
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The Spoilers 1942 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey, Richard Barthelmess, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds, Russell Simpson, William Farnum, Marietta Canty, Jack Norton, Forrest Taylor, Ray Bennett, Art Miles
This is a good retelling of Rex Beach's novel, "The Spoilers." Roy Glennister (John Wayne) arrives in Alaska with Helen Chester (Margaret Lindsay) and is greeted by saloon owner Cherry Malotte (Marlene Dietrich) who has staked Flapjack (Russell Simpson) as a partner in Glennister's mine. Problems rise to the fore when the gold commissioner, Alexander McNamara (Randolph Scott), conspires to take over the rights to the mines in the area. A legal fight appears to be impossible, and the result is a bar-room brawl in which Glennister and McNamara fight for the rights to the mine.
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 Stage Door 1937 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Gregory LaCava
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, Eve Arden, Ann Miller, Lucille Ball, Gail Patrick, Constance Collier, Samuel S. Hinds
Along with other aspiring thespians, Terry (Katharine Hepburn) and Jean (Ginger Rogers) live in a boarding house in New York. When Terry's wealthy father ensures her a starring role in a new production, repercussions include the suicide of the actress who really deserved that role and leads to the rise of maturity for Terry. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Andrea Leeds).
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The Storm 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Preston Foster, Tom Brown, Nan Grey, Andy Devine, Frank Jenks, Samuel S. Hinds, Florence Roberts, Milburn Stone
Lots of action at sea in this story centered on brothers Bob (Charles Bickford) and Jim (Tom Brown), who don't see eye-to-eye on many subjects. An emergency surgery at sea and a captain (Barton MacLane), who was responsible for the death of a friend of Jim's, help keep your attention.
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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry 1945 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Uncle Harry
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Raines, Sara Allgood, Moyna MacGill, Samuel S. Hinds, Harry von Zell, Ethel Griffies, Judy Clark, Craig Reynolds
Harry (George Sanders) is a quiet designer living with his sisters Lettie (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Hester (Moyna MacGill). When he falls for, and intends to marry Deborah (Ella Raines), the jealous Lettie throws a fit and pretends to have a heart seizure. The frustrated Harry must get rid of the sister, but his plans go amiss.
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Test Pilot 1938 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Aylesworth, Gloria Holden, Louis Jean Heydt, Marjorie Main, Virginia Grey
The dangerous early days of aviation are depicted in this film about test pilots and their earth-bound relationships. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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This Day and Age 1933 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Charles Bickford, Judith Allen, Richard Cromwell, Edward J. Nugent, Ben Alexander, Harry Green, Fuzzy Knight, Samuel S. Hinds, Wade Boteler, Billy Gilbert
Following a gangster killing, local teens take the law into their own hands and mete out justice. Interesting Cecil B. DeMille effort.
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Time Out of Mind 1947 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Eddie Albert, Leo G. Carroll, Helena Carter, John Abbott, Henry Stephenson, Samuel S. Hinds, Janet Shaw
Raised in a family of New England mariners, Chris Fortune (Robert Hutton) dreams of being a musician, but he must first convince his relatives that he has every intention of attaining his dream.
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Trail of the Lonesome Pine 1936 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Nigel Bruce, Beulah Bondi, Robert Barrat, Samuel S. Hinds, Henry Brandon, Fuzzy Knight, George "Spanky" McFarland, Otto Fries, Alan Baxter, Margaret Armstong, Fern Emmett
Jack Hale (Fred MacMurray) arrives in the Appalachian Mountains to buy land from the Tolliver family so that he can run his railroad through the mountains. Jack falls in love with June Tolliver (Sylvia Sidney), and that causes a love triangle because Jane's cousin Dave (Henry Fonda) also loves June. Meanwhile, the elder Tollivers–Melissa and Judd (Beulah Bondi and Fred Stone)–continue their long-standing feud with Buck Falin (Robert Barrat) and his family. The feud escalates, and young Buddy Tolliver (George "Spanky" McFarland) is killed, which is the tragedy that finally brings everyone to their senses.
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Unfinished Business 1941 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gregory LaCava
Cast: Irene Dunne, Robert Montgomery, Preston Foster, Eugene Pallette, Dick Foran, Esther Dale, Walter Catlett, Samuel S. Hinds
Nancy Andrews (Irene Dunne) leaves her small town and heads for adventure in NYC, meets and falls in love with Steve (Preston Foster) on the train, is rejected by Steve (Preston Foster), and marries Steve's brother Tommy (Robert Montgomery). Got it? Good–but the film isn't too good.
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West of the Pecos 1935 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Richard Dix, Martha Sleeper, Samuel S. Hinds, Fred Kohler, Louise Beavers, Willie Best, Maria Alba, Pedro Regas, G. Pat Collins, Russell Simpson, Maurice Black, George Cooper
Comanche attacks and villains, as well as being accused of cattle rustling, are just part of the problems of Pecos Smith (Richard Dix). After rescuing Ril (Martha Sleeper)–who has disguised herself as a boy during her trek west–he must add her to his list of problems. Based on a Zane Grey novel and remade in 1945. Robert Mitchum made his film debut in this film.
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We've Never Been Licked 1943 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Richard Quine, Noah Beery Jr., Robert Mitchum, Anne Gwynne, Martha O'Driscoll, Moroni Olsen, Samuel S. Hinds, Harry Davenport, Mantan Moreland, William Frawley
A young American, raised in Japan, is faced with the dilemma of which country he wants to ally with following the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor.
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Wings in the Dark 1935 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Flood
Cast: Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Roscoe Karns, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dean Jagger, Bert Hanlon, James P. Burtis, Russell Hopton, Samuel S. Hinds, Matt McHugh
Skywriting pilot Sheila Mason (Myrna Loy) falls in love with, and encourages, a blind ex-pilot (Cary Grant) to publish stories about his flying experiences.
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Wives Under Suspicion 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Whale
Cast: Warren William, Gail Patrick, Constance Moore, Ralph Morgan, William Lundigan, Cecil Cunningham, Samuel S. Hinds, Jonathan Hale, Lillian Yarbo, Milburn Stone, J. Anthony Hughes, James Flavin, Minerva Urecal, Edwin Stanley
District Attorney Jim Stowell (Warren William) has earned his reputation as a ruthless man who believes that execution should be the only sentence for first-degree murderers. While prosecuting Professor Shaw McAllen (Ralph Morgan) who is accused of murdering his wife, Stowell realizes that events in his own married life with his wife Lucy (Gail Patrick) closely parallel those of McAllen and his murdered wife. Compassion takes over as Stowell reflects on the circumstances and reasons that the death penalty may not always be the correct sentence.
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You Can't Take It with You 1938 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller, Spring Byington, Samuel S. Hinds, Mary Forbes, Dub Taylor, Donald Meek, Halliwell Hobbes, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lillian Yarbo, H.B. Warner
Alice (Jean Arthur) and Tony (James Stewart) meet and fall in love. Alice's family of activists–including patriarch Grandpa Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore), his daughter Penny (Spring Byington), her husband Paul (Samuel S. Hinds) who is into explosives, their would-be ballet dancer daughter Essie (Ann Miller), and her husband Ed (Dub Taylor) who is addicted to his xylophone–"entertain" Tony's aristocratic parents (Edward Arnold and Mary Forbes) in their decaying home. Complications arise with future in-laws' acceptance of each others' families–especially when Tony's parents show up one day early. The film received the Oscar for Best Picture. An Academy Award was also won by Frank Capra as Best Director, and the film received five other nominations, including Spring Byington for Best Supporting Actress.
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Young Dr. Kildare 1938 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lynne Carver, Nat Pendleton, Jo Ann Sayers, Samuel S. Hinds, Emma Dunn, Walter Kingsford, Monty Woolley, Pierre Watkin, Truman Bradley, Nella Walker
This is the first in a series of nine Dr. Kildare movies. All films star Lew Ayres as the title character and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie, his mentor. The setting is Blair General Hospital. In this episode, Dr. Kildare, upon graduation, decides not to join his father's practice in a small town; rather, he chooses a large hospital in NYC. He gets in trouble right away when he is blamed for the death of an important politician. The wheel-chair-bound Dr. Gillespie helps prove Kildare's innocence and, by story's end, becomes his mentor.
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| 1. Accent on Youth (1935)
2. Back Street (1941)
3. Badlands of Dakota (1941)
4. Bed of Roses (1933)
5. Berkeley Square (1933)
6. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
7. Black Legion (1937)
8. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
9. Bordertown (1935)
10. The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
11. The Bribe (1949)
12. Buck Privates (1941)
13. Call Northside 777 (1948)
14. Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
15. Cobra Woman (1944)
16. The Crime Doctor (1934)
17. Destry Rides Again (1939)
18. The Devil's Party (1938)
19. Double or Nothing (1937)
20. Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
21. Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
22. Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
aka: Mary Names the Day
23. The Egg and I (1947)
24. First Love (1939)
25. Follow the Band (1943)
26. He Was Her Man (1934)
27. His Brother's Wife (1936)
28. It Ain't Hay (1943)
aka: Money for Jam
29. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
30. Kid Glove Killer (1942)
31. Lady on a Train (1945)
32. Little Women (1933)
33. Man Made Monster (1941)
aka: Atomic Monster
34. Men in White (1934)
35. Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
36. Night Key (1937)
37. Pardon My Sarong (1942)
38. Penthouse (1933)
39. Pittsburgh (1942)
40. The Rage of Paris (1938)
41. The Raven (1935)
42. The Return of October (1948)
43. Rhythm on the Range (1936)
44. Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
45. Sadie McKee (1934)
46. Scarlet Street (1945)
47. The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
48. Seven Sinners (1940)
49. She (1935)
50. Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
51. Son of Dracula (1943)
52. The Spoilers (1942)
53. Stage Door (1937)
54. The Storm (1938)
55. The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
aka: Uncle Harry
56. Test Pilot (1938)
57. This Day and Age (1933)
58. Time Out of Mind (1947)
59. Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
60. Unfinished Business (1941)
61. West of the Pecos (1935)
62. We've Never Been Licked (1943)
63. Wings in the Dark (1935)
64. Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
65. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
66. Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
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