Bad Girl 1931  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Sally Eilers, James Dunn, Minna Gombell, Frank Darien, Paul Fix, William Pawley, Edmund Breese, Sarah Padden, Irving Bacon, Louis Natheaux
A couple have had trouble making ends meet until a new baby arrives. Frank Borzage won an Academy Award as Best Director and the film was nominated for Best Picture.
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Big Jim McLain 1952  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier, Hans Conried, Veda Ann Borg, Sarah Padden, Paul Hurst, Hal Baylor, John Hubbard
House Un-American Activities investigators, Big Jim McLain (John Wayne) and Mal Baxter (James Arness), travel to Hawaii to investigate a possible Communist espionage plot.
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City of Missing Girls 1941  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: H.B. Warner, Astrid Allwyn, John Archer, Sarah Padden, Philip Van Zandt, George Rosener, Kathryn Crawford, Patricia Knox, Walter Long, Gale Storm, Danny(2) Webb, Boyd Irwin
A phony art school is actually an auditioning center for naive young women who are to be placed in nightclubs. When several of the women are murdered, reporter Nora (Astrid Allwyn) sets out to uncover what is going on when she is unhappy with the action taken by officials. She finds that the murderer is her own father.
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Exiled to Shanghai 1937 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Wallace Ford, June Travis, Dean Jagger, William Bakewell, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale, William Harrigan, Sarah Padden, Syd Saylor, Charles Trowbridge, Johnny Arthur, Minerva Urecal
After being fired by boss Charlie Sears (Dean Jagger), Ted Young (Wallace Ford) establishes the first television newsreel service and is re-hired by his news agency where he and Charlie vie for the attentions of Nancy Jones (June Travis).
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Heart of the Rio Grande 1942 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Morgan
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, Edith Fellows, Joseph Strauch Jr., Pierre Watkin, William Haade, Sarah Padden, Jean Porter, Edmund Cobb, Budd Buster, Jimmy Wakely
Singing cowboy Gene Autry teaches a few facts of life to a spoiled rich girl who finds ranch running isn't that simple.
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House by the River 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman, Dorothy Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Jody Gilbert, Sarah Padden, Peter Brocco, Howland Chamberlain, Margaret Seddon, Kathleen Freeman, Will Wright
After Stephen (Louis Hayward) accidentally murders a maid, his brother, John (Lee Bowman), helps him hide the body. But, when police find the body, John, not Stephen, becomes the prime suspect.
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Identity Unknown 1945 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Walter Colmes
Cast: Richard Arlen, Cheryl Walker, Roger Pryor, Bobby Driscoll, Lola Lane, Ian Keith, John Forrest, Sarah Padden, Forrest Taylor, Harry Tyler, Frank Marlowe, Nelson Leigh
Suffering from amnesia but recovering from a World War II bombing, Johnny March (Richard Arlen) goes AWOL and travels across America searching for his identity. Richard Arlen starred in the silent epic "Wings"–which won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929–and continued his acting career until the 1970s.
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In Old Colorado 1941 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Russell Hayden, Margaret Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Sarah Padden, Cliff Nazarro, Stanley Andrews, James Seay, Glenn Strange
With water at a premium, arguments are inevitable over rights to watering holes, and Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) steps in to solve the problem between neighboring ranchers.
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The Mad Monster 1942  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Johnny Downs, George Zucco, Anne Nagel, Sarah Padden, Glenn Strange, Gordon De Main, Mae Busch, Reginald Barlow, Robert Strange, Henry Hall
Mad scientist Lorenzo Cameron (George Zucco) sets out to develop a potion that will make soldiers invincible and, thus, win the war. But first he intends to show his scientist peers that he's not as crazy as they claim. In fact, revenge is on his mind as he injects the potion into his dim-witted gardener, Petro (Glenn Strange). Petro turns into a werewolf–the perfect weapon for revenge–and the killing starts. The doctor's daughter (Anne Nagel) and reporter Tom Gregory (Johnny Downs) figure out what's going on, and they plan to save the day. A poor attempt to capitalize on the success of "The Wolf Man."
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Marshal of Laredo 1945 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft, Tom London, Sarah Padden, Tom Chatterton, Don Costello, Bud Geary, George Chesebro, Wheaton Chambers
When a lawyer is framed for murder by the bad guys, Red Ryder and youthful sidekick Little Beaver (Bill Elliott and Robert Blake) come to the rescue in the nick of time.
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 Mata Hari 1931 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Cast: Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, C. Henry Gordon, Karen Morley, Alec B. Francis, Blanche Friderici, Edmund Breese, Helen Jerome Eddy, Frank Reicher, Sarah Padden
The infamous World War I spy, Mata Hari (Greta Garbo), uses her sexuality to get her hands on secret papers but is finally caught after falling in love with Lt. Alexis Rosanoff (Ramon Novarro) and allowing love, not the Nazis, to govern her actions.
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Murder by Invitation 1941 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh, Sarah Padden, Gavin Gordon, George Guhl, Wallis Clark, Minerva Urecal, Arthur Young, Herb Vigran, Hazel Keener, Phillip Trent, Dave O'Brien
Knowing that her greedy relatives can't wait to get her money, Aunt Cassie (Sarah Padden) invites the family to her estate for a family reunion. Also along for the evening's events are reporter Bob White (Wallace Ford) and his girl Friday, Nora O'Brien (Marian Marsh). At the stroke of midnight, a guest is murdered, and more murders follow in this mystery/comedy.
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The Power and the Glory 1933  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson, Phillip Trent, Henry Kolker, Sarah Padden, J. Farrell MacDonald, Robert Warwick
This is a great character study of Tom Garner's (Spencer Tracy) rise to the top of his profession only to find that his wife was unfaithful, and his life had no meaning.
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Private Snuffy Smith 1942 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Snuffy Smith, Yard Bird
Snuffy Smith
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy, Sarah Padden, Doris Linden, Andria Palmer, J. Farrell MacDonald, Patrick McVey, Frank Austin, Jimmie Dodd, Pierce Lyden
Hillbilly moonshiner Snuffy Smith (Bud Duncan) joins the Army, and a clash between Snuffy and his former enemy, Sergeant Cooper (Edgar Kennedy), is inevitable. Sgt. Cooper was the revenue agent who had pursued Snuffy back home, and their past history contributes to the mayhem.
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Reg'lar Fellers 1941 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Dreifuss
Cast: Billy Lee, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Sarah Padden, Roscoe Ates, Maren Mayo, Buddy Boles, Janet Dempsey, Jerry Wilson, Malcolm Hutton, Netta Packer, Jack C. Smith, Sharon Lynn
Based on a popular comic strip of the day, this film's plot involves a group of kids–Pinhead (Billy Lee), Jimmy (Buddy Boles), Bump (Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer), Aggie (Janet Dempsey), Skeeter (Jerry Wilson), and Puddin'Head (Malcolm Hutton)–who invent a machine that they think will run on both land and water. Meanwhile, mean old Hetty Carter (Sarah Padden) is targeted to be robbed by thugs, but the kids help her, and she softens in her attitude toward children.
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Riders of the West 1942 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Sarah Padden, Harry Woods, Walter McGrail, Christine McIntyre, Charles King, Milburn Morante, Dennis Moore, Kermit Maynard, Tom London, Jack Kirk, Bud Osborne, Lee Phelps
In this continuation of the "Rough Riders" series, rustling is becoming a problem in the Red Bluff area, prompting Ma Turner (Sarah Padden) to call for help from the Rough Riders–Marshal Buck Rogers (Buck Jones), Marshal Tim McCall (Tim McCoy), and Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton). As usual, the three arrive at different times with different undercover occupations. It doesn't take long before the town's sheriff (Lee Phelps), banker (Walter McGrail), and saloon owner (Harry Woods) are found to be part of the problem, and the gang is brought to justice.
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So This Is Washington 1943 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray McCarey
Cast: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Alan Mowbray, Mildred Coles, Roger Clark, Sarah Padden, Matt McHugh, Minerva Urecal, Danny Duncan, Barbara Pepper
In this entry of their seven-part film series, radio comedians Lum (Chester Lauck) and Abner (Norris Goff) head for Washington, D.C., during World War II to offer the government their concoction made of licorice to be used as synthetic rubber. In the process of wheeling and dealing, they offer their brand of homespun advice to members of Congress who line up to talk to them.
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Summer Storm 1944 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Hugo Haas, Edward Everett Horton, Lori Lahner, John Philliber, Sig Ruman, John Abbott, Byron Foulger, Andre Charlot, Frank Orth, Sarah Padden, Paul Hurst, Charles Trowbridge
Based on Anton Chekhov's "The Shooting Party," Linda Darnell stars as the peasant, Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin, who is determined to raise her standard of living. After marrying middle-aged public servant Anton Urbenin (Hugo Haas), Olga becomes involved in affairs with Count "Piggy" Volsky (Edward Everett Horton) and with judge Fedor Petroff (George Sanders). Olga's actions lead to tragedy when Fedor kills her–letting Anton take the blame until ten years later when his guilt forces him to confess.
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Tomorrow's Children 1934 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Unborn
Director: Crane Wilbur
Cast: Diane Sinclair, Donald Douglas, Carlyle Moore Jr., Sterling Holloway, Arthur Wanzer, Sarah Padden, John Preston, W. Messenger Bellis, Crane Wilbur, Hyram A. Hoover
A family is given an ultimatum: undergo sterilization or lose the welfare checks due to a family history of insanity and drunkenness, and ma and pa (Sarah Padden and Arthur Wanzer) agree. This ultimatum includes their eldest daughter, Alice (Diane Sinclair), who plans to marry Jim (Carlyle Moore Jr.). Can Dr. Brooks (Donald Douglas) save Alice? Heavy stuff, and a real curio.
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The White Sister 1933 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lewis Stone, Louise Closser Hale, May Robson, Edward Arnold, Sarah Padden, Lumsden Hare, Nat Pendleton, Gino Corrado
Following the "death" of her lover, Giovanni Severi (Clark Gable), during the war, Angela Chlaromonte (Helen Hayes) joins a nunnery. When Giovanni turns up alive after escaping from a prison camp, he convinces her to leave the convent, but the results are disastrous.
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Yellow Ticket 1931 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Elissa Landi, Laurence Olivier, Lionel Barrymore, Walter Byron, Sarah Padden, Mischa Auer, Boris Karloff, Rita La Roy, Edwin Maxwell, Frederick Burt
Russian society before the Revolution is the setting for this film about a young Jewish woman (Elissa Landi) who is forced into prostitution. She meets and falls in love with a British newsman (Laurence Olivier), and the two endanger themselves as they work for justice.
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Young America 1932 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Tom Conlon, Doris Kenyon, Ralph Bellamy, Beryl Mercer, Louise Beavers, Raymond Borzage, Robert Homans, Sarah Padden, Anne Shirley
It takes his role of preventing a robbery to allow orphaned Arthur Simpson (Tom Conlon) to gain a place of respect among his friends, relatives, and community.
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Youth on Parole 1937 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Marian Marsh, Gordon Oliver, Miles Mander, Margaret Dumont, Milburn Stone, Joe Caits, Harry Tyler, Peggy Shannon, Ranny Weeks, Sarah Padden, Wade Boteler, Mary Kornman, Paul Stanton, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Theodore von Eltz
After being paroled while serving their 18-months sentences for robbing a jewelry store–a crime they did not commit–Phillip (Gordon Oliver) and Bonnie (Marian Marsh) get together and fall in love. Problems rise to the fore when Phillip's boss fires him after learning about the prison sentence. But, this time, Bonnie and Phillip decide to take action and track down those jewel thieves who framed them.
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| 1. Bad Girl (1931)
2. Big Jim McLain (1952)
3. City of Missing Girls (1941)
4. Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
5. Heart of the Rio Grande (1942)
6. House by the River (1950)
7. Identity Unknown (1945)
8. In Old Colorado (1941)
9. The Mad Monster (1942)
10. Marshal of Laredo (1945)
11. Mata Hari (1931)
12. Murder by Invitation (1941)
13. The Power and the Glory (1933)
14. Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
aka: Snuffy Smith, Yard Bird
aka: Snuffy Smith
15. Reg'lar Fellers (1941)
16. Riders of the West (1942)
17. So This Is Washington (1943)
18. Summer Storm (1944)
19. Tomorrow's Children (1934)
aka: The Unborn
20. The White Sister (1933)
21. Yellow Ticket (1931)
22. Young America (1932)
23. Youth on Parole (1937)
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