Bank Alarm 1937  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Cast: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett, Frank Milan, William L. Thorne, Wheeler Oakman, Nat Carr, Marlo Dwyer, Charles Delaney, Phil Dunham, Sidney D'Albrook, Pat Gleason
Federal agents Alan O'Connor and Bobbie Reynolds (Conrad Nagel and Eleanor Hunt) are in pursuit of ruthless bank robbers when O'Connor allows Reynolds to be kidnapped by the robbers. But never fear, by story's end he saves the day when he rescues her and captures the bank robbers. This is one in a series of four "G-Man" films. The others are "Yellow Cargo," "Navy Spy," and "The Gold Racket."
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The Bat Whispers 1930  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roland West
Cast: Chester Morris, Chance Ward, Una Merkel, Richard Tucker, Wilson Benge, Maude Eburne, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Spencer Charters, William Bakewell, DeWitt Jennings, Sidney D'Albrook
Director Roland West's remake of his 1926 "The Bat" again uses interesting camera shots and a dark mood to set the tone. This time around, the masked super-criminal sets his sights on a country mansion filled with assorted characters–and the spoils from a robbery.
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The King of Kings 1927  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: H.B. Warner, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, Victor Varconi, Jacqueline Logan, William Boyd, Dorothy Comming, James Neill, Joseph Striker, Robert Edeson, Sidney D'Albrook, David Imboden, Charles Belcher, Clayton Packard, Robert Ellsworth
Cecil B. DeMille's silent epic film tells the story of Christ. The story begins with glamorous courtesan Mary Magdalene (Jacqueline Logan), who is upset with Judas (Joseph Schildkraut) and goes to Jesus (H.B. Warner) and repents her sins. The story then continues through Jesus' life, betrayal, Crucifixion, and Resurrection. Of interest is that the "Resurrection" scene is filmed in two-color Technicolor. This film was remade in 1961.
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Party Girl 1930  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Halperin
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanette Loff, Judith Barrie, Marie Prevost, John St. Polis, Lucien Prival, Sammy Blum, Harry Northrup, Almeda Fowler, Hal Price, Sidney D'Albrook, Florence Dudley
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. made his "talkie" debut in this film as a wealthy businessman's son who goes to a penthouse party that features "party girls" and learns that the woman (Jeanette Loff) he is now interested in was once a party girl herself.
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| 1. Bank Alarm (1937)
2. The Bat Whispers (1930)
3. The King of Kings (1927)
4. Party Girl (1930)
5. So This Is Paris (1926)
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