Abbott and Costello in Hollywood 1945  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Frances Rafferty, Bob Haymes, Warner Anderson, Mike Mazurki, Jean Porter, Dean Stockwell, Rags Ragland, Carleton G. Young, Donald MacBride, Marion Martin, Arthur Space, Edgar Dearing, William "Bill" Phillips
Buzz Kurtis (Bud Abbott) is a barber, and Abercrombie (Lou Costello) is a shoeshine boy in Hollywood. They cannot resist getting involved in the movie profession when they try to help out their friend, Jeff (Robert Stanton), who wants a singing career in movies. And the fun begins when they become Jeff's agents.
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The Fuller Brush Man 1948 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Adventure
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire, Adele Jergens, Ross Ford, Hillary Brooke, Trudy Marshall, Nicholas Joy, Donald Curtis, Arthur Space, Stanley Andrews, Kernan Cripps, Cliff Clark, Selmer Jackson, Chuck Hamilton
A novice door-to-door salesman Red Jones (Red Skelton) gets involved in a murder plot while he earnestly tries to ply his trade. One of his clients is murdered, and when Red is accused, he and his fiancee Ann Elliot (Janet Blair) become the targets of the killer.
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Lust for Gold 1949 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young, William Prince, Edgar Buchanan, Will Geer, Paul Ford, Jay Silverheels, Arthur Hunnicutt, Will Wright
This film is based on the saga of the Lost Dutchman mine and those people whose greed undermined, and ultimately destroyed, their efforts to find the lost gold mine.
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Rio Rita 1942 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll, Tom Conway, Peter Whitney, Barry Nelson, Patricia Dane, Arthur Space, Joan Valerie
This second remake of the Broadway musical features Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as Doc and Wishy, the heroes who capture Nazis that are threats to peace as they send messages via radio waves.
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Son of Lassie 1945 G, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce, William Severn, Leon Ames, Donald Curtis, Nils Asther, Robert Lewis, Fay Helm, Terry Moore, Peter Helmers, Otto Reichow, Leon Tyler, Patricia Prest
This sequel to "Lassie Come Home" features Peter Lawford and June Lockhart as the grown-up Joe and Priscilla. Joe leaves Yorkshire, brings his collie Laddie along, and becomes a pilot of the British Air Force. Laddie sneaks aboard Joe's plane on his first mission, and, when they are shot down over Nazi-occupied Norway, Joe and Laddie parachute to safety. But, they are behind enemy lines and must begin their perilous trek out of Norway and into the arms of Joe's sweetheart Priscilla who waits for their return.
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These Glamour Girls 1939  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lana Turner, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson, Jane Bryan, Anita Louise, Marsha Hunt, Ann Rutherford, Mary Beth Hughes, Ernest Truex
Ivy Leaguer Philip (Lew Ayres) has a big night on the town and asks dancehall girl Jane (Lana Turner, in her first starring role) to the big, annual weekend party. When she arrives, he had forgotten that he invited her, but she refuses to leave. Rather, Jane shows up the snobbish girls of the school.
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| 1. Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945)
2. Dulcy (1940)
3. The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
4. Lust for Gold (1949)
5. Rio Rita (1942)
6. Son of Lassie (1945)
7. These Glamour Girls (1939)
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