Hollywood Hoodlum 1934  N/R, 53 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Hollywood Mystery
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: June Clyde, Frank Albertson, Jose Crespo, John Davidson, Tenen Holtz, Stanley Price, Cyril Ring, Edith Terry Pruess, Frances Morris, Monte Vandergrift
A publicity agent (Frank Albertson) is fired from his job with a movie studio. He hopes to get his job back by convincing a director (John Davidson) to film the life story of a notorious gangster. The director agrees, but insists on using a real hoodlum to play the part. Our hero finds one–who turns out to be the hoodlum whose life is to be portrayed. All ends well, and the agent's girlfriend (June Clyde) even becomes a star.
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 King of the Rocket Men 1949  N/R, 166 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Fred C. Brannon
Cast: Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, I. Stanford Jolley, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr., James Craven, Douglas Evans, Ted Adams, Stanley Price, Tom Steele, David Sharpe, Eddie Parker
In this 12-episode serial, a mad traitor, from a group of scientists who have made scientific breakthroughs, is now killing them off so he can have exclusive control of the inventions. But Jeff King (Tristram Coffin) is assigned the task of safeguarding the secrets and dons his Rocket Man costume to fight the dastardly traitor who calls himself "Dr. Vulcan" (I. Stanford Jolley). Let the fight begin, as Dr. Vulcan has his own lethal devices.
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Pirates of the High Seas 1950  N/R, 260 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall, Symona Boniface, Gene Roth, Tristram Coffin, Stanley Price, Marshall Reed, I. Stanford Jolley, Terry Frost, Pierce Lyden, Neyle Morrow, Tommy Farrell
There's a lot happening on a tropical island what with pirates raiding the place and the search for a cache of diamonds stolen by Nazis during World War II (among other goings-on). The pirate ship is particularly troublesome since it can turn into a submarine. Things change for the good guys when Navy-buddy Jeff (Buster Crabbe) is called in by his friends in this cheap, but fun, 15-episode serial.
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Scared to Death 1947 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Douglas Fowley, Joyce Compton, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Molly Lamont, Angelo Rossitto, Gladys Blake, Roland Varno, Stanley Andrews, Stanley Price
This story is narrated by the corpse of Laura Van Ee (Molly Lamont) who suffered persecution by her husband and others until the fright proved too much, and she died. Now, from the morgue, the bizarre story of just how she got there is told.
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The Sundowners 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Thunder in the Dust
Director: George Templeton
Cast: Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, Cathy Downs, John Litel, Jack Elam, Don Haggerty, Stanley Price, Clem Fuller, John Barrymore Jr.
Lots of Western action is portrayed in this film, complete with range wars and a family feud between brothers.
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Sunset in El Dorado 1945 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Hardie Albright, Roy Barcroft, Tom London, Robert J. Wilke, Bob Nolan, Margaret Dumont, Stanley Price
Most of this movie consists of flashbacks as Dale Evans travels to an abandoned town where her grandmother was a well-known dance hall queen. The grandmother's boyfriend looks a lot like Roy Rogers.
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Texas Lawmen 1951 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison, I. Stanford Jolley, Lee Roberts, Terry Frost, Marshall Reed, Lane Bradford, Lyle Talbot, John Hart, Roy Butler, Pierce Lyden, Stanley Price
The Morrow gang, led by Bart Morrow (I. Stanford Jolley), robs a stagecoach, killing the sheriff (Pierce Lyden). On his deathbed, sheriff hands his badge to his deputy Tod (James Ellison) urging him to catch the gang. When Marshal Johnny (Johnny Mack Brown) is assigned to track down the gang, he asks for help from Tod. But Tod is Morrow's son, and is torn between his duty and his family. He comes to the conclusion that he must help the Marshal.
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| 1. Hollywood Hoodlum (1934)
aka: Hollywood Mystery
2. King of the Rocket Men (1949)
3. Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
4. Scared to Death (1947)
5. The Sundowners (1950)
aka: Thunder in the Dust
6. Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
7. Texas Lawmen (1951)
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