Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion 1950  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patricia Medina, Walter Slezak, Douglass Dumbrille, Marc Lawrence, Leon Belasco, Tor Johnson, Jack Raymond, Fred Nurney, Jack Raymond, Jeff Chandler, Ted Hecht, Sammy Menacker, Paul Fierro
Wrestling promoters Bud Jones (Bud Abbott) and Lou Hotchkiss (Lou Costello) are in Algeria searching for a missing star wrestler. While searching the desert, they buy slave girl Nicole Dupre (Patricia Medina) who is really an undercover agent working for France. Then, French Sergeant Axmann (Walter Slezak) tricks them into joining the French Foreign Legion, after which Bud and Lou expose Axmann as a traitor for his dealings with Sheik Hamad El Khalid (Douglass Dumbrille).
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 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy 1955  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Horror
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara, Richard Deacon, Peggy King, Dan Seymour, Mel Welles, Kurt Katch, Richard Karlan, Eddie Parker, George Khoury, Mitchell Kowall, Donald Kerr, Ted Hecht
Pete Patterson (Bud Abbott) and Freddie Franklin (Lou Costello) are stranded in Egypt and find a way out by working as traveling companions for Dr. Zoomer (Kurt Katch) to accompany him on a trip to America. When Zoomer is murdered, and a medallion holding a map leading to a burial site is accidentally swallowed by Freddie, they stumble upon underhanded dealings in Egypt. Cultist Semu (Richard Deacon) and gang leader Madame Rontru (Marie Windsor) are on Pete and Freddie's trail as they head for an inevitable meeting with a mummy in a crypt.
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Anna and the King of Siam 1946  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb, Gale Sondergaard, Mikhail Rasumny, Dennis Hoey, Richard Lyon, William Edmunds, John Abbott, Tito Renaldo, Addison Richards, Ben Welden, Helena Grant, Ted Hecht
British widow Anna (Irene Dunne) travels to Siam in 1862 to teach the royal children. While there, the King (Rex Harrison) and Anna develop a warm friendship through which she convinces the King to employ more humane treatment of his subjects. This film won Oscars for Best Cinematography and Art Direction and was the film debut for Harrison. The story was later remade as the musical "The King and I." Gale Sondergaard received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Lady Thiang.
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Boston Blackie and the Law 1946  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Warren Ashe, Selmer Jackson, Ted Hecht, Eddie Dunn, Eddie Fetherston, Brian O'Hara, Pat O'Malley, Edward Keane
In this remake of "Alias Boston Blackie" (1942), Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) is involved in a magic act at a women's prison where inmate Dinah Moran (Constance Dowling) uses the act to disappear. Blackie learns that Dinah's ex-husband Lampau (Warren Ashe) is a magician who has changed his name to John Jani, is performing near by, and is planning to marry his assistant Irene (Trudy Marshall). Blackie warns Lampau that Dinah has escaped, hides him, and then masquerades as Lampau. But Lampau is murdered, and Blackie is arrested for the crime. Blackie escapes from prison and uses magic to trick the murderess into admitting that she killed Lampau.
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Corregidor 1943 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Otto Kruger, Elissa Landi, Donald Woods, Frank Jenks, Rick Vallin, Wanda McKay, Ian Keith, Ruby Dandridge, Eddie Hall, Frank Jaquet, Ted Hecht, Ted Adams
On the island of Corregidor, U.S. and Philippine troops took a stand against the Japanese advances early in World War II. This is the backdrop for a story which really focuses on a love triangle of three doctors who treat injured soldiers on the island. Stock footage from years earlier was used along with the staged scenes in this low-budget effort that, nonetheless, helped to keep the home folks supportive of the War.
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Just Before Dawn 1946 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Castle
Cast: Warner Baxter, Adele Roberts, Martin Kosleck, Mona Barrie, Marian Miller, Charles D. Brown, Craig Reynolds, Robert Barrat, Charles(2) Lane, George Meeker, Marvin Miller, Charles Arnt, Byron Foulger, Ted Hecht
In the seventh film of the "Crime Doctor" series, Crime Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) is on the trail of a killer after being tricked into giving a fatal injection to one of his patients.
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Lady from Chungking 1942 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Anna May Wong, Harold Huber, Mae Clarke, Rick Vallin, Paul Bryar, Ted Hecht, Ludwig Donath, James B. Leong, Archie Got, Walter Soo Hoo
The Japanese had invaded China during World War II when a young woman, Kwan Mei (Anna May Wong), organizes farmers into a guerilla force and leads them against the Japanese intruders.
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Lost City of the Jungle 1946 N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor
Cast: Russell Hayden, Jane(2) Adams, Lionel Atwill, Keye Luke, Helen Bennett, Ted Hecht, John Eldredge, John Mylong, John Miljan, John Gallaudet, George Lynn, Dick Curtis, Arthur Space, Gene Roth
In this 13-episode serial set in the jungles of the Himalayas, Sir Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) searches for the antidote for the atomic bomb that will allow him to rule the world. (Midway through the serial, the power behind Hazarias' scheme, Malborn (John Mylong), takes over since Atwill was dying of cancer.) But United Peace Foundation investigator Rod (Russell Hayden), along with his daughter (Jane Adams) and guide (Keye Luke), intends to save the world by putting an end to the scheme.
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 Shoot to Kill 1947 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Berke
Cast: Russell Wade, Luana Walters, Edmund MacDonald, Robert Kent, Vince Barnett, Nestor Paiva, Charles Trowbridge, Harry Brown, Harry Cheshire, John Elliott, Ted Hecht, Gene Rodgers, Frank O'Connor, Eddie Foster, Joe Devlin
Crooked Assistant District Attorney Lawrence Dale (Edmund MacDonald) frames gangster Dixie Logan (Robert Kent) who wants in on the action. Dixie's wife, Marian (Luana Walters), and reporter George Mitchell (Russell Wade) expose Lawrence's evil ways. Told in flashback by Marian.
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So Proudly We Hail! 1943 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, George Reeves, Barbara Britton, Walter Abel, Sonny Tufts, Bill Goodwin, Mary Treen, John Litel, Mary Servoss, Ted Hecht, Hugh Ho Chang, Kitty Kelly, Helen Lynd
In this somewhat dated, but still enjoyable, film, U.S. Army nurses Lt. Janet "Davy" Davidson (Claudette Colbert), Lt. Joan O'Doul (Paulette Goddard), Lt. Olivia D'Arcy (Veronica Lake), and Lt. Rosemary Larson (Barbara Britton) serve on Bataan treating the wounded soldiers during World War II and try not to buckle under the pressures. Paulette Goddard was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress).
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Tarzan and the Huntress 1947 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Patricia Morison, Barton MacLane, John Warburton, Charles Trowbridge, Ted Hecht, Wallace Scott, Mickey Simpson
Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) tries to stop an evil plot by zoologists to illegally capture animals.
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Tarzan's Magic Fountain 1949 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Lex Barker, Evelyn Ankers, Brenda Joyce, Albert Dekker, Charles Drake, Alan Napier, Henry Kulky, Henry Brandon, Ted Hecht, Elmo Lincoln
This is Lex Barker's first portrayal of Tarzan. The plot involves a hidden valley of youth where people do not age–until they leave. Watch for the original Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln) in a bit part.
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| 1. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
2. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
3. Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
4. Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
5. Corregidor (1943)
6. Just Before Dawn (1946)
7. Lady from Chungking (1942)
8. Lost City of the Jungle (1946)
9. Shoot to Kill (1947)
10. So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
11. Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)
12. Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
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