Blazing Across the Pecos 1948  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ray Nazarro
Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Patricia Barry, Paul Campbell, Charles C. Wilson, Thomas E. Jackson, Chief Thundercloud, Jock Mahoney, Jack Ingram, Pat O'Malley
Masked hero The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) is back and comes to the aid of an inept sheriff (Smiley Burnette). When the town's mayor, Ace (Charles C. Wilson), hears that The Durango Kid has been killed, he sets out to terrorize his business rival. But who is that new deputy to the sheriff? One of the weaker films in the series.
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Call of the Wild 1935  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Frank Conroy, Reginald Owen, Sidney Toler, Katherine DeMille, Charles Stevens, James Burke, Herman Bing, Lalo Encinas, Thomas E. Jackson, Russ Powell, George MacQuarrie, Wade Boteler
In this film adaptation of Jack London's tale of searching for gold in Alaska, Jack Thornton (Clark Gable) plans to head to Alaska for the gold rush, but he loses his money in a poker game. He buys a Saint Bernard named "Buck" from cruel owner Smith (Frank Conroy) and trains Buck as a sled dog. Later, an angry Smith bets Jack $1,000 that Buck can't pull a sled. Buck accomplishes the feat, and Jack wins the money he needs for the Alaska trip. With his friend Shorty (Jack Oakie), Jack sets out for Alaska where he meets Claire (Loretta Young) whose prospector husband (Reginald Owen) is missing, and Jack's adventures continue.
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The Hidden Eye 1945 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Edward Arnold, Frances Rafferty, William "Bill" Phillips, Ray Collins, Paul Langton, Thomas E. Jackson, Morris Ankrum, Eddie Acuff, Francis Pierlot, Robert Lewis
Blind Detective Mclain (Edward Arnold) is back in this second film based on Baynard Kenrick's sleuth. With the help of his dog, and a good sense of smell, he is out to solve a series of murders associated with an oriental cult. The scent of a rare perfume links the murders. The prior movie was "Eyes in the Night."
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International Crime 1938  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Rod La Rocque, Astrid Allwyn, Thomas E. Jackson, Oscar O'Shea, Wilhelm von Brincken, William Pawley, Walter Bonn, Peter Potter, Lou Hearn, Tenen Holtz, John St. Polis, Jack Baxley
Based on the popular radio show, "The Shadow"–but without the ability to "cloud men's minds"–this film follows Lamont Cranston (Rod La Rocque), a radio and newspaper reporter, as he solves the murder of a banker.
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The Irish in Us 1935 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Olivia de Havilland, Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins, Mary Gordon, J. Farrell MacDonald, Thomas E. Jackson, Harvey Perry
Two brothers, Danny (James Cagney) and Pat (Pat O'Brien) O'Hara vie for the attentions of beautiful Lucille Jackson (Olivia de Havilland).
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Little Caesar 1931  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Stanley Fields, Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, George E. Stone, Thomas E. Jackson, Armand Kaliz, Nicholas Bela, Landers Stevens, Al Hill, Tom McGuire, Lucille La Verne
Edward G. Robinson stars as small-time gangster Cesare Enrico "Rico" Bandello who, with his good friend Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), joins Sam Vettori's (Stanley Fields) gang. When Cesare rises to become the leader of the gang, he takes on the moniker of "Little Caesar," and faces many problems–both personal and professional. This film marks the first "talkie" in the gangster genre and provides the vehicle for Robinson's certain stardom. Its success gave rise to many more gangster movies in the 1930s.
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Love, Honor and Oh Baby! 1940  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams, Wallace Ford, Marc Lawrence, Warren Hymer, Mona Barrie, Hobart Cavanaugh, Irving Bacon, Frank Puglia, Thomas E. Jackson, Eddy Waller, Matt McHugh, Robert Frazer, David Oliver, Vinton Haworth
After the break-up with his girlfriend, a desolate Brian (Donald Woods) decides to help his sister by hiring a hit man to kill him and allow his sister to collect on his insurance. Then, Brian falls in love with another woman, and now must race against time to figure out who the hit man is and to cancel the contract.
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A Man Betrayed 1937 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John H. Auer
Cast: Edward J. Nugent, Kay Hughes, Lloyd Hughes, John Wray, Edwin Maxwell, Theodore von Eltz, Thomas E. Jackson, William Newell, Smiley Burnette, John Hamilton, Ralf Harolde, Carleton Young
Oil company executive Frank Powell (Edward J. Nugent) is framed for a murder and teams up with a group of thieves–led by Sparks (John Wray)–who helps prove his innocence.
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Nancy Drew, Reporter 1939 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee, Dickie Jones, Larry Williams, Betty Amann, Thomas E. Jackson, Olin Howland, Sheila Bromley
This likeable entry in the series features Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) entering a newspaper contest that requires a news story be submitted. She stumbles onto a real story–MURDER–and is off with friend Ted (Frankie Thomas) to prove that the accused girl is innocent. There's even a song by the four young stars.
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Parachute Jumper 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Leo Carrillo, Bette Davis, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd, Sheila Terry, Harold Huber, Thomas E. Jackson, G. Pat Collins, Walter Brennan
Two ex-Marine aviators (Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Frank McHugh) turn to smuggling drugs and alcohol until Alabama (Bette Davis) turns their lives around.
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The Woman in the Window 1944 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Raymond Massey, Joan Bennett, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea, Robert Blake, Dorothy Peterson, Thomas E. Jackson, Arthur Loft, Frank Dawson, Bess Flowers, Frank McClure
When his family is out of town, the very proper Professor Richard Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) meets the subject of a painting (Joan Bennett) and becomes involved in a murder. Great thriller.
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| 1. Blazing Across the Pecos (1948)
2. Call of the Wild (1935)
3. The Face of Marble (1946)
4. The Hidden Eye (1945)
5. International Crime (1938)
6. The Irish in Us (1935)
7. Little Caesar (1931)
8. Love, Honor and Oh Baby! (1940)
9. A Man Betrayed (1937)
10. Nancy Drew, Reporter (1939)
11. Parachute Jumper (1933)
12. The Woman in the Window (1944)
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