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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Circumstantial Evidence 1945  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Larkin
Cast: Michael O'Shea, Lloyd Nolan, Trudy Marshall, Billy Cummings, Ruth Ford, Reed Hadley, Roy Roberts, Scotty Beckett, Byron Foulger, Dorothy Adams, John Eldredge, Eddie Marr
Joe (Michael O'Shea) has been found guilty of murder and is on death row when he breaks out of prison. His young son, Pat (Billy Cummings), tells him to give himself up and convinces Joe that he will be proved innocent in a retrial.
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The Dancing Masters 1943 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Trudy Marshall, Bob Bailey, Margaret Dumont, Robert Mitchum, Matt Briggs, Nestor Paiva, Arthur Space, Edward Earle
While failing at operating their dancing school, Laurel and Hardy help a young inventor and end up stuck on a driverless bus while dealing with a gang of hoods.
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The Dolly Sisters 1945  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall, Reginald Gardiner, Frank Latimore, Gene Sheldon, Sig Ruman, Trudy Marshall, Collette Lyons
Good "oldie" songs abound in this musical biography of the Hungarian-born Dolly sisters, Jenny and Rosie (Betty Grable and June Haver), who hit it big in the New York theater world in the early 1900s.
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Dragonwyck 1946  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington, Harry Morgan, Jessica Tandy, Connie Marshall, Vivienne Osborne, Trudy Marshall, Trevor Bardette, Addison Richards, Grady Sutton, Jane Nigh
This film marks Joseph L. Mankiewicz's directorial debut and is based on Anya Seton's best-selling novel. The Gothic suspense story features Gene Tierney as Miranda, a governess who marries her rich cousin, Nicholas Van Ryn (Vincent Price). After the wedding, young Dr. Jeff Turner (Glenn Langan) becomes suspicious that Nicholas murdered his first wife in order to marry Miranda. And the mystery deepens.
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The Fuller Brush Man 1948 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
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
A novice door-to-door salesman (Red Skelton) gets involved in a murder plot while he earnestly tries to ply his trade.
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The Purple Heart 1944 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger, Kevin O'Shea, Don "Red" Barry, Trudy Marshall, Sam Levene, Charles Russell, Richard Loo, Philip Ahn, John Craven, Tala Birell, Peter Chong, Benson Fong, Nestor Paiva
This excellent World War II film tells the story of an American crew whose plane was downed, and they were captured after raids on Tokyo early in the War. The hardships, including torture and subsequent trials, encountered by the crew are presented well in this good movie. Fine performances.
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Roger Touhy, Gangster 1944 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Preston Foster, Victor McLaglen, Lois Andrews, Anthony Quinn, Kent Taylor, Harry Morgan, Trudy Marshall, William Post Jr., Moroni Olsen, Frank Jenks
This film is a loosely based-on-fact biography of the infamous murderer, Roger Touhy.
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The Sullivans 1944 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Fighting Sullivans
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle, Edward Ryan, Trudy Marshall, John Campbell, James Cardwell, John Alvin, George Offerman Jr., Ward Bond
This is the story of five brothers who, during World War II, enlisted in the Navy and wanted to stay together. They were assigned to the cruiser "Juneau," and all were lost when the ship was sunk at Guadalcanal. In the future, the Navy would not allow all family members to serve on the same ship. Also, a Navy destroyer was named for them.
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| 1. Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
2. Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
3. The Dancing Masters (1943)
4. The Dolly Sisters (1945)
5. Dragonwyck (1946)
6. The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
7. The Purple Heart (1944)
8. Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)
9. The Sullivans (1944)
aka: The Fighting Sullivans
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