Charlie Chan in Rio 1941  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Sidney Toler, Mary Beth Hughes, Victor Jory, Harold Huber, Richard Derr, Victor Sen Yung, Kay Linaker, Truman Bradley, Ann Codee, Eugene Borden, Jacqueline Dalya, Cobina Wright, Ted North, Hamilton MacFadden, Leslie Denison
Following Warner Oland's untimely death in 1937, Sidney Toler took over the role of Charlie Chan, Honolulu investigator. In this film, Chan travels to Rio with Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) to bring a murderess, nightclub singer Lola (Jacqueline Dalya) to Hawaii for trial. After Lola is murdered, Chan must solve her murder.
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Dead Men Tell 1941 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Sidney Toler, Robert Weldon, Sheila Ryan, Victor Sen Yung, George Reeves, Donald Douglas, Kay Aldridge, Ethel Griffies, Truman Bradley, Paul McGrath, Lenita Lane, Milton Parsons, Pat Flaherty, Lee Phelps, Tim Ryan
Elderly, eccentric Miss Nodbury (Ethel Griffies) suffers a heart attack and dies while preparing to set out on a hunt for the $60 million family fortune that was inherited from her ancestor, pirate Black Hook. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) and #2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) investigate and learn that Miss Nodbury was frightened to death by a "ghost" that she believed was Black Hook. In fact, the killer was dressed up as Black Hook, and now Charlie must identify the culprit.
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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: June Haver, Mark Stevens, Martha Stewart, Reginald Gardiner, Lenore Aubert, William Frawley, Gene Nelson, George Cleveland, Truman Bradley, Charles Judels, Harry Cheshire, Robert Emmett Keane, John Arledge, Dewey Robinson, Buddy Clark
In this is a film biography, Mark Stevens takes on the role of early-20th century songwriter Joe Howard (his singing voice was dubbed by Buddy Clark). Romance enters Joe's life, and he marries chorus girl Katie (June Haver). Songs include "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," "What's the Use of Dreaming?", Goodbye My Lady Love," and "Hello My Baby."
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 Keep 'Em Flying 1941 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Martha Raye, Carol Bruce, Dick Foran, William Gargan, Truman Bradley, Doris Lloyd, William B. Davidson, James Seay
Adjusting to Air Corps training is not always easy, but it is even more difficult for Jinx Roberts (Dick Foran) who is saddled with Blackie Benson (Bud Abbott) and Heathcliff (Lou Costello) as his helpers. Martha Raye shines in her roles of twin sisters Gloria and Barbara Phelps.
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Young Dr. Kildare 1938 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lynne Carver, Nat Pendleton, Jo Ann Sayers, Samuel S. Hinds, Emma Dunn, Walter Kingsford, Monty Woolley, Pierre Watkin, Truman Bradley, Nella Walker
This is the first in a series of nine Dr. Kildare movies. All films star Lew Ayres as the title character and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie, his mentor. The setting is Blair General Hospital. In this episode, Dr. Kildare, upon graduation, decides not to join his father's practice in a small town; rather, he chooses a large hospital in NYC. He gets in trouble right away when he is blamed for the death of an important politician. The wheel-chair-bound Dr. Gillespie helps prove Kildare's innocence and, by story's end, becomes his mentor.
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| 1. Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
2. Dead Men Tell (1941)
3. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
4. Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
5. Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
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