Bachelor Mother 1932   N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Hutchison
Cast: Evalyn Knapp, James Murray, Margaret Seddon, Paul Page, Astrid Allwyn, Harry Holman, Virginia Sale, Eddie Kane, Jimmy Aubrey, Henry Hall, John Paul Jones, Bess Stafford, Margaret Mann, Stella Adams
In order to stay out of jail, Joe Bigelow (James Murray) "adopts" an old woman, Cynthia Wilson (Margaret Seddon), who is in a nursing home and gets her out to live with him. Meanwhile, Joe falls in love with Mary Somerset (Evalyn Knapp) who is in charge of the nursing home. All is OK until Joe gets involved with Lola (Astrid Allwyn) who only wants him for his money. Cynthia steps in and kills Lola. During the trial, Cynthia and Joe try to protect each other, Cynthia is acquitted, and Joe reunites with Mary. 1 User Review
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Case of the Baby-Sitter 1947  N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Tom Neal, Allen Jenkins, Pamela Blake, Virginia Sale, George Meeker, Tom Kennedy, Rebel Randall, Keith Richards, Lona Andre, Crane Whitley, Eddie Kane, Bill Kennedy
Russ Ashton's (Tom Neal) detective agency is hired to provide baby-sitting duties for a duke and duchess (George Meeker and Rebel Randall), and Russ assigns his inept, but funny, assistant, Harvard (Allen Jenkins), to the job. But the duke and duchess are really jewel thieves, and a rival gang wants loot from the last heist, which brings Russ into action. Filmed concurrently with "The Hat Box Mystery" with several of the same stars.
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Dark Mountain 1944  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Berke
Cast: Robert Lowery, Ellen Drew, Regis Toomey, Eddie Quillan, Elisha Cook Jr., Ralph Dunn, Walter Baldwin, Virginia Sale, Byron Foulger, Johnny Fisher, Alex Callam, Eddie Cane
Forest Ranger Don Bradley (Robert Lowery) loves Kay (Ellen Drew), but by the time he gets a promotion that would allow him to marry Kay, she marries another–gangster Steve (Regis Toomey). But it turns out that the marriage was a convenience for Steve, and now she is being held by Steve against her will in a mountain cabin. Don comes to the rescue.
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The Hat Box Mystery 1947 N/R, 44 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Tom Neal, Pamela Blake, Allen Jenkins, Virginia Sale, Leonard Penn, Olga Andre, Tom Kennedy, Edward Keane, Al Hill, Jack Cheatham, Zon Murray, Bob Nunes, William Ruhl
An assignment of private detective Russ' (Tom Neal) assistant/secretary Susan (Pamela Blake) turns into a murder case, and Susan is the primary suspect. Russ comes to her rescue. Filmed concurrently with "Case of the Baby-Sitter" and with several of the same stars.
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 1967  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Swift
Cast: Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Anthony "Scooter" Teague, Maureen Arthur, Murray Matheson, Anne Seymour, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Virginia Sale, Kay Reynolds
Based on the Broadway musical comedy, this is the story about window cleaner J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse) who reads a book about getting ahead in business and becomes a vice-president in charge of advertising for a large company by employing his own unique methods for the climb up the corporate ladder.
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Miss Annie Rooney 1942 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Shirley Temple, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore, Peggy Ryan, Gloria Holden, June Lockhart, Selmer Jackson, Virginia Sale, Roland Dupree, Jonathan Hale
Annie Rooney (Shirley Temple) is a poor girl who falls in love with a wealthy youth, Marty (Dickie Moore). Shirley receives her first screen kiss.
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Moby Dick 1930  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Walter Long, Nigel De Brulier, Noble Johnson, Virginia Sale, John Ince, Lloyd Hughes, May Boley, Tom O'Brien, Richard Cramer, Ted Billings, Jack Curtis
In this version of Herman Melville's classic story about Captain Ahab's obsession with the great white whale, Ahab (John Barrymore) falls for his brother Derek's (Lloyd Hughes) girlfriend Faith Mapple (Joan Bennett), and she returns his love. Ahab sets sail, and on this trip he is thrown overboard and loses his leg to the great white whale Moby Dick. He returns home and mistakenly believes that Faith no longer loves him. Now, Ahab is obsessed with searching for Moby Dick and getting revenge.
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Oliver Twist 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William J. Cowen
Cast: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William "Stage" Boyd, Doris Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Lionel Belmore, Tempe Pigott, Virginia Sale, Harry Holman, Clyde Cook, George Nash, Alec B. Francis, Sonny Ray, George K. Arthur, Nelson McDowell
This is one of the less successful versions of "Oliver Twist." However, it is an interesting entry in the long list of "Oliver Twist" movies. Dickie Moore stars in the title role of young pickpocket Oliver Twist, and Irving Pichel is good as Oliver's tutor, the devious Fagin.
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Pittsburgh 1942 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton, Thomas Gomez, Shemp Howard, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Fix, William Haade, Nestor Paiva, Charles Coleman, Ben Taggart, Virginia Sale, Wade Boteler
Charles "Pittsburgh" Markham (John Wayne) is an ambitious man whose time spent with the coal business shows that he places work above family. He eventually loses his wife Josie (Marlene Dietrich) to John "Cash" Evans (Randolph Scott).
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 Slither 1973  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: James Caan, Peter Boyle, Sally Kellerman, Louise Lasser, Allen Garfield, Richard B. Shull, Alex Rocco, Garry Goodrow, Len Lesser, Virginia Sale, Stuart Nisbet, James Josiph, Wayne Storm, Alex Henteloff, Moira Sher
An assorted group of offbeat characters search for lost treasure of embezzled money in California. As they search, they are trailed by bad guys who want the money for themselves. Fun viewing.
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 Topper 1937 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Cary Grant, Roland Young, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Arthur Lake, Hedda Hopper, Virginia Sale, J. Farrell MacDonald, Theodore von Eltz, Elaine Shepard, Doodles Weaver, Si Jenks, Irving Bacon
George and Marion Kerby (Cary Grant and Constance Bennett) die in a car crash, but they must perform a good deed before they can go to Heaven. Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) is the stuffy president of the bank in which George and Marion are stockholders, and they decide that he should be the one who will receive their services. The good deed is to show Topper how to loosen up and enjoy life–but the deed will not come without problems from Topper's wife Clara (Billie Burke) and his butler (Alan Mowbray). Young received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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When Strangers Marry 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Betrayed
Director: William Castle
Cast: Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, Robert Mitchum, Neil Hamilton, Lou Lubin, Milton Kibbee, Rhonda Fleming, Marta Mitrovich, Byron Foulger, Edward Keane, Dick Elliott, Virginia Sale, Weldon Heyburn, George Lloyd, Minerva Urecal
When Millie (Kim Hunter) comes to New York City to meet her new husband Paul (Dean Jagger), she suspects that he is a murderer, and she enlists the aid of a friend to help.
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| 1. Bachelor Mother (1932)
2. Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947)
3. Dark Mountain (1944)
4. The Hat Box Mystery (1947)
5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
6. Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
7. Moby Dick (1930)
8. Oliver Twist (1933)
9. Pittsburgh (1942)
10. Slither (1973)
11. Topper (1937)
12. When Strangers Marry (1944)
aka: Betrayed
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