The Admiral Was a Lady 1950  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Sands, Steve Brodie, Richard Erdman, Hillary Brooke, Richard Lane, Garry Owen, Fred Essler, Lurene Tuttle, Warren Douglas
Problems of entering the stage of readjustment to civilian life for many World War II servicemen is evidenced in this story about unemployed ex-sailors who plan to evade work indefinitely and meet regularly at a social club. When a WAVE (Wanda Hendrix) enters the club looking for a lost boyfriend, she immediately catches the eye of Jimmy (Edmond O'Brien) but shuns him because of his deadbeat lifestyle. To win her love, Jimmy enters a boxing contest to win $100, and the chase begins.
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Captain Carey, U.S.A. 1950  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix, Francis Lederer, Joseph Calleia, Frank Puglia, Luis Alberni, Roland Winters, Russ Tamblyn, Celia Lovsky, Angela Clarke
Following World War II a former O.S.S. officer, Captain Webster Carey (Alan Ladd), returns to Italy to track down the traitor who was responsible for the death of villagers. An Academy Award was received for Best Song, "Mona Lisa."
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Johnny Cool 1963  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Asher
Cast: Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Richard Anderson, Jim Backus, Joey Bishop, Brad Dexter, Wanda Hendrix, Marc Lawrence, John McGiver, Telly Savalas
A vicious gangster embarks on a senseless series of murders in this extremely violent film.
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My Outlaw Brother 1951  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
aka: My Brother, The Outlaw
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston, Robert Stack, Jose Torvay, Carlos Muzquiz, Fernando Wagner, Hilda Moreno, Margarito Luna, Chel Lopez
Denny O'Moore (Mickey Rooney) travels West in search of his idolized big brother, Patrick (Robert Stack), and teams up with Texas Ranger Joe Walter (Robert Preston). When Denny realizes that Patrick is an outlaw, he aids Joe in putting Patrick behind bars.
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Prince of Foxes 1949 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Marina Berti, Everett Sloane, Katina Paxinou, Felix Aylmer, Eduardo Ciannelli, Leslie Bradley, Eugene Deckers
Orsini (Tyrone Power) is sent by Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles) to win the affection of Camilla (Wanda Hendrix) in this beautifully costumed and artistically photographed epic story.
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Sea of Lost Ships 1953 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: John Derek, Wanda Hendrix, Walter Brennan, Richard Jaeckel, Tom Tully, Barton MacLane, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Darryl Hickman, Roy Roberts, Steve Brodie
After striking an iceberg, a sinking ship's passengers are rescued by Coast Guardsmen–including Grad Matthews (John Derek) who is an ex-midshipman following his ouster from the Academy.
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Sierra 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Wanda Hendrix, Audie Murphy, Burl Ives, Dean Jagger, Richard Rober, Tony Curtis, Elisabeth Risdon, Roy Roberts, James Arness, Houseley Stevenson
A father and son stay one step ahead of the law while trying to find evidence of the father's innocence in a crime for which he is the prime suspect.
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Stage to Thunder Rock 1964 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William F. Claxton
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell, Keenan Wynn, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr., John Agar, Wanda Hendrix, Anne Seymour, Allan Jones, Robert Strauss
Sheriff Horne (Barry Sullivan) is forced to arrest family members who raised him in this tale of gunslingers on the trail of the same people–but they are coming from different perspectives.
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Welcome Stranger 1947 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Barry Fitzgerald, Wanda Hendrix, Frank Faylen, Elizabeth Patterson, Percy Kilbride, Charles Dingle, Robert Shayne, Don Beddoe
Doctor Jim Pearson (Bing Crosby) opts for rural life and arrives in a small village where he helps out an older doctor (Barry Fitzgerald) who wants a vacation.
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| 1. The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
2. Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)
3. Johnny Cool (1963)
4. My Outlaw Brother (1951)
aka: My Brother, The Outlaw
5. Prince of Foxes (1949)
6. Sea of Lost Ships (1953)
7. Sierra (1950)
8. Stage to Thunder Rock (1964)
9. Welcome Stranger (1947)
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