Aces and Eights 1936  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Tim McCoy, Jimmy Aubrey, Luana Walters, Wheeler Oakman, Earle Hodgins, Rex Lease, J. Frank Glendon, Joseph W. Girard, Charles Stevens, John Merton
As all good Western film fans know, "Aces and Eights" is called the "death hand," which is named for the hand that Wild Bill Hickock held when he was shot. This hand of cards comes into play when Tim Madigan (Tim McCoy)–who doesn't even carry a gun–poses as a card sharp when he comes to the aid of a Mexican family who are being cheated out of their ranch.
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The Ape Man 1943  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
aka: Lock Your Doors
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Louise Currie, Wallace Ford, Henry Hall, Minerva Urecal, Ralph Littlefield, J. Farrell MacDonald, Wheeler Oakman, Emil Van Horn, George Kirby, Jack Mulhall, Charles Jordan, Charlie Hall, Ray Miller, William Ruhl
Mad scientist James Brewster (Bela Lugosi) is working on a serum derived from the spinal fluid of a gorilla. He injects himself to test the serum and turns into a hairy, gorilla-like being. In order to reverse the process, he and his gorilla cohort must murder humans to get their spinal fluids.
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Bank Alarm 1937 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Cast: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett, Frank Milan, William L. Thorne, Wheeler Oakman, Nat Carr, Marlo Dwyer, Charles Delaney, Phil Dunham, Sidney D'Albrook, Pat Gleason
Federal agents Alan O'Connor and Bobbie Reynolds (Conrad Nagel and Eleanor Hunt) are in pursuit of ruthless bank robbers when O'Connor allows Reynolds to be kidnapped by the robbers. But never fear, by story's end he saves the day when he rescues her and captures the bank robbers. This is one in a series of four "G-Man" films. The others are "Yellow Cargo," "Navy Spy," and "The Gold Racket."
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Bowery at Midnight 1942  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Wanda McKay, John Archer, Tom Neal, John Berkes, Vince Barnett, Ray Miller, J. Farrell MacDonald, Lew Kelly, Anna Hope, Lucille Vance, Wheeler Oakman, Dave O'Brien, George Eldredge, "Snub" Pollard
Respected Professor Frederick Brenner (Bela Lugosi) is a teacher by day and runs a mission soup kitchen at night. But, the mission is a front for his criminal activities, which include killing his victims and burying them in the cellar where they become zombies.
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Buried Alive 1939 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Halperin
Cast: Beverly Roberts, Robert Wilcox, George Pembroke, Ted Osborne, Paul McVey, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Don Rowan, George Lynn, Wheeler Oakman, Robert McKenzie, Robert Fiske, Boyd Irwin, Edward Earle, Norman Budd, Ben Alexander
Prison trustee Johnny Martin (Robert Wilcox) is blamed for the murder of a guard and is denied parole. He learns that he is in prison for political reasons and finds only one ally: nurse Joan Wright (Beverly Roberts).
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Deadly Ray from Mars 1966 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Flash Gordon: Mars Attacks the World
Director: Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Donald Kerr, Beatrice Roberts, Richard Alexander, C. Montague Shaw, Warner Richmond, Kenne Duncan, Wheeler Oakman, Jack Mulhall, Lane Chandler, Anthony Warde, Ben Lewis
This is a feature-length version of 1938's 15-episode serial "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" and was released in 1966. A deadly ray is sucking up Earth's nitrogen, so Flash (Buster Crabbe) and his crew must save the day. They find that Flash's enemy Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) is behind it, working from Mars. Then, there's Ming's ally Queen Azara (Beatrice Roberts), who has the power to turn people into clay.
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Death in the Air 1936  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Pilot X
Death in the Sky
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Lona Andre, John Carroll, Leon Ames, Henry Hall, Wheeler Oakman, Reed Howes, Pat Somerset, Gaston Glass, Hans Joby, Willard Kent, John Elliott
Carl Goering (Leon Ames), gone mad due to his World War I air combat experiences, thinks that all flyers are out to get him. So, he intends to kill all those who pilot a plane. It's up to Helen and Jerry (Helen Gage and John Carroll) to stop this nonsense. Cheaply made with stock footage of plane crashes.
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 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars 1938  N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Beatrice Roberts, Donald Kerr, Richard Alexander, C. Montague Shaw, Warner Richmond, Kenne Duncan, Wheeler Oakman, Jack Mulhall, Lane Chandler, Anthony Warde, Ben Lewis
The gang from the original 1936 "Flash Gordon" is back in this 15-episode serial that is still fun to watch. A deadly ray is sucking up Earth's nitrogen, so Flash (Buster Crabbe) and his crew must save the day. They find that Flash's enemy Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) is behind it, working from Mars. Then, there's Ming's ally Queen Azara (Beatrice Roberts) who has the power to turn people into clay. A full-length feature was made from the serial, known as "Deadly Ray from Mars."
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Gambling with Souls 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Vice Racket
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Martha Chapin, Wheeler Oakman, Bryant Washburn, Gay Sheridan, Janet Eastman, Robert Frazer, Edward Keane, Gaston Glass, Florence Dudley, Eddie Laughton
After losing at gambling, Mae Miller (Martha Chapin) is forced into prostitution as the means of paying off her debts, and her sordid lifestyle leads to her shooting notorious gangster Lucky Wilder (Wheeler Oakman).
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In Old Santa Fe 1934 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Howard, Joseph Kane
Cast: Ken Maynard, Evalyn Knapp, H.B. Warner, George "Gabby" Hayes, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jack Rockwell, Wheeler Oakman, Kenneth Thomson, George Chesebro
In their screen debut, Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette come to the aid of hero Ken Maynard after he gets in trouble with big city gamblers who have rigged a horse race, causing Ken to lose his horse, and framing Ken for murder to boot.
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The Lost Jungle 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller
Director: David Howard, Armand Schaefer
Cast: Clyde Beatty, Cecilia Parker, Syd Saylor, Warner Richmond, Edward LeSaint, Wheeler Oakman, Maston Williams, Lew Meehan, Max Wagner, Wes Warner, Slim Whitaker, Hal Taliaferro, Jim Corey, Ernie Adams
In this feature-length version of a 12-episode serial, famous animal trainer Clyde Beatty takes on the lead role as himself heading out on a trip in search of animals and his girlfriend, Ruth (Cecilia Parker), who is lost in the jungle. Beatty is accompanied by his assistant, Sharkey (Warner Richmond), and his press agent, Larry (Syd Saylor), and the action begins when Beatty's dirigible crashes on an island. The island is filled with animals of all sorts, as well as another group of men looking for gold. Before story's end, Sharkey proves to be on the wrong side, and Ruth is found.
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Men with Steel Faces 1940 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Radio Ranch
Director: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jack Carlyle, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, William Moore, Dorothy Christy, J. Frank Glendon, Wheeler Oakman, Edward Peil Sr.
This is an edited version of the serial "The Phantom Empire" and is a Western science fiction story concerning an advanced civilization under the earth, which Gene Autry "unearths" while singing.
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The Mysterious Avenger 1936 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Selman
Cast: Charles Starrett, George Chesebro, Jon Hall, Bob Nolan, Joan Perry, Hal Price, Roy Rogers, Wheeler Oakman, Edward Le Saint, Lafe McKee
Two ranchers feud over which one is the rustler. Charles Starrett steps in and finds the real one.
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Phantom Empire 1935 N/R, 245 min.
Genre: Western / Sci-Fi / Musical
Director: Otto Brower, B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Warner Richmond, Dorothy Christy, Smiley Burnette, Wheeler Oakman, Charles K. French, J. Frank Glendon, Peter Potter, Edward Peil Sr., Jack Carlyle, Hal Taliaferro, Lane Chandler
In this early science fiction serial of 12 episodes, Gene Autry discovers a subterranean empire that has existed since an ancient continent, Mu, sank beneath the sea. It is under his ranch, and Gene tries to keep peace between this peaceful civilization and the greed from above.
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Roarin' Guns 1936 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Tim McCoy, Rosalinda Price, Wheeler Oakman, Rex Lease, John Elliott, Karl Hackett, Richard Alexander, Jack Rockwell, Ed Cassidy, Tommy Bupp, Lew Meehan, Artie Ortego, Tex Phelps, Hank Bell, Wally West
Bad guys start a range war, and rancher Bob Morgan (John Elliott) and his cattlemen's group send for gunfighter Tim (Tim McCoy) to deal with the situation. In the fight to save his ranch, Bob is killed, and Tim is blamed for the killing. But, by story's end, Tim takes care of the situation and wins the heart of Bob's niece, May (Rosalinda Price).
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So's Your Aunt Emma 1942 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Meet the Mob
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Zasu Pitts, Roger Pryor, Douglas Fowley, Warren Hymer, Gwen Kenyon, Elizabeth Russell, Tristram Coffin, Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart, Stanley Blystone, Jack Mulhall, Dick Elliott, Wheeler Oakman
Spinster Aunt Emma (Zasu Pitts) travels to the big city to attend the boxing match of Mickey O'Banion (Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart) who is the son of her long-dead beau. Emma uncovers the fact that Mickey is a victim of mobsters controlling the boxing matches, and the gangsters mistakenly believe that Emma heads up the Ma Barker gang. Emma goes along with the deception, joins forces with a reporter (Roger Pryor), and frees Mickey from gang control.
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The Spoilers 1914 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Colin(1) Campbell
Cast: William Farnum, Bessie Eyton, Tom Santschi, Kathlyn Williams, Frank Clark, Jack McDonald, Wheeler Oakman, Norval MacGregor, William Ryno, Marshall Farnum
On his trip to the Yukon, gold prospector Roy Glenister (William Farnum) meets and is attracted to Helen (Bessie Eyton). When he arrives in Alaska, Glenister learns that the gold commissioner, Alex McNamara (Tom Santschi), is plotting to take the mines away from the owners. The situation gets out of hand, and Glenister must physically fight McNamara for his gold rights–and the love of Helen as well.
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 Texas Cyclone 1932 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Tim McCoy, Wheeler Oakman, Shirley Grey, John Wayne, Wallace MacDonald, Jim Farley, Walter Brennan, Harry Cording, Vernon Dent, Mary Gordon
Texas Grant (Tim McCoy) rides into Stampede and finds out that he is a dead ringer for a rancher who disappeared several years before. He uses the rancher's identity to help the missing rancher's wife (Shirley Grey) rid the town of a cattle-rustling gang that has been stealing her cattle. Texas gets help from ranch hand Steve (John Wayne, in an early film appearance) and even discovers he really is the missing rancher but had suffered from amnesia after a blow to the head. Go figure.
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Timber War 1936 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Kermit Maynard, Lucille Lund, Lawrence Gray, Robert Warwick, Wheeler Oakman, Lloyd Ingraham, Roger Williams, James Pierce, Horace Murphy, Patricia Royale, Ted Mapes, George Morrell, Ed Cassidy, Tex Phelps, Horace B. Carpenter
The logging company is being sabotaged, and Jim (Kermit Maynard) arrives in town to help owner Sally (Lucille Lund) uncover the culprit who just happens to be the company's manager (Wheeler Oakman). Jim does not fail.
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Torture Ship 1939 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Victor Halperin
Cast: Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel, Julie Bishop, Sheila Bromley, Anthony Averill, Eddie Holden, Russell Hopton, Julian Madison, Wheeler Oakman, Stanley Blystone, Skelton Knaggs
Intent on curing criminal minds, Dr. Herbert Stander (Irving Pichel) transports escaped criminals on Lt. Bob Bennett's (Lyle Talbot) ship with plans to operate on them at a remote island.
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| 1. Aces and Eights (1936)
2. The Ape Man (1943)
aka: Lock Your Doors
3. Bank Alarm (1937)
4. Bowery at Midnight (1942)
5. Buried Alive (1939)
6. Deadly Ray from Mars (1966)
aka: Flash Gordon: Mars Attacks the World
7. Death in the Air (1936)
aka: Pilot X
aka: Death in the Sky
8. Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
9. Gambling with Souls (1936)
aka: The Vice Racket
10. Ghost Patrol (1936)
11. In Old Santa Fe (1934)
12. The Lost Jungle (1934)
13. Men with Steel Faces (1940)
aka: Radio Ranch
14. The Mysterious Avenger (1936)
15. Phantom Empire (1935)
16. Roarin' Guns (1936)
17. So's Your Aunt Emma (1942)
aka: Meet the Mob
18. The Spoilers (1914)
19. Texas Cyclone (1932)
20. Timber War (1936)
21. Torture Ship (1939)
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