Blockade 1938  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, Leo Carrillo, John Halliday, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robert Warwick, Reginald Denny, Peter Godfrey, Katherine DeMille, William B. Davidson
The Spanish Civil War becomes all too real in this film about espionage agents.
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Devil Dogs of the Air 1935  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, Frank McHugh, Ward Bond, John Arledge, Helen Lowell, Robert Barrat, Russell Hicks, William B. Davidson
Tommy O'Toole (Cagney) is a hot shot barnstorming pilot. He joins the Marine Air Corps and the flight training crew tries to reform him. There are some great aerial stunts.
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Dick Tracy's Dilemma 1947  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Lyle Latell, Kay Christopher, Jack Lambert, Ian Keith, Tony Barrett, Tom Keene, Jason Robards Sr., Harry Strang, Bernadene Hayes, Jimmy Conlin, William B. Davidson, Al Bridge, Sean McClory
Chester Gould's comic-strip characters are back–this time Ralph Byrd again takes on the title role of Dick Tracy who must contend with Steve "The Claw Michel" (Jack Lambert) whose hand is a steel claw.
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 Dillinger 1945 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Nosseck
Cast: Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli, Elisha Cook Jr., Marc Lawrence, Ralph Lewis, Ludwig Stossel, Dewey Robinson, Selmer Jackson, Elsa Janssen, Constance Worth, William B. Davidson, Victor Kilian, Lou Lubin
Gunned down by police in front of Chicago's Biograph Theater in 1934, John Dillinger had been the FBI's Public Enemy Number One. Lawrence Tierney takes on the Dillinger role, but Edmund Lowe gets the more interesting role of gang chieftan Specs Green in this story tracing Dillinger's criminal career, which extends from petty thefts to bank robberies.
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Dishonored 1931 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Warner Oland, Lew Cody, Barry Norton, Davison Clark, Wilfred Lucas, Bill Powell, George Irving, Joseph W. Girard, William B. Davidson
Magda (Marlene Dietrich) takes on the role of spy X-27 working for the Austrian Secret Service during World War I. She succeeds in her first assignment of tracking down information on Austrian Col. von Hindau (Warner Oland), and he commits suicide. On her next assignment, she falls in love with Lt. Kranau and allows him to escape. When her actions are uncovered, X-27 is caught and sentenced to execution. Problems arise at the execution when the Court Martial officer (Barry Norton) says that he cannot shoot a woman. There is a short respite followed ultimately by her execution.
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Earthworm Tractors 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Natural Born Salesman
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee, Dick Foran, Carol Hughes, Gene Lockhart, Olin Howland, Joseph Crehan, Irving Bacon, Sarah Edwards, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson
This Depression Era film provides plenty of laughs when natural born salesman Alexander Botts (Joe E. Brown) plies his trade selling Earthworm tractors. Botts works on Sam Johnson (Guy Kibbee) to sell him tractors, and after a series of near disasters Botts makes a deal with Johnson that includes not only tractors but the affections of Johnson's daughter, Mabel (June Travis), as well.
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The Gaucho 1927 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure / Romance
Director: F. Richard Jones
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez, Eve Southern, Joan Barclay, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Michael Vavitch, Charles Stevens, Nigel De Brulier, Albert MacQuarrie, Mary Pickford, Chris-Pin Martin, William B. Davidson
After a child is saved from death by a miracle in the Andes, a shrine is built and a city grows around it–a city with many riches. That means the bad guys must be on their way to take over the city, which they do. The "Gaucho" (Douglas Fairbanks) leads a band of outlaws into the city to save the day, but it will not be an easy task. One of Fairbanks' better, though less-known, films.
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Gold Diggers of 1937 1936 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell, Lee Dixon, Osgood Perkins, Charles D. Brown, Joseph Crehan, William B. Davidson, Olin Howland, Rosalind Marquis, Irene Ware, Charles Halton, Paul Irving, Harry C. Bradley
This is the third–and final–"Gold Diggers" film, and Busby Berkeley, though not in the director's chair for this one, still handled the choreography. This time around, unemployed chorus girls Genevieve Larkin (Glenda Farrell) and Norma Perry (Joan Blondell) are in on a plot to buy insurance from Rosmer Peak (Dick Powell) to insure J.J. Horbart (Victor Moore) in order to make money when he dies. Meanwhile, Horbart's partners lost his money in the stock market, and he has no money to finance his next Broadway show. Now, Genevieve falls in love with Horbart who suffers a breakdown when he learns that he is broke. The only way to restore Horbart's health is to put on the show without financial backing. And the show goes on.
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Half a Sinner 1940 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Al Christie
Cast: Heather Angel, John "Dusty" King, Constance Collier, Walter Catlett, Tom Dugan, Robert Elliott, Clem Bevans, Emma Dunn, Henry Brandon, William B. Davidson, Fern Emmett, Sonny Bupp, Wilbur Mack, Fred Kohler
Schoolteacher Anne Gladden (Heather Angel) escapes the attentions of a gangster by driving off in his car. What Anne does not know is that there is a corpse in the trunk. While the gangster tries to recover his car, Anne meets a stranger and picks him up. Now they discover the body and try to return the car, but both the gangster and the police are on their trail.
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Her Mad Night 1932  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Held for Murder
Director: E. Mason Hopper
Cast: Irene Rich, Conway Tearle, Mary Carlisle, Kenneth Thomson, William B. Davidson
Joan (Irene Rich) took the blame and is now convicted of killing the man who molested her daughter, Constance (Mary Carlisle). The electric chair is scheduled in the very near future, but Constance, who is the only one who really knows the truth, is away on a cruise. Will she return in time to prove her mother's innocence?
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Hook, Line and Sinker 1930 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Ralf Harolde, Jobyna Howland, Natalie Moorhead, Hugh Herbert, George F. Marion, William B. Davidson, Stanley Fields
Wilbur and Addington (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey) come to the aid of Mary (Dorothy Lee) by helping fix up her inherited, run-down hotel despite the objections of her mother who wants Mary to wed rich lawyer John (Ralf Harolde). The hotel becomes successful, but rival gangs find it as a place to do business, and John is associated with one of them. One of several films made by the comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey.
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 In the Navy 1941 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Abbott and Costello in the Navy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Powell, Claire Dodd, The Andrews Sisters, Dick Foran, Shemp Howard, William B. Davidson, Thurston Hall, Robert Emmett Keane
A radio entertainer, Tommy Halstead (Dick Powell), joins the Navy to get away from inquiring reporters. Aboard his battleship, he runs into Pomeroy Watson (Lou Costello) and Smokey Adams (Bud Abbott) who help him stay hidden from a prying newswoman, Dorothy Roberts (Claire Dodd).
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In This Our Life 1942 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Dennis Morgan, Charles Coburn, Billie Burke, Hattie McDaniel, William Forrest, Frank Craven, Lee Patrick, Mary Servoss, Ernest Anderson, Edward Fielding, William B. Davidson, John Hamilton
Two sisters, Stanley (Bette Davis) and Roy (Olivia de Havilland), are in love with the same man, Craig (George Brent). Although Roy and Craig are married, he decides to leave his wife for Stanley.
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The Intruder 1933  N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Albert Ray
Cast: Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman, Sidney Bracey, Mischa Auer, Harry Cording, William B. Davidson, Wilfred Lucas, Lynton Brent, John(2) Beck, Allan Cavan
Following a murder aboard a cruise ship, the ship itself sinks, and the survivors are shipwrecked on a jungle island. Now, a second murder takes place, which leaves the hero, John Brandt (Monte Blue), looking for clues to solve the crimes.
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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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Lady Killer 1933 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Leslie Fenton, Margaret Lindsay, Raymond Hatton, Henry O'Neill, Willard Robertson, Russell Hopton, William B. Davidson, Douglass Dumbrille, Robert Elliott, Marjorie Gateson, Douglas Cosgrove
This film brings back the stars (James Cagney and Mae Clark) of the smash hit "Public Enemy." In this go-around, an underworld crook (Cagney) goes from usher to hotshot hood to movie star.
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The Male Animal 1942 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Jack Carson, Eugene Pallette, Joan Leslie, Herbert Anderson, Hattie McDaniel, Ivan F. Simpson, Don DeFore, William B. Davidson
This film was adapted from the James Thurber novel about a triangle made up of scholarly professor Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda), his wife Ellen (Olivia de Havilland), and football hero Joe Ferguson (Jack Carson). Too busy with university affairs, Turner fails to pick up warning signs about Ellen's possible extra-marital affair with Joe.
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Man Made Monster 1941 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: Atomic Monster
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson, Samuel S. Hinds, William B. Davidson, Ben Taggart, Constance Bergen, Ivan Miller, George Meader, Frank O'Connor, Byron Foulger, Russell Hicks, John Dilson, Chester Gan
Lon Chaney Jr. plays "Dynamo" Dan McCormick who is a carnival side-show performer using his immunity from absorbing large volts of electricity as his act. After riding on a bus that crashes into an electric pole, Dan is the sole survivor. Dan recuperates at the home of mad scientist Dr. Paul Rigas (Lionel Atwill) where Rigas uses him for experiments and turns Dan into a "man made monster" controlled by Rigas. When Rigas' colleague Dr. John Lawrence (Samuel S. Hinds) wants him to stop the experiment, Rigas orders Dan to kill him. The deed is done, but Dan is arrested and sentenced to the electric chair where he absorbs the electricity and again becomes a superhuman–now ready to seek revenge.
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The Menace 1932 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: H.B. Warner, Bette Davis, Walter Byron, Natalie Moorhead, William B. Davidson, Crauford Kent, Halliwell Hobbes, Charles K. Gerrard, Murray Kinnell, Montagu Love
After spending time in prison for murdering his father, a young man returns to seek revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment.
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The Most Dangerous Game 1932 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: The Hounds of Zaroff
Director: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Leslie Banks, Noble Johnson, Steve Clemente, Hale Hamilton, William B. Davidson, Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian, James Flavin
Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks) lives in his castle on his remote island while awaiting boats that often wreck on the island. When one unfortunate ship wrecks, the count greets the three boaters graciously. But it soon becomes clear that he loves to hunt humans. Let the sports begin! This is the first (and best) filming of this often-told story, which was remade as "A Game of Death" and "Run for the Sun." Producer Ernest B. Schoedsack, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, and others in this movie were filming "King Kong" at the same time.
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Murder on the Waterfront 1943 N/R, 49 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Warren Douglas, Joan Winfield, John Loder, Ruth Ford, Bill Crago, Bill Kennedy, William B. Davidson, James Flavin, Philip Van Zandt, Fred Kelsey
At a mere 49 minutes, this remake of 1938's "The Invisible Menace" is still too long for many to tolerate. The inventor of a top-secret device to protect guns from high temperature is murdered. A sailor (Warren Douglas) on leave gets mixed up in a Nazi spy ring–the real culprits.
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The Notorious Lone Wolf 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Gerald Mohr, Janis Carter, Eric Blore, John Abbott, William B. Davidson, Don Beddoe, Adele Roberts, Peter Whitney, Olaf Hytten, Ian Wolfe
After a three-year gap in films, the Lone Wolf returns from WWII, with Gerald Mohr taking over the role of the ex-jewel thief sleuth. Eric Blore returns as the trusty valet as Lone Wolf gets involved in the case of priceless jewels being stolen from a museum. He must solve the case, since, among other things, he is a prime suspect. Not among the best of the series, but overall, it's fun.
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The Secret Bride 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Warren William, Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell, Arthur Byron, Henry O'Neill, Douglass Dumbrille, Arthur Aylesworth, William B. Davidson, Russell Hicks
Not until AFTER his secret wedding to the governor's daughter (Barbara Stanwyck) does the state's attorney general (Warren William) learn about evidence linking his new father-in-law, the governor (Arthur Byron), to illegal activities. Together, the couple works to help clear the governor's name.
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Sergeant Murphy 1938 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Mary Maguire, Donald Crisp, Ben Hendricks Jr., William B. Davidson, Edmund Cobb, Emmett Vogan, Tracy Lane, Janet Shaw, Rosella Towne
This so-so film is about a young soldier (Ronald Reagan) who is devoted to a very special U.S. Army horse.
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Shine on, Harvest Moon 1944 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Irene Manning, S.Z. Sakall, Marie Wilson, Robert Shayne, William B. Davidson, Will Stanton, Joseph Crehan
The late 1800s/early 1900s duo Nora Bayes (Sheridan) and Jack Norworth (Dennis Morgan), Broadway star and songwriter respectively, are highlighted in this musical. The film follows their rise in the entertainment business, including the bumps along the way.
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Show Them No Mercy! 1935 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Cesar Romero, Bruce Cabot, Edward Norris, Edward Brophy, Warren Hymer, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Gleckler, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson
Kidnappers hold a young couple captive and their very lives rest in the mercy of their captors–until the law finally comes to the rescue. Remade as a Western, "Rawhide."
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The Silver Horde 1930 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Evelyn Brent, Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur, Raymond Hatton, Joel McCrea, Blanche Sweet, Gavin Gordon, Purnell Pratt, William B. Davidson, Ivan Linow
Boyd Emerson (Joel McCrea) and Freddie Marsh (Gavin Gordon) vie not only for the hand of wealthy Cherry Malotte (Evelyn Brent) but for her Alaskan salmon fishing business as well.
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Sky Devils 1932 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ann Dvorak, William "Stage" Boyd, George Cooper, Billy Bevan, Yola D'Avril, William B. Davidson, Walter Catlett, Paul Fix, John Miljan, Forrester Harvey
Two ex-lifeguards (Spencer Tracy and William Boyd) try to live on the lighter side of life while evading action as pilots in World War I.
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Smashing the Money Ring 1939 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson, Eddie Foy Jr., Joe Downing, Charles D. Brown, Elliott Sullivan, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson, Donald Douglas, Joe King
This is the third in a series of Secret Service stories starring Ronald Reagan as Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft. This time around "Brass" leads his agents in an attempt to stop illegal action at sea.
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Something to Sing About 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
aka: Battling Hoofer
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: James Cagney, Evelyn Daw, William Frawley, Mona Barrie, Gene Lockhart, Philip Ahn, Dwight Frye, William B. Davidson, Richard Tucker, Kathleen Lockhart, Marek Windheim, Johnny Arthur, James Newill, Harry Barris, Cully Richards
The story involves New York bandleader Terry Rooney (James Cagney) who seeks fame and fortune in Hollywood. Rooney marries his band's vocalist Rita Wyatt (Evelyn Daw), and they head for Hollywood. He meets studio head Bennett O. Regan (Gene Lockhart) who wrongly believes that Rooney is arrogant and also wants him to keep his marriage a secret, so he and Rita put on a charade. The movie turns out to be a big success, but Regan hides that fact from Rooney, and Rooney does not discover his fame until he returns home from a South Seas cruise with Rita.
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St. Louis Kid 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: James Cagney, Patricia Ellis, Allen Jenkins, Robert Barrat, Hobart Cavanaugh, Spencer Charters, Addison Richards, Arthur Aylesworth, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson
Eddie (James Cagney) and Buck (Allen Jenkins) are two truck drivers who manage to get mixed up in a dairy farmer dispute in this light-hearted action film.
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Sun Valley Serenade 1941 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, Lynn Bari, Joan Davis, Dorothy Dandridge, William B. Davidson, Almira Sessions, Mel Ruick, Nicholas Brothers, Ralph Dunn, Chester Clute, Ann Doran
Phil Corey's (Glenn Miller) band has sponsored Norwegian refugee Karen (skating star Sonja Henie), and now the band has an engagement at Sun Valley, Idaho. When jealousy enters the picture, and the band's soloist Vivian (Lynn Bari) quits, Karen steps in and stages a fantastic ice show for a delighted audience.
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Weekend in Havana 1941 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
aka: Week-End in Havana
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero, Cobina Wright, George Barbier, Sheldon Leonard, Leonid Kinskey, Billy Gilbert, Chris-Pin Martin, Hal K. Dawson, William B. Davidson, Hugh Beaumont
After Nan Spencer's (Alice Faye) ship gets hung up on a reef while she is headed for a Caribbean vacation, the company sends Jay Williams (John Payne) to escort her on a tour of Havana. While enjoying the local hot spots, Nan meets gambler Monte Blanca (Cesar Romero), and before the vacation ends both Monte and Jay become romantically interested in her.
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| 1. Blockade (1938)
2. Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
3. Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
4. Dillinger (1945)
5. Dishonored (1931)
6. Earthworm Tractors (1936)
aka: Natural Born Salesman
7. The Gaucho (1927)
8. Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
9. Half a Sinner (1940)
10. Her Mad Night (1932)
aka: Held for Murder
11. Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
12. In the Navy (1941)
aka: Abbott and Costello in the Navy
13. In This Our Life (1942)
14. The Intruder (1933)
15. Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
16. Lady Killer (1933)
17. The Male Animal (1942)
18. Man Made Monster (1941)
aka: Atomic Monster
19. The Menace (1932)
20. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
aka: The Hounds of Zaroff
21. Murder on the Waterfront (1943)
22. The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
23. The Secret Bride (1934)
24. Sergeant Murphy (1938)
25. Shine on, Harvest Moon (1944)
26. Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
27. The Silver Horde (1930)
28. Sky Devils (1932)
29. Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
30. Something to Sing About (1937)
aka: Battling Hoofer
31. St. Louis Kid (1934)
32. Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
33. Weekend in Havana (1941)
aka: Week-End in Havana
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