American Empire 1942  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
aka: My Son Alone
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford, Robert Barrat, Jack La Rue, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Cliff Edwards, Merrill Rodin, Chris-Pin Martin, Richard Webb, William Farnum
After the Civil War, pals Dan and Paxton (Richard Dix and Preston Foster) head West to Texas and start a cattle business, which thrives. But when Dominique (Leo Carrillo) steals cattle, he also talks Paxton into being his partner. Now Dan, with the help of his sister Abby (Frances Gifford), must fend for himself until Paxton sees the folly of his decision. Good Western fare.
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The Case of the Black Cat 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William C. McGann, Alan Crosland
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan, Craig Reynolds, Carlyle Moore Jr., Bill Elliott, Nedda Harrigan, Garry Owen, Harry Davenport, George Rosener
Ricardo Cortez takes on the role of Perry Mason in the fifth entry in the series. Perry is called to a client's estate at night to write the client's granddaughter out of his will as an incentive to keep her from marrying a suspected fortune hunter. The client is killed in a suspicious fire, the gardener is murdered, and a treasure hunt for missing jewelry follows. The granddaughter's boyfriend is accused of the murders, but with Perry on his side, the real culprit will soon be identified. Director Alan Crosland was killed in an auto accident; the film was completed by William McGann.
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Dr. Christian Meets the Women 1940  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Edgar Kennedy, Rod La Rocque, Frank Albertson, Lynn Merrick, Maude Eburne, Veda Ann Borg, Lelah Tyler, William Gould, Heinie Conklin, Phyllis Kennedy
Scam-artist "Professor" Kenneth Parker (Rod La Rocque) arrives in town to sell a miracle weight-loss pill, and sales are great despite the warnings from kindly Dr. Christian (Jean Hersholt). When the women become ill, Christian deals with Parker AND offers up a sensible diet. This is the third film in the series.
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Girls on Probation 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley, Henry O'Neill, Elisabeth Risdon, Sig Ruman, Susan Hayward, James Spottswood
After a young woman (Jane Bryan) is arrested for her unwitting involvement in a bank robbery, her lawyer (Ronald Reagan) falls in love with her.
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I Like Your Nerve 1931  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Henry Kolker, Edmund Breon, Boris Karloff, Luis Alberni, Claud Allister, Paul Porcasi, Ivan F. Simpson, Herbert Bunston
A bon vivant (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) changes to a more serious and directed persona when he spends time in Central America and falls in love with a young woman (Loretta Young).
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 Illegal 1932 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Isobel Elsom, D.A. Clarke-Smith, Margot Grahame, Ivor Barnard, Moira Lynd, Edgar Norfolk, Wally Patch, Arthur Goullet, Margaret Damer, Victor Fairley
Evelyn (Isobel Elsom) kicks her no-good husband, Albert (Ivor Barnard), out of the house and then opens up a night club offering illegal gambling and liquor. Her business works–until Albert returns, and complications ensue.
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Two Against the World 1936  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: One Fatal Hour
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, Linda Perry, Carlyle Moore Jr., Henry O'Neill, Claire Dodd, Helen MacKellar, Hobart Cavanaugh, Harry Hayden, Robert Middlemass
A radio show uses murder as its theme in this not-too-successful remake of 1931's "Five Star Final."
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| 1. American Empire (1942)
aka: My Son Alone
2. The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
3. Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
4. Girls on Probation (1938)
5. I Like Your Nerve (1931)
6. Illegal (1932)
7. In Old California (1942)
8. Two Against the World (1936)
aka: One Fatal Hour
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