Barnacle Bill 1941  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Leo Carrillo, Virginia Weidler, Donald Meek, Barton MacLane, Irving Bacon, Connie Gilchrist, Sara Haden, William Edmunds, Don Terry, Alec Craig, Milton Kibbee, James Millican, William Forrest
Wallace Beery plays old salt Bill Johansen who is being pursued by Marge Cavendish (Marjorie Main) who would like to marry him. When not trying to escape the clutches of Marge, Bill must deal with 12-year-old Virginia (Virginia Weidler)–the young girl he has just learned is his daughter. Marge loans Bill money to purchase his dream schooner that is on the auction block, and the adventures begin. But, after more than a few complications, Bill returns home to a smiling Virginia and marries Marge.
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Billy the Kid vs. Dracula 1966  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Western / Horror
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Chuck Courtney, John Carradine, Melinda Plowman, Virginia Christine, Walter Janovitz, Bing Russell, Harry Carey Jr., Olive Carey, Roy Barcroft, Hannie Landman, William Forrest, Richard Reeves, Marjorie Bennett, Leonard P. Geer, George Cisar
Count Dracula is traveling by stagecoach through America's Western territory when he meets Double Bar B ranch owner James Underhill (William Forrest) who is subsequently killed in an Indian raid. Dracula takes on Underhill's identity and goes to the ranch where he tells Underhill's niece Elizabeth (Melinda Plowman) that he is her long-lost uncle. He makes moves on Elizabeth, but the ranch foreman, a reformed Billy the Kid (Chuck Courtney), becomes suspicious and steps in to stop Dracula before he can drink Elizabeth's blood.
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 Dead Reckoning 1947  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller, Wallace Ford, James Bell, George Chandler, William Forrest
After failing to locate his missing army buddy, Rip Murdock (Humphrey Bogart) investigates and discovers a murder that is gangster related.
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The Devil on Wheels 1947  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Crane Wilbur
Cast: Noreen Nash, Darryl Hickman, Terry Moore, James Cardwell, Damian O'Flynn, Lenita Lane, Ann Burr, William Forrest, Sue England, Robert Arthur
Micky Clark (Darryl Hickman) and his teenage friends take part in illegal drag races that, eventually, lead to the death of Micky's best friend and injury to his own mother.
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The Fighting Seabees 1944 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, William Forrest, Leonid Kinskey, J.M. Kerrigan, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Addison Richards, Roy Brent
The danger inherent in those who serve with the Seabees is the focus of this World War II film starring John Wayne as a construction boss.
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In the Good Old Summertime 1949 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall, Spring Byington, Clinton Sundberg, Buster Keaton, Liza Minnelli, Lillian Bronson, Marcia Van Dyke, William Forrest, Joi Lansing, Howard M. Mitchell, Everett Glass, Jeffrey Sayre, Frank Mayo
Remade as a musical from the original film, "The Shop Around the Corner," this delightful story is about music-store clerk Veronica (Judy Garland) whose pen pal is, in reality, her hard-to-get-along-with co-worker Andrew (Van Johnson). In life, they detest each other but do not realize that they are pen pals because they do not sign their real names. They fall in love on paper, but will that love remain strong when the truth comes out?
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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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It Ain't Hay 1943 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Money for Jam
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Grace McDonald, Cecil Kellaway, William Forrest, Shemp Howard, Eugene Pallette, Richard Lane, Samuel S. Hinds, Pierre Watkin
While searching for a replacement horse for their friend, Grover (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur (Lou Costello) unwittingly steal a racehorse, Teabiscuit.
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Rage at Dawn 1955 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Seven Bad Men
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Buchanan, Myron Healey, Howard Petrie, Ray Teal, William Forrest, Kenneth Tobey
The notorious Reno Brothers gang has set up shop in Seymour, Indiana, where they pay off the town officials so they can have a "safe haven." Undercover agent James Barlow (Randolph Scott) rides into town and poses as a train robber to get the goods on the gang. One thing that makes his task even more difficult is that he falls in love with the brothers' sister. Formula Western, typical Scott film.
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Salty O'Rourke 1945  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, Spring Byington, Stanley Clements, Darryl Hickman, Lester Matthews, William Forrest, Jean Willes
A racetrack gambler, Salty O'Rourke (Alan Ladd), is converted to a cleaner life by a beautiful schoolteacher, Barbara Brooks (Gail Russell).
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Spoilers of the Plains 1951 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Grant Withers, William Forrest, Don Haggerty, House Peters Jr., George Meeker, Fred Kohler Jr., Keith Richards
This doesn't sound too much like a Western when you learn that we're talking about spies, rocket-launchings, and satellites as being a part of the tale. In any event, Roy Rogers fights it out with the bad guys and comes away the hero.
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The Story of Seabiscuit 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister, Rosemary DeCamp, Donald MacBride, Pierre Watkin, William Forrest, Bill Cartledge, Creighton Hale, Gertrude Astor
Shawn O'Hara (Barry Fitzgerald) sees something no one else does in his horse, Seabiscuit. Training pays off, and Seabiscuit becomes a champion.
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Trapped by Boston Blackie 1948 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Chester Morris, June Vincent, Richard Lane, Patricia Barry, Edward Norris, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Fay Baker, William Forrest, Sarah Selby, Mary Currier, Pierre Watkin, Ben Welden, Abigail Adams, Bess Flowers
While Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) and his sidekick The Runt (George E. Stone) are guarding a priceless pearl necklace that Claire Carter (Sarah Selby) plans to wear at a party she is giving, the necklace disappears. Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) investigates and finds the necklace in Blackie's pocket. Once again, Blackie and The Runt escape and set out to find the thief in order to clear their names.
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The Well-Groomed Bride 1946 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts, James Gleason, Constance Dowling, Percy Kilbride, Jean Heather, Tom Fadden, Don Beddoe, William Forrest
Lieutenant Dudley Briggs (Ray Milland) tries to get the only bottle of French champagne in San Francisco to use in the christening of an aircraft carrier. His quest leads to Margie Dawson (Olivia de Havilland) who is saving the champagne for her wedding to Lieutenant Torchy McNeil (Sonny Tufts).
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Winning of the West 1953 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Gail Davis, Robert Livingston, Gregg Barton, Richard Crane, House Peters Jr., William Forrest, Rodd Redwing, George Chesebro
Gene Autry sings his way through protecting a publicist, who is somewhat of a zealot, from a band of outlaws, one of which is Gene's brother.
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| 1. Barnacle Bill (1941)
2. Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)
3. Dead Reckoning (1947)
4. The Devil on Wheels (1947)
5. The Fighting Seabees (1944)
6. In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
7. In This Our Life (1942)
8. It Ain't Hay (1943)
aka: Money for Jam
9. Rage at Dawn (1955)
aka: Seven Bad Men
10. Salty O'Rourke (1945)
11. Spoilers of the Plains (1951)
12. The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
13. Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)
14. The Well-Groomed Bride (1946)
15. Winning of the West (1953)
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