Alaska Highway 1943  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Ralph Sanford, Joe Sawyer, William Henry, Eddie Quillan, Jack Wegman, Harry Shannon, Edward Earle, Keith Richards
Army engineer Woody (Richard Arlen) is assigned to work on an important project: building the Alaskan Highway. He works with his trouble-loving younger brother, Steve (William Henry), and has had to come to Steve's aid more than once. Matters heat up when Steve shows an interest in Woody's girlfriend, Ann (Jean Parker).
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Blossoms in the Dust 1941  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden, Samuel S. Hinds, Kathleen Howard, George Lessey, William Henry, Henry O'Neill, John Eldredge, Marc Lawrence
This is the true story of Edna Gladney (Greer Garson) who started the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society in Fort Worth. Edna's early life was hard until she met and married Samuel (Walter Pidgeon), the owner of a flour mill in Texas. After their baby died in infancy and she couldn't have more children, she decided to start the Children's Home, specializing in illegitimate children (a problem that had hurt her in the past). After her husband's death, Edna became a strong force in changing laws relevant to illegitimacy. The heavy melodrama won an Academy Award for Best Interior Set Decoration and was nominated for three others, including Best Picture and Actress.
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Double or Nothing 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Theodore Reed
Cast: Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle, William Frawley, Fay Holden, Benny Baker, Samuel S. Hinds, William Henry, Walter Kingsford
With a million dollars at stake, Lefty Boylan (Bing Crosby), Liza Lou Lane (Martha Raye), Half-Pint (Andy Devine), and Peterson (William Frawley) all compete for the prize in this zany musical/ comedy.
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Four Men and a Prayer 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure / Mystery
Director: John Ford
Cast: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven, C. Aubrey Smith, J. Edward Bromberg, John Carradine, Alan Hale, Reginald Denny, Barry Fitzgerald, William Henry, Berton Churchill, Claude King, Cecil Cunningham, Frank Dawson
Four brothers (Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven, and William Henry) suspect foul play in the murder of their father after he was dishonorably discharged from the British military. They begin an investigation to clear his name and discover more than they had bargained for.
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Johnny Come Lately 1943 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: James Cagney, Marjorie Main, Hattie McDaniel, Grace George, Marjorie Lord, Edward McNamara, William Henry, Robert Barrat, George Cleveland, Margaret Hamilton, Norman Willis, Edwin Stanley, Irving Bacon, Tom Dugan, Lucien Littlefield
Ex-journalist Tom Richards (James Cagney) is a vagrant who happens into a newspaper job in a small town. He works with the editor, Vinnie McLeod (Grace George), to expose political corruption being carried out by W.M. Dougherty (Edward McNamara). After failed attempts, wealthy dowager Gashouse Mary (Marjorie Main) comes to Tom's aid and tells him about an embezzlement plot. Tom publishes the story and puts an end to the corruption.
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The Lady and the Monster 1944  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Lady and the Doctor
Tiger Man
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Erich von Stroheim, Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen, Mary Nash, Sidney Blackmer, Helen Vinson, William Henry, Charles Cane, Janet Martin, Juanita Quigley, Josephine Dillon, Lane Chandler
This is the first of three films based on Curt Siodmak's novel, "Donovan's Brain." The 1953 version, "Donovan's Brain," is truer to the novel than this one or 1962's "The Brain." Mad scientist Franz (Erich von Stroheim) keeps a ruthless financier's brain alive. The brain takes over the mind of lab assistant Patrick (Richard Arlen) in order to take revenge on those who wronged him.
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Madame X 1937  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Gladys George, John Beal, Warren William, Reginald Owen, William Henry, Henry Daniell, Philip Reed, Lynne Carver, Emma Dunn, Ruth Hussey
One of the many films based on Alexandre Bisson's weepy story has Gladys George in the role of Jacqueline Fleuriot who, after an affair, leaves her diplomat husband and son. Her life spirals downward into prostitution and beyond. Twenty years later, after killing a man who was out to get her son, she goes on trial and is defended by the son who does not know who she is. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 03/21/2007 | | This is just a wonderful film and I cannot believe that Gladys George wasen't nominated for an academy award for her supurb performance. What were the voters thinking that year.? |
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Marshal of Cedar Rock 1953 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry Keller
Cast: Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Phyllis Coates, Roy Barcroft, William Henry, Robert Shayne, John Crawford, John Hamilton, Kenneth MacDonald, Herbert Lytton
Henry Mason (Roy Barcroft) has inside information that the railroad will soon come to Cedar Rock, so he proceeds to buy up surrounding land expecting to make a windfall later. But the Marshal (Allan "Rocky" Lane) senses that something is going on and uses an innocent, convicted man to help in bringing Henry to justice.
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The Navy Way 1944  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Berke
Cast: Robert Lowery, Jean Parker, William Henry, Roscoe Karns, Sharon Douglas, Robert Armstrong, Tom Keene, Larry Nunn, Mary Treen, Joseph Crehan
Disgruntled boxer Johnny (Robert Lowery) has a tough time adjusting to regimented life as he learns the "Navy Way" during boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. But he finally sees the need for teamwork in one of a series of World War II propaganda films.
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Secret of the Incas 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jerry Hopper
Cast: Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Nicole Maurey, Yma Sumac, Glenda Farrell, Thomas Mitchell, Michael Pate, Leon Askin, William Henry, Earl Holliman
A race for Incan treasures involves plenty of action in this film that gets high marks for mountain location shots but low grades for its predictable story line.
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Sergeant Rutledge 1960  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode, Billie Burke, Juano Hernandez, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Judson Pratt, William Henry, Walter Reed, Shug Fisher, Chuck Hayward, William Henry, Rafer Johnson, Mae Marsh
First Sergeant Braxton Rutledge (Woody Strode) is a black man wrongly accused of rape and murder. At his court martial, Lieutenant Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) brilliantly defends the innocent man and proves that, not only did he not commit rape and murder, he was a hero.
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Stardust on the Sage 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Morgan
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, William Henry, Edith Fellows, Louise Currie, Emmett Vogan, George Ernest, Vince Barnett, Roy Barcroft, Tom London
Gene Autry sets out to stop the crooked foreman from stealing his bosses' mine.
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 The Thin Man 1934  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Cesar Romero, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall, Henry Wadsworth, Harold Huber, William Henry
This is the first in a 10-year series of Thin Man movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles. In this film, they investigate the murder of a weird inventor. Myrna Loy: "Waiter, will you serve the nuts–I mean, would you serve the guests the nuts?" Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor, Director, and Writing.
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Torpedo Alley 1953 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone, Charles Winninger, Bill Williams, James Seay, Carleton Young, James Millican, Warren Douglas, John Alvin, William Henry
An ex-pilot is sent on a dangerous mission aboard a submarine where he must deal with his part in the death of two cohorts.
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Trail to San Antone 1947 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Gene Autry, Peggy Stewart, Sterling Holloway, William Henry, Tristram Coffin, Dorothy Vaughan, Edward Keane, Ralph Peters, Johnny Duncan, Frankie Marvin
Gene Autry jumps out of the saddle and into a plane to recover a racehorse that has run off with a wild stallion. Meanwhile, he must also pump confidence back into the jockey, who is to ride the horse in the big race, after an accident crippled him.
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| 1. Alaska Highway (1943)
2. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
3. Double or Nothing (1937)
4. Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
5. Johnny Come Lately (1943)
6. The Lady and the Monster (1944)
aka: The Lady and the Doctor
aka: Tiger Man
7. Madame X (1937)
8. Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953)
9. The Navy Way (1944)
10. Secret of the Incas (1954)
11. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
12. Stardust on the Sage (1942)
13. Tarzan Escapes (1936)
14. The Thin Man (1934)
15. Torpedo Alley (1953)
16. Trail to San Antone (1947)
17. The Way of All Flesh (1940)
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