Call of the Prairie 1936  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Muriel Evans, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Chester Conklin, Al Bridge, Chill Wills, Hank Mann, Al Hill, Willie Fung
Outlaws are thwarted when Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) sneaks up on them and then convinces them to change their ways.
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The General Died at Dawn 1936  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, Dudley Digges, Porter Hall, William Frawley, J.M. Kerrigan, Philip Ahn, Leonid Kinskey, Paul Harvey, Lee Tung Foo, Val Durand, Willie Fung, Russell Hicks, John O'Hara
An American adventurer, O'Hara (Gary Cooper), travels across China with money to buy weapons needed to fight warlord General Yang (Akim Tamiroff). While on his mission, O'Hara falls in love with a beautiful spy, Judy (Madeleine Carroll), who is the daughter of Peter Perrie (Porter Hall). Peter happens to be one of Yang's agents. Judy and O'Hara are captured, and Yang orders that they be executed. When Judy and O"Hara manage to escape, Yang orders his guards to commit suicide, and then he dies.
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Git Along, Little Dogies 1937  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Judith Allen, Weldon Heyburn, William Farnum, Carleton Young, Maple City Four, Willie Fung, Will Ahern, Gladys Ahern
It's tough to be a Gene Autry. It would be nice to side with the ranchers in their feud with the oil companies, but then, again, oil means bringing the railroad to town. So Gene sings a song and figures how to make everyone happy.
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 The Letter 1940  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, David Newell, Gale Sondergaard, Victor Sen Yung, Bruce Lester, Cecil Kellaway, Doris Lloyd, Elizabeth Inglis, Willie Fung, Tetsu Komai, Leonard Mudie, John Ridgely
Somerset Maugham's play is brought to the screen in this film about circumstances following Leslie Crosbie's (Bette Davis) supposed self-defense murder of her lover, Geoffrey (David Newell). Geoffrey's widow (Gale Sondergaard) appears on the scene and says she has a letter from Leslie inviting Geoffrey to visit and that he was Leslie's lover. Leslie pays the $10,000 in blackmail money that is being demanded for the letter. The trial convenes, and her lawyer's (James Stephenson) defense proves Leslie innocent. Now, her husband Robert (Herbert Marshall) discovers that $10,000 is missing from his bank account, Leslie confesses, and Robert forgives her. But, everyone has not forgiven her, and a surprise visitor is lurking in Leslie's garden. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Davis), Supporting Actor (Stephenson), and Director. Remade in 1947 as "The Unfaithful" and in 1982 as "The Letter" for TV.
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Red Dust 1932  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor, Donald Crisp, Gene Raymond, Tully Marshall, Willie Fung, Forrester Harvey
A Southeast Asian rubber plantation foreman, Dennis Carson (Clark Gable), gets involved in an affair with prostitute Vantine (Jean Harlow), but then she leaves. Gary Willis (Gene Raymond) arrives on the scene to help in constructing a bridge, and Dennis begins an affair with Gary's pristine wife Barbara (Mary Astor). When Vantine returns, Dennis again takes up with her and drops Barbara. Now, a distraught Barbara shoots at Dennis, and Vantine covers up for her. But, all ends happily when Barbara and Gary leave, and Dennis and Vantine fall into each others' arms.
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Rocky Mountain Mystery 1935 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western / Mystery
aka: The Fighting Westerner
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Randolph Scott, Charles "Chic" Sale, George F. Marion, Mrs. Leslie Carter, Ann Sheridan, Kathleen Burke, James Eagles, Willie Fung, Florence Roberts, Howard Wilson
Larry Sutton (Randolph Scott) is called in to solve a series of murders at a radium mine with the help of the deputy sheriff (Charles "Chic" Sales). Based on a Zane Grey story with an early film appearance by Ann Sheridan.
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Saddle Mountain Roundup 1941 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western / Mystery
Director: S. Roy Luby
Cast: Ray Corrigan, John "Dusty" King, Max Terhune, Lita Conway, Jack Mulhall, Willie Fung, John Elliott, George Chesebro, Jack Holmes, Steve Clark, Carl Mathews, Al Ferguson, Slim Whitaker, Tex Palmer, Ray Henderson
Rangebusters Crash, Dusty, and Alibi (Ray Corrigan, John "Dusty" King, and Max Terhune) are driving cattle when they get word from Magpie (John Elliott) that he thinks someone is trying to kill him. They head to town and find that Magpie has been murdered. Now, they must find the killer.
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Shanghai Express 1932 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Lawrence Grant, Louise Closser Hale, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Emile Chautard, Claude King, James B. Leong, Leonard Carey, Willie Fung, Miki Morita, Herbert Evans
In the midst of civil war, the notorious Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich) meets and falls in love with Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook) during a trip on the Shanghai Express. One of the train's passengers is the warlord rebel leader, Henry Chang (Warner Oland), waiting for his rebels to ambush the train and take hostages. Among the hostages will be Shanghai Lily and her Captain Harvey.
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Sinners in Paradise 1938 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: James Whale
Cast: Madge Evans, John Boles, Bruce Cabot, Marion Martin, Gene Lockhart, Charlotte Wynters, Nana Bryant, Milburn Stone, Don "Red" Barry, Morgan Conway, Willie Fung
Lost in a storm, a China-bound seaplane crashes and tosses its nine passengers into the sea. All have personal problems that they bring with them when they wash ashore on the island where only a recluse named Jim Taylor (John Boles) lives with his servant, Ping (Willie Fung). Taylor isn't ready to let them use his boat to get help, and the group finds that they must actually work together in order to escape not only from the island but from their past problems as well.
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Small Town Girl 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: One Horse Town
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Lewis Stone, Andy Devine, Elizabeth Patterson, James Stewart, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Frank Craven, Isabel Jewell, Nella Walker, Robert Greig, Willie Fung, Chester Gan
Bob Daken (Robert Taylor) is a playboy who unwittingly becomes involved with–and married to–Kay Brannan (Janet Gaynor) who changes his life.
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Stowaway 1936  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Adventure
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette, Helen Westley, Arthur Treacher, Philip Ahn, J. Edward Bromberg, Astrid Allwyn, Allan Lane, Robert Greig, Jayne Regan, Willie Fung, Paul McVey, Julius Tannen
An orphaned girl, Ching-Ching (Shirley Temple), stows away aboard ship and befriends a playboy millionaire, Tommy Randall (Robert Young). Ching-Ching next plays Cupid and arranges for Randall and Susan Parker (Alice Faye) to meet. Marriage follows, and–of course–Ching-Ching is adopted by the happy couple.
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Wee Willie Winkie 1937 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Family
Director: John Ford
Cast: Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang, Michael Whalen, Cesar Romero, Willie Fung, Constance Collier, Douglas Scott, Gavin Muir
Priscilla (Shirley Temple) charms grandfather Colonel Williams (C. Aubrey Smith) and others when she and her widowed mother (June Lang) visit the frontier of India where British troops are stationed.
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Yellowstone 1936 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Henry Hunter, Judith Barrett, Ralph Morgan, Alan Hale, Andy Devine, Monroe Owsley, Michael Loring, Paul Fix, Rollo Harvey, Raymond Hatton, House Peters Jr., Mary Gordon, Claud Allister, Diana Gibson, Willie Fung
Yellowstone National Park ranger Dick Sherwood (Henry Hunter) falls in love with Ruth Foster (Judith Barrett) while she is visiting from Chicago. Judith's father James (Ralph Morgan) was involved in a robbery many years earlier, and the $90,000 of stolen money is hidden in a cave at Yellowstone. The gang of robbers–including James–is released from prison and comes searching for the money. James is murdered–his body spurts out of a geyser! Ranger Dick is suspected as the murderer and begins his own investigation, but it is his pal, Pay Day (Andy Devine), who gets to the bottom of what is really happening.
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| 1. Call of the Prairie (1936)
2. The General Died at Dawn (1936)
3. Git Along, Little Dogies (1937)
4. The Letter (1940)
5. Pride of the West (1938)
6. Red Dust (1932)
7. Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935)
aka: The Fighting Westerner
8. Saddle Mountain Roundup (1941)
9. Shanghai Express (1932)
10. Sinners in Paradise (1938)
11. Small Town Girl (1936)
aka: One Horse Town
12. Stowaway (1936)
13. Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
14. Yellowstone (1936)
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