We're in the Legion Now (1936)

A spree of Blondes...and a Hangover of Mirth!
A 1936 comedy film directed by Crane Wilbur, starring in this talkie are two veterans of the silent screen: Reginald Denny and Esther Ralston.
Two petty gangsters trying to elude their enemies join the French Foreign Legion.
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Hay Foot (1942)

IT'S A BULLS-EYE FOR BELLY LAFFS!
A 1942 comedy, the second of five World War II-themed Hal Roach's Streamliners starring William Tracy and Joe Sawyer. Colonel Barkley is very proud of his assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, who has a photographic memory. Doubleday shows off his book knowledge on firearms during a class given by Sergeant Ames, embarrassing him. Through a series of misunderstandings, Colonel Barkley thinks the gunshy Doubleday is an expert marksman, and he sets him up in a shooting match against Ames and Sergeant Cobb (the division's shooting champions)!
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Prison Shadows (1936)

A 1936 crime, drama film directed by Robert F. Hill, starring Edward J. Nugent, Lucille Lund and Joan Barclay.
A boxer is framed for murder after an opponent dies in the ring.
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Along Came Love (1936)

The shop girl Emmy Grant bumps into the man of her dreams on the way to the theater and chases him through the rest of this light comedy.
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False Pretenses (1935)

A 1935 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Irene Ware, Sidney Blackmer and Betty Compson. A girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with a plan to benefit them both.
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Ellis Island (1936)

Bandits grab millions!
Three bank robbers stage a daring bank robbery and get away with a million dollars in cash. They are soon apprehended and sent to prison but the money is not recovered. Ten years later they are all released from prison and about to be deported...
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The President's Mystery (1936)

The thriller that speaks right out!
Aka One for All. A 1936 film directed by Phil Rosen. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was fond of reading murder mysteries. On 12 May 1935, at a White House luncheon, FDR offered his lunch guests an idea for a mystery: How could a millionaire disappear and start a new life for himself, under a new identity, yet manage to take his wealth with him? One of the guests at that luncheon was magazine editor Fulton Oursler, who wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym 'Anthony Abbot'. Intrigued by FDR's idea, Oursler contacted five other authors (including S.S. Van Dine, creator of the popular Philo Vance mysteries), and they set out to write a novel that could answer FDR's question. This was published as "The President's Mystery Story", with FDR listed as co-author (although he contributed only the premise). This movie is the film version. (Review written by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre).
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The Devil's Sleep (1949)

Today's Moral MENACE !.. Daring expose of the devil drug traffic in 'Bennies', 'Goofies' and 'Phenos' as it really exists.
A hilarious 1949 drug scare exploiter, directed by W. Merle Connell. The head of an illegal drug ring uses a women's health spa as a front for his sleeping pill racket.
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The Girl from Chicago (1932)

A 1932 crime film produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, with an all-African American cast to include lead actors Grace Smith and Carl Mahon.
The story concerns a Federal agent who falls in love while on assignment in Mississippi. He helps his lover escape a local thug, and the film follows them to Harlem where they become involved in the assassination of a Cuban racketeer, played by Juano Hernández. Produced on a shoestring budget, this independent production featuring a largely non-professional cast, is known as one of the better-quality Micheaux productions. As is common in Micheaux's film, the story line is padded with several musical numbers, offering a glimpse of African American musical and dancing talent of the time.
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Gangster Story (1959)

A 1960 crime film, directed by and starring Walter Matthau.
A mobster is hiding from the law in a small town and he's running out of money, so he robs a bank and rakes in some big bucks. However, now, not only are the cops after him, but so is the local mob boss who is jealous that an outsider pulled such a job in his territory, and especially without giving him a piece of the pie.
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Captain Scarface (1953)

His Soul Was As Crooked As His Scar.
A 1953 film directed by Paul Guilfoyle, starring Barton MacLane, Virginia Grey and Leif Erickson.
A man desperate to leave South America books passage on a freighter, and learns that the captain has made plans to force a scientist to participate in a mission of destruction.
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City of Missing Girls (1941)

TALENT SCHOOLS EXPOSED!
A 1941 mystery film directed by Elmer Clifton.
Climaxing a long series of mysterious disappearances of young girls, dancer Thalia Arnold is found murdered. Police-detective Captain McVeigh investigates the case.
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Vanity Fair (1932)

Aka Indecent. A 1932 drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle, Anthony Bushell and Billy Bevan.
The film is modernized adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name with the original Regency-era story reset in Twentieth Century Britain.
An ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
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Big Town After Dark (1947)

FRONT PAGE THRILLS AFTER DARK
A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.
One of four films based on the radio series Big Town. All four films starred Phillip Reed as Wilson and Hillary Brooke as Lorelei, all were based on radio- and/or screenplays by Maxwell Shane, and all were produced and directed by William C. Thomas.
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The Mandarin Mystery (1936)

This adaptation of an Ellery Queen mystery concerns the theft of a rare Chinese stamp (the Mandarin of the title), which takes place in a hotel with several shifty characters and an hysterical manager (the priceless Franklin Pangborn). The mystery, such as it is, concerns both the stamp theft and two murders, and shows Ellery and his father the Inspector as a team rubbing together just enough to solve the case.
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The Animal Kingdom (1932)

A comedy-drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith, starring Leslie Howard, Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, Ilka Chase, and Neil Hamilton.
An awkward love triangle is created when a publisher (Howard) encounters a moral speed bump and engages in an affair with an open-minded artist (Harding) while married to a stodgy suburbanite (Loy). Complicating matters is the tendency of the mistress to play the role of unassuming wife while inelegant and deceptive wife acts as the mistress.
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The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

It's Guess-Proof!
A 1933 mystery film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring William Powell as Philo Vance.
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector.
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His Private Secretary (1933)

A 1933 comedy film starring John Wayne and Evalyn Knapp.
Dick Wallace, a young John Wayne, has to prove to the Preacher's daughter, his own Dad, his old friends, and himself that he isn't just an irresponsible playboy. Fortunately, his new love, Marion does a good job of convincing them. The question is whether, or not, it's true.
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Prison Train (1938)

"Alcatraz is too good for him - I'll blast him to hell where he belongs".
 A 1938 crime film directed by Gordon Wiles. The film stars Fred Keating and Dorothy Comingore. Burlesque dancer Faith Bacon also appears in the film. It was her first, and last, film role.
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Money Means Nothing (1934)

A 1934 drama film directed by Christy Cabanne, starring Wallace Ford, Gloria Shea and Edgar Kennedy.
A rich girl marries a poor boy against her parent's wishes . . . will they find happiness or will crime and poverty ruin their lives?
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Billy the Kid Returns ( 1938)

MARSHAL of LAW...MASTER of MEN...he fights for right and the girl he loves!
A 1938 western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers . Following the shooting of Billy the Kid by his former friend Sheriff Pat Garrett lookalike deputy sheriff Roy Rogers , assisted by travelling musical instrument salesman Frog Millhouse, takes his place to defend the honest settlers of Lincoln County , New Mexico from evil ranchers.
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Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)

A 1934 comedy film directed by Melville W. Brown, starring William Cagney (James Cagney's brother, in one of his few roles, in front of the cameras), as 2nd Lt. Tom Cooper and Edward J. Nugent as Lt. Richard 'Woody' Wood.
Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries. But when one of the pilots loses a girl he really cared for, he cannot forgive his friend.
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A Shot in the Dark (1935)

The infallible detective meets the perfect crime!
Another Chesterfield classic directed by Charles Lamont, starring Charles Starrett.
A group of people gathered in an old mansion are being systematically murdered by a hooded killer.
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The Racketeer (1929)

DOUBLE-CROSSING MEN...DOUBLE-DEALING WOMEN...THRILLS AND SUSPENSE!
Aka "Love's Conquest". A 1929 crime drama film directed by Howard Higgin. Stars: Robert Armstrong, Carole Lombard and Hedda Hopper in a supporting role. The film is one of the early talkies, and as a result, dialogue is very sparse.
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.
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The Dark Hour (1936)

A 1936 comedy mystery film directed by Charles Lamont.
A pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of blackmail and death threats and find that there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim's own family.
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Night Life in Reno (1931)

A story of crime, love, humor and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City."
A wife catches her husband messing around with another woman. Outraged, she proceeds to Reno, Nevada, for a quickie divorce. Since Reno requires a six-week wait for a divorce to become final, the wife must find something to do during that time, so she decides to take advantage of the night life of the city, which she finds out to be a lot wilder than she thought it was.
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Murder at Dawn (1932)

Aka "The Death Ray". A 1932 film directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Jack Mulhall.
A mad scientist works on a death ray in his mountain hideaway.
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The King Murder (1932)

Directed by Richard Thorpe. With Conway Tearle, Natalie Moorhead, Marceline Day, Dorothy Revier.
A beautiful blonde makes a career out of seducing and blackmailing wealthy married men. One day she is found murdered...
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The Phantom Broadcast

Aka "Phantom of the Air". A 1933 mystery film directed by Phil Rosen. With Ralph Forbes, Vivienne Osborne, Arnold Gray and Gail Patrick.
 A handsome radio singer has it all--fame, money, adoring fans--but what no one knows is that his accompanist, a hunchbacked piano player, is actually the voice behind the "singer"'s fame. The two men fall for the same girl, and when the singer turns up dead, suspicion falls upon his assistant and the girl.
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Born to Fight (1936)

A game guy's struggle against greed and corruption!
Drama film from 1936, starring Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Jack La Rue, Frances Grant and Sheila Bromley.
Frankie Darro is an honest boxer who is up against a criminal gangster that will either get Frankie to play by gangster rules, or get pushed out of boxing.
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Three Broadway Girls (1932)

Three gold diggers out for a little quick silver! They started out as working girls but ended working men. "Give and Let Give" was their battle-cry as they charged the men-brigade---And how they charged!
Aka "The Greeks Had a Word for Them". A Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lowell Sherman. It stars Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, and Ina Claire.
Jean, Polaire, and Schatze are ex-showgirls who put their money together in order to rent a luxurious penthouse apartment. They are out to get wealthy boyfriends by dressing and acting like millionaires themselves.
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The Cat and the Canary (1927)

A silent (no music added) comedy horror film adaptation of John Willard's 1922 black comedy play of the same name. Directed by German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni, the film stars Laura La Plante as Annabelle West, Forrest Stanley as Charles "Charlie" Wilder, and Creighton Hale as Paul Jones.
The plot revolves around the death of Cyrus West, who is Annabelle, Charlie, and Paul's uncle, and the reading of his will 20 years later. Annabelle inherits her uncle's fortune, but when she and her family spend the night in his haunted mansion they are stalked by a mysterious figure. Meanwhile, a lunatic known as "the Cat" escapes from an asylum and hides in the mansion.
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The Navy Way (1944)

Filmed at Great Lakes Naval Training Station...with 70,000 of Uncle Sam's fighting Bluejackets...and a ship-shapely WAVE who makes the boys behave!
A 1944 film directed by William Berke, concentrating on the experiences of a disparate group of young men as they make their way through Navy boot camp, with many sequences filmed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
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Sinners in Paradise (1938)

A 1938 film directed by James Whale.
A passenger aircraft crashes in mid-Pacific and some of the survivors reach an island inhabited only by an American and his Chinese servant.
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Tomorrow at Seven (1933)

The ace of spades reveals your death!
A 1933 comedy crime film starring Chester Morris and Vivienne Osborne, directed by Ray Enright.
A mystery writer (Chester Morris) is determined to discover the identity of the "The Black Ace", a killer who always warns his intended victim, then leaves an ace of spades on the corpse as his calling card.
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Half a Sinner ( 1940 )

A 1940 film directed by Al Christie .
It stars Heather Angel as a schoolteacher who in one day becomes Public Enemy Number One in Pennsylvania . The film is based on Dalton Trumbo 's short story "Lady Takes a Chance".
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The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

Alive... without a body... fed by an unspeakable horror from hell!
Aka The Head That Wouldn't Die. A 1959 science-fiction/horror film directed by Joseph Green. The film was completed in 1959 under the title The Black Door but was not released until May 3, 1962, when it was renamed. The main plot focuses upon a mad scientist who develops a means to keep human body parts alive. He must eventually use his discovery on someone close to him, and chaos ensues.
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The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)

A fight for an empire behind the curtained mysteries of San Francisco's Chinatown!
Bela Lugosi stars as Mr. Wong, a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
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The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

Directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, and George Sanders.
In 1865, General Gurko Lanen is dictator of "Lichtenburg" in the Balkans. The rightful ruler, Grand Duchess Zona, hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France. The visiting Count of Monte Cristo falls for Zona and undertakes to help her, masquerading as a foppish banker and a masked freedom fighter. The rest is rapid-fire intrigue and derring-do.
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Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

Who Says You Can't Fight City Hall? A 1946 comedy film directed by Irving Pichel. The film stars Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett, William Eythe, Allyn Joslyn and Elizabeth Patterson.
The plot involves a retired career Army colonel who returns to his hometown, starts writing a column in a local newspaper and takes on the corrupt local politicians to not replace the historic county courthouse.
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Wrecking Crew (1942)

Eyes High...For Thrills!
A 1942 film directed by Frank McDonald, starring Richard Arlen, Chester Morris and Jean Parker. Lives and loves of a team of demolision experts.
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The Moonstone (1934)

Mystery film directed by Reginald Barker and starring David Manners, Phyllis Barry, Gustav von Seyffertitz and Jameson Thomas.
It is an adaptation of the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard Inspector Cuff (Charles Irwin) to find out who did it among all the suspects who were in the house.
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Daughter of the Tong (1939)

A 1939 crime film directed by Bernard B. Ray, starring Evelyn Brent and Grant Withers.
A detective matches wits with the female leader of an Oriental crime ring.
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The Magic Sword (1962)

SEE the Green Fire Demons! SEE the 25-Foot Tall Ogre! SEE the Beautiful Vampire Woman! SEE the Boiling Crater of Death!
Aka St. George and the Dragon. A 1962 action fantasy film, based loosely on the medieval legend of Saint George and the Dragon.
Sir George (Gary Lockwood) is the foster son of Sybil (Estelle Winwood), an elderly sorceress. He is secretly in love with Princess Helene (Anne Helm), who is kidnapped the evil wizard Lodac (Basil Rathbone).
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The Shadow of Silk Lennox (1935)

A crooked nightclub owner (Lon Chaney Jr.), pretending to go straight, is forced to kill a henchman when the latter tries to run off with the gang's latest haul.
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The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

 In all Frisco... only one man had the cunning to pierce the web of intrigue to the lair of an invisible killer!
The second in the series of Mr. Wong features, starring Boris Karloff, finds wealthy gem-collector Brandon Edwards gaining possession of the largest star sapphire in the world, the 'Eye of the Daughter of the Moon', after it has been stolen in China. Edwards, at a party in his home, confides to Mr. Wong that his life is in danger.
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Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)

A 1917 silent (no soundtrack has been added) mystery film. It is based on Cohan's play of the novel by Earl Derr Biggers. Cohan himself stars in this silent version along with Anna Q. Nilsson and Hedda Hopper, billed under her real name Elda Furry.
A writer bets a friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The friends takes the bet, and gives him the keys to his Baldpate Inn.
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The Fatal Hour (1940)

Thriller / crime film. Directed by William Nigh, starring Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, and Marjorie Reynolds.
When Captain Street's best friend Dan O'Grady is murdered, Street enlists the help of Chinese detective James Lee Wong.
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1913)

A 1913 silent horror film, directed by Herbert Brenon and Carl Laemmle. William King Baggot stars in this early dramatization of Robert Louis Stephenson's classic horror story. Although the script maintains the essence of the original story there are a quite a few differences. In this version, for instance, Jekyll is romantically involved with a woman named Alice. Please note that this is a silent movie and no soundtrack has been added.
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Charlie Chan in the Golden Eye (1948)

Death lurks at every step...as your oriental super-sleuth stalks a desperate killer -- below the surface of the earth!
Aka The Golden Eye. A 1948 film directed by William Beaudine and starring Roland Winters in his fourth appearance as Charlie Chan. A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable money-making machine. However, the owner, instead of being happy about his now profitable business, insists to Charlie that something is fishy and that someone is out to murder him.
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