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Jungle Book (1942)

admin2 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:06:18 +0000

Teenaged Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, appears in a village in India and is adopted by Messua. Mowgli learns human language and some human ways quickly, though keeping jungle ideas.
Influential Merchant Buldeo is bigoted against ‘beasts’ including Mowgli; not so Buldeo’s pretty daughter, whom Mowgli takes on a jungle tour where they find a treasure, setting the evil of human greed in motion.

Nominated for 4 Oscars.

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Sabu	…	Mowgli
Joseph Calleia	…	Buldeo
John Qualen	…	The barber
Frank Puglia	…	The pundit
Rosemary DeCamp	…	Messua (as Rosemary De Camp)
Patricia O’Rourke	…	Mahala
Ralph Byrd	…	Durga
John Mather	…	Rao
Faith Brook	…	English girl
Noble Johnson	…	Sikh

The Tonto Kid (1934)

admin2 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:32:12 +0000

Crooked lawyer Samuel Creech frames a murder on The Tonto Kid and them enlists the aid of a circus performer, Nancy Cahill, to pose as the missing daughter of cattle-rancher Rance Cartwright. The Kid, aided by young Wesley Fritch and a reformed-Nancy, manages to prove his own innocence while putting an end to Creech’s crooked scheme.

Action | Adventure | Romance | Western

Rex Bell	…	‘Skeets” Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
Ruth Mix	…	Nancy Cahill
Buzz Barton	…	Wesley Fritch
Theodore Lorch	…	Lawyer Sam Creech
Joseph W. Girard	…	Rance Cartwright (as Joseph Gerard)
Barbara Roberts	…	Edna May Cartwright
Jack Rockwell	…	Deputy Sheriff Hack Baker
Murdock MacQuarrie	…	‘Pop’ Slawson (as Murdock McQuarrie)
Bert Lindley	…	Tom Quillan – Diamond D Foreman
Jane Keckley	…	Mrs. Fritch, Wesley’s Mother
Stella Adams	…	Edna May’s Landlady

The First of the Few (1942)

admin2 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:27:30 +0000

By the late 1920′s aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants with his revolutionary mono-planes winning trophy after trophy. But a holiday in Germany shortly after Hitler assumes power convinces him that it is vital to design a completely new type of fighter plane and that sooner or later Britain’s very survival may depend on what he comes to call the Spitfire.

Action | Biography | Drama | History | War

Leslie Howard	…	R.J. Mitchell
David Niven	…	Geoffrey Crisp
Rosamund John	…	Diana Mitchell
Roland Culver	…	Commander Bride
Anne Firth	…	Miss Harper
David Horne	…	Mr. Higgins
J.H. Roberts	…	Sir Robert McLean
Derrick De Marney	…	Squadron Leader Jefferson
Rosalyn Boulter	…	Mabel Lovesay
Herbert Cameron	…	MacPherson
Toni Edgar-Bruce	…	Lady Houston (as Toni Edgar Bruce)
Gordon McLeod	…	Major Buchan
George Skillan	…	Mr. Royce
Erik Freund	…	Messerschmitt
Fritz Wendhausen	…	Von Straben (as F.R. Wendhausen)

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

admin2 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:09:17 +0000

The story of Jeb Stuart, his romance with Kit Carson Holliday, friendship with George Custer and battles against John Brown in the days leading up to the outbreak of the American Civil War.

Errol Flynn	…	Jeb Stuart
Olivia de Havilland	…	‘Kit Carson’ Holliday (as Olivia De Havilland)
Raymond Massey	…	John Brown
Ronald Reagan	…	George Custer
Alan Hale	…	Tex Bell
William Lundigan	…	Bob Holliday
Van Heflin	…	Rader
Gene Reynolds	…	Jason Brown
Henry O’Neill	…	Cyrus Holliday
Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams	…	Windy Brody

Irish Luck (1939)

admin2 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:57:07 +0000

Buzzy O’Brien is a bellhop in a hotel where a guest is murdered. The police blame Kitty Monahan and Buzzy succeeds in helping her escape and hides her at his home with his mother. Buzzy and his pal Jefferson manage to fumble their way to finding the real killer who was after the stolen bonds carried by the victim. Based on Charles Molyneaux Brown’s story “Death Hops the Bells.”

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Frankie Darro	…	Buzzy O’Brien
Dick Purcell	…	Steve Lanahan
Lillian Elliott	…	Mrs. O’Brien
Dennis Moore	…	Jim Monahan
James Flavin	…	Hotel Detective Fluger
Sheila Darcy	…	Kitty Monahan
Mantan Moreland	…	Jefferson

We Dive at Dawn (1943)

admin2 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:20:09 +0000

The crew of HMS submarine Sea Tiger have their leave (and assorted family problems) cut short when they are recalled for a special mission: sink the new German battleship Brandenburg. En route, they learn that their target has entered the heavily defended Baltic; rather than fail, they follow it. Tension builds as they approach their target. After the attempt, escape seems impossible…unless they can refuel in enemy waters.

Action | Drama | War

John Mills	…	Captain – Lt. Taylor, R.N.
Louis Bradfield	…	First Officer – Lt. Brace, R.N.R.
Ronald Millar	…	Third Officer – Lt. Johnson, RNVR
Jack Watling	…	Navigating Officer – Lt. Gordon, R.N.
Reginald Purdell	…	Coxwain – C / P.O. Dabbs
Caven Watson	…	Chief Engine Room Artificer – C / P.O. Duncan
Niall MacGinnis	…	Torpedo Gunner’s Mate – C / P.O. Mike Corrigan
Eric Portman	…	On Hydrophones – L / S. Hobson

Local Bad Man, The (1932)

admin2 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:03:39 +0000

The Murdock’s bank is in trouble. So they ship money on the train and rob it to get back the money plus the insurance, Bonner and his two pals recover the money only to be thrown in jail.

Action | Comedy | Romance | Western

Hoot Gibson	…	Jim Bonner
Sally Blane	…	Marion Meade
Hooper Atchley	…	Joe Murdock
Edward Hearn	…	Ben Murdock
Edward Peil Sr.	…	Sheriff Hickory (as Edward Peil)
Jack Clifford	…	Railroad Station-Agent Andrew McKee
Skeeter Bill Robbins	…	‘Skeeter’ Cole (as ‘Skeeter Bill’ Robbins)
Milton Brown	…	‘Horsetail’ Wright (as Milt Brown)

Contender, The (1944)

admin2 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:35:02 +0000

Widower Gary Farrell can’t afford, on his $45-weekly salary as a truck driver, to send his young son, Mickey, to a high-priced military school and decides to enter heavyweight-boxing tournament in an effort to win the $500 prize money. He wins and turns to boxing as a career and, in a short while, and under the guidance of “Pop” Turner, becomes a Contender for the Heavyweight title. Newspaper reporter Linda Martin is attracted to Farrell but he is paying more attention to the flashy Rita Langdon, who introduces him to night clubs, late hours, drinking, roistering and other attractions and distractions. Ignoring the warnings posted by Linda, Pop, Mickey and Biff Benham, his old cab-partner in the truck-driving business, Farrell continues to abuse all the training rules but still wins bout after bout.

Buster Crabbe	…	Gary Farrel
Arline Judge	…	Linda Martin
Julie Gibson	…	Rita Langdon
Donald Mayo	…	Mickey Farrel
Glenn Strange	…	Biff Benham
Milton Kibbee	…	‘Pop’ Turner
Roland Drew	…	Kip Morgan
Sam Flint	…	Major Palmer

The Black Pirate (1926)

admin2 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:00:12 +0000

A certain pirate of the Spanish Main makes a practice of blowing up with all hands the ships he has looted. By a fluke, one man and his dying father survive such a disaster. Swearing vengeance, the son joins the pirates; soon, “the black pirate” swashbuckles his way into their black hearts, capturing a merchantman singlehanded. Can he now save the life of lovely Isobel? Can he, opposed by a treacherous rival, rise to lead the pirates and thereby deliver them to justice?

Adventure | Action

Douglas Fairbanks	…	The Duke of Arnoldo aka The Black Pirate
Billie Dove	…	Princess Isobel
Anders Randolf	…	Pirate Captain
Donald Crisp	…	MacTavish
Tempe Pigott	…	Duenna
Sam De Grasse	…	Pirate Lieutenant

Texas Terror (1935)

admin2 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:01:07 +0000

Sheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in shooting it out with robbers. He encounters his dead buddy’s sister and helps her run her ranch. Then she finds out about his past.

Action | Comedy | Drama | Romance | Western

John Wayne	…	John Higgins
Lucile Browne	…	Bess Mathews (as Lucille Browne)
LeRoy Mason	…	Joe Dickson (as Leroy Mason)
Fern Emmett	…	Aunt Martha Hubbard
George ‘Gabby’ Hayes	…	Sheriff Ed Williams (as George Hayes)
Jay Wilsey	…	Blackie Martin (as Buffalo Bill Jr.)
John Ince	…	Blacksmith Bob