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In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub brawl which causes Maggie to miss her ship back to the States. Now stranded, she’s forced to move in with Skid and his pal Harry. She soon falls in love with Skid. Skid gets a job playing the trumpet at a local club and becomes a big success. Fame and fortune go to his head which eventually destroys his relationship Maggie and his career.
Drama | Musical | Romance
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
In the riverside town of River Junction, Captain William Canfield has an old steamship and disputes the passengers with the powerful banker John James King, who has a brandy new passenger vessel. William is informed that his unknown son William Canfield Jr. will arrive by train from Boston to visit him. When Willie arrives, William [...]
Star Reporter (1939)
John Randolph (Warren Hull), an idealistic young newspaper owner who uses his paper as an instrument for the public good, uses a campaign against crime to successfully run grafting politicians out of town. District Attorney William Burnette (Wallis Clark), father of Barbara Burnette (Marsha Hunt) who John loves, learns that John’s father (unknown to John) [...]
The Speckled Band (1931)
Violet Stoner dies under mysterious circumstances in her bedroom at the gloomy mansion of her brutish stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Rylott. Because Violet had become engaged to be married, she stood to inherit a substantial annual allowance from her parents’ estate but never survived to collect it. Her last words were “The Speckled Band!” Now, her [...]
Smart Alecks (1942)
Danny helps to capture a wanted criminal and receives a $200 reward. However, he has a falling out with the gang when they believe he should share the money with them. Complications ensue when the crook that Danny helped capture escapes from jail and comes looking for him. Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance
Sky Patrol (1939)
“Tailspin Tommy” Tompkins and “Skeeter” Milligan are training young U. S. Army fliers for the newly-formed ‘Sky Patrol,’a branch of the Army Reserves which operates along the borders and coast-lines, on the lookout for smugglers. Carter Meade, whose father is the Colonel in charge of the patrol, has a terror of firing guns and his [...]
Sinful Cargo (1936)
The first of a series of four “G-Man” films produced by George A. Hirliman’s Condor Productions (with all four starring Conrad Nagel and Hirliman’s wife, actress Eleanor Hunt, in continuing roles), “Yellow Cargo” has G-Man (nee FBI) Alan O’Connor (Conrad Nagel) being “borrowed” by the United States Immigration Service to track down a smuggling ring [...]
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. Unfortunately one of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain [...]
Shadows of the Orient (1935)
“Shadows of the Orient” was originally (and still is) a Larry Darmour production made under the Empire Films banner in 1935 and released in August of 1935, although Motion Picture Herald did not review it until February of 1936. Following the reorganization of Monogram, after W. Ray Johnston, Scott R. Dunlap, Trem Carr and Paul [...]
Seven Doors to Death (1944)
A shot rings out in a darkened apartment; a woman screams and flees, tricking architect Jimmy McMillan into giving her a ride. McMillan returns and finds a body; but the police find a different body! He and the woman in question (Mary Rawlins, niece of the late owner), both suspects, become allies; among light romantic [...]
