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Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)

Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond has just returned to England. As he is driving home in the dark, a young woman jumps out in front of his car. He misses her, but she falls to the ground. As he tries to revive her, he hears a shout for help, then gunshots. As he goes to investigate, the woman drives away with Drummond's car.

Director: James Hogan

Cast: Robert Adair, Heather Angel, E. E. Clive, David Clyde, Clyde Cook, Gunnis Davis, Reginald Denny, Frank Elliott, Porter Hall, Fay Holden, Patrick Kelly, Walter Kingsford, Doris Lloyd, Barry Macollum, Charles McNaughton, Ray Milland, Henry Mowbray, John Power, Pat Somerset, Sir Guy Standing, Ernie Stanton, Colin Tapley, Zeffie Tilbury

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 67 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond In Africa (1938)

When Col. Nielson is kidnapped by spies who want the plans for a radio-defense system, Drummond journeys to the dark continent to rescue him.

Director: Louis King

Cast: Harry Allen, Heather Angel, Fortunio Bonanova, Matthew Boulton, Jean De Briac, William von Brincken, Michael Brooke, Leonard Carey, E. E. Clive, Rafael Corio, Reginald Denny, Neil Fitzgerald, Forrester Harvey, John Howard, J. Carrol Naish, Paul Porcasi, Anthony Quinn, Gerald Rogers, Konstantin Shayne, Evan Thomas, H. B. Warner

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 58 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)

It's anything but a peaceful honeymoon for John Howard and Heather Angel when the French village they're staying at is beset by jewel thieves who lead Drummond on a rooftop chase. H.B. Warner, Elizabeth Patterson co-star.

Director: James Hogan

Cast: Heather Angel, Matthew Boulton, Fritzi Brunette, Eduardo Ciannelli, E. E. Clive, Clyde Cook, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, George Davis, Reginald Denny, Neil Fitzgerald, Gerald Hamer, John Howard, Adia Kuznetzoff, Jacques Lory, Louis Mercier, Elizabeth Patterson, Jack Perrin, John Power, Gerald Rogers, Dick Rush, Wyndham Standing, John Sutton, David Torrence, H. B. Warner

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 56 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)

Bulldog (John Howard) finally pops the question to Phyllis (Louise Campbell), but when a missing synthetic diamond turns up as a wedding gift, pleasure is put aside for business.

Director: James Hogan

Cast: Jimmy Aubrey, Frank Baker, John Barrymore, Frank Benson, Matthew Boulton, Michael Brooke, James Burtis, Louise Campbell, Ethel Clayton, E. E. Clive, David Clyde, Clyde Cook, Reginald Denny, Dave Dunbar, Maude Fealy, Margaret Fealy, Gregory Gaye, Douglas Gordon, William Haade, Porter Hall, Halliwell Hobbes, John Howard, Torben Meyer, Elizabeth Patterson, Albert Petit

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 66 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)

The top secret formula for a new form of explosive is stolen, and only Bulldog can sniff out the crooks responsible.

Director: Louis King

Cast: Jimmy Aubrey, John Barrymore, Bennie Bartlett, Brooks Benedict, Matthew Boulton, Sidney Bracy, Marie Burton, Louise Campbell, Paula De Cardo, Ethel Clayton, E. E. Clive, Reginald Denny, Harold Entwistle, Robert Gleckler, Harriette Haddon, Winter Hall, John Howard, Arthur Stuart Hull, Gwen Kenyon, Lucien Littlefield, Joyce Mathews, Miki Morita, Frank Puglia, Gerald Rogers, John Sutton

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 55 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)

An eccentric professor, a missing family fortune, and a baffling murder case are in store for Drummond (John Howard) and his fiancee (Heather Angel) in this tantalizing series entry.

Director: James Hogan

Cast: Heather Angel, Jimmy Aubrey, Leo Carroll, E. E. Clive, David Clyde, Clyde Cook, Reginald Denny, Elspeth Dudgeon, Neil Fitzgerald, Forrester Harvey, Dutch Hendrian, John Howard, Elizabeth Patterson, Gerald Rogers, Dick Rush, Wyndham Standing, Dave Thursby, H. B. Warner

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 54 minutes.

Caesar The Conquerer (1962)

Italian spectacle starring American Cameron Mitchell as the great Roman emperor and conqueror who finds opposition from his senate when he seeks more forces for his Gallic campaign. When his ward and her lover are captured by the Gauls, Caesar springs into action in a battle against Vercingetorix, their leader.

Director: Tanio Boccia

Cast: Rik Battaglia, Raffaella Carra, Giulio Donnini, Fedele Gentile, Cameron Mitchell, Ivica Pajer, Piero Palermini, Aldo Pini, Carlo Tamberlani, Bruno Tocci, Dominique Wilms

Drama, War, Color, Runtime: 98 minutes.

Calendar Girl (1947)

Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an artist, go to New York City to make their fortune. They both fall in love with the same girl.

Director: Allan Dwan

Cast: Jane Frazee, William Marshall, Gail Patrick, Kenny Baker, Victor McLaglen, Irene Rich, James Ellison, Janet Martin, Franklin Pangborn, Gus Schilling, Charles Arnt, Lou Nova, Emory Parnell

Musical, Black & White, Runtime: 88 minutes.

Call of the Wilderness (1932)

Caesar, the dog, prowls around the woods of the Northwest, dispatches a rattlesnake, visits his she-wolf mate and their pups, pauses to watch the dainty habits of a raccoon personally washing every morsel of food before eating it---and that raccoon had enough food to use up several minutes of running time---and then saves sheepherder Pierre (Francis McDonald) from getting et up by one mean mountain lion.

Director: Herman C. Raymaker

Cast: Caesar the Dog, Francis McDonald, Heinie Conklin, Jose De La Cruz, Pedro Regas, Tom London

Adventure, Black & White, Runtime: 63 minutes.

Call of the Yukon (1938)

In this Klondike adventure, a female reporter heading north for a story gets lost and calls on a handsome guide and wild animals with whom she has a rapport to find her way. During the difficult journey, she and her companions faces many dangers.

Director: B. Reeves Eason

Cast: Buck , Mala , Firefly , Richard Arlen, Nina Campana, Billy Dooley, Al St. John, Swift Lightning, Ivan Miller, Garry Owen, Emory Parnell, Beverly Roberts, Lyle Talbot

Action, Adventure, Black & White, Runtime: 67 minutes.

Captain Calamity (1936)

A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.

Director: John Reinhardt

Cast: George Houston, Marian Nixon, Vince Barnett, Juan Torena, Movita, Crane Wilbur, George J. Lewis, Roy D'Arcy, Margaret Irving, Barry Norton, Louis Natheaux, Lloyd Ingraham

Action, Adventure, Musical, Black & White, Runtime: 61 minutes.

Captain Kidd (1945)

Charles Laughton is superb as one of the most notorious pirates to ever sail the seas, with Randolph Scott as the man charged with bringing him to justice.

Director: Rowland V. Lee

Cast: Abner Biberman, Barbara Britton, John Carradine, Harry Cording, Henry Daniell, William Farnum, Al Hill, Keith Hitchcock, Ian Keith, Charles Laughton, Sheldon Leonard, Edgar Norton, Reginald Owen, John Qualen, Gilbert Roland, Randolph Scott, Reginald Sheffield, Frederic Worlock

Action, Adventure, Black & White, Runtime: 81 minutes.

Captain Scarface (1953)

Packed with excitement and intrigue, this drama follows a man as he flees South America aboard a ship headed to the United States. After assuming the identity of a dead man who was an associate of the nefarious Captain Scarface, he becomes swept up in a Communist plot.

Director: Paul Guilfoyle

Cast: Rudolph Anders, Paul Brinegar, Peter Coe, Don Dillaway, Leif Erickson, Martin Garralaga, Virginia Grey, Barton MacLane, John Mylong, Isabel Randolph, Howard Wendell

Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 70 minutes.

The Capture (1950)

Set-in-Mexico drama starring Lew Ayres as an American oil company supervisor who shoots a man he suspects robbed the company's payroll, but discovers he's innocent. Complicating matters is the deceased man's widow (Teresa Wright), with whom Ayres has fallen in love. Victor Jory and Jacqueline White co-star.

Director: John Sturges

Cast: Rico Alaniz, Lew Ayres, William Bakewell, Paul Fierro, Alex Gerry, Gil Herman, Pepe Hern, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jimmy Hunt, Victor Jory, Barry Kelley, Eddie LeBaron, Tommy Lee, Manuel Lopez, Paul Marion, Frank Matts, Tina Menard, Albert Morin, Charles Morton, Peter Ortiz, Manuel Paris, Milton Parsons, Edwin Rand, Duncan Renaldo, Chuck Roberson

Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 90 minutes.

Carnival Of Souls (1962)

A car plunges off a bridge, and a young woman emerges, apparently unscathed. Wandering off, her odyssey takes her to a strange small town and a carnival pavilion whose patrons walk the line between the living and the dead.

Director: Herk Harvey

Cast: Pamela Ballard, Sidney Berger, Steve Boozer, Art Ellison, Frances Feist, Herk Harvey, Candace Hilligoss, Stan Levitt, Tom McGinnis, Dan Palmquist, Larry Sneegas

Horror, Black & White, Runtime: 83 minutes.

Carnival Story (1954)

An American carnival on tour in Europe is the setting for this high-flying drama starring Anne Baxter as a German pickpocket who joins the show and is soon fought over by two workers. With Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger.

Director: Kurt Neumann

Cast: Anne Baxter, Adi Berber, Lyle Bettger, Steve Cochran, Jay C. Flippen, Nora Kovatz, Jacob Möslacher, George Nader, Helene Stanley, Jadin Wong

Drama, Color, Runtime: 93 minutes.

Caryl of the Mountains (1936)

There's no shortage of action in this enthralling tale (or should that be tail?) starring Rin Tin Tin, Jr. as a faithful canine who helps the Mounties track down an embezzler and killer who was responsible for the death of a beloved fur trapper.

Director: Bernard B. Ray

Cast: George Chesebro, Steve Clark, Earle Dwire, Jack Hendricks, Francis X. Bushman Jr., Rin Tin Tin Jr., Josef Swickard, Robert Walker, Lois Wilde

Action, Adventure, Black & White, Runtime: 58 minutes.

Cat People  (1942)

When naval construction designer Oliver Reed (Kent Smith) sees Serbian born beauty Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon) at a zoo, he flirts with her, and soon they fall in love and marry. Complications arise because Irena believes she is the victim of an ancient Serbian curse that causes her to turn into a panther if a man tries to make love to her.

Director: Jacques Tourneur

Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt

Horror, Black & White, Runtime: 73 minutes.

Cathy's Curse (1977)

A family moves into a new house, only to find that their little girl has become possessed by the spirit of a dead relative. 

Director: Eddy Matalon

Cast: Randi Allen, Bryce Allen, Dorothy Davis, Sony Forbes, Bob Gerolami, Renee Girard, Mary Morter, Beverley Murray, Lisa Nickelt, Hubert Noel, Alan Scarfe, Roy Witham

Horror, Color, Runtime: 82 minutes.

Cause For Alarm! (1951)

Tense drama stars Loretta Young as a woman framed by her insane husband for murder when he suspects her of infidelity.

Director: Tay Garnett

Cast: Richard Anderson, Georgia Backus, Irving Bacon, Art Baker, Bruce Cowling, Jack Daley, Robert Easton, Bonnie Kay Eddy, Kathleen Freeman, Margalo Gillmore, Greta Granstedt, Don Haggerty, Earle Hodgins, Teddy Infuhr, Edward Kilroy, George McDonald, Bradley Mora, Barry Sullivan, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Helen Winston, Loretta Young

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 74 minutes.

Cavalcade of the West (1936)

Hoot Gibson stars in this tale of justice, western style, focusing on the story of two brothers, one of whom is kidnapped by outlaws and ends up on the wrong side of the law.

Director: Harry Fraser

Cast: Steve Clarke, Barry Downing, Phil Dunham, Earl Dwire, Hoot Gibson, Adam Goodman, Nina Guilbert, Rex Lease, Robt. McKenzie, Marion Shilling, Jerry Tucker

Western, Black & White, Runtime: 61 minutes.

Cavalry (1936)

Trying to impress the young lady he's taken a hankerin' to, Bob Steele leads troopers waging war against insurgent Indians, evil rustlers and just about anybody wearing a black hat.

Director: Robert N. Bradbury

Cast: Bud Buster, Edward Cassidy, Bill Desmond, Frances Grant, Karl Hackett, Perry Murdock, Hal Price, Earl Ross, Bob Steele, Martin Turner, William Welsh

Western, Black & White, Runtime: 63 minutes.

Chained For Life (1950)

The first, and almost certainly last, movie to star Siamese twins. Violet and Daisy Hilton, vaudeville performers and co-stars of ``Freaks,'' dance and sing in this turgid tearjerker of love and betrayal. When one is accused of murder, the resulting trial is legal and movie history.

Director: Harry L. Fraser

Cast: Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton, Edna Holland, Allen Jenkins, Herbert Lytton, Norval Mitchell, Jack Mulhall, Brian O'Hara, Patricia Wright

Crime, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 65 minutes.

Charade (1953)

The fine line between love and violence is explored in this three-chapter anthology featuring James Mason and his wife Pamela who both wrote, produced, and played the leads in each vignette.

Director: Roy Kellino

Cast: Vince Barnett, James Mason, Sean McClory, Pamela Mason, Scott Forbes

Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 82 minutes.

Charlie Chan in Dark Alibi (1946)

Three men are convicted of bank robbery, the main evidence against them being that their fingerprints were found at the scene. However, Charlie Chan believes them to be innocent, and his investigation reveals that they are indeed innocent and that their fingerprints were forged and planted in the prison files to frame them. Charlie sets out to uncover the real bank robbers.

Director: Phil Karlson

Cast: Sidney Toler, Benson Fong, Mantan Moreland, Teala Loring, George Holmes, Ben Carter, Joyce Compton, John Eldredge

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 61 minutes.