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Cafe Metropole (1937) DVD available
Breezy romantic comedy stars Tyrone Power as a penniless American who has to
impersonate a Russian price to pay off a gambling debt to nightclub owner
Adolphe Menjou. As the prince, Power romances rich heiress Loretta Young. Also
starring Gregory Ratoff and Charles Winninger. Excellent quality.
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Call Her Savage (1932) DVD available
Really wild comeback vehicle for Clara Bow has Bow as a wild half breed
heiress from Texas who goes to the big city, gets in scrapes with sleazy
men, and finally ends up back at home with fellow half breed Gilbert Roland.
Also starring Monroe Owsley. Totally pre code fun, excellent quality.
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Call Me Mister (1951) DVD available
Fun WW2 era musical stars Dan Dailey as a soldier who goes AWOL to patch up
his marriage to wife and showbiz partner Betty Grable, who is on tour in
Japan doing USO type shows. Also starring Danny Thomas and Dale Robertson.
Technicolor. Excellent quality.
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Canadian Pacific (1949) DVD available
Scott is back as a railroad surveyor who tries to forge the railroad through
the Canadian Rockies while fending off heel Victory Jory. Also starring
Jane Wyatt, Nancy Olson, and J. Carroll Naish. In Cinecolor~! Excellent
quality.
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Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) DVD available
Ladd stars here as a secret agent who is after a missing Nazi (Frances
Lederer) who killed his partner in post war Italy. Also starring Wanda
Hendrix and features the standard "Mona Lisa." Very good quality.
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Cardinal Richelieu (1935) DVD available
Enjoyable period drama stars George Arliss as the notorious Cardinal who
has the ear of France's Louis XIII and looks for his own power and also
to unify France. Also starring Edward Arnold as Louis XIII, Maureen O'
Sullivan, and a young Cesar Romero. Excellent quality.
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Caribbean (1952) DVD available
John Payne stars in this 18th century adventure as a caribbean adventurer
who fights pirates and romances beautiful Arlene Dahl. Also starring
Cedric Hardwicke and Woody Strode. Great quality.
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Carnival in Costa Rica (1947) DVD available
Fun musical set in Costa Rica stars Dick Haymes as a visiting American
who falls in love with local girl Vera-Ellen...who happens to already be
engaged to playboy Cesar Romero...who happens to really love American
Celeste Holm! Also starring J.Carroll Naish and Anne Revere. Technicolor.
Great quality.
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Carson City (1952) DVD available
Solid Randolph Scott western has our hero as Silent Jeff, a railroad engineer
bent on building a line from Virginia City to Carson City, but has to reckon
with corrupt mining boss Raymond Massey and his gang. Also starring Lucille
Norman and Richard Webb. Very good quality.
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The Cat and the Canary (1939) DVD available
Bob Hope had his big breakthrough in this classic horror comedy. Several
family members are invited to be at a reading of the will in a spooky
house...but will the live? Also starring Paulette Goddard and John Beal.
Decent quality.
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Cattle Empire (1958) DVD available
Joel McCrea stars as a disgraced trail boss who takes on a cattle drive to make
amends with the town his men destroyed, as well as get even with those who framed
him. Exciting western also stars Gloria Talbott, Don Haggerty, and Phyllis Coates.
Excellent quality. Note: This is pan and scan, not widescreen.
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Caught Plastered (1931) DVD available
Our boys are back as struggling vaudevillians who help out an old lady
(Lucy Beaumont) with her drugstore and fend off bootleggers. Charming
vehicle costars Dorothy Lee and Jason Robards. The scene with W & W
cheering up the old lady is great. Excellent quality.
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Chandu the Magician (1932) DVD available
Edmund Lowe stars in the title role as a magician out to stop megalomaniac
Bela Lugosi from using a huge laser and destroying major cities. Also starring
Irene Ware and Herbert Mundin. Very good effects too for the time period. Bela
is at his hammiest. Ok quality.
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Change of Heart (1934) DVD available
A Gen X type film for the 1930s, following the trials and tribulations of a
group of college friends (Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, James Dunn, and Ginger Rogers)
as they try to make good in New York City during the depression. Watch for an early
appearance by Shirley Temple. Excellent quality.
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Chicago Deadline (1949) DVD available
Hard hitting thriller stars Alan Ladd as a crusading reporter investigating
the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a beautiful woman (Donna
Reed), leading to murders and racketeers. Also starring June Havoc, Arthur
Kennedy, and Berry Kroeger. Quality here is a bit blurry with an occasional
blip.
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Chicken Every Sunday (1949) DVD available
Dan Dailey and Celeste Holm star as a married couple in 1912 Tucson who
overcome his crazy schemes to get rich quick. Also starring Colleen
Townsend and Natalie Wood. Excellent quality.
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China Girl (1942) DVD available
Excellent WW2 era spy actioner starring George Montgomery as a US photographer
who falls in love with a Chinese girl (Gene Tierney) while fending off turncoat
pro Japan spies (Victor McLaglen and Lynn Bari). Excellent quality.
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Christmas Holiday (1944) DVD availble
Bleak film noir stars Deanna Durbin as a nice girl who falls in love (and
marries) a wealthy nutjob (Gene Kelly) who ends up on death row after killing
a bookie. Also starring Richard Whorf, Dean Harens, Gladys George, and
Gale Sondergaard. Quite a change of pace for both stars. Quality is okay
aside from a few blips and static here and there.
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City of Bad Men (1953) DVD available
Fascinating semi western stars Dale Robertson as a crook who plots with
his gang to steal the gate from the famed Fitzsimmons/Corbett fight, but
has a change of heart after running into old flame Jeanne Crain. Also
starring Richard Boone and Lloyd Bridges. Excellent quality.
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City Streets (1931) DVD available
Revolutionary early talkie from Rouben Mamoulian stars Gary Cooper as a
carnival worker who gets drawn into the mob when his girlfriend (Sylvia sidney)
has to do jail time. Also starring Paul Lukas and Guy Kibbee. Quality is
blurry on this one.
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Claudia (1943) DVD available
Dorothy McGuire stars as a young woman named Claudia, who lives on a
Connecticut farm with her older husband Robert Young. Also starring Ina
Claire and Reginald Gardiner. Excellent quality.
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Claudia and David (1946) DVD available
Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young are back as the title characters, who
now have a baby. Each wonders if the other is being unfaithful, McGuire
with John Sutton and Young with Mary Astor. Excellent quality.
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Clive of India (1935) DVD available
Colman is back as Robert Clive, the man responsible for taking control
of India for the British but finds personal tragedy and disgrace. Also
starring Loretta Young and Colin Clive. Excellent quality.
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A Close Call For Boston Blackie (1946) DVD available
Typically fun Boston Blackie entry has Blackie (Chester Morris) mixed up with a
woman from his past (Lynn Merrick) and the murder of her ex con husband, once
again on the run from Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane). Also starring George
E. Stone as Runt. Decent but not amazing quality.
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Cluny Brown (1946) DVD available
Charles Boyer stars as a Czech freedom fighter/writer who arrives penniless
in Pre WW2 England. He becomes friends with Cluny Brown (Jennifer Jones),
a female plumber/servant at a manor. Also starring Peter Lawford. Directed
by Ernst Lubitsch. Excellent quality.
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Cobra Woman (1944) DVD available
In this lush Technicolor outing Maria Montez plays a dual role: an evil
island queen and her good twin sister. When the good Maria is kidnapped
it is up to her fiancee (Jon Hall) and his buddy (Sabu) to save the day.
Also starring Lon Chaney, Jr. Good quality.
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Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934) DVD available
Critics usually agree that this is W & W's best film! The duo star as
vagrants in 1600s England who impersonate the king's doctors while also
romancing Thelma Todd and Dorothy Lee. Also starring Noah Berry. One
of their best to be sure. Excellent quality.
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College Humor (1933) DVD available
Fun collegiate musical comedy stars Bing Crosby as a singing professor (!),
Jack Oakie and Richard Arlen are football stars dealing with the pressures
of sports and school. Also starring Mary Carlisle with George Burns and
Gracie Allen having a couple of bits. Very good quality.
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College Rhythm (1934) DVD available
Wild musical comedy stars Jack Oakie as "Love and Kisses" Finnegan, a cocky
former football star who finds life after college isn't so easy working at a
department store. Also starring Joe Penner, Lyda Roberti, Helen Mack, and
Mary Brian. Very good quality.
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Coney Island (1943) DVD available
Excellent Betty Grable vehicle finds Betty as a turn of the century saloon singer
on Coney Island. Betty is loved by both boss Cesar Romero and his partner
George Montgomery. Technicolor. Excellent quality.
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Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941) DVD available
Fun series entry has reformed crook Blackie (Chester Morris) on the run from
the cops once again after being mixed up in a killing at an art auction, with
Blackie trying to find the real killers. Also starring Harriett Hilliard, with
regulars Richard Lane as Farraday and George E. Stone as Runt. Excellent quality.
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The Constant Nymph (1943) DVD available
Charles Boyer stars as an egocentric composer who comes to realize he is
in love with a dying girl (Joan Fontaine) instead of his socialite wife (Alexis
Smith). Also starring Peter Lorre and Brenda Marshall. Quality is watchable
but not great.
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Convict 99 (1939) DVD available
Great Will Hay vehicle has the British comedy great as a disgraced schoolmaster
who is mistakenly hired as a warden of a prison, where he institutes an "honor
system." Also starring Graham Moffat and the great Moore Marriott as Jerry
the Mole. Excellent quality.
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Convicted (1950) DVD available
Hard hitting remake of The Criminal Code stars Glenn Ford as a WW2 vet
sent to prison on a manslaughter rap and deals with benevolent warden
Broderick Crawford and a bitter inmate (Millard Mitchell) bent on killing
a corrupt guard. Also starring Dorothy Malone. Excellent quality aside
from a blip at the 48 minute mark.
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Corvette K-225 (1943) DVD available
Action packed WW2 drama stars Randolph Scott as a Canadian ship captain in
charge of using his corvette ship to protect a convoy en route to Britain, while
trying to break in a green young officer (James Brown). Also starring Ella
Raines, Barry Fitzgerald, and a young Robert Mitchum in a minor role. Very
good quality, just turn the sound up a bit.
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Count Five and Die (1958) DVD available
Exciting WW2 drama stars Nigel Patrick as a British commando who leads
a group on a campaign to confuse the Nazis into thinking D-Day will be in
Holland. Jeffrey Hunter is a U.S. commando posing as a documentary filmmaker.
Very good quality.
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Country Gentlemen (1936) DVD available
Olsen and Johnson star as two crooked bonds salesmen who buy a seemingly
worthless piece of land in order to promote an oil business and swindle
some army vets. Also starring Joyce Compton and Lila Lee. The jailhouse
scene is priceless. Very good quality, albeit a bit bright.
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The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941) DVD available
Fun romantic comedy stars George Montgomery as a rodeo star who falls
in love with a tempermental screen starlet (Mary Beth Hughes) while in
Hollywood filming a screen test. Also starring Alan Mobray as the
studio boss and Fuzzy Knight. Excellent quality.
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Cowboy Quarterback (1939) DVD available
In this Bert solo outing (and remake of Elmer the Great), Wheeler stars
as an incredible football player who is great until he gets mixed up
with gangsters. Also starring Marie Wilson and William Demarest.
Decent quality.
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Cracked Nuts (1931) DVD available
One of W & W's weirdest films sees our boys down in South America's
tiny country El Dorania. Bert "buys" a revolution, Bob is the king!
Also starring Dorothy Lee, Edna May Oliver, and Boris Karloff. This
movie has the noted "Which and What" routine. Excellent quality.
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Crashing Hollywood (1939) DVD available
Tracy is back as a Hollwood screenwriter who teams up with an ex con to
write a new style of mystery: One based on the ex con's own unsolved
crimes! Great satire. Excellent quality.
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Crazy House (1943) DVD available
O & J are back but Hollywood doesn't want them! After being thrown
out of Universal studios O & J set out to make their own movie and sell
to the highest bidder. More lunacy also starring Cass Dailey, Patrick
Knowles, and MANY guest stars. Decent but not great quality.
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Crime Doctor (1943) DVD available
First entry in the popular series stars Warner Baxter as a former criminal
turned doctor who has amnesia and tries to piece together his past...only
to have his former partners come after him. Also starring Margaret Lindsay,
John Litel, and Ray Collins. Excellent quality.
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Crime Doctor's Courage (1945) DVD available
Fascinating entry in the series has Dr. Ordway (Warner Baxter) investigating
a serial wife killer (Stephen Crane) and his subsequent murder, as well as a
pair of oddball Spanish dancers (Anthony Caruso, Lupita Tovar). Also starring
Hillary Brooke. Excellent quality.
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Crime Doctor's Manhunt (1946) DVD available
One of the best in the series has Dr. Ordway (Warner Baxter) investigating
the death of a war vet (Myron Healey) and getting involved with the man's
repressed fiancee (Ellen Drew) as well as her seemingly evil twin sister.
William Frawley is aces as the inspector. Excellent quality.
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Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943) DVD available
Second outing in the series has Warner Baxter as Dr. Ordway, trying to get to
the bottom of a rich man's murder and dealing with an array of shady suspects.
Also starring Rose Hobart, Barton MacLane, and a young Lloyd Bridges. Excellent quality.
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Crime Doctor's Warning (1945) DVD available
Interesting series entry has Dr. Ordway (Warner Baxter) investigating a
series of models being murdered and a young artist suffering from blackouts
(Coulter Irwin). Also starring John Litel, Miles Mander, and Eduardo Cianelli.
Excellent quality.
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Crime Without Passion (1934) DVD available
Highly bizarre Hecht/MacArthur production stars Claude Rains as a smooth
NYC lawyer who is jealous of vampy nightclub singer Margo. The Fates
attacking NYC intro is amazing. Also starring Whitney Bourne and Stanley
Ridges. Quality is slightly less than the usual, but watchable.
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Crimes at the Dark House (1940) DVD available
One of Tod Slaughter's best melodramas. Based on "The Woman in White" by
Wilkie Collins, Slaughter stars as a madman who kills a nobleman for his
inheritance and has to deal with a variety of women and a sleazy doctor (Hay
Petrie). Also starring Sylvia Marriott and Hilary Eaves. Very good quality.
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The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936) DVD available
Tod Slaughter stars as a seemingly kindly moneylender by day, but by night
he is also the notorious killer The Spinebreaker, a thief and murderer who
kills for his daughter (Marjorie Taylor). More wild goodness from the master
of British horror melodrama. Also starring Eric Portman. Very goood quality.
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Criminal Lawyer (1937) DVD available
Tracy stars here as a shyster lawyer (what else is new?) who starts out
honest but ends up getting more and more corrupt...yet more and more
successful. Also starring Margot Grahame. Decent quality.
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The Cross of Lorraine (1943) DVD available
Exciting WW2 era drama stars Jean-Pierre Aumont as the leader of a French
unit who surrender to the Nazis only to be put in a concentration camp
and tortured. Also starring Gene Kelly, Peter Lorre, and Hume Cronyn.
Excellent quality
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The Crowded Sky (1960) DVD available
Wild airline disaster drama stars Dana Andrews as the pilot who steers his
plane into the path of a malfunctioning plane, whose pilot is a disgraced
hasbeen (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.). Plenty of fun characters on board. Also
starring Troy Donahue, Anne Francis, and Rhonda Fleming. Excellent quality.
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Cry of the City (1948) DVD available
Hard hitting film noir stars Richard Conte as an escaped criminal who has
to deal with childhood friend turned cop Victor Mature, as well as trying
to find some missing jewels. Also starring Fred Clark and in some minor
roles a young Shelley Winters and Debra Paget. Excellent quality.
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The Cuckoos (1930) DVD available
Bert and Bob are back as two phony fortune tellers who help a young
pilot rescue his kidnapped girlfriend. Also starring Dorothy Lee, Hugh
Trevor, and June Clyde. This version is complete with Technicolor
scenes. Excellent quality.
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