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The Fatal Hour (1940) [HD]

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Starring: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds

The fourth film in the line of Mr. Wong features from Monogram, The Fatal Hour features Boris Karloff as the lead character, an Asian detective sprung from the mind of Hugh Wiley. In this latest case, Mr. Wong (Karloff) is investigating the murder of a police officer at the request of his friend Captain Street (Grant Withers). The murder investigation leads Mr. Wong to a smuggling ring operating on the San Francisco waterfront. After three additional Murders take place, Mr. Wong is able to track down the killer and expose the smugglers.

Copyright: This movie is in the Public Domain.

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YOO-HOO – -WITH HAL ROACH ALL-STARS! UNIVERSAL – 1932.

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I recently came across an old 16mm print of YOO-HOO – a Universal 2 reel comedy from 1932 starring James Gleason. Besides Gleason, everyone else connected with the production seems to be from the Hal Roach Studios. The cast includes Bobby “Wheezer” Hutchins, Anita Garvin, Billy Gilbert, Fred Kelsey and Frank Austin. Behind the camera too are a number of Roach luminaries: Direction by James W. Horne, story by J.A. Howe and George Stevens. It was even photographed by Len Powers.
This seems like a very deliberate attempt by Universal to bolster the quality of their shorts by this wholesale hiring of Roach cultivated talent. From what I can tell by checking out IMDB, this arrangement didn’t last long. I contacted Richard W. Bann, film historian and Hal Roach Studios expert about all of this Roach talent turning up at Universal and he gave me an explanation of why this happened. It turned out that long tenured exec at Hal Roach Studios, Warren Doane, had left and was setting up shop making shorts at Universal at a time when lot of HRS talent was becoming available owing to an economy drive at the instigation of the cost-cutting studio manager, Henry Ginsberg, newly installed at HRS to watch the money there. Ginsberg felt that to save the studio money, talent like this was expendable! Well, that’s show biz.
This is a very cute film. Not quite in the vein of a Hal Roach comedy, but with many nice and familiar touches nonetheless. Well worth 20 minutes of your time. Enjoy!
A word about this print: This 16mm copy of this film I have was printed in 1944 and is starting to deteriorate. It is infected with something known as “vinegar syndrome.” I have stabilized the print a bit by cleaning it with a film preservation and cleaning solution called Vitafilm and it is now carefully stored, but someday my 16mm copy might be rendered unwatchable. Only time will tell. This film also had its share of damaged sprockets which I have repaired the best I could. The film runs fine and only jumps a bit 3 time or so during the course of its 20 minutes running time.

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1935 THE FIGHTING PILOT – Richard Talmadge – Full movie

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Starring Richard Talmadge, Gertrude Messinger, Robert Frazer, Richard Davis, Victor Metzetti and William Humphrey. Directed by Noel M. Smith (as Noel Mason).

Crime boss Cardigan (Robert Frazer) and gang steal an experimental plane invented by brilliant, aviation engineer F. S. Reynolds (William Humphrey). He calls on hotshot pilot, Hal Foster (Richard Talmadge), to retrieve the stolen aircraft.

56 minutes. Release date: February 14, 1935.

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1933 Classic Movie Drama–So Good!: “Forgotten” 1933

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From IMBD, classified as a Drama, Romance Film:
A kindly old man is neglected by his selfish and greedy family. How will this be resolved?….. or will it?

Director:Richard Thorpe
Writers:Harry Sauber (original story “The Fifth Commandment”), Harry Sauber (continuity)
Stars:Lee Kohlmar, June Clyde, William Collier Jr.

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“CHICAGO SYNDICATE” Dennis O’Keefe, Abbe Lane, Paul Stewart, Allison Hayes. 7-12-1955..

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CHICAGO SYNDICATE” (The Plot) – Kicks off with a murder of a mob accountant who gives inside information to a newspaper man. The syndicate doesn’t like the score. The newspaper man tries to get some leading Chicago people plus lawmen together to try to break the Syndicate wide open. They persuade Barry Amsterdam (Dennis O’Keefe), an aspiring accountant dreaming of starting his business to infiltrate the mob and get the lowdown on the crooks. He ends up doing a great job for an accountant! But the mob still has their eyes on him. Great classic street scenes in this crime-noir-drama.film.

Starring, Dennis O’Keefe, Abbe Lane, Paul Stewart, Allison Hayes, Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra, Richard H. Cutting, Chris Alcaide, William Challee, John Zaremba, George Brand, and Hugh Sanders. Directed by Fred F. Sears. Released July 12, 1955.

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King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934) Comedy | Musical | Romance – Classic Movie

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A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny–and bankrupt–kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daughter of the dotty king, who has promised her to another. Complications ensue.

Director: Leonard Fields
Writers: George C. Bertholon (original story), Howard Higgin (original story),
Stars: Guy Robertson, Edgar Kennedy, Irene Ware

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