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They Made Me a Criminal is a 1939 American Warner Bros. drama crime film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, and The Dead End Kids. It is a remake of the 1933 film The Life of Jimmy Dolan. The film was later featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia. Portions of …
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When she was a little girl, she saw her father gunned down right in front of her. When she got older, she was tricked into taking the rap for a hit-and-run committed by her boyfriend. The experience left her bitter and so she puts her efforts into becoming a crime-boss. Also known as Paper Bullets. …
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Stars: Larry J. Blake, Dick Purcell, Beryl Wallace Director: John Rawlins Writers: Harold Buckley , George Waggner (screenplay) Two daredevil pilots go after the same girl at a military outpost in the South Seas! original story “The Fighting Marines” source
Stars: Marion Talley, Michael Bartlett, Nigel Bruce Director: Aubrey Scotto Writers: Dana Burnet (story), Lester Cole An eccentric musical family is kept in order by a talented daughter with modest ambitions. Stars Kansas-born Metropolitan Opera diva Marion Talley. source
Stars: Errol Flynn, Arthur Greenaway, Mayne Lynton Director: Charles Chauvel Writer: Charles Chauvel (scenario) Errol Flynn made his screen debut as Fletcher Christian in this Australian feature which blends drama with documentary as it explores the infamous story of the H.M.S. Bounty! The documentary footage visits Pitcairn Island, the actual island where Christian and his …
Stars: Harald Austin, Paul L. Hoefler, Lowell Thomas Director: Walter Futter Writer: Walter Futter Explorer Paul Hoefler leads a safari into central Africa and what was then called the Belgian Congo, in the regions inhabited by the Wassara and the famous Ubangi tribes. source
Stars: Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Gloria Shea Director: Russell Hopton Writers: Sascha Baraniey (screenplay), Peter B. Kyne (story) An oil-field action thriller directed by ‘B’ movie bad guy Russell Hopton. source
Stars: Edward J. Nugent, Kay Hughes, Lloyd Hughes Director: John H. Auer Writers: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan An honest guy discovers his partners are crooked and tries to set things straight but ends up being framed! source
Stars: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster Director: Phil Karlson Writers: Morton Grant (screenplay), Dorothy Yost (screenplay) A city boy arrives in his late mother’s birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by drought, old fights and a cougar. He turns out to be pivotal in all of these. source
A young actress hits Hollywood determined to be a movie star and runs into a lot of roadblocks along the way. Director: Ralph Ceder Writers: Houston Branch (adaptation), Izola Forrester (story), Stars: Buster Crabbe, Isabel Jewell, Sally Blane source