“Jigsaw” is a Film Noir directed by Fletcher Markle, and starring Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace and Marc Lawrence. The feature was produced by Edward J. Danziger and Harry Lee Danziger from a screenplay by Vincent McConnor and Fletcher Markle from a story by John Roeburt. Of note is that the film has cameo appearances by …
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“Cheers for Miss Bishop” is a film based on the novel “Miss Bishop” by Bess Streeter Aldrich. This film marked the debut of Rosemary De Camp. Miss Ella Bishop is a teacher at a small town Midwestern college. The story is told in flashback and takes place over many years, from the 1880s to the …
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“Blonde Ice” is a 1948 American femme fatale crime film directed by Jack Bernhard and starring Leslie Brooks, Robert Paige and Michael Whalen. It was based on a novel by Whitman Chambers. Claire is a society reporter who will do whatever she has to for a story. Claire manages to keep herself in the headlines …
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Ella Bishop is a dedicated teacher at a small Mitwestern college. The story shows her live between 1880s and 1930s — from her freshman years up to retirement. A big crises comes up when her fiancĂ©, the lawyer Delbert Thompson, gets her vixenish cousin Amy pregnant. The two run off, but Amy dies in childbirth. …
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Jim Fallon a lumberman is greatly interested in logging the big sequoia redwood trees in northern California. A Quaker colony and their religous leader Elder Bixby have a special relationship to those trees and try to save them from logging. Jim falls for the leaders daughter, Alicia, but does not change his plan to log …
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“Bank Alarm” is a 1937 American film directed by Louis J. Gasnier. The movie is about an FBI agent who is investigating the recent bank robberies and finds out much later that his sister is the girlfriend of the gang’s leader. — Directed by Louis J. Gasnier, produced by George A. Hirliman and Charles J. …
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At a high-society dinner party, a beautiful girl meets an older, rich and married man. However, she is loved by a younger man who is not very wealthy. — Directed by Charles Lamont, produced by George R. Batcheller, written by Faith Baldwin (story originally published in Cosmopolitan magazine) and Paul Perez, starring Valerie Hobson as …
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Former U. S. Army major, Paul Krenner (James Griffith), plans to conquer the world with an army of invisible soldiers and will do anything to achieve that goal. With the help of his hired muscle, Julian (Red Morgan), Krenner forces Dr. Peter Ulof (Ivan Trisault) to perfect the invisibility machine Ulof invented. He keeps Ulof’s …
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John Mason is a young, somewhat timid attorney in New York City. He has been doing his job well, and he has a chance of being made a partner in his law firm, especially if he marries Eunice, the daughter of his employer, Judge Doolittle. However, John meets Jane during a business trip, and they …
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A man whose wife has deserted him winds up saving a beautiful girl from the clutches of a murderous bandit on a Nicaraguan coffee plantation. Director: Chester M. Franklin Writers: F. Hugh Herbert, Peter B. Kyne (story) Stars: Monte Blue, Dorothy Burgess, Noah Beery source