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Socialite Amy Burke lives in spoiled seclusion in the uptown mansion of her millionaire grandfather, Alexander Guthrie. She has a fight with the old man, and goes to live with her father in a tenement on the Bowery. At first Amy is disgusted by her impoverished neighbors,but eventually she assimilates and begins to make new friends. Her grandfather visits to see how the girl is doing and is shocked to find her shooting craps and living like a hoodlum. But when Amy reaches out to save a sick...

Treacherous natives plot to take control of a lush, exotic South Pacific island. To do this, they must first wipe out the local Constabulary. The local police force is led by a cadre of ex-GIs, former American soldiers, marines and airmen, like ace pilots Horseshoe (Larry Blake) and Slats (Dick Purcell) who seem to enjoy the hulas, Hawaiian guitars and the high life of this exotic paradise. The friendly rivalry between the two aviators, their antics and their nasty tricks add genuine laughs to...

Murderous gun-smugglers are robbing government warehouses. The only clue is a matchbook from the swanky Chateau Madrid nightclub. Suspecting club owner Douglas Worthington (Noel Madison) of being less than the high-class citizen he appears to be, the Department of Justice launches an investigation. Hot-shot agent Allen Grey (Charles Starrett) is assigned to the case and sent undercover as a prize-fighter. Allen impresses Worthington and infiltrates his criminal gang. When Grey falls for...

The 'Queen of the Yukon,' is not just the name of an Alaskan riverboat, but also the nickname of it's venerated owner - Sadie Martin (Irene Rich). Sadie has a nose for profit, but a heart of gold when it comes to the miners she transports on her floating saloon and casino. When the shady John Thorne of the Yukon Mining Company tries to buy the 'Queen,' Sadie knows that the deal would leave her beloved miners without a way to reach their claims and refuses to sell the boat at any price....

In four action-packed episodes of the popular wild-west adventure series, thrilling sagas of legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley (Gail Davis) unfold in the dusty town of Diablo. Chasing outlaws from the saddle of her trusty horse, Target, Annie keeps law and order with Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig (Brad Johnson) at her side. Helping them is Annie's younger brother Tagg, always eager to solve the town's exciting mysteries of suspense. A fictional account of the life of the famous star of Buffalo...

Blinded by his own wealth and power, Wall Street tycoon John Harden has abandoned the Christian values with which he was raised. Shaming his devoted wife, he is conducting a torrid affair with a young trollop interested only in his money. At a lavish dinner party he shocks everyone by declaring that God does not exist and challenging Him, "...strike me dead by midnight!" When the deadline passes, Harden declares himself the victorious master of his own destiny. But the hand of the Almighty...

Nervously pacing a hospital room floor, young medical intern Robert Morley (Randolph Scott) is grief-stricken when he learns that his wife has died during childbirth. Wanting nothing to do with his son, the tormented new father leaves the baby with relatives and travels abroad to complete his studies.Returning home six years later, Robert is now a successful physician engaged to a beautiful debutante (Martha Sleeper). Trouble brews when Doctor Morley sees his son again and experiences a...

Ben Turpin and his trademark crossed-eyes shot to super-stardom when he joined Mack Sennett's studio in 1917. At the height of his career he would introduce himself with, "I'm Ben Turpin; I make $3000 a week." Hardly an overnight success, he had worked for decades in the circus, vaudeville, burlesque and film before being signed by Sennett. There, his comic potential was maximized by casting him against type, as when he plays a sophisticated playboy. With the advent of sound motion pictures,...

After the brutal murder of his uncle, U.S. Marshal Bob Stevens sets off on the trail of the killer. A knife is the solitary clue left behind at the murder scene. Stevens knows that the murderer has accomplices, and decides to pose as a crook himself to attract the attention of his gang. After joining the violent band of stagecoach thieves, Stevens must face the task of unmasking their leader while dodging the local sheriff.Bob Steele, who dominates Marked Trails with his usual straight-edged,...

Reckless gambler Tim Donovan pursues the gang that has just held up the Black Mountain stage. He retrieves the strongbox, but the robbers escape. Bumbling Sheriff Clay Matthews finds Donovan with the loot and arrests him. He is set free by Judge Harper, who knows that Donovan is actually a U.S. Marshal sent undercover to investigate the gang who has been terrorizing the stage line. Donovan discovers a conspiracy involving a bank president and an officer of the stagecoach company. Tim will need...

Dr. Carl Decker (J. Carrol Naish), a mild mannered San Francisco optometrist, is really a Nazi spy and saboteur. One night he is robbed of his secret code book that also lists every enemy agent in the U.S.! Together with sadistic S.S. killer Marlow (John Carradine) they devise an elaborate plan to get the book back. As Marlow begins to take violent action against the suspected book thieves, an innocent man winds up getting framed for murder.

Boris Karloff answers the call of the voodoo in a no-holds-barred horror extravaganza that runs the gory gamut from voodoo cultists and weird jungle ceremonies to cannibal women and the walking dead! On an island off the South American coast, a hardened police captain arrives from the mainland to impose his own brutal brand of law and order. A mad midget in mod glasses, lesbian-tinged dream sequences, snakes and zombies add to the horror as the captain searches for the islander who poses as...