The Film Detective

Rosalind Russell stars as a divorced socialite who joins the Army to be near her boyfriend, only to learn that military life isn't for everybody. From renowned director Norman Z. McLeod (Horse Feathers, Monkey Business), this riotous comedy also features Paul Douglas and Regis Toomey. They don't make comedies like this anymore!

Rather than a gorgeous Hollywood starlet, actor Cameron Mitchell ("Carousel"), playing cowboy Ted Daniels, shares the screen in this film with a magnificent wild horse named Gallant Bess, who he tames, trains and keeps for himself. But after Ted is gravely injured in a fixed rodeo, Bess is stolen away from him and forced to join a cruel traveling carnival in this fast-paced western from director Lew Landers ("The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin").

Bela Lugosi and the East Side Kids team up in this crazy comedy from Monogram Pictures. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Sunshine Sammy Morrison and the rest of the gang find themselves at a spooky mansion owned by the mysterious Nardo (Lugosi). Things get weird when the boys see one of their pals walking around in a trance. Did Nardo turn him into a zombie? Watch and find out!

Love Affair stars Charles Boyer as French playboy Michael Marnet, who meets American singer Terry McKay (Irene Dunne) on a transatlantic cruise, where they fall in love despite being engaged to others. The lovers agree to meet in six months atop the Empire State Building, but when tragedy strikes one of them, their plans are changed forever. Love Affair was later remade in 1957 as "An Affair to Remember" with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.

Get ready for thundering thrills! A lawman (Tom Tyler) pretends to be an outlaw, steals $10,000 from a cattle thief, then promises to return the money if he can join the gang. Meanwhile, his real mission is to expose the bad guys! Lon Chaney Jr stars appears in one of his early roles for director Robert F. Hill (Shadow of Chinatown; Flash Gordon).

Comedy! Crime! Mystery! Romance! Thrills! All in one movie! Rival newspaper reporters (Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot) join forces to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building in this early talkie from M.H. Hoffman Inc., a low budget production company known for, you guessed it, comedy, crime, mystery, romance and thrills! The screenplay, incidentally, was by Frances Hyland, the first female writer employed by Universal Studios, who went on to write such films as Girl...

Roy Rogers plays a newspaper reporter sent to Cheyenne to investigate a reputed troublemaker. While on the scene, he discovers who the real bad guys are, and sets out to right some wrongs. Also starring Roy's usual sidekick George 'Gabby' Hayes, plus Joan Woodbury, and George Rosener. This Republic Pictures western was helmed by director Joseph Kane (The Undersea Kingdom, Dakota) and features two musical numbers 'Bonita' and 'Linda Flor'.

The luckless king of a small European nation must endure a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to flee with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt, and a devious son who wants the throne for himself. Can the spoiled prince take advantage of the crazy situation around his beleaguered father? This comic fable from director Lowell Sherman (Night Life of the Gods, Born to Be Bad) stars Mary Astor as the princess, and Lowell Sherman himself as the troubled king!

Here's a film, originally known as 'Monstrosity' that has lived on thanks to Mystery Science Theater. It was even made into a musical in 2010. It's quite the ghoulish treat involving a wealthy old woman who wants to put her own brain into the skull of a younger, beautiful girl. The eternal search for youth has never been so grisly!

This Pre- Code comedy stars Betty Compson as a young woman hired to distract a London playboy from marrying a gold digger. Problems arise when the playboy's father, who hired June (Compson) in the first place, starts to fall for her! Starring John Darrow, Gilbert Emery, and Margaret Livingston, this forgotten jewel from RKO Radio Pictures was directed by George Archainbaud (The Lost Squadron, Murder on the Blackboard) and puts yet another spin on the complexities of love...

From the invasion of North Africa to the fall of Tunis! This captivating documentary is part of a series containing original archive footage filmed under actual battle conditions by service and newsreel cameramen attached to American, British, French, Russian and enemy forces. Directors Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart, and John Huston were involved in patching this movie together, utilizing the familiar voices of Burges Meredith, Leo Gann, and Winston Churchill. Also, look for footage of Dwight D....

Hard-hitting cowboy star Tim McCoy appears as "Gentleman" Tim Madigan, a legendary card sharp who uses his skills at the gaming table to help a Mexican family keep their ranch. There's plenty of action and intrigue in this modestly budgeted western from Puritan Pictures, capably dished out by prolific director Sam Newfield (The Terror of Tiny Town). For those who take their western action straight, you'll be glad to know there's no singing in this one. It's just Gentleman Tim dealing a death...