If you have a drop of Irish blood, if you've ever worn green on St. Patrick's Day, if you're a simply a fan of musical bio-pics chockablock with nostalgic song and dance, sure and begorrah you're in for a Technicolor treat. My Wild Irish Rose stars Golden Age of Hollywood tenor Dennis Morgan as turn-of-the-century tenor Chauncey Olcott, who brought When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Mother Machree and more beloved airs to eager theater audiences. Olcott's rise from tugboat skipper to minstrel man to...

Gore Vidal's novel gets a campy translation in this controversial film. After his surgery in Europe, Myron Breckinridge (Rex Reed) returns to the United States as Myra (Raquel Welch), insisting that she is the widow of Myron. Before too long, she enrolls in an acting school and comes under the tutelage of Buck Loner (John Huston), and meets talent scout Leticia (Mae West). Though Vidal disassociated himself from the film, it garnered attention for its star-studded cast (Tom Selleck makes his...

Bela Lugosi stars as Mr. Wong, a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton (Wallace Ford) and his girl Peg (Arlene Judge) are hot on his trail, but soon find...

Out of the night creeps a shadow, striking terror into the heart of Chinatown! Bela Lugosi plays a power mad psychopath in this thriller from Monogram Pictures. William Nigh directs a tale of kidnapping and intrigue, with a cast that includes Wallace Ford (Freaks, Shadow of a Doubt) as a wiseguy reporter who falls into the diabolical clutches of the sinister Wong, a madman who believes he will one day rule China!

Buster Crabbe, who lost the role of Tarzan to Johnny Weissmuller, became popular playing Flash Gordon at Universal from 1936 to 1940. Crabbe then traded outer space for the wide-open range when he went to Poverty Row (PRC specifically) to star in the popular Billy the Kid series.The Mysterious Rider (B&W, 1942): Billy the Kid and sidekick Fuzzy retreat to a ghost town to lay low because a $5,000 reward for their capture is making life difficult for them. But things aren't all quiet in the...

A young Robert Wise (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Sound of Music) directs this on-location mystery noir shot in Mexico City and Cuernavaca. When a diamond necklace goes missing in Mexico, so too does the insurance investigator tasked with its retrieval. A second investigator, Steve Hasting (William Lundigan), is summarily dispatched down south to retrieve jewel and agent both. Hasting sets his sights on the missing agent's sister, Victoria (Jacqueline White), and gets an eyeful -- and...

Captain Holling (Noah Beery) is relieved of his command after he suffers a nervous breakdown. When Downey takes over for the impending voyage, he learns that the ship will be automatically piloted by a radio-controlled mechanism created by Professor Grimson. A band of criminals is able to intercept the radio signals during a test of the device and dispatches saboteurs for the liner's remote-controlled voyage. Both Downey and the Professor are murdered and after the vessel shifts into automatic...

Mysterious attacks by an unknown criminal who calls himself The Rattler have stopped the railroad's attempts to tunnel through Iron Mountain.Railroad detective Ken Williams (Ken Maynard) investigate with help from the railroad's arch rival Jane Corwin. Jane, the heiress of The Corwin Transportation Company, may be a secret agent of The Rattler or an even more diabolical threat playing both sides against the middle.The Rattler's poison darts target anyone who comes too close to his futuristic...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a haunting film adaptation based on the unfinished novel by Charles Dickens. An opium-addicted choirmaster, John Jasper (Claude Rains), becomes obsessed with a young student named Rosa Bud (Heather Angel). His nephew, Edwin Drood (David Manners), also holds a torch for the girl and asks her to marry him. Circumstances in their small Victorian town grow more perplexing when Drood disappears and the sordid details of Jasper's secret life come to light. Featuring...

The haunting film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Mystery of Marie Roget stars Maria Montez and Patric Knowles. A successful actress in the City of Light, Marie Roget (Montez), has a sinister dark side: she is plotting the death of her younger sister (Nell O'Day). When Marie goes missing and the maimed corpse of a young woman is discovered, amateur detective Dr. Paul Dupin (Knowles) works to track down the killer. Filled with suspense and intrigue, this gripping classic was inspired by a...

An anniversary dinner of 13 guests, a mysterious legacy, and a murderer among the attendees Who will survive?

That sarsaparilla drinkin', guitar strummin' cowboy crooner Tex Ritter is back in White Flash's saddle for this shoot-'em-up adventure. Tex Martin (Ritter) and his sidekick Stubby (Horace Murphy) are peacefully roaming the range when they discover Tom Wilson (Lafe McKee) brutally shot and mortally wounded. Tom informs his friend Tex that the merciless Masked Riders have stolen his deed to the Four-Star mine. Determined to avenge Tom's murder, he rides into town and encounters the saloon boss,...

The Mississippi River and the swamps of Louisiana comprise the setting for mystery, murder and plenty of serial-style heroics. An unusually atmospheric and intelligent chapter play. 13 Chapters.

Bodies are mysteriously disappearing all over town, and a new wax museum has just opened. Is there a connection? But of course! In this horror classic, Fay Wray (King Kong) stars as the intended next victim of a mad wax sculptor obsessed with her resemblance to one of his prior creations. Glenda Farrell plays a quintessential wisecracking newspaper reporter, and noted actor Lionel Atwill is the deranged artist who loses his studio to a fire set by his partner. Filmed in the early Two-Color...

Bodies are mysteriously disappearing all over town, and a new wax museum has just opened. Is there a connection? But of course! In this horror classic, Fay Wray (King Kong) stars as the intended next victim of a mad wax sculptor obsessed with her resemblance to one of his prior creations. Glenda Farrell plays a quintessential wisecracking newspaper reporter, and noted actor Lionel Atwill is the deranged artist who loses his studio to a fire set by his partner. Filmed in the early Two-Color...

Best selling Western author Robert Morris is invited to the "Mystery Ranch" by a family of avid fans who challenge the daredevil writer to learn a thing or two about real cowboys. Sensing the ingrediants for a new best seller, Bob and his secretary Percy Jenkins accept the invitation. Arriving at the ranch, Bob soon finds himself at the center of a variety of staged events designed to test his mettle -- a fake hanging, a runaway horse and carriage, and a shootout using harmless blanks. Seeking...

A criminal conspiracy to swindle young Jennifer Travis out of her ranch is being led by her conniving uncle Jed Travis and gang leader Kurt Morgan. The men are hoping to make a huge profit by selling the property to the railroad. When Jennifer turns to the Cattlemen's Protective Association for help, agent Tom Wade is sent to investigate. Wade finds a perfect opportunity to infiltrate the gang when he arrests Lupe Bardos, a gunman that Jed had hired. Posing as Bardos, Wade is on the verge of...

Neighbors are shocked when "Texas" Jim Lambert is arrested for the murder of his brother and held for trial. The newly arrived magistrate, circuit-riding Judge "Lasses" White, can't bring himself to believe Lambert guilty of the crime. Along with his deputy, Tom Emery, the Judge begins an investigation that might unearth the truth -while making them targets of the real killer.One of two low-budget Westerns directed by 1940s screenwriter Ande Lamb, Mystery Range is notable for several reasons....

Jack Logan inherits half the map to a lost Indian mine and a full share of action and adventure in this 10 chapter, no-punches-pulled serial from 1931. Jack's search for the mine takes him to the Canadian Rockies, where he discovers that gangsters are also searching for the treasure and need his half-a-map to find it. Jack's companions in adventure includes pretty Helen, a local girl; her younger brother Billy; their "foster father," an Indian chief named Red Eagle; and White Cloud, an outlaw...

The dead return to speak to the living! At least, that's what vulnerable and gullible mourners are led to believe when they visit the temple of the Great La Gagge, a charlatan psychic who stages rigged seances with his greedy henchman in order to fleece unsuspecting believers out of their hard-earned (or inherited) cash. La Gagge leads his latest potential victims, two wealthy widows utterly smitten by the Master, on a wild ghost chase across the Atlantic to the base of the Sphinx and the...

An embezzler and his daughter crash their plane in the jungles of Africa. Young Doreen (Julie London) is the sole survivor and befriends a gorilla, Samson, who becomes her guardian. Ray Gorman (Buster Crabbe) is out to clear the name of his father, who is falsely accused of stealing the money. Ray is unaware that he is being trailed in the jungle by scheming couple Carl and Marie (Barton MacLane and Fifi D'Orsay) intent on stealing the treasure that is guarded by a White Witch and her ape...

Buster Crabbe and Julie London headline this exciting jungle drama. Crabbe plays a treasure hunter searching for a downed airplane in the wilds of Africa. To his shock, he finds the young daughter of a deceased passenger, now fully grown and protected by a gorilla! Jungle intrigue doesn't get any better! With a cast that includes Barton MacLane as the greedy jungle guide, and famed stuntman Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Samson the gorilla, this thrilling adventure from prolific director Sam Newfield...

Norman Mailer's classic comes to the big screen courtesy of director Raoul Walsh (Objective, Burma!; High Sierra) and an ensemble of seasoned actors and fresh-faced up-and-comers. Raymond Massey and Cliff Robertson play officers whose opposing views on military leadership are the two poles between which a platoon's fate is stretched during the war of the Pacific. Massey's Gen. Cummings advocates fear as the guide to goading men to face death, whereas Robertson's Lt. Hearn vehemently disagrees....

Norman Mailer's classic comes to the big screen courtesy of director Raoul Walsh (Objective, Burma!; High Sierra) and an ensemble of seasoned actors and fresh-faced up-and-comers. Raymond Massey and Cliff Robertson play officers whose opposing views on military leadership are the two poles between which a platoon's fate is stretched during the war of the Pacific. Massey's Gen. Cummings advocates fear as the guide to goading men to face death, whereas Robertson's Lt. Hearn vehemently disagrees....