Monsoon (1943) EDGAR G. ULMER



Stars: John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Writers: Edgar G. Ulmer (story), Raymond L. Schrock (story)

The owner of a seedy dive and brothel on a South Seas island meets two treasure hunters looking for a sunken ship with a $3-million cargo of gold. She persuades them to let her in on the deal. Complications ensue because of intrigue, double-crosses and an approaching violent monsoon. Also known as ISLE OF FORGOTTEN SINS.

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Klondike (1932) – Full Movie



Dr. Robert Cromwell performs a delicate operation, that has never been done before, and the patient dies. Charged with malpractice and manslaughter, his trial is national news but the jury acquits him. But the court of public opinion is still against him, and the medical board is meeting to decide whether or not to take his medical license away from him. Before they do, Cromwell, an amateur pilot, decides to join his friend, WWI Ace Donald Evans, on a flight to Alaska looking for a shorter route to Japan by following the Aleutian Islands. They crash in Alaska and Evans is killed, but Cromwell is rescued by a fur trapper named Tom Ross. He takes Cromwell to Armstrong’s Trading Post, where is is nursed back to health by Klondike, a girl who works for Armstrong, and was engaged to marry Armstrong’s son Jim. The latter is suffering from the same disease that Cromwell’s last patient had. Mark talks Cromwell into performing the same operation again and, this time, it is a success. Or would have been if Jim hadn’t decided to fake it being a failure. Written by Les Adams

Director: Phil Rosen
Writers: Tristram Tupper (story), Tristram Tupper (adaptation)
Stars: Thelma Todd, Lyle Talbot, Henry B. Walthall

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Jacaré (1942) JUNGLE ADVENTURE



Stars: Frank Buck, Jim Dannaldson, Miguel Roginsky
Director: Charles E. Ford
Writer: Thomas Lennon

Universal newsreel editor Charles E. Ford was responsible for this filmed record of James Dannaldson’s hunting expedition into the jungles of the Amazon River. The film is jam-packed with wild-animal footage, including a pulse-pounding attack by a 28-foot anaconda. The music for Jacare was provided by no less than Miklos Rosza!

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No Hands on the Clock (1941) DETECTIVE



Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart
Director: Frank McDonald
Writers: Daniel Mainwaring (novel), Maxwell Shane (screenplay)

The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding a missing girl but also marrying her in the process. So Flack sends him to celebrate his honeymoon in the Divorce Capital of the world, Reno, Nevada, to find a missing man. Along the way, in a mixture of big city crime and old-west settings, Humphrey encounters a large assortment of suspicious characters, all of whom are also suspicious of the others. A comedy that also includes some killings along the way.

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The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935) – Full Movie



Right after the Civil War, an ex-Union soldier sets out to become a schoolmaster in his small town, even though many locals still harbor a resentment against “Yankees”. He goes up against the town bully, who both want the same girl, and his troubles multiply when a vicious band of night riders set out to drive him out of town. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com

Director: Lewis D. Collins
Writers: Edward Eggleston (novel), Charles Logue
Stars: Norman Foster, Charlotte Henry, Dorothy Libaire

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In Love With Life (1934) – Full Movie



Professor John Sylvestus Applegate has been dismissed from his college teaching position for objecting too loudly to the predominant part that football and other sports play in the curriculum, and soon finds himself dead broke when publishers show no interest in the dry material he brings to them. He meets a young boy, Laury and his mother, Sharon in the park and is quite taken with them. He gets a job-prospect letter, as a private tutor, and applies at once. His employer is Mr. Morley, a surly, sour, mean-tempered old man who informs John he is to act as a tutor for his grandson, who turns out to be Laury. Sharon, Morleys daughter had eloped against her father’s wishes and was abandoned by her husband after Laury’s birth. Written by Les Adams

Director: Frank R. Strayer
Writer: Robert Ellis (screenplay)
Stars: Lila Lee, Dickie Moore, Onslow Stevens

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False Pretenses



Mary just lost her job after a fight with her boyfriend. Chasing her pay check blown over a bridge she almost loses her life as well. She is saved by Kenneth Alden, a drunken millionaire who’s just lost alll his money. They both assume the other person is on the bridge to commit suicide. Mary kcome up with a plan that would benefit both of them. He will get enough money together to teach her how tob e a lady in order to introduce her to his rich friends. This is how she would find a husband — and pay him a finder’s fee. In reality, things turn out not that easy.

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