An association hires the „Cyclone” Tom Saunders in order to look into cattle thefts for whom they suspect a pair of “nesters”. Tom discovers that the nesters are an old man and his young daughter who are not capable of rustling. Then he supects Nate, a foreman at a ranch.
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Brand of the Devil
Molly Dawson, a female ranch owner is losing cattle to the Devil’s Brand, a gang of rustlers. She sends for the Texas Rangers who work undercover to bring the gang to justice.
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Invisible Ghost
Kessler is being controlled by homicidal impulses from his wife. She was involved in a car accident that has left her brain damaged and is kept in the basement, in secret, by Kessler’s gardener. When an mysterious man is executed for a murder done by Kessler, his twin brother tries to unravel the truth …
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Parole, Inc.
Because of some notorious criminals are unjustifiably released on parole, the Federal Government sends agent Richard Hendricks to investigate. Hendricks infiltrates the criminal gang. However, the clever Barney Rodescu, who is the brain behind the racket, soon finds out Carson’s true identity…
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Indestructible Man
Charles “Butcher” Benton was a double-crossed convicted robber and murderer and who was executed in the gas chamber. His body is unlawfully sold to a scientist, where experiments accidentally revive him and make him also impervious to harm. After killing the doctor and his assistant, he sets out to avenge himself on his attorney and the lawyer’s henchmen…
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Edward Sedgwick – Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) – Best free legal movies ever 54 – Comedy
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath is a curious mixture of all that was good and everything that was bad in Buster Keaton’s talkie features.
sidenote: The Movie was completely filmed in Buster Keaton private 10,000- square-foot Mediterranean palazzo in Beverly Hills
This movie is part of the collection: Comedy Films
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Producer: Buster Keaton
Production Company: Metro Goldwyn, Mayer
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: Comedy; Buster Keaton
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Invisible Ghost (1941) [Horror] [Thriller]
“Invisible Ghost” is a horror film starring Bela Lugosi, shot in black and white, and directed by Joseph H. Lewis. Lugosi plays Kessler, a man controlled by homicidal impulses beyond his control. He is being controlled by his wife, who had left him for another man. She was involved in a car accident that has left her brain damaged and is kept in the basement, in secret, by Kessler’s gardener. When an innocent man is executed for a murder done by Kessler in the house, his twin brother visits and tries to unravel the mystery. In the end it ends up that Kessler really is the killer and he doesn’t know it. Kessler looks at the painting of his wife (that is stabbed on the throat) and then walks out to be arrested.
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Directed by Joseph H. Lewis, produced by Sam Katzman and Pete Mayer, written by Al Martin and Helen Martin, starring Bela Lugosi as Charles Kessler, Polly Ann Young as Virginia Kessler, John McGuire as Ralph Dickson and Paul Dickson, Clarence Muse as Evans (the Butler), Terry Walker as Cecile Mannix, Betty Compson as Mrs. Kessler, Ernie Adams as Jules Mason, George Pembroke as Police Lieutenant Williams, Ottola Nesmith as Mrs. Mason, Fred Kelsey as Detective Ryan, Jack Mulhall as Detective Tim, Fred Aldrich as Guard at Ralph’s Exeuction, Lloyd Ingraham as The Psychiatrist and Robert Strange as Coroner Kirby.
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Source: “Invisible Ghost” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 1 April 2013. Web. 20 April 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Ghost.
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Algiers (1938) [Drama] [Mystery] [Romance]
“Algiers” is a 1938 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, and Hedy Lamarr. Written by John Howard Lawson, the film is about a notorious French jewel thief hiding in the labyrinthine native quarter of Algiers known as the Casbah. Feeling imprisoned by his self-imposed exile, he is drawn out of hiding by a beautiful French tourist who reminds him of happier times in Paris. The Walter Wanger production was a remake of the successful 1937 French film Pépé le Moko, which derived its plot from the Henri La Barthe novel of the same name. “Algiers” was a sensation because it was the first Hollywood film starring Hedy Lamarr, whose stunning beauty became the main feature for film audiences. The film is notable as one of the sources of inspiration to the screenwriters of the 1942 Warner Bros. film Casablanca who wrote it with Hedy Lamarr in mind as the original female lead. According to the Turner Classic Movie channel, Charles Boyer’s depiction of the main character, Pepe Le Moko, was the inspiration for the Warner Bros. animated character, Pepe Le Pew.
Pepe Le Moko (Boyer) is a notorious thief, who escaped from France after his last great heist to Algeria. Since his escape, Moko became a resident and leader of the immense Casbah, or “native quarter,” of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe’s capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane (Calleia), who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe begins to feel increasingly trapped in his prison-like stronghold, a feeling which intensifies after meeting the beautiful Gaby (Lamarr), who is visiting from France. His love for Gaby soon arouses the jealousy of Ines (Gurie), Pepe’s Algerian mistress.
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Directed by John Cromwell, produced by Walter Wanger, written by James M. Cain
and John Howard Lawson, starring Charles Boyer as Pepe le Moko. Sigrid Gurie as Ines, Hedy Lamarr as Gaby, Joseph Calleia as Inspector Slimane, Alan Hale as Grandpere, Gene Lockhart as Regis, Walter Kingsford as Chef Inspector Louvain, Paul Harvey as Commissioner Janvier, Stanley Fields as Carlos, Johnny Downs as Pierrot, Charles D. Brown as Max, Robert Greig as Giraux, Leonid Kinskey as L’Arbi, Joan Woodbury as Aicha
and Nina Koshetz as Tania.
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Source: “Algiers (film)” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 18 March 2013. Web. 20 April 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers_(film).
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Hell’s House (1932) [Drama]
“Hell’s House” is a 1932 American drama film directed by Howard Higgin. The screenplay by Paul Gangelin and B. Harrison Orkow, set during the waning days of the Prohibition era, is based on a story by Higgin.
When orphaned Jimmy Mason is taken in by his Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry, he meets their boarder Matt Kelly, who impresses the young man with his boastful swagger and alleged political connections, although in reality he’s a bootlegger. The boy’s life is disrupted when, as one of Kelly’s hired hands, he refuses to identify his boss during a police raid and is sentenced to three years of hard labor in reform school, where he befriends a sickly boy named Shorty, who eventually is sent to solitary confinement.
When Jimmy realizes his new pal is seriously ill and desperately needs medical attention, he escapes and goes to Kelly and Kelly’s girl friend, Peggy Gardner, for help. Peggy contacts newspaper columnist Frank Gebhardt, who is anxious to expose the conditions at the state industrial school. The authorities find Jimmy at Gebhardt’s office, but before they can apprehend him Kelly admits his involvement in the bootlegging operation and the boy is set free. He discovers Shorty has died, victimized by a corrupt system.
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Directed by Howard Higgin, produced by B. F. Zeidman, written by Paul Gangelin and B. Harrison Orkow, starring Bette Davis as Peggy Gardner, Pat O’Brien as Matt Kelly, Junior Durkin as Jimmy Mason, Frank Coghlan Jr. as Shorty, Emma Dunn as Emma Clark, Charley Grapewin as Henry Clark, Morgan Wallace as Frank Gebhardt, Hooper Atchley as Captain Of The Guard, Wallis Clark as Judge Robinson and James A. Marcus as Superintendent Charles Thompson.
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Source: “Hell’s House” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 1 March 2013. Web. 20 April 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_House.
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Man with Two Lives (1942) [Horror] [Science Fiction] [Thriller]
The story is of a man who is brought back from the dead and whose body is hijacked by the soul of an executed gangster, consequently making the deceased man a high proze criminal. At the beginning of the story the happy couple Phillip Bennett and Louise Hammond are engaged to be married. A major bump on their planned road to the future emerges when sadly Phillip is killed in a traffic accident as they are driving back from their very engagement party. The dubious Dr. Clarke, who apparently is known for being able to revive deceased animals, is called on for the purpose of bringing Phillip back to life. By midnight on that very same night as Phillips demise, the infamous criminal Panino, is to receive his capital punishment for his crimes: execution through electrocution. Just minutes before midnight Dr. Clarke performs his resuscitaion operation and it is a successful one, but when Panino dies moments later his ominous soul enters and claims Phillip’s body. The soul change goes unnoticed however, and Phillip’s body is brought home to his hopeful wife to be. At first it appears Phillip suffers from severe amnesia, and he is uncapable of recognizing any of the persons previously known to him, which is of course an unpleasant surprise.
Phillip instantly starts roaming Panino’s old hoods, and it doesn’t take long before he once again is supreme commander of his old gang, running the business as usual, but in the shape of Phillip. The people around Phillip, including his father Hobart Bennet is worried by the development and this new personality of Phillip’s. They become even more worried when they start noticing that he is more and more absent from his home. Soon a crime wave hits the city and there is an outbreak of gang wars, throwing the city into chaos as gang member are killed on every side. Accompanied by Dr. Clarke, Phillip’s father Hobart visit the gang’s headquarters and meets with the gangsters, to tell them who Panino/Phillip really is. They inquires the gang members about Phillip’s relation to the gang and its business, and the gang members find out that Phillip, a respectable citizen, is the son of Hobart Bennet. Phillip/Panino finds out about this and feels threatened by the fact that some of the gang members know about his “secret identity”. He murders all of the potentially dangerous gang members, but fails to do off with one person, a brother to one of the murdered gang members, who knows his secret.
This remaining man becomes the key to catching Panino/Phillip and stop him from going through with his planned robbery. He tips the police of Panino/Phillip’s plans and a trap is laid out to catch the felon, but he escapes and decides to take revenge on the detective in charge of hunting him down. He ends up killing the detective, but is in turn killed himself by Dr. Clarke.
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Directed by Phil Rosen, produced by A.W. Hackel, written by Joseph Hoffman, starring Edward Norris as Philip Bennett, Marlo Dwyer as Helen Lengel, Eleanor Lawson as Louise Hammond, Frederick Burton as Hobart Bennett, Addison Richards as Lt. Detective George Bradley, Edward Keane as Dr. Richard Clark, Hugh Sothern as Prof. Toller, Tom Seidel as Reginald “Reg” Bennett, Elliott Sullivan as Eric, Anthony Warde as Hugo, Ernie Adams as Gimpy, Kenne Duncan as Jess Fowler, George Dobbs as Tim Martin, Lois Landon as Aunt Margaret, Frances Richards as Nurse, Jack Buckley as Mitch Larsen, Jack Ingram as Ed. Sporady and George Kirby as The Bennett Butler.
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Source: “Man with Two Lives” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 4 April 2013. Web. 20 April 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_with_Two_Lives.
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