Though it is not so frankly identified in the film, an insidious white-slavery racket motivates the plotline of Monogram's...
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Nick Mantee
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1948
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Based on a popular comic strip, this 15 episode Columbia chapterplay produced by legendary cheapskate Sam Katzman (aka...
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1947
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A kind-hearted Native American adopts a homeless, orphaned Chinese boy who has only a horse to his name. This touching...
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Stanley Lowell
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1947
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The Shadow (Richmond) investigates the murder of an art dealer with his only clue being a stolen jade statuette. ~ Rovi...
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1946
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The title states the case in Monogram's Don't Gamble with Strangers. It's all about a pair of crooked gamblers, Mike...
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1946
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Lesley Selander directs the urban goings-on in Traffic in Crime with the same breeziness he brought to his Republic...
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Sam Wire
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1946
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The title tells all in the Monogram "expose" Black Market Babies. Alcoholic physician Dr. Jordan (Ralph Morgan) joins forces...
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Eddie Condon
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1946
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The Shadow Returns was the first of three above-average Monogram features based on the popular radio melodrama The Shadow....
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Lamont Cranston/The Shadow
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1946
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Crooked newspaper columnist Jeff Mann (James Cardwell), who apparently was blackmailing half the criminal gangs in the city,...
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Lamont Cranston/The Shadow
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1946
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In this comedy-mystery, an advertising executive begins looking into a touchy situation involving two brothers who are...
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Tex Hanlon
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1946
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Though released by Republic Pictures, The Tiger Woman is not a serial, as might be assumed from the title. Adele Mara stars...
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Jerry Devery
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1945
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One of the screen's favorite tough blondes, the delightful Veda Ann Borg, stole the show in this low-budget serial produced...
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1945
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Based on the popular comic strip by Dale Messick, this Sam Katzman-produced Columbia serial starred the beautiful and...
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1945
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1944
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Melodramatic gangster action characterizes this tough and freely fictionalized biography of notorious, murderous Chicago...
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1944
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All but forgotten today, Ladies Courageous was one of the more successful wartime morale-boosters. Loretta Young heads the...
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1944
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Action in the North Atlantic is solid wartime propaganda with a rather endearing inner lining of left-wing politics, courtesy...
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1943
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Another of a wartime cycle of Hollywood films lauding the praises of America's Soviet allies, Three Russian Girls is a remake...
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1943
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This flag-waving Columbia programmer concentrates on five young Officer's Candidate School applicants. Each of the...
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1943
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One of the best serials ever made, Spy Smasher has managed to find favor even among non-serial aficionados. Like his fellow...
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1942
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Cesar Romero plays an outwardly tough bookie with the proverbial golden heart. Romero falls in love with Carole Landis, an...
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1942
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Spy Smasher Returns is a 100-minute abridgement of Republic's 12-chapter serial Spy Smasher. The original 1942 chapter play...
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1942
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In their first 20th Century-Fox vehicle, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are cast respectively as the butler and chauffeur of...
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1941
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Hard Guy (British title: Professional Bride) stars singer Mary Healy (later of "Peter Lind Hayes and?" fame) as Julie, a...
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Steve
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1941
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Previously filmed three times, the evergreen Zane Grey yarn Riders of the Purple Sage was given a fourth go-round by 20th...
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Adam Dyer
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1941
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In this corny comedy, the Weaver Brothers learn that in 1790, their distant forebears loaned the government some cash. The...
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1941
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In this action film, an officer is thrown off the force by his father the chief of police. The bitter ex-cop then joins a...
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Jim
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1941
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Charlie Chan in Panama was the first entry in the "Chan" series to capitalize on WW2. Sidney Toler stars as the wily oriental...
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1940
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The sailor in this entertaining 20th Century-Fox programmer is Danny Malone (Jon Hall), while the lady is Sally Gilroy...
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1940
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Knute Rockne-All American was Pat O'Brien's finest hour: thanks to intensive rehearsals and numerous makeup applications, he...
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1940
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A gold-digger facing middle-age decides to pass her special talents on to a younger woman. Her young student learns quickly...
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1940
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Murder Over New York finds Honolulu-based detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) arriving in the Big Apple for a policeman's...
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1940
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Based on a novel by Barry Benefield, Chicken Wagon Family affords nearly equal screen time to child star Jane Withers and...
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Hibbard
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1939
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Sidney Toler made his second appearance as oriental sleuth Charlie Chan in the above-average Charlie Chan in Reno. It all...
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Curtis Whitman
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1939
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This drama chronicles the life and times of a notorious gangster. The story begins at his funeral. There a reporter,...
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Eddie Farrell
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1939
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A transport pilot is ordered to fly a risky mission. The pilot, Scott, refuses the dangerous mission and is fired from his...
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1939
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In this lively boxing comedy, Steve Bishop is a cowboy who works a waiter in an Italian restaurant. He agrees to participate...
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Paulie Mitchell
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1939
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In this Mexican version of the popular southwestern series, Cisco barely escapes the deadly bullets of a firing squad. He...
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Alan Davis
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1939
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The exploits of female pilots are followed in this high-flying drama. These women are extremely competitive and will stop at...
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1939
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Bomber
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1938
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Nancy, a jilted bride-to-be, is played by Janet Gaynor in one of her last starring films. The three loves are novelist...
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1938
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I Am the Law is arguably the best of the late-1930s films inspired by the racket-busting career of New York district attorney...
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1938
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1938
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1938
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Inasmuch as diminutive Frankie Darro was Hollywood's foremost portrayer of jockeys, it should come as no surprise that Darro...
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Clay Harrison
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1938
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Spencer Tracy won his second Oscar for his portrayal of Father Edward J. Flanagan--then promptly turned the statuette over to...
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1938
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Nancy Steele was the baby daughter of a munitions tycoon who was kidnapped by an antiwar activist who did it to protest the...
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1937
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In this crime drama, a newsboy and a reporter join forces to stop the racketeer who has been bilking lottery winners. The...
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Ed
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1937
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Larry Deering
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1937
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A policeman is able to learn about the activities of a criminal gang when he gets dishonorably discharged. ~ Rovi...
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1937
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In this youthful adventure, a young brother and sister dream of becoming newsreel photographers. They get their chance when...
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Cliff Mallory
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1937
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Don Gray
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1937
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Following the capture of jewel thieves, two detectives encounter danger. ~ Rovi...
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1937
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In this crime drama, a newly deputized state trooper gets killed on his very first day. His younger brother, desiring to...
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Tom
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1937
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Private Number is the old saw about the wealthy young man who marries his family's serving girl. This time Richard Winfield...
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1936
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The victim of an express office hold-up, a young boy (Bobby Nelson) is saved by yet another Rin Tin Tin wannabe in this...
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1936
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An obscure backstage drama from Poverty Row company Puritan Pictures, The Reckless Way stars Marion Nixon as Helen Rogers, a...
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1936
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1932 WAMPAS Baby Star Dorothy Wilson was trapped in this mediocre circus melodrama from low-budget Peerless Pictures Corp....
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Dale Wentworth
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1935
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Poverty Row company Stage and Screen was somewhat partial to Northwest Mounted melodramas, releasing three films in the genre...
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1935
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Treasury agent Dave Elliot (Donald Cook) dedicates himself to smashing a crime syndicate, especially after his best friend is...
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1935
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The original Rin-Tin-Tin and his pal Rex get involved in animal capers in this adventurous 12-part serial. ~ Sandra Brennan,...
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1935
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After Rex the Wonder Horse escapes the capture of some evil horse thieves, he teams up with his pal Rinty (a smart German...
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1935
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In this high-flying mystery set aboard a cross-country flight to New York, some of the passengers are kidnappers who are...
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1935
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The legendary so-bad-it's-good serial The Lost City manages to keep the audience on its toes for 12 full chapters. It all...
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1934
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Jack
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1934
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This third entry in Columbia's "Inspector Trent" series is cleverly (and economically) set in a movie studio. A malevolent...
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1934
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Acknowledging the success of animal-trainer Frank Buck's "Bring 'Em Back Alive"-style documentaries for RKO Radio, Fox Films...
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1934
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A genial lampoon of the Greta Garbo craze, Let's Fall in Love stars Ann Sothern as Jean, a Brooklyn-born aspiring actress. It...
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1934
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Ex-convict Steve Nichols (Onslow Stevens) may be a free man, but it looks like he'll never be able to escape the onus of his...
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1934
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In this football drama, a tough steelworker's son wins a scholarship to Yale and attempts to use his talent on the football...
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1932
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The first of four low-budget Westerns that veteran cowboy star Harry Carey made for poverty row company Artclass Pictures,...
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1931
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In this comedy, a female mayoral candidate promises to rid the town of gangsters. She joined the race in the first place...
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1931
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1931
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William Powell stars in this drama as William Foster, a gifted defense attorney with a gift for making cases go his way....
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1930
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