Cinematography: Jackson Rose

Direction Max Nosseck

Cast Lawrence Tierney · Edmund Lowe · Anne Jeffreys · Eduardo Ciannelli

Synopsis The rise of John Dillinger from petty criminal (including, unforgiveably, holding up a cinema) via prison and bank robbery with his new convict associates to the accolade of Public Enemy Number One.

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast John Howard · Joan Dixon · Walter Kingsford · Lynne Carter

Synopsis A doctor tests his theory that blood diseases can be cured by atomic radiation by using prison inmates as experiments.

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast John Nesbitt · Margaret Bert · Milton Kibbee · Barbara Bedford

Synopsis The film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces,...

Direction Basil Wrangell

Synopsis Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, America was rife with rumors about the size of Japan's armed forces and how well-equipped they were to wage war against the U.S. Using animation, the first part of this film dispels these rumors...

Direction Reginald Le Borg

Cast Alan Curtis · Sheila Ryan · Tala Birell · Frank Jenks

Synopsis Publisher Martin Jamison sends for Philo Vance as he wants to hire him as a technical advisor on the crime stories he publishes. Paul Morgan, Morgan's partner, regards the plan as foolish. Jamison tells his secretary Mona Bannister to bring...

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Addison Richards · Wolfgang Zilzer · Hugh Beaumont · George Lessey

Synopsis This short film portrays the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to capture a ring of smugglers who prey on desperate immigrants waiting entry by convincing them they have influence with the Immigration Service if they just pay a fee.

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Edward Arnold · Selena Royle · Tom Trout · Audrey Totter

Synopsis Ma Dibson, her son, daughter and daughter-in-law happily greet son Lefty as he is released from prison. The family makes its living by stealing from (mostly) servicemen who the two younger women meet in bars. Ma insists that Lefty lay...

Direction Leigh Jason

Cast James Craig · Lynn Bari · Johnny Johnston · Una Merkel

Synopsis James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe (Bari). Throughout the film, he tells his worried wife "just one...

Direction William Nigh

Cast Rosemary Lane · Johnny Downs · Ralph Morgan · Dick Purcell

Synopsis In this musical, two young people inherit their father's nightclub. The joint teeters on the brink of bankruptcy until they bring in exciting jazz music and entertaining acts ranging from comedy to cartoonists.

Direction Kurt Neumann

Cast Victor Jory · Pamela Blake · Veda Ann Borg · Harry Hayden

Synopsis Residents get suspicious when a shady character takes over the local hunting lodge right after the two old-timers who own it disappear.

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Lewis Stone · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Adolf Hitler · Frank Reicher

Synopsis This short documentary looks at Nazi Germany's plan for world domination by reviewing the effects of and bitterness felt over the defeat in WWI and focusing on the geopolitical concepts of Prof. Karl Haushofer and his influence on Hitler.

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Tom Conway · Steve Brodie · Robert Osterloh · Barbara Billingsley

Synopsis In court, criminal attorney John Campbell defends a man, Frank Bricolle, who is charged with murdering a night watchman in a fur warehouse during a robbery. Frank having saved his life during the war, John believes in him so much...

Direction Basil Wrangell

Cast Alan Curtis · Vivian Austin · Frank Jenks · Tala Birell

Synopsis Private Detective Philo Vance (Alan Curtis) gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery concerning the disappearance of an emerald that has been smuggled into the United States. The first victim is the smuggler, Jeffrey Connor (Dan Seymour),...

Direction George B. Seitz

Cast Guy Kibbee · Alice Brady · Betty Furness · Dennis Morgan

Synopsis A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.

Direction John M. Stahl

Cast Conrad Nagel · Rose Hobart · Genevieve Tobin · Basil Rathbone

Synopsis A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip. He thinks she's left him for good, so he marries another woman. When his first wife returns, complications ensue.

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Tom Conway · Noreen Nash · Hurd Hatfield · James Seay

Synopsis A psychiatrist tries to help a patient who loses consciousness after he kills someone. When the doctor provides the patient with a letter that explains his problem, he inadvertently implicates himself in the crimes.

Direction Phil Rosen

Cast Ken Maynard · Sheila Bromley · Harry Woods · Lloyd Ingraham

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Direction George Archainbaud

Cast Ruth Taylor · William Collier Jr. · Jobyna Ralston · John Holland

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Tom Conway · Margaret Hamilton · Steve Brodie · Lynne Roberts

Direction Ewald André Dupont

Cast Mary Philbin · Norman Kerry · Betty Compson · Henry B. Walthall

Synopsis In Old Vienna in the days prior to The Great War, a beautiful woman, Hannerl, has her choice of two men. The first is a dashing young army officer who can provide blazing romance and little long-time security. The other...