JUDGE PRIEST

Classic slice of Americana from the combined talents of Will Rogers and John Ford. Rogers is a folksy Southern Judge who steps down from the bench in order to defend a blacksmith who has assaulted the barber after the barber insulted the honor of a fair young maiden. Along the way to the startling courtroom finale --- which alternates from uproarious laughter to powerful drama --- Rogers finds time to go fishing with a chicken thief (Stepin' Fetchit), sing a spiritual with his black maid and visit the grave of his dead wife to keep her up-to-date about his life. "Native American humor at it's best"-NYT

Directed by John Ford. Script; Irvin S. Cobb. Photo; George Schneiderman. Cast; Will Rogers, Henry B Walthall, Stepin' Fetchit, Hattie McDaniel, Anita Louise, Rochelle Hudson, Berton Churchill. Remade as The Sun Shines Bright (1953).

USA: 1934. 84 minutes. ISBN 1-55881-084-6
$19.95

THE VILLAIN STILL PERSUED HER...

An outrageous homage to the melodramas of days gone by. It begins innocently enough, with all of the trappings and cliches of action melodramas, except that everything is exaggerated to the point of total absurdity. The dastardly villain (dressed in black and sporting an evil mustache) stoops lower than low to evict the poor heroine (who is pure, virginal and plays a angel's harp). There's a good guy who succumbs to the temptations of demon rum and more. As if the silly story and hamish acting were not enough, at strategic points in the film--like right in the middle of a climactic love or chase scene--the action is interrupted by title cards like "Mrs. Jones, please come to the lobby, your carriage is leaking.

Stars Buster Keaton, Hugh Herbert, Anita Louise, Joyce Compton, Richard Cromwell, Billy Gilbert and Margaret Hamilton.

USA 1940 68 m ISBN 1-55881-110-9
$19.95

SLIGHTLY HONORABLE

Two lawyers are out to clean up the dirty doings of the local political machine. They soon get mixed up with a woman who talks like Minnie Mouse & likes to get undressed, a murder, an alleged murder & a vanishing murder weapon.

Directed by Tay Garnett. Script; Ken Englund, John Hunter Lay, F.G. Presnell, Robert Tallman. Photo; Merritt B. Gerstad. Music; Werner Janssen. Cast; Pat O'Brien, Edward Arnold, Broderick Crawford, Ruth Terry, Alan Dinehart, Claire Dodd, Phyllis Brooks, Eve Arden.

1940 75m ISBN: 1-55881-121-4
$19.95

MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE

This spoof of the hardboiled detective genre offers Bob Hope as a bumbling photographer who gets mixed up with a pretty brunette, a murderer, a baby and international espionage.

Directed by Elliot Nugent. Cast;Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr. & Alan Ladd.

1947 87m ISBN: 1-55881-112-5
$19.95

MY MAN GODFREY

A socialite playing a game of scavenger hunt picks up the last item on her list; a homeless "forgotten man" who is later hired as her butler. One of the great depression era screwball comedies with some delightful insights. Voted one of the ten best films of 1936 and nominated for an Academy Award.

Director: Gregory LaCava. Script; Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch, LaCava. Cast; Willian Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette, Mischa Auer, Gall Patrick.

USA 1936 95m ISBN 1-55881-117-6
$19.95

AFRICA SCREAMS

Abbott & Costello go off to Africa on a safari & get mixed up with gorillas, big game hunters & diamond thieves

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Shemp Howard, Hillary Brooke & Joe Besser.

1949 80 m ISBN: 1-55881-116-8
$19.95

CYRANO DE BERGERAC

The flamboyant lover with the oversized nose helps a tongue-tied friend court the beautiful Roxane only to have her think that he is really in love with her. Directed by Michael Gordon. Script; Carl Foreman, Brian Hooker, from the play by Edmond Rostand. Photo;Franz Planer. music; Dmitri Tiomkin. Cast; José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince, Morris Carnovsky, Ralph Clanton, Lloyd Corrigan, Virginia Edgar Barrier, Elena Verdugo, Albert Cavens, Arthur Blake, Don Beddoe, Percy Helton, Virginia Christine, Gil Warren, Philip Van Zandt, Eric Sinclair, Richard Avonde, Paul Dubov, John Crawford, Jerry Paris, Robin Hughes,Francis Pierlot.

US 1950 112 min ISBN: 1-55881-069-2
$19.95

IT'S A JOKE SON!

"Senator Claghorn" - the savior of the South & purveyor of Confederate victory bonds - is busy disrupting an otherwise quiet little town with his run for office. Cast; Kenny Delmar, June Lockhart, Una Merkel & Kenneth Farrell.

1947 65 min. ISBN: 1-55881-118-4
$19.95

NOTHING SACRED

A reporter has discovered the ultimate ·human interest story - a woman dying of cancer is, in reality, pretending to be dying in order to have a fling in New York. Directed by William Wellman. Script; Ban Hecht. Music; Oscar Levant.Cast; Fredric March, Carole Lombard, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Frank Fay, Margaret Hamilton.

1937 79 m ISBN: 1-55881-111-7
$19.95

FATHER'S LITTLE DIVIDEND

Stanley Banks is finally recovering from his daughter's wedding when he learns she is going to have a baby. He is strongly opposed — he has mixed feelings; is this final proof of his old age?— and disputes arise between maternal and paternal grandparents. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Script; Frances Goodrich. Albert Hackett, Edward Streeter. Cast; Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor.

1951 80 m. ISBN: 1-55881-101-X
$19.95

THE FLYING DEUCES

Laurel & Hardy join the Foreign Legion so that Ollie can forget an unhappy romance. Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Cast; Laurel & Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner & Harry Langdon.

1939 70 m ISBN: 1-55881-120-6
$19.95

SWING IT SAILOR!

Two sailors turn the Navy upside down. Husky's tour of duty is almost over & his buddy Pete does everything possible to keep him from getting married & becoming a civilian. Great example of 30’s slapstick. Cast; Wallace Ford, Isabel Jewell & Ray Mayer.

1937 59m ISBN: 1-55881-476-0
$19.95

HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE

Wheeler & Woolsey in their comedy team debut run amok as AWOL Doughboys in World War One France. Directed by Paul Sloane. Cast; Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Edna May Oliver, Dorothy Lee.

1930 78m ISBN: 1-55881-113-3
$19.95