Lost n Found Films

Irish Luck is a 1939 American comedy adventure film directed by Howard Bretherton. The film is also known as Amateur Detective in the United Kingdom. SYNOPSIS Buzzy O'Brien is a bellhop in a hotel where a guest is murdered. The police blame Kitty Monahan and Buzzy succeeds in helping her escape and hides her at his home with his mother. CAST & CREW Frankie Darro as Buzzy O'Brien Dick Purcell as Steve Lanahan Lillian Elliott as Mrs. O'Brien Dennis Moore as Jim Monahan James Flavin as Hotel Detective Fluger Sheila Darcy as Kitty Monahan Mantan Moreland as Jefferson Ralph Peters as Detective Jenkins Tristram Coffin as Mr. Mace Pat Gleason as Banning Gene O'Donnell as Bond Robber Donald Kerr as Reporter Howard M. Mitchell as Hotel Manager Aloha Wray as Dancer irected by Howard Bretherton Written by Charles M. Brown (story), Mary McCarthy (screenplay) Produced by Scott R. Dunlap, Grant Withers Cinematography Harry Neumann Edited by Russell F. Schoengarth Music by Edward J. Kay Release date August 22, 1939 Running time 58 minutes Country United States Language English

Love Affair is a 1939 American romance film, co-starring Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne, and featuring Maria Ouspenskaya. It was directed by Leo McCarey and written by Delmer Daves and Donald Ogden Stewart, based on a story by McCarey and Mildred Cram. Controversial on concept, the official screenplay was re-tooled and rewritten to appease Hollywood censorship and relied on actor input and improvisation, causing long delays and budget extensions. The movie became a surprise hit of 1939, showing McCarey's versatility after a long career of comedic films, and launching the surprising team-up of Dunne and Boyer. Academy Award nominations include Best Actress for Dunne, Best Supporting Actress for Ouspenskaya, Best Original Song, Best Writing (Original), and Best Picture. Its popularity was later dwarfed by McCarey's 1957 remake An Affair to Remember, which spawned its own remakes with 1994's Love Affair and a few Indian adaptations. SYNOPSIS A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. One December, French painter (and famed womanizer) Michel Marnet meets American singer Terry McKay aboard a liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean. They are both already engaged, he to heiress Lois Clarke, she to Kenneth Bradley. They begin to flirt and to dine together on the ship, but his worldwide reputation makes them conscious that others are watching. Eventually, they decide that they should dine separately and not associate with each other. At a stop at Madeira, they visit Michel's grandmother Janou, who bonds with Terry and admits wanting Michel to settle down. As the ship is ready to disembark at New York City, the two make an appointment to meet in the new year, six months later on top of the Empire State Building, giving Michel enough time to decide whether he can start making enough money to support a relationship with Terry. His paintings fail to sell, so he finds work designing advertising billboards around the city, while Terry breaks off her engagement to Kenneth and successfully negotiates a contract with a Philadelphia nightclub to perform through to June. When the rendezvous date arrives, they both head to the Empire State Building. However, Terry is struck by a car on a nearby street and is told by doctors she may be paralyzed for the rest of her life, though that will not be known for certain for six months. Not wanting to be a burden to Michel, she does not contact him, preferring to let him think the worst. Meanwhile, Michel, who waits until closing time, travels to Madeira to discover his grandmother has recently died, and continues working in New York City. Terry is overheard singing in the garden of her physiotherapy by the owner of a children's orphanage, who hires her as a music teacher. Six months pass by, and during Terry's first outing since the accident, she and Michel meet by accident at a theater on Christmas Eve, though since she is already seated, Terry is able to conceal her disability. The next morning on Christmas Day, after the children visit Terry at her apartment, Michel makes a surprise visit and finally learns the truth. CAST & CREW Irene Dunne as Terry McKay Charles Boyer as Michel Marnet Maria Ouspenskaya as Grandmother Janou Lee Bowman as Kenneth Bradley Astrid Allwyn as Lois Clarke Maurice Moscovitch as Maurice Cobert, art dealer Directed by Leo McCarey Screenplay by Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart Story by Leo McCarey, Mildred Cram Produced by Leo McCarey Cinematography Rudolph Maté Edited by Edward Dmytryk, George Hively Music by Roy Webb Production company RKO Radio Pictures Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures Release date April 7, 1939 Running time 87 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $860,000 Box office $1.8 million NOTES The initial screenplay was rejected by the Production Code Administration, accusing the story of endorsing adultery. Another related argument believed Terry had not been punished for her kept behavior, while Michel had been given redemption, so this led to Terry's paralysis. "You dissolved to her in a hospital with her realizing that God hadn't wanted her to meet [Michel] until she was sorry for what she had done before," explained Donald Ogden Stewart. Initially a period piece set in the 1850s about the tragic romance of a French ambassador, the final draft of the script was complete and filming was announced to begin September 15, but it was later pushed back a month. Due to concerns of a potential war in Europe, the French embassy wanted stronger allyship with the United States and had concerns about a movie about a French diplomat and an American woman having an affair. McCarey and Daves reworked the story as a modern tale, with Terry's characterization now based on a woman Daves met on a cruise who was rumored to be returning to the United States after hiding in Europe for being caught as the mistress of a small-town government official.

Jamaica Inn is a 1939 British adventure thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name. It is the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted (the others were her novel Rebecca and short story "The Birds"). It stars Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara in her first major screen role. It is the last film Hitchcock made in the United Kingdom before he moved to the United States. The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1820, in the real Jamaica Inn (which still exists) on the edge of Bodmin Moor. SYNOPSIS In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit. The film is set in 1820 (at the start of the reign of King George IV, as mentioned by Pengallan in his first scene). Over and above its function as a hostelry, Jamaica Inn houses the clandestine rural headquarters of a gang of cut-throats and thieves, led by innkeeper Joss Merlyn. They have become wreckers. They are responsible for a series of engineered shipwrecks in which they extinguish coastal warning beacons, causing ships to run aground on the rocky Cornish coast. They then kill the surviving sailors and steal their cargo. One evening, a young Irish-woman, Mary Yellan, is dropped off by coach near the inn, at the home of the local squire and justice of the peace, Sir Humphrey Pengallan. She requests the loan of a horse so she can ride to Jamaica Inn to re-unite with her aunt Patience (the wife of Joss Merlyn). Despite Pengallan's warnings, she intends to live at Jamaica Inn with her late mother's sister. It transpires that Pengallan is the secret criminal mastermind behind the wrecking gang; he learns from his well-to-do friends and acquaintances when well-laden ships are passing near the coast, determines when and where the wrecks are to be caused, and fences the stolen cargo. He uses the lion's share of the proceeds to support his lavish lifestyle and passes a small fraction of them to Joss and the gang. Meanwhile, Pengallan learns of a ship full of precious cargo which is due to pass the local coastline. He informs Joss and the gang, who go to the beach, and there extinguish the coastal warning beacon, as they wait for the ship to appear. However, Mary re-lights the warning beacon, and the ship's crew avoid the treacherous rocks and sail by unharmed. The gang angrily resolves to kill Mary as revenge for preventing the wreck, but Joss, who has developed a reluctant admiration for her, rescues her and the two escape by horse-cart. Joss is shot in the back and collapses when they reach Jamaica Inn. As Patience is about to tell Mary that Pengallan is the secret leader of the wrecking gang, Pengallan shoots and kills Patience from off-camera. Joss dies of his wound as well. Pengallan then takes Mary hostage, ties and gags her, and tells her that he plans to keep her now that she has no one else in the world. He drives her, still tied up and covered by a heavy cloak, to the harbour, where they board a large ship going to France. CAST & CREW Charles Laughton as Sir Humphrey Pengallan Leslie Banks as Joss Merlyn Maureen O'Hara as Mary Yellen Robert Newton as James 'Jem' Trehearne - Sir Humphrey's Gang Marie Ney as Patience Merlyn Horace Hodges as Butler Hay Petrie as Groom Frederick Piper as Agent Herbert Lomas as Tenant Clare Greet as Tenant William Devlin as Tenant Emlyn Williams as Harry the Pedlar Jeanne de Casalis as Sir Humphrey's friend Mabel Terry-Lewis as Lady Beston A. Bromley Davenport as Ringwood (credited as Bromley Davenport) George Curzon as Captain Murray Basil Radford as Lord George Wylie Watson as Salvation Watkins Morland Graham as Sea Lawyer Sydney Edwin Greenwood as Dandy Mervyn Johns as Thomas Stephen Haggard as The Boy, Willie Penhale Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Written by Sidney Gilliat, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville, J. B. Priestley Based on Jamaica Inn 1936 novel by Daphne du Maurier Produced by Erich Pommer, Charles Laughton Cinematography Bernard Knowles, Harry Stradling Edited by Robert Hamer Music by Eric Fenby Production company Mayflower Productions Distributed by Associated British Picture Corporation Release date 15 May 1939 Running time 108 minutes 100 minutes (original US release) Country United Kingdom Language English

Keep Punching is a 1939 film about boxing. Its primary character is Henry Armstrong (born Henry Jackson). Unlike most films of the era, its cast was composed entirely of African Americans. The film includes Whitey's Lindy Hoppers (Lindy Hop) performing the much imitated Big Apple Routine. A film clip of the dance scene was also released as the short “Jittering Jitterbugs” in 1943 showing the Big Apple routine choreographed by Frankie Manning and the a Jitterbug dance competition that followed in the film. SYNOPSIS Golden gloves champion Henry Jackson turns professional and gets scheduled into a tough match. Days before the match, he finds an old school friend of his, Frank Harrison, unaware that Frank is betting heavily on his loss. Frank sets Henry up with beautiful Jerry Jordan, who is instructed to get him drunk and impede him in any way possible, due to Frank blackmailing her. On the day of the fight she slips him a sleeping drug. Henry Jackson, known as Little Dynamite, is a Golden Gloves champion who agrees to turn professional when approached by fight manager Ed Watson, despite the opposition raised by his father and Fanny Singleton, his sweetheart. Jackson is ready to fight for the championship when he runs into Frank Harrison, an old school friend. Harrison is not the faithful friend that Jackson believes him to be; he is betting heavily that the heavily-favored Jackson will lose the bout. To ensure that he does, Harrison introduces Jackson to hot mama Jerry Jordan, who is instructed to make him drink and stay out late to mess him up. The day of the fight, Harrison orders Jerry to slip Jackson a sleeping potion just before he leaves for the fight. Jerry, now in love with Jackson, finally agrees after Harrison threatens her. A few hours before the fight, Jackson, Harrison, Jerry, and Harlem hanger-on Windy are in Harrison's apartment when Jerry proposes a toast to Jordan. When he is not looking, she slips the sleeping potion into his glass. Windy sees her and switches glasses with Jackson. Jerry, ringside at the fight, sees the boy she loves getting a bad beating. Sobbing wildly, she leaves the arena and runs to a near-by church, where she drops on her knees and prays to God to forgive her and to let Henry win. CAST & CREW Henry Armstrong as Henry Jackson Willie Bryant as Frank Harrison Mae E. Johnson as Jerry Jordan(as Mae Johnson) Hamtree Harrington as 'Windy' Butler Canada Lee as Speedy Joe Williams Lionel Monagas as Eddie 'Ed' Watson Francine Everett as Fanny Singleton Dooley Wilson as Baron Skinner(as Arthur 'Dooley' Wilson) Hilda Offley as Mrs. Jackson Walter Robinson as Mr. Jackson George Wiltshire as Jack Hemingway J. Rosamond Johnson as The Minister Buddy Bowser as Harrison's Friend Elson Wright asBartender Lee Norman as Bandleader Norman Lee Arthur White's Lindy Hoppers and Jitterbugs Dancers Directed by John Clein Screenplay by Marcy Klauber, Story by John Rosamond Johnson Produced by John Clein, Edward Mead[1] Cinematography J. Burgi Contner, Jay Rescher Edited by Al Harburger Music by, Lee Norman (music score) Production company M. C. Pictures, Inc. Distributed by State Rights Release dates December 8, 1939 (Apollo Theater, Harlem) Running time 81 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $28,000

Law of the Pampas is a 1939 American Western film directed by Nate Watt and written by Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Sidney Toler, Steffi Duna, Sidney Blackmer, Pedro de Cordoba and William Duncan. The film was released on November 3, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. Hungarian-born Steffi Duna plays a convincing Argentine senorita and Sidney Toler plays a comic character. Contrary to previously published reports, David Niven does not appear in Law of the Pampas, unbilled or otherwise. SYNOPSIS Hoppy and Lucky are headed to South America to deliver a herd of cattle. Bad guy Ralph Merritt gets in their way. For a while. Hoppy (William Boyd) and his pal Lucky (Russell Hayden) head to South America to look after a herd of cattle sold by Cassidy's boss to an Argentine rancher. Villain Ralph Merritt (Sidney Blackmer) wants to get his mitts on that cattle, and he's not above hiring the scum of the earth to do his bidding. Fortunately, Hoppy, Lucky and their new Latin American buddy Don Fernando (Sidney Toler) make short work of the bad guys in an outsized barroom brawl. CAST & CREW William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy Russell Hayden as Lucky Jenkins Sidney Toler as Don Fernando 'Ferdy' Maria Lopez Ramirez Steffi Duna as Chiquita Sidney Blackmer as Ralph Merritt Pedro de Cordoba as Señor Jose Valdez William Duncan as Buck Peters Anna Demetrio as Dolores Ramirez Eddie Dean as Henchman Curly Glenn Strange as Henchman Slim Jo Jo La Savio as Ernesto Tito Valdez The King's Men as Singing Cowhands Directed by Nate Watt Screenplay by Harrison Jacobs Produced by Harry Sherman Cinematography Russell Harlan Edited by Carroll Lewis Music by Victor Young, John Leipold Production company Harry Sherman Productions Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date November 3, 1939 Running time 72 minutes Country United States Language English

Long Shot is a 1939 American horse racing film directed by Charles Lamont. The film is also known as The Long Shot. SYNOPSIS Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry. Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry. Martha and friend Jeff Clayton begin to enter Certified Check in races, but he always loses. Then they get a tip that the horse hates running near the rail. Given an outside post, Certified Check has a legitimate shot to win the big stakes race at Santa Anita, but first he must be kept out of sight to keep Ralston from sabotaging his chances. CAST & CREW Gordon Jones as Jeff Clayton Marsha Hunt as Martha Sharon C. Henry Gordon as Lew Ralston George Meeker as Dell Baker Harry Davenport as Henry Sharon George E. Stone as Danny Welch Frank Darien as Zeb Jenkins Tom Kennedy as Mike Claurens Emerson Treacy as Henry Knox Gay Seabrook as Helen Knox Benny Burt as Joe Popopopolis James Robinson as Tucky Denmore Chief as Certified Check Joe Hernandez as Racing Announcer James Keefe as Racing Announcer Directed by Charles Lamont Written by Ewart Adamson (screenplay), Harry Beresford (original story) and George Callaghan (original story) Produced by Charles Lamont, Franklyn Warner Cinematography Arthur Martinelli Edited by Bernard Loftus Distributed by Grand National Pictures Release date January 6, 1939 Running time 69 minutes Country United States Language English

Law of the Wolf is a 1939 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and featuring Rin Tin Tin III, Dennis Moore and Luana Walters. The film was reissued in 1941 with the alternative title Law of the Wild. It is not to be confused with The Law of the Wild, a 1934 serial starring Rin Tin Tin Jr. SYNOPSIS When Carl Pearson is wrongful accused of killing his brother, it's clear that he has been a pawn in a conspiracy to steal the blueprints to a new plane. After being falsely accused of his brother Harry's murder Carl Pearson escapes from prison with the aid of another prisoner Duke Williams. Meanwhile, wealthy aircraft manufacturer Roger Morgan makes plans to adopt Harry's son Bobby who is currently in the care of Ruth Adams, who is also Carl's fiancée. With his father dead young Bobby is the legal owner of valuable aircraft plans that Morgan wants to acquire. Carl's son is Johnny who is the owner of Rinty a prize tracking dog. The Police borrow Rinty in order to try to track Carl and Duke; but Rinty is less than cooperative in this effort. After a car accident leaves Ruth temporarily incapacitated, young Bobby wanders off. A canoe rescue and an encounter with a wild cougar follow. Arriving at the Pearson's cabin Carl recovers the plans, but Duke steals them in order to sell them. Eventually everyone else ends up at the cabin and the real killer is revealed. The killer tries to escape followed by Carl and Rinty in a climactic chase. CAST & CREW Dennis Moore as Carl Pearson Luana Walters as Ruth Adams George Chesebro as Duke Williams Steve Clark as John Andrews Jack Ingram as Roger Morgan Robert Frazer as Lt. Franklin Jimmy Aubrey as Uncle Jim Martin Spellman as Johnny Robert Gordon as Bobby [Pearson] Rin Tin Tin III as Rinty Directed by Raymond K. Johnson Written by Carl Krusada Produced by Bernard B. Ray, Harry S. Webb Cinematography Edward A. Kull Edited by Frederick Bain Music by Johnny Lange, Lew Porter Production company Metropolitan Pictures Distributed by Metropolitan Pictures Release date June 16, 1939 Running time 55 minutes Country United States Language English

Made for Each Other is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by John Cromwell, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Carole Lombard, James Stewart, and Charles Coburn. Lombard and Stewart portray a couple who get married after only knowing each other for one day. SYNOPSIS While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes. John Mason is a young attorney in New York City and a milquetoast. He has been doing his job well, and he has a chance of being made a partner in his law firm, especially if he marries Eunice, the daughter of his employer, Judge Doolittle. However, John meets Jane during a business trip, and they fall in love and marry immediately. Eunice eventually marries another lawyer in the firm, Carter. John's impertinent mother is disappointed with his choice, and an important trial forces him to cancel the honeymoon. He wins the case, but by that time Judge Doolittle has chosen John's kowtowing yes-man coworker Carter as the new partner. Jane encourages John to demand a raise and a promotion, but with finances tightened by the Depression, Doolittle requires that all employees accept pay cuts. After Jane has a baby, John becomes discouraged by his unpaid bills, and his mother, who lives with them in their small apartment, is destroying their marriage. On New Year's Eve, 1938–39, the baby is rushed to the hospital with pneumonia. The baby will die within hours unless a serum is delivered by plane from Salt Lake City. Doolittle agrees to provide funding to deliver the serum, but with a storm raging, and with a wife and children to consider, the pilot refuses to fly. CAST & CREW Carole Lombard as Jane Mason James Stewart as John Horace Mason Charles Coburn as Judge Joseph M. Doolittle Lucile Watson as Mrs. Harriet Mason Eddie Quillan as Conway Alma Kruger as Sister Madeline Directed by John Cromwell Written by Rose Franken (story), Jo Swerling Produced by David O. Selznick Cinematography Leon Shamroy Edited by James E. Newcom Music by Oscar Levant (uncredited) Production company Selznick International Pictures Distributed by United Artists Release date February 10, 1939 Running time 92 minutes Country United States Language English NOTES The film is now in the public domain in the United States, with the original film negative owned by Disney. Frank S. Nugent of The New York Times called the film "thoroughly delightful", but it lost $292,000 at the box office.

Made for Each Other is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by John Cromwell, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Carole Lombard, James Stewart, and Charles Coburn. Lombard and Stewart portray a couple who get married after only knowing each other for one day. SYNOPSIS While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes. John Mason is a young attorney in New York City and a milquetoast. He has been doing his job well, and he has a chance of being made a partner in his law firm, especially if he marries Eunice, the daughter of his employer, Judge Doolittle. However, John meets Jane during a business trip, and they fall in love and marry immediately. Eunice eventually marries another lawyer in the firm, Carter. John's impertinent mother is disappointed with his choice, and an important trial forces him to cancel the honeymoon. He wins the case, but by that time Judge Doolittle has chosen John's kowtowing yes-man coworker Carter as the new partner. Jane encourages John to demand a raise and a promotion, but with finances tightened by the Depression, Doolittle requires that all employees accept pay cuts. After Jane has a baby, John becomes discouraged by his unpaid bills, and his mother, who lives with them in their small apartment, is destroying their marriage. On New Year's Eve, 1938–39, the baby is rushed to the hospital with pneumonia. The baby will die within hours unless a serum is delivered by plane from Salt Lake City. Doolittle agrees to provide funding to deliver the serum, but with a storm raging, and with a wife and children to consider, the pilot refuses to fly. CAST & CREW Carole Lombard as Jane Mason James Stewart as John Horace Mason Charles Coburn as Judge Joseph M. Doolittle Lucile Watson as Mrs. Harriet Mason Eddie Quillan as Conway Alma Kruger as Sister Madeline Directed by John Cromwell Written by Rose Franken (story), Jo Swerling Produced by David O. Selznick Cinematography Leon Shamroy Edited by James E. Newcom Music by Oscar Levant (uncredited) Production company Selznick International Pictures Distributed by United Artists Release date February 10, 1939 Running time 92 minutes Country United States Language English NOTES The film is now in the public domain in the United States, with the original film negative owned by Disney. Frank S. Nugent of The New York Times called the film "thoroughly delightful", but it lost $292,000 at the box office.

Long Shot is a 1939 American horse racing film directed by Charles Lamont. The film is also known as The Long Shot. SYNOPSIS Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry. Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry. Martha and friend Jeff Clayton begin to enter Certified Check in races, but he always loses. Then they get a tip that the horse hates running near the rail. Given an outside post, Certified Check has a legitimate shot to win the big stakes race at Santa Anita, but first he must be kept out of sight to keep Ralston from sabotaging his chances. CAST & CREW Gordon Jones as Jeff Clayton Marsha Hunt as Martha Sharon C. Henry Gordon as Lew Ralston George Meeker as Dell Baker Harry Davenport as Henry Sharon George E. Stone as Danny Welch Frank Darien as Zeb Jenkins Tom Kennedy as Mike Claurens Emerson Treacy as Henry Knox Gay Seabrook as Helen Knox Benny Burt as Joe Popopopolis James Robinson as Tucky Denmore Chief as Certified Check Joe Hernandez as Racing Announcer James Keefe as Racing Announcer Directed by Charles Lamont Written by Ewart Adamson (screenplay), Harry Beresford (original story) and George Callaghan (original story) Produced by Charles Lamont, Franklyn Warner Cinematography Arthur Martinelli Edited by Bernard Loftus Distributed by Grand National Pictures Release date January 6, 1939 Running time 69 minutes Country United States Language English

Lying Lips is a 1939 American melodrama race film written and directed by Oscar Micheaux who co-produced the film with aviator Hubert Fauntlenroy Julian, starring Edna Mae Harris, and Robert Earl Jones (the father of James Earl Jones). Lying Lips was the thirty-seventh film of Micheaux. The film was shot at the Biograph Studios in New York City. SYNOPSIS A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt, convicted of the killing and sent to prison. Elsie, a popular nightclub singer, refuses to go out with the customers at the request of the white owner of the club. The owner decides to get Benjamin, the black manager of the club, to talk to Elsie and try to persuade her to cooperate. Benjamin refuses and quits his job. Benjamin tells Elsie of his conversation with the owner and persuades Elsie to stay on because she is popular and can make a lot of money, but he warns her to be careful. Elsie stays, but still refuses to date the customers. Later, the owner hires John and Clyde, Elsie's uncles, to replace Benjamin. One evening, after the club closes, Elsie goes home and finds at her horror that her aunt, who lives with her, is dead. She calls the police and they discover that her aunt has been murdered by a single blow in the head. The police question Elsie and do not believe her story, so they arrest her for the death of her aunt. John and Clyde testify that they saw Elsie on the night of the murder leaving the club for a short time and later returning. Mrs. Green, the sister of Clyde and John, tells the police that Elsie bought a large life insurance policy on her aunt, with herself as the beneficiary. With this evidence, Elsie is convicted of the crime and sent to prison. Benjamin, who has now become a detective on the police force, and Detective Wanzer, who is a close friend of Elsie's, do not believe that she is guilty and set out to find the real killer. After some investigation, they learn that Mrs. Green's husband was actually in love with Elsie's aunt. With jealousy as a possible motive, Benjamin and Wanzer now suspect that Mrs. Green and her two sons are connected with the crime. One night they confront John and accuse him of the murder. John refuses to confess, so Benjamin and Wanzer take him to Tolston's Castle, which is supposed to be haunted. There they threaten to tie him up and leave him at the mercy of the ghosts. Terrified, John decides to tell all. He reveals the story of his sister's family, and tells them how her husband was tricked into marrying her. He told them that Mrs. Green's husband was in love with Elsie's aunt when they lived in the South. The husband, after realizing the trick, ran north, but Mrs. Green pursued him, and her two brothers threatened him to get back together with her. Although he stayed at home after that, Mrs. Green's husband continued to see Elsie's aunt and threatened to leave Mrs. Green. John continues, and admits that he and Clyde lied about seeing Elsie leave the club on the night of the murder. Furthermore, he tells that early in the evening on the night of the murder Mrs. Green found a note left by her husband. The note stated that, out of despair, he had decided to kill Elsie's aunt and then take his own life by jumping off a bridge into the river. CAST & CREW Edna Mae Harris: Elsie Bellwood Carman Newsome: Benjamin Hadnott Robert Earl Jones: Detective Wanzer Frances Williams: Elizabeth Green Cherokee Thornton: "John" "Slim" Thompson: "Clyde" Gladys Williams: Aunt Josephine Juano Hernández: Reverend Bryson Henry "Gang" Gines: "Ned" Green Don De Leo: Farina Charles Latorre: Garotti Robert Paquin: District Attorney George Reynolds: Lt. of Police Amanda Randolph: Matron Teddy Hall: Boy Directed by Oscar Micheaux Written by Oscar Micheaux Produced by Hubert Julian, Oscar Micheaux Cinematography Lester Lang Edited by Leonard Weiss Music by Jack Shilkret Production company Micheaux Film Corporation Distributed by Sack Amusement Enterprises Release date May 1939 Running time 60 mins Country United States Language English

Made for Each Other is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by John Cromwell, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Carole Lombard, James Stewart, and Charles Coburn. Lombard and Stewart portray a couple who get married after only knowing each other for one day.

Made for Each Other is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by John Cromwell, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Carole Lombard, James Stewart, and Charles Coburn. Lombard and Stewart portray a couple who get married after only knowing each other for one day.

Man from Texas is a 1939 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Ruth Rogers and Hal Price. SYNOPSIS Hall is after Dennison's land. The Marshal sends Tex to help Dennison while Hall hires the Shooting Kid to finish off Dennison. But the Kid has been helped by Tex in the past and changes sides. He, Tex, and the other hands then try to get Dennison's cattle past Hall's barricade and on to market. CAST & CREW Tex Ritter as Tex Allen Ruth Rogers as Laddie Dennison Hal Price as Marshal 'Happy' Jack Martin Charles B. Wood as Shooting Kid Kenne Duncan as Speed Dennison Vic Demourelle as Jeff Hall Roy Barcroft as Henchman Drifter Frank Wayne as Henchman Longhorn Tom London as Henchman Slim Chuck Baldra as Deputy Walter Wilson as Walt Victor Adamson as Dennison Cowhand White Flash the horse as White Flash Directed by Albert Herman Written by Robert Emmett Tansey Produced by Edward Finney Cinematography Marcel Le Picard Edited by Fred Bain Music by Frank Sanucci Production company Edward F. Finney Productions Distributed by Monogram Pictures Release date April 19, 1939 Running time 56 minutes Country United States Language English

Meet Dr. Christian is a 1939 American drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett and Robert Baldwin. It was the first of six films in the Dr. Christian series. SYNOPSIS A pleasant down-home entry which casts Hersholt as the title doctor in the mythical town of River's End, Minnesota. CAST & CREW Jean Hersholt as Dr. Paul Christian Dorothy Lovett as Nurse Judy Price Robert Baldwin as Roy Davis Enid Bennett as Anne Hewitt Paul Harvey as Mayor John Hewitt Marcia Mae Jones as Marilee Jackie Moran as Don Hewitt Maude Eburne as Mrs. Hastings Frank Coghlan Jr. as Bud Patsy Parsons as Patsy Hewitt Sarah Edwards as Mrs. Minnows John Kelly as Jim Cass Eddie Acuff as Joe Benson Directed by Bernard Vorhaus Written by Harvey Gates (story), Ian McLellan Hunter (writer), Ring Lardner Jr. (writer) Produced by William Stephens Cinematography Robert Pittack, John Alton Edited by Edward Mann Music by Joseph Nussbaum Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures Release date November 17, 1939 Running time 68 minutes Country United States Language English

The Middleton Family At The World's Fair is a 1939 drama directed by Robert R. Snody. SYNOPSIS The Middleton family visits the 1939 New York World's Fair and witnesses the advent of the future, encountering robots and dishwashers for the first time. CAST & CREW Marjorie Lord as Babs Jimmy Lydon as Bud(as James Lydon) Ruth Lee as Mother Harry Shannon as Father Adora Andrews as Grandma Douglas Stark as Jim Treadway George J. Lewis as Nicholas Makaroff Georgette Harvey as Maid Ray Perkins as Himself Elektro as Himself Directed by Robert R. Snody Writing Credits Reed Drummond (story), G.R. Hunter (story), Robert R. Snody (screenplay) Cinematography by William O. Steiner (as William Steiner) Editing by Sol S. Feuerman Production Company Westinghouse Electric Company Distributed by Westinghouse Electric Company Running time 55 minutes Release date April 30, 1939 Country of origin United States Language English

Mesquite Buckaroo is a 1939 American black-and-white Western film. Directed by Harry S. Webb and scripted by George H. Plympton, the film was produced by Metropolitan Pictures and distributed by State Rights. It features Bob Steele as Bob Allen, a champion rodeo-playing cowboy, who is kidnapped by "Trigger" Carson, played by Charles King, and his gang of crooks. Mesquite Buckaroo was released in the United States on May 1, 1939. SYNOPSIS It's time for the big rodeo and it's Bob of the Allen ranch against Luke Williams of the Barns ranch. With Bob leading after the first day, Sands and Trigger kidnap him to keep him from winning. CAST & CREW Bob Steele as Bob Allen Carolyn Curtis as Betty Bond Frank LaRue as Jim Bond Juanita Fletcher as Aunt Sarah Allen Charles King as Trigger Carson Carleton Young as Sands(as Gordon Roberts) Ted Adams as Luke Williams Jimmy Aubrey as Mort (as James Whitehead) Ed Brady as Hank (as Edward Brady) Bruce Dane as Cookie, Singing Cowhand Directed by Harry S. Webb Written by George H. Plympton (story and screenplay) Produced by Harry S. Webb Cinematography by Edward A. Kull (as Edward Kull) Editing by Fred Bain Production Company Harry Webb Productions (Metropolitan Pictures) Distributed by Metropolitan Film Exchange Released May 1, 1939 Country of Origin United States Language English

Midnight Shadow is a 1939 film with an all African-American cast. It was directed and produced by George Randol, who was also African American. SYNOPSIS The mind-reading Prince Alihabad courts a girl from Oklahoma played by Frances E. Redd. Her parents want to make her happy, but they do not like that Alihabad worships Allah. A killer is on the loose and locals fear that it might be Alihabad. In a quiet, all-black Oklahoma community live the Wilsons, whose pretty daughter Margaret is courted by awkward Buster and suave stage mentalist Prince Alihabad. On one busy night, Mr. Wilson shows his valuables to Alihabad, who plans to elope with Margaret; a mysterious man hangs around while another burglarizes the house; and someone murders Mr. Wilson! Will the killer be caught by the police, or by bumbling correspondence-school detective Junior Lingley? CAST & CREW Frances Redd as Margaret Wilson Buck Woods as Lightfoot Richard Bates as Jr. Lingley Clinton Rosemond as Mr. Dan Wilson Jesse Lee Brooks as Sergeant Ramsey Edward Brandon as Buster Barnett Ollie Ann Robinson as Mrs. Emma Wilson Laurence Criner (billed as John Criner) as Prince Alihabad Pete Webster (actor) as John Mason Ruby Dandridge as Mrs. Lingley Napoleon Simpson as Mr. Ernest Lingley Directed by George Randol Written by George Randol Screenplay by Arthur Reed Produced by George Randol Cinematography Arthur Reed Edited by Robert Jahns Music by Johnny Lange, Lew Porter Production company George Randol Productions Distributed by Release date 1939 Running time 54 min Country United States Language English

Mr. Wong in Chinatown is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong. SYNOPSIS A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa. A beautiful Chinese woman visits Mr. Wong late at night but is murdered before she can tell him why she needs his help. Wong discovers that she is Princess Lin Hwa, the sister of a powerful Chinese general, and that she was killed with a poisoned dart fired from a Chinese "sleeve gun." As with some of his previous investigations, Wong is given important information by the leader of a powerful tong (Chinese secret society). The tong leader tells Wong that the princess had come to the United States with almost $1-million to arrange the secret purchase of airplanes that were to be smuggled into China. As Wong continues the investigation he learns that all the money that the princess deposited in a local bank has been paid out—and that the signature on most of the checks is a forgery. Wong becomes the target of a killer, and is aided in his investigation by a blonde, beautiful and energetic newspaper reporter. Was the princess killed by enemies of her brother to prevent the shipment of the planes to China? Or was she killed to hide the fact that there actually were no planes and the whole scheme was a scam? Wong's careful conversations with the captain of the ship the princess traveled on, the owner of the aviation company that owned the planes she was going to buy, and the president of the bank where the princess deposited her money, result in him uncovering the identity of the killer. CAST & CREW Boris Karloff as Mr. James Lee Wong Marjorie Reynolds as Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan Grant Withers as Police Capt. Bill Street Huntley Gordon as Mr. Davidson George Lynn as Capt. Guy Jackson (as Peter George Lynn) William Royle as Capt. Jaime James Flavin as Police Sgt. Jerry Lotus Long as Princess Lin Hwa Lee Tung Foo as Willie (as Lee Tong Foo) Bessie Loo as Lilly May Richard Loo as Tong chief Ernie Stanton as Burton I. Stanford Jolley as Hotel clerk Directed by William Nigh Written by Hugh Wiley, Scott Darling Produced by William T. Lackey Cinematography Harry Neumann Edited by Russell F. Schoengarth Music by Edward J. Kay Distributed by Monogram Pictures Release date August 1, 1939 Running time 71 minutes Country United States Language English

Mr. Moto's Last Warning is the sixth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto. The film is an original story featuring the character created by John P. Marquand. SYNOPSIS Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British. The British Navy in Port Said is making plans for naval manoeuvres with the French fleet. Plans are delayed because the British Secret Service has been warned of possible sabotage. On a ship docking in Port Said is Madame Delacour (Margaret Irving), wife of the French naval admiral. Delacour and her daughter Marie (Joan Carroll) are befriended by the charming Eric Norvel (George Sanders), the goofy Rollo Venables (Robert Coote), and someone posing as Mr. Moto (Teru Shimada). Norvel reveals his true nature when the ship docks and he lures Mr. Moto to his death. This "fake" Mr. Moto turns out to be a fellow agent of Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) who is posing as a curio dealer Mr. Kuroki. Norvel takes Delacour and Venables to a variety show featuring Fabian the Great (Ricardo Cortez), a ventriloquist. Fabian is the leader of the gang of saboteurs including Hakim (John Davidson), Captain Hawkins (Leyland Hodgson), Danforth (John Carradine), and Norvel. Danforth is actually a British Secret Service agent named Burke. Moto listens in on their conversation and is almost captured, but Burke helps him escape. Norvel is given the task of learning from Delacour when the French fleet is due at Port Said. The suspicious Fabian thinks that Kuroki may actually be Mr. Moto. Fabian enlists his girlfriend Connie (Virginia Field), who is unaware he is an agent, to follow Mr. Moto the next day. She sees Moto visit the Port Commandant's office where he learns of the salvage ship "The Vulcan" captained by Hawkins. Fabian also discovers that Danforth is the secret agent, Burke. Fabian lures Burke to "The Vulcan" and reveals his plan to blow up the French fleet and blame the British. He then kills Burke by trapping him in a diving bell. Norvel gets the information needed and tells Fabian at the theater. Connie overhears the conversation and threatens to call the Port Commandant, but Fabian convinces her to go along with him. Hakim tries to kill Moto with a bomb, but Moto escapes the explosion and follows Hakim to a warehouse. Moto enlists Venables to help, but Venables is tricked by Norvel. After a fight, Moto and Venables are tied in sacks and thrown into the ocean, but not before Moto tricks Hawkins and grabs a piece of sharp metal. Connie can't bear to see this violence and goes to call the police. Fabian knocks her out and proceeds with his plans. Moto escapes underwater and frees Venables, who goes to the police. Norvel dives down to await a signal from Fabian but Moto overpowers him and prematurely detonates the explosives meant to destroy the French fleet. CAST & CREW Peter Lorre as Mr. Kentaro Moto (a.k.a. Mr. Kiroki) Ricardo Cortez as Fabian the Great Virginia Field as Connie Porter John Carradine as Danforth (a.k.a. Richard Burke) George Sanders as Eric Norvel Joan Carroll as Mary "Marie" Delacour (credited as Joan Carol) Robert Coote as Rollo Venables Margaret Irving as Madame Delacour Leyland Hodgson as Captain Bert Hawkins John Davidson as Hakim Teru Shimada as the Fake Mr. Moto Directed by Norman Foster Written by Philip MacDonald, Norman Foster Based on character created by John P. Marquand Produced by Sol M. Wurtzel Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date January 20, 1939 Running time 71 minutes Country United States Language English NOTES Mr. Moto's Last Warning is the only Peter Lorre Moto film in the public domain. The film was announced in April 1938. The title was then changed to Mr. Moto in Egypt before it eventually became Mr Moto's Last Warning. In April, the studio announced they were considering giving a lead role to Al Jolson, who was making Rose of Washington Square for the studio. This role eventually went to Ricardo Cortez. The previous Moto film, Mysterious Mr. Moto, had finished shooting in April 1938. Filming on this one started in June 1938. Virginia Field also appeared in the first film of the series, Think Fast, Mr. Moto. John Carradine had previously appeared in Thank You, Mr. Moto. Carradine's part was to have been played by Miles Mander but he was delayed by retakes on Suez and had to be replaced. While filming a fight scene on the film, stunt man Harvey Perry was knocked out for five minutes. When Ricardo Cortez made the film he announced he was retiring from acting and had signed to Fox as a director. The film was released in January 1939. The New York Times thought the "method" used by Moto was "a little tough on the audience" but praised the "rousing old fashioned climax". The Los Angeles Times gave the film "faint praise" saying it was "routine".

Moon Over Harlem is a 1939 American race film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. SYNOPSIS A gangster, Dollar Bill Richards, seduces a wealthy widow, Minnie, to get his hands on her money. Musical numbers highlight this story of a wealthy widow who disowns her daughter after a new man enters her life. CAST & CREW Bud Harris as Dollar Bill Cora Green as Minnie Izinetta Wilcox as Sue Earl Gough as Bob Zerita Stepteau as Jackie Petrina Moore as Alice Daphne Fray as Pat Mercedes Gilbert as Jackie's mother Frances Harrod as Maud Alec Lovejoy as Fats Walter Richardson as Brother Hornsby Slim Thompson as Long-Boy Freddie Robinson as Half-Pint John Bunn as Wallstreet Marieluise Bechet as Nina Mae Brown Archie Cross as A Boy from Newark William Woodward as A Boy from Newark John Fortune as Jamaica Audrey Talbird as Connie Marie Young as Jean Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew as Themselves Sidney Bechet as himself - Clarinetist Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer Written by Mathew Mathews (story), Shirley Ulmer (screenplay), Mathew Mathews (dialogue) Produced by Edgar G. Ulmer Cinematography J. Burgi Contner, Edward Hyland Edited by Jack Kemp Music by Donald Heywood Distributed by Sack Amusements Release date October 31, 1939 Running time 69 minutes Country United States Language English

Mr. Moto's Last Warning is the sixth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto. The film is an original story featuring the character created by John P. Marquand. SYNOPSIS Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British. The British Navy in Port Said is making plans for naval manoeuvres with the French fleet. Plans are delayed because the British Secret Service has been warned of possible sabotage. On a ship docking in Port Said is Madame Delacour (Margaret Irving), wife of the French naval admiral. Delacour and her daughter Marie (Joan Carroll) are befriended by the charming Eric Norvel (George Sanders), the goofy Rollo Venables (Robert Coote), and someone posing as Mr. Moto (Teru Shimada). Norvel reveals his true nature when the ship docks and he lures Mr. Moto to his death. This "fake" Mr. Moto turns out to be a fellow agent of Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) who is posing as a curio dealer Mr. Kuroki. Norvel takes Delacour and Venables to a variety show featuring Fabian the Great (Ricardo Cortez), a ventriloquist. Fabian is the leader of the gang of saboteurs including Hakim (John Davidson), Captain Hawkins (Leyland Hodgson), Danforth (John Carradine), and Norvel. Danforth is actually a British Secret Service agent named Burke. Moto listens in on their conversation and is almost captured, but Burke helps him escape. Norvel is given the task of learning from Delacour when the French fleet is due at Port Said. The suspicious Fabian thinks that Kuroki may actually be Mr. Moto. Fabian enlists his girlfriend Connie (Virginia Field), who is unaware he is an agent, to follow Mr. Moto the next day. She sees Moto visit the Port Commandant's office where he learns of the salvage ship "The Vulcan" captained by Hawkins. Fabian also discovers that Danforth is the secret agent, Burke. Fabian lures Burke to "The Vulcan" and reveals his plan to blow up the French fleet and blame the British. He then kills Burke by trapping him in a diving bell. Norvel gets the information needed and tells Fabian at the theater. Connie overhears the conversation and threatens to call the Port Commandant, but Fabian convinces her to go along with him. Hakim tries to kill Moto with a bomb, but Moto escapes the explosion and follows Hakim to a warehouse. Moto enlists Venables to help, but Venables is tricked by Norvel. After a fight, Moto and Venables are tied in sacks and thrown into the ocean, but not before Moto tricks Hawkins and grabs a piece of sharp metal. Connie can't bear to see this violence and goes to call the police. Fabian knocks her out and proceeds with his plans. Moto escapes underwater and frees Venables, who goes to the police. Norvel dives down to await a signal from Fabian but Moto overpowers him and prematurely detonates the explosives meant to destroy the French fleet. CAST & CREW Peter Lorre as Mr. Kentaro Moto (a.k.a. Mr. Kiroki) Ricardo Cortez as Fabian the Great Virginia Field as Connie Porter John Carradine as Danforth (a.k.a. Richard Burke) George Sanders as Eric Norvel Joan Carroll as Mary "Marie" Delacour (credited as Joan Carol) Robert Coote as Rollo Venables Margaret Irving as Madame Delacour Leyland Hodgson as Captain Bert Hawkins John Davidson as Hakim Teru Shimada as the Fake Mr. Moto Directed by Norman Foster Written by Philip MacDonald, Norman Foster Based on character created by John P. Marquand Produced by Sol M. Wurtzel Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date January 20, 1939 Running time 71 minutes Country United States Language English NOTES Mr. Moto's Last Warning is the only Peter Lorre Moto film in the public domain. The film was announced in April 1938. The title was then changed to Mr. Moto in Egypt before it eventually became Mr Moto's Last Warning. In April, the studio announced they were considering giving a lead role to Al Jolson, who was making Rose of Washington Square for the studio. This role eventually went to Ricardo Cortez. The previous Moto film, Mysterious Mr. Moto, had finished shooting in April 1938. Filming on this one started in June 1938. Virginia Field also appeared in the first film of the series, Think Fast, Mr. Moto. John Carradine had previously appeared in Thank You, Mr. Moto. Carradine's part was to have been played by Miles Mander but he was delayed by retakes on Suez and had to be replaced. While filming a fight scene on the film, stunt man Harvey Perry was knocked out for five minutes. When Ricardo Cortez made the film he announced he was retiring from acting and had signed to Fox as a director. The film was released in January 1939. The New York Times thought the "method" used by Moto was "a little tough on the audience" but praised the "rousing old fashioned climax". The Los Angeles Times gave the film "faint praise" saying it was "routine".

Mr. Wong in Chinatown is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong. SYNOPSIS A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa. A beautiful Chinese woman visits Mr. Wong late at night but is murdered before she can tell him why she needs his help. Wong discovers that she is Princess Lin Hwa, the sister of a powerful Chinese general, and that she was killed with a poisoned dart fired from a Chinese "sleeve gun." As with some of his previous investigations, Wong is given important information by the leader of a powerful tong (Chinese secret society). The tong leader tells Wong that the princess had come to the United States with almost $1-million to arrange the secret purchase of airplanes that were to be smuggled into China. As Wong continues the investigation he learns that all the money that the princess deposited in a local bank has been paid out—and that the signature on most of the checks is a forgery. Wong becomes the target of a killer, and is aided in his investigation by a blonde, beautiful and energetic newspaper reporter. Was the princess killed by enemies of her brother to prevent the shipment of the planes to China? Or was she killed to hide the fact that there actually were no planes and the whole scheme was a scam? Wong's careful conversations with the captain of the ship the princess traveled on, the owner of the aviation company that owned the planes she was going to buy, and the president of the bank where the princess deposited her money, result in him uncovering the identity of the killer. CAST & CREW Boris Karloff as Mr. James Lee Wong Marjorie Reynolds as Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan Grant Withers as Police Capt. Bill Street Huntley Gordon as Mr. Davidson George Lynn as Capt. Guy Jackson (as Peter George Lynn) William Royle as Capt. Jaime James Flavin as Police Sgt. Jerry Lotus Long as Princess Lin Hwa Lee Tung Foo as Willie (as Lee Tong Foo) Bessie Loo as Lilly May Richard Loo as Tong chief Ernie Stanton as Burton I. Stanford Jolley as Hotel clerk Directed by William Nigh Written by Hugh Wiley, Scott Darling Produced by William T. Lackey Cinematography Harry Neumann Edited by Russell F. Schoengarth Music by Edward J. Kay Distributed by Monogram Pictures Release date August 1, 1939 Running time 71 minutes Country United States Language English

Mutiny in the Big House is a 1939 American film directed by William Nigh. SYNOPSIS A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison. The prison chaplain, seeing that the new arrival is a good man who's had some bad luck, sets out to help keep him out of trouble so he can serve his sentence and get out. However, his cellmate, a hardened con, sees the chaplain's interest in the young convict as something he can use in his planned jailbreak. Father Joe Collins is a kindly but realistic prison chaplain who tries to bring some humanity behind the grim walls of a major penitentiary. One of his success stories is "Dad" Schultz, a kindly convict who was released after 20 years but found the outside world so overwhelming that he had a nervous breakdown. Father Collins convinces the prison officials to take him back as a civilian employee/gardener, so he will "feel at home". Father Collins also takes an interest in Johnny Davis, an educated inmate who received an overly stiff sentence for forging a $10.00 check. Hardened lifer Red Manson does his best to lessen the influence of Father Collins among the inmates, while planning a mass breakout. When the break begins, Davis wildly fires a rifle to keep Father Collins from being taken hostage. The distraction enables the guards to regain control of the prison. CAST & CREW Charles Bickford as Father Joe Collins Barton MacLane as Red Manson Pat Moriarity as Pat, the Warden Dennis Moore as Johnny Davis William Royle as Captain of Guards Ed Samson Charley Foy as Convict Bitsy George Cleveland as Convict "Dad" Schultz Nigel De Brulier as Convict Mike Faleri Eddie Foster as Convict Del Richard Austin as Singing Jim Russell Hopton as Convict Frankie Directed by William Nigh Written by Martin Mooney (original story), Robert Hardy Andrews Produced by Grant Withers Cinematography Harry Neumann Edited by Russell F. Schoengarth Production company Monogram Pictures Release date 1939 Running time 83 minutes Country United States Language English

The Mystery of Mr. Wong is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff. The film is the second in the series of Mr. Wong. SYNOPSIS Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as "The Eye of the Daughter of The Moon." A wealthy gem-collector, Brandon Edwards, gains possession of the largest star sapphire in the world, the 'Eye of the Daughter of the Moon', after it has been stolen in China. Edwards, at a party in his home, confides to Mr. Wong that his life is in danger. During a game of Charades (called "Indications" by Mrs. Edwards), Edwards is mysteriously shot dead and the gem disappears. Unbeknownst to Wong, the jewel is in possession of Edwards' maid, Drina, who intends to return it to China, but she too is murdered , and the gem is taken again. After one more murder—the suspect list is dwindling—Wong exposes the killer, turns him over to Police Inspector Street, and orders his manservant Willy to return the gem to China. CAST & CREW Boris Karloff as James Lee Wong Grant Withers as Police Captain Sam Street Dorothy Tree as Valerie Edwards Craig Reynolds as Peter Harrison Ivan Lebedeff as Michael Strogonoff Holmes Herbert as Prof. Ed Janney Morgan Wallace as Brandon Edwards Lotus Long as Drina, the Maid Chester Gan as Sing, the Butler Hooper Atchley as Carslake Bruce Wong as Asian Man Jack Kennedy as Policeman Joe Devlin as George, the Detective Lee Tung Foo as Willie (as Lee Tong Foo), Wong's Butler and door opener. Wilbur Mack as Ballistics Expert Dick Morehead as police detective Directed by William Nigh Written by Scott Darling, Hugh Wiley Produced by Scott R. Dunlap, William T. Lackey Cinematography Harry Neumann Edited by Russell F. Schoengarth Music by Edward J. Kay Production company Monogram Pictures Release date March 8, 1939 Running time 68 minutes Country United States Language English