Lost n Found Films

Overland Mail is a 1939 American western film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Jack Randall, Vince Barnett and Dennis Moore. It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures which specialized in low-budget second features, particularly westerns. SYNOPSIS Overland mail riders Jack Mason and his pal, Porchy, learn that an Indian uprising is imminent because one of the tribe has been murdered by a gang of outlaws. The primary town of the mail route is also being used as a hideout and base of operations for a gang of counterfeiters led by Joe Polini. Jack and an undercover federal agent, Duke Evans, round up the counterfeiters and turn Polini over to the Indian Chief as the killer of the brave. Two overland mail riders discover that a Native American uprising is likely due to the death of one of the tribe at the hands of townspeople. They discover that a gang of counterfeiters are behind the murder and turn over their leader to the Indian chief. CAST & CREW Jack Randall as Jack Mason Vince Barnett as Porchy Jean Joyce as Mary Martin Tristram Coffin as Joe Polini George Cleveland as Frank Porter - aka Saunders Dennis Moore as Duke Evans Glenn Strange as Sheriff Dawson Jimmie Fox as Pat - Storekeeper Maxine Leslie as Blondie Hal Price as Lugo Merrill McCormick as Buck - Henchman Joe Garcio as Squint - Henchman Harry Semels as Pancho Iron Eyes Cody as Indian Chief Directed by Robert F. Hill Written by Robert Emmett Tansey Produced by Robert Emmett Tansey Cinematography Bert Longenecker Edited by Robert Golden Music by Frank Sanucci Production company Monogram Pictures Distributed by Monogram Pictures Release date November 16, 1939 Running time 51 minutes Country United States Language English

Panama Patrol is a 1939 American drama film. Directed by Charles Lamont, the film stars Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, and Adrienne Ames, it was released on May 20, 1939. The film was known during production by the working titles of Curio Cipher and Panama Cipher. SYNOPSIS The head of the cipher bureau, Phillip Waring, is about to marry his secretary, Helen Lane, when he is informed that the state department has discovered a message that must be decoded. With the information given, Waring and his assistant, Lieutenant Murdock, investigate, but their every move seems to be known to their alien adversaries. Helen discovers that Arlie Johnson, interpreter for the bureau, is the real leader of the spy ring, but before she can relay the information she falls into the hands of Johnson and his spy-ring henchmen. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Phillip Waring, the head of the Cipher Bureau in Washington, D. C., is called away on the day of his wedding to secretary Helen Lane by an urgent request to decipher a diplomatic message intercepted from an international spy ring. Waring and his assistant, Lieutenant Murdock, track down one of the spies, but he is shot before they are able to question him. With the spy's death, their only clue is a letter written in Chinese, which they give to Bureau interpreter Artie Johnson to decipher. Unknown to Waring, Johnson is the clandestine leader of the spy ring, and the interpreter gives Waring information that leads him into a trap at the Maing curio shop. When Waring fails to return from his mission, Murdock goes to the shop and rescues him. While at the shop, Waring discovers another letter, and when asked to interpret it, Johnson cleverly changes one of the letters in the code by means of a blotter. Johnson's information sends Waring and Murdock to California on a wild goose chase. In their absence, however, Helen finds Johnson's blotter and realizes that he is involved in the spy ring. While confronting Johnson at his house, Helen is taken captive by the ring. Meanwhile, Waring realizes that his mission is a frame-up, and returns to Washington to discover Helen's peril. Arriving at Johnson's house just after the spies have left with Helen, Waring discovers the final part of the code, which reveals the spy's plan to impede traffic traveling through the Panama Canal. CAST & CREW Leon Ames as Major Phillip Waring Charlotte Wynters as Helen Lane Adrienne Ames as Lia Maing Weldon Heyburn as Lt. Murdock Abner Biberman as Artie Johnson Sidney Miller as Jimmy Jack Smart as Eli Maing Donald Barry as Lt. Loring Hugh McArthur as Lt. Everett William Von Brincken as Marlin Directed by Charles Lamont Written by Arthur Hoerl Produced by Charles Lamont Cinematography Arthur Martinelli Edited by Bernard Loftus Music by David Chudnow Production company Fine Arts Pictures Distributed by Grand National Films Release date May 20, 1939 Running time 67 minutes Country United States Language English

The Pal from Texas is a 1939 American Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and written by Carl Krusada. The film stars Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle, Josef Swickard, Betty Mack, Ted Adams and Carleton Young. The film was released on November 1, 1939, by Metropolitan Pictures Corporation. SYNOPSIS Partners Bob and Texas have found gold and Ace Brady knows about it. When Ace has his partner Fox follow Texas, Fox killls Texas and takes the gold. As Fox flees, Ace arrives and arrests Bob for the murder. Bob escapes but is now a wanted man with a price on his head. A virtual remake of, among several others, two Ken Maynard films, "Fightin' Thru, 1930" and "Fargo Express, 1933", and credited Story writer Forest Sheldon and credited Screenplay writer Carl Krusada didn't even nod in the direction of the original writer, Jack Natteford, other than keeping many of the original character role-names from "Fightin' Thru" such as "Alice Malden", "Queenie", "Ace Brady" and "Fox Tyson." They changed Maynard's character name from "Dan Barton" to "Bob Barton" to fit Bob Steele, and Wallace MacDonald's original "Tennessee Malden" to "Texas Malden" to fit the new title of "The Pal From Texas." The helped along when they didn't have to waste a lot of time thinking up new character names from lifted plots. This time out Bob Barton and his pal, Texas Malden, are reaping rich rewards from a strip of land they've leased to miners working gold claims. Malden's niece, Alice, is coming to keep house for her uncle and, the day she arrives, Malden gets drunk in Ace Brady's saloon but Bob intervenes in time to keep him from being swindled. Later, Malden is killed by Brady's henchman, Fox Tyson, and his partner Bob is framed for the murder and hunted by the sheriff and his posse. Alice also believes that Bob killed her uncle, and she is about to turn over her power-of-attorney to Brady, so he and Fox can collect money due from the miners. The outlawed Bob now has to escape the posse and also prove his own innocence.

The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 12-chapter science fiction horror serial starring Bela Lugosi as mad scientist Doctor Zorka, who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. In a dramatic fashion, foreign agents and G-Men try to seize the inventions for themselves. It is the 112th serial released by Universal Pictures and the 44th to have sound. It was adapted in DC's Movie Comics #6, cover date September–October 1939, the final issue of that title. In 1949, to broadcast on television, the 265-minute serial was edited to a 78-minute feature film. SYNOPSIS A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world. Dr. Zorka, a rogue scientist, is the creator of various weapons of warfare, including a devisualizer belt which renders him invisible; an eight-foot tall slave robot (Ed Wolff), robot spiders that can destroy life or paralyse it and he also has a deadly meteorite fragment from which he extracts an element which can induce suspended animation in an entire army. Foreign spies, operating under the guise of a foreign language school, are trying to buy or mostly steal the meteorite element, while his former partner, Dr. Fred Mallory, miffed that Zorka will not turn his inventions over to the U.S. Government, blows the whistle on him to Captain Bob West of the Military Intelligence Department. Tired of answering the door and saying no to the spies and the government, Zorka moves his lab. When his beloved wife is killed, Zorka, puttering around for his own amusement up to this point, is crushed and swears eternal vengeance against anyone trying to use his creations and to make himself world dictator. And would have if not for his assistant Monk, an escaped convict virtually enslaved by Zorka, who is cowardly, treacherous and totally incompetent, and whose accidental or deliberate interference with Zorka's efforts repeatedly frustrates his master's own plans... CAST & CREW Bela Lugosi as Dr. Alex Zorka: Lugosi received top billing for this, his final serial appearance. Robert Kent as Capt. Bob West Dorothy Arnold as Jean Drew Edwin Stanley as Dr. Fred Mallory Regis Toomey as Jim Daley Jack C. Smith as Monk Edward Van Sloan as Jarvis [Chs.2-12] Dora Clement as Ann Zorka [Chs.1-2] (as Dora Clemant) Anthony Averill as Rankin - Henchman [Chs.2-12] Hugh Huntley as Perkins, Dr. Mallory's lab assistant [Chs.2-12] Monte Vandergrift as Al - Guard [Ch.5] Frank Mayo as Train Engineer [Ch.6] Jim Farley as Skipper [Ch.9] (as James Farley) Eddie Acuff as Mac - AMI Agent [Chs.2-12] Reed Howes as Signalman [Ch.10] Ed Wolff as The Robot (as Edw. Wolff) Directed by Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind Screenplay by George Plympton, Basil Dickey Story by Wyllis Cooper Produced by Henry MacRae Cinematography Jerry Ash, William A. Sickner Edited by Irving Birnbaum, Joseph Gluck, Alvin Todd Production company Universal Pictures Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date January 7, 1939 Running time 265 minutes (12 chapters) Country United States Language English NOTES The serial contains some similarities with the earlier serial The Vanishing Shadow, such as an invisibility belt and a remote-control robot. Stock footage was used from The Invisible Ray, including scenes of Dr. Zorka finding the meteorite in Africa. As with several Universal serials, some of the stock music came from Frankenstein. The Phantom Creeps' car chase was itself used as stock footage in later serials.[6] Newsreel shots of the Hindenburg disaster were used as part of Dr. Zorka's final spree of destruction after his robot, which is supposed to destroy the human race, is stopped due to the sabotage by the Monk after being unleashed. Universal tried to improve their serials by eliminating the written foreword at the start of each chapter. This led to The Phantom Creeps being the first serial in which the studio used vertically scrolling text as the foreword. The Rob Zombie song "Meet the Creeper" is based on this movie. Zombie has used robots and props based on the design of The Robot in several music videos and live shows. The character Murray The Robot in Zombie's animated movie The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is also based on The Robot. The Robot also appears on the album cover for the single "Dragula". A comic book adaptation was published by DC Comics in Movie Comics #6. Chapter titles The Menacing Power Death Stalks the Highways Crashing Timbers Invisible Terror Thundering Rails The Iron Monster The Menacing Mist Trapped in the Flames Speeding Doom Phantom Footprints The Blast To Destroy the World

The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 12-chapter science fiction horror serial starring Bela Lugosi as mad scientist Doctor Zorka, who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. In a dramatic fashion, foreign agents and G-Men try to seize the inventions for themselves. It is the 112th serial released by Universal Pictures and the 44th to have sound. It was adapted in DC's Movie Comics #6, cover date September–October 1939, the final issue of that title. In 1949, to broadcast on television, the 265-minute serial was edited to a 78-minute feature film. SYNOPSIS A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world. Dr. Zorka, a rogue scientist, is the creator of various weapons of warfare, including a devisualizer belt which renders him invisible; an eight-foot tall slave robot (Ed Wolff), robot spiders that can destroy life or paralyse it and he also has a deadly meteorite fragment from which he extracts an element which can induce suspended animation in an entire army. Foreign spies, operating under the guise of a foreign language school, are trying to buy or mostly steal the meteorite element, while his former partner, Dr. Fred Mallory, miffed that Zorka will not turn his inventions over to the U.S. Government, blows the whistle on him to Captain Bob West of the Military Intelligence Department. Tired of answering the door and saying no to the spies and the government, Zorka moves his lab. When his beloved wife is killed, Zorka, puttering around for his own amusement up to this point, is crushed and swears eternal vengeance against anyone trying to use his creations and to make himself world dictator. And would have if not for his assistant Monk, an escaped convict virtually enslaved by Zorka, who is cowardly, treacherous and totally incompetent, and whose accidental or deliberate interference with Zorka's efforts repeatedly frustrates his master's own plans... CAST & CREW Bela Lugosi as Dr. Alex Zorka: Lugosi received top billing for this, his final serial appearance. Robert Kent as Capt. Bob West Dorothy Arnold as Jean Drew Edwin Stanley as Dr. Fred Mallory Regis Toomey as Jim Daley Jack C. Smith as Monk Edward Van Sloan as Jarvis [Chs.2-12] Dora Clement as Ann Zorka [Chs.1-2] (as Dora Clemant) Anthony Averill as Rankin - Henchman [Chs.2-12] Hugh Huntley as Perkins, Dr. Mallory's lab assistant [Chs.2-12] Monte Vandergrift as Al - Guard [Ch.5] Frank Mayo as Train Engineer [Ch.6] Jim Farley as Skipper [Ch.9] (as James Farley) Eddie Acuff as Mac - AMI Agent [Chs.2-12] Reed Howes as Signalman [Ch.10] Ed Wolff as The Robot (as Edw. Wolff) Directed by Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind Screenplay by George Plympton, Basil Dickey Story by Wyllis Cooper Produced by Henry MacRae Cinematography Jerry Ash, William A. Sickner Edited by Irving Birnbaum, Joseph Gluck, Alvin Todd Production company Universal Pictures Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date January 7, 1939 Running time 265 minutes (12 chapters) Country United States Language English NOTES The serial contains some similarities with the earlier serial The Vanishing Shadow, such as an invisibility belt and a remote-control robot. Stock footage was used from The Invisible Ray, including scenes of Dr. Zorka finding the meteorite in Africa. As with several Universal serials, some of the stock music came from Frankenstein. The Phantom Creeps' car chase was itself used as stock footage in later serials.[6] Newsreel shots of the Hindenburg disaster were used as part of Dr. Zorka's final spree of destruction after his robot, which is supposed to destroy the human race, is stopped due to the sabotage by the Monk after being unleashed. Universal tried to improve their serials by eliminating the written foreword at the start of each chapter. This led to The Phantom Creeps being the first serial in which the studio used vertically scrolling text as the foreword. The Rob Zombie song "Meet the Creeper" is based on this movie. Zombie has used robots and props based on the design of The Robot in several music videos and live shows. The character Murray The Robot in Zombie's animated movie The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is also based on The Robot. The Robot also appears on the album cover for the single "Dragula". A comic book adaptation was published by DC Comics in Movie Comics #6. Chapter titles The Menacing Power Death Stalks the Highways Crashing Timbers Invisible Terror Thundering Rails The Iron Monster The Menacing Mist Trapped in the Flames Speeding Doom Phantom Footprints The Blast To Destroy the World

Q Planes, also known as Clouds Over Europe in the United States, is a 1939 British comedy spy film featuring Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, and Valerie Hobson. It was produced by Irving Asher, with Alexander Korda serving as executive producer. Directed by Tim Whelan, an American residing in Britain since 1932, the film came about during Olivier and Richardson's collaboration on a theatrical version of Othello." SYNOPSIS In September 1938, Major Hammond, a British Secret Service agent, investigates the mysterious disappearance of advanced British aircraft prototypes and their crews during test flights. Partnering with his sister Kay, a newspaper reporter undercover at Barrett & Ward Aircraft Company, Hammond faces resistance from Mr. Barrett, the owner. He befriends star pilot Tony McVane, suspecting company secretary Jenkins as a mole. Before Jenkins can reveal information, he is killed by a gunman. McVane's test flight is sabotaged by a powerful ray from the salvage ship S.S. Viking, whose crew, implied to be German agents, captures McVane and others. Escaping captivity, McVane leads a revolt aboard Viking. Meanwhile, Hammond uncovers the truth and coordinates a Royal Navy rescue. Amidst the chaos, Kay and McVane's relationship blossoms, while Hammond's personal life takes a hit when he learns of his lady friend's marriage. CAST & CREW Laurence Olivier as Tony McVane Ralph Richardson as Major Charles Hammond Valerie Hobson as Kay Hammond George Curzon as Jenkins George Merritt as Barrett Gus McNaughton as Bleinkinsop David Tree as R. MacKenzie Sandra Storme as Daphne Hay Petrie as Stage Door Keeper Frank Fox as Karl George Butler as Sir Marshall Gosport Gordon McLeod as The Baron John Longden as John Peters Ronald Adam as Pollock, Airline Designer Ian Fleming as Air Minister Reginald Purdell as Pilot Roy Emerton as SS Viking First Mate David Farrar as SS Viking Mate John Laurie as Newspaper Editor Raymond Lovell as Company Manager Leslie Bradley as Assistant Directed by: Tim Whelan, Arthur B. Woods Written by: Brock Williams, Jack Whittingham, Ian Dalrymple Produced by: Irving Asher (Executive Producer: Alexander Korda) Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr. Edited by: Hugh Stewart Music by: Muir Mathieson Production Company: Irving Asher Productions Distributed by: Columbia Pictures (UK, US) Release Date: March 2, 1939 Running Time: 82 minutes Country: United Kingdom Language: English Originally titled "Foreign Sabotage," Q Planes showcases period airports and aircraft such as the Airspeed Envoy, de Havilland Dragon Rapide, and de Havilland Tiger Moth in its aerial scenes. Filmed in September 1938, the production was a swift endeavor, particularly for Laurence Olivier, who was already committed to filming Wuthering Heights (1939) in America. Ralph Richardson, known for his comedic prowess, delivers a sardonic performance as a spy, contrasting Olivier's role. The film marks a departure from later British war films and Olivier's career trajectory. While Hitchcock pioneered spy comedies like The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938), Q Planes blends espionage, high-tech villains, romance, and comedy. It stands as one of the last "neutral Britain" spy comedies, with its comedic elements contrasting the patriotic films produced during World War II. Q Planes, released as Clouds Over Europe in the U.S., is primarily a comedic espionage film praised for its blend of wit and entertainment. Ralph Richardson's portrayal of Major Hammond is particularly acclaimed for skillfully balancing comedic and dramatic elements. Critics appreciate the film's witty dialogue and engaging storyline. However, Laurence Olivier's performance is viewed as less impactful. Initially criticized for its heavy-handed prologue depicting war with Nazi Germany, the film is later commended for its comedic approach. Variety regards it as a delightful summer diversion, while The New Yorker criticizes its British humor as overly whimsical. Overall, Q Planes is celebrated for its refreshing take on the genre, with Ralph Richardson's performance earning particular acclaim. Richardson's dapper, insouciant secret agent was named, years later, as the model for the bowler-hatted upper-class British spy John Steed in the 1960s television series The Avengers, according to producer Brian Clemens.

Panama Patrol is a 1939 American drama film. Directed by Charles Lamont, the film stars Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, and Adrienne Ames, it was released on May 20, 1939. The film was known during production by the working titles of Curio Cipher and Panama Cipher. SYNOPSIS The head of the cipher bureau, Phillip Waring, is about to marry his secretary, Helen Lane, when he is informed that the state department has discovered a message that must be decoded. With the information given, Waring and his assistant, Lieutenant Murdock, investigate, but their every move seems to be known to their alien adversaries. Helen discovers that Arlie Johnson, interpreter for the bureau, is the real leader of the spy ring, but before she can relay the information she falls into the hands of Johnson and his spy-ring henchmen. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Phillip Waring, the head of the Cipher Bureau in Washington, D. C., is called away on the day of his wedding to secretary Helen Lane by an urgent request to decipher a diplomatic message intercepted from an international spy ring. Waring and his assistant, Lieutenant Murdock, track down one of the spies, but he is shot before they are able to question him. With the spy's death, their only clue is a letter written in Chinese, which they give to Bureau interpreter Artie Johnson to decipher. Unknown to Waring, Johnson is the clandestine leader of the spy ring, and the interpreter gives Waring information that leads him into a trap at the Maing curio shop. When Waring fails to return from his mission, Murdock goes to the shop and rescues him. While at the shop, Waring discovers another letter, and when asked to interpret it, Johnson cleverly changes one of the letters in the code by means of a blotter. Johnson's information sends Waring and Murdock to California on a wild goose chase. In their absence, however, Helen finds Johnson's blotter and realizes that he is involved in the spy ring. While confronting Johnson at his house, Helen is taken captive by the ring. Meanwhile, Waring realizes that his mission is a frame-up, and returns to Washington to discover Helen's peril. Arriving at Johnson's house just after the spies have left with Helen, Waring discovers the final part of the code, which reveals the spy's plan to impede traffic traveling through the Panama Canal. CAST & CREW Leon Ames as Major Phillip Waring Charlotte Wynters as Helen Lane Adrienne Ames as Lia Maing Weldon Heyburn as Lt. Murdock Abner Biberman as Artie Johnson Sidney Miller as Jimmy Jack Smart as Eli Maing Donald Barry as Lt. Loring Hugh McArthur as Lt. Everett William Von Brincken as Marlin Directed by Charles Lamont Written by Arthur Hoerl Produced by Charles Lamont Cinematography Arthur Martinelli Edited by Bernard Loftus Music by David Chudnow Production company Fine Arts Pictures Distributed by Grand National Films Release date May 20, 1939 Running time 67 minutes Country United States Language English

The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 12-chapter science fiction horror serial starring Bela Lugosi as mad scientist Doctor Zorka, who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. In a dramatic fashion, foreign agents and G-Men try to seize the inventions for themselves.

Renegade Trail is a 1939 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by John Rathmell and Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters, Russell Hopton, Roy Barcroft and John Merton. The film was released on August 18, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. SYNOPSIS Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd. CAST & CREW William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy George "Gabby" Hayes as Windy Halliday Russell Hayden as Lucky Jenkins Charlotte Wynters as Mary Joyce Russell Hopton as Bob Smoky Joslin Roy Barcroft as Stiff-Hat Bailey John Merton as Henchman Tex Traynor Sonny Bupp as Joey Joyce Eddie Dean as Singing Cowhand Red The King's Men as Singing Cowhands Directed by: Lesley Selander Screenplay by: John Rathmell, Harrison Jacobs Produced by: Harry Sherman Starring: William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters, Russell Hopton, Roy Barcroft, John Merton Cinematography by: Russell Harlan Edited by: Sherman A. Rose Music by: Gerard Carbonara, John Leipold Production company: Harry Sherman Productions Distributed by: Paramount Pictures (United States) Running time: 58 minutes Release date July 25, 1939 (United States) Country of origin United States Language English

Renegade Trail is a 1939 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by John Rathmell and Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters, Russell Hopton, Roy Barcroft and John Merton. The film was released on August 18, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. SYNOPSIS Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd. CAST & CREW William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy George "Gabby" Hayes as Windy Halliday Russell Hayden as Lucky Jenkins Charlotte Wynters as Mary Joyce Russell Hopton as Bob Smoky Joslin Roy Barcroft as Stiff-Hat Bailey John Merton as Henchman Tex Traynor Sonny Bupp as Joey Joyce Eddie Dean as Singing Cowhand Red The King's Men as Singing Cowhands Directed by: Lesley Selander Screenplay by: John Rathmell, Harrison Jacobs Produced by: Harry Sherman Starring: William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters, Russell Hopton, Roy Barcroft, John Merton Cinematography by: Russell Harlan Edited by: Sherman A. Rose Music by: Gerard Carbonara, John Leipold Production company: Harry Sherman Productions Distributed by: Paramount Pictures (United States) Running time: 58 minutes Release date July 25, 1939 (United States) Country of origin United States Language English

Q Planes, also known as Clouds Over Europe in the United States, is a 1939 British comedy spy film featuring Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, and Valerie Hobson. It was produced by Irving Asher, with Alexander Korda serving as executive producer. Directed by Tim Whelan, an American residing in Britain since 1932, the film came about during Olivier and Richardson's collaboration on a theatrical version of Othello."

Crashing Thru is a 1939 American northern action film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring James Newill, Jean Carmen and Warren Hull. It is based on the 1935 novel Renfrew Rides the Range, the seventh in the popular Renfrew of the Royal Mounted series by Laurie York Erskine. SYNOPSIS Six people are in on a gold robbery. Three of them double-cross the others. Mountie Renfrew has to go after them alone when his partner Kelly is wounded. The steamship on which two Mountie officers are travelling is held up and robbed of its gold shipment. They pursue the gang up into the hills but are unable to detain them, They suspect one of the female passengers to be in on the job and arrest her. She turns out to be trying to recover the deeds to the mine that were cheated out of her father, but was double-crossed by the robbers. CAST & CREW James Newill as Sergeant Renfrew Jean Carmen as Ann 'Angel' Chambers Warren Hull as Constable Kelly Milburn Stone as Delos Harrington Walter Byron as McClusky Stanley Blystone as Jim LaMont Robert Frazer as Dr. Smith Joseph W. Girard as Steamship Captain Dave O'Brien as Fred Chambers Earl Douglas as Slant Eye Ted Adams as Eskimo Pete Roy Barcroft as Green - Henchman Directed by Elmer Clifton Written by Sherman L. Lowe Based on Renfrew Rides the Range by Laurie York Erskine Produced by Philip N. Krasne Cinematography Edward Linden Edited by S. Roy Luby Production company Criterion Pictures Distributed by Monogram Pictures Release date December 11, 1939 Running time 65 minutes Country United States Language English NOTES The film was shot at the Iverson Ranch and on location around Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains of California. It was originally intended to be released by Grand National Pictures before being picked up for distribution by Monogram.

Fighting Mad is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Sam Newfield and written by George Rosener and John Rathmell. It is based on the 1927 novel Renfrew Rides Again by Laurie York Erskine. The third of the Renfrew of the Royal Mounted film series stars James Newill, Sally Blane, Benny Rubin, Dave O'Brien, Milburn Stone and Walter Long. The film was released on November 5, 1939, by Monogram Pictures when Grand National Pictures ceased operation. SYNOPSIS Ann Fenwick, a witness to a bank robbery, is abducted by the bank robbers across the border into Canada, where Sergeant Renfrew and Constable Kelly get involved. Ann Fenwick is a witness to a bank robbery in the U.S. and the bandits, led by Trigger (Warner Richmond) and Leon (Ted Adams) capture her and when she disappears, a warrant is issued for her arrest as a material witness. The bank robbers flee across the border into Canda where they steal a trailer in which they lock Ann and the loot. The hitch breaks and the trailer plunges into a lake. Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Constable Kelly (Dave O'Brien), of the Canadian Mounties,rescue Ann and she tells them she is a hitch-hiking tourist and gives a false name. Renfrew sends Kelly for aid, Ann escapes and Kelly returns with the news that she is wanted. The leader of the gang, Cardigan (Milburn Stone), sends the gang back for Ann and the loot, which Ann has hidden in a trappers cabin, just before Trigger recaptures her. Renfrew goes to her rescue, but is also captured. But reliable Constable Kelly is somewhere in the woods. CAST & CREW James Newill as Sergeant Renfrew Sally Blane as Ann Fenwick Benny Rubin as Benny Dave O'Brien as Constable Kelly Milburn Stone as Cardigan Walter Long as Frenchy Warner Richmond as Trigger Ted Adams as Leon Chief Thundercloud as Indian Ole Olsen as Joe Horace Murphy as Smith Directed by Sam Newfield Screenplay by George Rosener, John Rathmell Based on Renfrew Rides Again by Laurie York Erskine Produced by Philip N. Krasne Cinematography Jack Greenhalgh Edited by Martin G. Cohn Production company Criterion Pictures Distributed by Monogram Pictures Release date November 5, 1939 Running time 54 minutes Country United States Language English

Ride 'em, Cowgirl is a 1939 Western directed by Samuel Diege. It stars Dorothy Page, Vince Barnett and Milton Frome. SYNOPSIS Sandy Doyle, gambler and political chief of a small border town, seeks to gain control of the Bar-X Ranch, owned by Rufe Rickson, to further some undercover activities of his own. He counts on Rickson's inability to stay away from gambling as the means to his ultimate success. Government investigator Oliver Shea and his assistant, Dan Haggerty, start a fight in Doyle's place when they see Rickson being cheated and are invited to the Bar-X where Oliver and Helen Rickson, Rufe's daughter, discover interest in each other and Dan finds himself pursued by Bell, the ranch cook. Sheriff Larson brings the prize money for the $5,000 race of the Rodeo Association, and that night it is stolen from her safe. The next day, Doyle says it was paid to him by Rickson for a gambling debt. Realizing that she must be free in order to prove her father's innocence, and that now her horse, Snowy, must win the race, Helen confesses to the theft and makes good her escape. Her sleuthing establishes that Doyle has been engaged in ore-smuggling activities, and his intent to gain the Bar-X is because the ranch offers a perfect crossing place for his gang, who salt the smuggled silver into a non-productive mine and ship it to the Mint as domestic production. CAST & CREW Dorothy Page as Helen Rickson Vince Barnett as Dan Haggerty Milton Frome as Oliver Shea Lynn Mayberry as Belle(as Linn Mayberry) Frank Ellis as Sheriff Larson Joseph W. Girard as 'Ruf' Rickson(as Joe Girard) Merrill McCormick as Deputy Sheriff Harrington Reynolds as Sandy Doyle Pat Henning as Henchman Lingstrom Fred Cordova as Henchman Philbin Pete Gordon as Henchman Grigg(as Eddie Gordon) Directed by Samuel Diege Written by Arthur Hoerl (screenplay), Arthur Hoerl (original story) Produced by Arthur Dreifuss, George A. Hirliman Cinematography by Mack Stengler Editing by Guy V. Thayer Jr. Production company Coronado Films Distributed by Grand National Films Released on January 20, 1939 Country of origin United States Language English

Riders of the Sage is a 1939 American Western film produced and directed by Harry S. Webb starring Bob Steele. The film is a remake of Ridin' Law (1930) and Rusty Rides Alone (1933). SYNOPSIS In an effort to get Jim Martin to sell his ranch, the Halsey brothers have kidnapped his son Tom. When Bob Burke goes after him alone, he gets help from the gang known as the Riders of the Sage. Bob Burke comes to Apache Basin to visit his old friend Tom Martin. He finds himself in the middle of a range war between sheepherders led by the Halsey family and the cattlemen including the Martin family. The Halseys are holding Tom Martin prisoner in order to gain the Martin ranch. Further complications ensue when Mona Halsey is in love with the Robin Hood type Poe Powers who leads a gang of merry men known as the Riders of the Sage. Halsey finds himself smack in the middle of a three way fight. CAST & CREW Bob Steele as Bob Burke Claire Rochelle as Mona Halsey Ralph Hoopes as Buddy Martin Jimmy Aubrey as Steve Reynolds Carleton Young as Luke Halsey Earl Douglas as Hank Halsey Ted Adams as Poe Powers Dave O'Brien as Tom Martin Frank LaRue as Jim Martin Bruce Dane as Rusty, the Singer Jerry Sheldon as Herb Reed Howes as Sam Halsey Bud Osborne as Sheriff Directed by Harry S. Webb Written by Forrest Sheldon (story), Carl Krusada (screenplay) Produced by Harry S. Webb Cinematography Edward A. Kull Edited by Frederick Bain Production company Frank Sanucci Distributed by Metropolitan Pictures Corporation Release date 1 August 1939 Running time 57 minutes Country United States Language English

Riders of the Frontier, also known as Ridin' the Frontier, is a 1939 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennett and starring Tex Ritter with his horse "White Flash". It is a remake of the 1936 film The Cattle Thief. SYNOPSIS Lawman Tex Lowry pretends to be outlaw Ed Carter to infiltrate the outlaw gang led by Sarah's ranch foreman Bart Lane and his henchmen Buck, Sam, Gus and Boney and to save Sarah's nurse Martha from being taken captive by the gang. A ranch foreman and his men are guily of cheating their owner out of her cattle money and murdering the Deputies that arrive to investigate. He also has a stooge Doctor keeping her in poor health with medicine. Tex arrives posing as a notorious wanted outlaw and is accepted into the gang. Learning the gang's operation he makes plans with the Marshal to round them up. CAST & CREW Tex Ritter as Tex Lowry with his horse "White Flash" John Rutherford as Bart Lane Hal Taliaferro as Buck Olin Francis as Sam Nolan Willis as Gus Roy Barcroft as Ed Carter Merrill McCormick as Boney Manten Moreland as Cookie Edw. Cecil as Doctor Bruce Mitchell as Marshal Jean Joyce as Martha Marin Sais as Sarah Maxine Leslie as Goldie Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennett Written by Jesse Duffy and Joseph Levering (story and screenplay by) Produced by Scott R. Dunlap Cinematography Marcel A. LePicard, A.S.C. Edited by Fred Bain Production company An Edward Finney Production Distributed by Monogram Pictures Corporation Release date August 16, 1939 Running time 58 minutes Country United States Language English

Rollin' Westward is a 1939 American Western film directed by Albert Herman, written by Fred Myton, starring Tex Ritter and released on March 1 by Monogram Pictures. SYNOPSIS A cowboy helps a pretty young woman and her father in their fight against land-grabbers who are trying to swindle them out of their cattle ranch. CAST & CREW Tex Ritter as Tex Ramsey Dorothy Fay as Betty Lawson Horace Murphy as Missouri Slim Whitaker as Bart Herbert Corthell as Tug Lawson Harry Harvey Sr. as Lem Watkins Charles King as Pat Haines Hank Worden as Slim Regan Dave O'Brien as Red Bob Terry as Jeff Tom London as Sheriff Rudy Sooter as Bass Player Directed by Albert Herman Screenplay by Fred Myton Produced by Edward Finney Cinematography Marcel Le Picard Edited by Fred Bain Music by Frank Sanucci Production company Monogram Pictures Distributed by Monogram Pictures Release date March 1, 1939 Running time 55 minutes Country United States Language English

Some Like It Hot, reissued for television as Rhythm Romance, is a 1939 comedy film starring Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, and Gene Krupa. Directed by George Archainbaud, its screenplay was written by Wilkie C. Mahoney and Lewis R. Foster, based on the play The Great Magoo by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler, which performed briefly on Broadway in 1932. The film was released the year before Road to Singapore converted theatre and radio star Hope into a huge movie box office draw. Legendary cinematographer Karl Struss filmed the movie. The title of the film is taken from a nursery rhyme, and bears no relation to Billy Wilder's acclaimed 1959 comedy film Some Like It Hot starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis. SYNOPSIS Nicky Nelson is a sidewalk entrepreneur who tries to lure passersby to see his friend Gene Krupa's band. As the strategy fails, he takes the musicians to a club, where he meets singer Lily Racquel. He takes advantage of her while pretending to help her, but love ultimately redeems him. Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living Corpse" and other low-rent acts aren't enough to lure the seen-it-all boardwalk strollers, and the landlord closes the show in lieu of never-paid rent. Nicky, always promoting, goes to Stephen Hanratty, head of the pier's Dance Pavilion, to plug Krupa's band as an attraction, but Hanratty won't even listen to them. But, while there, he meets singer Lily Racquel, who knows he is a phoney but might have the ability to to talk a radio-station manager into giving her an audition. She gives him a ring to help finance the project; he promptly loses it in a crap-game. CAST & CREW Bob Hope as Nicky Nelson Shirley Ross as Lily Racquet Una Merkel as Flo Saunders Gene Krupa as himself Rufe Davis as Stoney Bernard Nedell as Stephen Hanratty Frank Sully as Sailor Burke Bernadene Hayes as Miss Marble Richard Denning as Mr. Weems Directed by George Archainbaud Written by Wilkie C. Mahoney, Lewis R. Foster Based on The Great Magoo1932 play by Ben Hecht, Gene Fowler Produced by William LeBaron Cinematography Karl Struss Edited by Edward Dmytryk Music by Arthur Franklin Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date May 19, 1939 Running time 65 minutes Country United States Language English

Slightly Honorable is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Pat O'Brien, Edward Arnold and Broderick Crawford. The film was based on the 1939 novel Send Another Coffin by Frank Gilmore Presnell, Jr. (1906–1967). SYNOPSIS A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name. CAST & CREW Pat O'Brien as John Webb Edward Arnold as Vincent Cushing Broderick Crawford as Russ Sampson Ruth Terry as Ann Seymour Alan Dinehart as District Attorney Joyce Claire Dodd as Alma Brehmer Phyllis Brooks as Sarilla Cushing Eve Arden as Miss Ater Douglass Dumbrille as George Taylor Bernard Nedell as Pete Godena Douglas Fowley as Madder Ernest Truex as P. Hemingway Collins Janet Beecher as Mrs. Cushing Evelyn Keyes as Miss Vlissingen John Sheehan as Mike Daley Addison Richards as Inspector Fromm Cliff Clark as Captain Graves Directed by Tay Garnett Written by Ken Englund (screenplay), John Hunter Lay (screenplay), F.G. Presnell (novel "Send Another Coffin"), Robert Tallman (screenplay) Produced by Walter Wanger, Tay Garnett Cinematography Merritt B. Gerstad Edited by Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer Music by Werner Janssen Production company Walter Wanger Productions Distributed by United Artists Release date 22 December 1939 Running time 85 minutes Country United States Language English NOTES The film recorded a loss of $107,709. As Vestron Video never owned the complete rights to this film, alongside Sundown and The Woman of the Town, other companies such as Video Treasures and Alpha Video have been able to release home video versions of Slightly Honorable for the past decades, with the quality of the prints used varying by distributor. The first home video release was in 1980, when Time-Life Video released it on the Betamax and VHS formats, and on April 17, 2012, Mill Creek Entertainment released a digitally restored version of the film on DVD as part of their Dark Crimes: 50 Movie Set DVD box set.

Slightly Honorable is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Pat O'Brien, Edward Arnold and Broderick Crawford. The film was based on the 1939 novel Send Another Coffin by Frank Gilmore Presnell, Jr. (1906–1967). SYNOPSIS A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name. CAST & CREW Pat O'Brien as John Webb Edward Arnold as Vincent Cushing Broderick Crawford as Russ Sampson Ruth Terry as Ann Seymour Alan Dinehart as District Attorney Joyce Claire Dodd as Alma Brehmer Phyllis Brooks as Sarilla Cushing Eve Arden as Miss Ater Douglass Dumbrille as George Taylor Bernard Nedell as Pete Godena Douglas Fowley as Madder Ernest Truex as P. Hemingway Collins Janet Beecher as Mrs. Cushing Evelyn Keyes as Miss Vlissingen John Sheehan as Mike Daley Addison Richards as Inspector Fromm Cliff Clark as Captain Graves Directed by Tay Garnett Written by Ken Englund (screenplay), John Hunter Lay (screenplay), F.G. Presnell (novel "Send Another Coffin"), Robert Tallman (screenplay) Produced by Walter Wanger, Tay Garnett Cinematography Merritt B. Gerstad Edited by Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer Music by Werner Janssen Production company Walter Wanger Productions Distributed by United Artists Release date 22 December 1939 Running time 85 minutes Country United States Language English NOTES The film recorded a loss of $107,709. As Vestron Video never owned the complete rights to this film, alongside Sundown and The Woman of the Town, other companies such as Video Treasures and Alpha Video have been able to release home video versions of Slightly Honorable for the past decades, with the quality of the prints used varying by distributor. The first home video release was in 1980, when Time-Life Video released it on the Betamax and VHS formats, and on April 17, 2012, Mill Creek Entertainment released a digitally restored version of the film on DVD as part of their Dark Crimes: 50 Movie Set DVD box set.

The Secret of Dr. Kildare is a 1939 American film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This was the fourth of a total of ten Dr. Kildare pictures, Lew Ayres starred all but the first. SYNPSIS Dr. Gillespie's cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study, Kildare refuses to assist Gillespie, and instead accepts a case of hysterical blindness. She's also the daughter of a millionaire who could help the hospital. Dr. Leonard Gillespie, racing against time in his battle with melanoma, is about to start an important research project at Blair General Hospital to improve the use a Sulfa drug, Sulfapyridine, as a cure for pneumonia with the help of his assistant, Dr. James Kildare. Paul Messenger, a Wall Street tycoon, asks for Gillespie's help in diagnosing the drastic, sudden personality changes that occur in his daughter Nancy. Gillespie assigns Kildare to pose as an old friend of the family in order to observe Nancy. At the same time, Gillespie borrows an airplane to fly Kildare around the country collecting blood samples for Gillespie to examine around the clock. When Gillespie collapses from exhaustion, Kildare forces the cranky old doctor to take a rest as a patient and persuades Blair head of hospital Dr. Carew to assign him to work full-time on the Messenger case. Kildare's move forces Gillespie to put the project on hold, and while the old doctor goes fishing on a much needed vacation, Kildare, still hiding his identity as a doctor, begins to investigate the causes of Nancy's symptoms. He learns that Nancy's symptoms began to appear when she feared she had lost the love of her fiancé. While talking with Nora, the family housekeeper, Kildare learns that Nancy suffers blinding headaches. Nora, who disdains all doctors because of their inability to help Nancy's mother, has convinced Nancy that she is suffering from the same type of brain tumor that killed her mother. Nora takes Nancy to see a nature healer named John Xerxes Archley, which prompts Kildare to admit that he is a doctor and dispute Archley's diagnosis of a "brain tumor" but alienates him from the family. With the help of ambulance driver Joe Wayman and his trusty monkey wrench, Kildare gets access to Nancy, who now has hysterical blindness. Kildare tries to consult with the vacationing Gillespie over the girl's symptoms but is rebuffed. Gillespie returns to Blair ostensibly to give a lecture to the interns on treating psychosomatic symptoms. Following Gillespie's advice, Kildare pretends to operate on Nancy's eyes and arranges for the first person she sees afterwards to be her fiancé, thus curing her hysterical blindness. Meanwhile, Gillespie returns from his vacation revived, and realizing that Kildare quit the experiment only out of concern for his health, reconciles with his assistant. Together they embark again on their research into curing pneumonia. CAST & CREW Lew Ayres as Dr. James "Jimmy" Kildare Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Leonard Barry Gillespie Lionel Atwill as Paul Messenger Helen Gilbert as Nancy Messenger Nat Pendleton as Joe Wayman Laraine Day as Nurse Mary Lamont Sara Haden as Nora Samuel S. Hinds as Dr. Stephen Kildare Emma Dunn as Mrs. Martha Kildare Walter Kingsford as Dr. S.J. Carew Grant Mitchell as John Xerxes Archley Alma Kruger as Head Nurse Molly Byrd Robert Kent as Charles Herron Marie Blake as Sally, Telephone Operator Martha O'Driscoll as Mrs. Roberts Nell Craig as Nurse "Nosey" Parker George Reed as Conover Frank Orth as Mike Sullivan Alec Craig as Telephone repair man Emory Parnell as Policeman on Gaylore Ave. Directed by Harold S. Bucquet Screenplay by Willis Goldbeck, Harry Ruskin Based on The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939 article in Cosmopolitan by Max Brand Produced by Lou L. Ostrow Cinematography Alfred Gilks Edited by Frank E. Hull Music by David Snell Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date November 24, 1939 Running time 84 minutes Country United States Language English NOTES The censors at the Hays Office requested changes to the script's discussions of pregnancy before they would approve it for production. One of the major issues they had with the script was that it explicitly included dialogue about the potential dangers of childbirth.

Smokey Smith is a 1935 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Bob Steele. It was remade in 1950 as Crooked River. SYNOPSIS Smokey, looking for his parents' killers, trails a gang to Blaze's ranch. Posing as a wanted man he join the gang. He hopes to find a ring taken from his father that will identify the murderer. CAST & CREW Bob Steele as Smokey Smith George 'Gabby' Hayes as Blaze Bart (as George Hayes) Mary Kornman as Bess Bart Warner Richmond as Kent Earl Dwire as Sheriff Horace B. Carpenter as Dad Smith (as Horace Carpenter) Vane Calvert as Mrs. Smith Directed by Robert N. Bradbury Written by Robert N. Bradbury Production company Supreme Pictures Corporation Release date April 2, 1935 Running time 57 minutes Country United States Language English

Should a Girl Marry? is a 1939 American crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by David Silverstein and Gaye Newberry. The film stars Anne Nagel, Warren Hull, Mayo Methot, Weldon Heyburn, Aileen Pringle and Lester Matthews. The film was released on June 8, 1939, by Monogram Pictures. SYNOPSIS A young woman and her doctor husband are victims of a blackmail scheme when it is discovered that she was born in prison. CAST & CREW Anne Nagel as Margaret Warren Hull as Dr. Robert Benson Mayo Methot as Betty Gilbert Weldon Heyburn as Harry Gilbert Aileen Pringle as Mrs. White Lester Matthews as Dr. White Helen Brown as Mary Winters Sarah Padden as Mrs. Wilson Gordon Hart as Mr. Wilson Edmund Elton as Dr. Turner Robert Elliott as Warden Claire Rochelle as Hysterical Patient Arthur Loft as Dr. Garfield Harry Hayden as Dr. Willard Bess Flowers as Nurse Directed by Lambert Hillyer Screenplay by David Silverstein, Gaye Newberry Produced by E.B. Derr Cinematography Paul Ivano Edited by Russell F. Schoengarth Production company Crescent Pictures Corporation Distributed by Monogram Pictures Release date June 8, 1939 Running time 61 minutes Country United States Language English

Rough Riders' Round-Up is a western film directed by Joseph Kane. It stars Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts (as Mary Hart) and Raymond Hatton. SYNOPSIS Now that the Spanish-American war is over, Roy and other Rough Riders become border patrolmen. Their goal is to stop outlaws who are stealing gold from stagecoaches and express offices. CAST & CREW Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts as Dorothy Blair (as Mary Hart) Raymond Hatton as Rusty Coburn Eddie Acuff as Tommy Ward William Pawley as Arizona Jack Moray Dorothy Sebastian as Rose George Meeker as George Lanning Guy Usher as Mr. Blair Directed by Joseph Kane Written by Jack Natteford Produced by Joseph Kane Cinematography Jack A. Marta Editing by Lester Orlebeck Production company Republic Pictures Distributed by Republic Pictures Released by March 13, 1939 Running time 58 minutes Country United States Language English

Saga of Death Valley is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. SYNOPSIS In the opening scene Roy as a boy philosophizes about marriage to his girl friend then sees his dad gunned down by bad guys who want to drive out the ranchers by cutting off their water. When the senior Roy Rogers is gunned down in front of little Tim Rogers, he is taken by the killers, leaving his older brother Roy Jr. behind and alone. Tim is raised by his father's killers and called Jerry. Fifteen years later, Roy tracks down his father's killers to bring them to justice using an alias to disguise his motives. But he finds that his little brother is a leading henchman for the killers' gang. CAST & CREW Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes as Gabby Whittaker Doris Day as Ann Meredith Donald Barry as Jerry aka Tim Rogers Frank M. Thomas as Ed Tasker Directed by Joseph Kane Written by Karen DeWolf, Stuart Anthony Produced by Joseph Kane Cinematography Jack A. Marta Editing by Lester Orlebeck Release date November 17, 1939 Running time 58 minutes Country United States Language English