Friday, January 31, 2014

Thursday, Jan. 30 - Stolen Harmony

Stolen Harmony (1935)

Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean, a dancer in the show, and the two become a successful dance act. However, when an ex-inmate buddy of Ray's robs the tour bus, Ray is suspected of wrongdoing by Jack and the others in the group. After a gang of thugs hijacks the tour bus, Ray tries to use his street smarts to redeem his reputation.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Wednesday, Jan. 29 - Ex-Lady

Ex-Lady (1933)

Commercial artist Helen Bauer believes marriage kills romance. She lives with advertising writer Don Peterson. He convinces her to marry him. He later carries on with client Peggy Smith; Helen takes up with Don's competitor Nick Malvyn. In the end, the couple agree to give marriage another chance.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Tuesday, Jan. 28 - The Magnet

The Magnet (1950)

A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Monday, Jan. 27 - The Girl From Mexico

The Girl from Mexico (1939)

In the first entry of an unintended-series that turned into a long-running series for RKO, Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle, Matthew Lindsay, aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.

Monday, January 27, 2014

Sunday, Jan. 26 - The Whole Truth

The Whole Truth (1958)

A movie executive is framed for the murder of his beautiful promiscuous leading lady by her jealous, estranged husband.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Saturday, Jan. 25 - Buzzin' Around

Buzzin' Around (1933)

Fatty invents a liquid with flubber-like properties which makes objects resilient and unbreakable. Unfortunately, in his rush to get out of the house to demonstrate his invention, he unknowingly grabs a jar of moonshine instead of the jar which holds his wonder liquid. To make matters worse, as he drives to the demonstration, a football-sized beehive falls from a tree onto the cargo bed of his truck.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Friday, Jan. 24 - Yours For the Asking

Yours for the Asking (1936)

Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Thursday, Jan. 23 - The Case of the Howling Dog

The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)

A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry Mason's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Tuesday, Jan. 21 - Two-Fisted

Two-Fisted (1935)

Two Fisted is based on the James Gleason-Richard Taber stage play "Is Zat So?". Lee Tracy plays a fast-talking boxing manager smoothing the path of true love and thwarting the schemes of a crook.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Monday, Jan. 20 - The Falcon Out West

The Falcon Out West (1944)

When a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he learns that the victim was slipped rattlesnake venom, the trail leads to Texas, his own kidnapping and near death.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Sunday, Jan. 19 - Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break (1953)

The star of an upcoming Broadway production, Janet Hallson, walks out during rehersals. The producers of the show, Ted Sturgis, Leo Belney and Bob Dowdy begin to search a replacement. After a quick audition, each favors someone else: Madelyn Corlane, Joanna Moss, Suzie Doolittle. The rest of the movie tells in a series of musical and dance scenes how they finally choose.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Saturday, Jan. 18 - Money Movers

Money Movers (1978)

Security firm specialised in the transport of money and other valuables becomes the target of repeated hits by armed robbers. Its owner, Lionel Darcy (Frank Wilson) is worried because the failure to secure the transports could mean the end of his business. His worries multiply when he gets anonymous tip that the firm is going to get hit from the inside. That also worries Eric Jackson (Terence Donovan), one of Darcy's trusted employees who was planning exactly the same thing for the last five years. Those events coincide with the appearance of a new, young and seemingly inexperienced employee Leo Bassett (Tony Bonner). Darcy's suspicions and some other strange events also bring the attention of a local crime boss Jack Henderson (Charles 'Bud' Tingwell), who would also like the piece of an action.