... And The Ugly Of The 1930s
Have you ever been in a situation when you read a flims title or summary or saw a movie poster, a trailer or just some screen shots of a movie (especially of B-films) and you thought: "Wow, this looks like heaps of fun!"? You rented that film and after one and a half hours (at the most) you got that nagging feeling that someone stole that exact amount of precious quality lifetime from you. Well, basically this list is about those films. No matter how reduced your expectations had already been, no matter how much you care for flicks of that genre in general - these films did not even meet those expectations, not by a far shot. Even as a fan of trash films you refuse to acknowledge the existence of this list's entries, simply because a good trash film, even considering its manifold shortcomings, is at least fun. So beware, the films on this list are everything - except fun. Needless to say, I had quite some fun in doing this list, although it brought back painful memories.
Feel free to comment on my choice of movies.
PS: This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
Feel free to comment on my choice of movies.
PS: This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
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- DirectorWilliam CampbellStarsSir Hubert WinsteadCharles GemoraArthur ClaytonAn expedition enters an area of the Congo jungle to investigate reports of a gorilla-worshipping tribe. After many dangerous adventures, they come upon the tribe they sought, only to watch as a virgin is sacrificed to a huge gorilla, who takes her away. The expedition follows the gorilla in an attempt to save the woman.
- DirectorRobert De LaceyStarsSally StarrTom KeeneMona RayTed is riding for Pa Martin against Cooper in the big race. When Cooper has his men capture Ted, Peggy overhears them and sets out to free Ted in time for the race.
- DirectorOtto BrowerEdwin H. KnopfStarsRichard ArlenMary BrianHarry GreenA friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first woman he sees, who happens to be Ruth Hammond, sister of his dead friend, arriving to take charge of the Hammond ranch. Revolted by his rough proposal,she fires him as the Hammond foreman and she proceeds to the ranch. Stack informs her he has purchased the ranch for the payment of the back-due taxes, and she relents and rehires Dick and his friends to aid her in her fight against Stack.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsWarner OlandJune CollyerLloyd HughesA mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter's death.
- DirectorStuart PatonStarsCarmel MyersRex LeaseBarbara KentThe female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in her way of finding it.
- DirectorPhil WhitmanStarsHedda HopperMarceline DayNick StuartA group of passengers is trapped in a runaway Pullman car.
- DirectorAlan JamesStarsGuinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsAllene RayNiles WelchA group of people are stalked by a masked killer in an old mansion.
- DirectorLloyd NoslerStarsTom TylerBetty MackJohn OscarDave and Hank ride out of Death Valley, heading for the town of Mesa, but stop to rest in Alkali Springs, twenty miles from Mesa. Walking along the saloon porch, they overhear through an open window, two unseen men plotting to rob the Mesa bank that afternoon. One is a Spanish voice and the other American. Dave and Hank head for Mesa to get there before the hold-up and, there, they see the men whose voices they had heard; Sheriff Jeffries and Ortego. Since they have an hour to kill before the (announced) hold-up time, while Hank ambles toward the saloon Dave decides to make a social call on his sweetheart, Ann. But she is now his ex-sweetheart as she tells him that because of his unexplained absence, she has become engaged to Sheriff Jeffries. Dang, says Dave. Anyway, to foil the planned hold-up Dave and Hank hold up the bank themselves and ride out of town closely pursued by a posse. The gold is heavy so Dave tells Hank to ride on while he buries it. The sheriff, riding ahead of the posse with a vested interest in the going-ons, sees Dave hide the gold. The sheriff captures Dave, sends him back to town with the posse, and stays behind to retrieve the gold. He does so but is seen by Hank who comes along and takes the fourth possession (counting the bank) of the gold that day. The sheriff is about to let an angry mob hang Dave, but fickle Ann slaps the Sheriff and tells the mob that if they hang Dave, they'll never see their gold again, since the last known possessor was the now, unknown to him, the twice-removed Dave. The sheriff is caught between a rock and a hard place and can't tell the mob he knows where it is, or thinks he knows where it is since he doesn't know he is now a once-removed possessor himself. The sheriff hatches a plan to let Dave escape but he has three of Ortego's henchmen planted to kill Dave in his escape. They miss. Dave rides to Alkali Springs and meets Hank and Ann and all three are taken prisoner by Ortego just before the sheriff shows up. But they tell Ortego that the sheriff has double-crossed him and has the gold hidden under the floor of his office. The sheriff scoffs at this because he thinks the gold is still buried in the desert, so he has no objections when Ortego says he and Pedro will just ride back over to Mesa and check out this story, and he tells the rest of the gang to follow later and bring Dave, Ann, Hank and the Sheriff back to Mesa.When they get there they find a mad Ortego holding an empty gold box he found under the office floor and the Sheriff is as surprised as Ortego is angry. Ortego and the Sheriff call each other a few names in Spanish and English, conclude that the other one is a double crosser and up and shoot each other dead. Dave then discloses that he is a deputy United States Marshal sent out to break up the Ortego gang. He then decides to ask Ann some questions regarding absence makes the heart grow fonder.
- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsMischa AuerMartha MattoxRex LeasePeople in an old dark house on a stormy night are menaced by a killer ape.
- DirectorHarry L. FraserStarsRochelle HudsonWalter ByronHarry MyersA white jungle goddess is protected by a fierce killer gorilla.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsZasu PittsEugene PalletteLucien LittlefieldBodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.
- DirectorRobert N. BradburyStarsBob SteeleJosie SedgwickCarmen LarouxVerdugo found a young boy on the desert and raised him as his son. Now a grown man, Dan is framed for a stagecoach robbery by Brent, the same man who shot his father and tried to take him and his mother away 20 years earlier.
- DirectorJ.P. McGowanStarsBob CusterLillian RichGeorge ChesebroA young ranch foreman, Bud Drake aka The Kid, is wrongfully arrested for the theft of six-thousand dollars from ranch-owner "Hardshell" Beckett. He escapes and with the aid of Beckett's adopted daughter, Alice, sets out to clear his name.
- DirectorHarry L. FraserStarsBill CodyAndy ShufordNancy DrexelCanadian Mountie Mason is sent south of the border to look for a horse thief with only a watch chain for evidence. He befriends young Andy and when Calhoun hits Andy, Mason and Calhoun fight. In the scuffle Calhoun's watch with the missing chain is dislodged. Mason then sets out to bring in Calhoun and his gang.
- DirectorFred AllenStarsTom KeeneNancy DrexelOtis HarlanA rancher is arrested for murdering his young partner's grandfather, but he escapes to try to prove his innocence.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsPat O'BrienEvelyn BrentNeil HamiltonA district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud.
- DirectorRobert N. BradburyStarsBob SteeleDoris HillGeorge 'Gabby' HayesMoney is mysteriously disappearing from a locked trunk atop the stage even though the trunk arrives still locked. When pals Bob Rivers and Grizzly get the job driving the stage, the same thing happens.
- DirectorVictor AdamsonStarsBuddy RooseveltPatsy BellamyLafe McKeeHester and Hezekiah plan to get Dorothy Horton's inheritance. But when Black Pete and his men rob the stagecoach, they learn of the scheme and send gang member Jim to replace Hezekiah. The Deputy Marshal breaks this up but Black Pete arrives wearing the Marshal's badge and has the Sheriff take him away while he flees with the inheritance money.
- DirectorAlan JamesStarsKen MaynardCecilia ParkerWilliam GouldHonest John is pulling off a swindle by buying cattle in Texas with worthless scrip and selling them in New Mexico for cash. Ken is leading the cattle drive not knowing that when they cross the state line Honest John's plan will have succeeded.
- DirectorDwain EsperVival Sodar'tStarsHarry CordingJoan DixPatricia FarleyExploitation film which follows the downward spiral of an idealistic medical student whose fall from grace leads him to opium dens, a carnival freakshow, swanky drug parties, dingy brothels, and finally the barrel of his own revolver.
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsDiane SinclairLyman WilliamsGeorge IrvingAn extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsBela LugosiWallace FordArline JudgeMr. Wong stops at nothing to gain the possession of 12 coins of Confucius, which will bring him great power.
- DirectorMelville W. BrownStarsWilliam CagneyEdward J. NugentJune CollyerTwo military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries.
- DirectorBruce MitchellJack NelsonStarsArt MixEdmund CobbWilliam DesmondTwelve renegades dressed as Indians kill the parents of two brothers. The brothers who have similar birth marks then separate. Ten years later a man known as the Rawhide Terror is murdering the renegades who are now town citizens.
- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsOlive BordenReed HowesMolly O'DayA black voodoo priestess comes out of the Louisians swamps to take revenge on the white plantation owner she believes killed her husband.