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Mug Town

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Starring: Paul Fix, Huntz Hall, Virginia Brissac, Murray Alper, Dick Hogan, Billy Halop, Gabriel Dell

Directors: Ray Taylor

Country: USA

Year: 1942

Steve Bell (Tommy Kelly), Tommy Billy Halop), Pig Huntz Hall), Ape (Bernard Punsly) and String (Gabriel Dell are run out of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell (Virginia Brissac) and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward (Jed Prouty). Steve's brother Don Bell ('Dick Hogan' )is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall-guy in the next hijacking.

 

Native Land

Genres: Drama, History

Starring: Howard Da Silva, Robert Strauss, Fred Johnson, Art Smith, Paul Robeson, Charles Jordan, Houseley Stevenson

Directors: Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand

Country: USA

Year: 1942

Paul Robeson narrates a mix of dramatizations and archival footage about the bill of rights being under attack during the 1930s by union busting corporations, their spies and contractors. In dramatizations, we see a farmer beaten for speaking up at a meeting, a union man murdered in a boarding house, two sharecroppers near Fort Smith Arkansas shot by men deputized by the local sheriff, a spy stealing the names of union members, and a dead Chicago union man eulogized. In archival footage we witness police and goons beating lawfully assembled union organizers, and we see men at work and union families at play. The narration celebrates patriotis...

 

Flying Tigers

Genres: Action, Romance, Drama

Starring: John Wayne, Bill Shirley, Gregg Barton, Mae Clarke, Anna Lee, Addison Richards, John Carroll

Directors: David Miller

Country: USA

Year: 1942

Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers. In particular, he must handle the difficulties created by a reckless hot-shot pilot named Woody Jason, who not only wants to fight a one-man war but to waltz off with Gordon's girlfriend.

 

Went the Day Well?

Genres: Thriller, War

Starring: Patricia Hayes, David Farrar, Mervyn Johns, Basil Sydney, Marie Lohr, Harry Fowler, Leslie Banks

Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti

Country: UK

Year: 1942

Available Quality: iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

The residents of a British village during WWII welcome a platoon of soldiers who are to be billeted with them. The trusting residents then discover that the soldiers are Germans who proceed to hold the village captive.

 

Reunion in France aka Mademoiselle France

Genres: Romance, Drama, War

Starring: Howard Da Silva, John Wayne, John Carradine, Reginald Owen, Moroni Olsen, Joan Crawford, Henry Daniell

Directors: Jules Dassin

Country: USA

Year: 1942

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.

 

In Old California

Genres: Western

Starring: John Wayne, Albert Dekker, Harry Shannon, Charles Halton, Binnie Barnes, Edgar Kennedy, Patsy Kelly

Directors: William C. McGann

Country: USA

Year: 1942

Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.

 

Heart of the Rio Grande

Genres: Action, Adventure, Western

Starring: Pierre Watkin, Jean Porter, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, William Haade, Edith Fellows, Sarah Padden

Directors: William Morgan

Country: USA

Year: 1942

As foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a millioniare, and the other is the disgruntled ex-foreman that Gene replaced, now just a ranch hand. Gene eventually gets the daughter straightened out but has to fire the ex-foreman and this leads to trouble when he returns intent on revenge.

 

Lady for a Night

Genres: Romance, Drama

Starring: John Wayne, Ray Middleton, Leonid Kinskey, Philip Merivale, Carmel Myers, Joan Blondell, Blanche Yurka

Directors: Leigh Jason

Country: USA

Year: 1942

Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society. When her husband is killed in an attempt on her life, she is charged with his murder.

 

The Spoilers

Genres: Action, Romance, Western

Starring: John Wayne, Samuel S. Hinds, Richard Barthelmess, George Cleveland, Ray Bennett, William Farnum, Marlene Dietrich

Directors: Ray Enright

Country: USA

Year: 1942

In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.

 

Saboteur

Genres: Thriller, War, Mystery

Starring: Ian Wolfe, Billy Curtis, Robert Cummings, Norman Lloyd, Alan Baxter, Otto Kruger, Dorothy Peterson

Directors: Alfred Hitchcock

Country: USA

Year: 1942

Los Angeles aircraft worker Barry Kane evades arrest after he is unjustly accused of sabotage. Following leads, he travels across the country to New York trying to clear his name by exposing a gang of fascist-supporting saboteurs led by apparently respectable Charles Tobin. Along the way, he involves Pat Martin, eventually preventing another major act of sabotage. They finally catch up with Frank Frye, the man who actually committed the act of sabotage at the aircraft factory.

 

Loco Boy Makes Good

Genres: Comedy, Short

Starring: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, John Tyrrell, Dorothy Appleby

Directors: Jules White

Country: USA

Year: 1942

The stooges decide to get some easy money by having Curly slip on a bar of soap in a hotel lobby so they can sue the owner. Curly slips as planned but the hotel turns out to be run by an old lady who is about to lose her lease to the evil landlord. The stooges decide to help her fix up the place and start by beating up the landlord and stealing his watch. After their usual antics in renovating the place, the hotel is ready for the grand re-opening. The stooges put on a big show with a famous critic in attendance. Their corny act goes over poorly until Curly accidentally puts on a magicians coat and becomes a sensation and the place is a succe...

 

What's the Matador?

Genres: Comedy, Short

Starring: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Suzanne Kaaren, Harry Burns, Dorothy Appleby

Directors: Jules White

Country: USA

Year: 1942

The stooges are actors traveling to perform at a fiesta in Mexico. After they accidentally switch suitcases with that of Dolores, a lovely senorita they met on trip down, they must sneak into her house to retrieve their suitcase. When they are confronted by her jealous husband he vows to kill them if he sees them again. At the fiesta where they are performing a comedy bullfight (Curly is the matador, Moe and Larry are in a bull costume) the husband bribes the attendants to let a real bull into the ring. Curly knocks the bull out with a head butt and becomes a hero.

 

Matri-Phony

Genres: Comedy, Short

Starring: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent, Marjorie Deanne

Directors: Harry Edwards

Country: USA

Year: 1942

The stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the emperor orders all beautiful red-headed women to be brought before him so he can select a wife, Diana, a pretty red-head, seeks refuge with the stooges. Some soldiers find Diana's hiding place and they are all brought to the palace where the stooges escape and try to pass of Curly as Diana, having broken the emperor's glasses. Their ruse fails and they're caught by the palace guards as they try to escape.

 

Three Smart Saps

Genres: Comedy, Short

Starring: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Bud Jamison, Barbara Slater, John Tyrrell

Directors: Jules White

Country: USA

Year: 1942

The stooges are engaged to the three daughters of a prison warden. When they learn that some crooks have taken over the prison and their prospective father-in-law has been locked up, they decide to go undercover to rescue him. The stooges sneak into the prison where they find a casino with a fancy party in progress. After swiping some formal attire, they crash the party and get candid camera evidence to expose the crooked goings-on. With the crooks behind bars once again, the stooges are able to get married and all ends well.

 

Even As IOU

Genres: Comedy, Short

Starring: Stanley Blystone, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Ruth Skinner

Directors: Del Lord

Country: USA

Year: 1942

A destitute mother and child move into the stooge's vacant lot home and the boys decide to help them. They steal the kids piggy bank and sneak into the race track. They bet on a long shot that wins and then are gypped out of their winnings by two con men who sell them a washed up race horse. Everything turns out happily when Curly swallows horse vitamins and gives birth to a colt!

 

Sock-A-Bye Baby

Genres: Comedy, Short

Starring: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard

Directors: Jules White

Country: USA

Year: 1942

The stooges mistakenly kidnap a baby they find on their doorstep. When the cops and the baby's mother come looking for the baby, the boys panic and flee into the country with the cops (one of them is the baby's father) pursuing them by motorcycle. It all ends happily with the baby reunited with its parents and the stooges running off disguised as bushes.

 

Desperate Journey

Genres: Drama, War

Starring: Arthur Kennedy, Raymond Massey, Sig Ruman, Charles Irwin, Alan Hale, Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan

Directors: Raoul Walsh

Country: USA

Year: 1942

When Flight Lt Forbes and his crew are shot down after bombing their target, they discover valuable information, about a hidden German aircraft factory, that must get back to England. In their way across Germany, they try and cause as much damage as possible. Then with the chasing Germans about to pounce, they come up with an ingenious plan to escape.

 

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Starring: Evelyn Ankers, Reginald Denny, Thomas Gomez, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Leyland Hodgson, Henry Daniell

Directors: John Rawlins

Country: USA

Year: 1942

Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. The warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defence Committee call in Holmes ...

 

Hen Hop

Genres: Animation, Short

Starring: Unknown

Directors: Norman McLaren

Country: Canada

Year: 1942

 

Random Harvest

Genres: Romance, Drama

Starring: Henry Travers, Reginald Owen, Greer Garson, Melville Cooper, Alan Napier, Aubrey Mather, Una O'Connor

Directors: Mervyn LeRoy

Country: USA

Year: 1942

A veteran of World War I marries and settles happily into a tidy, humble life until an accident brings back memories of a former life of wealth and privilege while blocking all recollection of his existence since the war. Thus one man disappears, and another man long missing turns up and claims his vast inheritance. What does his devoted wife, whom he no longer recognizes, do?