Gertrude Hoffmann

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Caged (1950)

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Eleanor Parker  •  Agnes Moorehead  •  Ellen Corby  •  Hope Emerson

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Eleanor Parker  •  Agnes Moorehead  •  Ellen Corby  •  Hope Emerson

East Side Kids (1940)

After living all his chilhood in the street, a young boy notices rapidly that crime doesn't pay and that´s why he decides to become a policeman. One day, one of his best friends go in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Immediately the policeman tries his best to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert F. Hill
CAST:  Leon Ames  •  Dennis Moore  •  Joyce Bryant  •  Hal E. Chester

After living all his chilhood in the street, a young boy notices rapidly that crime doesn't pay and that´s why he decides to become a policeman. One day, one of his best friends go in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Immediately the policeman tries his best to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert F. Hill
CAST:  Leon Ames  •  Dennis Moore  •  Joyce Bryant  •  Hal E. Chester

Lydia (1941)

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Merle Oberon  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Alan Marshal  •  Joseph Cotten

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Merle Oberon  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Alan Marshal  •  Joseph Cotten

One Foot in Heaven (1941)

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Rapper
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Martha Scott  •  Beulah Bondi  •  Gene Lockhart

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Rapper
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Martha Scott  •  Beulah Bondi  •  Gene Lockhart

Suspicion (1941)

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Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Joan Fontaine  •  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Nigel Bruce

Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Joan Fontaine  •  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Nigel Bruce

The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Wendell Corey  •  Paul Kelly  •  Joan Tetzel

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Wendell Corey  •  Paul Kelly  •  Joan Tetzel

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, has a nose for a good story—which promptly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Laraine Day  •  Herbert Marshall  •  George Sanders

The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, has a nose for a good story—which promptly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Laraine Day  •  Herbert Marshall  •  George Sanders

The War of the Worlds (1953)

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Haskin
CAST:  Gene Barry  •  Ann Robinson  •  Les Tremayne  •  Robert Cornthwaite

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Haskin
CAST:  Gene Barry  •  Ann Robinson  •  Les Tremayne  •  Robert Cornthwaite

What a Woman (1943)

An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Brian Aherne  •  Willard Parker  •  Alan Dinehart

An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Rosalind Russell  •  Brian Aherne  •  Willard Parker  •  Alan Dinehart

Before Dawn (1933)

After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Pichel
CAST:  Stuart Erwin  •  Dorothy Wilson  •  Warner Oland  •  Dudley Digges

After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Pichel
CAST:  Stuart Erwin  •  Dorothy Wilson  •  Warner Oland  •  Dudley Digges

I'll Tell the World (1934)

Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sedgwick
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Gloria Stuart  •  Roger Pryor  •  Onslow Stevens

Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Sedgwick
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Gloria Stuart  •  Roger Pryor  •  Onslow Stevens

Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938)

Hopalong Cassidy, boss of the Bar 20 ranch in Texas, rides down the Camino Real in the New Mexico cattle country near Alamogordo, in response to an urgent message from his lifelong sweetheart, Nora Blake, who is in serious trouble. Before he and his saddlemates, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Russell Hayden  •  Frank Darien  •  Nora Lane

Hopalong Cassidy, boss of the Bar 20 ranch in Texas, rides down the Camino Real in the New Mexico cattle country near Alamogordo, in response to an urgent message from his lifelong sweetheart, Nora Blake, who is in serious trouble. Before he and his saddlemates, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Russell Hayden  •  Frank Darien  •  Nora Lane

The Moon Is Down (1943)

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Pichel
CAST:  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Henry Travers  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Dorris Bowdon

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Pichel
CAST:  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Henry Travers  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Dorris Bowdon

Untamed (1940)

A courageous doctor braves a fierce blizzard in the Canadian wilderness to save a remote community from a deadly epidemic. He has come North to visit and ends up stealing a wife from her husband. When the epidemic hits, he and the wife begin their arduous journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Patricia Morison  •  Akim Tamiroff  •  William Frawley

A courageous doctor braves a fierce blizzard in the Canadian wilderness to save a remote community from a deadly epidemic. He has come North to visit and ends up stealing a wife from her husband. When the epidemic hits, he and the wife begin their arduous journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Patricia Morison  •  Akim Tamiroff  •  William Frawley

Mountain Justice (1937)

Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  George Brent  •  Josephine Hutchinson  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Mona Barrie

Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  George Brent  •  Josephine Hutchinson  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Mona Barrie

North of the Rockies (1942)

Morgan and his gang are smuggling furs across the border. Both the Mounties on the Canadian side and Tex Martin on the American side are after them. When Morgan sets up Tex to be found with furs, Mountie Bill arrests him. But he lets him go hoping he will lead him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lambert Hillyer
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Tex Ritter  •  Frank Mitchell  •  Shirley Patterson

Morgan and his gang are smuggling furs across the border. Both the Mounties on the Canadian side and Tex Martin on the American side are after them. When Morgan sets up Tex to be found with furs, Mountie Bill arrests him. But he lets him go hoping he will lead him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lambert Hillyer
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  Tex Ritter  •  Frank Mitchell  •  Shirley Patterson

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)

In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willis Goldbeck
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Van Johnson  •  Keye Luke  •  Alma Kruger

In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willis Goldbeck
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Van Johnson  •  Keye Luke  •  Alma Kruger

The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)

Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Joan Bennett  •  Franchot Tone  •  Allyn Joslyn  •  Cecil Cunningham

Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Joan Bennett  •  Franchot Tone  •  Allyn Joslyn  •  Cecil Cunningham

The Ape (1940)

Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Nigh
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Maris Wrixon  •  Gene O'Donnell  •  Dorothy Vaughan

Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Nigh
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Maris Wrixon  •  Gene O'Donnell  •  Dorothy Vaughan

A Guy Named Joe (1943)

A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Irene Dunne  •  James Gleason  •  Ward Bond

A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Irene Dunne  •  James Gleason  •  Ward Bond
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