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Atlantic Flight (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Atlantic Flight
director: William Nigh actor: Dick Merrill / Jack Lambie
Famous pioneer aviator Dick Merrill was front-page news in the 1930s, so it's understandable that he was summoned to Hollywood to star in his own film. In "Atlantic Flight" he's top-billed as a pilot who undertakes a dangerous mission to transport medicine to an ailing friend. Monogram.
He Married His Wife (1940) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
He Married His Wife
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: Joel McCrea / Nancy Kelly
other title: Se casó con su mujer / Il épouse sa femme
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.
Murder at Midnight (1931) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Murder at Midnight
other title: 谋杀夜
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
other title: 黄先生在唐人街
A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa, on a secret military mission for Chinese forces fighting the Japanese invasion. Mr. Wong finds two captains with the intial J in the case, neither being quite what he seems; there's fog on the waterfront and someone still has that poison-dart gun...