My Collection
Every VHS tape & DVD in my collection, arranged in order of first release. I've also included data on where I first watched the film, where my current copy hails from. Films I hadn't seen before owning are marked "sight unseen."
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- DirectorGeorge NicholsStarsCharles ChaplinRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbucklePeggy PearceCharlie attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.On VHS tape; watched on airplane, bought from book sale.
- DirectorGeorge NicholsMack SennettStarsCharles ChaplinEdgar KennedyMinta DurfeeA silly aristocrat who believes that he has been jilted attempts suicide but he is saved from death and reunited with his fiancée.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainFritz SchadeCharlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St. They confuse the addresses. The difficulties of delivering the piano by mule cart, and most of the specific gags, appeared later in Laurel and Hardy's "The Music Box".On VHS tape; watched on airplane, bought from book sale.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainMay WallaceCharlie dreams he is in the Stone Age, where King Low-Brow rules a harem of wives. Charlie, in skins and a bowler, falls in love with the king's favorite wife, Sum-Babee. During a hunting trip the king is pushed over a cliff. Charlie proclaims himself king, but Ku-Ku discovers the real king alive. They return to find Charlie and Sum-Babee together.On VHS tape; watched on internet, bought from book sale.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinFritz SchadeAlice HowellCharlie pretends to be a dentist though he is only his assistant. When a patient can't stop laughing from the anesthesia Charlie knocks him out with a club. He is sent to the drug store, gets in a fight with a man who (after a brick in the face) becomes another patient, and pulls the skirt off the dentist's wife (who is out walking). At one point Charlie pulls a tooth (the wrong one) using enormous pliers.On VHS tape; watched on airplane, bought from book sale.
- DirectorMack SennettStarsCharles ChaplinFord SterlingRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleOut of costume, Charlie is a clean-shaven dandy who, somewhat drunk, visits a dance hall. There the wardrobe girl has three rival admirers: the band leader, one of the musicians, and now Charlie.On VHS tape; watched on airplane, bought from book sale.
- DirectorMack SennettCharles BennettStarsCharles ChaplinMarie DresslerMabel NormandA con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.Gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceBilly ArmstrongCharlie does everything but an efficient job as janitor. Edna buys her fiance, the cashier, a birthday present. Charlie thinks "To Charles with Love" is for him. He presents her a rose which she throws in the garbage. Depressed, Charlie dreams of a bank robbery and his heroic role in saving the manager and Edna ... but it is only a dream.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinLeo WhiteStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceBen TurpinA gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.Gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongEd ArmstrongIt is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice cream. Driven away by her husband, Charlie turns to the other's wife.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongAgnes AyresCharlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set, he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn't show, Charlie is given a chance to act but instead enters a dice game. When he does finally act, he ruins the scene, wrecks the set, and tears the skirt from the star.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPhyllis AllenLloyd BaconMr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongLawrence A. BowesIntent on scuttling his ship, a financially-pressed shipowner conspires with the vessel's captain to collect the insurance money, unbeknownst to him that his daughter and her beau, Charlie, are aboard. Will they get away with it so easily?On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEric CampbellEdna PurvianceThe Tramp is tricked into impersonating an embezzling floorwalker in a department store.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRobert HarronMae MarshThe story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.On 2 VHS tapes; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinHenry BergmanEdna PurvianceCharlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie, the emotional violinist, flees to a gipsy camp, only to find himself playing for an abducted girl. Soon, a unique birthmark will pave the way for an unexpected rescue and a marvellous new life. But, will she forget him so easily?On VHS tape; watched on airplane, bought from book sale.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.On VHS tape; rented from library, bought from book sale.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinLeo WhiteStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceBilly ArmstrongForeign agents try to steal a wireless explosive from an inventor. Only the clueless Little Tramp and the Keystone Cops can stop them.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von WangenheimVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.Packaged with Trio of Terror; watched on TV, bought from Blockbuster.
- DirectorWallace WorsleyStarsLon ChaneyPatsy Ruth MillerNorman KerryIn 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with a gypsy dancer.Watched on TV, gift copy from parents.
- DirectorKing VidorGeorge W. HillStarsJohn GilbertRenée AdoréeHobart BosworthA young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorRoland WestStarsGeorge BerangerCharles HerzingerEmily FitzroyA masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.Packaged with Mystery Collection; bought from Chapters, sight unseen.
- DirectorAlbert ParkerStarsDouglas FairbanksBillie DoveTempe PigottSeeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death.Packaged with Pirates of the Seven Seas; bought from HMV, sight unseen.
- DirectorJames W. HorneBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonAnne CornwallFlora BramleyRonald's high-school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. Fearing to lose her to rival Jeff, he decides to go to college and pay more attentions to sports.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJune TrippIvor NovelloMarie AultA landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; bought from Future Shop, sight unseen.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.Bought from Amazon, sight unseen.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCarl BrissonLillian Hall-DavisIan HunterTwo boxers compete for the love of a woman.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; bought from Future Shop, sight unseen.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsBetty BalfourJean BradinFerdinand von AltenA spoiled heiress defies her father by running off to marry her lover. However, Daddy has a few tricks up his sleeve.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; bought from Future Shop, sight unseen.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsEleanor BoardmanJames MurrayBert RoachThe life of a man and woman together in a large, impersonal metropolis through their hopes, struggles, and downfalls.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsIsabel JeansFranklin DyallEric Bransby WilliamsA recently divorced woman hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; bought from Future Shop, sight unseen.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJameson ThomasLillian Hall-DavisGordon HarkerAfter his daughter weds, a middle-aged widower with a profitable farm decides to remarry, but finds choosing a suitable mate a problematic process.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; bought from Future Shop, sight unseen.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEmil JanningsEvelyn BrentWilliam PowellA former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.Rented; on VHS tape, bought from book sale.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnny OndraJohn LongdenSara AllgoodAfter killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; rented from video store, bought from Future Shop.
- DirectorRobert FloreyJoseph SantleyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxDuring the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.Watched on internet; bought from Amazon.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnny OndraCarl BrissonMalcolm KeenA fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; bought from Future Shop, sight unseen.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLew AyresLouis WolheimJohn WrayA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.On VHS tape; watched at school, bought from second-hand shop.
- DirectorVictor HeermanStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxMayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.Rented on video; bought from Amazon.
- DirectorGeorge W. HillWard WingStarsChester MorrisWallace BeeryLewis StoneA convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.On VHS tape; watched on internet, bought from book sale.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsSara AllgoodEdward ChapmanBarry FitzgeraldDuring the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; bought from Future Shop, sight unseen.
- DirectorLowell ShermanStarsLowell ShermanMarian NixonHugh TrevorA thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the couple, plans to organize a mutiny against the gang's boss, but when he is killed in a botched robbery, the police focus their attention on the young couple.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsRonald ColmanHelen HayesRichard BennettA medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.On VHS tape; bought from book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFredric MarchMiriam HopkinsRose HobartDr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.On VHS tape; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid MannersTransylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.Watchd on TV; bought from Amazon.
- DirectorGeorge MelfordStarsCarlos VillaríasLupita TovarBarry NortonCenturies-old vampire Dracula preys upon the innocent Eva and her friends.Watched on internet; bought from Amazon.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris KarloffDr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.On VHS tape; watched on TV, bought from video club.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsEdward G. RobinsonDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Glenda FarrellA small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.Watched on internet, bought from Zellers.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxThe Marx BrothersOn a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.Watched on TV, bought from Amazon.
- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsAileen PringleAlice WhiteHale HamiltonA murder during a game of charades at a society party leads the police to begin the hunt through the guest list for a motive and culprit.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJames CagneyJean HarlowEdward WoodsAn Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.Watched on internet, gift from parents.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsHenry KendallJoan BarryPercy MarmontBelieving that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsEdmund GwennJill EsmondC.V. FranceAn old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; bought from Future Shop, sight unseen.
- DirectorFrank CapraAllan DwanRoy William NeillStarsWalter HustonPat O'BrienKay JohnsonSocially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused for robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair...all during the same day.Packaged with the Frank Capra Collection; bought from Amazon, sight unseen.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsBela LugosiDavid MannersAdrienne AmesMurder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; watched on TV, gift copy from parents.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga BaclanovaA circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.On VHS tape; bought from Blockbuster, sight unseen.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxQuincy Adams Wagstaff, Huxley University's new president, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against their rival, Darwin University.Borrowed from library; bought from Amazon.
- DirectorSamuel BischoffStarsHoward PhillipsPreston FosterGeorge E. StoneAn innocent man sentenced to death gets caught up in a prison riot.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsIvor NovelloElizabeth AllanA.W. BaskcombA landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorIrving PichelErnest B. SchoedsackStarsJoel McCreaFay WrayLeslie BanksA psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport.Bought from Amazon, sight unseen.
- DirectorKarl FreundStarsBoris KarloffZita JohannDavid MannersA resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.On VHS tape; watched on TV, bought at second-hand shop.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLeon M. LionAnne GreyJohn StuartA gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; watched on internet, bought from Future Shop.
- DirectorHoward HawksRichard RossonStarsPaul MuniAnn DvorakKaren MorleyAn ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.Watched on internet, bought from Amazon.
- DirectorGraham CuttsStarsArthur WontnerIsla BevanIan HunterA young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorOscar MicheauxStarsLawrence ChenaultA.B. DeComathiereLaura BowmanA movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her. She knows, but accepts anyway. Meanwhile, a patron at the club gets a note saying that she'll soon get another note, and that she will be killed ten minutes after that.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsConstance BennettLowell ShermanNeil HamiltonThe career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.On VHS tape; bought at book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.Watched on TV, bought from Amazon.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyJoan BlondellRuby KeelerChester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.Rented from library; packaged with TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Busby Berkeley Musicals
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWarner BaxterBebe DanielsGeorge BrentWhen the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.Rented from library; packaged with TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Busby Berkeley Musicals
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWilliam PowellMary AstorEugene PallettePhilo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce CabotA film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.Watched on TV, bought from Blockbuster.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsJames CagneyMae ClarkeMargaret LindsayA former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.Bought from Amazon, sight unssen.
- DirectorArchie MayoMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyMadge EvansArthur ByronFive members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the state reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed deputy commissioner as a political favor, arrives - complete with hip flask and blonde. Gargan falls for activist nurse Dorothy and, inspired by her, takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. But Thompson, to conceal his years of graft, needs a quick way to discredit Gargan.Bought from Amazon, sight unseen.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyRalph BellamyPatricia EllisEx-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't like that relation at first, but McLean, Kean's boss, convinces him of Kean's good nature. But Kean uses his relation to Patricia to make a photo of an execution. Due to this, Nolan loses his stripes and Kean isn't allowed to see Patricia any longer. But when one of his former friends kills two policemen, Kean sees his chance....Bought from Amazon, sight unseen
- DirectorAlbert RayStarsGinger RogersLyle TalbotHarvey ClarkPat Morgan and Ted Kord are rival newspaper reporters always trying to outscoop each other. They join together to solve a series of murders being committed in an apartment building.Packaged with Mystery Collection; bought from Chapters, sight unseen.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsReginald OwenAnna May WongJune ClydeHolmes and Watson investigate a secret society with members who keep dying.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorDorothy DavenportMelville ShyerStarsMischa AuerPhyllis BarringtonEarl McCarthyA phony spiritualist hypnotizes the daughter of a wealthy banker in a scheme to swindle the banker out of his money. A reporter investigating the swami discovers the plot, determines to expose it.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsChester MorrisVivienne OsborneFrank McHughPeople in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace."Packaged with Mystery Collection; bought from Chapters, sight unseen.
- DirectorRay EnrightBusby BerkeleyStarsJoan BlondellDick PowellRuby KeelerA multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.Rented from library; packaged with TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Busby Berkeley Musicals
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.Packaged with the Frank Capra Collection; watched on TV, bought from Amazon.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsVictor McLaglenBoris KarloffWallace FordA dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.On VHS tape; watched on internet, bought at book sale.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLeslie BanksEdna BestPeter LorreAn ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; first watched on VHS gift from parents, bought DVD at Future Shop.
- DirectorDwain EsperStarsBill WoodsHorace B. CarpenterTed EdwardsA former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.Rifftrax DVD edition; bought from Amazon, sight unseen.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsDavid MannersPhyllis BarryGustav von SeyffertitzTypical Monogram whodunit from the 30's, with dialogue and sound effects based on the well known mystery book with same title. A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard inspector Charles Irwin to find out who did it among all the suspects who were in the house.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsNoah BeeryAstrid AllwynEdwin MaxwellPolice try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsBela LugosiWallace FordArline JudgeMr. Wong stops at nothing to gain the possession of 12 coins of Confucius, which will bring him great power.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorDorothy DavenportStarsClaudia DellLola LaneRichard HemingwayJerry, a young newspaper reporter, intrigued by the charm and beauty of Barbara, a girl accused of murder, sets out to prove her innocence in the face of a damaging array of circumstantial evidence.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsFay WrayRalph BellamyMelvyn DouglasA paroled prisoner hits a man who's attacking a woman, then runs away, scared that he killed the man (he did not). From the book "Woman in the Dark" by Dashiell Hammett.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.On VHS tape; watched on TV, bought from video club.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandLionel AtwillAfter treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.On VHS tape; watched parents' copy, bought copy from second-hand shop.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEdward ArnoldPeter LorreMarian MarshMan is haunted by a murder he's committed.On VHS tape; watched on internet, bought at book sale.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsVictor McLaglenHeather AngelPreston FosterIn 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.On VHS tape; bought at book sale, sight unseen.
- DirectorClifford SanforthStarsBela LugosiJune CollyerHuntley GordonJames Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night of his initial broadcast Houghland is mysteriously murdered in the middle of his demonstration and it falls to Police Chief Nelson to determine who the murderer is from the many suspects present.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.On VHS tape; watched on TV, bought from Alibris.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharles LaughtonMary BolandCharles RugglesAn English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.On VHS tape; watched on internet, bought from book sale.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRobert DonatMadeleine CarrollLucie MannheimA man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.Packaged with the Ultimate Hitchcock Collection; first owned on VHS gift from parents, bought DVD at Future Shop.
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsArthur WontnerLyn HardingLeslie PerrinsHolmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past.Packaged with Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack; gift from parents, sight unseen.
- DirectorAlfred ZeislerStarsCary GrantMary BrianPeter GawthorneA bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.Watched parents' copy, gift copy from parents.
- DirectorJohn ReinhardtStarsGeorge HoustonMarian NixonVince BarnettA South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.Packaged with Pirates of the Seven Seas; bought from HMV, sight unseen.
- DirectorLambert HillyerStarsOtto KrugerGloria HoldenMarguerite ChurchillWhen Countess Marya Zaleska appears in London, mysterious events occur that lead Dr. Von Helsing to believe that the Countess must be a vampire.Packaged with Son of Dracula; bought from Amazon, sight unseen.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsDick PowellJoan BlondellGlenda FarrellWhen two investors inform an opportunistic dancer that they can't fund an elderly stage producer's production, she suggests they get an insurance policy on the producer's life.Rented from library; packaged with TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Busby Berkeley Musicals