Along the Great Divide 1951  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, John Agar, Walter Brennan, Ray Teal, Hugh Sanders, Morris Ankrum, James Anderson, Charles Meredith, Lane Chandler, Guy Wilkerson, Steve Clark, Kenneth MacDonald, Zon Murray, Carl Harbaugh
U.S Marshal Len Merrick (Kirk Douglas) rescues Pop Keith (Walter Brennan) from a lynching mob, and they set off with Pop's daughter Ann (Virginia Mayo) to a town across the desert where Pop can be brought to trial. They reach the town, and Pop goes on trial and is found guilty, but Merrick finds the real murderer before Pop is sentenced.
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College 1927  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James W. Horne
Cast: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin, Snitz Edwards, Florence Turner, Carl Harbaugh, Sam Crawford, Grant Withers
Not one of Buster Keaton's best, but it's very funny and worth a look. Ronald (Keaton) was the top scholar in high school, and he condemns sports during his valedictorian speech. This infuriates his girlfriend (Anne Cornwall) who threatens to quit going out with him. So, when he gets to college, he tries out at several sports with hilarious results. All ends well when he finds the right sport and saves his girlfriend from her latest suitor.
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Regeneration 1915 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Rockliffe Fellowes, John McCann, Anna Q. Nilsson, James A. Marcus, Maggie Weston, H. McCoy, Carl Harbaugh, William Sheer, William Dyer, Peggy Barn
Filmed in the Bowery section of New York City, this is the story of Owen (Rockliffe Fellowes) who was orphaned at 10, grew up on the streets, and became a gangster. After he meets Marie (Anna Q. Nilsson), a social worker in the slums, he decides to try to make something of himself. But–it won't be easy. Raoul Walsh's first feature film is a good one as he captures the atmosphere of the area and uses inventive photography (for the time).
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Uncertain Glory 1944  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Jean Sullivan, Lucile Watson, Faye Emerson, Douglass Dumbrille, Dennis Hoey, Sheldon Leonard, Odette Myrtil, Francis Pierlot, James Flavin, Connie Leon, Carl Harbaugh, Joyce Tucker, Art Smith
During World War II, Jean Picard (Errol Flynn) is a Frenchman destined for the guillotine when the prison is bombed by the R.A.F. He escapes, heads for Spain, and is pursued by detective Marcel Bonet (Paul Lucas) who does recapture him. On their return, they are delayed in a small village where Jean meets Marianne (Jean Sullivan) and falls for her. While searching for resistance saboteurs, the Nazis capture French hostages and threaten their deaths if the saboteur does not reveal himself. Jean poses as the saboteur and sacrifices himself to save Marianne and the other hostages and, in the process, help the cause of the Allies.
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| 1. Along the Great Divide (1951)
2. College (1927)
3. Regeneration (1915)
4. Uncertain Glory (1944)
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