Biography: James Flavin |
American actor James Flavin was groomed as a leading man when he first arrived in Hollywood in 1932, but he balked at the glamour treatment and was demonstrably resistant to being buried under tons of makeup. Though Flavin would occasionally enjoy a... more
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Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
Cast: Mickey Rooney Henry Mancini Paul H. Frees George Robinson
Tags: Crime Comedy Animal Picture
Length: 80min
Though both star Donald O'Connor and director Arthur Lubin had said goodbye to the "Francis the Talking Mule" series, Universal-International wasn't about to give up on so valuable a property. Thus, Francis in the Haunted House starred Mickey Rooney,...
Cast: Harlan Warde
Tags: Crime Drama Prison Film
Length: 62min
Warner Baxter plays the title role in Columbia's Prison Warden. A well-known reformer, Victor Burnell (Baxter) is put in charge of a prison in dire need of reforming. Meanwhile, Victor's faithless wife Elisa (played by future General Hospital star...
Cast: Margaret Hamilton
Tags: Mystery Drama Detective Film Docudrama
Length: 70min
In this detective drama, a gumshoe must find a priceless hunk of jade. His several leads evaporate when the police succeed in killing all of the suspects. Angered, the dick relaxes in a motel room and ponders the remaining clues, not realizing until...
Cast: Sidney Toler Benson Fong Mantan Moreland James Flavin Paul Newlan Gene Roth
Tags: Detective Film Mystery Whodunit
Length: 64min
Just as Edgar C. Ulmer would at PRC around the same time, young Phil Karlson turned Monogram's almost nonexistent production values to his advantage in two Charlie Chan whodunits: The Shanghai Cobra (1945) and Dark Alibi (1946). Karlson added touches...
Cast: Andy Devine Richard Arlen William Christy Cabanne John W. Boyle
Length: 65min
In this comedy-adventure two petroleum engineers must investigate strange reports from a Company outpost in the South Seas. The minute they arrive they are arrested, framed and sentenced to hard labor. They find themselves working for the local oil...
Tags: Detective Film Comedy Mystery
Length: 58min
Irish Luck was one of a handful of Monogram actioners starring Frankie Darro as a crimesolving bellboy. The son of plainclothes detective, Buzzy O'Brien (Darro) is naturally suspicious of some sinister activities transpiring at the hotel where he...
Cast: Pat O'Malley Harrison Greene
Tags: Crime Drama Drama Police Drama
Length: 64min
A couple of demoted cops fight over a gangster's moll in this cheap crime drama produced and directed by Harry S. Webb. A major star of the silent era now down on her luck, Madge Bellamy earned top-billing as Lil Daley, the moll assigned to lure...
Cast: Lewis D. Collins
Tags: Drama
Length: 63min
Ship of Wanted Men stars former MGM leading lady Dorothy Sebastian and burly, all-purpose villain Fred Kohler Sr. A shipful of fugitives from justice pulls up on a Pacific Island where there are no extradition laws. The island is a magnet for the scum...
Cast: Buck Jones
Length: 66min
Filmed in the San Jacinto Mountains above Palm Springs, CA, this Buck Jones series entry was publicized as the first talkie "of consequence" with a Mountie background. Jones played Tom McKenna, a disgraced Royal Canadian Mountie who turns highway...
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