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    Erle C. Kenton

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    Pardon My Sarong 1942 POSTER

    Pardon My Sarong

    1942

    English

    6.8

    8

    55%

    55%

    Action

    Adventure

    black and white

    chicago, illinois

    Comedy

    dancing

    gambling

    kidnapping

    Music

    Romance

    temple

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director Irving Bacon Irving Bacon as Gas Station Proprietor George Chandler George Chandler as George Peabody William A. Boardway William A. Boardway as Nightclub Patron Maria Montez Maria Montez as (scenes deleted)
    A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
    You're Telling Me! 1934 POSTER

    You're Telling Me!

    1934

    English

    7.4

    1

    Action

    Comedy

    invention

    inventor

    Music

    pre-code

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director Buster Crabbe Buster Crabbe as Bob Murchison George MacQuarrie George MacQuarrie as Crabbe Adrienne Ames Adrienne Ames as Princess Lescaboura W.C. Fields W.C. Fields as Sam Bisbee
    Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works (e.g., a keyhole finder for drunks) have brought him only poverty. His daughter is in love with the son of the town snob. Events conspire to ruin his bullet-proof tire just as success seems near. Another of his inventions prohibits him from committing suicide, so Sam decides to go on living.
    Grand Exit 1935 POSTER

    Grand Exit

    1935

    English

    6.3

    2

    arson

    Comedy

    Crime

    detective

    Drama

    Mystery

    revenge motive

    Romance

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director Dale Van Sickel Dale Van Sickel as Elevator Operator Edward Van Sloan Edward Van Sloan as Klorer Sam Flint Sam Flint as Mr. French Edward Earle Edward Earle as Optical Man
    A Stumped insurance company is forced to re-hire the most expensive, most big-headed, but best arson investigator to solve a string of major losses.
    The Cat Creeps 1946 POSTER

    The Cat Creeps

    1946

    English

    5.2

    5

    75%

    Comedy

    Drama

    Horror

    murder

    Mystery

    old dark house

    superstition

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director William B. Davidson William B. Davidson as James Walsh Paul Kelly Paul Kelly as Ken Grady Douglass Dumbrille Douglass Dumbrille as Tom McGalvey Jonathan Hale Jonathan Hale as Walter Elliot
    A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman.
    Search for Beauty 1934 POSTER

    Search for Beauty

    1934

    English

    6.0

    3

    7%

    7%

    beefcake

    Comedy

    Crime

    magazine

    olympic games

    poverty row film

    pre-code

    Romance

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director Ida Lupino Ida Lupino as Barbara Hilton Lynn Bari Lynn Bari as Beauty Contestant Entrant Ann Sheridan Ann Sheridan as Dallas Beauty Winner Buster Crabbe Buster Crabbe as Don Jackson
    Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.
    The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942 POSTER

    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    1942

    English

    6.1

    12

    73%

    40%

    black and white

    brain transplant

    Drama

    family legacy

    Horror

    little girl in peril

    monster movie

    Sci-Fi

    sequel

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director Colin Clive Colin Clive as Dr. Henry Frankenstein Evelyn Ankers Evelyn Ankers as Elsa Frankenstein William Smith William Smith as Village Boy in Courtroom Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi as Ygor
    Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.
    Who Done It? 1942 POSTER

    Who Done It?

    1942

    English

    7.3

    10

    85%

    85%

    Action

    Adventure

    black and white

    Comedy

    Film-Noir

    murder

    Mystery

    radio program

    Romance

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director Thomas Gomez Thomas Gomez as Col. J.R. Andrews William Bendix William Bendix as Detective Brannigan Louise Allbritton Louise Allbritton as Jane Little Norman Abbott Norman Abbott as Organist
    Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
    Island of Lost Souls 1932 POSTER

    Island of Lost Souls

    1932

    English

    7.3

    21

    88%

    81%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    exotic island

    Film-Noir

    Horror

    mad doctor

    mad scientist

    man beast

    Sci-Fi

    stranded

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director Leila Hyams Leila Hyams as Ruth Thomas Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi as Sayer of the Law James Dime James Dime as Seaman Kathleen Burke Kathleen Burke as The Panther Woman
    An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
    House of Frankenstein 1944 POSTER

    House of Frankenstein

    1944

    English

    6.2

    6

    escaped convict

    Fantasy

    gypsy

    Horror

    mad scientist

    Sci-Fi

    sequel

    transformation

    vampire

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director John Carradine John Carradine as Dracula aka Baron Latos Elena Verdugo Elena Verdugo as Ilonka George Lynn George Lynn as Inspector Gerlach Lon Chaney Jr. Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot
    Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.
    House of Dracula 1945 POSTER

    House of Dracula

    1945

    English

    5.7

    15

    56%

    29%

    Action

    Fantasy

    Horror

    laboratory

    mad scientist

    murder

    Sci-Fi

    sequel

    vampire

    wolfman

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director John Carradine John Carradine as Dracula / Baron Latos Martha O'Driscoll Martha O'Driscoll as Miliza Morelle Jane Adams Jane Adams as Nina Skelton Knaggs Skelton Knaggs as Steinmuhl
    A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.
    It Ain't Hay 1943 POSTER

    It Ain't Hay

    1943

    English

    6.5

    4

    39%

    39%

    Comedy

    gangster

    grifter

    racehorse

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director William Forrest William Forrest as Banker Samuel S. Hinds Samuel S. Hinds as Col. Brainard Pierre Watkin Pierre Watkin as Maj. Harper Harry Harvey Harry Harvey as Shorty
    Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
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