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Tall, Dark and Dead (1952)
Character: Walter Jameson
A 1952 crime film edited from tv series Craig Kennedy, Criminologist. A well-known stage star is shot at when he approaches the front door of Craig Kennedy's laboratory. Later, the actor is murdered in his backstage dressing room, and Kennedy, aided by Police Inspector J. J. Burke and Evening Star reporter Walt James, is drawn into one of his most bizarre adventures. Blamour, sex and publicity motivate the mystery, played before an intriguing background of Oriental stage-settings and theatrical backdrops. Passions, bot homicidal and amorous, almost lead to Kennedy's death at the hands of the killer.
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The Three Stooges Follies (1974)
Character: Batman / Bruce Wayne (archive footage)
Released to theaters in 1974, this collection of vintage Columbia short subjects included: "Yes, We Have No Bonanza" with The Three Stooges; "Violent Is the Word for Curly" with The Three Stooges; "You Nazty Spy!" with The Three Stooges (replaced by "Men in Black" for the nontheatrical reissue); "Nothing But Pleasure" with Buster Keaton; "Strife of the Party" with Vera Vague; Chapter 1 of the 1943 "Batman" serial with Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft; and "America Sings with Kate Smith."
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Batman (1943)
Character: Bruce Wayne
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
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Batmania: From Comics to Screen (1989)
Character: Self / Bruce Wayne / Batman (archive footage)
This is the fully documented story of Batman—his genesis, his development, and his overall entertainment career. Told with dramatic insight, this action-filled documentary will satisfy every fan who has ever delighted in Batmania.
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Wild Women (1951)
Character: Trent
A small safari in Africa is captured by a tribe of white jungle women.
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
Character: Parkhurst
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
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The Racket Man (1944)
Character: Company Captain Anderson
A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by pretending to have been kicked out of service and to have resumed his old life of crime.
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First Comes Courage (1943)
Character: Dr. Kleinich
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happens to be her former lover.
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Redhead from Manhattan (1943)
Character: Paul
Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita shows up in Manhattan, where she takes the place of her Broadway-star twin sister Elaine, who's having problems with her marriage and needs to make a getaway. Neither Elaine's husband or Rita's saxophone-player boyfriend are aware of the switch.
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Sailor's Holiday (1944)
Character: Jerome 'Iron Man' Collins
In this comedy, three merchant marines get into all kinds of trouble. Two of the salts have just broken off their engagements after meeting other, more desirable women.
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