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Captain America serial

Dick Purcell as Captain America
Captain America serial (1944) starring Dick Purcell, Lorna Gray, Lionel Atwill The Captain America serial from 1944 is loosely based on the comic book character. He’s pursuing an evil scientist, in pursuit of a super weapon …
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The Mummy (1932) [Boris Karloff]

The Mummy (1932) starring Boris Karloff, Arthur Byron, Edward Van Sloan, David Manners, Zita Johann, directed by Karl Freund
Synopsis of The Mummy The legendary Boris Karloff stars as The Mummy Im-Ho-Tep, a high priest who is revived by British archaeologists 3,700 years after being embalmed alive for trying to save the woman he loved.
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Before I Hang

Before I Hang (1940) starring Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Van Sloan Before I Hang is a rather enjoyable Boris Karloff film, with a fine supporting cast, and a strong theme: the allure of eternal life. And a strong question: is murder in the blood?
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Dracula (1931)

Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi in the title role
Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, directed by Tod Browning Synopsis of Dracula A truly great adaptation of the classic vampire novel.  Dracula is the story of the European vampire who comes to England to find fresh victims …  And stumbles across a young woman who...
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Dracula’s Daughter

Dracula's Daughter, starring Gloria Holden
Dracula’s Daughter  (1936) starring Gloria Holden, Otto Kruger, Edward Van Sloan, Marguerite Churchill I have to admit to being pleasantly surprised by  Dracula’s Daughter–the first sequel to the classic 1931  Dracula starring Bela Lugosi.   Unlike so many of the later Universal Dracula movies,  Dracula’s Daughter does not attempt to...
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