Minna Gombell

When she was a tot, Sue Talley was given half a Biblical quotation. Now she's in France, eagerly awaiting a reunion with her brother, whom she hasn't seen since early childhood. How will Sue recognize him? He has the other half of the quotation. Put them together and brother and sister can claim a handsome inheritance – but only if they live to collect it. A fine cast, that includes such mystery stalwarts as Ricardo Cortez (1931's The Maltese Falcon) and Minna Gombell (The Thin Man), gathers clues and stumbles over corpses in The White Cockatoo. New love, a kidnapping plot, a missing room key, a miniature sword and a crime-solving cockatoo complicate the action, guided by groundbreaking director Alan Crosland (The Jazz Singer, John Barrymore's Don Juan). The White Cockatoo is one of Crosland's last films, released the year before his death at age 41 from injuries sustained in a car accident.

Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) saves a woman's wagon line from nefarious criminals.

Adventurous oil-well digger Jeff Lundy (Eythe) returns to his home town after several years, to find that his high school sweetheart Betty Denton (Britton) is engaged to Jim Halsey (MacDonald), a man several years older than her. Upset over the engagement, Jeff decides to win Betty back by performing several highly risky and dangerous stunts in the oil fields to impress her. He's going to get her back or die trying!

Boy and girl fall awkwardly in love after a casual meeting on broadway and their romance takes a bad turn when some malicious gossip reaches the boy. All ends well as he proves his love by saving her life. Adapted from daron powell's play "Walking down broadway".

While visiting Manhattan for Christmas, retired detective Nick and his wealthy wife Nora try to crack the case of a missing inventor.

The "Housing Shortage Comedy" might have been a short-lived sub-genre of World War II-era comedy, but it produced some gems in its short lifespan. Among them is this antic, code-provoking jewel from Monogram Pictures starring Simone Simon ("Cat People"). Quebec-native Kathie Aumont (Simon) finds herself sans shelter in Washington, D.C. striking sparks with a shipping-out Marine (William Terry), Kathie convinces the handsome leatherneck to sub-let his place to her. But he neglects to tell her he has lent his keys out to a veritable squadron of fly-by-night soldiers – including a CPO looking to rendezvous with his bride (Robert Mitchum) and a buddy (James Ellison) who strikes some sparks with Kathie all on his own. As the action amps up into screwball mix-ups and mishaps, many the work of an actual gremlin (voiced by an uncredited Mel Blanc), we eventually end up in court where a corker of a surprise ending awaits all.

Chaos ensues as two families learn their sons were switched at birth, leading to a hilarious dilemma when a daughter is set to marry her own brother.