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    The Lost Jungle

    The Lost Jungle is a feature-length version of the 12-episode Mascot serial of the same name....

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    Marine Raiders

    A Marine major (Pat O'Brien) looks out for his captain (Robert Ryan) on Guadalcanal and in...

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    The Mutiny on the Elsinore

    Erudite novelist Jack Pathurst (Paul Lukas) happens to be a passenger of the sailing ship Elsinore...

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    Objective, Burma! (1945)

    A paratrooper (Errol Flynn) and his men drop behind enemy lines to knock out a Japanese radar...

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    Omoo Omoo, the Shark God

    Tragedy follows from a sea captain's (Trevor Bardette) disregard for an ancient Tahitian taboo.

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    Outlaw Express

    The Army sends a singing cowboy (Bob Baker) to protect Spanish landowners in California.

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    Sea Devils

    A Coast Guard mate (Victor McLaglen) wants his daughter (Ida Lupino) to marry a crewman, but not the...

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    Show Boat (1936)

    A Mississippi riverboat captain's (Charles Winninger) daughter (Irene Dunne) marries a roving...

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    Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

    A college wimp (Buster Keaton) tries to please his burly riverboat-captain father (Ernest Torrence)....

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    Remorques

    Originally filmed and released in 1941 as Remorques, this heavy-breathing French melodrama was...

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    Treasure Island (1934)

    Robert Louis Stevenson's pirate Long John Silver (Wallace Beery) wants young Jim Hawkins' (Jackie...

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    Wallaby Jim of the Islands

    Pirates race a singing captain (George Houston) to hidden pearls in the South Seas.

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    You'll Never Get Rich (1941)

    A Broadway choreographer (Fred Astaire) gets drafted and puts on a GI show with his girlfriend (Rita...

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    Adventure's End (1937)

    In the South Seas, Seaman Duke (John Wayne) boards a whaler, and asks the owner, Capt. Drew...

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    The Adventurous Soul

    Produced by low-budget distributor Hi-Mark, The Adventurous Soul was a typical 1920s melodrama in...

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    After the Storm

    This high-seas melodrama tells the tale of a self-righteous sea captain who steals his son and...

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    After Tonight

    Released in Great Britain as Sealed Lips, this WWI melodrama stars Constance Bennett as Carla, aka...

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    Altar Chains

    Despite its somewhat kinky title, the British Altar Chains is a rather sedate domestic drama. Dawson...

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    The Altar Stairs

    Popular Universal leading man Frank Mayo is put through his customary paces in The Altar Stairs....

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    Ambush (1950)

    A scout (Robert Taylor) woos an Army captain's (John Hodiak) sweetheart (Arlene Dahl) while looking...

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    Anne of the Indies (1951)

    Pirate captain Anne (Jean Peters) kidnaps the wife (Debra Paget) of a tricky French captain (Louis...

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    Back to God's Country

    The frequently filmed James Oliver Curwood yarn Back to God's Country was given reverential...

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    Blind Alleys

    Blind Alleys is basic comic material paced like a melodrama by Paramount's workhorse director Frank...

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    The Bombardment of Monte Carlo

    The queen wants to take a vacation, and she wants passage aboard a ship whose crew is waiting for...

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    Breakthrough

    Story of an American infantry unit from its basic training to combat in Europe.

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    Buttons

    Buttons was another mild entry in the ever-fading career of juvenile star Jackie Coogan. This is the...

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    Cappy Ricks

    This action picture was based on a popular series of Saturday Evening Post stories written by Peter...

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    Captain China

    Paramount's Pine-Thomas production unit was afforded a larger budget than usual for Captain China....

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    Captain Hurricane

    A sailor (James Barton) and his buddies adopt a young woman (Helen Mack) who has washed ashore.