1944: Captain America




Captain America is a 1944 Republic black-and-white serial film.

Directed by Elmer Clifton & John English
Produced by William J O'Sullivan
Music by Mort Glickman
Edited by Wallace Grissell & Earl Turner
Cinematography: John MacBurnie

Plot Development:
Royal Cole
Harry Fraser
Joseph Poland
Ronald Davidson
Basil Dickey
Jesse Duffy
Grant Nelson

Character Development:
Jack Kirby
Joe Simon

Starring:
Dick Purcell
Lorna Gray
Lionel Atwill
Charles Trowbridge
Russell Hicks
George J. Lewis
John Davidson

Captain America, really District Attorney Grant Gardner, trying to thwart the plans of The Scarab, really museum curator Dr. Cyrus Maldor - especially regarding his attempts to acquire the "Dynamic Vibrator" and "Electronic Firebolt", devices that could be used as super-weapons.




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The WBG+ Top Ten Best DC Comic Book Movies



If you don't like this list, tell me your top 10, in the comments section. 


10: Man of Steel


9: The Dark Knight Rises


8: Constantine


7: V for Vendetta 


6: Wonder Woman


5: Batman: The Movie


4: Superman


3: Batman


2: The Dark Knight


1: Watchmen


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The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues



Released: December 1955
Directer: Dan Milner
Producer: Dan and Jack Milner
Script: Lou Rusoff
Run time: 80 Minutes

Starring:
Kent Taylor
Cathy Downs
Michael Whalen

When a postmortem finds that a murdered fisherman was exposed to unusual amounts of radiation, Dr. Ted Stevens decides to investigate. Out looking for clues, he meets a young beauty named Lois whose father, Professor King, runs a local marine biology lab.

Ted discovers that the elder King's secret experiments with atomic energy have resulted in the creation of a murderous aquatic beast, and he must act fast to prevent more needless deaths.



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Alfred Hitchcock - Jamaica Inn




Released:
May 15, 1939
Run time:
108 minutes
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Producers:
Erich Pommer
Charles Laughton
Script:
Sidney Gilliat
Joan Harrison
Alma Reville
J. B. Priestley
Score:
Eric Fenby
Cinematographers:
Bernard Knowles
Harry Stradling
Editor:
Robert Hamer
Starring:
Charles Laughton
Maureen O'Hara
Emlyn Williams

In 1819, Jamaica Inn is the headquarters of a gang of wreckers led by the innkeeper Joss Merlyn. The wreckers are responsible for a series of engineered shipwrecks in which they extinguish coastal warning beacons to cause ships to run aground on the rocky Cornish coast. They then kill the surviving sailors and steal the cargo from the wrecks.



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WBG Top 10 Marvel based Movies

My top 10 Marvel movies.

I have to admit I rarely get around to seeing a movie in the theater. I live in the sticks and our local theater sucks and the next theater is 60 miles away. So I catch them mostly on free preview weekends on Dish.

What is your Top 10?

I can't wait for 2019 so I can watch 2018 movies.

10: Howard the Duck


 9: Guardians of the Galaxy


 8: Kick-Ass


 7: Avengers: Age of Ultron


 6: Men in Black


 5: Logan


 4: X-Men: Days of Future Past


 3: X-Men


 2: Iron Man


 1: Spider-Man




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