Robert Barrat

in 1840 during the Second Seminole Florida War, an American Army and military leader General named Zachary Tailor sends an army of American Western cowboys and soldiers lead by the heroic Captain Quincy Wyatt (who lives with a 5-year-old Indian boy) along with his two sidekicks, Navy Lieutenant Tufts and Scout Monk on a mission to destroy a Spanish Seminole Fortress deep in the jungles of Florida where an evil Indian army of Seminole warriors of the evil dark side led by the dark evil Chief Billy "Ocala" Powell are keeping people prisoner. they have an epic battle at the fortress, eventually leading to blowing up the fortress and rescuing the prisoners in the fort's dungeons. Judith "Judy" Beckett, one of the prisoners takes a romantic interest in Captain Wyatt. after the fortress explodes though the Indians escape, they flee into the deep dangerous dark and jungles and man-eating Alligator-infested swamp terrors of the Everglades in order to reach their safety while under chase by the Seminoles and Chief Oscala. after killing a deadly dangerous venomous snake, being forced into eating fish and turtles and one of the soldiers getting eaten by hungry man-eating Alligators, they eventually make it to Wyatt's home only to find that the place is burned down to the ground in smithereens and Wyatt thinks that the 5-year-old Indian boy he lives with is gone. the Indians chase them there and both armies are on opposite sides of a lake. Wyatt challenges their evil Seminole Chief Oscala to an underwater battle in the lake. Wyatt wins, killing and stabbing Ocala and the Indians all flee in terror, he gives his weapon to Lieutenant Tufts who says he will tell his family the entire story behind it. and then Captain Wyatt realises that the child is luckily still alive and finds him. Wyatt falls in love with Judy and the film ends.

When an imaginative girl has fantasies that her mother is having an affair, her visions almost ruin her parents domestic life. Based on the play "Alice Sit By The Fire" by James M. Barrie. In turn-of-the-century New York, a young girl who believes that she has learned "the seamy side of life" from a risqué play takes it upon herself to rescue her estranged mother from what appears to be a steamy love affair. Based on James M. Barrie's play "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire." —Molly Malloy <mailcall@ansel.intersource.com>

The abbreviated life of the 15th-century French heroine. In the 15th century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the Hundred Years War against England. 14-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army and conquerors Orleans. When her army is ready to attack Paris, the corrupt Charles sells his country to England and dismisses the army. Joan is arrested, sold to the Burgundians England and submitted to a shameful political trial in Rouen castle. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil During the Hundred Years' War, peasant girl Joan of Arc hears voices instructing her to save France from the English. Convinced that these unsummoned murmurings are divine messages from God, Joan consults the uncrowned Charles VII who, startled by the accuracy of her clairvoyance, assembles an army and installs her as its leader and spiritual guide. Her victorious forces reclaim much of their homeland from the English, but she herself falls into enemy hands. —Jwelch5742 In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans. —yusufpiskin

Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer. At the turn of the century, Duke and Chester, two vaudeville performers, go to Alaska to make their fortune. On the ship to Skagway, they find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been stolen by McGurk and Sperry, a couple of thugs. They disguise themselves as McGurk and Sperry to get off the ship. Meanwhile, Sal Van Hoyden is in Alaska to try and recover the map; it had been her father's. She falls in with Ace Larson, who wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke and Chester, McGurk and Sperry, Ace and his henchmen, and Sal, chase each other all over the countryside, trying to get the map. —John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>

Pre-Pearl Harbor propaganda film about young Americans, from various social backgrounds, who undergo parachute training at Fort Benning prior to becoming paratroopers. In this pre-Pearl Harbor recruiting poster, colonel's estranged son Bill Burke, football hero Donald Morse, and hillbilly Jeff Hollis enlist in the paratroopers. Their training at Fort Benning, Georgia is followed in semi-documentary style, with time out for personal dramas and the romantic rivalry of Bill and Don over the sergeant's daughter. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Semi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte's involvement in the War of 1812. In the War of 1812, the British have sacked Washington and hope to capture New Orleans, where pirate Jean Lafitte romances blueblooded Annette de Remy and openly sells his loot in a pirates' market. But he never attacks American ships. Can the British bribe Lafitte to help them? Can Lafitte persuade American authorities of his loyalty? Will a love triangle between Annette and pretty Dutch girl Gretchen (survivor of a pirates' prize) bring about Lafitte's undoing? —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue. Archer Coe has been found dead in his locked bedroom. The cops consider it suicide, but Philo believes otherwise. When the Coroner shows up, he finds that Archer had been hit with a blunt object, stabbed and shot - making suicide unlikely. When the evidence points to his brother, Brisbane is found stabbed to death in the closet. Archer had a number of enemies, any one of which would have been glad to knock him off, but which one did and how did the murder occur in a room looked from the inside. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer. —Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com> Debonair private eye Philo Vance cancels his sea voyage to Europe when he hears that the wealthy Archer Coe was found dead in his home, an apparent suicide. Philo is soon on the scene of the crime and is quite dubious about suicide as the cause, despite the fact that Coe was found in a room that was locked from the inside. He had run into Cole the previous day at the Long Island Kennel Club and Coe was very much looking forward to the next day's competition and the possibility of his dog winning. It takes only a few minutes for Philo to convince Det. Sgt. Heath that it's murder. Finding the murderer isn't as easy however as Archer Coe was ruthless and had many enemies. —garykmcd