The Crimson Canary
Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered.
John Hoffman
Casts & Crew
Noah Beery Jr.
Lois Collier
John Litel
Coleman Hawkins
Claudia Drake
Danny Morton
Jimmie Dodd
Steve Brodie
John Kellogg
Arthur Space
Barbara Bates
Steven Geray
Josh White
Coleman Hawkins
Oscar Pettiford
Also Directed by John Hoffman
A recently unearthed experimental documentary of the crashing sea set to Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave." An example of the filmmakers' "new cinema" theory which held that film should be more like music than literature. This film is based solely on its arrangement of images.
Short film by Slavko Vorkapich and John Hoffman.
A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in the death of the scientist's young son.
Lone Wolf (Ron Randell) a newspaper man, is accused of gem theft.
Going undercover as the notorious "Waco Kid," U.S. Army Captain Jeff Packard (Ellison) manages to infiltrate a gang of gold-shipment thieves lead by nasty Walt Anderson (Ted Adams). But Anderson and his gang are not the only troublemakers around: Packard must also contend with Geronimo (Chief Thundercloud) and his Apache warriors, who are demanding guns in exchange for peace.
The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.
Short film by John Hoffman.