Monogram Monday: Northwest Territory

Corporal Rod Webb of the Mounties (Kirby Grant), assisted by his dog Chinook and storekeeper Anne DuMere (Gloria Saunders), investigates the murder of a prospector who had discovered oil. This is quite an enjoyable little film series, particularly when Chinook takes an active part. It’s a pity that, unless things have changed fairly recently, only …

Monogram Monday: Doomed to Die (1940)

In Boris Karloff’s final outing as detective James Lee Wong, he is persuaded by reporter Bobbie Long (Marjorie Reynolds) to investigate the murder of shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth. All appearances are against young Dick Fleming (William Stelling), who is the son of Wentworth’s chief rival, Paul Fleming (Guy Usher), but nevertheless engaged to Wentworth’s daughter …