Movies by Mala Powers

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.

Flight of the Lost Balloon
Period adventure tale about an expedition using a hot-air balloon to rescue an explorer lost in Africa.

Daniel Boone: The Warrior's Path
In North Carolina, Daniel Boone hears amazing tales about Kentucky and decides to move his family there. But first he has to find the Indian path that will lead him and earn enough money trapping to repay a loan. The Indians are not happy that settlers are coming, and make life difficult for them.

Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo
Boone yearns to return to Kentucky, to escape the tax collector, despite his wife’s wishes. With his family remaining home, he leads a small group of farmers to Kentucky, only to be thrilled when his wife and children unexpectedly arrive to join him.

Doomsday Machine
Following the discovery of a doomsday machine capable of destroying Earth, the launch of a US space mission to Venus is taken over by the military.

Bengazi
An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by Bedouin bandits.

Sierra Baron
Director James B. Clark's western, set in 1848 California, is about a brother and sister battling a crooked businessman over property rights.

Geraldine
Music manager Janey Edwards poses as a co-ed to get the rights to a song from one of the professors.

Daniel Boone: The Promised Land
The wagon train on the way to Kentucky has to lighten the loads to get across the mountains and battle Indians.

Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road
Daniel and his friends have troubles with Indians on their way to Kentucky.

Early Directors on Directing
There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice Guy Blaché in 1896. Few people know that Lillian Gish became a director in her own right in 1920. Ida Lupino directed over a hundred episodes of "Have Gun, Will Travel," "Thriller," "Gunsmoke," and many independent features.