Delightful adaptation of Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" features Miriam Hopkins as the self-centered and manipulative anti-heroine Sharp. Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke and Nigel Bruce also star in this, the first full-Technicolor film.
Dec 28, 2008
Becky Sharp (1935)
Delightful adaptation of Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" features Miriam Hopkins as the self-centered and manipulative anti-heroine Sharp. Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke and Nigel Bruce also star in this, the first full-Technicolor film.
Dec 27, 2008
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.
Dec 26, 2008
The Phantom Planet (1961)
Classic sci-fi from 1961. After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.
The Three Stooges - Malice in the Palace (1949)
Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond after they learn from the thieves that the Emir of Shmo has absconded with the contraband jewel.
The Three Stooges - Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947)
The stooges are tailors, and are heavily in debt to the Skin & Flint finance company. When the boys read about the big reward for a fugitive robber, they think it could be the answer to their problems.
The Three Stooges - Brideless Groom (1947)
To inherit a fortune, voice teacher Shemp must marry before six o'clock, but no girl will accept his proposal.
The Three Stooges - Disorder in the Court (1936)
The stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of murder.
Dec 22, 2008
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
To prove his theories on the relationship between Man and Ape, the mad Dr Mirakle takes to abducting young women and injecting them with ape blood. But his experiments invariably end with the deaths of his subjects. When he abducts Camille, Mirakle comes to the attention of medical student Pierre Dupin who joins forces with the police to try to find her before it's too late.
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Dec 21, 2008
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
Detective James Lee Wong (Boris Karloff) tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as "The Eye of the Moon".
Dec 17, 2008
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers a international spy ring hoping to steal the formula for a poison gas being developed by the first victim's company.
Dec 16, 2008
The Dark Hour (1936)
A pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of blackmail and death threats and find that there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim's own family.
Dec 14, 2008
Dead End Kids - Little Tough Guy (1938)
After his father is unjustly executed, Jimmy Boylan teams up with the Dead End Kids. He and the gang soon find themselves up against the manipulative D.A.'s son who is determined to transform them from a gang of territorial newsboys into hardened criminals.
Dec 10, 2008
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed.
Dec 9, 2008
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
The Martians kidnap Santa because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.
Dec 6, 2008
The Southerner (1945)
Jean Renoir's classic tale of a cotton picker who moves his wife and children to a run down farm in hopes that they can grow their own cotton and make for a better future.
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Richard Diamond Private Detective - s01e07 - The Big Score (1957)
Diamond poses as a rich Canadian and infiltrates a gambling racket in order to learn the truth about a businessman's claims that he witnessed a murder.
Dec 5, 2008
The Magic Sword (1962)
The evil sorcerer Lodac captures Princess Helene and whisks her off to his castle. Young George has been enamored of Helene from afar, and aided by a magic sword given to him by his sorceress stepmother he sets off with his six knights to save her. However, he must travel with Sir Branton, who also has romantic aspirations for the Princess. Together the knights must face Lodac's seven curses and liberate the Princess.
Dec 4, 2008
Life with Father (1947)
In late nineteenth century New York a Wall Street broker likes to think his house runs his way, but finds himself constantly bemused at how much of what happens is down to his wife. His children are also stretching their wings, discovering girls and making money out of patent medicine selling. When it comes to light he has never been baptized and everyone starts insisting he must do so, it all starts to get a bit too much.
Staring: William Powell, Irene Dunne and Elizabeth Taylor
Tex Ritter - Hittin' the Trail (1937)
Tex Ritter gets arrested for murder and horse rustling but it's all a case of mistaken identity. The town's big-shot gets him off the hook and offers a horse-trading deal to Tex with the intention of double crossing him just like he did the Tombstone Kid.... the guy Tex was mistaken for.
Dec 2, 2008
The House of Rothschild (1934)
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially because of the predjudices against the family.
Nov 30, 2008
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
A cabin cruiser is shipwrecked off the coast of a remote island, and its three passengers manage to reach the island safely. The island is owned by a strange and enigmatic count who invites them to stay. But he has an underlying motive for his apparent generosity: Count Zaroff enjoys hunting--and he only hunts the most dangerous game: humans!
Mystery Liner (1934)
Deranged captain Noah Beery, Sr. and watchman George "Gabby" Hayes are just two of the suspicious seafarers in this well-made Monogram suspenser, as spies resort to murder to stop an inventor from testing his ship-controlling device.
The North Star (1943)
Hollywood's answer to President Roosevelt's call to arms to support our Russian allies was this war drama depicting one Ukrainian village's efforts to survive the atrocities imposed upon them by Nazi invaders.
Nov 26, 2008
Lassie - The Painted Hills (1951)
A breathtaking adventure set in Oregon. When a prospector's partner turns crooked, it's Lassie to the rescue, braving untold dangers to save a young boy.
Nov 24, 2008
Call of the Wilderness (1932)
Caesar the wolf dog gets into big trouble when the wicked humans brand him a killer in this family adventure.aka: "Trailing the Killer"
Nov 21, 2008
The Last Mile (1932)
Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.
Nov 17, 2008
Love from a Stranger (1937)
Basil Rathbone is a suave and sinister Bluebeard whose scheme to murder wealthy new bride Ann Harding lurks beneath the surface of a dazzling game of wits in this Agatha Christie thriller.
Nov 16, 2008
The Death Kiss (1932)
When an actor in a mystery film called "The Death Kiss" ends up killed during a drive-by shooting scene, the film's screenwriter Franklin Drew takes it upon himself to investigate. The Death Kiss re-unites three of the stars of Dracula.
Road Show (1941)
Millionaire Drogo Gaines has such a bad case of cold feet on his wedding day that he pretends to have a nervous breakdown and his gold digging bride gets him committed to an asylum. While there he meets Col. Carleton Carroway who's another millionaire there for a rest cure from his grabby family. The two make an escape and wind up in a carnival, and from then on it's one mad plot situation after another.
Nov 15, 2008
John Wayne - Randy Rides Alone (1934)
Jailed for murders he didn't commit, Randy escapes only to stumble into the den of the real murderers.
Nov 13, 2008
Roy Rogers - Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
Roy and Gabby have to establish fair business practices in the town of Deadwood, currently dominated by Ripper's gang who scare off potential competitors. Songs include "Call Of The Dusty Trail", "Joe O'Brady", and "Home on the Rangeland".
Nov 11, 2008
A Walk in the Sun (1945)
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount. Unusually realistic picture of war as long quiet stretches of talk, punctuated by sharp, random bursts of violent action whose relevance to the big picture is often unknown to the soldiers.
Black Brigade (1973)
Black Brigade is the DVD release title of the television movie Carter's Army, which aired on January 27, 1970. The movie is a war drama. It starred a host of prominent African-American film actors.
Plot: A redneck officer (Stephen Boyd) is put in charge of a squad of all black troops charged with the mission of taking an important bridge from the Nazis.
Nov 10, 2008
The Big Combo (1955)
Police Lt. Diamond is told to close his surveillance of suspected mob boss Mr. Brown because it's costing the department too much money with no results. Diamond makes one last attempt to uncover evidence.
Jane Eyre (1970)
Jane Eyre is an orphan, sent to Lowood school, and eventually becomes a governess at Thornfield hall to a girl named Adele. While she is there, many strange things happen and eventually she and Edward Rochester, owner of Thornfeild and Adele's guardian, fall in love. Suddenly, when Jane is about to win the happiness she deserves, a dark secret comes to light, and it will take all of her courage, love and understanding to triumph.
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daughter of the dotty king, who has promised her to another. Complications ensue.
Nov 9, 2008
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
Against her better judgement, happily married Jill Baker is persuaded to see a popular psychoanalyst about her psychosomatic hiccups. Soon, she develops doubts about her marrage.
Nov 7, 2008
Carnival Story (1957)
In search of better business, a big American carnival opens in Munich, Germany. Joe the barker befriends attractive pickpocket Willie, finds her a job, and beds her. Then high diver Frank recruits Willie as his assistant. When Frank falls for her and proposes marriage, Joe takes the opportunity to brush her off. After the marriage, Joe figures he can still exercise his sexual hold over Willie; but tragedy intervenes.
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The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her into those "horrible" moving pictures, where she comes to love the chaotic world of silent movies, becoming queen of the serials. But the consequences of movie stardom may be more than her leading man can take.
Nov 1, 2008
Roy Rogers - Billy the Kid Returns (1938)
After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Lots of songs in this one: "Born to the Saddle," "Trail Blazin'," "When the Sun is Setting on the Prairie," "When I Camped under the Stars," "Dixie Instrument Song," "Sing a Little Song about Anything," and "Give Me the Range".
Oct 30, 2008
Inner Sanctum (1948)
A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town
Oct 24, 2008
Mr. Imperium (1951)
Romantic tale that centers on a playboy crown prince (Ezio Pinza) who meets up with a nightclub singer (Lana Turner) while they are both vacationing in Italy.
Oct 19, 2008
The Screaming Skull (1958)
A widower remarries and the couple move into the house he shared with his previous wife. Only the ghost of the last wife might still be hanging around.We guarantee to bury you without charge if you die of fright while viewing The Screaming Skull!
Oct 18, 2008
Horror Express (1973)
An English anthropologist (Christopher Lee) has discovered a frozen monster in the frozen wastes of Manchuria which he believes may be the Missing Link. He brings the creature back to Europe aboard a trans-Siberian express, but during the trip the monster thaws out and starts to butcher the passengers one by one.
Oct 17, 2008
The Devil's Messenger (1961)
Satan's job isn't an easy one. In this film, Satan checks several poor souls into an eternity of fire, but after hearing the story of a young girl who has arrived as consequence of suicide, Satan gives her the opportunity to earn a second chance. The catch? She has to recruit possible new candidates from earth. Lon Chaney Jr. stars as Satan in this three part story based on a collection of episodes from the never-aired TV series No. 13 Demon St.
Oct 14, 2008
Burt Lancaster - Vengeance Valley (1951)
A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred..
Born to Win (1971)
A Times Square smart-mouthed junky and hairdresser-to-be inadvertently runs into his dependable girlfriend while breaking into her car looking for "just one more fix".
Stars: George Segal, Robert De Niro
Oct 12, 2008
The Panther's Claw (1942)
Arrested for loitering in a cemetery, wigmaker and operetta company proprietor Everett P. Digberry claims to have been lured there by a blackmailer known only as the Black Panther. But as Colt and his lieutenant, Anthony Abbott, soon discover, the paw print on the blackmail note belongs to Digberry's own pet cat and when the wigmaker's secret inamorata, Nina Politza, is found murdered, Digberry becomes the obvious prime suspect.
Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)
Elvira Irving has terrible dreams about bloody murders that culminate in the actual killing of her father. She convalesces at the rented country estate of Krisna, an Indian guru. Meanwhile, a masked zombie master runs amok, using voodoo rituals to raise female corpses from the dead and send them to carry out bizarre murders. A disfigured fiend named Kantaka performs black masses that summon forth Satan. Elvira's writer friend Lawrence has a theory linking the murders to India, where all the female victims once lived.
Oct 11, 2008
Condemned to Live (1935)
After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.
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