The Martians kidnap Santa because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.
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.
Buster Keaton - The Scarecrow (1920)
Farmhands Keaton and Roberts share a cottage full of mechanical devices for making life easy and a love for the farmer's daughter. Keaton, disguised as a scarecrow, causes troubles for his rival and the farmer.
East Side Kids - Spooks Run Wild (1941)
The boys are sent to a mountain camp. Stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside. At night, they sneak out. Peewee is shot by a grave-digger, and they are forced to seek aid at an old mansion. The owner of the mansion (Lugosi), insists that the boys spend the night.
Superman - The Mummy Strikes (1943)
While investigating an egyptologist's mysterious death, Superman must battle dangerous mummies.
Oct 8, 2008
City of the Dead/Horror Hotel (1960)
A young college student studying "Old Salem" witchcraft travels to the quiet New England town where, centuries earlier, a witch was burned at the stake. She finds that things are not as quiet as they appear, and soon she is the target of the coven that still exists there, searching for a sacrifice to offer to the devil on "Candlemass Eve".
Oct 7, 2008
Phantom Ship (1935)
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.
Staring: Bela Lugosi
AKA "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste"
Buster Keaton - One Week (1920)
Buster and Sybil exit a chapel as newlyweds. Among the gifts is a portable house you easily put together in one week. It doesn't help that Buster's rival for Sybil switches the numbers on the crates containing the house parts.
Oct 5, 2008
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom (Lon Chaney) threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role for unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this phantom in the catacombs, where he lives. What's his goal? What's his secret?
Range Defenders (1937)
The Three Mesquiteers are back for more action in this well-photographed Republic western. This time, heroes Stoney Brooke (Bob Livingston), Tucson Smith (Ray "Crash" Corrigan) and Lullaby Joslin (Max Terhune) find themselves in a middle of a range war between cattlemen and sheepmen.
Roy Rogers - Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
Roy Rogers is mistaken for a hired gun the crooked mayor of Tombstone sent for to help him gain control of the town. But Roy'd better be on his toes; the malicious magistrate is wise to him, and the real trigger man is goin' a-gunnin' for him.
Oct 3, 2008
Nothing Sacred (1937)
In this classic screwball comedy, Carole Lombard plays Hazel Flagg, a small-town girl who pretends to be dying from radium poisoning so she can win a free trip to New York City. Fredric March plays Wally Cook, the big-city newspaper reporter who sets up the plan by breaking the story and then complicates matters when he falls for Hazel.
The Torch (1950)
A revolutionary and his band take over a small Mexican town. The townspeople begin to take sides over whether to fight him, join forces with him or just try to get along with him.
Oct 2, 2008
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
The film centers on the life of Tod Lubitch (John Travolta), who was born with an improperly functioning immune system. This means that contact with unfiltered air may kill him, so he must live out his life in incubator conditions. He lives with his parents, since they decided to move him from the hospital where he was being kept as a boy. He is constricted to staying in his room all his life, where he eats, learns, reads and exercises, while being protected from the outside world by various coverings.
Lady of Burlesque (1943)
Sassy Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck) is the hot new attraction at a former opera house that's been turned into a burlesque theater. She's popular with the customers, although not with Lolita La Verne, a stuck-up diva who was hoping she'd get the top spot. Also complicating matters is the return of the Princess Nirvena, the show's former star who once had a fling with the boss. When the Princess blackmails her way into the top spot, Dixie is none too pleased. When both Lolita and the Princess are murdered, Dixie becomes a prime suspect.
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