With Jack the Ripper killing women in the Whitechapel district of London, people are on edge. Enter the mysterious Mr. Slade who arrives at the home of Helen and William Harley looking to rent rooms. Slade is a strange man. He is a respected pathologist and researcher at a major hospital but very much keeps to himself. He also happens to be out of the house every time the Ripper strikes. Mrs. Harley becomes convinced that Slade is the Ripper but with tensions mounting across the city, the evidence is anything but clear.
Aug 21, 2008
Man in the Attic (1953)
With Jack the Ripper killing women in the Whitechapel district of London, people are on edge. Enter the mysterious Mr. Slade who arrives at the home of Helen and William Harley looking to rent rooms. Slade is a strange man. He is a respected pathologist and researcher at a major hospital but very much keeps to himself. He also happens to be out of the house every time the Ripper strikes. Mrs. Harley becomes convinced that Slade is the Ripper but with tensions mounting across the city, the evidence is anything but clear.
Aug 20, 2008
The Milky Way (1936)
Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan (Harold Lloyd), somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and then have the champ beat him to regain his title.
"The Honeymooners" (1951)
Jackie Gleason on the popular 50's TV series "Cavalcade of Stars", doing a sketch called "The Honeymooners", which was later turned into a sitcom. "Cavalcade of Stars" started in 1949 and quickly became one of the most popular shows on The DuMont Television Network. "The Honeymooners" started as a series of sketches, and later became a award-winning CBS sitcom still shown in syndication today.While the "The Honeymooners" sitcom is still copyrighted, "Cavalcade of Stars" has long been public domain, since it's production company collapsed in 1956, and the Kinescope Recordings were dumped into Upper New York Bay.
Gene Autry Show - s01e04 - The Doodle Bug (1950)
Gene investigates a series of gold-shipment robberies. Gene Autry sings a song in this one, and also gets whipped. Though not at the same time.
The Gene Autry Show - s01e03 - The Silver Arrow (1950)
When ranchers are slain with silver arrows, Gene suspects that someone is trying to throw suspicion on the local Indians to cover an even bigger crime.
Aug 19, 2008
Donald Duck - The Spirit of 43
Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary.One of the few Walt Disney animated shorts available in the Public Domain.
Popeye - Greek Mirthology (1954)
Popeye is trying to get his nephews to eat their spinach, so he tells them about how Hercules (Popeye) defeated a bully (Bluto). Hercules gets his strength by sniffing garlic; he wins numerous tests of strength against the bully until the bully spots him sniffing garlic. The bully pulls out a handy bottle of chlorophyll and douses the garlic, disabling Hercules. He then knocks him into a field of spinach where Hercules discovers a new and better source of strength.
Aug 18, 2008
The Capture (1950)
Pursued by police across Mexican range land, American Linley Vanner seeks refuge in the adobe hut of Father Gomez. That night, an exhausted Lin, whose arm is injured, reveals his story to the priest...
Tex Avery - Jerky Turkey (1945)
A WWII Home Front cartoon by Tex Avery. The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock and found a colony. A very large number of Pilgrims can be seen standing in line... for their cigarette rations. A Pilgrim goes hunting for Thanksgiving dinner. He meets a black market turkey.
John Wayne - Angel and the Badman (1947)
John Wayne plays Quirt Evans, a gunslinger with a nasty rep who is injured and nursed back to health by a Quaker family.
Aug 17, 2008
The Long Shot (1939)
As part of a malevolent scheme to win Martha Sharon, the niece of his business rival, Henry Sharon, stable owner Lew Ralston plots to ruin his rival and then offer financial salvation in the form of a marriage to Martha.
Aug 16, 2008
Grand Duel (1972)
A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
Aug 15, 2008
Niagara Falls (1941)
It's a hilarious honeymoon at Niagara Falls after nosy newlywed Sam decides to play cupid for bickering strangers Margie and Tom, whom he mistakenly believes have just tied the knot.Thanks k-otic
The Naked Kiss (1964)
After killing her pimp, a prostitute runs away to small-town America in a futile search for normality.Thanks k-otic
Seven Doors to Death (1944)
A shot rings out in a darkened apartment; a woman screams and flees, tricking architect Jimmy McMillan into giving her a ride...Thanks k-otic
Aug 13, 2008
Fiesta (1941)
Cholita, after a long absence in Mexico City, is returning home to take up her duties as head of the rancho and, as everyone expects, to marry her childhood sweetheart Jose. Expectations are somewhat dashed as she shows up with Fernando to whom she is engaged.
Whistle Stop (1946)
When beautiful Mary returns home to her "whistle stop" home town, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.
Aug 12, 2008
Sex Madness (1938)
This sex exploitation film includes wild parties, sex out of wedlock, lesbianism, etc. After going to a "casting couch", a chorus girl contracts syphilis. The film then focuses on the effects this lifestyle and disease have on her marriage.
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
Joe E. Brown as Andrew H. Botts, wreaks havok on a small town after coning his way into a salesman position for the Earthworm Tractor company.
Aug 11, 2008
Star Reporter (1939)
Reporter John Randolph assumes his father's position as publisher of the Star Tribune after the elder Randolph is murdered by racketeers. Determined to bring his father's murderers to justice, John campaigns to elect his friend and future father-in-law, William Burnette, to the office of district attorney.
Aug 8, 2008
Please Murder Me (1956)
Lawyer Raymond Burr brilliantly defends Angela Lansbury, who seems certain to be found guilty of murdering her husband.
Aug 7, 2008
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans - Bells of San Angelo (1947)
Along the Mexican border, Roy joins western novelist Dale in a search for smugglers.
Aug 6, 2008
On a tropical island a pair of castaways look to Bugs as a source of food.Bugs Bunny - Case of the Missing Hare (1942)
Bugs' home in a hollow tree is marred when the magician, Ala Bahma, plasters his show posters all over it. Bugs goes to the show to heckle.
Aug 2, 2008
Freaks (1932)
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
A Roman warrior leads a revolt against an evil ruler.Bird of Paradise (1932)
A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.
Invisible Ghost (1941)
The town's leading citizen becomes a homocidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
The Proud and the Damned (1972)
A group of five Confederate mercenaries must choose sides carefully in a small South American village where they find themselves trapped in the middle of a rebellion.
Jul 31, 2008
The Giants of Thessaly (1960)
In order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece.
Jul 29, 2008
Reign of Terror (1949)
The plot starts in France in the year 1794. Robespierre is sowing panic among his opponents with the only reason to take over the power of the state.AKA: "The Black Book"
Jul 28, 2008
Messiah of Evil (1973)
They're coming here. They're waiting at the edge of the city. They're peering around buildings at night, and they're waiting. They waiting for you! And they'll take you one by one and no one will hear you scream.AKA: "Dead People"
Jul 27, 2008
Behave Yourself! (1951)
When a cute Welsh terrier follows Bill Denny home, little does he know that all gangland has its eye on that dog. Who will be bumbling Bill's undoing - the gangsters, the cops, or his suspicious mother-in-law? Stars Farley Granger and Shelley Winters.
Jul 25, 2008
A woman has dreams that she is a werewolf so she goes out and finds men.Jul 20, 2008
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
The 1923 film version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Lon Chaney as Quasimodo and Patsy Ruth Miller as Esmeralda, and directed by Wallace Worsley, is one of the more famous adaptations of Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The film was Universal's "Super Jewel" of 1923 and was their most successful silent film, grossing over three-million dollars. The film is most notable for the grand sets that recall 15th century Paris as well as Lon Chaney's spectacular makeup as the tortured bell-ringer of Notre Dame.
Jul 17, 2008
Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
A South Seas tropical paradise is disturbed by the ruthless actions of some smugglers, who force the natives to dive for pearls.
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
Young Dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient.
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Fortune hunter Patrick O'Brien has left his daughter Kathy and guide Umbopa to trek across the desert in hopes of finding the fabled diamond mines of Solomon. Worried about her father, Kathy persuades hunter Allan Quartermain to lead a party to rescue him.
Bulldog Courage (1935)
A miner who was swindled out of his mine by a banker turns to robbing stagecoaches. Several years after he is tracked down and killed, his son comes to town to tangle with the banker.
The Amazing Adventure (1936)
A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.
X Marks the Spot (1942)
Apparently that "spot" is where Police Sergeant Timothy Delaney is killed by racketeers.
Jul 16, 2008
Penny Serenade (1941)
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy. Starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.
A down-and-out singer turns to radio acting and finds his life turned around.Jul 15, 2008
A Shriek in the Night (1933)
Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot are rival newspaper reporters always trying to outscoop each other but join together and try to solve a series of murders.
Jul 14, 2008
Monster from a Prehistoric Planet (1967)
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa.
Jul 13, 2008
Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)
Gangster Alexander Ward, his girl friend, Gypsy Boulet, and two henchmen come to Deadwood, South Dakota with the idea of stealing a few gold bars.
Jul 12, 2008
Horror of the Zombies (1974)
A pair of models staging a publicity stunt on the high seas in a motor launch mysteriously disappear after reporting a mysterious ghost ship.
Jul 11, 2008
The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.Jul 6, 2008
The Shadow Strikes (1937)
Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office.
Jul 1, 2008
Ambush Valley (1936)
When Clay Morgan kills Joel Potter, Marshal Manning has to arrest the brother of the girl he plans to marry.
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