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The Thief of Baghdad (1961) Bruno Vailati, Arthur Lubin, Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Arturo Dominici
In the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad is ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. Read More »
Riff-Raff (1991) Ken Loach, Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jim R. Coleman
The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer Read More »
Oil for the Lamps of China (1935) Mervyn LeRoy, Pat O’Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Jean Muir
An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company’s interests. Read More »
Northwest Territory (1951) Frank McDonald, Kirby Grant, Chinook, Gloria Saunders
Fort McKenzie prospector Pop Kellogg, just before the arrival of his newly-orphaned grandson Billy Read More »
The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) Piers Haggard, John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman
A separate screenplay by Nigel Kneale for theaters, parallel to the 1979 Quatermass four part mini-series. Read More »
The King’s Thief (1955) Robert Z. Leonard, Hugo Fregonese, Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven
Lady Mary’s father is innocently accused of treason and is executed. It is the king’s evil chancellor, the duke of Brampton Read More »
Yukon Manhunt (1951) Frank McDonald, Kirby Grant, Chinook, Gail Davis
Canadian Mountie Rod Webb (Kirby Grant) has been assigned to the case where three messengers carrying Kenmore Mine payrolls have been robbed and murdered. Read More »
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) Valerie Spencer, John Landis, Jonathan Kuntz
Various film historians, film makers, and cultural commentators discuss the cultural, political, economic Read More »
Double Wedding (1937) Richard Thorpe, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice
Waldo and Irene have been living with Margit for the four years that they have been engaged. Read More »
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965) Sidney Salkow, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Philip Carey
A look at what happened to Custer and his troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Read More »
The Invader (1936) Adrian Brunel, Buster Keaton, Lupita Tovar, Lyn Harding
A bumbling yachtsman sails to the South of Spain with a fiery seductress, only to become the pawn in her dangerous game of love. Read More »
Hans Christian Andersen (1952) Charles Vidor, Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire
The inimitable Danny Kaye stars as famed storyteller Hans Christian Andersen in this charming fictionalized biopic that blends music Read More »
Native Son (1951) Pierre Chenal, Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Nicholas Joy
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family Read More »
Four Sons (1928) John Ford, James Hall, Margaret Mann, Charles Morton
In Burgendorf, Bavaria, Mother Bernle has four sons. Franz is in the army, Johann works at the forge, Andreas tends the sheep. Read More »