Holmes and Watson are recruited in a serpentine fashion to escort the heir to a European throne back to his native country following his father’s assassination. Read More »
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Orchids and Ermine (1927) Alfred Santell, Colleen Moore, Jack Mulhall, Sam Hardy
A telephone operator at an opulent hotel falls in love with a young man who turns out to be a rich oil millionaire. Read More »
My Man Godfrey (1936) Gregory La Cava, William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict, and ends by hiring him as family butler. Read More »
Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Mitchell Leisen, Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard
Told in flashback from a preface in which the main character visits Paramount to sell his story! Read More »
Blossoms in the Dust (1941) Mervyn LeRoy, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. Read More »
Umbracle (1970) Pere Portabella, Christopher Lee, Jeannine Mestre, Miguel Bilbatúa
This film turns on two basic axes: the inquiry into ways of cinematographic representation and a critical image of official Spain at the time of the Franco dictatorship. Read More »
Ringos Big Night (1966) Mario Maffei, William Berger, Adriana Ambesi, Eduardo Fajardo
Four masked men rob money from a stagecoach en route to a bank in Tombstone. The federal government vows to catch the culprits and recover the money. Read More »
Pastor Hall (1940) Roy Boulting, Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Seymour Hicks
This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. Read More »
The House on Carroll Street (1988) Peter Yates, Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin
Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. Read More »
Swamp Thing (1982) Wes Craven, Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise
On the verge of a breakthrough in his quest to wipe out world hunger, altruistic botanist Dr. Alec Holland (Ray Wise) is placed Read More »
Color of Night (1994) Richard Rush, Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades
A color-blind psychiatrist Bill Capa is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend’s therapy group Read More »
Criss Cross (1949) Robert Siodmak, Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea
Romantic, obsessive Steve Thompson is drawn back to L.A. to make another try for Anna, his former wife. Read More »
A Womans Devotion (1956) Paul Henreid, Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule
After six months of marriage to Trevor Stevenson (Ralph Meeker), well-known painter and much-decorated hero of World War Two Read More »
Smashing Time (1967) Desmond Davis, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York
Two young women from England’s northern counties; the plain Brenda and the flamboyant Yvonne, arrive in London to find fame and fortune. Read More »
Mammy (1930) Michael Curtiz, Al Jolson, Lois Moran, Lowell Sherman
Center stage, singing his heart out – that’s how fans love Al Jolson. And that’s what they get in Mammy. Read More »