To land a rich husband, golddigger Marjory Stuart goes to Trinidad posing as a debutante. Read More »
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American Hot Wax (1978) Floyd Mutrux, Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Drama, History, Music
This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock ‘n’ roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s. Read More »
Thunder in the Night (1935) George Archainbaud, Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, Paul Cavanagh, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Most of the Fox productions of the 1930s had a “continental” flavor, and Thunder in the Night was no exception. Read More »
The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) Jack Hively, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fernack tries to get Simon arrested as he returns home from a Transatlantic European vacation in order to help old friend Read More »
Pit of Darkness (1961) Lance Comfort, William Franklyn, Moira Redmond, Bruno Barnabe, Crime, Thriller
When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm, is found unconscious, on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of the last three weeks. Read More »
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) Mervyn LeRoy, Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet, Comedy, Musical, Drama
When Jimmy Doyle’s Broadway musical is a flop, he takes his rejected star, Dixie Dugan, to a nightclub where she does her number again. Read More »
The Saints Double Trouble (1940) Jack Hively, George Sanders, Helene Reynolds, Jonathan Hale, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Simon has arranged to send a rare mummy of a pharaoh from Cairo to Phildelphia to his good friend, Keystone University archeology professor Horatio Bitts Read More »
My Favorite Spy (1942) Tay Garnett, Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman, Comedy, Musical
Kay Kyser is late to his wedding. He is taking a short cut through Central Park when he finds out that he is in the army and is due to check in that afternoon. Read More »
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) Wallace Worsley, Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Drama, Romance
Clopin bought Esmeralda from the gypsies when she was young. Dancing in the square at the festival, Esmeralda is spotted by Jehan, the evil brother of the good archdeacon Claude Frollo. Read More »
Dirty Heroes (1967) Alberto De Martino, Frederick Stafford, Daniela Bianchi, John Ireland, Drama, War
Holland. Spring 1945. Two armies face each other in the final confrontation of World War II. Read More »
Seven Times Seven (1968) Michele Lupo, Gastone Moschin, Lionel Stander, Raimondo Vianello, Comedy, Crime
A gang of prison inmates escape and rob the Royal Mint. They then sneak back to prison. Read More »
Temptation (1946) Irving Pichel, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
In a flashback, late-Victorian beauty Ruby, a divorcee with a shady past, calculatingly marries rich Egyptologist Nigel, who installs her at his Cairo estate while he digs for mummies. Read More »
Tennessee Johnson (1942) William Dieterle, Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Biography, Drama
The tumultuous presidency of 17th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. Read More »
Talking to Strangers (1988) Rob Tregenza, Ken Gruz, Marvin Hunter, Dennis Jordan, Experimental, Drama
It consists of only nine ten minute segments. Each shot/sequence was filmed only once in 35mm film with direct sound. Read More »
Her Majesty, Love (1931) William Dieterle, Marilyn Miller, Ben Lyon, W.C. Fields, Comedy, Drama, Musical
The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred’s fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. Read More »