At the Doll House, a 1930’s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Read More »
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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) Alfred E. Green, Kenny Baker, Frank McHugh, Alice Brady, Comedy, Musical
In the small town of Pewamo, Claude Dodd, an electrician singing baritone in the local Strawberry Festival is heard by the owner of the Morpheus Mattress Company Read More »
The Great Lover (1931) Harry Beaumont, Adolphe Menjou, Irene Dunne, Ernest Torrence, Drama, Romance
Jean Paurel is a womanizing opera star, who agrees to help Diana Page her career in order to take advantage of her. Read More »
My World Dies Screaming (1958) Harold Daniels, Gerald Mohr, Cathy O’Donnell, William Ching, Horror, Mystery, Romance
American-born Sheila Wayne has lived in Switzerland since childhood. Read More »
Fighting Caravans (1931) Otto Brower, David Burton, Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Romance, Western
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love. Read More »
Dixiana (1930) Luther Reed, Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Comedy, Musical, Romance
The film tells the story of a circus performer who falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. Read More »
Big Trouble (1986) John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D’Angelo, Comedy
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn’t making things any easier. Read More »
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) John Rawlins, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
When a Nazi saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations, via their radio ‘Voice of Terror’ Read More »
Ball of Fire (1941) Howard Hawks, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, Comedy, Romance
Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O’Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice Read More »
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972) Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts, Roberta Wallach, Drama
From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. Read More »
Gone with the Wind (1939) Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Drama, History, Romance, War
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Read More »
School for Scoundrels (1960) Robert Hamer, Hal E. Chester, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Comedy
Endlessly finding himself on the wrong end of a situation, businessman Henry Palfrey seeks help at the College of Lifemanship run by the cunning Mr. Potter. Read More »
Maid Of Salem (1937) Frank Lloyd, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Harvey Stephens, Drama
Young lovers fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th century Massachusetts. Read More »
Interiors (1978) Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith, Drama
Homage to Ingmar Bergman in this family drama involving a fashionable Long Island interior designer who tries to impose her overbearing Read More »
Heller in Pink Tights (1960) George Cukor, Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Margaret O’Brien, Western
Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela Read More »