Johnny Aysgarth is a handsome gambler who seems to live by borrowing money from friends. Read More »
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Duke of the Navy (1942) William Beaudine, Ralph Byrd, Veda Ann Borg, Stubby Kruger, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
While on furlough, U. S. Navy sailors “Breezy” Duke and his pal, “Cookie” are offered the use of the Duke suite Read More »
Step Down to Terror (1958) Harry Keller, Colleen Miller, Charles Drake, Rod Taylor, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Read More »
Jane Eyre (1943) Robert Stevenson, Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O’Brien, Drama, Romance
Small, plain and poor, Jane Eyre comes to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Read More »
The Naked Truth (1957) Mario Zampi, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Comedy
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described Read More »
Skippy (1931) Norman Taurog, Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green, Family, Drama, Comedy
Precocious adolescent Skippy Skinner spends most of his time trying to get around doing those things that his parents want him to do (like brush his teeth) Read More »
Showgirls (1995) Paul Verhoeven, Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Drama, Erotic
A young drifter, named Nomi, arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become the top of the Vegas showgirls. Read More »
The Man Who Laughs (1928) Paul Leni, Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine’s father’s treachery. Read More »
Smorgasbord / Cracking Up (1983) Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle, Sammy Davis Jr., Comedy
Warren Nefron is a hopeless klutz who has some of the worst luck in the world: when he tries to end it all with a foolproof suicide plan, he still manages to mess it up. Read More »
The Wrecker (1929) Géza von Bolváry, Carlyle Blackwell, Benita Hume, Joseph Striker, Crime, Drama
The Wrecker is a British film that tells the story of a crook who organises train crashes to discredit the railway, in favour of a rival bus company. Read More »
Wild and Wonderful (1964) Michael Anderson, Tony Curtis, Christine Kaufmann, Larry Storch, Comedy
In this comedy, a Yankee musician is working in Paris when he encounters a movie star chasing after her naughty French poodle Monsieur Cognac. Read More »
Wednesday’s Child (1934) John S. Robertson, Karen Morley, Edward Arnold, Frankie Thomas, Drama
Ten-year-old Bobby and a group of friends see Bobby’s mother kissing a man not her husband. Read More »
Amazing Grace (1974) Stan Lathan, Moms Mabley, Slappy White, Rosalind Cash, Comedy
An elderly woman in a Baltimore neighborhood finds out that a somewhat slow-witted neighbor is being put up for local office Read More »
So Faraway and Blue (2001) Roy Cross, Nicole Eliopoulos, Daniel Richard Giverin, Julie Ménard, Drama
Julie, our narrator and guide, is a young woman whose father left her when she was young and whose mother recently threw her out of the house because she reminded her too much of him. Read More »
Queen Christina (1933) Rouben Mamoulian, Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Queen Christina of Sweden is a dominant European ruler in the 17th century, and has never thought of romance. Read More »