This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. Read More »
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The Out-of-Towners (1999) Sam Weisman, Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of a couple, Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview. Read More »
High Fidelity (2000) Stephen Frears, John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso
Rob Gordon is the owner of a semi-failing record store in Chicago where he sells music the old fashioned way- on vinyl. Read More »
The Driller Killer (1979) Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day
Reno is an artist struggling to survive in NYC. He draws inspiration from scenes of daily street life and occasional random violence. Read More »
The Grifters (1990) Stephen Frears, Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. Read More »
Personal Maid (1931) Monta Bell, Lothar Mendes, Nancy Carroll, Pat O’Brien, Gene Raymond
Nora Ryan, a poor Irish girl, living in New York decides to change her life by working as a personal maid for the wealthy, Gary family. Read More »
Just Off Broadway (1942) Herbert I. Leeds, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Phil Silvers
Private detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. Read More »
I Love That Man (1933) Harry Joe Brown, Edmund Lowe, Nancy Carroll, Robert Armstrong
This drama chronicles the devoted love of a woman who tries to reform her lover, a black marketeer with a compulsive gambling problem. Read More »
Fun on a WeekEnd (1947) Andrew L. Stone, Eddie Bracken, Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway
Peterson Price Porterhouse III (Eddie Bracken)) and Nancy Crane (Priscilla Lane), both flat broke Read More »
Garden of Hedon (2011) Kevin Kangas, Richard Cutting, Danielle Lozeau, John C. Bailey
Anything goes in the Garden of Hedon. Even murder. “Fresh and Exciting” says Ain’t It Cool News. Read More »
Bowery Battalion (1951) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Donald MacBride
Slip and the other Bowery Boys join the army and to their camp, shortly after they enlist, comes their old friend and benefactor, Louie Dumbrowsky. Read More »
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Busby Berkeley, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly
The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they’ve been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected “fathead” who intends to take an active interest in running the team. Read More »
The Hive (2008) Peter Manus, Tom Wopat, Kal Weber, Elizabeth Healey
When the residents of the Bao Tao Island are attacked by ants, the government hires the Thorax Company to work with the army to exterminate the ants. Read More »
Running Wild (1927) Gregory La Cava, W.C. Fields, Marie Shotwell, Mary Brian
Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. Read More »
Mr. Horn (1979) Jack Starrett, David Carradine, Richard Widmark, Karen Black
The story of frontiersman Tom Horn, and his career as a cavalry scout, a tracker, a Pinkerton agent and a range detective Read More »