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Bowery to Bagdad (1955) Edward Bernds, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers. Read More »
3:10 to Yuma (1957) Delmer Daves, Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr
In this beautifully shot, psychologically complex western, Van Heflin is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding Read More »
The Wild Country (1970) Robert Totten, Steve Forrest, Vera Miles, Ron Howard
Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Read More »
Carnival (1935) Walter Lang, Lee Tracy, Sally Eilers, Jimmy Durante
“Chick” Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names “Poochy.” Read More »
Too Young to Kiss (1951) Robert Z. Leonard, June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young
Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. Read More »
The Music of Chance (1993) Philip Haas, James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, M. Emmet Walsh
Whilst traveling across America living off the money from a large inheritance, ex-fireman Nashe has a chance meeting with Pozzi, a professional gambler and card shark. Read More »
Ziegfeld Follies (1945) Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, William Powell, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball
In heaven, showman Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. fondly recalls his first Broadway revue, the Ziegfeld Follies of 1907. Read More »
Smart Money (1931) Alfred E. Green, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp
Nick Venizelos, an immigrant Greek barber, has an uncommon affinity for poker and other sorts of wagering and a group of his friends bankroll him in a big game Read More »
The Mark of Zorro (1940) Rouben Mamoulian, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone
Tired of Governor Quintero’s (J. Edward Bromberg) exploitation of poor Californians, Don Diego (Tyrone Power) decides to fight back and assumes the identity of Zorro. Read More »
Star! (1968) Robert Wise, Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig
Film based on life of actress Gertrude Lawrence, on- and offstage, takes the opportunity to feature extravagant musical production numbers with ‘Julie Andrews’, acting, singing and dancing. Read More »
Arizona Dream (1993) Emir Kusturica, Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Read More »
Pin Up Girl (1944) H. Bruce Humberstone, Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become “engaged” to almost every serviceman she’s signed her pin-up photo for. Read More »
Fresh Kill (1988) Joseph Merhi, Pamela Dixon, Jody Jaress, Flint Keller
Leona and Allen unintentionally kill two offenders who have in their wake a lot of “friends”. Read More »
Sunny (1930) William A. Seiter, Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray, Joe Donahue
To be near the fella she loves, an English bareback rider dons dungarees and cap to pass as a boy stows away to America Read More »