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Phantom of Chinatown (1940) Phil Rosen, Keye Luke, Lotus Long, Grant Withers

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton the famous explorer Read More »
Islands in the Stream (1977) Franklin J. Schaffner, George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland

It’s 1940 in the British-controlled Bahamas. While the war rages on in Europe, the islands are only peripherally affected by it Read More »
Ladies of the Chorus (1948) Phil Karlson, Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Rand Brooks

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. Read More »
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975) Robert Stevenson, Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Derek Nimmo

Lord Southmere escapes from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious “Lotus X” Read More »
Dead End (1937) William Wyler, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart

The Dead End Kids are introduced in their intricate East Side slum, overlooked by the apartments of the rich. Read More »
Riff-Raff (1947) Ted Tetzlaff, Pat O’Brien, Walter Slezak, Anne Jeffreys

A plane takes off from Peru (in a long no-dialogue scene) in a storm with two passengers; it lands in Panama with one. Read More »
5 Branded Women (1960) Martin Ritt, Van Heflin, Silvana Mangano, Jeanne Moreau

Yugoslav partisans grimly crop the hair of a village quintet of women believed Read More »
Riffraff (1936) J. Walter Ruben, Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel

Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. He quits his poorly paid job Read More »
No Way Out (1987) Roger Donaldson, Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young

A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress. Read More »