
A girl accused of killing her father is defended unsuccessfully by a flashy lawyer and successfully by a new, straightforward one. Read More »
Daily Archives: September 27, 2017
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) George Marshall, Otto Preminger, Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly, Peter Lorre, Drama

After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he’s her father. Read More »
Battle of Broadway (1938) George Marshall, Allan Dwan, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance

Two American Legionnaires on convention in New York share adventures and rivalries in an around show biz. Read More »
Ask Father (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Comedy, Short

The young couple have decided to marry and it is time to ask the father for the hand of his daughter. Read More »
The Idiot (1958) Ivan Pyrev, Yuriy Yakovlev, Yuliya Borisova, Nikita Podgorny, Drama

Upon Prince Myshkin’s return to St. Petersburg from an asylum in Switzerland, he becomes beguiled by the lovely young Aglaya, daughter of a wealthy father. Read More »
Home at Seven (1952) Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Crime, Drama, Mystery

David Preston, a bank official goes missing for 24 hours and has no memory of the lost time, but when he learns that the steward of his local club has implicated him in a robbery, and has been found murdered. Read More »
Hilda Crane (1956) Philip Dunne, Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Drama, Romance

Twice divorced Hilda Crane feeling she’s run out of chances returns to her mother’s house in her small hometown and tries to decide what to do next while still hoping to hold onto her independence. That proves to be a challenge. Read More »
Dreamboat (1952) Claude Binyon, Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis, Comedy

Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor, is plagued when his old movies are shown on TV and sets out with his daughter to stop it. Read More »