
In this engaging costume melodrama of skulduggery on the low seas set back in the 18th-century Read More »
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Tamango (1958) John Berry, Dorothy Dandridge, Curd Jürgens, Jean Servais

A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. Read More »
Appointment with Murder (1948) Jack Bernhard, John Calvert, Catherine Craig, Jack Reitzen

The Falcon is hired by an insurance company to recover two stolen paintings, a job that takes him across the country and then across the Atlantic to Italy. Read More »
Bulldog Drummond (1929) F. Richard Jones, Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant

Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. Read More »
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969) George Marshall, Jerry Lewis, Peter Lawford, Anne Francis

Man (Lewis) is told by his doctor (Lawford), and best friend, that he has a terminal illness. Read More »
McLintock! (1963) Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne

George Washington McLintock, “GW” to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. Read More »
The Silent World / Le monde du silence (1956)

This pioneering nature documentary investigates aquatic habitats in various locations around the world. Read More »
Frankenhooker (1990) Frank Henenlotter, James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, Patty Mullen

A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident, and decides to bring her back. Read More »
Angels Over Broadway (1940) Ben Hecht, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell

Charles Engle has been caught embezzling. He writes a suicide note, and goes out wandering on the town. Read More »
Music for Millions (1944) Henry Koster, Margaret O’Brien, José Iturbi, June Allyson

“Mike” goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in Iturbi’s orchestra. Read More »