Hollywood 1950: The successful producer Larry O’Brian arrives in Los Angeles to found a motion picture company. Read More »
Film-Noir
Whirlpool (1949) Otto Preminger, Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer
The wife of a psycho-analyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Read More »
Salty O’Rourke (1945) Raoul Walsh, Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Demarest
Salty owes money to Doc Baxter; he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. Read More »
Invisible Avenger (1958) James Wong Howe, Ben Parker
Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, investigates the murder of a New Orleans bandleader. Read More »
Flight to Nowhere (1946) William Rowland, Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Micheline Cheirel
Alan Curtis plays Holby Carrington, a pilot who owns a charter aircraft. Read More »
Split Second (1953) Dick Powell, Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling
Sam Hurley, “Nation’s No. 1 killer” with a cold contempt for “heroes,” escapes prison with two companions Read More »
Southside 1-1000 (1950) Boris Ingster, Don DeFore, Andrea King, George Tobias
The US secret service goes after a counterfeit ring, whose engraver Eugene Deane Read More »
Strange Bargain (1949) Will Price, Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan
Sam Wilson is having a hard time making ends meet. When he asks his boss for a raise Read More »
Man in the Vault (1956) Andrew V. McLaglen, William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg
There’s $200,000 in a Los Angeles safety-deposit box that mobster Willis Trent Read More »
The Racket (1928) Lewis Milestone, Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost
An honest police captain named McQuigg becomes a tough rival to a powerful bootlegger named Scarsi Read More »