The story of Jack Johnson is huge. The first black Heavyweight Champion of the World, 1908 to 1915, he was rowdy, smart, rebellious, and proud. Read More »
Sport
The Boss’s Son at College AKA Daigaku no wakadanna (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Harurô Takeda, Yoshiko Tsubouchi
The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university’s rugby team. Read More »
Up and Down AKA Parpaillon (1993) Luc Moullet, Jean Abeillé, Clément Boutterin, Brigitte Canaan
A bicycle race is held every year in a pass of the Alps called Parpaillon. Read More »
Game 6 (2005) Michael Hoffman, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Griffin Dunne
Nicky Rogan’s new play is opening on Broadway and many agree, he has written the best play his career. Read More »
Movie Movie (1978) Stanley Donen, George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons
Three movie genres of the 1930s are satirized in this spoof of the traditional double feature. Read More »
Kid Galahad (1962) Phil Karlson, Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright
When he completes his military service Walter Gulick returns to his birthplace, Cream Valley, New York. Read More »
Death on the Diamond (1934) Edward Sedgwick, Robert Young, Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. Read More »
The Long Gray Line (1955) John Ford, Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, Robert Francis
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer Read More »
Running Brave (1983) Donald Shebib, Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Claudia Cron
The story of Billy Mills, the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics. Read More »
Kentucky Pride (1925) John Ford, Gertrude Astor, J. Farrell MacDonald, Henry B. Walthall
The story of a Beaumont race horse, told through from the point of view of the horse via intertitles. Read More »