Peanuts White, a burlesque comic, is recruited by U.S. agents to impersonate international spy Eric Augustine (whom White resembles) in a mission to purchase Read More »
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Heavenly Days (1944) Howard Estabrook, Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Eugene Pallette, Comedy
In this joke-filled spinoff of the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show, the couple leave Wistful Vista for Washington D.C. to visit cousin Alvin Read More »
Swing Fever (1943) Tim Whelan, Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell, William Gargan, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary “evil eye” which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. Read More »
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975) Stewart Raffill, Robert Logan, Susan Damante, Hollye Holmes, Family, Adventure, Drama
City dweller Skip leaves his urban life behind indefinitely to seek fresh air for his daughter’s health. Read More »
Queen of Diamonds (1991) Nina Menkes, Emmellda Beech, Tinka Menkes, Drama
Filmed on location in Las Vegas, Queen of Diamonds revolves around the life of an alienated blackjack dealer. Read More »
Little Miss Nobody (1936) John G. Blystone, Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Ralph Morgan, Drama
A girl gets into trouble at her orphanage and is sent away to reform school. She escapes en route but is found and brought to trial. Her father is the prosecutor. Read More »
My Forbidden Past (1951) Robert Stevenson, Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Drama, Romance
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800’s. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University Read More »
From Hand to Mouth (1919) Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Comedy, Short, Action
Harold is starving since he has no money to buy food. He may even fight a young starving girl and her starving dog for a morsel. Read More »
Bumping Into Broadway (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Comedy, Short
She’s a chorus girl in unpaid tryouts for a Broadway show, behind in her rent, about to be evicted. Read More »
Daughter Rite (1980) Michelle Citron, Victor Penelope, Anne Wilford, Documentary
A documentary of a daughter’s problematic relationship with her mother. Read More »