In his will Langham leaves his ranch to his daughter Cody but makes Gene the executor. When Gene refuses to let her marry Cummings, Cummings tries to have Gene killed. Read More »
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The Great Impersonation (1935) Alan Crosland, Edmund Lowe, Valerie Hobson, Wera Engels, Drama
Baron Leopold von Ragastein impersonates his noble lookalike Sir Everard Dominey at the vast Dominey Hall, where strange things are afoot in pre-WW1 England. Read More »
Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943) Ray Enright, Claire Trevor, Jess Barker, Edgar Buchanan, Drama, War
A 4F military school teacher’s lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front. Read More »
The Attic (1980) George Edwards, Gary Graver, Carrie Snodgress, Ray Milland, Ruth Cox, Drama, Thriller, Horror
A librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at the altar. Read More »
The Late George Apley (1947) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ronald Colman, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn
George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. Read More »
Sons of the Desert (1933) William A. Seiter, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Comedy
So that he and Stan can sneak away to Chicago and attend the annual “Sons of the Desert” lodge convention, Ollie pretends to be sick Read More »
Boy of the Streets (1937) William Nigh, Jackie Cooper, Maureen O’Connor, Kathleen Burke, Drama
New York City teen Chuck Brennan (Jackie Cooper) gets involved with a gang and tries to make his way on the streets, inspired by his shifty father, Foggy (Guy Usher). Read More »
Without Love (1945) Harold S. Bucquet, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Comedy, Romance
In WWII Pat Jamieson is a scientist working, with Government support, on a high-altitude oxygen mask for fighter pilots. Read More »
The Princess Bride (1987) Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
An elderly man reads the book “The Princess Bride” to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson Read More »
The Child (1977) Robert Voskanian, Laurel Barnett, Rosalie Cole, Frank Janson, Horror
A newly hired house-keeper in a secluded area is alarmed to discover that her boss’s eleven-year-old daughter is using her supernatural powers Read More »