
Oliver’s mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker Read More »
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A Sailor-Made Man (1921) Fred C. Newmeyer, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Comedy

When The Girl’s father insists that, before he will agree to The Boy’s marrying his daughter, he must first prove that he can do something more worthwhile than act the playboy. Read More »
Follow the Leader (1930) Norman Taurog, Ed Wynn, Ginger Rogers, Stanley Smith, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Crickets is the cheery, lovable chef at gangland’s favorite restaurant and, inadvertently ( and barely explainable), he becomes a hero in their eyes and becomes their unwilling leader. Read More »
Kommissar X – Drei gelbe Katzen / Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick (1966) Rudolf Zehetgruber, Gianfranco Parolini, Tony Kendall, Brad Harris, Ann Smyrner, Action, Adventure

Tony Kendall, Brad Harris. Two Yanks are hired to protect a rich lady from a sinister underworld group. Read More »
Best Man Wins (1948) John Sturges, Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee, Robert Shayne, Drama

Edgar Buchanan stars as a man who abruptly leaves his wife (Anna Lee) to “find himself”. Read More »
FTA (1972) Francine Parker, Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Pamela Donegan, Documentary, Comedy, Music

A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the early 1970s. Read More »
Maidstone (1970) Norman Mailer, Rip Torn, Paul Austin, Drama

Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the lurid and loony chronicle of U.S. presidential candidate and filmmaker Norman T. Kingsley debating and attacking his hangers-on and enemies. Read More »
Up for Murder (1931) Monta Bell, Edward L. Cahn, Lew Ayres, Genevieve Tobin, Purnell Pratt, Drama

Young reporter accidentially kills his newspaper’s editor in a fight over the publisher’s mistress, who is also the paper’s society editor. Read More »
Grandma’s Boy (1922) Fred C. Newmeyer, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Comedy, Family

Always the mama’s boy, or in this case a grandma’s boy, Sonny joins a posse after a tramp accused of robbery and murder. Read More »
Mystery Submarine (1950) Douglas Sirk, Macdonald Carey, Märta Torén, Robert Douglas, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War

Posing as an ex-German medical officer, a U.S. Navy Intelligence Officer sets out to rescue a kidnapped scientist, and sink a Nazi submarine, hiding off the coast of South America. Read More »