At her father’s funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife and eased only by alcohol. Read More »
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Sons of the Sea (1939) Maurice Elvey, Leslie Banks, Mackenzie Ward, Kay Walsh, Drama, War
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. Read More »
The Guilty (1947) John Reinhardt, Bonita Granville, Don Castle, Regis Toomey, Film-Noir, Mystery
Two guys, sharing an apartment, meet twin girls. One is Shirley Temple grown-up, and the other is a major piece of bad news. Read More »
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Terence Fisher, Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain, Horror
In Spain, Leon is born on Christmas day to a mute servant girl who was raped by a beggar. His mother dies giving birth and he is looked after by Don Alfredo. Read More »
Dragnet (1954) Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Richard Boone, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Saturday, April 9: A known bookie named Miller Starkie has been “cut in half” by a sawed-off, double-barrel shotgun. Read More »
Jail Bait (1954) Edward D. Wood Jr., Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller, Clancy Malone, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Vic Brady draws young Don Gregor into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor’s plastic surgeon father into fixing up his face so he can evade the cops. Read More »
The Greatest (1977) Tom Gries, Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, John Marley, Biography, Drama, Sport
Muhammad Ali stars as himself in this dramatised version of his life story up to the late 1970s. Read More »
Tammazzo… Raccomandati a Dio / Dead for a Dollar (1968) Osvaldo Civirani, George Hilton, Sandra Milo, John Ireland, Comedy, Western
When the lead robber in their gang steals the money from his two companions, a cat and mouse/back and forth game plays out as the men try to get the money for themselves. Read More »
Hawaii (1966) George Roy Hill, Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Drama
During the 1820s, a domineering young minister, Abner Hale (Max von Sydow), and his compassionate wife, Jerusha (Julie Andrews), embark on a dangerous sea voyage to Hawaii. Read More »
The White Dawn (1974) Philip Kaufman, Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr., Adventure, Drama, History
In 1896, three whalers are stranded in the Arctic North Canada and seek refuge with an Eskimo tribe. Read More »