
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 »
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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 »
The Safety of Objects (2001) Rose Troche, Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Mary Kay Place, Drama

A series of overlapping stories about four suburban families dealing with different maladies. Read More »
Be My Guest (1965) Lance Comfort, David Hemmings, Steve Marriott, John Pike, Drama, Music

A family inherits a seaside hotel and has trouble filling it up until their son’s rock group begins packing ’em in. Read More »
Strictly Dynamite (1934) Elliott Nugent, Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Norman Foster, Comedy, Musical

When timid aspiring poet Nick Montgomery loses his book reviewing job, his wife Sylvia convinces him to write gags for radio comedian Moxie Slaight. Read More »
Professor Beware (1938) Elliott Nugent, Harold Lloyd, Phyllis Welch, William Frawley, Comedy

Egyptologist, Dean Lambert (Lloyd), accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. Read More »
The Suspect (1944) Robert Siodmak, Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Dean Harens, Drama, Thriller

In 1902 London, unhappily married Philip Marshall meets young Mary Gray, who is unemployed and depressed. Read More »