When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes’ sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start Read More »
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End of the Road (1944) George Blair, Edward Norris, John Abbott, June Storey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A crime writer believes that a man imprisoned for committing the notorious “Flower Shop Murder” is innocent of the crime. Read More »
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952) Stanley Donen, Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson, Comedy, Romance
The dancing teacher Anastasia falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud. He likes her, too, but does not want to give up his solo life at all. Thus she plans a trap for him… Read More »
The Miracle Woman (1931) Frank Capra, Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy, Drama, Romance
After Florence Fallon’s father dies unappreciated in the church where he preached for many years, she becomes embittered and loses faith. Read More »
Wonder Man (1945) H. Bruce Humberstone, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Comedy, Musical, Fantasy
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. Read More »
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Michael Curtiz, James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Biography, Drama, Musical
A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star in his family’s vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback Read More »
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) Sam Wood, Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn
Department store owner J.P. Merrick finds that several of his employees are unionizing to get more money and better working conditions. Read More »
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) Alfred Santell, Ann Harding, John Boles, Helen Vinson, Drama
John Shadwell, a promising politician, is married to Laura but is in love with Vergie Winters, a milliner from his home town. Read More »
The Happy Years (1950) William A. Wellman, Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink “Dink” Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School Read More »
Dangerous Partners (1945) Edward L. Cahn, James Craig, Signe Hasso, Edmund Gwenn, Adventure, Mystery
After surviving a plane crash, a couple tries to find out why one of the passengers was carrying four wills for a million dollars, with each one naming him as the beneficiary. Read More »
Expresso Bongo (1959) Val Guest, Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Drama, Music
Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Read More »
The Glass Alibi (1946) W. Lee Wilder, Paul Kelly, Douglas Fowley, Anne Gwynne, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Joe Eykner (Douglas Fowley), an opportunistic newspaper reporter, persuades wealthy, Santa Monica widow Linda Vale (Maris Wrixon), to marry him. Read More »
Safe at Home! (1962) Walter Doniger, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, William Frawley, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Young Hutch Lawton brags to his Little League buddies that his dad knows Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. Read More »
Dusty Ermine (1936) Bernard Vorhaus, Anthony Bushell, Jane Baxter, Arthur Macrae, Crime, Drama
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word Read More »
Saleslady (1938) Arthur Greville Collins, Anne Nagel, Weldon Heyburn, Harry Davenport, Romance, Comedy, Drama
Department store employees Mary Dakin and Bob Spencer are married, with Bob not knowing Mary is the granddaughter of millionaire mattress-king Miles Cannon. Read More »