
Based on the “I Love a Mystery” radio program (where most of the stories were told in serial fashion over several episodes): Searching through the wreckage of a crashed airline Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
Class Cruise (1989) – Oz Scott

A few pupils from County High are selected to be the first to go on a study cruise, a privilege that formerly was reserved for members of private schools. Read More »
The Wild Heart (1952) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack, Drama, Romance

A re-editing of Gone to Earth (1950) after a disagreement and court case between director Michael Powell and producer David O. Selznick. Read More »
Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963) Daniel Mann, Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Martin Balsam, Comedy

Actor Jason Steel plays a caring, godlike doctor on television. Off the set, he’s the insecure fiancé of pretty art teacher Melissa. Read More »
The Court Jester (1956) Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England. Read More »
The Brass Bottle (1964) Harry Keller, Tony Randall, Burl Ives, Barbara Eden, Comedy, Fantasy

Comedy about the proverbial genie who comes out of a bottle (a table lamp in this instance) to serve his new master. Read More »
Repent at Leisure (1941) Frank Woodruff, Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, George Barbier, Drama, Romance

A New York department store employee falls in love with a co-worker, but what he doesn’t know is that she’s the store owner’s daughter. Read More »
The Snake Pit (1948) Anatole Litvak, Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Drama, Mystery

Virginia Cunningham finds herself in a state insane asylum…and can’t remember how she got there. Read More »
Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) Kent Jones, Mathieu Amalric, Wes Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich, Documentary

In 1962 Hitchcock and Truffaut locked themselves away in Hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the mise-en-scène in cinema. Read More »
Beach Ball (1965) Lennie Weinrib, Edd Byrnes, Chris Noel, Robert Logan, Comedy, Musical

Edd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group, the Wigglers. Read More »