
Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don’t want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
When Strangers Marry (1944) William Castle, Robert Mitchum, Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger

A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer. Read More »
Tanned Legs (1929) Marshall Neilan, Arthur Lake, June Clyde, Dorothy Revier

Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening Read More »
The House of Fear (1945) Roy William Neill

Seven rich men retire to a Scottish castle and promptly begin to die in violent fashion. Read More »
The Gorilla (1939) Allan Dwan, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz

When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. Read More »
Pursuit to Algiers (1945) Roy William Neill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Riordan

Holmes and Watson are recruited in a serpentine fashion to escort the heir to a European throne back to his native country following his father’s assassination. Read More »
My Man Godfrey (1936) Gregory La Cava, William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady

In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict, and ends by hiring him as family butler. Read More »
Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Mitchell Leisen, Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard

Told in flashback from a preface in which the main character visits Paramount to sell his story! Read More »
Blossoms in the Dust (1941) Mervyn LeRoy, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. Read More »
The House on Carroll Street (1988) Peter Yates, Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin

Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. Read More »