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Tag Archives: USA
Winning (1969) James Goldstone, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner

Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one–the Indianapolis 500. Read More »
Son of a Gunfighter (1965) Paul Landres, Russ Tamblyn, Kieron Moore, James Philbrook

The year is 1877. Johnny Ketchum, son of notorious gunfighter Ace Ketchum, seeks the man who killed his mother. Read More »
Small Town Girl (1936) William A. Wellman, Robert Z. Leonard, Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes

Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. Read More »
Kid Nightingale (1939) George Amy, John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett

A singing waiter gets into an argument with some obnoxious customers and winds up knocking them out. Read More »
Broadway (1929) Pál Fejös, Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy

A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder. Read More »
Road Gang (1936) Louis King, Donald Woods, Kay Linaker, Carlyle Moore Jr.

Jim Larrabie and Bob Gordon, two reporters, are sent to prison on bogus charges after exposing the corrupt practices of J.W. Moett and Dudley. Read More »
Ozploitation Trailer Explosion (2014)

In the late 70s and early 80s, films like MY BRILLIANT CAREER and BREAKER MORANT put Australia’s New Wave on the map. Read More »
Applause (1929) Rouben Mamoulian, Helen Morgan, Joan Peers, Fuller Mellish Jr.

This early example of the “backstage” musical genre tells the story of Kitty Darling Read More »
Broadway Musketeers (1938) John Farrow, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan, Marie Wilson

Broadway Musketeers is a remake of the 1932 Warner Bros. drama Three on a Match, with numerous concessions made to the now more stringent Hollywood censors. Read More »