Highly fictionalized account of the formation of the US Army’s First Ranger Battalion in World War II and their first commanding officer Major (later, Lieutenant-Colonel) Orlando Darby. Read More »
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Wild Boys of the Road (1933) William A. Wellman, Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, Edwin Phillips
In the base of the melancholy, Tom’s mom was out of work for weeks when Ed’s dad loses his job. Read More »
The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) William A. Wellman, Warner Baxter, Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot
In the 1840’s Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican Read More »
Other Men’s Women (1931) William A. Wellman, Grant Withers, Mary Astor, Regis Toomey
Railroad fireman Bill White is a carefree ladies’ man with an irresponsible streak. Read More »
Stingaree (1934) William A. Wellman, Irene Dunne, Richard Dix, Mary Boland
In 1874 Australia, newly installed Police Inspector Radford boasts to wealthy Hugh Clarkson Read More »
Lady of Burlesque (1943) William A. Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, J. Edward Bromberg
Sassy Dixie Daisy is the hot new attraction at a former opera house that’s been turned into a burlesque theater. Read More »
Heroes For Sale (1933) William A. Wellman, Loretta Young, Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon
The saga of Tom Holmes – a man of principles – from the Great War to the Great Depression. Read More »
Frisco Jenny (1932) William A. Wellman, Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy
Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of a prosperous bawdy house. Read More »
So Big! (1932) William A. Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore
Selina lived well until her father Simeon died. Her aunts sold the estate and put her in a boarding school. Read More »
The Great Man’s Lady (1942) William A. Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt Read More »