A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Z
Abilene Town
1946 – 1:30:38 - Western – Randolph Scott, Rhonda Fleming
– A thousand mile cattle drive and its effect on the men involved
serve as background for this lavish production. 2861
Ace
Drummond
1934 – Serial – Lon Chaney Jr. – Based on the comic strip
about a master pilot as he travels to Mongolia to investigate air catastrophes.
Abraham Lincoln – 1930 1:32:37 - Drama.
Walter Huston. D.W. Griffith's telling of the Lincoln legend. 25
Adorable Julia
1964 – 1:35:36 – Comedy - Lilli Palmer, Charles Boyer - After
a brief affair with a younger man, a middle-aged actress realizes that
her husband is the only man she truly loves. 1593
Adventures
of Rex & Rinty
1934 – Serial – Smiley Burnette – Exciting serial about
a horse who befriends Rin Tin Tin.
Adventures of Smilin’ Jack
1942 – Serial – Sidney Toler – Daredevil pilot Smilin’
Jack Martin discovers rumors of a hidden mountain path connecting China
and India, a secret that could change the course of World War II.
Africa Screams
1949 – 1:25:12 – Comedy - Bud Abbot, Lou Costello - This is
one of Abbott & Costello's funniest films. The bumbling duo is hired
as guides by gangsters in search of a secret treasure. They embark on
a journey that leads them on a wild safari of outlandish fun. Bud and
Lou keep you laughing as the encounter growling lions, Kong-sized apes
and angry cannibals. 2829
Against the Wind
1948 – 1:36:30 – Drama - Robert Beatty – English saboteurs,
in wartime Europe, parachute into occupied France to aid the resistance.
1956
Algiers
1938 – 1:39:39 – Drama – Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr,
Peter Lorre – Pepe Le Moko works his wiles on a rich woman. 1968
Always in Trouble
1938 – Comedy - A comic tale of a family that strikes it rich in
oil and finding that climbing the social ladder has many bumps in the
road. Jane Withers, Jean Rogers and Arthur Treacher. 860
Angel and the Bad Man
1947 – 1:39:31 – Western – John Wayne, Gail Russell –
gunslinger Wayne is tamed by pure-hearted Russell. 26
Angel on My Shoulder
1946 – 1:41:14 – Paul Muni, Claude Raines, Anne Baxter. Comedy
- Fantasy wherein the devil permits a lost soul to return to earth -
on an unusual bet. 24
Anna Karenina
1948 – 1:51:20 - Drama – Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson -
Classic tale of star-crossed lovers when a married woman engages in
an affair with an army officer that ultimately costs her everything.
Based on a story by Tolstoy. 1571
Apache Rose
1957 – :57:08 – Western - Roy Rogers – A gambling boat
owner plots to gain control of oil found on Vegas Ranch. 1984
Ape, The
1940 - :62:00 – Horror - Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gertrude
Hoffman A mad doctor disguises himself as an ape and kills humans to
get blood for a serum he is making. 5814.
As You Like It
1936 – 1:37:29 – Drama - Laurence Olivier, Elisabeth Bergner
- Sir Laurence Olivier in his first Shakespearian role. Elisabeth Bergner
stars as Rosalind, the daughter of an exiled Duke, who falls in love
with Orlando (Olivier), the son of one of her father's courtiers. When
Orlando continues to ignore her, Rosalind decides the best way to be
at his side is by disguising herself as a boy. How Rosalind works out
her predicament is part of the fun in this early sound film adaptation
of Shakespeare's classic play. 2996
At War With the Army
1950 - 1:33:25 – Comedy – Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 2565
Battleship Potemkin
1925 – 1:02:32 - Drama - Dramatization of the 1905 Odessa uprising
by the enlisted men against the officer class on the Battleship Potemkin
and the subsequent retaliation of the Czarist army against the citizens
of the city. 3772
Beat the Devil
1954 – 1:30:07 - Drama. Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Peter
Lorre. An explosion wrecks an African-bound tramp steamer. 2862
Beneath the 12 Mile Reef
1953 – 1:41:40 - Drama - Robert Wagner - An underwater "Romeo
and Juliet" involving two families--one Greek, the other WASP--who
rival for the underwater territory that sustains their separate sponge
gathering businesses. 1553
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Best of the Three Stooges
1947 – 1:15:43 – Comedy 2828
Big Lift, The
1950 - 2:00:16 – Drama - Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas –
Story of a major airlift during World War II. 1584
Big Show, The
1937 - :55:54 – Western - All Star Cast, Gene Autry – Songs,
action and horses. 1985
Big Trees, The
1952 - 1:29:51 – Western - Kirk Douglas - A ruthless land speculator
schemes to shift a group of religious settlers off their land. 2863
Bird
of Paradise
1932 – 80:00 – Romance – Joel McCrea, Dolores Del Rio
– Exotic South Seas romance with McCrea as an adventurer who meets
and falls in love with native-girl Del Rio.
Black Military Experience
Documentaries. Made by the US government during World War II about the
use of Negro soldiers in the armed forces.
Black Tights
1960 – 2:05:11 – Musical - Cyd Charisse - Vintage French musical
presents four ballets from Roland Petit's Les Ballets de Champs Elysees
(La Croqueuse de Diamants, Cyrano de Bergerac, Deuil en 24 Heures, and
Carmen), featuring members from the Ballet du Paris. 1954
Blood on the Sun
1945 – 1:34:09 – Drama - James Cagney – Spy drama set
in Japan in 1929. 1560
Blue Angel
1930 – 1:33:26 – Drama – Marlene Dietrich; Emil Jannings
- Dark, pathos-filled melodrama about professor obsessed with a cabaret
singer. Hailed by critics as an early masterpiece. Drama/romance lovers
agree it's one of the great, old-time tearjerkers. 1997
British Intelligence
1:03:06 – Mystery – Borris Karloff - A woman spies for two
countries. 2994
Burn “Em Up Barnes
1934 – Serial – Jack Mulhall – Daring racecar driving
meets a failing business owner and becomes her partner.
Captain Scarlet
1953 – 1:19:07 – Sci-Fi - Filmed in "supermarionation."
An expeditionary team sent from Earth to Mars makes the grave mistake
of firing on the military complex of the powerful "Mysterons."..
1555
Carnival
Story
1954 - 1:35:00 – Anne Baxter. Romantic complications ensure during
a carnival in Germany.
Carnival of Souls
1962 – Horror - Candace Hilligoss. Church organist is the soul
survivor of a drag race crash that begins her sojourn into the world
of dead souls. 5555
Charade
1963 – 1:54:01 – Comedy/Romance – Cary Grant, Audrey
Hepburn – A young woman returns home from vacation to find her
elegant apartment stripped and her husband murdered. 1585
Charlie Chaplin
1916 - v. 2 & 3 – 2:05:41 – Comedy 1530
Charlie Chaplin
1916 - v. 1 & 4 – 2:05:29 - Comedy 1541
Corpse Vanishes, The
Horror - Bela Lugosi - Bela Lugosi is the evil Dr. Lorenz, a man who
has invented a poisoned flower corsage to use on unsuspecting young
brides to put them in zombie-like state, abduct them, steal their blood
and inject it into his aging wife to keep her young forever. Dr. Lorenz'
actions are headed off at the pass by Pat Hunter, an intelligent and
beautiful reporter who knows what the sinister man is up to. Will she
be his next victim? 5740
Cyrano De Bergerac
1950 - 1:52:53– Drama – Jose Ferrer, Mala Powers – Jose
Ferrer captured the Oscar for best actor in 1950 for his performance
as Cyrano. 6
Dangerous Passage
1944 – 1:01:00 – Drama – Robert Lowery – A chance
to claim an inheritance rouses a man from his easy existence in Central
America to return to Texas.
Daniel
Boone
1936 – 1:17:19 – Adventure – George O’Brien, John
Carradine – Daniel Boone paved the way for the settling of America,
fighting frontier Indians. 1717
Delightfully Dangerous
1945 – Comedy - Jane Powell - A burlesque queen marries a Broadway
producer and gets a chance at the big-time. 908
Dementia 13
1963 – 1:17:45 - Horror – Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
– slick horror tale, made during Coppola’s formative years.
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Detour
1946 – 1:08:51 – Film Noir - Tom Neal, Ann Savage - Cult classic
film noir about Hitchhiker blackmailed by ultra-vicious femme fatale.
Lauded for it’s innovative, low-budget production, this gem is
pure pleasure for noir fans, admirers of murky morality plays. 3728
Devil
Horse
1934 – Serial – Harry Carey – Exciting western serial
with Harry Carey trying to befriend a wild boy who can help him find
the man who murdered his brother.
D O A
1949 – 1:24:41 - Suspense – Edmond O’Brien - This famous
film-noir murder mystery features an inventive twist: the victim as
"detective," desperately trying to solve his own murder. An
accountant on vacation in San Francisco gets a dose of lethal, slow-acting
poison. He then begins a desperate search for the individual responsible
for his impending demise. 2572
Dog’s Life, A
1917 - :34:00 – Charlie Chaplin. A mongrel dog and Edna Purviance
come into the Little Tramp’s life.
Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case
1940 – 1:17:00 – Drama – Lew Ayres – Dr. Kildare
tries to help a brain surgeon who is depressed over losing too many
patients.
Eleanor Roosevelt Story, The
1965 – Biography – Narrated by Archibald MacLeish, Eric Sevareid
& Francis Cole – Oscar-winning documentary account of the first
lady. 2846
Emperor Jones
1933 – Drama - Paul Robeson - Stylized drama follows a clever Pullman
porter's strange rise and fall, including a stint as emperor of Haiti.
Robeson's powerful presence adds interest for classics fans. 1723
Eternally Yours
1939 – Comedy - Loretta Young & David Niven - Young plays the
wife of Niven the Magician and she thinks his career is ruining their
marriage. 2866
Fabulous Dorseys, The
1947 - 1:28:21 - Musical. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Janet Blair. The famous
brothers portray themselves in this musical "biography". 2577
Father's Little Dividend
1951 – 1:22:11 - Comedy - Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan
Bennett - This sequel to the hugely popular
Father
of the Bride
Reunited the entire cast for another charming turn. Although Stanley
Bank's (Spencer Tracy) is hoping for some peace and quiet now that his
daughter, Kitten's (Elizabeth Taylor) been married off, he soon learns
he's in for more chaos as an expectant grandfather. 3714
Fighting Caravan
1931 – 1:21:41 - Western – Gary Cooper leads a wagon train.
3725
Fighting Westerner, The
1:06:23 – Western – Randolph Scott –Lawman Larry Sutton
(Scott) is assigned to solve a series of murders occurring at a radium
mine. 3746
First Spaceship on Venus
1:19:13 - SciFi – Yoko Tani - Eight curious scientists in the far-future
year 1985 try to find the source and meaning of a message disc from
the planet Venus. Based on "The Astronauts" by the great Stanislaw
Lem (SOLARIS), this SF curio also boasts a multinational cast, as well
as beautiful photography and production design. 2803
Five
Minutes to Live
1961 – 1:20:00 – Johnny Cash. Murderer teams up with another
con to hold a bank +president’s wife hostage.
Flaming Frontiers
1938 – Serial – Johnny Mack Brown – Johnny plays a famous
Indian scout who comes to the aid of a family whose valuable gold mine
is threatened.
Flying Deuces
1939 – 1:09:17 – Comedy - Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean
Parker. Comedy. Stan and Ollie join the Foreign Legion in this fast
moving classic. 3722
Gallant Bess
1948 – 1:12:19 – Melodrama - Cameron Mitchell - A rodeo star's
wanderlust is cooled when he falls in love with a beautiful spectator,
but he despairs of giving up the freedom and fame of life on the road
with his best friend and partner, Bess the Horse. A tender melodrama
that effectively blends the Western hero's conflict between domesticity
and the call of the range into the standard "animal hero"
storyline. 2827
Ghosts
of Hollywood
Documentary - About the decaying and forgotten studios of the silent
film era.
Ghosts on the Loose
1943 – 1:06:43 – Horror - Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall
– The Kids in a hilarious mystery-comedy wherein they spend a long
night in a haunted house. 2993
Giant Gila Monster
1959 - 1:15:00 – Horror - Really big lizard menaces Texas town.
5716
God's Little Acre
1958 – 1:51:02 – Drama – Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray - A Georgia
farmer believes there is a buried treasure somewhere on his farm. 1959
Godzilla vs. Megalon
1:20 – SciFi – 5705
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Gold Rush, The
1925 - 1:22:03 – Comedy – Number 74 of American’s Greatest
Movies. Charlie Chaplin – Chaplin’s classic tale of man’s
greed and quest for gold. 3715
Gorilla, The
1939 1:05:52 – Comedy - Ritz Brothers, Bela Lugosi. A slapstick
reworking of the thriller “The Old Dark House”. 3761
Great
Dan Patch, The
1949 – 1:34:00 – Drama - Dennis O’Keefe - Delightful
true story of the legendary pace-racing horse Dan Patch, who was unbeaten
in 11 years of track racing.
Gulliver’s Travels
1939 – 1:23:54 – Adventure - In 1939, Dave and Max Fleischer—
who created the classic jazzy Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons--turned
their animation skills to a feature film adaptation of Swift's classic
novel... 2566
Gung Ho
1943 – 1:27:58 – Western - Randolph Scott, Robert Mitchum
– The training and development of the famous WWII fighting machine,
Carlson’s Raiders. 3709
Heidi
1954 – 1:36:35 – Drama - As soon as the orphaned Heidi befriends
her crotchety grandfather in his mountain cabin, she is taken away from
him and whisked off to the city. There, Heidi is placed into the care
of a wealthy, but uncaring family that wishes her to be a companion
to the invalid Klara. Soon, the two girls form a tender friendship strong
enough to melt even the iciest heart. 1588
Hercules Unchained
1:36 – Action – Steve Reeves – Hercules fights in many
battles. 5829
High Command
1937 – 1:23:59 – Action – James Mason - A British General
in West Africa panics as his sinister past begins to catch up to him.
Based on the novel "The General Goes Too Far," by Lewis Robinson...
2575
His Girl Friday
1940 – 1:32:25 – Comedy - Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph
Bellamy. Comedy. Produced and directed by Howard Hawks and filled with
Ben Hecht's rapid-fire dialogue which aims at the world of newspaper
reporting. Based on "The Front Page." 3766
Horror Express
1973 – 1:27:46 – Horror – Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
and Telly Savalas – A monster who has been frozen for years is
being transported on a train. but the passengers are in for a big surprise
when the creature suddenly comes to life, and creates deadly chaos for
everyone on board! 2868
House on Haunted Hill, The
1958 - 1:15:19 – Horror – Vincent Price, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Directed by William Castle - Unspeakable things happened at the Vannacutt
Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane- experiments that brought
human torture to new depths of depravity... secrets that died with their
victims and the practitioners of the demonic acts that masqueraded as
medicine. Now there are no living witnesses. Nothing survived Dr. Vannacutt's
excesses; nothing endures except the building in which they occurred.
But that building holds all the secrets of its terrible past. Decades
after the Vannacutt Institute was shuttered, five strangers are invited
to spend a night there. Their reward is a million dollars each. All
they have to do is stay alive. It's going to be a long night. 1547
Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 – 1:37:50 – Drama – The original with Lon Chaney,
Patsy Ruth Miller and Norman Kerry - One of the first adaptations of
Victor Hugo's novel about hunchback Quasimodo's love for Esmeralda.
Silent films buffs find much to enjoy in sheer spectacle of production
and Chaney's poignant, star-making performance. 1557
Hurricane Express
1932 – Serial - John Wayne – Air pilot John Wayne chases the
masked villain.
Immortal Battalion
1944 – 1:28:35 – Drama - David Niven, Stanley Halloway –
Meticulous research adds a sense of gritty realism to this vivid, stirring
account of a WWII British combat unit undergoing basic training. Featuring
a sharp, unsentimental script by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov and an
excellent cast, including Ustinov, Trevor Howard, and James Donald,
the film invests an archetypal story with the kind of realistic bite
that can still grip an audience. 2568
Intolerance
1915 – 1:59:01 – Silent - Directed by D. W. Griffith. Epic
composed of four separate, intertwined stories, which demonstrate how
human intolerance leads to tragedy. 1568
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 – Drama – James Stewart, Donna Reed – Number 11
of America’s greatest movies - George Bailey is a small-town man
whose life seems so desperate he contemplates suicide. He had always
wanted to leave Bedford Falls to see the world, but circumstances and
his own good heart have led him to stay. He sacrificed his education
for his brother's, kept the family-run savings and loan afloat, protected
the town from the avarice of the greedy banker Mr. Potter, and married
his childhood sweetheart. As he prepares to jump from a bridge, his
guardian angel intercedes, showing him what life would have become for
the residents of Bedford Falls is he had never lived. 704
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Jackie Robinson Story
1950 – Biography - Jackie Robinson, Rudy Dee – This biographical
film stars the baseball legend himself in a dramatic story about the
player who integrated major league ball. The story begins with Jackie
Robinson's early years, profiling the successful young athlete who excelled
in various collegiate sports. It then follows him to his momentous meeting
with Branch Rickey who brought Robinson in as a professional player
to the previously all-white sport. 1714.
Joe Louis Story
1953 – Biography - Coley Wallace - Realistic portrayal of the life
of boxer Joe Louis from his humble beginnings to his rise to the top
of the boxing world and then his failed attempt at a comeback in 1951
at the hands of Rocky Marciano. 854.
Judge Priest
1934 - Comedy - Will Rogers, Anita Louise - In a 1972 interview, John
Ford claimed that this slice of Americana, starring Will Rogers as the
title character, was his favorite among his films... 28400.
Kansas City Confidential
1952 – 1:38:00 – Drama – John Payne –
Tough action drama with hard-luck ex-con implicated in a bank heist,
but determined to unmask the real culprits.
Kid, The
1921 – 1:05:00 – The Little Tramp adopts and
raises a little boy reluctantly abandoned by his troubled mother.
Killer
Shrews
1:08 – Horror - A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns
your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beast. 5718
King
of Champs-Elysees
1935 – 1:28:00 – Comedy - Buster Keaton. A tales of mistaken
identity ensues.
King of the Cowboys
1957 – Western - Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette - A film tribute to
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Trigger using archival film clips and contemporary
interviews. 1537
Lady of Burlesque
1943 – 1:31:54 – Mystery -Barbara Stanwyck - A stripper is
murdered with her own G-string backstage during a performance. Everyone
is a suspect, but the show must go on! Screen legend Barbara Stanwyck,
action director William A. Wellman and famed Gypsy Rose Lee team up
to create the best backstage musical murder mystery ever made! Based
on actual incidents (and folklore) from the underbelly of the show biz
world. 2000
Lady Frankenstein
1:23:40 - Horror – Joseph Cotten, Mickey Hargitay - Frankenstein's
daughter creates a handsome monster for the sole purpose of fulfilling
her strange sexual desires...5556
Last Man on Earth
1964 – SciFi - Vincent Price - Based on Richard Matheson's SF thriller
I AM LEGEND, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH is about a man who survives a global
plague only to be stalked nightly by zombie-like victims who call out
his name... 5639
Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 – 1:56:40 – Drama - Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson –
Adaptation of Fitzgerald's novel about a soldier who, after the war,
settles in Paris to start a career as novelist, falls in love with a
wealthy young beauty. Soon, his drinking takes control of him and leads
to her accidental death, but not before she gives birth to their daughter,
whom he seeks to be reunited with years later after fighting to reform
himself. 1563
Laurel & Hardy Classics
1:21:46 Comedy 2859
Life With Father
1947 – 1:58:31 - Comedy. William Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Irene
Dunne. Turn of the century antics of an eccentric family living in New
York. 1566
Lightning
Warrior, The
1931 – Serial – Rin Tin Tin, George Brent – An exciting
adventure-packed saga of the old west with legendary stuntman Yakima
Canutt performing daring deeds.
Li'l Abner
1940 – 1:11:41 – Comedy –Buster Keaton, Granville Owen
– Al Capp’s Dogpatch characters prepare for the infamous bachelor
terror, “Saddie Hawkins Day.” 1718.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936 - 1:42:50– Classic - Freddie Bartholomew, Guy Kibbe –
A waif living in the streets is elevated to the position of an English
Lord. 1579
Little
Men
1940 – 1:24:09 – Drama – Jack Oakie, Jimmy Lyndon - Louisa
May Alcott's novel of boys coming of age at a boarding school is modernized
for this family film. 3779
Little Princess
1939 – 1:34:04 – Drama - Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita
Louise. A downtrodden waif searches for her father who is believed to
be dead - by everyone but Shirley. 3768
Little Shop of Horrors
1961 -1:13:00 - Musical-Comedy – Jack Nicholson. Simple-minded
lad working in florist shop develops strange plant which feeds on human
blood. 5703
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Lone Ranger, The
Vol 2 - :47:40 - Western 736.
Long John Silver
1954 – 1:42:48 – Adventure – Charles Laughton, Randolph
Scott – A pair of classic pirate adventure movies from Hollywood's
Golden Age. CAPTAIN KIDD features Charles Laughton as the pirate captain
who tricks his way into becoming escort for a ship bound from India
with loads of treasure... 29
Lost
Jungle, The
Twelve chapter serial about Clyde Beatty, world’s greatest wild
animal trainer, who crashes on a lost island jungle teaming with lions
and tigers.
Love Affair
1939 – 1:28:09 – Drama – Romance - Irene Dunne, Charles
Boyer - A man and woman fall in love aboard ship, vowing to meet again
six months later, in this charming, touching tale. Deft blend of comedy
and pathos seduces romance lovers. 3780
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946 – 1:32:54 – Comedy – Andy Rooney 1999
Mack Sennet Comedies
1916-28 – 1:10:05 – Comedy 1998
Made for Each Other
1939 – 1:31:42 – Drama - James Stewart, Carole Lombard. Everything
goes wrong for newlyweds Stewart and Lombard in this 1939 tearjerker.
3712
Man
in the Attic
1954 – 1:22:00 – Jack Palance – Third adaptation of the
psychological thriller, “The Lodger”. Palance gives an outstanding
portraylal as the sinister-looking, secretive, insane pathologist who
is Jack the Ripper!
Man Who Knew Too Much
1934 – 1:16:25 – Mystery - Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, Leslie Banks,
Peter Lorre – A family is told by a dying secret agent of a plot
to assassinate a diplomat in London, trouble follows. 2877
Man With the Golden Arm, The
1956 – Drama – Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak -
A professional card dealer returns to Chicago after rehab for heroin
addiction. But his overpowering wife, his old street buddies, and the
allure of a 'B-girl', coupled with his real dream to become a jazz drummer
bring him back to the needle. His life starts to self-destruct again
and he makes one last ditch effort to kick the habit. 1574.
March of the Wooden Soldiers
1:11:31 – Comedy – Laurel and Hardy - This version of Victor
Herbert's beloved Christmas classic stars Laurel and Hardy as two clerks
working in Toyland. When sweet Little Bo-Peep spurns the evil Barnaby,
he retaliates by exiling her and her sweetheart Tom-Tom to Bogeyland.
Now it's up to the comic duo of Laurel and Hardy to rescue the young
lovers... 557.
Martin Luther
1955 – Drama - A biopic which examines Protestant reformer Martin
Luther's personal battles, and his transformation from a simple monk
into leader of the Protestant movement--and, in the eyes of the Vatican,
an ecclesiastical terrorist. 1564
Meet John Doe
1941 – 2:01:35 – Drama - Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward
Arnold – Frank Capra’s ode to the common man in which Cooper
is chosen to represent the “typical American.” 29800.
Metropolis
2:00 – Sci-Fi – The story takes place in 2026, one-hundred
years from when the movie was made. The world Von Harbou and Lang created
was a cold, mechanical, industrial one. Since this movie was produced
not long after the industrial revolution, it could be a foreshadowing
of what the world would have been like if the industrial revolution
had kept growing. 5827
Milky Way, The
1936 - 1:28:43 – Comedy - Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou – A
milkman knocks out the middleweight champ and finds his success. 2867
Mohawk
1956 – 1:20:00 – Adventure – Neville Brand. Fanatical
land owners incite warring Indian tribes against settlers. 5701.
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939 – 1:11:03 – Mystery – Peter Lorre – Mr. Moto
foils a spy ring’s plot to blow up the French fleet harbored in
the Suez Canal. 558
Mr. Wong Detective
1938 – 1:11:21 – Mystery - Boris Karloff - An episode of the
long-running "Mr. Wong" series about the ingenious Chinese
detective who is pitted against the poison gas killers... 1548
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Murder by Television
1935 – Horror - Bela Lugosi, Hattie McDaniel – The inventor
of a television receiver, circa 1935, is murdered on camera! 5813
My Dear Secretary
1948 – 1:35:26 – Comedy – Lorraine Day, Kirk Douglas,
Keenan Wynn. A famous author hires an aspiring young writer to be his
secretary and conflicts arise. 1573
My Favorite Brunette
1947 – 1:26:33 – Comedy – Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter
Lorre, Lon Channey, Jr. When Hope passes himself off as a famous private
eye, he soon regrets the charade. 559
My Man Godfrey
1936 - 1:34:10– Comedy – William Powell, Carole Lombard, Gail
Patrick – Powell portrays a gentleman’s gentleman in this
“screwball” comedy directed by Gregory La Cava. 28000
Napoleon
1956 – 1:55:21 - Drama - Orson Welles, Marie Schell, Yves Montand.
From the ornate salons of the great palaces of France, to the gray battlefields
of Belgium, this colorful period of European history is seen through
a series of flashbacks. 1572
Native Son
1951 – Drama - Richard Wright - Ambitious race relations drama
about black chauffeurs accidental murder of white woman. With Richard
Wright in lead role, this is a great curiosity piece for fans of the
landmark book. 1996
Never Wave at a Wac
1952 – 1:27:44 – Comedy – Rosalind Russell, Marie Wilson,
Paul Douglas - A high society lady in Washington becomes a WAC hoping
for a commission, which never comes. 2573
Night of the Living Dead
1968 – 1:33:01 - Horror – Dir. George Romero, Duane Jones
– The underground cult classic lined wall to wall with blood and
gore as the dead rise in search of human flesh. 2855
Night Train to Munich
1940 – 1:35:10 - Suspense - Rex Harrison, Margaret Lockwood. Romance
and intrigue on a late night train trip. 2802
No, No Nanette
1940 – 1:27:37 – Musical – Victor Mature, Leo Carillo,
Richard Carlson, Zasu Pitts - The Broadway musical comes to the screen
featuring Carlson as the financially strapped uncle propped up by his
adoring niece Nanette... 1964
North Star, The
1943 – 1:46:13– Action - Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter
Huston – Tribute to the courage of the Russian people during the
Nazi invasion. Directed by Lewis Milestone. 1578
Nosferatu
1:20 – Horror – Silent – Real Estate clerk travels to
the Carpathian mountains to meet with an eccentric client named Orlok.
As Orlok moves his coffin from place to place people begin to die. 5704
Nurse Edith Cavell
1:36:24 – Drama – George Sanders – Based on the life
of a famous nurse who served the allies gallantly during World War 1.
5858
Of Human Bondage
1934 – 1:23:46 – Drama – Leslie Howard, Bette David,
Kay Johnson – John Cromwell brings W. Somerset Maugham’s novel
and Bette Davis’s career to life with the spellbinding drama OF
HUMAN BONDAGE... Having unsuccessfully tried his hand at painting in
Paris, Philip Carey (Leslie Howard) returns home to London. Despite
his clubfoot, Philip overcomes his awkwardness and pursues a medical
career. Still in medical school, he becomes obsessed with a gruff Cockney
waitress, Mildred Rogers (Davis), intent on taking him for all he is
worth. Davis is spectacular as the repulsive Mildred, while Howard’s
quiet, suffering gentleman furthered his own reputation as an outstanding
performer. 3727
One Eyed Jacks
1960 – 1:32:53 pt. 1 - :47:53 pt. 2 - Western – Marlon Brando,
Karl Malden, Katy Jurado - A town sheriff, whose outlaw past has remained
hidden, faces a newcomer who knows his secret. 2972 pt 1 – 2935
pt 2
Our Town
1940 – 1:29:53 – Drama – William Holden, Thomas Mitchell
– Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning stage hit brought
to the screen. 1570
Outlaw, The
1943 - 1:55:57 - Western – Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell, Walter
Huston – Howard Hughes’ adult western caused a sensation in
its initial release due to Russell’s sexy outfits and then sizzling
subject matter. 1540
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Painted Hills, The
1951 – 1:05:00 – Drama – Lassie stars as Shep, a collie
who is ever-loyal to her prospector owner, who must battle claim jumpers
to preserve his gold stake.
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931 – 1:13:35 – Comedy – Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood
– In one of his first sound features, Keaton portrays an accident-prone
loser – but he does get the girl. 3765
Penny Serenade
1941 – 2:00:41 – Drama/Comedy – Cary Grant, Irene Dunne
– A romantic comedy-drama with Grant portraying a composer whose
life turns grim. 1577
Perils of Pauline
1947 – 1:32:53 - Adventure/Comedy – Dir. George Marshall,
Betty Hutton, John Lund – This action packed life of serial queen
Pearl White, as portrayed by Betty Hutton. 2991
Phantom Creeps, The
pt 1 2:01:13, pt 2 1:50:07 - Horror/Serial – 12 chapters –
Bela Lugosi, Robert Kent, Regis Toomey – A mad scientist, D. Korka,
attempts to destroy the world with his bizarre inventions! Pt 1 2979;
pt 2 2973
Phantom Empire
1:58:53 pt 1 – 1:57:57 pt 2 – Serial – 12 chapters -
Gene Autry, Frankie Darro – Western thrills are blended with science
fiction as Gene deals with the menace of an underground city. Pt 1 1558
pt 2 1562
Phantom of the Opera
1925 – 1:47:34 – Horror – Lon Chaney Sr., Mary Philbin
– The “man of 1000 faces” terrorizes the Paris Opera
House as “The Phantom.” 1960
Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 – 1:28:03 – Musical – Classic tale of the magic
pied piper who claims an entire village and then disappears into the
mountains when the townspeople fail to keep their promise to him. 28300
Pot 'O Gold
1941 – 1:25:36 – Comedy - James Stewart, Paulette Goddard
- Stewart plays Jimmy Haskell, nephew of breakfast-food mogul C. J.
Haskell (Charles Winninger). befriending bandleader Horace Heidt (playing
himself) and his orchestra members, Jimmy and his sweetheart Molly McCorkle
(Paulette Goddard) tries to persuade C. J. to sponsor Heidt's radio
program. The elder Haskell refuses until Jimmy and Molly's landlady
mother (Mary Gordon) come up with a sure-fire "gimmick" for
the program: they'll pick names from the phone book at random, call
up those numbers, and give away huge prizes to whomever answers-provided
that the call-ees are tuned into Heidt's show. 3759
Private Buckaroo
1942 – 1:09:08 – Musical - Andrews Sisters, Donald O'Connor,
Harry James Band. A WWII musical intended as a troop morale booster.
When bandleader Harry James and singer Dick Foran join the army, Sgt.
Mugsy (Shemp Howard) tries to get them ready for the big fight overseas,
but they'd rather chase girls and play music. 3713
Pygmalion
1938 – 1:36:03 – Comedy – Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller
– The story that became “My Fair Lady.” Film adaptation
of Shaw's tale of flower girl who becomes a "lady" under the
tutelage of arrogant professor. 1575
Quicksand
1950 – 1:19:00 – Film Noir – Mickey Rooney – A garage
mechanic takes $20.00 from the cashbox to take out a blonde. Soon he
sinks into a cesspool of robbery and blackmail in this superb, low-budget
film noir.
Rain
1932 – 1:34:35 – Drama -Joan Crawford, Walter Huston –
Maugham’s shocking story of human disintegration unfolds when a
group is thrown together in a monsoon. 1962
Road to Bali
1953 – 1:31:23 – Comedy – Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy
Lamour - George And Harold are two vaudevillians forced to hightail
it out of Australia by a young woman's overprotective father... 2858
Road to Hollywood
:54:25 – Comedy – Bob Hope, Bing Crosby - A fictional biography
of Bing Crosby, featuring music clips from 1931 and 1932. Narrated by
Bud Pollard. 1983
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
1936 - 2:02:11 pt 1 1:41:46 pt 2 - Action/Serial – 14 – Chapters
- Mala, Herbert Rawlinson – High Adventure on a mysterious island.
1955 pt 1 1590 pt 2
Royal Wedding
1951 – 1:33:58 – Musical – Fred Astaire, Jane Powell
- Fred Astaire and Jane Powell star as a brother and sister dance team
who each find romance in London during the 1952 royal wedding celebration.
The plot is thin, the dialogue inane, but fans of Astaire will love
his dancing. 1715
Ruthless
1948 – 1:27:59 – Mystery – Zachary Scott. Exciting drama
with a theme of ambition becoming too great an obsession for a business
man. 1965
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
1:21 – Fantasy – Pia Zadora – People of Mars are worried
when their children become listless, kidnap two earth children and Santa
Claus and take them to Mars. 5717
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Santa Fe Trail
1940 – 1:50:24 – Western – Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland,
Ronald Reagan – Excellent historical adventure with Jeb Stuart
and his band in pursuit of John Brown. 34
Scarlet Pimpernel
1934 – 1:38:16 - Adventure/Drama – Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon
– English nobleman rescue doomed French aristocrats from the guillotine.
1957
Second Chorus
1940 – 1:25:02 – Musical - Fred Astaire, Artie Shaw and Band.
Coed couple attempt not to graduate college in order to exploit their
successful college band. 1716
Secret Agent
1936 – 1:27:01 – Mystery – Directed by Alfred Hitchcock,
John Gieguld, Peter Lorre – Hitchcock’s secret agent is pursued
by demented triggerman Peter Lorre. 3767
Seventh Cavalry
1956 - 1:16:43 – Western – Randolph Scott - A dramatization
of the events leading up to Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn...
2834
Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill
1946 – Mystery – Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce – Holmes
and his companion Dr. Watson recover valuables stolen from the bank
of England, with only a series of music boxes providing the clues...
3710
Sherlock Holmes - Secret Weapon
1942 – 1:09 - Mystery - Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce. Holmes and
Watson confront Moriarty in a race to recapture a bombsight needed for
the war effort. 2854
Sherlock Holmes Terror by Night
1946 – 1:00:36 - Mystery - Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce. Sherlock
Holmes and Watson solve a murder mystery while spending the night on
a speeding train. 1982
Sherlock Holmes - The Woman in Green
1945– 1:08:16 - Mystery - Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce. Holmes and
Watson battle Moriarty once again. 2571
Showtime at the Apollo (Harlem Variety Review)
1954 – Musical -Lionel Hampton, Lulu Brown, Sarah Vaughn. 1719.
Sid Cesar Special
:51:28 – Comedy 737
Sins of Harold Diddlebock
1:30:46 - Comedy – Harold Lloyd - Lloyd’s last film casts
him as a mild-mannered office worker who turns eccentric after drinking
a “Diddlebock” cocktail. 2805.
Sitting Bull
1954 – Western - Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, Iron Eyes Cody. A
cavalry officer is pardoned after Sitting Bull makes an impassioned
plea for him. 5860
Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 – 1:55:29 – Drama - Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner - As Harry
lies wounded and delirious in an African campsite at the foot of the
snow-covered slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, he recounts the story of his
life in a series of flashbacks. Writing, women, and big-game hunting--these
are the things that have defined and dominated his existence. 1567
Song of Freedom
1936 – Musical - Paul Robeson - Robeson stars as a British-born
longshoreman named John Zinga who becomes an opera singer, earning enough
money to return to Africa and trace his lineage... 1722.
S.O.S.
– Coast Guard
1937 – Serial – Bela Lugosi – US Coast Guard Lieutenant
battles sinister foreign spy.
Speak Easily
1932 – Comedy – Buster Keaton – Buster is bound for Broadway.
Stage Door Canteen
1943 - Musical - Tallulah Bankhead, Merle Oberon, Katharine Hepburn,
Gypsy Rose Lee, Paul Muni, Ethel Waters, Peggy Lee, Johnny Weismuller.
Dozens of stars and band leaders in this WWII morale builder! 1648
Strange Loves of Martha Ivers
1946 – 1:56:55 - Film Noir – Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas
– Barbara Stanwyck's murderous past might be revealed by her alcoholic,
unrespected husband Kirk Douglas. 1582
Stranger, The
1946 - 1:32:17 - Drama - Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Loretta Young.
A Nazi-criminal of war quietly living in America begins to suspect he
has been discovered. 2564
Star is Born, A
1937 – 1:51:59 - Drama – Frederic March, Janet Gaynor, Adolphe
Menjou – Recounts a tragic Hollywood tale of fame and misfortune.
As young Esther Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) rises to stardom, her husband,
former leading man Norman Maine (Fredric March), is in the midst of
a heartbreakingly rapid decline... 1583.
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Suddenly
1954 - 1:16:41 – Drama - Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden - Sinatra
plays a psychopathic triggerman hired to kill the United States President.
2876
Sunny
1941 - 1:35:37 – Musical - Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, Edward Everett
Horton – The beautiful Anna Neagle stars as a circus performer
who falls in love with a rich car dealer's son, against her family's
wishes. 1580
Svengali
1931 – 1:21:05 - Drama – John Barrymore, Marian Marsh –
Barrymore in one of his best performances as he portrays the mad monk.
3762.
Swing High-Swing Low
1937 - 1:21:05 – Drama - Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Dorothy
Lamour. Director Mitchell Leison's musical tale of a young couple that
meet and marry and go on to success in the world of jazz. 3762
Tempest,
The
Terror, The
1963 – 1:19:04 - Horror – Dir. Roger Corman, Boris Karloff,
Jack Nicholson – Mood, atmospheric horror tale set in a lonely
old castle. 5638
Theatre Royal
1943 - 1:03:31 – Musical – Producer’s staff puts on hit
show and saves the theatre. 1534
Thief of Baghdad
1924 - 2:29:07 – Adventure – Douglas Fairbanks – One
of the classic silent films of the 1920’s. 705
Things to Come
1936 – 1:30:36 - SciFi – Raymond Massey – H.G. Wells
classic tale of man’s future. 2560.
Thirty-nine Steps
1935 – 1:23:37 - Mystery/Drama – Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, Robert
Donat, Madeline Carroll – One of Hitchcock’s favorite plots:
man against the system. Donat is framed for murder by a spy ring. 2811.
This is the Army
1943 – 1:54:;54 - Comedy/Musical - George Murphy, Joan Leslie,
Ronald Regan. Irving Berlin's all star tribute to the armed forces.
1561.
Three Came Home
1950 – 1:44:57 - Drama – Claudette Colbert, Sessue Hayakawa
– During
World War II, American author Agnes Newton Keith and her British husband
were arrested and imprisoned in a Japanese prisoner camp. 28
Three
Musketeers
1933 – Serial – John Wayne – Update of Dumas’ characters
in the French Foreign Legion.
'Til the Clouds Roll By
1946 - 2:16:12 – Musical – June Allyson, Robert Walker, Judy
Garland - The musicalized, and highly fictionalized, life story of beloved
composer Jerome Kern, who gave his blessing to the production shortly
before his death in 1946. 706
Tillie’s Punctured Romance
Comedy - Charlie Chaplin, the original Keystone Cops. Mack Sennet Comedy.
1648.
Topper Returns
1941 - 1:29:05 – Comedy – Roland Young, Joan Blondell, Eddie
“Rochester” Anderson – Topper turns detective as the
ghost of a murder victim persuades him to discover her killer. 3720
Trial,
The
1963 – Drama – Tony Perkins - Orson Welles wrote, directed
and acts in Kafka’s famous novel about a law clerk who gets arrested
without being told why.
Tulsa
1949 - 1:28:30 – Western - Susan Hayward, Robert Preston –
Oil woman Hayward in a tale of wildcat oil rigs. 1576
Undersea Kingdom
pt 1 2:00:36, pt 2 1:41:01 - SciFi/Serial – 12 chapters –
Roy “Crash” Corrigan, Lon Chaney, Jr. – One of the first
sci-fi thrillers. Filled with rockets, robots, submarines, mad doctors,
etc., for a classic serial. Pt 1 1594, pt 2 1595
Utopia
1950 - 1:26:20 – Comedy – Laurel and Hardy – Stan and
Ollie in their last appearance on film together, as they inherit a desert
isle. 2831
Vengeance Valley
1951 - 1:22:26 - Western - Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru
– Even-tempered Owen Daybright is the adopted son of rancher Arch
Strobie. All his life Owen has been covering up for his good-for-nothing
brother Lee -- protecting the rascal from his father's wrath. Finally,
however, Lee's shenanigans go too far. After getting a young woman pregnant,
Lee shifts the blame to Owen. He even encourages the girl's brothers
to get revenge, hoping that with Owen out of the picture he'll become
sole heir to his father's farm. That's as much as any man can take...
and Owen decides that now is the time to settle the score. 3760
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
1:15:02 – SciFi – Basil Rathbone, Christopher Brand - Story
about a group of astronauts who go to Venus only to encounter terrible
danger until they are finally rescued. 2804
Way
Down East
1920 – Drama - Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, dir. D. W. Griffith
– A young girl finds happiness in a small town until her unsavory
past catches up with her. 1591
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Whispering
Shadow
1933 – Serial –
Bela Lugosi – Sinister Dr. Stang operates a wax museum and is obsessed
with getting a priceless ser of jewels.
Who Killed Doc Robbins
1950 - :49:49 – Comedy - George Zucco, Larry Olsen. Secret passages,
sunken pits and underground labs are found by gang of children trying
to save a friend. 1704
Wiretapper
1956 - 1:27:18 – Docudrama – Autobiography of Jim Vaus. 2857
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939 - pt 1 1:32:42, pt 2 1:57:29 – Serial – 12 chapters -
Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy – Zorro stops an Indian uprising in the
early days of Spanish California. Pt 1 1569, pt 2 1958
