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The Fabulous Dorseys - Digitally Remastered. Their rivalry tore them apart. But music brought the siblings back together. Based on the lives of big-band stars Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, this biographical chronicle begins with their childhood in an industrial Pennsylvania town. Encouraged in their musical talents by their father, the Dorsey brothers' sibling rivalry proves to be a stumbling block until the their father's death gives them the momentum they need to rise to fame and they are...

The Giant Gila Monster - Digitally Remastered. As seen on Mystery Science Theatre 3000! A couple of teenagers are reported missing in a small Texas town and it is thought they eloped. Sheriff Jeff turns to his friend, Clarence Winstead, a garage mechanic and leader of a hot-rod gang for help. A series of tragic motor accidents occurs and it becomes apparent that a GIANT GILA MONSTER is roaming the area and depleting the town of its citizens and passer-throughs, including two hot-rodding...

The Flying Scotsman - Digitally Remastered. A young fireman on the Flying Scotsman train falls in love with the beautiful daughter of the driver who is about to retire. The young fireman has replaced another named Crow who was sacked for drinking on the job and is planning to wreck the express on the driver's last trip! Made to capitalize on the famous train and originally released as a silent film, this movie follows engineer Bob White (Moore Marriott) in his last run with the train known as...

James Dean -- Digitally Remastered. A legend in his own time! Premiering in 1976, this made-for-TV movie is a dramatization of the life of cinema icon James Dean as he rose to fame in the 1950s. Written by William Bast, who had roomed with Dean when they were both trying to make it as actors, the film features Stephen McHattie (A History of Violence, The Fountain) as the legendary but ultimately tragic rebel. Michael Brandon stars as Bast; Amy Irving, Brooke Adams and Meg Foster appear in...

Life With Father -- Digitally Remastered. All the Happiness and Laughter You Can Handle! Life With Father is a 1947 comedy film adapted from the longest-running non-musical play in Broadway's history. The story concerns a financier from New York who watches over his wife and four sons with the meticulousness of a bookkeeper. William Powell is a tower of comic strength as Clarence Day, the benevolent despot of his 1880s New York City household. Irene Dunne co-stars as Day's wife Vinnie, who...

My Man Godfrey -- Digitally Remastered. This classic and charming romantic comedy is one of the defining films of the "Screwball" genre. "My Man Godfrey" follows a scatterbrained socialite (the irrepressible Carole Lombard) who hires a vagrant (William Powell) as a family butler. But there's far more to Godfrey than meets the eye! Nominated for six Academy Awards including "Best Actor", "Best Actress" and "Best Director", "My Man Godfrey" is an unforgettable gem from the heyday of old...

M -- Digitally Remastered. Directed by celebrated German expressionist Fritz Lang (Metropolis), M is a classic early-talkie and crime thriller set in 1931 Berlin. In this haunting portrait of a diseased society, the police are unable to catch a child-murderer so other criminals join in the manhunt. Anxious to capture the elusive child killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre -- The Man Who Knew Too Much), police begin rounding up every criminal in town. The underworld leaders decide to take the heat...

Meet John Doe -- Digitally Remastered. A fired reporter's white lie spirals out of control when a fake suicide letter from a fictitious "John Doe" turns into a rousing political movement. Helmed by master filmmaker Frank Capra and starring screen legends Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, Meet John Doe centers on fired reporter Ann Mitchell (Stanwyck), who pens and prints a fake letter from an unemployed John Doe in protest of all that is wrong with society. When the letter garners major...

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring -- Digitally Remastered. Two-time Academy Award-winner Sally Field stars in this made-for-TV movie about a young woman struggling to adjust to her suburban life after spending time with a group of a hippies. Denise Miller (Field) returns to her image-conscious parents (Eleanor Parker and Jackie Cooper) and younger sister in the mundane suburbs after a year of living with hippies. As she adjusts to her old life, she must face the disapproval of her mother and...

Mickey -- Digitally Remastered. This coming-of-age comedy centers on a young tomboy named Mickey (Lois Butler) as she struggles between her two passions: singing and baseball. Meanwhile, she plays matchmaker for her widowed father (Bill Goodwin) and a neighbor (Irene Hervey). Academy Award-winning actress Hattie McDaniel also appears in this tender look at fathers and daughters. Mickey was directed by Ralph Murphy and based on the novel Clementine by Peggy Goodin.

Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island -- Digitally Remastered. Robert Louis Stevenson's Immortal Character -- The Most Colorful Pirate of All Time! Robert Newton reprises his Treasure Island role as Long John Silver in this 1954 Australian adventure film. Newton is even more outrageous this time around! In the first episode of this film, Silver rescues a governor's daughter, managing to save the day while lining his own pockets in the process. In the second, Long John quells a mutiny...

Penny Serenade -- Digitally Remastered. "Remember the tune they were singing the night we fell in love?" Penny Serenade is a 1941 melodrama directed by George Stevens (Swing Time, Gunga Din) starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi and Edgar Buchanan. It tells the story of a loving couple who must overcome adversity to keep their marriage together and raise a child. Grant was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. While listening to a recording of "Penny...