The Toll of the Sea (1922, Color, Silent):Chinese maiden Lotus Flower (Anna May Wong) rescues shipwrecked Allen Carver when he washes ashore more dead than alive. Although reminded of the old proverb that the sea extracts twice the pain as whatever amount of joy it provides, she falls in love with the handsome American and eventually marries him. Allen, longing for his own kind, eventually abandons Lotus Flower and returns to the States - unaware that she is pregnant with his child. This loose...
Tomboy "Tommy" Smith works feverishly to run her boarding house while her idle father dreams up his next exotic invention. Tommy fears that her dad may be the notorious bootlegger who is drawing government revenue agents to Oakville like flies. A handsome stranger from the city, Aldon Farwell, rents a room at the house and romantic sparks fly between him and Tommy. The young girl finds love and happiness for the first time till a jealous suitor tells Tommy about a shocking discovery. Aldon is...
It was the weapon no one wanted, until it fell into the wrong hands. It blasted its way into history as the favorite of history's most infamous gangsters. The Thompson submachine gun was the most powerful, fastest-shooting weapon of its time. Built for the military and the police, they resisted the new gun, preferring to stay with ones they were familiar with. Soon, though, they learned to regret their decision, for the "Tommy Gun" proved its worth in the hands of men like Al Capone. TOMMY GUN...
Merchant Louis Toy has grown rich trafficking in curios and smuggling opium from his Chinatown storefront. When he refuses to pay protection money to the powerful Tong clan, he is marked for death by Ming Tai, head of the dreaded secret society. Luk Chan, the Tong's most feared assassin, is ordered to kill the rebellious storekeeper. Luk, who plans to marry Louie Toy's beautiful daughter, San Chee, has a horrible dilemma. He must kill his future father-in-law within ten days and lose the woman...
A battalion of heavily armed criminals takes over a small Mexican village. Their commander, the notorious "Generale" Jose Juan Reyes, becomes infatuated with the beautiful Maria Dolores (Paulette Goddard), the fiery-tempered daughter of the town's wealthiest man. Their tumultuous relationship is soon tested by issues of social inequality and a violent epidemic of influenza that brings fear and death to all.
Corrie ten Boom and her family are masters of their craft; they repair broken watches and return them safely to their owners. But as the evil of World War II sweeps through their city, a new kind of "watch" comes to their care: an innocent Jewish baby, desperately needing protection from the cruelty of the new Nazi regime. How will the ten Booms keep this baby, and many others, out of harm's way, and what will be the cost of serving God amidst unthinkable evils? When faith is tested, hope is...
When young John Wesley is miraculously saved from his family's burning home, his mother is certain that God has a great purpose for the boy's life. John will later refer to himself as a "brand plucked from the burning." As a man, Wesley tries to live out that special purpose on his own strength and good works, but it only brings frustration and failure. Finally, after years of struggle, Wesley embraces saving grace! But his new message is not welcome in the established churches. Will John...
Young Robert Jermain Thomas is a promising Welsh minister with a gift for new languages. For Robert, there is no doubt God wants him to use his abilities to bring the Gospel of Jesus to the Far East. But when he suffers tragedy in China, Robert loses direction and hope. That is, until he meets two Christian fishermen from the "Hermit Kingdom" of Korea who want to know more. Though Christianity is illegal and Westerners are forbidden, Robert has a new mission: to bring the Word of God to the...
Young Prince Kaboo knows his fate is sealed. Since his father can no longer meet his captors' ransom demands, Kaboo is to be tortured to death. But a bigger plan is about to unfold! A blinding light appears and the ropes that bind him fall away. Renewed strength floods his bruised body and a heavenly voice urges him, "Run, Kaboo, Run!" The dramatic events that follow lead the boy prince to take the new name, "Samuel Morris." Nothing will stop Samuel from sharing his growing faith with all who...
A chilling look inside California's toughest maximum-security prisons, where prison cops and inmates are locked together in a hidden world of isolation, violence, misery and unrelenting stress.
Feuding fathers deal with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is about to marry her own brother.
T'was the night before Christmas and all the presents in the house have mysteriously disappeared from beneath the tree. Matters become even more complicated when a wise cracking sock monkey named Smuckey, a sensitive train and a sleek red sports car fall into a trap set by toys from Christmas past. It seems they're hurt by the fact that once Christmas is past, they're forgotten and they want to protect the new toys from being hurt and forgotten as they were. But once the old, discarded toys...
The timely, provocative new five-episode SHOWTIME docu-series THE TRADE spotlights the crisis through the eyes of those most affected: the growers, addicts, cartel bosses and law enforcement hopelessly caught in its web.
This four-part season follows Central Americans on an odyssey to the United States (and others heading back home after being deported), while also delving into the shadow industries that prey on them every step of the way. The series sheds light on the smugglers and traffickers who take advantage of the migrants' vulnerability, and law enforcement pursuing them at the border, while providing a look at the rarely-seen underbelly of the migrants' world and their struggle to survive.
All the preceding films [in this series] were based on original scripts, but The Trail Beyond was actually drawn from a novel The Wolf Hunters by a popular author of stories about the North-West, James Oliver Curwood, making this something of a special for the series with the increased costs of acquiring the novel's rights and other changes that result. The most noticeable is the more impressive background of timber country with snowy mountains in the far distance and vigorous winds. But the...
Drew is searching for a lost miner and his daughter. They find a map to a mine and hide it but they are seen and chaos ensues.
Rod Drew (John Wayne) is in search of a missing miner and his daughter in this Lone Star Picture. Along the way, Drew rescues his pal Wabbi (Noah Beery Jr.) from card cheats who have framed him for murder. You'll find plenty of action and suspense in this vintage horse opera, originally distributed by the kings of the B western, Monogram Pictures!
In the early 1980's a war raged between Sicilian mafia bosses over the heroin trade. Tommaso Buscetta, a made man, fled to Brazil to hide out. Back home, scores are being settled and Buscetta watches from afar as his sons and brother are killed in Palermo, knowing he may be next. Soon he's arrested and extradited back to Italy by the Brazilian police. Buscetta then makes a decision that will change everything for himself and the Mafia: he decides to betray the eternal vow he made to the Cosa...
A mob-driven lynching is single-handedly broken up by Texas Ranger Tim Vallance (Tim McCoy). Instead of delivering the intended victims, two members of a murderous gang, to the sheriff, he releases them. For this outrageous and traitorous act of seeming conspiracy, Tim is stripped of his Ranger Sergeant stripes and badge. It's all part of a daring undercover scheme hatched by Tim to cast himself as a renegade so he can attempt to infiltrate the gang and bring them all to justice. When the ruse...
After years of perfecting their techniques, The FIRM now brings you their latest offering- The TransFIRMer Series! By combing brand-new, specially developed equipment with experienced FIRM Master Instructors, this series is their best yet! The new TransFIRMer was designed with multiple uses in mind, and has five different configurations to take your workout to the next level. The fun cardio moves will get you melting off the pounds quickly, and the sculpting moves will help you define a more...
Acting upon the last orders of Master Chiu Yen, the warrior Kwan searches for a magician who will unleash his hidden powers. Kwan needs these powers to battle against the assassin who killed Chiu Yen.
On the banks of the river Ganges lies a small Hindu village of farmers and fishermen. Their only treasure is a sacred ruby, safely hidden in an underground temple dedicated to Vishnu. According to an ancient prophecy, as long as the gem remains in its temple, no famine will befall the village, and no enemy will enslave it. Usaka, the power-hungry chief of the village, ignores this warning and makes a deal with white traders to exchange the ruby for modern weapons. A humble fisherman, Aimur,...
THE TREASURE OF JAMAICA REEF (1974): Three young urban professionals each receive a phone call from "Zappy", their industrious female treasure hunter friend. Zappy has learned of a sunken Spanish galleon rumored to have been carrying a chest of gold worth a fortune. The ship's captain hid the chest in a cave on a Jamaican reef three miles away. That cave has since been buried underwater by an earthquake. The four friends brave the ocean depths to find the valuable treasure - but a gang of...
Join an all-star cast including Julie Delpy, Georgina Cates, Daniel Baldwin, Patrick Dempsey and Seymour Cassel in this dark tale of survival of the fittest when three small-town prostitutes struggle to beat the game - and come out alive. Their one chance? An invitation to work at the mayor's birthday party. But a surprise visitor and an unexpected disaster turn the splashy party into a madhouse, and the women discover that getting out is no easy trick.