Dan Patch is destined to go down in the history books as the greatest harness racing horse who ever lived. He's so fast that no one will dare to compete against him, forcing the world's fastest horse to race against his own best time each year on "Dan Patch Day" to the cheers of millions of fans. When wealthy chemist David Palmer (Dennis O'Keefe) inherits an amazing colt named Dan Patch from his horse-breeding father, he is drawn back to the racing world he had left behind at the insistence of...
The Great Dan Patch thunders across the screen in the tradition of great horse movies like Seabiscuit and National Velvet, combining the talents of an all star cast that includes Dennis O'Keefe, Gail Russell and Henry Hull. But you'll be hearing more than hoof beats, because there's plenty of romance in this forgotten treasure from director Joseph Newman (This Island Earth, The Big Circus).
Scheming to steal a fortune from a corrupt CEO, a hardened criminal becomes entangled in an evil world of criminality. He endures deception after deception until he faces the greatest deceiver of all, The Devil.
National Geographic brings to life one of the greatest and most extreme natural history events never seen before -- a gigantic herd of dinosaurs escape the unforgiving North Pole.
The Great Escape tells the story of immigrant Mob King Bob who is involved in various illegal activities like arms dealing and money laundering. Bob's biggest enemy Lord Pavlov attacks Bob's family to seek revenge.
This rare coming-of-age story follows an autistic savant whose prodigious skill is fighting, and whose brutality make him an unstoppable force of nature. Only the mentorship of a sympathetic cop can help him harness his abilities and withstand the violent threats of trained rivals and ruthless bullies looking to destroy him. Blu-ray comes with English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Audiences are raving about the greatest trick-shooting act of all time! The Great Flamarion (Erich Von Stroheim) can light a match held by his beautiful assistant Connie from across the stage with a perfectly placed shot. He can even sever the shoulder strap of her evening gown with a bullet from his prized pistol. But offstage, Flamarion's famed steadiness and control are no match for Connie's feminine wiles. She's fed-up with Al, her hard-drinking husband who also stars in Flamarion's show....
As the star of a sharp-shooting act, Erich von Stroheim is drawn from his singular passion for his guns by Mary Beth Hughes, who, together with her husband, works in the act. Miss Hughes, it appears, is tired of her drunken spouse and suggests that von Stroheim 'accidentally' kill him during a performance. The smitten trigger man takes the suggestion. But Miss Hughes, as brazen a package as ever was, hies herself off with another and younger actor. Needless to say, justice and vengeful...
During the 19th century, the American West sparked the imagination of a country defining itself and its boundaries. Men and women looking for new opportunity traveled by foot, wagon and railroad across the vast prairies of the West. They settled in dusty old Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where an orphan parlayed his dreams of success and built Terrace Hill, the 'Palace of the Prairies'. Further west, a French teacher from Pennsylvania sought frontier excitement and traveled to Pueblo, Colorado where...
An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.
Inspired by the dark short story "The Rival Dummy" by Ben Hecht, this uncanny 1928 drama stars Erich Von Stroheim (Hollywood's "The Man You Love To Hate") as the cruel egotistical ventriloquist, The Great Gabbo. Mary (Betty Compson), Gabbo's beautiful assistant, loves Gabbo and sees goodness within him, despite the torrent of abuse that he heaps upon her. Incapable of expressing any human warmth except through Otto, his wooden dummy, Gabbo drives Mary away. Gabbo's career surges upward...
Erich Von Stroheim, the man you love to hate, stars in perhaps the first film where a wooden dummy torments a ventriloquist. And if you needed proof that they don't make 'em like they used to, this psychological thriller from 1929 is livened up by a few musical numbers! Even Otto the dummy sings a couple of tunes, including 'Icky' (The Lollipop Song). It's hard to resist a dummy who not only drives his owner crazy, but sings! The cinematography, by the way, was by Ira H. Morgan, who shot...
One of the very first spin-off sensations, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve graduated from thorn in Fibber McGee's side ("You're a HARRRRD MAN, McGee!") to his own hit radio sit-com and a series of feature films starring Harold Peary as the befuddled blowhard. As an added treat, viewers can take a gander at the Great Gildersleeve's guest-starring gig alongside an all-star radio role call in the Lucille Ball/Victor Mature romantic romp Seven Days' Leave. 2-Disc, 5-Feature Collection.
Explore the great enigma of life after death across cultures by unraveling paranormal mysteries in this thought-provoking documentary.
For millions of years our ancestors withstood droughts and ice ages to become the dominant species. Could we do it again? Archaeologist Bill Schindler and survival expert Cat Bigney set out to live as our primitive ancestors did. Following in the footsteps of early humans, they journey across the globe facing the same obstacles and limitations as our ancestors, and must evolve in order to survive.
Tony Curtis stars in the incredible but true story of the world's greatest big-time masquerader, Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr. in The Great Impostor. First shown as a school teacher placed under arrest by state troopers, the story recounts how the untrained, uneducated yet brilliant young man assumes the identity of a college professor, Trappist monk, prison warden and surgeon in the Canadian Navy. The unbelievable hide-and-seek story mixes suspense with humor, as Demara attempts to outwit and...
A puffing steam train climbs into the Himalayas, a rolling rumble echoes over the holy waters of the Ganges, an astonishing five million commuters rush daily through the Bombay Victoria Terminus join National Geographic as we journey on one of the world's largest railways. Since 1853, India's railway has been a unifying force. Not only did it physically link distant regions, it also connected the myriad of castes, languages, and religions that comprise India. It's a rich history, riding the...
An adventure reporter, Jack Gordon (McHale) writes for the magazine Outdoor Limits. The magazine's founder, Roland, decides to publish as web-only and assigns Jack to their headquaters in Chicago to supervise the millennials who make up their online team.
John Barrymore delivers the vote and a terrific performance in this whimsical gem, directed by Garson Kanin (Bachelor Mother). A widower with two small children (Peter Holden and Virginia Weidler), former scholar Gregory Vance (Barrymore) has given up his books for booze. Fired from his job as night watchman and with his inlaws threatening to take the youngsters away, Vance's luck finally changes when it's discovered he holds the vote that will decide a major election. Offered the position of...
Screen legend Barbara Stanwyck stars as a 109-year-old woman who recounts the story of her eventful life in The Great Man's Lady. After Hoyt City dedicates a statue to its founder Ethan Hoyt (Joel McCrea), the woman who inspired his achievement, Hanna Sampler (Stanwyck), tells their story to a young biographer. She begins with their elopement in 1848 when she was a headstrong girl of 16 and Ethan was an idealist yearning to build a city in the West. Their future was fraught with difficulties,...
Preston Sturges's Academy Award-winning screenplay provides the spark for The Great McGinity, a satirical comedy that also marked his directorial debut. Depression-era bum Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy), intrigued by the offer of quick cash for ballot stuffing, makes himself a fortune while securing a reputation among local politicians as an adept scam man. Encouraging his talents, a crooked political boss (Akim Tamiroff) grooms McGinty from a lowly bill collector to State Governor. Taken with...
Newspaper boy Jimmy Dolan has high hopes for his horse, Mike - to race him and win enough money to build a new Boys Club. Now that Colonel Whitley, an owner of racing thoroughbreds, has moved into the area, it looks as though his dreams have a chance to come true. A gang of crooks have other plans for Mike, and soon Jimmy receives the devastating news that his uncle has gone broke and must sell the horse. Evil gangsters, courage and plain old good luck collide as The Great Mike races to a...