Hollywood legend Van Heflin takes a tour of the scenic United States in this beautifully filmed documentary, a ratings smash when it originally aired on NBC in 1964! American Spectacle shows us the majesty of locales such as Cape Cod, Niagara Falls, Death Valley, Yellowstone Park, and the Grand Canyon, all described in Heflin's deep, rich baritone. Starting on a ferry on Liberty Island in New York harbor, he visits these locations before reaching his final destination in Hawaii. Director Tom...
Thousands of Americans have left everything behind to explore the USA from behind the wheel. Far removed from previous generations, these #Vanlife travellers are nomadic workers, hyperconnected to the world around them.
Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery suffer a star-crossed love in this Victorian-era romantic drama based on the novel by Hugh Walpole. On the eve of their wedding, Vanessa Paris (Hayes) wrongfully blames Benjie Herries (Montgomery) for her father's death and banishes him forever. Discovering he married a tavern wench and joined the British army, Vanessa weds Benjie's half great-uncle (Otto Kruger), unaware he's mentally ill and under the law can never be divorced. Passions reignite, however,...
Roberto Rossellini (Rome, Open City and Germany Year Zero) directs this politically-charged melodrama about the Italian Risorgimento set in 1824. The princess Vanina (Sandra Milo), daughter of a Roman aristocrat, falls in love with Pietro (Laurent Terzieff), a wounded revolutionary and assassin hidden in her father's palazzo. Vanina nurses Pietro back to health, and naively follows him to northern Italy where she tries to free him of the fervent political commitment which stands in the way of...
A child is kidnapped and when the kidnapper contacts the distraught parents, they're shocked to learn the abductor is not looking for money: they want revenge!
New evidence suggests that at least one convict escaped from Alcatraz and survived. National Geographic investigates one of the most intricate prison escapes in history three tireless inmates break from the fortress-like Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary and brave the frigid waters in a handmade raft. For nearly 50 years, it was assumed that these men drowned, but what if they didn't? National Geographic goes inside the U.S. marshals' investigation following the complex and tantalizing...
An exiled Navajo warrior returns to prevent his people from being killed by the whites that oppress them. The first Hollywood film to portray the Native American peoples in a sympathetic light.
Fists fly as the mysterious Vanishing Legion, led by a shadowy villain known only as The Voice (Boris Karloff), sabotages an oil-drilling site. Digging for the truth is rigger Happy Cardigan (Harry Carey), whose investigation of the Legion's activities is complicated by his efforts to help young Jimmie Williams (Frankie Darro). Jimmie's father, Jed, was framed for murder by the same marauding gang that Cardigan is after. At the center of this tangled web is beautiful oil well owner, Caroline...
Women lawyers? Women drivers? Women voters? The Yancey family of Lynchburg, Virginia, grapples with strange new ideas in this endearing film based on Rebecca Yancey Williams' memoir of growing up in the early 1900s. Much more than the suffragette movement upsets the Yanceys' well-ordered lives, from young romance to a sensational murder trial to that amazing contraption the automobile. Frank Morgan (The Wizard of Oz) stars as the Yancey paterfamilias, Lynchburg's principled D.A.; Spring...
Reese Witherspoon gives a vibrant, captivating performance in Vanity Fair as one of the greatest female characters of all time. Born to Poor parents, Becky Sharp climbs the social ladder by scheming and seducing her way to the top - until love and romance threaten to get in the way! Join her daring adventures that prove all is fair in love and war.
Becky Sharp is a devious young beauty obsessed with the trappings of high society. And there is no shortage of immoral men to shower her with the finer things in return for her favors - her best friend's brother, her best friend's husband, her employer and employer's son, to name a few. As she glides coldly from affair to affair, she leaves a wake of shattered friendships and devastated hearts. Unable to see the growing lines in her face or the deepening circles under her eyes which mirror her...
Watch as Bono choreographs the world's most glamorous and historic figures into seminal images shot by iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz.
Detective Brian Murphy (Charles Bickford, A Star Is Born, 1954) goes soft for down-on-her-luck Jeanie Gregg (Helen Chandler, Dracula, 1931), and helps her get back on her feet by getting her a job as a showgirl with the local Follies. But when Jeanie is falsely accused of murder, it's up to Brian to find the real killer. Newly remastered.
When Assante discovers their longtime girlfriend Tierra is cheating on him, his life begins to spiral downward. His best friend Ced introduces him to Vanity Vixens, an agency that specializes in helping tormented lovers get the revenge they desire.
2,000 Artists are rescued by New York editor Varian Fry (Hurt) from Nazi persecution during World War II. Based on true events.
Featuring three dozen stars, Variety Girl is a mammoth musical romance on how a movie star is born set amid the "reality" of a Hollywood studio! Playing himself, the incomparable Bob Hope reigns as top comic over one of the most star-studded casts ever assembled including Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour and many, many more. Starlet wannabe Amber LaVonne (Olga San Juan) is mistaken for her friend, the beautiful and talented...
James Van Der Beek (Dawson's Creek) leads the action in this exciting, funny coming-of-age story about a small-town high schooler confronting the pressures and temptations of gridiron glory. At first, backup quarterback Jonathan "Mox" Moxom (Van Der Beek) is nowhere close to being a football star. He's perfectly content to stay on the bench and out of the win-at-all-cost strategies of coach Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight in a powerful performance). But when the starting quarterback is injured, Mox is...
Broadway impresario Chuck Daly (Dick Powell) has suffered through a string of flops. But the kids at his alma mater don't know that. They're counting on Chuck to turn their varsity show hash into a smash! Powell leads an A+ cast of coed cuties and BMOC, including film-debuting sisters Priscilla and Rosemary Lane and fluty-voiced comic character star Sterling Holloway, in this exuberant college musical. Can Chuck save the show? Well, with Busby Berkeley creating and directing a rah-rah,...
The Good Bad Man (1933): No sooner have Broadway headliners Rosebud and Doolittle arrived to perform at a saloon south of the border than they encounter burly bandito Pancho and his rowdy band of revolutionaries. Starring Tom Patricola and Charles Judels.Morning Becomes Electric (1932): Funnyman Ben Blue showcases his expertise in physical pantomime as he strolls down a country road with top hat and cane, whistling with the birds, dancing with a scarecrow, and even a little bullfighting --...
Jesse Sorensen ruled Florida as a pro skater. Now six years later, with his glory days behind him, Jesse is dropped by his skate team and all but forgotten. Broke, he moves back in with his elderly grandmother only to discover his 17-year old niece, Samantha, crashing there as well. Now Jesse must confront what he has spent his entire life avoiding - responsibility.
Join cookbook authors Terry Hope Romero, Toni Fiore, and Miyoko Schinner as they share their favorite vegan recipes. Whether they're whipping up a hearty shepherd's pie or some mouth-watering mushroom tacos, this phenomenal cooking show demonstrates how a plant-based diet can not only be healthful and eco-friendly, but delicious as well. "Vegan Mashup" brings a fresh taste to some beloved traditional dishes, and shows how easy it is to introduce delectable plant-based meals into any home...
From Executive Producer Morgan Spurlock. Some think an in vitro fertilization contest sounds crazy, but countless Americans desperate to start families believe this social media experiment is their only hope. Oscar-nominated director Amanda Micheli's provocative documentary follows several aspiring parents who desperately want to have babies but are struggling with infertility and the high cost of treatments. "Vegas Baby" navigates the complexities of America's burgeoning fertility industry...