In 1940, the Germans round up the Jewish families of Warsaw and force them into what becomes known as The Warsaw Ghetto. Thus begins a desperate struggle of survival and resistance - a struggle that will take the lives of thousands leaving only a handful who will survive.
Wallaby Jim and the loyal crew of the schooner Kestrel roam the reefs around the islands in search of pearls, and they've just found the oyster bed of their dreams. But the seas get choppy when a cut-throat band of rival pearl hunters, led by evil Adolph Richter, muscles in on Jim's territory. With a crew of forced laborers, Richter and his men race to get to the undersea gems before the Kestrel reaches the site. Never one to pass on a good fight, Wallaby Jim sails his rig straight into a...
He was gruff around the edges and soft on the inside, blustery traits fans greatly enjoyed in The Champ, Treasure Island and other memorable Wallace Beery films. Wrap a holster around that persona and put a horse under it and you've got this Western twinbill starring the shambling star. As Pancho Lopez, the bandito gang leader in The Bad Man, he makes things right for a gutsy rancher (Ronald Reagan) who once saved his life and also squelches the attempt of a loan shark ("loan fish" Lopez says)...
Joyce Reynolds and Janis Paige play feuding and friendly stepsister romantic rivals in this riotous romantic comedy adapted from a hit Broadway play. All is status quo at the Linnett household: The boys come calling on Joy (Paige), Jackie (Reynolds) tends to her studies, and each parent (Barbara Brown and Edward Arnold) frets about their biological child. The sand in the oil arrives in the form of an old acquaintance, Warren James (Robert Hutton), who has matured somewhat since the stepsisters...
"Kit Carson" (not the famed American frontiersman) plays a prizefighter who uses his boxing skills to clean up rustlers on his father's ranch in this rare silent Western, never before on DVD.
Broadway gossip columnist Gilbert Archer (Lee Bowman, Cover Girl) is stunned to find out that his best friend, a local priest, has been found dead in what looks like a suicide. But Gilbert believes that his friend has been murdered, and that a new girl in town (Marguerite Chapman, The Seven Year Itch) might be a suspect. Delving further into the case, Gilbert discovers that the priest held a code that will lead to a lost Leonardo da Vinci painting, and that there is more than one person...
"There's no place like home" is an adage that breezy, affable Wally Gator (voiced by Daws Butler) needs to learn again and again. A true people-person alligator, Wally is driven by his excessive curiosity and bon vivant inclinations to seek out new experiences outside of the city zoo where he hangs his porkpie hat. Donning a variety of hilarious disguises, Wally escapes the care of dedicated zookeeper Twiddle (voiced by Don Messick) only to end up crying, "Oh, fuddle-dee-doo!" as he lands...
World War II was the largest and most destructive war ever waged on earth, engulfing every corner of the globe. Walter Cronkite, who first distinguished himself as a war correspondent on the front lines of thie conflict, presents a stunning collection which chronicles
Before he hit his stride as a symbol of screen decency and likeability (notably in films opposite Greer Garson), Walter Pidgeon worked in numerous A films as second leads and as the occasional male lead in compelling B programmers like these two movies from 1939. As a Park Avenue Society Lawyer, Pidgeon pieces together details of a murder at an exclusive high-rise. Virginia Bruce teams with Pidgeon in this remake of the pre-Code Penthouse. Stronger Than Desire's tale of murder and matrimony...
The story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger.
High-school students Wanda and Sully must work together to investigate SRC president Jonathan's affairs and bring him down after discovering he's potentially involved with an embezzlement scheme.
Outrageous comedian Wanda Sykes stars as Wanda Hawkins, an irreverent comic-turned-television-personality, in this no-holds-barred series of hard-hitting hilarity. Larger than life and ready for anything that comes her way, Wanda is never at a loss for words and has a voice that can't be ignored, especially when she gets on a roll about people and their bad attitudes. No one knows this better than her lifelong best friend, Morris (Randy Goodwin, "Girlfriends"), and her young neighbor and...
A gambler wins an orphaned girl in a poker game, and together they prospect for gold in the Grand Canyon.
Mickey Mahaffey's search for himself could not be derailed by what people thought of him. The path went from preacher to living homeless, to being committed to a mental institution, to finally dancing with Tarahumara Indians at the bottom of a remote canyon in Mexico's Sierra Madre. His daughter, Stephanie, spent most of her life defending and justifying her father's choices. His quest for a deeper, yet more simple, spiritual life was constantly at odds with what Stephanie's family and friends...
Tom Mallory poses as a wanted man while he searches for the cattle rustler who killed his father. His only clue is the name "Westy Mack." He ends up in the badlands of Arizona to meet the deadliest trigger-men the west has ever known. But the tougher they come, the rougher he gets! Tom Keene stars as Mallory, the man from nowhere who could strike fear into the hearts of killers. Directed for Monogram Pictures by Poverty Row specialist Robert F. Hill (Shadow of Chinatown), this forgotten nugget...
To escape his isolated life in New York City, 34-year-old Alex impulsively accepts an email invitation to house sit a picturesque "Enchanted Cottage" on Long Island in the off-season. Left with a broken USB cord and no cellphone coverage, he ventures out to find a working charger, only to end up hopelessly lost on a surreal all-night odyssey of misadventures. Forced to finally connect face to face with the eccentric characters he encounters, Alex discovers that the vibrant, musical world he's...
Drifter is a train hopping gutter punk, alone in the world, isolated by years of ritual abuse and life on the fringe. He returns to his father's grave to break the curse that haunts him. Here he sees salvation in a beautiful young artist who could be his key to freedom. But curses don't die so easily.
Giuliano Gemma, Teresa Gimpera, Serge Marquand, German Cobos. A beautifully shot film with Gemma as a sheriff in a small western town. He's soon framed for murder, though, by a bunch of crooks who want him out of the way. Lots of great action as he escapes from the bad guys and tries to clear himself. Color, scope, 35mm.
A naive young girl is forcefully kidnapped while babysitting the son of a wealthy food mogul. Her and the boy are held hostage by an ex-stuntman and a vengeful movie star.
Danny Murphy is a clean-cut young man right out of high school, hoping to become a professional baseball player. Knowing his mother has bills to pay and that his sister is eager to marry her policeman boyfriend, he sets aside his dreams and applies for work at Owens' Garage. On a routine job transporting a car across state lines, he discovers that the automobile is stolen. Realizing that his employers are actually a gang of car thieves, Danny finds himself on the run from the police --...
Wisecracking Lee Tracy (Bombshell, Blessed Event) and screen beauty Gloria Stuart (The Invisible Man, Titanic) costar in this rollicking RKO comedic mystery about a pair of top-notch U.S. mail postal inspectors hot on the trail of mail thieves. After a daring and deadly mail truck robbery that sees the culprit ghost it past the feds, the Postmaster General assigns the case to tough guy Tom Mallory (Tracy) and savvy sweet sister Doris Martin (Stuart). There's a catch, however: They can't stand...
Reprising her role as Etta Place from the 1969 feature film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Katharine Ross stars in this made-for-TV film. Follow the adventures and exploits of this former school teacher turned companion to some of the most notable names in Wild West history including Pancho Villa (Hector Elizondo).
In Whithren, a line of women pass a recurring dream through multiple generations.