Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home
Homeless orphan Nat Blake is rescued from the streets, and sent to the Plumfield School. Jo Bhaer, the headmistress, insists on taking the boy in and giving him a chance in life. Her husband, Professor Fritz strongly objects, fearing the former street urchin will be a "bad influence" on the other boys. Nat works hard to adjust and is gradually accepted and loved by his teachers. But when money is stolen and all of the evidence seems to point to Nat, only Jo, his true benefactor, believes in...
Director Norman Z McLeod was best known for wild comedies starring the likes of Bob Hope and the Marx Brothers, but he showed his more serious side with Little Men, Louisa May Alcott's sequel to Little Women. Jo (Kay Francis) is grown and married, teaching at the financially strapped Plumfield School for boys. Can two local con men keep the school from going under! Also, look for the screen debut of Elsie the Cow, best known for her ads for the Borden Milk Co. As Buttercup, Elsie showed she...
In 1840, young Gavin Dishart (John Beal) is welcomed to a Scottish village as the new minister. Eager to be a proper shepherd to his flock, Gavin cuts a stern, stiff-necked figure. Then he meets Babbie (Katharine Hepburn), a gypsy girl who champions the poor. Soon Gavin is hopelessly in love with the headstrong, flirtatious lass who, unknown to him, is really a grand lady betrothed to an aristocrat she does not love. Based on a novel and play by James M. Barrie (Peter Pan), this endearing film...
LITTLE MISS DEWIE: A Duckumentary is a documented story of compassion and humanity caught in action. What started out as a few hours of time to help an orphaned duck led to a journey to find the right home for a helpless animal. Sacrificing the comforts of her home,work schedule, and even facing eviction from her apartment Mira Tweti was able to make a difference in one animals life. This funny, heartwarming, and true inter-species love story that also examines important animal welfare issues.
Little Miss Marker stars Julie Andrews and Walter Matthau in a hilarious remake of the original 1934 film. "Sorrowful" Jones (Matthau) is a grouchy, horse-racing bookie who makes his living off other people's losses. He's got a reputation to keep, so when an out-of-luck gambler begs him to accept his daughter as a "marker" on a debt, Jones says "yes." Stuck with the girl, he soon realizes that the six-year-old beauty may be more than he bargained for. Based on the famous short story by Damon...
A supposedly orphaned prankster helps her best friend get adopted before being found by her own father, a prominent lawyer.
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins (My Brother Talks to Horses) stars as the mischievous title character, a young army brat facing some painful life lessons, in this early feature from celebrated director Fred Zinnemann (High Noon, A Man for All Seasons). Dubbed the "best battery captain in this man's army," Big Mister Jim Tukker (James Craig, Kismet) and his vibrant wife (Frances Gifford, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes) tell their 7-year-old son, Little Mister Jim, that he has a new sibling on the way....
Little Moon & Jud McGraw (1975, Color): Convict Jud McGraw leaves prison with just one thought on his mind - vengeance! He's out to settle an old score with gang leader Mimmo and his army of thugs who are hiding out in a ratty little mountain town. He starts eliminating Mimmo's men one at a time, but as they get wise to his plans, McGraw must shift tactics. High in the cliffs surrounding the town, he builds catapults to rain terror down on the heads of his enemies. He's joined by Little Moon,...
In this whimsical bit o' blarney from George M. Cohan's 1922 hit, Judy Garland plays dual roles: plucky Irish immigrant Nellie (Judy's first grownup part) and her daughter, Little Nellie. Both Nellies contend with the same cantankerous coot, the laze-about father (Charles Winninger) who fusses mightily when Nellie marries an upstanding lad (George Murphy) and repeats the process years later when Little Nellie falls in love. Radiant and winning, Garland sings It's a Great Day for the Irish,...
Inspired by author Rene Goscinny and artist Jean-Jacques Sempe's creative partnership, the film tells the story of the creation of Little Nicholas, a beloved children's book series. It follows the growth of the duo's friendship as they bring the mischievous main character and his friends to life.
Little Old New York is the exciting film drama of innovator Robert Fulton and his invention of the steam engine.
A heartwarming tale of a poor orphan girl (Colleen Moore) based on the same James Whitcomb Riley poem that would later inspire the hit comic strip, Broadway musical, and feature film.
Litle Jimmy dreams of riding a shiny bicycle down the road at sixty miles an hour, but his crippled legs keep his fantasy from becoming reality. As part of the lad's therapy, Dr. Holden buys him a bike for inspiration as he and his pretty assistant, Evelyn, exercise Jimmy's crippled legs in the healing waters of the hot springs at Holden's charity retreat. Enter Joan Bradshaw, a wealthy socialite with designs on the doctor that go far beyond clinical. Determined to win him away from Evelyn,...
Jimmy Lidell is a "nobody", stealing to earn a living in a dead-end life searching for his long lost girlfriend... until he meets Luc Tyer... a bigger-than-life underworld heavy that makes him an "offer he can't refuse". Jimmy accepts, but is leery about the secret motives behind Luc's willingness to teach the business. Jimmy's mother suspects that Jimmy may be running with the wrong crowd, but Jimmy turns a deaf ear to her religious warnings. Luc soon reveals his plans to use Jimmy as his...
Told through the stories of one of the original "Little Rock Nine" as well as present day students at Little Rock Central High School, the HBO Documentary Film Little Rock Central High: 50 Years Later is an eye-opening look at how much - and how little - racial equality and education have changed in the 50 years since the school was the center of the Integration Crisis of 1957.
Who hired the hit man that killed Alice McArthur in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1982? Was it her husband, a criminal defense attorney, or his mistress? This in-depth investigation probes the case that remains hotly controversial to this day.
A story about a jilted sex-worker and her quest to break up her ex's marriage.
A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it.
The most terrifying period in the history of my beat began in a little run-down florist shop called Mushnick's, relates Sgt. Fink in the opening of Roger Corman's 1960 black comedy. Seymour Krelboin works at Mushnick's flower shop on Skid Row. To avoid the unemployment line, Seymour offers his boss a "special" hybrid plant he's been growing at home. When Seymour pricks his finger and the plant tastes blood, he learns the secret to its growth: human flesh. With each victim Seymour supplies,...
In Little Shop of Horrors (1960), a clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it. In Anatomy of a Psycho (1961), the crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution.
THE LITTLE THINGS is an indie rom-com with a supernatural twist. It tells the story of Dee (Kathryn Beck), a woman who believes she has the gift to alter peoples destinies... provided she never leaves her home. However, when her powers are threatened by the possibility of eviction, her only hope is Mitch (Chris Hillier). Her first love and the first life she affected with her special gift, but he may not be so willing to help, when he finds out his entire life has been manipulated.
This gritty, rough-and-tumble crime drama follows street urchin Johnny Boylan, a young man who turns to a life of crime after his father is unfairly sentenced to death Before long, the charismatic Boylan has formed his own street gang, complete with a generous benefactor A a " but when the identity of their mysterious donor is revealed, fiery Boylan and his band of thugs find their worlds turned upside down. Both exciting and full of pathos, this was the first of several films and serials that...