He is an unhappy husband who is a castaway on a Caribbean island and thought dead. He meets a lovely lady and they create a holiday resort. The idyll ends when an insurance investigator tracks him down and takes him back to his wife.
Lost Legacy Reclaimed is a docudrama series about the early Christian Church in North Africa, its great leaders, teachers, and martyrs. The four episodes cover Victor, The Scillitan Martyrs, Perpetua, and Tertullian.
In Papua New Guinea, there are people who may be the last on Earth with living memory of a practice most of the world believes to be long vanished human mummification. In a search for the last mummy made in the region, a National Geographic team treks through caves, villages, and mountains to uncover the secrets of the ancient tradition. At the heart of their quest is an aging tribal leader named Gemtasu who wants to revive the practice with his own body.
After going renegade on a Foray, Kathleen an English woman goes down south to Ngara Town. Seeking redemption, Kathleen saves Ngara Town and becomes her new hero. But when Diwani (point man of the Foray) comes to Ngara to retrieve from Kathleen what belongs to the Foray, Kathleen must go against the odds to save Ngara from Diwani and a Foray striking for the very soul of Ngara Town.
Back in the old west gold rush era, there is a small mining camp along the river that is being mined by the Chinese but they are run off by a small group of greedy white miners. There is also a group of outlaw brothers, the Red Jack Gang, that are running from the law after robbing trains and banks. They hear about the miners finding gold and end up taking over the mining camp, using it as a place to hide and force a few of the remaining miners to work for them. One of the outlaws, Lucas,...
A shot rings out, the captain falls, and with him dies the knowledge of his unit's mission. Now a stalwart sergeant takes charge as he and his men try to escape the surrounding, unseen snipers who felled their captain. They hole up at an oasis in a land that, a Bible-toting soldier notes, was once the Garden of Eden. Filming in the searing Arizona desert, John Ford guides this powerful tale of men and mortality set in World War I Mesopotamia. Victor McLaglen, who would claim the following...
Sex, murder, and adultery spice up these pictures from the most daring period in Hollywood history!
Sex, prostitution, and adultery spice up these pictures from the most daring period in Hollywood history: "Extravagance" (1930), "Night Life in Reno" (1931), "Vanity Fair" (1932), "The Animal Kingdom" (1932), and "Sensation Hunters" (1933).
Tales of sex, murder and adultery from the most daring period of Hollywood's history. Includes 'Ladies in Love' (1930), 'Pleasure' (1931), 'Unholy Love' (1932), 'Those We Love' (1932), and 'Daring Daughters' (1933).
The 1950s was the heyday of TV quiz shows where it seemed anyone with a dream, a little luck, and quick mental reflexes, could win fabulous cash prizes. Have a blast from the past with these outrageously entertaining rarities.Treasure Hunt: Wisecracking host Jan Murray gives contestants a chance to pick one of 30 treasure chests on the studio stage. Will it be the chest containing a 1958 refrigerator, a mink coat - or $3,900?Juvenile Jury: Out of the mouths of babes oft time come gems! Jack...
The Flying Fool (1925, B&W, Silent): Dare-devil aviator Donald Daring, "The Flying Fool," is late for church and misses his own wedding. In his absence, his best man Jack Bryan makes off with his fiance, Wanda, and a diamond necklace stolen from her family. He whisks her and the stolen gems aboard his yacht and speeds out toward the open sea. Donald is Wanda's last hope for rescue. Undaunted, he takes to the air and flies out in hot pursuit! Beautifully photographed on location with...
Forged in the fiery skies of World War I, a squadron of American fliers is connected by unbreakable bonds of loyalty, blood and grief. Going their separate ways after the war, these debonair daredevils of the air find civilian life somewhat lacking. Jobs, girls and even fortune have all been lost while they served the country. When one of them lands a gig as a stunt flyer in the suddenly booming motion-picture business of Hollywood and Burbank, it's one for all and all for one. Now reunited,...
They're found, funny and forgotten no more, the answer to Stooges lovers' prayers. Leonard Maltin narrates a wild and woolly compilation of the Three Stooges' earliest movie work, all mayhem-filled moments of the year Moe, Larry and Curly spent at MGM studios as part of Ted Healy and His Stooges. Catch them cavorting as supporting players in movies (Meet the Baron, Fugitive Lovers, Dancing Lady, Hollywood Party) and merrily showcased in shorts, including their first appearance in two-color...
Plunge into the little-known realm of desperate courage, shocking tragedy and astonishing heroism as National Geographic goes in search of the truth behind some of history's major submarine disasters.
An immersive, action-packed series follows international teams of Egyptologists as they unearth the world's richest seam of ancient archaeology Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Through excavations and unprecedented access to the teams on the front line of archaeology, we follow these modern-day explorers as they battle searing heat and inhospitable terrain to make the discoveries of a lifetime.
Egypt is home to the richest source of archaeological treasures on the planet. In this series, our cameras follow teams across Egypt on the front line of archaeology, through a full season of excavations. Crawling beneath pyramids, uncovering long-lost tombs and unearthing 3,000-year-old mummies, the world's top archaeologists race to unlock the secrets of this ancient civilization.
National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin ventures into the Guatemalan jungle to explore how a new high-tech treasure map is revealing tens of thousands of ancient ruins. Dozens of archaeologists head out on a voyage of discovery, exploring lost ruins for the first time in 1,500 years. What they're finding is rewriting the history of one of the world's most mysterious ancient civilizations.
Bad Buck Of Santa Ynez (1916, B&W, Silent): Bad Buck Peters manages to escape the sheriff's hanging party and heads for his mountain hideout. On the road he encounters Mary Gail, a young pioneer mother, who begs him to bury her husband, who has just died of a prairie fever. He obliges the grieving widow while his hardened-heart is melted by her six-year-old daughter, Honey. Playing by the creek, the little girl is bitten by a poisonous rattler. Knowing that she has one chance to survive, Buck...
Desert Man (1934, B&W): Wally Wales and his horse "Silver King" ride to the rescue when a beautiful young tenderfoot, moving into the ranch she inherited from her late uncle, is ordered to vacate by a gang of ornery desperados (their leader played by Yakima Canutt, King of the Hollywood stuntmen). Starring Wally Wales, Peggy Djarling, James Sheridan, Franklyn Farnum, Yakima Canutt; Written & Directed by Raymond K. Johnson.Lost, Strayed or Stolen (1923, B&W, Silent): Rancher David Phillips...
Knight of the Trail (1915, B&W): Canyon City's most eligible single man, Jim Treen, is engaged to sweet blonde Molly Stewart. Days before the wedding, Molly sneaks into Jim's bachelor cabin to clean up. She is shocked when a loose floorboard reveals a secret chamber filled with stolen loot - her fiance is the most wanted hold-up man in the territory! Jim is completely crushed when she breaks off all relations with him. The jilted bandit is powerless when Molly throws herself into an...
Rainbow Riders (1934, B&W): Beautiful young Jerry Hickson converts her scenic Bar X ranch into a restful sanitarium. She soon finds her lucrative new business targeted by night riders whose frequent raids are scaring off the patients. Her ranch foreman enlists the aid of his old pal, Bud Regan, who impersonates a notorious bandit in a risky attempt to infiltrate the marauders and halt their nefarious scheme. The sixth of eight "Bud 'n' Ben" featurettes produced by William Steiner for release...
The Lone Rider (1931, B&W): The Gray family's gold strike is under seige by thug Gore and his hired gunmen. The bandits will stop at nothing to seize control of the mine for themselves. Just when it appears that the Grays will have to abandon their claim, hard-knocks cowpoke Jeff rides in to interfere with their plans.Real-life cowboy Wally Wales aka Hal Taliaferro broke into movies just before America's entry into World War I, initially playing small bits in Tom Mix Westerns and later...
Thundering Thompson (1929, B&W, Silent): Greedy cattlemen, led by Bill Edwards, attempt to get sheepherder Marie Valerian arrested on trespassing charges. Deputy "Thundering" Thompson is dispatched with a warrant for the girl's arrest but quickly determines that Edwards' claim is false. Thompson defies the ranchers and gets a sound thrashing for his trouble, but the lawman has a few more cards to play before folding his hand. A simple, straightforward, stripped-down indie western made at the...
Joe Palooka, champion prizefighter, steps out of the comic strips and onto the TV screen in this rarely seen 1954 series. Debuting in newspapers in 1930, millions thrilled to the adventures of the kind-hearted boxer, his girlfriend (later wife) Ann, and manager Knobby. The strip soon inspired a popular CBS radio show and a 1934 film, Palooka, starring Stu Erwin, Lupe Velez, and Jimmy Durante. Monogram Pictures then began a series of 11 low-budget features starring professional golfer Joe...