An often brutal documentary filmed entirely in the Belgian Congo, this 1959 expose was one of the earliest to bring the jungle's life and death struggle to Western audiences. Grisly footage of lions feasting on their prey and vultures staking out their territory is interspersed with tales of how humankind has attempted to fit into this hostile country. The soaring and wheeling of a flock of birds is paralleled with the ritual raindances of a group of native women, tracing the silent connection...
Before legendary horror director William Castle became the master of the macabre, he directed several westerns, including this one about the legendary sheriff of Dodge City, Bat Masterson. In MASTERSON OF KANSAS, the sheriff (George Montgomery, Battle of the Bulge) is asked by Wyatt Earp (Bruce Cowling, Battleground) to help a local man, Amos Merrick (John Maxwell, The Asphalt Jungle), who is wrongly accused of murder. When Merrick a peacemaker for a Native American tribe is convicted,...
Mata Hari: The name breathes mystery, intrigue and sexual allure. Who better to play the notorious World War I spy than Greta Garbo, the enigmatic, exquisite screen icon called the Swedish Sphinx? Garbo is mesmerizing as the dancer-turned-German-secret-agent in a wartime Paris seething with secrets and betrayal. The notable supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymore as a Russian general besotted with her, Lewis Stone as an icy master spy and Ramon Novarro as a handsome aviator who wins the...
Mata Hari. Her name means "Eyes of the Dawn," but her loyalties are less clear. When she takes two former friends now on opposite sides of the war as lovers, she finds herself a pawn in the dangerous world of cat-and-mouse espionage. As the stakes grow higher and the war grows deadlier, her guilt torments her. But if she risks everything to save the man she loves, who will save Mata Hari?
Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge's Sundance award winning MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. is a startlingly personal profile of the critically acclaimed artist, chronicling her remarkable journey from refugee immigrant to one of the most recognizable, outspoken and provocative voices in music today.
An infamous writer desperate to redeem herself takes the idea of jumping into the creative process into a whole new world that blurs the lines between fiction and reality!
Golden-Globe nominated and Emmy Award-winning Tony Randall ("Pillow Talk," TV's "The Odd Couple") plays Lorenzo Charlton, a stuffy tax investigator sent to the farm of Pop Larkin (Paul Douglas) and Ma Larkin (Una Merkel) to find out why they haven't been paying taxes. He discovers that the Larkins, instead of money, use a homegrown barter system. Overwhelmed by their complex economic network, Lorenzo drinks one home brew too many. Awakening from a hangover, he sees a vision of loveliness...
"Oh, it's Adolphe! It must be!" Lovely Juliet Corton (Florence Eldridge) is sure the dashing coiffeur who just arrived to style her hair is her husband, presumed dead in a railway crash five years earlier. The dashing stylist (vaudeville star Frank Fay) is sure she's nuts. But what if Juliet is right? What if a hypnotist could restore Adolphe's memory of their marriage, lost after the crash? Who could possibly object to such a happy ending? Perhaps Juliet's new husband (James Gleason), who is...
Ten percent of men cheat while the rest have yet to be caught, states the prologue to one of these rare silent shorts. These four fascinating studies of love, marriage and philandering at the beginning of the 20th century run the gamut from comedy to tragedy.A Bedroom Scandal (1921, B&W, Silent): Unfaithful hubby is a tailor of ladies gowns at the big department store downtown. He gathers as many phone numbers from his pretty customers as he does measurements, but his day of reckoning is at...
Mixing exciting detective-cowboy thrills with historic characters, this Emmy winning western series kept the facts straight, and found ingenious ways to bring Matt Clark within sleuthing distance of the Legends of the West!Jim Davis stars as Matt Clark, hired to protect the railroad from the most notorious true-life criminals ever to roam the wild, wild, west! Assisted by beautiful agents Frankie Adams (Mary Castle) and Margaret "Jonsey" Jones (Kristine Miller), Clark's adventures pits him...
Mixing exciting detective-cowboy thrills with historic characters, this Emmy winning western series kept the facts straight, and found ingenious ways to bring Matt Clark within sleuthing distance of the Legends of the West!Jim Davis stars as Matt Clark, hired to protect the railroad from the most notorious true-life criminals ever to roam the wild, wild, west! Assisted by beautiful agents Frankie Adams (Mary Castle) and Margaret "Jonsey" Jones (Kristine Miller), Clark's adventures pit him...
Three DVDs, chock full of 36 classic episodes from this Emmy-winning western television series.
Tough-as-nails detective Shamus McCoy (Rod Taylor, Inglourious Basterds) gets an urgent call from an old friend, only to have him killed by a bomb moments later. While investigating the case, Shamus finds himself in the middle of a major gambling ring. But the closer he gets to solving the case, the more the people around him get hurt. Featuring pro football legend Dick Butkus, Lynda Carter (TV's "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman") and Anne Archer (Fatal Attraction), A MATTER OF WIFE AND...
Sir Stanley Matthews is considered by many to be the greatest athletes of the 20th century, if not one of the greatest soccer players of all time. Stanley's footwork, sportsmanship and stardom were lightyears ahead of their time and earned him the moniker, "The Wizard". But it is what he did off the pitch that made him truly great as he used his status as the world's first global sports superstar to defy the apartheid South African government and teach soccer in the all-black townships of...
No words struck more terror in central Africa in the 1950s than "Mau-Mau", the name of a horrific army of machete-wielding terrorists who took bloody aim at the cruel white British colonialists who dominated the farm lands of Kenya. This starkly detailed 1955 documentary about the grisly war between subjugated tribesmen and militant colonists was narrated by famed NBC newsman, Chet Huntley, and so shocked potential audiences that director Elwood Price was unable to get any main stream interest...
An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.
A poetic documentary and unique musical about concentration and extermination camp Mauthausen. Swan song of world-renowned composer Mikis Theodorakis (Zorba, Z). Resurrecting the memories of camp survivor and academic Iakovos Kambanellis.
A sly, bouncy comedy set in the back alleyways and sunlit avenues of 1930s Paris, Mauvaise Graine (Bad Seed) is the remarkable directorial debut of Billy Wilder, the sharp-witted, inimitable creator of such American classics as Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment and Double Indemnity . Shot in France during Wilder's migration from Germany to the U.S., Mauvaise Graine centers around Henry Pasquier (Pierre Mingand), the spoiled son of a wealthy doctor, who discovers high-octane thrills, jazz-era...
It's the Moore the merrier as Jack Kelly teams up with new cast member Roger Moore for the fourth rollicking season of Maverick. Faces may change, but the card and con games remain the same, as Beau Maverick (Moore) deals himself in with his cousin Bart (Kelly) as they take on murder frame-ups, crooked sheriffs, cursed goldmines, comely witches and more in this complete 32-episode collection. Featuring appearances by Spaghetti Western icon Lee Van Cleef, Oscar -winner* George Kennedy and The...
James Garner and Jack Kelly ante up for more high-stakes cons and games of chance in Season Three of this smart and witty Emmy -winning series (Best Western, 1959). Luck is still the lady they love best, as footloose gamblers Bret (Garner) and Bart (Kelly) Maverick tangle with Indian war parties, killer cattlemen, feuding families, a stubborn marquesa, their conniving old Pappy (Garner in a dual role) and more, in 26 offbeat adventures packed with quips and twists. Featuring Garner's last...
The legend of the West is back as Jack Kelly returns for the fifth and final season of Maverick. Alternating with reruns featuring James Garner as brother Bret, Season Five's original episodes follow Bart Maverick (Kelly) as he deals himself the winning hand against crooked senators, four-flushing bankers, glamorous grifters, wish-granting leprechauns, Bonanza-spoofing ranchers and more in 13 classic adventures guest-starring cult favorites Marie Windsor, Sig Ruman, Reginald Owen, Kathleen...
MAVERICKS OF MEDICINE takes a look at the spectacular estates of three pioneers of medicine. J.K. Lily Jr. helped Eli Lily & Company become one of the world's largest companies. The two men specialized in the manufacturing and marketing of such life-saving drugs as insulin and penicillin. J.K.'s success was rewarded with his incredible country estate just outside of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Miles Medical Company became famous for such over-the-counter drugs as Alka Seltzer and One-A-Day...
The pioneering animated work of Max Fleischer and his brother Dave is spotlighted in this 4-DVD set featuring some of their best shorts.