What does a beautiful peasant woman have to do to land a prince? Consort with witches, cast a spell, roll away to sea trapped inside a barrel, confer with a flying monk and compete in a manic dishwashing contest. Sophia Loren and Omar Sharif play peasant and prince in the sumptuous fantasy More Than a Miracle. Dolores Del Rio, still breathtaking 42 years after her film debut, adds even more star power. The story begins when the prince prefers riding his stallion to choosing among the seven...
Childhood friends in the Bronx during the 1950s and '60s, Alan Corkus (Rob Reiner, TV's "All in the Family") and Maddy Pearlman (Penny Marshall, TV's "Laverne and Shirley") grew into awkward teenagers who attended their Senior Prom together. Despite their crossing paths again at City College, where a mutual initiation to sex helps their friendship grow into love, they never seem able to express their true feelings for each other. Years later, both have gone their separate ways, each finding...
This documentary takes you on an interdisciplinary journey with neuroscientists, philosophers, theologians, all asking these great questions, and points to where science exceeds its limit to become a world view.
The last film in the 'Topper' film series, 'Topper Returns' (1941), plus three episodes of the classic TV series.
Only the Model T and the VW Beetle remained as true to their original design as the Morgan. Originally designed in the fifties, but with roots going back still farther, the Morgan is an anachronism that nevertheless enjoys astonishing success today. Simple and sporty, the Morgan stands out in the sea of high-tech wonders that are churned out by sports car manufacturers today. Built by hand at the rate of some 10 a week in Malvern Link, England, Morgans are the only car made today that still...
Who's the guy lying next to her? How did they meet? All Alex knows is that he's as dead as a toe-tagged John Doe. "He had a heart attack?" Alex's ex asks over the phone. "From a knife in the chest," she retorts. Two-time Academy Award -winner* Jane Fonda earned her seventh Oscar nomination as Alex, an alcoholic has-been actress cast in the real-life role of Suspect #1. Panicked at facing the police, Alex runs for it right into the battered convertible of a washed-up former cop (Jeff Bridges)....
This is a Nigerian Nollywood Ghallywood 2014 Movie. "Beautiful Monster" is Prequel (beginning) to "Morning After Dark" Straight from the underworld, a young lady was nominated for an assignment but what she meets on ground will or will not be enough reason to execute.
"The Morning After" is an homage to the classic rom-coms that celebrate love, loss, and regret, in a series of eight vignettes about that awkward moment when you wake up next to someone the next morning and wonder do you stay or do you go?
Katharine Hepburn won her first Academy Award as Best Actress* in this, just her third film performance. The great Hepburn stars as Eva Lovelace, a girl from a New England country town who has but one burning ambition: to become a successful stage actress. Arriving in New York, she manages to make friends quickly and even lands a small part in a Broadway show. Eva's big chance comes when the show's star (Mary Duncan) tries to strong-arm producer Louis Easton (Adolphe Menjou) for more money...
Morning Show Mystery: Mortal Mishaps: Billie Blessings has gone from beloved chef, restaurant owner, and morning show segment host to #1 suspect in a murder case when one of the executives at the network dies from poisoning. Morning Show Mystery: Murder on the Menu: Beloved cooking show host Billie Blessings finds herself in hot water when a dead body turns up in the car of one of her guests, a temperamental celebrity chef, with dark secrets in his past. Morning Show Mysteries: A Murder in...
Hollywood icon Marlene Dietrich makes her American film debut opposite Gary Cooper in Morocco. Jaded cabaret singer Mademoiselle Amy Jolly (Dietrich) falls for Tom Brown (Cooper), a devil-may-care private in the French Foreign Legion. After Tom overhears the wealthy man-of-the-world Monsieur La Bessier (Adolphe Enjoy) propose to Amy, he accepts a dangerous assignment, convinced that he cannot can give the beautiful chanteuse the life she wants. All proves fair in love and war, however, and Amy...
The Mortal Storm is the story of Hitlers rise to power as seen through the microcosm of one German family. What may seem small and personal is instead towering, a bold revelation of the brutality of the Nazi regime that so infuriated propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels that he banned all M-G-M movies in Germany. In their fourth and final teaming, Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart play sweethearts, evoking the tender, romantic empathy that always marked their work together. They lead a...
The Mortal Storm is the story of Hitler's rise to power as seen through the microcosm of one German family. What may seem small and personal is instead towering, a bold revelation of the brutality of the Nazi regime that so infuriated propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels that he banned all MGM movies in Germany. In their fourth and final teaming, Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart play sweethearts, evoking the tender, romantic empathy that always marked their work together. They lead a...
A documentary about adults who share their most embarrassing childhood diaries, letters, poems and art... with total strangers. Transporting viewers back to a time of awkward firsts, the film captures the raw energy of live Mortified stage shows and examines what their popularity reveals about our relationship to adolescence and shame.
These two Empire Pictures features starred John Preston as 'Morton of the Mounties', the prototype for 'Sgt. Preston of the Yukon'. Includes both 'Morton of the Mounties' movies, 'Courage of the North' (1934) and 'Timber Terrors' (1934).
A gang of thieves led by Monty Mordant have been robbing the trappers blind. When they swindle Chief White Cloud out of his furs, he offers to lead Sergeant Morton to their remote hideout. Riding to the meeting spot, Morton discovers that White Cloud has been murdered. Following the clues found at the scene of the killing, he vows to hunt down and bring the bloodthirsty gang to justice.Courage of the North is the first of two "Morton of the Mounties" films starring John Preston and produced by...
A gang of thieves have been stealing gold from Dan Parker's mine for months. The crooks ambush and murder a Mountie who has been sent to investigate. Sergeant Morton takes up the case, vowing to avenge his fallen comrade. An attempt is made on Morton's life, making him even more determined to bring the killers to swift justice."Dynamite" the Wonder Horse and "Captain" The King Of Dogs receive top-billing in this Empire Pictures production. One critic alleges that this was due to their ability...
During WWII, one airplane was equally at home at 30,000 feet on a reconnaissance mission as it was skimming over treetops while taking the fight to the enemy. With a speed of over 400 mph, the Mosquito was so fast and maneuverable that Germany awarded pilots two kills if they shot one down. Powered by two Rolls Royce Merlin engines, its revolutionary leap of design had no armor, no weapons, could carry the same bomb load as a B-17, and was built entirely of wood! By war's end, over 40 versions...
A woman trying to solve the mystery of a friend's murder finds that she may be the next victim in this suspense story set in turn-of-the-century London.Starring Peggy Cummins, Victor Mature and Ethel Barrymore.
Short runways, high altitude, unpredictable weather, and complex take-off and landing approach procedures the most dangerous airports in the world test even the most seasoned pilots. In this heart-stopping program, climb the skies as HISTORY takes you on a death-defying tour of the world's ten MOST EXTREME AIRPORTS. From San Diego to Hong Kong to St. Barth's to Nepal, many of the world's airports are simply not designed to handle the demands of 21st century aircraft and flight volume. In...
"Most Wanted," an American Crime drama starring Oscar -nominee* Robert Stack (for "Written on the Wind" and famous for his roles on television's "The Untouchables" and "Unsolved Mysteries"). Stack reunites with "The Untouchable's" prolific producer Quinn Martin for "Most Wanted. " In the series, the Los Angeles Mayor, played by Hari Rhodes ("The Streets of San Francisco"), sets up an elite task force unit of the LAPD to exclusively focus on capturing the city's most wanted criminals. The unit,...
How did wine become something that's grown and sold just about everywhere yet is also kind of pretentious? Join Jim Hodgson for a light hearted look at the history of wine from ancient history to today.
An Iraqi journalist joins an army of uneasy allies and unforgettable characters in the epic battle to liberate the city of Mosul from the Islamic State.