Esther Williams dazzles the eye and Red Skelton tickles the funny bone in Texas Carnival, a rootin' tootin' musical "done in such a grand, breezy manner that even Texans are apt to give it a hearty backslap of approval" (Los Angeles Examiner). The two play a down-and-out carnival sideshow team mistaken for a pair of multimillionaires at a swank Texas resort hotel -- a perfect plot for Miss Williams to display both her fine sense of comedy and gorgeous, bathing-suit-clad figure. Skelton is...
Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan (1884-1933) left the state from which she took her name as a teenager with dreams of becoming a movie star. Her crass, brazen personality, forged in poverty, made this harder than she expected, but her leggy figure guaranteed her regular work as a chorus girl on Broadway. Moonlighting in vaudeville, she developed a cowgirl character that caught the attention of Hollywood, and was cast in her first film, The Wildcat (1917). Over the next few years, Texas would...
Joe Wallace is shot down as he races to inform Roy Rogers about thugs responsible for a recent cattle stampede in Duane County. Old Joe dies before he can impart the information. Investigating the murder, Roy follows a trail of clues which leads to Victor Marsh, president of the Cattleman's Association. Marsh is trying to stir up hostilities between cattlemen and sheepherders so that he can seize the valuable grazing rights in the territory. But Rogers will need to turn up evidence fast,...
Ruthless swindler Ernest Moore uses his phony Patriot League to gain the trust of local ranchers. The gullible are tricked into selling their property to him; the skeptical are killed and the land is stolen. Moore's goal is to control the entire territory to gain possession of what lies beneath - an incredibly rich vein of tin ore. The largest deposit runs under the spread owned by Sam Adams. He's holding out against Moore's pressure, suspecting that the pious patriot is linked to the recent...
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.
Marshal Tim Smith rides to the rescue of Rawhide, Texas, a town plagued by cutthroats. It's a tangled web of deception when Smith seizes an opportunity to infiltrate the gang. Bates, the outlaws' leader, orders him to pin on a badge and pose as the town's new marshal. The lawman plays along in hopes of discovering the secret mastermind behind the crooked operation.Tim McCoy, a Wyoming cowboy turned Hollywood Western star, was getting near the end of his movie trail when he signed up with PRC...
The sheriff quits to become a prospector after he thinks he killed his friend. He meets the dead man's sister and beings to help her on her ranch and then she finds out who he is and what he has done.
In Texas Terror, Wayne was the young sheriff who believes that he has killed his best friend by accident during a shootout with a band of bank robbers. Filled with remorse, he surrenders his badge to go and dedicate himself to the solitary life of the prospector. However, he comes across the dead man's sister (Lucille Brown) who has been in a stagecoach hold-up and rounds up the robbers. He then starts to help the girl run her ranch until she learns about his past and it takes Wayne's...
Sheriff John Higgins (John Wayne) goes into prospecting after he thinks he's killed his best friend in a shoot out with some robbers. Now an ex lawman, Higgins meets his dead pal's sister and helps her run her ranch. All seems fine until she finds out about his past. Then it's up to Higgins to unravel the mystery of his old friend's death. George "Gabby" Hayes, LeRoy Mason, and Lucile Browne also star in this Depression era horse opera from Paul Malvern Productions and director Robert...
Tim plays agent Bill Carson again, who, disguised as a sinister bandit, "The Phantom," seeks out the man who killed his partner. The murderer is after a local ranch and his gang are rustling its cattle. Bill, again posing as the Phantom, soon crashes head-on with the killer. From a great 16mm print.
Paranormal Extremes: Text Messages from the Dead explores the mysterious phenomenon of communication between the land of the living and the world of the dead. A beautiful Las Vegas showgirl has always felt a connection with the spirit world. After her fiancee dies in a tragic accident, she begins receiving foreboding messages on her cell phone. She soon realizes that these messages must be from her dead lover, who is contacting her from the other side. This tale of love, death, and the...
The reminders are scattered throughout the Northeast. Aging mill towns filled with dormant buildings speak of an industry whose day has passed. But there was a time when textile was king. Cities like Fall River, Massachusetts led the world in producing cloth, and fortunes were spun from cotton. TEXTILES chronicles the 200-year history of America's first industry. See how the abundant waterpower in the Northeast led to an explosion of mills, giving the infant nation the material goods it needed...
A Thai version of Cinema Paradiso. Love for film and childhood crush mingle in this heartfelt and very personal film feast.
Song is a young musician whose rock band has failed. Down on his luck on the streets of Bangkok, he is rescued from a beating by motorcycle-taxi drivers. He moves in with a childhood friend and meets a girl that he is trying to win over from her ex-boyfriend.
A group of singers being summoned to a temple to give a concert for charity only to find after the event all the people there were ghosts.
Sangchan is a girl working in a factory who falls in love with an attractive guy named Rawee. As Rawee has to go study abroad, he keeps a promise of coming back to see Sangchan on October, 8th of each year. While Rawee is away, Sangchan who anticipates to see him has a chance to befriend to Lim, another guy who admires her. Now it is the test of love, faith, and vow that Sangchan has to make through.
Donna Summer stars in this disco-musical from 1978. Following a dance contest at the local disco, THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY features early performances by Debra Winger and Jeff Goldblum. Musical support comes from Summer (singing "Last Dance") and the Commodores.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Rory Kennedy, Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House profiles the iconic journalist, a legend in political reporting, who has covered the White House and every president since John F. Kennedy. In this 38-minute film, Thomas, still as sharp as ever, sits down for a one-on-one interview in which she reflects on her storied career, the distinct personalities and foibles of the presidents she has covered, as well as some of the scandals that...
The stars come out to play in the joyous World War ll-era Thank Your Lucky Stars. A breezy, behind-the-Hollywood-scenes story about young talents hoping for a big break glitters with specialty numbers featuring Golden Era greats. Highlights include Humphrey Bogart being out-tough-guyed by S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall and singers ranging from the gifted (Dinah Shore, Dennis Morgan) to the good sports (Errol Flynn, John Garfield). And Bette Davis' witty, wry, jitterbugging rendition of They're Either...
When a political candidate is too inebriated to give his campaign speech, the singer from his entertainment troupe gives it for him and ends up voted in as Governor.
Unemployed singer Homer Tompkins is an easy mark for conmen who set him up as a highly-paid professional listener. People pay a premium to spill their troubles to Homer while his bosses secretly record the conversations to blackmail their clients. The purpose of the scam is to trick millionaire "Utah" Pete into revealing the location of his secret goldmine. But honest Homer catches wind of the scheme and determines to turn the tables on his crooked employers.Thanks For Listening features radio...
Newlywed novelist Steve Merrick (Bob Hope) has his hands full trying to finish his first masterpiece in the delightful romantic classic, Thanks for the Memory. While Steve's beautiful bride Ann (Shirley Ross) dreams of a better life for them, their eclectic group of friends drop in and out as they please, keeping Steve up and away from his typewriter. Meanwhile, Louella (Patricia "Honey Chile" Wilder), a beautiful Southern Belle from next door, keeps meddling into their blissful lives. When...
Young Ziggy Brennan has had to grow up fast, living with her hard-drinking, man-hungry mother. Ziggy falls under the influence of smooth-talking con man, Denny Reagan. When Ziggy unexpectedly falls for Naval officer Martin Neilson , she's ready to settle down into domesticity. After Martin is killed in action, Ziggy finds herself alone and realizes she's following the same treacherous path of her mother, and her hopes and dreams, as well as the future of her child, are thrown into jeopardy....
Mona Freeman stars as Ziggy Brennan, a feisty girl who's always getting the wrong advice; first from her gold-digging mother, and then from a local huckster. Ziggy means well, and she'll be the first to tell you that there's a girl like her in every town. You'll wish you could reach out to help her in this stirring Republic Pictures film from director Alfred Santell. The film also stars Oscar winner James Dunn (A Tree Grows In Brooklyn), and features art direction by Oscar nominated James...