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The legendary Charlie Chaplin stars in this spoof of the famed opera 'Carmen', one of his most controversial films. Plus the rare short 'The Butcher's Nightmare' starring Ben Turpin.

Tom Brown is your typical wise-cracking, arrogant college freshman newly arrived on the Harvard campus. He thinks he knows women, but his lovemaking technique leaves something to be desired. Tom becomes fixated on Mary Abbott, an old-fashioned girl who grew up around Harvard and has heard every pick-up line in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. But Mary is interested in Bob McAndrews, a grade A student who also plays for the college football team. In an attempt to show up his rival, Tom goes...

Responding to a 'life or death' message, beautiful public stenographer, Ann McNair, races out of her office at the Central Hotel. In her haste, she jumps into Jim Martin's car, mistaking the handsome, wealthy contractor for a limo driver. After Martin's teasing confession about his real identity, the two fall in love. Fred White, a rejected suitor and Martin's ruthless business competitor, is less than happy for the couple. White hatches a scheme designed to put Martin out of business and...

Teenage runaways Johnnie and Patricia, and her German Shepherd Kazan, meet in a freight train boxcar and travel to Oregon looking for better lives. Instead they run afoul of the meanest man in the West and his killer dog!The trio move into the home of Patricia's uncle in a town plagued by a gang of sheep rustlers. Brownell, the secret head of the gang, is the sadistic owner of Champo, a savage dog. When Champo tears out the throat of a sheep herder, Kazan is the blamed. With a $500 reward on...

David Graham is living a hardscrabble childhood, yet is able to inspire others with his faith in the ramshackle sanctuary they call "the Little Church Around the Corner." His passion so inspires John Morton, owner of the local coal mine, that he takes David under his wing and pays for his education at the seminary.As an adult and ordained as a minister, David is blessed with success and the love of Leila, John Morton's daughter. Yet he wrestles with his conscience on a daily basis, knowing...

Con man Charlie romances homely Tillie, the farmer's daughter, who steals her father's savings to pay for their elopement. They flee to the wicked city where Tillie is arrested for drunkenness while Charlie takes his old girlfriend, Mabel, on a shopping spree with Tillie's money. When her millionaire uncle dies, leaving Tillie the sole heir to his fortune, Charlie quickly proposes marriage, much to the girl's delight. They take up residence in the uncle's opulent mansion and Charlie hires...

THE ALAN YOUNG SHOW (1950): The Alan Young Show made the jump from radio to TV in 1950, starring the beloved actor-comedian in a variety of comedic sketches and introducing musical acts. This rare example of the series guest-stars singer Monica Lewis, the voice of "Chiquita Banana" in 1950s TV commercials. Also featured is William Frawley, "Fred Mertz" of I Love Lucy fame. Alan Young is of course best remembered for playing Wilbur on Mr. Ed (1961-1966) as well as for his memorable role in The...

Stuffy academic Professor Josef Stock neglects his much younger wife Mizzi. To make him jealous, she makes a pass at a stranger on the street - a stranger who turns out to be Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her best friend Charlotte. This affair is the perfect opening for Braun's associate Gustav Mueller, who wants Charlotte for himself. Meanwhile Professor Stock begins to suspect his wife is cheating on him and hires a private detective to investigate. All these bedroom hopping...

Greed, graft and corruption pollutes the city in director Tay Garnett's witty slapstick murder mystery, Slightly Honorable. Framed for the murder of party girl Alma Brehmer, honest lawyer John Webb (Pat O'Brien) crusades to prove his innocence while encountering all manner of hilariously corrupt big city denizens.A director comfortable in nearly any genre (be it the high comedy of China Seas, the heartbreaking romantic melodrama of One Way Passage, or the smoldering intrigue of the film noir...

A small wagon train driven by poor settlers is ambushed on the frontier by bandits. Cavalry Colonel Jim Merriwell gallantly tries to protect the defenseless homesteaders, but is shot and killed by outlaw leader Red Dugan. The only survivors of the ambush - family servant Mose and the infant Isobel - are kidnapped by Dugan's gang. More than a decade and a half later, Colonel Merriwell's grown son, Jack, has become a man of the law. Having finally learned the true circumstances of his father's...

Northern Frontier (1935): Mountie Sergeant Mack MacKenzie goes undercover to locate a murderous band of counterfeiters. He manages to infiltrate the gang, but his investigation implicates his own sweetheart, Beth, and her father. Before he can gather the evidence he needs to convict the kingpin of the operation, his cover is blown, and Mack finds himself targeted for death. Actor Kermit Maynard performed in over 300 films and television shows from 1927 to 1962, mostly on horseback. As a stunt...

Based on the classic writings of James Fenimore Cooper, this exciting frontier adventure series vividly captured the daring exploits of Hawkeye, "first of the long rifles," and his faithful blood brother Chingachgook, last of the Mohicans. Set in New York's Hudson Valley of the 1750s, the series was filmed almost entirely in Canada from 1957 to 1958 utilizing authentic outdoor settings and carefully observed period detail. Athletic and handsome John Hart, famous for playing the title role in...