"She's just a sour old maid who hates me because I'm young and attractive and in love!" Headstrong, beautiful Tina has nothing but disdain for her Aunt Charlotte. What could she know of a young girl's heart? A great deal, in fact. For unloved, unlovable Aunt Charlotte is really Tina's mother, whose romance with a Civil War soldier who didn't return resulted in Tina's birth and a lifetime of maternal sacrifice. As Charlotte, Bette Davis gives one of her most nuanced performances, aging from...

Ernest Hemingway's choice for the lead in the film version of his "The Old Man and the Sea" was the right one: Spencer Tracy's performance brought him the sixth of his nine Academy Award nominations, and the film won the National Board of Review's 1958 Best Picture and Best Actor awards. Alone in a small skiff, an aging Cuban fisherman catches a huge marlin - and must defy the sea, marauding sharks, and his own flagging strength to bring his great catch home. Filmed in part on sun-drenched...

"I've waited a whole year to grow claws like these. Jungle Red!" One of film's greatest lines belongs to a wronged wife who wins back her man with the aid of an aggressive shade of nail polish. First a hit play, then an all-star 1939 (and later, 2008) movie, The Women resurfaces here as the musical The Opposite Sex, complete with an all-star cast, lines dipped in acid wit, big production numbers and fabulous '50s couture in scintillating CinemaScope . June Allyson portrays the betrayed woman....

A New York newspaper reporter (Fred MacMurray) is sent to find out why so many settlers have been massacred by Indians en route to Oregon.

This infamous western adventure is loosely based on the story of Pat Garrett (Thomas Mitchell) and Billy The Kid (Jack Beutel). The Outlaw became one of the most controversial films of the 40s, originally banned for several years because of its explicit content; it was eventually released with extensive cuts to meet censorship requirements. Howard Hughes capitalized on the ban, together with provocative images of 19-year-old Jane Russell, to very successfully achieve record audiences almost...

This timeless American Western is legendary for at least two reasons. It's one of the best takes on the classic tale of Billy The Kid. But it's even more famous for being the vehicle that made Jane Russell a Hollywood starlet and sex symbol for the ages. Also starring Jack Beutel and Walter Huston, the movie follows the friendship of Billy and fellow outlaw Doc Holliday, as they both pursue the affections of Holliday's girlfriend, Rio (Jane Russell) while being chased through the desert by...

Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and Doc Holliday ride again in Howard Hughes' epic 1943 western, but the character you'll remember most is sultry country vixen Rio McDonald. Hughes' nationwide search for an actress to play Rio resulted in the film debut of Jane Russell, whose natural assets were allegedly helped by a special bra designed by Hughes. When The Outlaw finally received a nationwide release in 1946, its success vindicated Hughes and made Russell a star. As for Hughes' infamous bra,...

A notorious bandit confesses to rape and murder, and justice is sure to be swift. But wait. Witnesses to the outrage come forward, each offering different versions of the events. Does truth lie in the eyes of the beholder? A year after Hud, star Paul Newman and director Martin Ritt teamed again and gave the Japanese classic Rashomon an Old West setting, crafting "a brisk and challenging drama far removed from the norm in film fare" (A.H. Weiler, The New York Times). Newman, drawing deep into...

SEE desperate men fighting to the death over spoils that mean wealth to the victors! George O'Brien and Ray Whitley star in this tale of men involved in a tug of war over a tungsten mine in this RKO feature from director David Howard (Daniel Boone, The Mystery Squadron). Laraine Day (Foreign Correspondent, The High and the Mighty) also stars as a woman who has her own interests in the mine. Also, look for silent screen villain Fred Kohler (The Iron Horse, Hell's Heroes) in another of his...

Santa Fe despot Dupray fears the loss of his outlaw empire when Mexico's independence is proclaimed. A wagon train carrying America's top diplomats and pioneers, Clark Stewart, Davy Crocket, Jim Bowie, and Daniel Boone, works its way across the plains and Dupray puts one plan after another into action in an effort to stop them. Stewart and his band of scouts are watched over by the legendary "Painted Stallion" and its mysterious rider, whose whistling arrows warn pioneers of impending danger...

One year after 1933's Queen Christina, Greta Garbo again portrays a heroine faced with irrevocable choices. She plays Katrin in The Painted Veil, an exotic love triangle loosely based on W. Somerset Maugham's novel. The story unfolds in China, where Katrin's marriage to busy M.D. Walter Fane (Herbert Marshall) is in trouble. Lonely and neglected, Katrin falls in love with diplomatic attache Jack Townsend (George Brent). When Walter discovers the affair, he takes Katrin inland to fight a...

Labor and management at the Sleeptite Pajama Factory aren't sleeping much lately: A proposed 7 1 2-cent hourly wage increase is why -- and a strike may result. But negotiations here involve snappy stars, terrific tunes and dynamic dances as Doris Day, John Raitt and a Broadway-seasoned cast play The Pajama Game. Songs by the Damn Yankees duo of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross and choreography by Bob Fosse generate lots of "Steam Heat," all whipped together delightfully under the direction of two...

Labor and management at the Sleeptite Pajama Factory aren't sleeping much lately: A proposed 71 2-cent hourly wage increase is why -- and a strike may result. But negotiations here involve snappy stars, terrific tunes and dynamic dances as Doris Day, John Raitt and a Broadway-seasoned cast play The Pajama Game. Songs by the Damn Yankees duo of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross and choreography by Bob Fosse generate lots of "Steam Heat," all whipped together delightfully under the direction of two...

ITS PRINTS SPELLED DOOM! Based on a pair of Foulton Osler's thrilling detective stories, The Panthers Claw tracks Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt (Rosemary's Baby's Sidney Blackmer) and his trusted partner Anthony Abbot as they use methods both scientific and deductive to solve the murder of an opera singer. In doing so, the pair get caught up in a larger mystery involving a mysterious blackmailer known only as "The Panther," eventually winding up victims of his vindictive games in this...

Carl Theodor Dreyer has long been exalted by film connoisseurs for The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr, Day of Wrath, and Ordet . With The Parson's Widow , we meet a different Dreyer: a director who engages with broad humor, then gradually guides to a wise, bittersweet resolution. Sofren, an aspiring parson, is engaged to Mari, but her father won't allow them to marry until Sofren gets a ministry. He's hired by a small rural congregation only to discover that according to local custom, the...

BACK ON DVD! - INCLUDES SELECT SCENE COMMENTARY BY JERRY LEWIS & STEVE LAWRENCE - DELETED SCENE - BLOOPERS - After a star comedian dies, his handlers are resolved to find a replacement to take the deceased star's place so their gravy train will continue. They decide to hire a total unknown and find the ultimate Patsy in hotel bellboy Stanley Belt. After realizing that Stanley can't do anything right, the team begins to think they've made a mistake, but the television show's air date approaches...

The legendary Peacock Fan is said to be cursed, bringing betrayal and death to its owners since its origin in the mystical Orient. Nevertheless, wealthy American collector Carlton Rossmore pays a fortune to purchase the fan when it appears on the market. Within days, the businessman is found murdered in his study. Police Sergeant O'Brien is befuddled by the half dozen likely suspects he detains at the scene of the crime. In walks a mysterious monocled stranger, who introduces himself as Dr....

Mack McGregor, a member of the Ranger Service finds a man shot and robbed on a Painted Hills trail -- and nearby, the smoking gun belonging to his friend Rodney. Unwilling to believe that Rodney is responsible, Mack and Marion set out to find the culprit who framed his pal.Leo Maloney was an actor who also wrote, produced and directed many of his own films. Perfect Alibi features heroine Josephine Hill, Maloney's co-star in over forty productions. --Tom WeaverBONUS: The Two Doyles (1919): The...

In The Perfect Furlough, the fun begins when the Army's top brass meet to discuss the morale problems occurring at an outpost in the remote Arctic. It seems that the 104 bachelors stationed there for the past seven months are going utterly stir crazy. Military psychologist Lieutenant Lauren (Janet Leigh) proposes a solution: one lucky guy will receive a "perfect" furlough, complete with exotic destinations and a beautiful movie star. Much to the psychologist's chagrin, a scheming corporal...

Pearl White, who works in a sweatshop, gets her chance to act which leads to the silent movies.

This classic movie is a 1947 American film directed by George Marshall and is a fictionalized account of silent film star Pearl White's rise to fame, starring Betty Hutton. The original 1914 melodrama film serial, shown in weekly instalments, featured Pearl White as the title character. Pearl (Betty Hutton) is a frustrated factory worker who aspires to become an actress. She joins a theatrical troupe managed by Mike (John Lund), but fame and fortune elude her. In desperation, Pearl takes a job...

Featuring Frank Loesser's Oscar nominated song, "I Wish I Didn't Love You So," The Perils of Pauline is about the rise to fame of silent screen star Pearl White (Betty Hutton). Directed by George Marshall (The Blue Dahlia, Houdini), the cast includes such stars as Billy De Wolfe, John Lund, and William Demarest, plus appearances by silent screen aces Snub Pollard and Chester Conklin. Still, it's Hutton's movie all the way -- her energy and charisma highlight this tribute to the golden age of...

A homeless vagrant, David Holm, is selected by the Angel of Death to be his successor. David reflects on his life, recalling how he was once a loving husband and father before being led astray by the temptations of alcohol and easy living. Seeing the good man he could be again, David vows to be the first to beat Death at his own game and escape eternal damnation.Considered one of the first great works of Swedish cinema, The Phantom Chariot was released on New Year's Day, 1921. Writer, director...

A mysterious band of rustlers have been stealing cattle from Mary Randall's herd. The lady rancher discovers that the thefts are the work of Julia Hart, a rival who wants to drive her out of business. Ambushed by the bandits, Mary is rescued by Dick Stanton, a daredevil aviator for the border patrol. Learning of the girl's predicament, he vows to use all his aerobatic skill to smash the rustling ring. But the wicked Julia hires a pilot of her own to engage Stanton in a deadly dogfight to the...