Shopgirl Mary Brown and newspaperman Rollo Porter agree "It's a swell night for a cry." When they meet after their respective sweethearts marry others, all they seek is a convenient shoulder for consolation. Fresh off early career breakthroughs in her Cimarron and his The Front Page, Irene Dunne and Pat O'Brien make an odd and oddly affecting couple in this wisecracking but adult romance that christened Dunne's reign as "queen of the weepies." Drawn together by a sense of humor and shared...

Margaret Holt has been secretly helping her crusading D.A. brother get information on crime boss "Schemer" Marko. When the mobster confronts the brave girl, she accidentally kills him in self-defense. Looking for a place to hide, she stumbles upon the mansion of Winthrop Clavering, an amateur criminologist. Margaret becomes the man's stenographer, but soon realizes that he is close to solving the mystery of Marko's murder. Margaret must prove her innocence before Clavering turns her over to...

A cast of unforgettable eccentrics, a clever script full of narrative quirks and flashbacks, a murder mystery and an intricate scheme combine to bring gangsters to justice and provide outstanding entertainment. A brother and sister secretly work together for four years to bust the narco ring responsible for the death of their father. Killing a gang member in self-defense, sister Margaret (D.W. Griffith's coquette queen Bessie Love) seeks incognito sanctuary in a rooming house. She is soon...

Hollywood's two most famous Taylors take center stage in this atmospheric spy thriller spawned by the early days of the Cold War and filmed on location in London and the English countryside. Making a move into more adult roles, 17-year-old Elizabeth Taylor plays the giddy young wife of a British Army officer (Robert Taylor). Their whirlwind romance and storybook marriage take a sudden, alarming turn when she discovers her handsome husband is a Communist agent under orders to perform acts of...

Negulesco and noir - a heady brew. Jean Negulesco proved his stunning noir debut The Mask of Dimitrios was no fluke by following up with an astonishing run of film noir classics, starting with the war noir intrigue and romance of The Conspirators. Hedy Lamarr (The Heavenly Body) headlines a cast of Casablanca veterans (Paul Henreid and "The Masters of Mystery," Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre) as the mysterious Irene Von Mohr, whose secrets lie at the heart of wartime Lisbon's underworld...

Unavailable for over sixty years, the lost classic returns at last. For many decades, the closest people could come to experiencing this timeless tale of love, tragedy and inspiration was through Erich Wolfgang Korngold's rousing, luscious and lauded score -- but no more! Now, all can open their hearts to The Constant Nymph. Joan Fontaine delivers one of her finest performances playing Tessa, a teenaged free spirit locked in battle with her complicated, sophisticated cousin Florence (Alexis...

Somewhat fictionalized dramatic account of Late Roman Emperor Constantine, his rise to power, and his establishment of religious tolerance among Roman subjects. Constantine's adoption of Christianity allowed this small, persecuted religion to sweep throughout Europe as the empire's power waned

An ambitious young general navigates the treacherous halls of power in 4th century Rome, as he ascends to earn the title of "Constantine The Great." Returning to Rome from his post at the Empire's eastern frontier, Constantine's star is on the rise. With treacherous rival Maxentius lurking patiently in the shadows, Constantine becomes emperor and begins his reign by declaring an end to the persecution of Christians. With Roman officials outraged by the controversial edict, Maxentius seizes the...

In the sweltering jungles of Vietnam, a human being is menaced by everything from extremes of heat and humidity to poisonous vipers and waterborne diseases. But during the Vietnam War, the greatest threat to those in these jungles was that which came from their fellow man Produced by the Marine Corps in 1966, "Contact! Ambush" is an examination of the many asymmetric weapons and tactics that were used by the Vietcong against American troops. From punji pits to tripwire booby traps to grenades...

Legendary director Jean-Luc Godard's CONTEMPT is a movie within a movie - on the surface, the film is about a director (Michel Piccoli) whose wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot) falls out of love with him while he is rewriting an adaptation of Homer's ODYSSEY for an American producer (Jack Palance). But underneath this tragic tale of a doomed romance lies Godard's true subject: the commercial film industry, which he shows his CONTEMPT for in a directing performance that is slyly subversive, darkly...

Beautiful "Babe" Laval presides over a bevy of curvaceous call girls in Atlantic City, where convention-going men with loose wallets and morals are plentiful. At ease in the clubs and backroom casinos, Babe handles her business with a smooth, sure hand. She's the queen of her world, but she dreams of escaping from it into a normal life, marriage and a home. The only real man in her life, Bill Bradley, runs a local underworld gambling house, and his career puts a chill on his chances of being a...

When outlaws savagely murder his sister, a cowboy swears vengeance. However, before he can take the law into his own hands, an old lawman corrals the gang himself and brings the outlaws to justice properly.

College football star Dave Tyler goes from the gridiron to iron bars, serving a prison stretch for a bank robbery he didn't commit. Once paroled, he is determined to track down the six "eyewitnesses" who falsely fingered him. Five have vanished; the sixth is murdered before Dave's eyes. Dave gets a job working for investment broker Gregory Warren and falls in love with Warren's sister Julie, but can't marry her until he can clear himself. Following his every move is his boss Warren -- who is...

Beautiful actress Claire Norvelle takes a luxury cruise to Europe hotly pursued by debonair John Blair, a wealthy Broadway investor who refuses to take "no" for an answer. Blair, in turn, is being stalked by his angry and jealous girlfriend Constance. Rejecting Blair's advances, Claire finds welcome company with handsome Bruce Allen, a brilliant writer specializing in criminology. When Blair is found dead, Claire is arrested and charged with murder. Refusing to believe that Claire is guilty,...

An escaped convict attacks from the dusky shadows of a dark grove knocking architect David Brent unconscious, and stealing his clothes. Recovering, Brent dons garments from a mysterious package left behind by his assailant and goes to a nearby nightclub. In love with beautiful singer Ruth Porter, the young man invites her to his table where club owner Steve Moran mistakes David for the hunted convict.Having master-minded the risky jailbreak to secure priceless jewels, Moran demands to know...

A man with a past fights for the right to love in this thrilling drama from a long gone era. In Convict's Code (1939) Dave Tyler (Robert Kent) is being released from prison after serving three years for a crime he didn't commit. His plan is to find the people responsible for framing him. It won't be easy because any parole violation could send him back to the penitentiary. To complicate matters, he has fallen in love with a woman (Anne Nagel) whose brother may have set him up. Distributed by...

Emmy Award-winner Ben Gazzara ("Happiness," "The Big Lebowski") portrays a convicted killer who, when he receives a reprieve from a date with the electric chair, goes on to find redemption in prison. An all-star cast provides strong support in this drama based on a true story. Also starring Emmy Award-winner Ray Walston (TV's "Picket Fences," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"), Academy Award-winner Rod Steiger ("In the Heat of the Night," "On the Waterfront"), Academy Award-winner Broderick...

Hey, you! Wanna catch the L.A. garage band that first recorded the oft-covered rock essential "Hey Joe?" That would be the Leaves, seen here in a performance of "In the House of Dr. Stone." The Cool Ones has more cool musical stuff, too. Like Glen Campbell on his way to country/pop renown. Plus "This Town," the song composed by Lee Hazlewood (the film's music supervisor) that would become a Frank Sinatra staple. And the quirky song styling of mid-'60s camp sensation Mrs. Miller. The film's...

Imaginative filmmaking enhances this tale of summer violence in New York City as police seek a cop killer.

BACK ON DVD! Oscar winner RAY MILLAND and the gorgeous HEDY LAMARR make a dazzling screen team in this thrilling wild west adventure set in the early days following the Civil War. Milland plays Johnny Carter, a vaudeville sharpshooter trying to outrun his past as a hero in the Confederate Army. But when some ex-Confederate miners need protection from the Unionists and corrupt lawmen who run Copper Canyon, Johnny straps on his six guns to fight for justice...and win the heart of a local beauty...

In her first talkie, Mary Pickford won 1929's Best Actress Academy Award for her delightful portrayal of Norma Besant, a flirtatious socialite who falls in love with a poor ne'er-do-well. When Norma tells her father she has fallen in love with Michael Jeffery (Johnny Mack Brown), her widowed father forbids the two from seeing each other, knowing that Michael will never rise to their family's social class. But the couple's love is stronger than Norma's obligation to obey her father, and the...

"Bette Davis gives a sharp, vital interpretation of Miss Moffat (the spinster teacher fighting to educate the poor children of a Welsh mining village) by remaining true to its legitimate stage counterpart," said the Herald Tribune. The story, based on Emlyn Williams' autobiographical play, focuses on the relationship between Miss Moffat and her gifted young prodigy from the mines, Morgan Evans (John Dall). "Consumed by inward fire, by the sheer joy of imparting knowledge" (London Picture...

He's a U.S. Navy enlisted man who goes into action with the Marines, wearing their uniform and facing the same dangers they face. His role is battlefield first responder, and when a Marine is wounded in combat the cry for his help is universally known -- Corpsman! Produced by the Marine Corps in 1966, this vintage informational film shows how the Navy's hospital corpsmen selflessly risked their own lives to rescue wounded Marines and evacuate them from the bloody battlefields of Vietnam....

It is December, 1941, and Royce ( Elissa Landi) has traveled to the Philippine Islands to find Dr. Jan Stockman (Otto Kruger) with plans of marriage. The two tie the knot and are soon caught up in combat as the Japanese seize the island - both advancing on land and dropping bombs from the air. The newlyweds, with a group of American soldiers, make their way to Corregidor by boat, where the war steadily escalates and Royce runs into her old beau Michael, whose love for her remains strong....