Born in Chicago as Sylvion de Jardin, diminutive Bobby Vernon (1897-1939) starred in almost 200 comedy shorts during his career and specialized in playing well-meaning but gullible fellows who often wound up in trouble but usually ended up with the girl on his arm. He worked alongside such Hollywood luminaries as Lon Chaney, Gloria Swanson, W.C. Fields, Wallace Beery, Bing Crosby and Mack Sennett during his career, which ended tragically with his death at the young age of 42. Nearly 40 years...

Born in Rhode Island, vaudeville veteran Jack Duffy (1882-1939) appeared in almost 100 silent and sound films, most of them comedy shorts. An expert at makeup, Duffy frequently played characters older than he was, and removing his dentures completed the illusion. Even in smaller roles, his was an unmistakable visage. When acting roles became scarce in the 1930s, Duffy's expertise served him well and he became a studio makeup artist. ARE SCOTCHMEN TIGHT (1929): The long-standing enmity between...

Jimmy Burke is a reporter looking for the big story that will catapult him into fame and allow him to marry his girlfriend, Patricia, a sexy young actress. When he discovers that a notorious gangster, "Sleek Moran", is buying his way into a Hollywood studio, the resulting story leads to a promotion for the eager young reporter. Flush with success, he inadvertently falls into the arms of his boss' daughter, leaving Patricia to become prey to the vengeful Moran. Realizing his love for Patricia,...

Here comes the bride -- there goes the groom! The night before Mary Clay's (Joan Crawford) wedding, her flaky fiance Dillon elopes with someone else. Mary's friend Jeff grabs his chance to buck up the jilted bride -- and pitch some woo. Then Dillon reenters Mary's life and she must choose between the two men. Since Clark Gable plays Jeff and Robert Montgomery plays Dillon, it's a choice any woman would love to make! The three stars prove marriage is a funny affair in this snappy, sophisticated...

Attempting to affect peace between his men and the Apaches, the commander of a fort unwittingly inspires an Indian massacre.

The story of a young blind man, the brother he worships and a Civil War veteran who intends to kill the latter.

Surrounded by hostile Comanches, frontier widow Celia Gray knows the only hope she and her little boy have is to escape to Fort Dobbs. Their escort is Gar Davis, a strapping stranger who clearly has something to hide. Celia fears she knows his secret: he's the man who murdered her husband. Clint Walker plays the mysterious stranger and Virginia Mayo is the ravishing widow in this Western tale of high-desert suspense and action. As the desperate travelers make their way through Indian attacks...

Joel McCrea gives a compelling performance as a cavalry sergeant apparently leading his men to safety, but actually slowly going mad in an insane attempt to avenge an Indian massacre.

When a poker game ends in a gunfight, card cheat Carey Ross (Keith Larsen) and his brother, Dick (James Craig), escape into Canada, one step ahead of the law. Wandering into Saskatchewan, they join the newly formed North West Mounted Police, their knowledge of the Sioux proving invaluable when Sitting Bull attempts to incite the chief of the Blackfoots into joining his war against the white settlers. So when Carey murders a trapper and the chief's son is to hang in his place, Dick must bring...

Western movie icon Randolph Scott is Ned Britt, a reformed gunfighter trying to reinvent himself as a newspaperman in director Edwin L. Marin's (Johnny Angel, Raton Pass) final feature, written by John Twist. While setting up shop as the publisher of the Fort Worth Star, Britt crosses paths with corrupt cattle baron Gabe Clevenger (Ray Teal), who terrorizes the frontier town and tests Britt's vow of pacifism with further violence. Britt's dilemma grows worse when his old friend -- and fellow...

When an Apache chief is killed by a settler, war is declared.

John Hackett, Conrad Parkham, Ana Corita. An incredibly rare ghost thriller. The lone survivor of a blown out WWII bunker at Corregidor returns to the Philippines twenty years later. There he finds himself haunted by the ghosts of his former battalion. Very eerie. 16mm.

A youngster is taken deep into the steamy Mexican jungle by his mother (and her butler) to avoid losing custody to the underhanded father who has falsely accused her of adultery. As he grows into his teens his curiosity about his past and native girls soon gets the better of him. Little does he know that his father has a long-standing reward regarding his whereabouts. 16mm.

"Do you want to stand alone against the whole world?" Architect Howard Roark has heard the voices of safety, convention, compromise. But Roark is a man as unyielding as the mighty structures he builds. And he will sacrifice everything -- the woman he loves or the project he dynamites when others interfere with his design -- to maintain his individuality in a world of lockstep conformity. Gary Cooper portrays Roark and Patricia Neal plays the troubled beauty whose desire for him almost destroys...

The moving story of 4 young men struggling against overwhelming odds to remain honest. Crooked employer shorts their earnings; they turn to crime, their first theft ending in tragedy.

Oscar-nominated drama stars Oscar-nominee John Garfield ("Gentleman's Agreement") in his feature debut as a rebellious musician whose romance with one of a small-town patriarch's four daughters causes conflict. Co-starring Oscar-winner Claude Rains ("Casablanca"). Followed by two sequels. Nominated for Best Picture, Screenplay and Supporting Actor (Garfield).

Screen legend Claudette Colbert leads an all-star cast in the adventure-filled Four Frightened People directed by Cecil B. DeMille. When a deadly bubonic plague breaks out on a coastal steamer ship, four passengers steal a lifeboat and set sail on a mission of survival. They land on a remote Malayan island and soon shed all trappings of their former selves. After their native guide is suddenly murdered, they find themselves at the mercy of hostile islanders and must use their newfound survival...

The lazy son of an Argentinean beef tycoon becomes a heroic soldier while fighting for the French resistance during WWII. Sweeping epic stars Glenn Ford ("The Big Heat," "Blackboard Jungle"), Oscar-winners Charles Boyer ("Gaslight"), Lee J. Cobb ("How the West Was Won," "The Brothers Karamazov") and Paul Lukas ("Watch on the Rhine," "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"). Directed by the brilliant Academy Award-winner Vincente Minnelli ("Gigi," "An American in Paris"). With internationally-acclaimed...

This star-studded musical is a cinematic tribute to the successful USO tour of Kay Francis, Martha Raye, Mitzi Mayfair and Carole Landis who entertained soldiers from England to North Africa. Embellished with some fictional romance, striking choreography and plenty of laughs, this patriotic film salutes all the entertainers who did their part for "the boys." Includes special appearances by Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, George Jessel and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.

When a British Indian Army colonel is dishonorably discharged, he returns to London. His four sons a student at Oxford, a London barrister, an aviator and playboy, and an attache at the British Embassy in Washington rally round to support him. He tells them he is the victim of a conspiracy before he is found dead, apparently having killed himself. John Ford directed this sprawling saga that follows the four young men as they seek to uncover the truth about their revered father.

Four Daughters. Four Wives. Four Mothers. The popular film series comes to an end with this laughter-touched melodrama that welcomes fans to one last visit with the Lemp family. The four Lemp sisters, played by the Lane sisters (Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola) plus Gale Page, have faced triumph and tragedy together. Now the years of struggle seem to be over -- until a real estate investment brings financial disaster to them and their town. The townsfolk blame the girls' father (Claude Rains),...

Director Archie Mayo brings this story to life about four brothers torn part by war. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia, each chose a different side that will alter their fates forever. Starring Don Ameche, Eugene Leontvich, with Mary Beth Hughes.

Riveting stories, both dramatic and whimsical, alternated on "Four Star Playhouse," one of the "gold standard" anthology series from the exciting era of early TV. Three of the show's producers, Dick Powell, Charles Boyer and David Niven, headline these outstanding episodes directed by such Hollywood stalwarts as Robert Florey and Laslo Benedek.FAIR TRIAL: Newsman David Sheridan arrives in a small town to research a lynching. A young woman with a secret tries to convince the reporter that the...

In 1938, Four Daughters packed movie palaces, making a star out of John Garfield and winning hearts with its appealing depiction of the Lemps, a family that shares an unshakeable bond between parent and child, sister and sister. In 1939 the Lemps were back (Garfield's character, who died in the earlier film, makes a ghostly appearance) for another tender drama of everyday life. This time, all the sisters wed -- even widowed Ann finds marital happiness -- and joyfully prepare for the tears and...