2024-09-21
Propaganda film centering on the attempts by U.S. ambassador Joseph E. Davies to forge an alliance with the USSR during World War II.
Inventive cult classic set in a futuristic New York City, about a band of women who start a second American Revolution when their feminist leader is murdered. Honey, Adele Berti. Adelaide: Jeanne Satterfield. Zella: Flo Kennedy. Directed by Lizzie Borden.
In the poverty and chaos following World War II, an Italian father searches desperately for his stolen bicycle, the single object that he needs for the livelihood to support his young family.
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Short film debunking alleged historical "truths." Included: the role of Mrs. O'Leary's cow in the Chicago Fire; Emperor Nero fiddling as Rome burned; Lady Godiva riding naked through the streets of Coventry. Narrated by John Nesbitt. (Repeat).
Actor-humorist Robert Benchley stars in this comedy short, which examines the perils and pitfalls of bringing up a toddler. Directed by Roy Rowland. (Repeat).
Love triangle with wife (Jean Muir) and secretary (Beverly Roberts) battling for a playboy (Warren Hull). Stevenson: Joseph Crehan. Miss Baldwin: Minerva Urecal. Agatha: Clara Blandick. Blake: Gordon Hart. Garron: Addison Richards. Directed by Frank McDonald.
This entry in the "This Crime Does Not Pay" series examines the wartime ramifications of Government workers discussing their jobs within earshot of foreign agents. Donald Douglas, Harry Worth. Beulah: Gloria Holden. FBI Agent Freed: Barry Nelson. Ziggy: Dwight Frye.
Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) tangles with carnivorous plants, Nazis and a jumbo spider in this entry. Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger. Selim: Robert Lowery. Karl: Joe Sawyer. William Thiele directed.
Two knuckleheads on the lam from the police accidentally sign up for a hitch in the Navy, where they proceed to drive their superior off the deep end. If the two wacky sailors look familiar it's because one is played by the Three Stooges' Shemp Howard, while the other, Jack Haley, was the Tin Woodman in "The Wizard of Oz.".
Biography of composer Sigmund Romberg charts his career from his days as a musician in a New York City cafe to his successes on Broadway and at Carnegie Hall. The "Dancing Around" production number features Gene Kelly performing with his brother, Fred, the only on-screen pairing of the two.
An army deserter gets a job on the New York City waterfront, where he befriends a black dockworker and butts heads with a corrupt, racist union boss. Martin Ritt's first directorial effort was written by Robert Alan Aurthur, who adapted his television play "A Man Is Ten Feet Tall." Sidney Poitier reprises his role from the TV drama.
A detective investigates the murder of a food-supply executive in an overpopulated, undernourished dystopian Manhattan and uncovers a disturbing secret about the special ingredients that go into the making of the peoples' dietary staple.
A Rocky Mountain trapper assimilates with Native Americans in the 1820s, but becomes a legendary Indian killer after the Crow tribe kills his family in retaliation for leading the U.S. cavalry on a rescue mission through a sacred burial site.
Adaptation of Walter Mosley's novel about a WWII vet who is trapped in a web of intrigue when he agrees to look for a politician's girlfriend.
About three drug dealers on the run, and the Arkansas sheriff who lies in wait.
A group of escaped convicts take people hostage in a ghost town that was vacated because it was the location of a nuclear bomb test.