Thursday, Jan. 30 - Stolen Harmony

Stolen Harmony (1935)

Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean, a dancer in the show, and the two become a successful dance act. However, when an ex-inmate buddy of Ray's robs the tour bus, Ray is suspected of wrongdoing by Jack and the others in the group. After a gang of thugs hijacks the tour bus, Ray tries to use his street smarts to redeem his reputation.

Wednesday, Jan. 29 - Ex-Lady

Ex-Lady (1933)

Commercial artist Helen Bauer believes marriage kills romance. She lives with advertising writer Don Peterson. He convinces her to marry him. He later carries on with client Peggy Smith; Helen takes up with Don's competitor Nick Malvyn. In the end, the couple agree to give marriage another chance.

Tuesday, Jan. 28 - The Magnet

The Magnet (1950)

A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.

Monday, Jan. 27 - The Girl From Mexico

The Girl from Mexico (1939)

In the first entry of an unintended-series that turned into a long-running series for RKO, Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle, Matthew Lindsay, aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.

Sunday, Jan. 26 - The Whole Truth

The Whole Truth (1958)

A movie executive is framed for the murder of his beautiful promiscuous leading lady by her jealous, estranged husband.

Saturday, Jan. 25 - Buzzin' Around

Buzzin' Around (1933)

Fatty invents a liquid with flubber-like properties which makes objects resilient and unbreakable. Unfortunately, in his rush to get out of the house to demonstrate his invention, he unknowingly grabs a jar of moonshine instead of the jar which holds his wonder liquid. To make matters worse, as he drives to the demonstration, a football-sized beehive falls from a tree onto the cargo bed of his truck.

Friday, Jan. 24 - Yours For the Asking

Yours for the Asking (1936)

Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear he may follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.

Thursday, Jan. 23 - The Case of the Howling Dog

The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)

A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry Mason's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.

Tuesday, Jan. 21 - Two-Fisted

Two-Fisted (1935)

Two Fisted is based on the James Gleason-Richard Taber stage play "Is Zat So?". Lee Tracy plays a fast-talking boxing manager smoothing the path of true love and thwarting the schemes of a crook.

Monday, Jan. 20 - The Falcon Out West

The Falcon Out West (1944)

When a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he learns that the victim was slipped rattlesnake venom, the trail leads to Texas, his own kidnapping and near death.

Sunday, Jan. 19 - Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break (1953)

The star of an upcoming Broadway production, Janet Hallson, walks out during rehersals. The producers of the show, Ted Sturgis, Leo Belney and Bob Dowdy begin to search a replacement. After a quick audition, each favors someone else: Madelyn Corlane, Joanna Moss, Suzie Doolittle. The rest of the movie tells in a series of musical and dance scenes how they finally choose.

Saturday, Jan. 18 - Money Movers

Money Movers (1978)

Security firm specialised in the transport of money and other valuables becomes the target of repeated hits by armed robbers. Its owner, Lionel Darcy (Frank Wilson) is worried because the failure to secure the transports could mean the end of his business. His worries multiply when he gets anonymous tip that the firm is going to get hit from the inside. That also worries Eric Jackson (Terence Donovan), one of Darcy's trusted employees who was planning exactly the same thing for the last five years. Those events coincide with the appearance of a new, young and seemingly inexperienced employee Leo Bassett (Tony Bonner). Darcy's suspicions and some other strange events also bring the attention of a local crime boss Jack Henderson (Charles 'Bud' Tingwell), who would also like the piece of an action.

Saturday, Jan. 17 - Hell's Half Acre

Hell's Half Acre (1954)

A woman who believes her missing husband is in prison in Hawaii on a murder charge travels there to see if it actually is him. However, he escapes before she sees him, when he hears that his current girlfriend has been murdered. The wife searches the slum area of Honolulu known as Hell's Half Acre for him, he searches for his girlfriend's killer, and his gangland associates are looking for the two of them.

Wednesday, Jan. 15 - Pictures: Episode 7 and shorts: Hey, Pop! & Howd' ya Like That

Pictures (1981) TV Mini-Series

Hey, Pop! (1932)

Fatty Arbuckle plays a butcher who meets an orphan boy. The kid is on the run from the authorities, who want to lock him in the orphanage.

Howd' ya Like That (1933)

Twp sailors come ashore in New York with enough liquor--which was illegal at the time, due to Prohibition--to have a good time. They wind up getting involved with an actress in vaudeville and her very jealous boyfriend. Not only that, but a Customs Officer who found out they smuggled booze ashore is closing in on them.

Tuesday, Jan. 14 - Midnight Club

Midnight Club (1933)

Clever crime yarn about a gang of crooks with impeccable alibis--because they all have lookalikes! The group is infiltrated by undercover agent George Raft.

Monday, Jan. 13 - Secret Agent (aka Danger Man): To Our Best Friend

Secret Agent: Season 2, Episode 11 To Our Best Friend (5 Feb. 1966) "Danger Man" To Our Best Friend (original title) TV Episode

Drake is sent to Bagdad as there appears to be a leak coming from one of his best friends. He sets a trap for his friend, which is sprung. When his friend vehemently denies his involvement, Drake must go looking for somebody else.

Sunday, Jan. 12 - Coney Island & Pictures: Episode 6

Coney Island (1943)

Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant for flashy clothes. Eddie and Kate argue as he tries to soften her image. Eventually, Kate becomes the toast of Coney Island and the two fall in love. Joe then tries to sabotage their marriage plans.

Pictures (1981) TV Mini-Series

Saturday, Jan. 11 - Innocents With Dirty Hands & Pictures: Episode 5

Dirty Hands (1975) "Les innocents aux mains sales" (original title)

Saint Tropez, 1975. Julie Wormser and her lover, writer and neighbour Jeff Marle, plan the assassination of her wealthy husband Louis, an impotent who drinks a lot. She hits him, and leaves the rest of the task to Jeff. Julie finds herself alone the following day, and becomes therefore prime suspect. Where is Louis' body? Where is Jeff? Is there any secret beyond a door?

Pictures (1981) TV Mini-Series

Friday, Jan. 10 - The Smallest Show on Earth

Big Time Operators (1957) "The Smallest Show on Earth" (original title)

A young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit," and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.

Thursday, Jan. 9 - The Scamp

Strange Affection (1957) "The Scamp" (original title)

Eight year old Tod (Colin Petersen) has spent his life being dragged around the world by his neglectful, con-artist father. While in England, he runs into a teacher who shows concern, attempts to help. When Tod's dad decides to race off to South America, the teacher offers to look after the boy, play the role of guardian for a year. Now surrounded by people who love him, our little hero blossoms...

Wednesday, Jan. 8 - The Nuisance

The Nuisance (1933)

J. Phineas Stevens is THE NUISANCE, an ambulance-chasing, authority-defying, woman-ogling lawyer. Pushy & loud, he's the first at the scene of any accident, handing out his cards & demanding his clients' rights. Both charming & crooked, Stevens usually wins his court cases with street smarts & trickery. But now his powerful legal adversaries have baited a trap, using a very pretty young woman as a spy, to catch Stevens while up to his old tricks.

Tuesday, Jan. 7 - Mr. Lucky: The Magnificent Bribe

Mr. Lucky (1959–1960) TV Series

Mr. Lucky was an honest professional gambler who had won a plush floating casino, the ship Fortuna, and used it as his base of operations. Staying beyond the 12-mile limit, where he could operate a gambling ship legally, Mr. Lucky played host to a wide variety of people, all of whom came to make use of his luxurious facility. Helping him run the casino, is his good friend Andamo.

Mr. Lucky: Season 1, Episode 1 The Magnificent Bribe (24 Oct. 1959)

Mr. Lucky and Andamo are comfortably running a Gambling Casino in a South American Banana Republic thanks to a bribeable President.Unknown to Lucky, Andamo decides to aid an anti government revolutionary group. Feeling the heat, Lucky and Andamo will attempt to leave - if possible!

Monday, Jan. 6 - The Half-Naked Truth

The Half Naked Truth (1932)

A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.

Sunday, Jan 5 - Le Samourai & Pictures: Episode 4

Le Samouraï (1967)

Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner, he's seen by witnesses. His efforts to provide himself with an alibi fail and more and more he gets driven into a corner.

Pictures (1981) TV Mini-Series

Saturday, Jan. 4 - Ladies in Retirement & Pictures: Episode 3

Ladies in Retirement (1941)

In the late nineteenth century, Ellen Creed works as the live-in companion to Miss Leonora Fiske, a retired actress who lives in the English countryside and who still retains her theatrical mannerisms. Ellen receives notice that the landlady of her two sisters, Emily Creed and Louisa Creed, who currently live in London, is threatening to call the police to haul them away to an asylum because of their disruptive behavior due to their mentally deranged state. Ellen will not allow her sisters to be institutionalized, and convinces Miss Fiske to allow them to stay with them for a couple of days. Miss Fiske was unaware of their deranged mental state when she agreed and is also unaware that Ellen hopes to make their stay permanent. Both issues eventually become apparent to Miss Fiske, who cannot tolerate how Emily and Louisa disrupt her home life. However, Ellen "convinces" Miss Fiske to take an extended leave from the house, while Ellen tells her sisters that she bought the house from Miss Fiske, which the sisters are not to tell anyone else. The secrets that Ellen is keeping about the situation threatens to bring her and her sisters' lives down when they receive a visit from their distant nephew Albert Feather, a cad who has his own financial well being as his main priority.
 

Pictures (1981) TV Mini-Series

Friday, Jan. 3 - Mongo's Back in Town

Mongo's Back in Town (1971) TV Movie

Contract killer Mongo Nash (Joe Don Baker) is called home by his ruthless brother Mike (Charles Cioffi), who it is soon learned is under surveillance by the cops for counterfeiting. Things are further complicated when Mike is mysteriously murdered, and Mongo is caught between the law - led by a relentless cop (Telly Savalas) – and a rival gang, who thinks Mongo has the counterfeiting plates. With the help of a naïve, small-town girl (Sally Field), Mongo begins to unravel a sinister plot with deadly consequences.

Thursday, Jan. 2 - Chicago Confidential

Chicago Confidential (1957)

An honest union official named Blane is framed for the murder of another union official. Thus off the hook, the crime syndicate actually responsible for the crime is free to continue its activities. However, State's Attorney Jim Fremont begins to suspect that Blane has been set up. Fremont launches a new investigation.

Wednesday, Jan. 1 - Monsieur Gangster & Nick Carter, Master Detective

Monsieur Gangster (1963) "Les tontons flingueurs" (original title)

Fernand Naudin is an ex-gangster, who now deals in agricultural machinery and lives in Montauban. His modest, quiet life is disrupted when his childhood friend, who has become the Boss of a gangster organisation, summons him to his death bed. He has to take care of his friend's "business" and of his daughter, Patricia, who only thinks about having fun and has never been kept in a college for more than six months. As if it wasn't enough, by taking the Boss's (his friend's) golden seat, Fernand angers most of the other gangsters who hoped to become the new Boss and during the movie, he escapes many murder attempts by people inside the organisation.

Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)

Famed New York detective Nick Carter arrives incognito at a California airplane factory at the behest of owner Hiram Streeter. Despite seemingly thorough precautions, a gang of saboteurs and shadowy foreign agents are able to smuggle out the secret blueprints for innovative new planes and sabotage prototypes during testing. With the aid of eccentric detective Bartholomew and spunky nurse and female pilot Lou Farnsby, Carter is able to expose the fifth columnists as well as the traitors that are helping them.

Tuesday, Dec. 31 - Marnie & 7 Banned and Censored Cartoons

Marnie (1964)

Marnie Edgar is a habitual liar and a thief who gets jobs as a secretary and after a few months robs the firms in question, usually of several thousand dollars. When she gets a job at Rutland's, she also catches the eye of the handsome owner, Mark Rutland. He prevents her from stealing and running off, as is her usual pattern, but also forces her to marry him. Their honeymoon is a disaster and she cannot stand to have a man touch her and on their return home, Mark has a private detective look into her past. When he has the details of what happened in her childhood to make her what she is, he arranges a confrontation with her mother realizing that reliving the terrible events that occurred in her childhood and bringing out those repressed memories is the only way to save her.

Cartoon Crazys: Banned and Censored

• 1. Be Human - Betty Boop
• 2. Little Black Sambo - Sambo
• 3. Booby Traps - Snafu
• 4. Ha Ha Ha! - Betty Boop and Koko
• 5. Cupid Gets His Man
• 6. Opening Night
• 7. Scrub Me Momma with a Boogie Beat

Cartoon Crazys Banned & Censored is a collection of 13 cartoons from various animation studios including Warner, Max Fleischer and Walter Lantz, created in a period from around 1933-1947.