Tuesday, April 29 - The Case of the Velvet Claws

The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)

Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it can start, Perry is retained by a woman with a gun and $5000. She wants him to stop a story that is coming out in 'Spicy Bits' about Peter Milnor. When Perry cannot talk the editor out of publishing the story, he finds the owner and also finds that the woman who hired him was Mrs. Belter. Soon afterwards, George Belter is dead, Eva shot him and blames Perry Mason for the murder.

Monday, April 28 - You Belong to Me

You Belong to Me (1934)

Paramount's You Belong to Me is a showcase for juvenile performer David Jack Holt, youngest son of action star Jack Holt. The boy is cast as Jimmy Faxon, the son of recently widowed vaudeville performer Florette Faxon (Helen Mack). When Florette marries acrobat Hap Stanley (Arthur Pierson), Jimmy takes an instant dislike to his new stepfather, preferring the company of happy-go-lucky vaudeville comic Bud Hannigan (Lee Tracy). Though Bud tries to encourage Jimmy to give Hap a chance, it turns out that the kid's instincts are correct: Hap is a philandering heel, who walks out on Florette at the earliest opportunity. The upshot of all this is that poor Jimmy is left an orphan, with old reliable Bud providing the boy with a shoulder to cry on at the fadeout. Helen Morgan adds to the overall gloominess with one of her patented torch songs.

Sunday, April 27 - Night Train to Milan

Night Train to Milan (1962) "Il criminale" (original title)

A gritty little intrigue thriller with Palance as an ex-nazi doctor in hiding. While riding on a train, he is recognized by passengers who remember him from their prisoner of war camp days. One thing leads to another and when Palance is cornered, he commits murder! He then takes a girl hostage.

Saturday, April 26 - Fat City

Fat City (1972)

The film tells the story of two boxers and their problems. One of them is on the decline of his career while the other one just begins his ascent in this sport.

Wednesday, April 23 - Friday, April 25 - The Life and Crimes of William Palmer

The Life and Crimes of William Palmer (1998) TV Movie

Based on a true story! Prince of Poisoners! A Horrific Serial Killer in the 'Genteel' Victorian Era! Dr. William Palmer was a respectable, small-town physician and racehorse owner. Few guessed that Dr. Palmer had a dark, evil side. To the members of the polite Victorian society in which he moved, his true identity as a swindler and womaniser, who had cruelly murdered his mother-in-law, wife, brother and infant children, remained well hidden - until they began digging up the bodies.

Tuesday, April 22 - 3 Seconds Before Explosion

Bakuha 3-byô mae (1967)

3 Seconds Before Explosion is the 1967 Japanese thriller. Yabuki is forced to become a secret agent and becomes very good at it. His latest assignment is to prevent two criminal gangs from getting a pile of jewels. However, it turns out that a formers agent named Yamawaki is also trying to stop them.

Monday, April 21 - Wife For a Night

Wife for a Night (1952) "Moglie per una notte" (original title)

A libidinous count, out of his wife's sight, pursues a mysterious woman. The town's mayor knows she is Geraldine, a femme fatale. He hatches a plot to help his nephew, Enrico, stage an opera he composed: the mayor tells the count that the mystery woman is his nephew's wife, Ottavia. Geraldine is willing to play along; she goes to Enrico's house to receive the count as Ottavia. Ottavia, shy and plain, lies low at Geraldine's, where the maid dresses and schools her. Enrico proves possessive of Geraldine, she enjoys Enrico's jealousy, the count stomps over to Geraldine's, and Ottavia may take revenge with the count for Enrico's attentions to Geraldine.

Sunday, April 20 - Rififi

Rififi (1955) "Du rififi chez les hommes" (original title)

Tony Stephanois, just out of prison and angry at his girl Mado's infidelity, decides to join his pals Jo and Mario in an ambitious crime. With Italian safe expert Cesar, they meticulously plan the burglary of a large jewelry establishment. Not a word is spoken as the crime is carried out. And then things begin to go wrong.

Saturday, April 19 - Sleep, My Love & The Case of the Baby Sitter

Sleep, My Love (1948)

Alison Courtland wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she cannot remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

The Case of the Baby Sitter (1947)

Jewel thieves, operating under the guises of a Duke and a Duchess, hire the Ace Detective Agency, run by Russ Ashton, to baby sit an infant they have kidnapped and are using as a blind. A rival gang of thieves dope the detective sitter, Harvard Quinlan, and make off with a stolen and valuable diamond.

Friday, April 18 - The Case of the Lucky Legs

The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)

A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

Thursday, April 17 - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Part 3

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)

Happily ever after...

Wednesday, April 16 - The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Witness Sensation

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Season 1, Episode 2 The Missing Witness Sensation (27 Sep. 1971)

After amateur detective Max Carrados ruins the alibi of an Irish militant accused of murder, the man's colleagues plot their revenge. To save his life, a trapped Carrados must find a way to get a message to the outside world-one that even a blind man could understand.

Tuesday, April 15 - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Parts 1 & 2

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996) TV Mini-Series

Based on a little known 1848 novel by Anne Bronte, Tara Fitzgerald stars as an enigmatic young woman who moves to 19th Century Yorkshire with a young son. Distancing herself from everyone in the village and their prying questions, she remains totally aloof until a charming neighbor farmer gets her to reveal her past through his persistence. Only then does she reveal she is hiding away from a womanizing, belittling husband.

Monday, April 14 - Scotland Yard Inspector

Scotland Yard Inspector (1952) "Lady in the Fog" (original title)

English woman asks an American detective visiting London to help find her brother's killer.

Sunday, April 13 - Bang! Bang! You're Dead!

Bang! Bang! You're Dead! (1966) "Our Man in Marrakesh" (original title)

Local crime boss Mr. Casmir (Herbert Lom) has a briefcase full of important documents to sell. He has an appointment with an unknown courier fresh to Marrakesh carrying $2 million. But which of the six seemingly innocent travelers/vacationers is the courier? When American Andrew Jessel (Tony Randall) stumbles upon a dead body in the closet of his hotel room, he gets mixed up in more intrigue than he bargained for. Jessel joins forces with the beautiful Kyra Stanovy (Senta Berger), a woman who seems incapable of telling the truth, just to survive his holiday in Marrakesh.

Saturday, April 12 - This Man Must Die

This Man Must Die (1969) "Que la bête meure" (original title)

Single father obsessed with murdering the hit&run driver who killed his only child, poses as a screenwriter to get close to an actress who was in the death car. He feels fully prepared to kill the pretty young woman if she was the driver, but as his knowledge of her family grows, so does his empathy for them.

Friday, April 11 - Clear All Wires!

Clear All Wires! (1933)

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with his old gal Dolly. When Stevens learns that Dolly is staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires Buckley. To get his job back, Buckley and Lefty stage a great news story about the shooting of the last Romanoff, but the plan backfires and they are now in line to be shot by the Commissar.

Thursday, April 10 - Danger UXB: Unsung Heroes

Danger UXB: Season 1, Episode 2 Unsung Heroes (15 Jan. 1979)

(September 1940) Brian is reprimanded, first by Francis for a newspaper story about the section that the 2IC believes injures the dignity of the service, then by Major Luckhurst for his reckless behaviour when defusing a low-priority bomb. Brian becomes acquainted with a new officer, Ken Machin, who is assigned to his tutelage and billeted with him. Ken introduces Brian to his wife. They are sent on a hastily developed course on bomb disposal where they learn that the boffins have developed a powerful electromagnetic 'clockstopper' to counter the type 17 fuse.

Wednesday, April 9 - The Falcon in San Francisco

The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)

On vacation, Tom Lawrence--The Falcon--and his Brooklyn-born sidekick 'Goldie' Locke meet a little girl named Annie whose nurse has just been murdered. Accompanying Annie home, The Falcon is arrested for kidnapping, but bailed out of jail by a mysterious woman. A labyrinthine plot then unfurls involving silk smuggling, a steamship called the S.S. Citadel and an ex-bootlegger named Duke Monette.

Tuesday, April 8 - Sweet and Low-Down

Sweet and Low-Down (1944)

Young trombone player James Cardwell realizes his dream when he is given the chance to play with the Benny Goodman Orchestra. His ego soon swells, and ambitious girlfriend Linda Darnell encourages him to start his own band, which fails miserably. He swallows his pride and returns to the factory job, but Benny gives him another chance.

Monday, April 7 - Advice to the Lovelorn

Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)

Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. He is demoted to running the paper's "Miss Lonelyhearts" advice column because he missed the scoop on a major earthquake whilst out on the town. Determined to be fired from the column he starts to give crazy advice to the readers, but this only makes him even more popular.

Sunday, April 6 - Il Sorpasso & Leave Her to Heaven

Il Sorpasso (1962)

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer of 1962. They will spend two days together, meet both Roberto's and Bruno's family. The time Roberto spends with Bruno is a hilarious, but sometimes emotionally merciless accelerated maturization process. While Bruno's easy going "l'usage du monde" and societal success attract Roberto's great admiration, he also slowly realizes Bruno's hollowness, superficiality and unhappiness.

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

A writer meets a young socialite on board a train. The two fall in love and are married soon after, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of both them and everyone else around them.

Saturday, April 5 - The Time of His Life

The Time of His Life (1955)

The ex-convict father of a prominent society woman is released from prison, and goes to live with his daughter. She pretends he is an old friend, but tries to keep him out of sight, but all he wants to do is go back to prison.

Friday, April 4 - The Last Crooked Mile

The Last Crooked Mile (1946)

The notorious Jarvis gang robs a bank, one member is killed in the subsequent shootout, they ditch the getaway car, but are recognized at a roadblock as they take it on the lam and are killed in a car chase. The getaway car is sold to a carnival sideshow, where an insurance investigator and some surviving gang members start poking around in search of the missing cash. The investigator tracks down the now-dead Jarvis's girlfriend at a cabaret, and several murders and violent incidents (including a dead body on the rollercoaster) occur as he narrows in on the culprits.

Thursday, April 3 - Penguin Pool Murder

Penguin Pool Murder (1932)

The body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium. Naturally, suspicion falls on his wife and her boyfriend, who were present. Inspector Piper investigates with the unsolicited aid of teacher Hildegard Withers, a witness who's taken an interest in the case; Piper develops a grudging respect for Miss Withers' acumen (and sharp tongue), as they search among the red herrings for the aquarium killer.

Wednesday, April 2 - Wife Wanted

Wife Wanted (1946)

Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed (Veda Ann Borg), Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby (John Gallaudet), they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond (Barton Yarborough), who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler (Robert Shayne) thinks otherwise and, posing as a rich rancher, contacts Miss Raymond. The latter, now being blackmailed by Caldwell, is forced to persuade Tyler to invest in a fraudulent oil deal. In her own attempt to break the racket, Carole uncovers Mildred Hayes (Teala Loring), another innocent victim of the Desmond case. Despite leading each other on for their own purposes, Carole and Tyler fall in love and combine their efforts.

Tuesday, April 1 - Cry Vengeance

Cry Vengeance (1954)

Vic Barron (Mark Stevens), a former San Francisco detective is released from prison after three years for crimes he didn't commit. His wife and child were blown up in a car bomb meant for him, leaving him physically and emotionally scarred for life. he was framed as a dirty cop and lost his job. now he's out crying vengeance against all those responsible. After run-ins with his old partner, Lt. Pat Ryan (Don Haggerty) and mafia strong-arm, the psychotic Roxie Davis (Skip Homeier), the killer's trail leads him to the isolated and picturesque city of Ketchikan, Alaska, where he meets tavern owner Peggy Harding (Martha Hyer), who's fascinated by the soft-spoken, but volcanic Vic.

Monday, Mar. 31 - The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Message from the Deep Sea

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971– ) TV Series

This British TV series, shot almost entirely on videotape, dramatized short mystery fiction by authors who were contemporaries of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Season 1, Episode 1 A Message from the Deep Sea (20 Sep. 1971)

Dr. Thorndyke is asked by a former student to help on his first murder case. A prostitute is murdered and it seemed to be a woman has killed the lady. Dr. Thorndyke helps find the actual murderer with the evidence available.