Gambling Ship (1933)
Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross-country by train to begin a new life with a new name. On the train, he meets Eleanor and they fall in love. Eleanor is afraid to tell Ace she's a soiled dove and Ace doesn't tell Eleanor of his shady past. Old enemies won't let Ace begin his new life, however, and old commitments's won't free Eleanor of her sordid ties. Ace's old life and Eleanor's deception collide with the typical results. But love conquers all!
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Friday, December 30, 2016
Thursday, Dec. 29 - From Hell to Heaven
From Hell to Heaven (1933)
This film features a huge cast of well-known character actors playing a group of people at a hotel near a horse race track awaiting the outcome of a particular race. They include Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard, Adrienne Ames, Sidney Blackmer, David Manners, Cecil Cunningham, Nydia Westman, Shirley Grey and Bradley Page. There's the comical pair, the criminal pair out to fleece someone, a woman estranged from her husband, and the various gamblers, jockeys and horse owners with lots of cash on the line.
A broke blonde (Carole Lombard) at a spa hotel bets a bookie her virtue that her horse will win.
This film features a huge cast of well-known character actors playing a group of people at a hotel near a horse race track awaiting the outcome of a particular race. They include Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard, Adrienne Ames, Sidney Blackmer, David Manners, Cecil Cunningham, Nydia Westman, Shirley Grey and Bradley Page. There's the comical pair, the criminal pair out to fleece someone, a woman estranged from her husband, and the various gamblers, jockeys and horse owners with lots of cash on the line.
A broke blonde (Carole Lombard) at a spa hotel bets a bookie her virtue that her horse will win.
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Wednesday, Dec. 28 - Who Was Maddox?
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1960–1965): Who Was Maddox? (1964)
A publisher is nearly framed for murder, but he appears to have been goaded by the blackmailer who has also blackmailed the publisher's wife.
The movie opens with a jewelry theft from the home of a well-off executive (Jack Watling) and his wife, a former model (Suzanne Lloyd). Although the burglary is interrupted by their return home, Lloyd hides the jewels that the thief missed and later takes them to a gossip journalist and blackmailer named Maddox (Richard Gale). This doesn't resolve the mystery of who Maddox is because there is later a phone call in which the caller, not Maddox, uses that name.
Not to mention the murder...
A publisher is nearly framed for murder, but he appears to have been goaded by the blackmailer who has also blackmailed the publisher's wife.
The movie opens with a jewelry theft from the home of a well-off executive (Jack Watling) and his wife, a former model (Suzanne Lloyd). Although the burglary is interrupted by their return home, Lloyd hides the jewels that the thief missed and later takes them to a gossip journalist and blackmailer named Maddox (Richard Gale). This doesn't resolve the mystery of who Maddox is because there is later a phone call in which the caller, not Maddox, uses that name.
Not to mention the murder...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Tuesday, Dec. 27 - The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: Face of a Stranger
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1960–1965): Face of a Stranger (Season 5 Episode 9 - aired 1964)
A man released from prison falls in love with the blind wife of a cellmate, whom he promised, when inside, to visit. He poses as the real husband, planning to kill him, but finds the wife is not so innocent as he thought.
The story here begins with Kemp and Locke as cellmates near the end of their terms. Both are married. Locke has a stash of cash hidden away outside. His wife, Rosemary Leach, has gone blind during his 3-year stay in prison. Because of a knife incident, Locks has 90 days added to his sentence. He urges a reluctant Kemp to visit his wife and calm her down about the added 90 days. Kemp finds his own wife shacked up with another man, which frees him up. Leach mistakes him for Locke and he cannot resist going along with the charade. In fact, her attractions are such that he starts to hatch other plans.
A man released from prison falls in love with the blind wife of a cellmate, whom he promised, when inside, to visit. He poses as the real husband, planning to kill him, but finds the wife is not so innocent as he thought.
The story here begins with Kemp and Locke as cellmates near the end of their terms. Both are married. Locke has a stash of cash hidden away outside. His wife, Rosemary Leach, has gone blind during his 3-year stay in prison. Because of a knife incident, Locks has 90 days added to his sentence. He urges a reluctant Kemp to visit his wife and calm her down about the added 90 days. Kemp finds his own wife shacked up with another man, which frees him up. Leach mistakes him for Locke and he cannot resist going along with the charade. In fact, her attractions are such that he starts to hatch other plans.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Monday, Dec. 26 - The Gilded Lily
The Gilded Lily (1935)
Pete (MacMurray) and Marilyn (Colbert) are friends who meet on a bench every Thursday to eat popcorn and chat while they watch the world go by. Pete is quietly crazy about Marilyn, but she's waiting for "true love" to come along...and indeed, she meets Mr. Right, Charles (Milland), on the subway. Unbeknownst to Marilyn, Charles is a member of the nobility who's been traveling incognito. Charles intends to go back to England, break his engagement, and return to propose to Marilyn, but instead he makes a big mistake and tells her he's leaving for a job. When Marilyn finds out Charles' true identity, she believes he was insincere and has played her for a fool. She determines to get back at him, with news reporter Pete's help -- and in the process, she becomes a celebrity.
Pete (MacMurray) and Marilyn (Colbert) are friends who meet on a bench every Thursday to eat popcorn and chat while they watch the world go by. Pete is quietly crazy about Marilyn, but she's waiting for "true love" to come along...and indeed, she meets Mr. Right, Charles (Milland), on the subway. Unbeknownst to Marilyn, Charles is a member of the nobility who's been traveling incognito. Charles intends to go back to England, break his engagement, and return to propose to Marilyn, but instead he makes a big mistake and tells her he's leaving for a job. When Marilyn finds out Charles' true identity, she believes he was insincere and has played her for a fool. She determines to get back at him, with news reporter Pete's help -- and in the process, she becomes a celebrity.
Monday, December 26, 2016
Sunday, Dec. 25 - Danger! Women at Work
Danger! Women at Work (1943)
Three women work at "men's jobs" and live together to make ends meet. One day Terry (Patsy Kelly) gets a telegram informing her she's inherited a bungalow and a 10-ton truck. A friend tells the girls they can make a killing hauling stuff cross country and give up their low-paying jobs. So off they go. Their first job involves hauling illegal gambling stuff hidden in furniture. Besides the cops, some thugs are also after them because Kelly is lucky with dice and wins cash. A series of hitchhikers also go along for the ride, including a ditzy fortune teller played by Betty Compson. There's also a runaway heiress (Wanda McKay) and an amnesiac (Cobina Wright, Sr.) who doesn't even recognize her husband.
Three women work at "men's jobs" and live together to make ends meet. One day Terry (Patsy Kelly) gets a telegram informing her she's inherited a bungalow and a 10-ton truck. A friend tells the girls they can make a killing hauling stuff cross country and give up their low-paying jobs. So off they go. Their first job involves hauling illegal gambling stuff hidden in furniture. Besides the cops, some thugs are also after them because Kelly is lucky with dice and wins cash. A series of hitchhikers also go along for the ride, including a ditzy fortune teller played by Betty Compson. There's also a runaway heiress (Wanda McKay) and an amnesiac (Cobina Wright, Sr.) who doesn't even recognize her husband.
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Saturday, Dec. 24 - Lovejoy: Fruit ot the Desert
Lovejoy (1986–1994): Fruit of the Desert (Season 6 Episode 8 - aired 20 November 1994)
Lovejoy buys a collection of Islamic antiques from retired diplomat Harold Plumb, who warns him that by rights some of the collection should have gone to the Foreign Office. He obtains his purchasing money from loan shark John Hill, putting up his daughter's flat as collateral - only to find the police on his trail and a visit to the Foreign Office disclosing the fact that Plumb is a con-man who stole the articles in question. Helped by Charlotte, Lovejoy stages an extremely elaborate charade to get the deeds for the flat back from Hill.
Lovejoy buys a collection of Islamic antiques from retired diplomat Harold Plumb, who warns him that by rights some of the collection should have gone to the Foreign Office. He obtains his purchasing money from loan shark John Hill, putting up his daughter's flat as collateral - only to find the police on his trail and a visit to the Foreign Office disclosing the fact that Plumb is a con-man who stole the articles in question. Helped by Charlotte, Lovejoy stages an extremely elaborate charade to get the deeds for the flat back from Hill.
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Friday, Dec. 23 - Broadway
Broadway (1942)
George Raft, playing himself, recalls his days on Broadway, where he acquired a reputation as a great dancer--and also one as a brawler, a ladies man and an associate of some of the city's most notorious gangsters.
George Raft, playing himself, recalls his days on Broadway, where he acquired a reputation as a great dancer--and also one as a brawler, a ladies man and an associate of some of the city's most notorious gangsters.
Friday, December 23, 2016
Thursday, Dec. 22 - World Without End
World Without End (1956)
Four astronauts returning from mankind's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. Our heroes meet with hideous mutant cavemen, giant spiders, love-struck beauties in short dresses, and jealous old geezers in sparkly skullcaps as they struggle to save humanity and build a new world.
Four astronauts returning from mankind's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. Our heroes meet with hideous mutant cavemen, giant spiders, love-struck beauties in short dresses, and jealous old geezers in sparkly skullcaps as they struggle to save humanity and build a new world.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Wednesday, Dec. 21 - Christopher Strong
Christopher Strong (1933)
At a party for Bright Young Things, a "treasure hunt" for attractive yet virtuous people nets Sir Christopher Strong, M.P., and Lady Cynthia Darrington, dashing aviatrix. Their acquaintance is innocent at first; but after he sees her in a spectacular silver moth costume, virtue begins to wane. Against their wills, they are drawn into an affair whose consequences threaten Strong's happy marriage and both their careers.
At a party for Bright Young Things, a "treasure hunt" for attractive yet virtuous people nets Sir Christopher Strong, M.P., and Lady Cynthia Darrington, dashing aviatrix. Their acquaintance is innocent at first; but after he sees her in a spectacular silver moth costume, virtue begins to wane. Against their wills, they are drawn into an affair whose consequences threaten Strong's happy marriage and both their careers.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Tuesday, Dec. 20 - Stolen Holiday
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Nicole Picot is working as a model in a Paris dress salon when she is picked by Stefan Orloff to help him convince a wealthy investor that he is well connected. She is to wear an expensive dress and dine with them because she has "class." The scheme works and both Stefan and Nicole become very wealthy over the course of a few years. Stefan is a "financier" while Nicole opens her own dress salon. But while Nicole's business is above board, Stefan's isn't, and eventually his web of deceit and fraud begins to unravel. Not always honest with her either, Stefan enlists Nicole's help one last time to avoid prison.
Nicole Picot is working as a model in a Paris dress salon when she is picked by Stefan Orloff to help him convince a wealthy investor that he is well connected. She is to wear an expensive dress and dine with them because she has "class." The scheme works and both Stefan and Nicole become very wealthy over the course of a few years. Stefan is a "financier" while Nicole opens her own dress salon. But while Nicole's business is above board, Stefan's isn't, and eventually his web of deceit and fraud begins to unravel. Not always honest with her either, Stefan enlists Nicole's help one last time to avoid prison.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Monday, Dec. 19 - Secrets of a Secretary
Secrets of a Secretary (1931)
When her father dies, a wealthy young women discovers that she's not wealthy at all - her father lost all of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and she's now officially broke. She takes a job as the social secretary to her father's friend. She has two major problems, however - shortly before her father's death, she and some friends were out partying and, on a dare, she married a scheming gold-digger named Frank, who leaves her when he finds out she's broke. The other problem is that she's in love with her best friend Sylvia's fiancé, Paul.
When her father dies, a wealthy young women discovers that she's not wealthy at all - her father lost all of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and she's now officially broke. She takes a job as the social secretary to her father's friend. She has two major problems, however - shortly before her father's death, she and some friends were out partying and, on a dare, she married a scheming gold-digger named Frank, who leaves her when he finds out she's broke. The other problem is that she's in love with her best friend Sylvia's fiancé, Paul.
Monday, December 19, 2016
Sunday, Dec. 18 - The Curse of the Werewolf
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
In Spain, Leon is born on Christmas day to a mute servant girl who was raped by a beggar. His mother dies giving birth and he is looked after by Don Alfredo. As a child Leon becomes a werewolf after having been taken hunting (and sucking squirrel blood - it tasted sweet!). As a young man, he works in a wine cellar and falls in love with the owner's daughter Cristina. One full moon, he again turns into a werewolf and terrifies the town.
In Spain, Leon is born on Christmas day to a mute servant girl who was raped by a beggar. His mother dies giving birth and he is looked after by Don Alfredo. As a child Leon becomes a werewolf after having been taken hunting (and sucking squirrel blood - it tasted sweet!). As a young man, he works in a wine cellar and falls in love with the owner's daughter Cristina. One full moon, he again turns into a werewolf and terrifies the town.
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Saturday, Dec. 17 - You and Me
You and Me (1938)
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married (but she neglects to tell Joe that she is an ex-con, herself, and still on parole - and here is wherein the trouble arises). In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married (but she neglects to tell Joe that she is an ex-con, herself, and still on parole - and here is wherein the trouble arises). In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Friday, Dec. 16 - Satellite in the Sky
Satellite in the Sky (1956)
Story of the first manned satellite in space, launched from England with commander Michael Hayden at the helm. It is the mission of the crew to test out the deadly "tritonium" bomb in outer space. Once he's left the atmosphere, Hayden discovers that he's been harboring a stowaway: reporter and anti-weapons activist Kim Hamilton. Everyone's life is placed in peril when the bomb affixes itself to the side of the satellite. As tension mounts, the crew and Kim race against time to defuse the bomb.
Story of the first manned satellite in space, launched from England with commander Michael Hayden at the helm. It is the mission of the crew to test out the deadly "tritonium" bomb in outer space. Once he's left the atmosphere, Hayden discovers that he's been harboring a stowaway: reporter and anti-weapons activist Kim Hamilton. Everyone's life is placed in peril when the bomb affixes itself to the side of the satellite. As tension mounts, the crew and Kim race against time to defuse the bomb.
Friday, December 16, 2016
Thursday, Dec. 15 - Take a Chance
Take a Chance (1933)
James Dunn and Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards play Duke and Louie, a carnival duo who come to the Great White Way with star struck Toni (June Knight) hoping to follow in Wanda's (Lillian Roth) footsteps. She has run out on the carnival, sick of the boy's shyster ways. She puts Toni onto producer Kenneth Raleigh (Chas. "Buddy" Rogers) and Kenneth likes what he sees.
James Dunn and Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards play Duke and Louie, a carnival duo who come to the Great White Way with star struck Toni (June Knight) hoping to follow in Wanda's (Lillian Roth) footsteps. She has run out on the carnival, sick of the boy's shyster ways. She puts Toni onto producer Kenneth Raleigh (Chas. "Buddy" Rogers) and Kenneth likes what he sees.
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Wednesday, Dec. 14 - Thriller: Masquerade
Thriller (1960–1962): Masquerade (Season 2 Episode 6 aired 30 October 1961)
Elizabeth Montgomery and Tom Poston play a married couple named Denham who find themselves stranded one stormy night at the home of the Carta family, led by Jed (John Carradine). The Cartas live in a spooky old mansion, and it sure does seem that they are plotting something most gruesome indeed for the Denhams, but as one might expect, things are not as they seem, even with the local legends of vampires in the area, which all seem to laugh off, but it might not be so funny before sunrise.
Elizabeth Montgomery and Tom Poston play a married couple named Denham who find themselves stranded one stormy night at the home of the Carta family, led by Jed (John Carradine). The Cartas live in a spooky old mansion, and it sure does seem that they are plotting something most gruesome indeed for the Denhams, but as one might expect, things are not as they seem, even with the local legends of vampires in the area, which all seem to laugh off, but it might not be so funny before sunrise.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Tuesday, Dec. 13 - Nightmare
Nightmare (1964)
Janet is a young student attending boarding school. After a number of nightmares concerning her mother, whom she saw kill her father when she was young, the girl is sent home to her guardian, Attorney Henry Baxter. At home, she is assigned a nurse. Janet begins having more nightmares this time concerning an unknown woman with a scar and a birthday cake. The dreams get worse and worse. Finally, her guardian brings home his wife, whom Janet has never met. Janet is introduced to the woman at her birthday celebration. The cake and woman from her dreams with the scar appearing at once is enough to make Janet snap. She kills the woman by stabbing her - the same way her mother killed her father. Janet is committed. Meanwhile, her guardian Henry and the nurse, who was disguised to look like the woman with a scar to drive Janet mad, celebrate the loss of Janet. However, the two do not go unpunished.
Janet is a young student attending boarding school. After a number of nightmares concerning her mother, whom she saw kill her father when she was young, the girl is sent home to her guardian, Attorney Henry Baxter. At home, she is assigned a nurse. Janet begins having more nightmares this time concerning an unknown woman with a scar and a birthday cake. The dreams get worse and worse. Finally, her guardian brings home his wife, whom Janet has never met. Janet is introduced to the woman at her birthday celebration. The cake and woman from her dreams with the scar appearing at once is enough to make Janet snap. She kills the woman by stabbing her - the same way her mother killed her father. Janet is committed. Meanwhile, her guardian Henry and the nurse, who was disguised to look like the woman with a scar to drive Janet mad, celebrate the loss of Janet. However, the two do not go unpunished.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Monday, Dec. 12 - The Third Man: Broken Strings
The Third Man (1959–1965): Broken Strings(Season 1 Episode 19 - aired 6 May 1959)
Harry becomes involved in espionage and international intrigue when a priceless violin is stolen after a concert.
Harry becomes involved in espionage and international intrigue when a priceless violin is stolen after a concert.
Monday, December 12, 2016
Sunday, Dec. 11 - A King in New York
A King in New York (1957)
A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.
A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Saturday, Dec. 10 - Piccadilly Jim
Piccadilly Jim (1936)
In London, American Jim Crocker (Robert Montgomery) is a popular caricaturist known as "Piccadilly Jim." When Jim's father, James (Frank Morgan), an out-of-work actor, announces his engagement to Eugenia Willis, James assures Eugenia's sister, Nesta Pett, that Jim is a world-famous artist. In a series of blunders, Jim loses his job and meets Eugenia's family while drunk. Annoyed by the Petts' snobbery, Jim begins sketching them and launches a new, successful cartoon strip starring them.
Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with Lord Priory. He meets her the next day at the riding path, but she quickly loses him. He searches all over for her, not knowing that his father's hopeful fiancée is her Aunt. As his caricature work suffers as he searches, he is fired from his paper. But he makes a comeback with the comics 'Rags to Riches' which is based upon the Pett's. But this upsets the Pett's so much that they go back to New York, and he follows, being careful not to let them know that he is the one who draws the strip that parodies them.
In London, American Jim Crocker (Robert Montgomery) is a popular caricaturist known as "Piccadilly Jim." When Jim's father, James (Frank Morgan), an out-of-work actor, announces his engagement to Eugenia Willis, James assures Eugenia's sister, Nesta Pett, that Jim is a world-famous artist. In a series of blunders, Jim loses his job and meets Eugenia's family while drunk. Annoyed by the Petts' snobbery, Jim begins sketching them and launches a new, successful cartoon strip starring them.
Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with Lord Priory. He meets her the next day at the riding path, but she quickly loses him. He searches all over for her, not knowing that his father's hopeful fiancée is her Aunt. As his caricature work suffers as he searches, he is fired from his paper. But he makes a comeback with the comics 'Rags to Riches' which is based upon the Pett's. But this upsets the Pett's so much that they go back to New York, and he follows, being careful not to let them know that he is the one who draws the strip that parodies them.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Friday, Dec. 9 - King of the Newsboys
King of the Newsboys (1938)
A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistake she made by leaving him--he starts up a newspaper distribution business that is soon the biggest in the city, but things don't turn out exactly the way he wanted them to.
A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistake she made by leaving him--he starts up a newspaper distribution business that is soon the biggest in the city, but things don't turn out exactly the way he wanted them to.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Thursday, Dec. 8 - Night Creatures
Night Creatures (1962) Captain Clegg (original title)
In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms.
Pirate Captain Clegg (Peter Cushing), an English vicar by day, leads ghostly mounted smugglers by night.
In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms.
Pirate Captain Clegg (Peter Cushing), an English vicar by day, leads ghostly mounted smugglers by night.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Wednesday, Dec. 7 - Blonde Venus
Blonde Venus (1932)
American chemist Ned Faraday marries a German entertainer and starts a family. However, he becomes poisoned with Radium and needs an expensive treatment in Germany to have any chance at being cured. Wife Helen returns to night club work to attempt to raise the money and becomes popular as the Blonde Venus. In an effort to get enough money sooner, she prostitutes herself to millionaire Nick Townsend. While Ned is away in Europe, she continues with Nick but when Ned returns cured, he discovers her infidelity. Now Ned despises Helen but she grabs son Johnny and lives on the run, just one step ahead of the Missing Persons Bureau. When they do finally catch her, she loses her son to Ned. Once again she returns to entertaining, this time in Paris, and her fame once again brings her and Townsend together. Helen and Nick return to America engaged, but she is irresistibly drawn back to her son and Ned.
American chemist Ned Faraday marries a German entertainer and starts a family. However, he becomes poisoned with Radium and needs an expensive treatment in Germany to have any chance at being cured. Wife Helen returns to night club work to attempt to raise the money and becomes popular as the Blonde Venus. In an effort to get enough money sooner, she prostitutes herself to millionaire Nick Townsend. While Ned is away in Europe, she continues with Nick but when Ned returns cured, he discovers her infidelity. Now Ned despises Helen but she grabs son Johnny and lives on the run, just one step ahead of the Missing Persons Bureau. When they do finally catch her, she loses her son to Ned. Once again she returns to entertaining, this time in Paris, and her fame once again brings her and Townsend together. Helen and Nick return to America engaged, but she is irresistibly drawn back to her son and Ned.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Tuesday, Dec. 6 - Paranoiac
Paranoiac (1963)
Eleven years earlier, the wealthy Ashby family was shattered when Mr and Mrs Ashby died in an airplane crash and their grieving son Tony committed suicide three years later. All that remains of the family is cruel Simon, an alcoholic in desperate need of funds; his mentally fragile sister Eleanor; and his protective aunt Harriet. Simon is just weeks away from receiving his inheritance, but there is a hitch in his plans when the long believed dead Tony Ashby suddenly arrives.
Eleven years earlier, the wealthy Ashby family was shattered when Mr and Mrs Ashby died in an airplane crash and their grieving son Tony committed suicide three years later. All that remains of the family is cruel Simon, an alcoholic in desperate need of funds; his mentally fragile sister Eleanor; and his protective aunt Harriet. Simon is just weeks away from receiving his inheritance, but there is a hitch in his plans when the long believed dead Tony Ashby suddenly arrives.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Monday, Dec. 5 - Tom, Dick and Harry
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
Working girl/telephone operator Janie is engaged to conservative, dull, but very reliable car salesman Tom, who offers her a safe, stable marriage. Then she meets unconventional slacker Harry, a philosophical car mechanic without much ambition although she does hear bells when they kiss. Through Harry, the fickle Janie meets Dick, a handsome and charming millionaire playboy, who embodies her greatest romantic fantasies, and after a champagne-filled overnight flight to Chicago, she thinks she's met her dream man. She is soon engaged to all three men, and must choose between them.
Working girl/telephone operator Janie is engaged to conservative, dull, but very reliable car salesman Tom, who offers her a safe, stable marriage. Then she meets unconventional slacker Harry, a philosophical car mechanic without much ambition although she does hear bells when they kiss. Through Harry, the fickle Janie meets Dick, a handsome and charming millionaire playboy, who embodies her greatest romantic fantasies, and after a champagne-filled overnight flight to Chicago, she thinks she's met her dream man. She is soon engaged to all three men, and must choose between them.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Sunday, Dec. 4 - The Luck of the Irish
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Steven Fitzgerald, a newpaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and a beautiful young woman while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiance and her wealthy father's political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in New York as well. Steven is torn between the wealth he might enjoy in New York or returning to his roots in Ireland.
Steven Fitzgerald, a newpaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and a beautiful young woman while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiance and her wealthy father's political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in New York as well. Steven is torn between the wealth he might enjoy in New York or returning to his roots in Ireland.
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Saturday, Dec. 3 - Madam Satan
Madam Satan (1930)
Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband. But Angela has a plan to win back her husband's affections. An elaborate masquerade ball is to be held aboard a magnificent dirigible. Angela will attend and disguise herself as a mysterious devil woman. Hidden behind her mask, and wrapped in an alluring gown, Angela as the devil woman will to try to seduce her unknowing husband and teach him a lesson.
Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband. But Angela has a plan to win back her husband's affections. An elaborate masquerade ball is to be held aboard a magnificent dirigible. Angela will attend and disguise herself as a mysterious devil woman. Hidden behind her mask, and wrapped in an alluring gown, Angela as the devil woman will to try to seduce her unknowing husband and teach him a lesson.
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Friday, Dec. 2 - The Gangster
The Gangster (1947)
Shubunka is the self-made head of the rackets in the sleazy boardwalk community of Neptune City, a low-rent version of Coney Island. He has become infatuated with a sultry nightclub chanteuse and lavishes her with gifts and attention, spending money on her that might better go to maintaining his hold on his operation. His obsession with her, as well as his pride, clouds his judgment as Cornell, a much more ruthless hoodlum, moves in on Shubunka's territory, bribes and threatens his associates, and compromises his operation. As if in a Greek tragedy, the petty gangster's weaknesses conspire to cause his downfall.
Shubunka is the self-made head of the rackets in the sleazy boardwalk community of Neptune City, a low-rent version of Coney Island. He has become infatuated with a sultry nightclub chanteuse and lavishes her with gifts and attention, spending money on her that might better go to maintaining his hold on his operation. His obsession with her, as well as his pride, clouds his judgment as Cornell, a much more ruthless hoodlum, moves in on Shubunka's territory, bribes and threatens his associates, and compromises his operation. As if in a Greek tragedy, the petty gangster's weaknesses conspire to cause his downfall.
Friday, December 2, 2016
Thursday, Dec. 1 - Pick-Up
Pick-up (1933)
"Pick-Up" stars Sylvia as "Baby Face" Mary who is just being released from prison after serving 2 years. Her husband still has 3 to go but Mary is determined to leave him and his confidence tricks behind and start a new, clean life. After seeking shelter from the rain and an unwanted admirer, she comes to the attention of Harry Glynn, a taxi driver, who thinks she is a prostitute. He picks her up - as the poster says "She is easy to get but hard to forget"!! and they are soon living together. He sees a column in the paper about "Baby Face" Mary and lets his feelings be known about "dames of that sort". Molly (Mary has decided not to tell him about her past) soon realises that Harry is a man without ambition - he is willing to go on working for a boss and putting away $10 a week. Molly has plans for him to go into partnership in a garage - she creates a scene at work with her lecherous boss (Clarence Wilson) and they both quit. Harry wants to marry her - but she is still married to the brute in jail, who keeps tabs on her with a spy on the outside. They have now made good and live a nice life in the country. Enter Muriel (Lillian Bond) the spoiled daughter of the local banker, who sets her cap at Harry when he rescues her water-logged car from the river. He is attracted to her and begins to be ashamed of his humble beginnings and the way he met Molly. Unbeknownst to Harry, Molly has found getting a divorce easier than she anticipated but Harry has some news of his own - he has fallen for Muriel!! It doesn't take him long to realise who the real "lady" is but when he goes back to the house he finds Molly has gone...
"Pick-Up" stars Sylvia as "Baby Face" Mary who is just being released from prison after serving 2 years. Her husband still has 3 to go but Mary is determined to leave him and his confidence tricks behind and start a new, clean life. After seeking shelter from the rain and an unwanted admirer, she comes to the attention of Harry Glynn, a taxi driver, who thinks she is a prostitute. He picks her up - as the poster says "She is easy to get but hard to forget"!! and they are soon living together. He sees a column in the paper about "Baby Face" Mary and lets his feelings be known about "dames of that sort". Molly (Mary has decided not to tell him about her past) soon realises that Harry is a man without ambition - he is willing to go on working for a boss and putting away $10 a week. Molly has plans for him to go into partnership in a garage - she creates a scene at work with her lecherous boss (Clarence Wilson) and they both quit. Harry wants to marry her - but she is still married to the brute in jail, who keeps tabs on her with a spy on the outside. They have now made good and live a nice life in the country. Enter Muriel (Lillian Bond) the spoiled daughter of the local banker, who sets her cap at Harry when he rescues her water-logged car from the river. He is attracted to her and begins to be ashamed of his humble beginnings and the way he met Molly. Unbeknownst to Harry, Molly has found getting a divorce easier than she anticipated but Harry has some news of his own - he has fallen for Muriel!! It doesn't take him long to realise who the real "lady" is but when he goes back to the house he finds Molly has gone...
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Wednesday, Nov. 30 - Hit and Run
Hit and Run (1957)
Garage owner Gus Hilmer marries showgirl Julie, many years his junior, and this causes a conflict between Gus and Frankie, a young mechanic he has befriended. Frankie falls in love with Julie and she, as expected in any Hugo Hass film, can not resist his advances. Frankie puts together an automobile out of parts lying around in Gus's junkyard, and forces Julie to accompany him, as he follows Gus and runs him down on a lonely road, and later dismantles the car/murder weapon. Unexpected by the lovers, but not any audience that had seen any Hass film, his twin brother, just released from prison, turns up at the reading of the will, and moves in as half-owner of the garage. But of course we, as well as the film's protagonists, wonder if this is really the brother. It could be Gus. It could be they killed the wrong brother!
Garage owner Gus Hilmer marries showgirl Julie, many years his junior, and this causes a conflict between Gus and Frankie, a young mechanic he has befriended. Frankie falls in love with Julie and she, as expected in any Hugo Hass film, can not resist his advances. Frankie puts together an automobile out of parts lying around in Gus's junkyard, and forces Julie to accompany him, as he follows Gus and runs him down on a lonely road, and later dismantles the car/murder weapon. Unexpected by the lovers, but not any audience that had seen any Hass film, his twin brother, just released from prison, turns up at the reading of the will, and moves in as half-owner of the garage. But of course we, as well as the film's protagonists, wonder if this is really the brother. It could be Gus. It could be they killed the wrong brother!
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Tuesday, Nov. 29 - Safe in Hell
Safe in Hell (1931)
Sought by the New Orleans police for accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a woman flees New Orleans for a Caribbean island. Surrounded by lecherous criminals, she awaits the return of her fiancé and seems to be holding her own until the treachery of the local police chief leaves her but one choice to gain her freedom.
Sought by the New Orleans police for accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a woman flees New Orleans for a Caribbean island. Surrounded by lecherous criminals, she awaits the return of her fiancé and seems to be holding her own until the treachery of the local police chief leaves her but one choice to gain her freedom.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Monday, Nov. 28 - Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse (1934)
While quarreling over their failed marriage, Sylvia (Bebe Daniels) and Jim Benton (Gordon Westcott) get into a car accident that leaves Jim gravely injured. Sylvia returns to her nursing job at a hospital where she is admired by both Dr. Hedwig (Lyle Talbot) and Dr. Connolly (John Halliday). When Connolly declares his love for her, Sylvia reveals that she's married and that the accident has made her husband insane. Then, to her amazement, Jim arrives at the hospital seeking a surgical cure.
While quarreling over their failed marriage, Sylvia (Bebe Daniels) and Jim Benton (Gordon Westcott) get into a car accident that leaves Jim gravely injured. Sylvia returns to her nursing job at a hospital where she is admired by both Dr. Hedwig (Lyle Talbot) and Dr. Connolly (John Halliday). When Connolly declares his love for her, Sylvia reveals that she's married and that the accident has made her husband insane. Then, to her amazement, Jim arrives at the hospital seeking a surgical cure.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Sunday, Nov. 27 - Brides of Dracula
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr Van Helsing is already on his way.
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr Van Helsing is already on his way.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Saturday, Nov. 26 - Girl of the Night
Girl of the Night (1960)
Anne Francis plays the New Jersey-born Robin “Bobbie” Williams, a young woman molested as a child, feeling worthless, told that “sex is an evil and dirty thing,” manipulated by her boyfriend (John Kerr), who is also her pimp. After being beaten by a customer with a cane – a dark, brutal, but implied scene – she is open to the advice of a psychologist (Lloyd Nolan). He attempts to “make her stand on her own two feet,” to understand that the suppressed memories and problems of her childhood need to be fought for her to be a productive member of society
Anne Francis plays the New Jersey-born Robin “Bobbie” Williams, a young woman molested as a child, feeling worthless, told that “sex is an evil and dirty thing,” manipulated by her boyfriend (John Kerr), who is also her pimp. After being beaten by a customer with a cane – a dark, brutal, but implied scene – she is open to the advice of a psychologist (Lloyd Nolan). He attempts to “make her stand on her own two feet,” to understand that the suppressed memories and problems of her childhood need to be fought for her to be a productive member of society
Saturday, November 26, 2016
Friday, Nov. 25 - Saboteur
Saboteur (1942)
Los Angeles aircraft worker Barry Kane evades arrest after he is unjustly accused of sabotage. Following leads, he travels across the country to New York trying to clear his name by exposing a gang of fascist-supporting saboteurs led by apparently respectable Charles Tobin. Along the way, he involves Pat Martin, eventually preventing another major act of sabotage. They finally catch up with Frank Fry, the man who actually committed the act of sabotage at the aircraft factory.
Los Angeles aircraft worker Barry Kane evades arrest after he is unjustly accused of sabotage. Following leads, he travels across the country to New York trying to clear his name by exposing a gang of fascist-supporting saboteurs led by apparently respectable Charles Tobin. Along the way, he involves Pat Martin, eventually preventing another major act of sabotage. They finally catch up with Frank Fry, the man who actually committed the act of sabotage at the aircraft factory.
Friday, November 25, 2016
Thursday, November 24 - Sully & A Face in the Crowd
Sully (2016)
The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Ambitious young radio producer Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) finds a charming rogue named Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Andy Griffith) in an Arkansas drunk tank and puts him on the air. Soon, Rhodes' local popularity gets him an appearance on television in Memphis, which he parlays into national network stardom that he uses to endorse a presidential candidate for personal gain. But the increasingly petulant star's ego, arrogance and womanizing threaten his rise to the top.
The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew.
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Ambitious young radio producer Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) finds a charming rogue named Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Andy Griffith) in an Arkansas drunk tank and puts him on the air. Soon, Rhodes' local popularity gets him an appearance on television in Memphis, which he parlays into national network stardom that he uses to endorse a presidential candidate for personal gain. But the increasingly petulant star's ego, arrogance and womanizing threaten his rise to the top.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Wednesday, Nov. 23 - Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark (1953)
A convicted criminal undergoes experimental brain surgery to remove the criminal element in his brain. The operation wipes out all memories of his past life, including where he stashed the loot. He is abducted by his gang and they try to beat the truth out of him. His memories return in the form of weird dreams, and he and his old girlfriend track down the clues to find the money.
A convicted criminal undergoes experimental brain surgery to remove the criminal element in his brain. The operation wipes out all memories of his past life, including where he stashed the loot. He is abducted by his gang and they try to beat the truth out of him. His memories return in the form of weird dreams, and he and his old girlfriend track down the clues to find the money.
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Tuesday, Nov. 22 - It's a Joke, Son!
It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
Bigwigs want Beauregard Claghorn (Kenny Delmar) to run for state senator against his wife, Magnolia (Una Merkel).
Bigwigs want Beauregard Claghorn (Kenny Delmar) to run for state senator against his wife, Magnolia (Una Merkel).
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Monday, Nov. 21 - The Story of Temple Drake
The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
Temple Drake is a Southern belle who leads men on with her sexuality but usually leaves them wanting. She's loved by lawyer Stephen Benbow, whom she likes but doesn't love. While out carousing with one of her beaux, she finds herself stranded with a gang of bootleggers, one of whom, Trigger, rapes her and makes her his sex slave. When another man is accused of a murder Trigger committed, Stephen defends him and sets out to find Trigger. But he isn't prepared for whom he finds with Trigger, or what she's become.
Temple Drake is a Southern belle who leads men on with her sexuality but usually leaves them wanting. She's loved by lawyer Stephen Benbow, whom she likes but doesn't love. While out carousing with one of her beaux, she finds herself stranded with a gang of bootleggers, one of whom, Trigger, rapes her and makes her his sex slave. When another man is accused of a murder Trigger committed, Stephen defends him and sets out to find Trigger. But he isn't prepared for whom he finds with Trigger, or what she's become.
Monday, November 21, 2016
Sunday, Nov. 20 - The Jackpot
The Jackpot (1950)
Bill Lawrence wins a slew of prizes on a radio quiz program. His happiness is short-lived when he discovers he'll have to sell the prizes in order to pay the taxes on them.
Bill Lawrence wins a slew of prizes on a radio quiz program. His happiness is short-lived when he discovers he'll have to sell the prizes in order to pay the taxes on them.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Saturday, Nov. 19 - Route 66 - Journey to Ninevah
Route 66 (1960–1964) - Journey to Nineveh (Season 3 Episode 2 - aired 28 September 1962)
Tod and Buz, driving through rural Missouri "about four hours out of Kansas City", decide to detour and go fishing. On the way they pick up a "Jonah" who carries "slapstick" bad luck wherever he goes. Unknowingly, he also carries an engagement ring which will determine whether or not his brother will be freed.
Tod and Buz, driving through rural Missouri "about four hours out of Kansas City", decide to detour and go fishing. On the way they pick up a "Jonah" who carries "slapstick" bad luck wherever he goes. Unknowingly, he also carries an engagement ring which will determine whether or not his brother will be freed.
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Saturday, Nov. 18 - The Bubble & Night of Lust
The Bubble (1966)
A pilot (Johnny Desmond), a woman (Deborah Walley) in labor, and her husband (Michael Cole) are trapped inside a plastic bubble.
A couple encounter mysterious atmospheric effects in an airplane and find themselves in a town where people behave oddly. They eventually are on their way to maybe escape.
And all in 3-D Space-Vision.
Le concerto de la peur (1963)
The film is about rival gangs in Paris trying to control the Heroin Trade, but the gangsters take long breaks to watch beautiful nude dancers.
A pilot (Johnny Desmond), a woman (Deborah Walley) in labor, and her husband (Michael Cole) are trapped inside a plastic bubble.
A couple encounter mysterious atmospheric effects in an airplane and find themselves in a town where people behave oddly. They eventually are on their way to maybe escape.
And all in 3-D Space-Vision.
Le concerto de la peur (1963)
The film is about rival gangs in Paris trying to control the Heroin Trade, but the gangsters take long breaks to watch beautiful nude dancers.
Friday, November 18, 2016
Thursday, Nov. 17 - I Mobster
I Mobster (1958)
A crime boss (Steve Cochran) appears before a Senate subcommittee; flashbacks tell his story.
A crime boss (Steve Cochran) appears before a Senate subcommittee; flashbacks tell his story.
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Wednesday, Nov. 16 - Look in Any Window & Patterns
Look in Any Window (1961)
Teen idol Paul Anka plays Craig Fowler, the troubled son of Jackie and Jay Fowler (Ruth Roman and Alex Nicol). When Jay loses his job as a aircraft mechanic, he goes on a drinking binge, passing out on the floor in front of his bored and disappointed wife. Meanwhile, across the back fence, Betty Lowell (Carole Mathews) confronts her philandering playboy husband Gareth (Jack Cassidy) about his extracurricular activities at work - activities which she has conveniently rationalized, as his success has made them the envy of their neighbors. While the parents fight, Craig and Betty's daughter Eileen (Gigi Perreau) indulge in a growing interest in each other. Craig is a peeping tom, by the way, hence the title.
Patterns (1956)
The story of the fierce and corrosive competition that exists in the executive branch of Ramsey & Co., a New York industrial colossus headed by Walter Ramsey, its cold, designing and ruthless chief. It is the saga, too, of Bill Briggs, his longtime second in command, who is swayed by human as well as technological values. And, it is the case of Fred Staples, a comparatively youthful industrial engineer brought in by Ramsey to succeed Briggs. The younger man's views and sensitivities are essentially the same as Briggs'. People are not merely units, they feel. But it is Ramsey's calculated pattern not to fire his aging aide but to create such untenable positions that he will be forced to resign.
Teen idol Paul Anka plays Craig Fowler, the troubled son of Jackie and Jay Fowler (Ruth Roman and Alex Nicol). When Jay loses his job as a aircraft mechanic, he goes on a drinking binge, passing out on the floor in front of his bored and disappointed wife. Meanwhile, across the back fence, Betty Lowell (Carole Mathews) confronts her philandering playboy husband Gareth (Jack Cassidy) about his extracurricular activities at work - activities which she has conveniently rationalized, as his success has made them the envy of their neighbors. While the parents fight, Craig and Betty's daughter Eileen (Gigi Perreau) indulge in a growing interest in each other. Craig is a peeping tom, by the way, hence the title.
Patterns (1956)
The story of the fierce and corrosive competition that exists in the executive branch of Ramsey & Co., a New York industrial colossus headed by Walter Ramsey, its cold, designing and ruthless chief. It is the saga, too, of Bill Briggs, his longtime second in command, who is swayed by human as well as technological values. And, it is the case of Fred Staples, a comparatively youthful industrial engineer brought in by Ramsey to succeed Briggs. The younger man's views and sensitivities are essentially the same as Briggs'. People are not merely units, they feel. But it is Ramsey's calculated pattern not to fire his aging aide but to create such untenable positions that he will be forced to resign.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Tuesday, Nov. 15 - Death Will Have Your Eyes
Death Will Have Your Eyes (1974) La moglie giovane (original title)
Louisa is a young and attractive woman who wants to make a living for herself in Rome, but soon falls prey to some very shady characters that force her into prostitution. (No they don't, you idiot! Did you even watch this movie?)
Louisa (Marisa Mell) is a young and attractive woman who wants to make a living for herself in Rome, but soon falls prey to some very shady characters that force her into prostitution. (No, no! She goes to work at a hotel switchboard, for crissakes! Don't you know the difference?)
While struggling to keep herself afloat, she meets a fascinating (he's wealthy, she's really not all that fascinated, in truth) doctor (Farley Granger) who is also a would-be poet. However, Louisa doesn't really love him, and falls for another man. When she gets involved in a murder, blackmail and violence ensue until the shocking final revelation. (Gets involved is one way of putting it! She murders her husband might be a better way. And the shocking revelation actually comes at the beginning of the film. The rest is flashback.)
Hey, am I the only person out here who thinks a person should actually watch a movie before they write a synopsis of it?
Louisa is a young and attractive woman who wants to make a living for herself in Rome, but soon falls prey to some very shady characters that force her into prostitution. (No they don't, you idiot! Did you even watch this movie?)
Louisa (Marisa Mell) is a young and attractive woman who wants to make a living for herself in Rome, but soon falls prey to some very shady characters that force her into prostitution. (No, no! She goes to work at a hotel switchboard, for crissakes! Don't you know the difference?)
While struggling to keep herself afloat, she meets a fascinating (he's wealthy, she's really not all that fascinated, in truth) doctor (Farley Granger) who is also a would-be poet. However, Louisa doesn't really love him, and falls for another man. When she gets involved in a murder, blackmail and violence ensue until the shocking final revelation. (Gets involved is one way of putting it! She murders her husband might be a better way. And the shocking revelation actually comes at the beginning of the film. The rest is flashback.)
Hey, am I the only person out here who thinks a person should actually watch a movie before they write a synopsis of it?
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Monday, Nov. 14 - Band of Outsiders
Band of Outsiders (1964) Bande à part (original title)
Two restless young men (Sami Frey and Claude Brasseur) enlist the object of both of their fancies (Anna Karina) to help them commit a robbery—in her own home.
Two restless young men (Sami Frey and Claude Brasseur) enlist the object of both of their fancies (Anna Karina) to help them commit a robbery—in her own home.
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