Sunday, May 30 - Loose Ankles

Loose Ankles (1930)

In this light romantic comedy, 17-year old Loretta Young is cast as Ann Harper, a wealthy socialite who has inherited a fortune provided the family is involved in no scandals appearing in print, and her two aunts and uncle consent to the marriage. Put off by all this, she is determined to cause a scandal so that none of the family will receive any of the inheritance. An arrow-straight Fairbanks is volunteered to be the one to "compromise" her, but the two end up falling for each other. Upon being discovered in Loretta's boudoir, Fairbanks makes a hasty exit out of the nearest window. The romance seems destined to fail, but Fairbanks (and his two friends) have other ideas, which are accidentally "aided" by the two prudish aunts.

Wednesday, May 25 - Rx Murder

Prescription for Murder (1958) Rx for Murder (original title)

American doctor Jethro Jones comes into a quiet English seaside resort to investigate the activities of its leading medical doctor, Henry Dysert. He learns from Miss Bettyhill, the town-gossip, and others that 'the good doctor' might not be all that good, since each of his three wives, Louise, Charlotte and Stella, had mysterious and tragic deaths. The non-gossiping townsmen had regarded the three deaths, each of which left Doctor Dysert in better financial shape, as unfortunate personal tragedies. Jason has only a short time to prove that Dysert was a multiple wife-killer, since Kitty Mortlock appears to be the next designated victim, and Jason has fallen in love with her himself.

Tuesday, May 24 - Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the French Interpreter

Sherlock Holmes (1954–1955): The Case of the French Interpreter (Episode aired 17 January 1955)

Dr. Watson urgently fetches Sherlock Holmes from his club, and brings him to see a French interpreter who urgently needs the detective. The interpreter, M. Dubec, explains how his services were requested by a man named Lattimer, who then abducted him and took him to an unknown location. There Dubec was asked to persuade a Frenchman to sign some papers for Lattimer and an associate, so that they can gain control over his sister's wealth. The case becomes more urgent when the criminals find out about Dubec's meeting with Holmes, and once again take him to their hidden location. Urgently!

Monday, May 23 - The April Fools

The April Fools (1969)

Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy Company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married - to the boss. They spend an innocent night in New York becoming more and more attracted to each other, so that when Catherine announces she intends to leave her husband and return to Paris Howard asks to go along too. In the cold light of morning problems and pressures from spouses crowd in.

Sunday, May 22 - The Whole Town's Talking

The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.

Saturday, May 21 - Crashout

Crashout (1955)

Convict Van Duff engineers a large-scale prison break; the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison, then set out on a long, dangerous journey by foot, car, train and truck to retrieve Duff's bank loot. En route, as they touch the lives of "regular folks," each has his own rendezvous with destiny.

Friday, May 20 - Things Happen at Night

Things Happen at Night (1948)

A low key comedy about an impish poltergeist who has invaded the large home of Wilfrid and Hilda Prescott. The imp plays harmless tricks but one of them damages a bear skin rug for which Prescott makes an insurance claim. The always watchable Gordon Harker plays the insurance investigator looking into the merits of the claim. Also on hand is a potential business partner, Vincent Ebury, a paranormal researcher, the two Prescott daughters and the fiancé (and Ebury's son) of the elder daughter.

The 53 minute version is a little hard to follow.

Thursday, May 19 - Uptown New York

Uptown New York (1932)

Patricia Smith is a middle-class New York City gal in love with Max Silver (Leon Waycoff), but Max is forced by his ambitious Jewish family into a marriage to a girl he doesn't love but will further his career in the medical profession, which he does, leaving Pat behind. Later in Coney Island, Pat meets Eddie, a bubble gum machine operator. Their relationship starts off on the rocky side, but eventually Pat decides to marry Eddie on the rebound even though she's still thinks of Max. When Max, now a respected surgeon, comes back into her life, she refuses to have anything to do with him because he is now a married man. After Pat is struck by a passing truck, Eddie, who knows about Pat's past relationship with Dr. Max Silver, calls on him for help. After surgery, which saves Pat, she must now decide whether to remain with husband Eddie or go back with Max, who is now willing to divorce his wife and remain with her.

Wednesday, May 18 - Route 66: Like This It Means Father... Like This - Bitter... Like This - Tiger...

Route 66 (1960–1964) Like This It Means Father... Like This - Bitter... Like This - Tiger... (Episode aired 17 January 1964)

Tod and Linc are employed at a plant in Savannah, Georgia. In a bar after work, Tod sees Linc violently attack a man seemingly for no reason. Later it comes out that this man's cowardice caused the death of two men in Linc's Viet Nam unit. The man received no punishment for his behavior and Linc wants justice.

Tuesday, May 17 - Thriller: Cousin Tundifer

Thriller (1960–1962): Cousin Tundifer (Episode aired 19 February 1962)

Miles Tundifer (Andrews) has had it up to here with his batty Uncle Pontifex (Taylor) spending Miles' inheritance fixing up dusty old mansions. Fortunately for Miles, there's something different about the latest fix-me-upper—it's a doorway to another time period. 1890 to be exact. This gives Miles the idea to kill Pontifex and dump his body in the past. Unfortunately for Miles, the house's inhabitants have other plans.

Monday, May 16 - Thriller: Trio for Terror

Thriller (1960–1962): Trio for Terror (Episode aired 14 March 1961)

3 stories in this episode. First, a young man kills his uncle, not realizing that his uncle was a warlock. In the second tale, a man breaks the bank at a casino, but may not live through the night. In the third tale, a sculptor/artist shows off his "Chamber of Horrors" of killers, but are they actually sculptures?

Sunday, May 15 - Room For One More

Room for One More (1952)

Anne and "Poppy" Rose are the average American family, with three quirky kids. Anne has a good heart and gives lost cats and dogs a home - and one day also the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once. At first Poppy is worried and wants to get rid of her, but with love and patience they finally manage to integrate her into the family. Just then Anne invites another orphan, the aggressive handicapped Jimmy-John, to their summer vacation.

Saturday, May 14 - Shadows in an Empty Room

Shadows in an Empty Room (1976) Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta (original title)

A police detective (Stuart Whitman) tears around Montreal searching for his sister's killer.

Friday, May 13 - Route 66: Is It True There Are Poxies at the Bottom of Landfair Lake?

Route 66 (1960–1964): Is It True There Are Poxies at the Bottom of Landfair Lake? (Episode aired 10 January 1964)

Tod and Linc, employed by a sign company in Savannah, deliver a neon sign to tiny Clausen, Ga., and a recently discharged Army vet intentionally damages it. Tod and Linc stay to repair the sign and find out why the man did it. Afterward, Tod offers him this advice - "when you get burned, scream and learn to live with it".

Thursday, May 12 - Lonely Wives

Lonely Wives (1931)

Richard Smith (Edward Everett Horton) is a married lawyer, but he has a penchant for seducing women. When Richard meets Felix (also Horton), a comedian who looks exactly like him, the two hatch a plan. Richard will allow Felix to impersonate him on stage if Felix is able to convince Richard's mother-in-law that he is actually Richard. Meanwhile, Richard tries to seduce Felix's wife (Laura La Plante), and Felix fools Richard's wife, Madeline (Esther Ralston), into sleeping with him.

Wednesday, May 11 - Footlight Varieties

Footlight Varieties (1951)

Jack Paar presents a musical-comedy montage, including memorable moments from Hollywood's glittering past.

Tuesday, May 10 - Pit of Darkness

Pit of Darkness (1961)

When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm, is found unconscious, on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of the last three weeks. Then he discovers that the private detective, hired by his wife, has been found murdered, and a safe that his firm installed in a large country house, has been cleverly opened, and the contents are missing. So with the help of his wife, he sets out to uncover the truth.

Monday, May 9 - The Affairs of Annabel

The Affairs of Annabel (1938)

Wonder Pictures' seedy publicity man Lanny Morgan has put the studio's biggest star, Annabel Allison, in one crazy stunt after another. His latest scheme has Annabel pretending to be a maid in order to research her next screen role. Her disastrous attempts at cooking and cleaning, and her involvement with two fugitives hiding out at her employers' house provide her with more material than she really wanted.

Sunday, May 8 - The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End (1947)

Docudrama on the development of the first atomic bomb. Told from the perspective of a film recovered from a time capsule several hundred years into the future, the story is narrated by Robert Oppenheimer (Hume Cronyn) and Major General Leslie Groves (Brian Donlevy) beginning with the Nazis' stated goal of developing an atomic bomb. Along with Britain and Canada, the U.S. reacts by beginning its own atomic program. The major developments are all presented: Fermi's successful atomic chain reaction; building the huge complex at Oak Ridge, Tenn.; the production of the first supply of plutonium; the testing in the Nevada desert; and finally the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Saturday, May 7 - Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

On medical leave in Los Angeles to recover from injuries sustained on the Pacific front, Cpl. Slim Green (Robert Hutton) and Sgt. Nolan (Dane Clark) discover the Hollywood Canteen, a USO-inspired club staffed entirely by Hollywood stars. The Canteen's co-founder, the legendary Bette Davis, learns of Corporal Green's crush on actress Joan Leslie and conspires to introduce them. When Green becomes the Canteen's lucky 1 millionth visitor, he's surprised by a date with Leslie and a night of luxury.

Friday, May 6 - Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Split Ticket

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Split Ticket (Episode aired 10 January 1955)

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to their flat to find Brian O'Casey waiting for them. The over-excited O'Casey struggles to get his points across, but eventually he explains how he, his friend Albert, and a young woman whom he met in a bakery shop shared the price of a sweepstakes ticket, tearing the ticket into three pieces, one for each of them to hold. Their number won, and they each stand to win 8,000 pounds (each). But now Albert has disappeared, and unless the other two can find him by midnight, the ticket will expire, and then they won't be able to collect their winnings.

Thursday, May 5 - Johnny Trouble

Johnny Trouble (1957)

Katherine Chandler lives in a former apartment hotel that has been purchased by the local university for a boy's dormitory. She refuses to vacate, certain that her son, who was a wild boy and disappeared after being expelled from the school twenty-sever years ago, will return. The university lets her remain as an unofficial dorm-mother to the students who treat her as their collective grandmother. She becomes convinced that one of the wild students, Johnny, is her grandson since he bears the same name as her lost son. Her attentions reform him, and he is persuaded to marry his pregnant girlfriend, Julie Horton. Katherine awaits the arrival of Johnny's parents, certain that his father is her missing son.

Wednesday, May 4 - Miss Pacific Fleet

Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)

Joan and Glenda play young ladies who work at a boardwalk carnival near San Pedro, California. The girls dream of returning to New York but are hard up for cash; they hit upon the idea of Joan raising their train fare if she can win a contest as "Miss Pacific Fleet."

Tuesday, May 3 - Johnny Stool Pigeon

Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

In San Francisco, during the 1940s, US Treasury agents interrupt an illicit exchange between a sailor and a drug dealer. During the shootout, the sailor is killed but the drug dealer escapes. Later on,the agents pick up the trail of the fugitive drug dealer but arrive at his apartment too late. The dealer lays dead, permanently silenced by a hired hit-man. The only thing the agents have is an address book found on the dead drug dealer's body. Among the clues there is one that seems to be promising: the address of a shady Canadian trading company based in Vancouver. Treasury agent George Morton decides to visit a convict in Alcatraz and solicit his help in infiltrating the underworld. Morton knows that convincing the imprisoned criminal Johnny Evans to become a stool pigeon for the Feds won't be easy. But Evans is Morton's only hope to infiltrate the underworld and crack the case.

Monday, May 2 - Traveling Saleslady

Traveling Saleslady (1935)

Angela Tritchell is the daughter of a tooth-paste manufacturer, Rufus K. Twitchell, who has monopolized the business for so many years that he has grown conservative and his rival has begin to cut into his sales. Angela wants to enter the business but he thinks women have no place in a man's world. An eccentric inventor, Elmer Niles, tries to interest Mr. Twitchell into his line of toothpaste with various cocktail flavors, but is shown the door. Angela sees the possibilities in the idea, sells it to her father's business rival under the stipulation she will go on the road for a year and sell the product. She steals her father's customers in a wholesale fashion right out from under the nose of her father's best salesman, Pat O,Connor, with whom she falls in love. But it's whoopee at night and all-business during the day. Claudette Ruggles, a drug-store owner, also has designs on O'Connor.

Sunday, May 1 - Cult of the Damned

Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)

The overweight debutante daughter of the world's wealthiest couple falls in with a gang of tripped out, skydiving pseudo-reactionary pop stars, who take their beliefs of the American ideal to profoundly impossible heights.

Saturday, April 30 - Night Must Fall

Night Must Fall (1964)

Danny is a working-class psychopath who moves in with a wealthy widow to redecorate her house. He plays "games" with her while sleeping with her daughter and maid.