Saturday, September 19 - Three Loves Has Nancy

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)

The seduction plans of novelist Malcolm Niles go awry when actress Vivian Herford brings her mother along to a candlelight dinner in his New York apartment. When they talk of marriage, Malcolm decides to make a tour promoting his new book, and in a small southern town he meets Nancy Briggs at an autographing session at the local bookstore.

Nancy is getting married that night, but her fiancé, working in New York, doesn't come back for the wedding, so her family gives her the fare to go to New York to find him. At the same time, Malcolm gets a wire from his publisher and friend, Robert Hanson, telling him to come home because Vivian has left town.

Traveling to New York on the same train, Nancy proves to be a pest whom Malcolm hopes to avoid once they arrive, but when Nancy can't find her fiancé, she goes to Malcolm, since he's the only one she knows in the city. He is about to kick her out when Vivian returns, so he uses Nancy as an excuse to get rid of Vivian.

In the ensuing days, Nancy cooks and cleans for both Malcolm and Robert, who lives next door. Trouble begins when Robert falls in love with Nancy and Malcolm finds that he is jealous.

Friday, September 18 - Snowed Under

Snowed Under (1936)

Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer Arthur Layton sends Alice, Alan's first wife, to help him stick to business. But then Daisy, his second wife, shows up wanting her alimony. Stranded with two wives, a girlfriend, and a jug of applejack, Alan still has to finish his play!

Thursday, September 17 - Mr. Lucky: Big Squeeze

Mr. Lucky: Big Squeeze (Season 1 Episode 21 - aired Mar 12, 1960)

An old friend of Mr. Lucky's is planning a major heist and asks for help with the getaway by using the Fortuna II to leave for Cuba afterwards. Lucky turns him down but, after getting the blame for the crime, decides to track down the thieves with Andamo in danger and Lt. Rovacs hot on his heels.

Wednesday, September 16 - Ghost Squad: Death from a Distance

Ghost Squad: Death from a Distance (Season 1 Episode 9 - aired Nov 4, 1961)

Recruited into the GS team on a special mission to ensure the safety of a visiting president. Det. Insp. Brett's methods raise a few eyebrows - none higher than than Craig's, who asks if the newcomer is all that he seems.

Tuesday, September 15 - The Arnelo Affair

The Arnelo Affair (1947)

A lawyer's wife starts an affair with a mobster but is confronted by his other flame who ends up murdered and the adulterous wife is set up to take the blame for the killing.

Monday, September 14 - Say It in French

Say It in French (1938)

A couple with money woes arrange a financially motivated marriage between their golf-pro son and a wealthy heiress. Little do they know, their son has already been wed while playing a tournament in France.

Sunday, September 13 - We're Rich Again

We're Rich Again (1934)

In Santa Barbara, California, the formerly wealthy Page family tries to stave off bill collectors and repossessors for three days until Carolyn marries a rich man.

Saturday, September 12 - I Want You

I Want You (1951)

In the "early summer of 1950", Martin Greer is the engineer for a small construction company, Greer and Sons, working with his father. An Army combat engineer for four years during World War II, he and wife Nancy have two young children. Employee George Kress asks Martin to write a letter to the Selective Service System stating that his son, George Jr., is "indispensable" for their company and thus exempt from the draft. Martin reluctantly refuses, and George Jr. joins the Army at the beginning of the Korean War.

Martin's younger brother Jack is in love with college student Carrie Turner, daughter of a judge who is on the local draft board. Despite a trick knee that got him deferred once before, he is drafted. Jack suspects that her father, who feels his daughter can do better, is the reason. Jack and Martin's mother, who lost a son during the last war, asks Martin to write an "indispensable" letter for his brother; he seriously considers it, but does not do so, and Nancy criticizes Jack for his reluctance to serve. Jack joins the Army, where he briefly sees George Jr. before the latter goes to Korea.

George Jr. is listed as missing in action, although his fate isn't revealed, and his father drunkenly blames Martin. Harvey Landrum, Martin's commander in World War II, reenlists and asks Martin to join him, as engineers who know how to build airstrips are scarce. Eligible for exemptions, he initially declines, then agrees, over his wife's objections. Jack and Carrie marry during a furlough before he also goes overseas.

Friday, September 11 - Gideon C.I.D.: The Millionaire's Daughter

Gideon C.I.D.: The Millionaire's Daughter (Season 1 Episode 21 - aired Nov 20, 1966)

A rich American family arrives in London with a charming boyfriend for their daughter they met on the trip over. They never suspect he's part of an elaborate plot to kidnap their daughter until it's too late, and the parents are conflicted as to calling in Scotland Yard for help.

Thursday, September 10 - The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs (1938)

Well-to-do gentleman Paul Wagner seeks to romance attractive Rosalind Brown, while her wealthy father will not allow it. Therefore, Paul manipulates a resident skullery maid to gain access to the Brown household and appear to Rosalind. However, the scullery maid falls in love with Paul and, ultimately, he her.

Wednesday, September 9 - There Goes My Girl

There Goes My Girl (1937)

Jerry and Connie, ace reporters for rival newspapers, get engaged, and their employers try every trick in the book to break them up. When they are sent to cover a murder case, their professional competition threatens to drive them apart.

Tuesday, September 8 - The Get-Away

The Getaway Original title: The Get-Away (1941)

To get to the bottom of a string of bank heists, FBI agent Jeff Crane (Robert Sterling) goes deep undercover in a federal penitentiary. There, he earns the respect of hardened convict Sonny Black (Dan Dailey Jr.) by instigating a riot. After assisting in a daring jailbreak, the lawman is closer than he's ever been to learning the identities of Black's criminal associates. But Crane gets in over his head when he falls for Black's beautiful sister, Terry (Donna Reed).

Monday, September 7 - Blondie on a Budget

Blondie on a Budget (1940)

Blondie Bumstead is having trouble balancing the family budget, particularly as she wants to buy a new fur coat. Her husband Dagwood also needs money for the membership fee of a fishing club he wants to join.

Blondie becomes jealous when she finds Dagwood with an overfamiliar old friend, Joan Forrester, and begins to suspect that they are having an affair. After Dagwood wins money in a competition he decides to buy Blondie a fur coat, but uses Joan to try it on for size.

Blondie sees them in the shop together and mistakenly thinks he is buying it for Joan. She decides to leave Dagwood for good, only to have a last minute change of heart.

Sunday, September 6 - Adam Adamant Lives!: Beauty Is an Ugly Word

Adam Adamant Lives!: Beauty Is an Ugly Word (Season 1 Episode 12 - aired Sep 15, 1966)

A deadly virus has been discovered by accident and naturally it is almost immediately stolen. Adamants only clue requires him to witness the tail end of a beauty contest won by none other than Georgina Jones. Sinoda, owner of the Café Val Deum and organizer of the monthly contest offers Georgie a chance to build the world anew after the virus cleanses it of ugliness.

Saturday, September 5 - The Richest Girl in the World

The Richest Girl in the World (1934)

Dorothy Hunter (Miriam Hopkins), the richest girl in the world, has never shown her face to the public. When she arrives in America, Dorothy switches places with her secretary, Sylvia (Fay Wray), to avoid the press. But after Dorothy's fiancé (George Meeker) proclaims his love for another woman, she wonders if any man can love her for more than her money. Still disguised as a secretary, Dorothy falls for Tony (Joel McCrea) and puts him through a series of tests to prove his affections.

Friday, September 4 - Romance in Manhattan

Romance in Manhattan (1934)

Young Czech immigrant Karel Novak (Francis Lederer) loses the small amount of money he has when he attempts to enter the United States and ends up penniless on the streets of New York at the height of the Great Depression. Sympathetic chorus girl Sylvia Dennis (Ginger Rogers) and her teenage brother, Frank (Jimmy Butler), take pity on the young man, but their attempts to help him cause unwanted trouble for themselves that could get the orphaned Frank sent to a foster home.

Thursday, September 3 - Wetbacks

Wetbacks (1956)

About to lose his sole possession, his boat, for lack of payments, ex- Coast Guardsman Jim Benson takes a gamble on a fishing charter and removes the boat from the dock despite a sheriff's seizure order. But Jim finds himself with a loudmouthed drunk, Shanks, and his companion, Sally. To avoid paying for the fishing excursion, Shanks stages a fight with Jim and, when Jim puts him ashore at a small Mexican port, Shanks takes off, stranding both Jim (who is out of gas as well as cash) and Sally.

The two begin to become "friends in need" and are put up by Alfonso, local innkeeper who is a friend of Jim's. But the town is the base of operations for a gang, led by Bodine and Ortega, who smuggle illegal aliens into California for a profit. Learning of Jim's plight, they offer him money to run 'just one' shipment of these 'wetbacks' across the border - then blackmail Jim to continue working for them. Sally tries to persuade him to tell the police, but he is too afraid and plans to run away, so Sally reveals a secret which she intends to make him want to stay and fight to clear his name.

Wednesday, September 2 - Love on the Run

Love on the Run (1936)

In the company of reporter Michael Anthony, American heiress Sally Parker flees her planned wedding to Prince Igor; Sally is unaware of Mike's detestable occupation. The two steal an airplane that is part of a spy plot and discover secret plans. They are pursued by the spies as well as by Mike's pal Barnabas, who wants a piece of the hot news story.

Tuesday, September 1 - It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World (1939)

Private eye Guy Johnson (James Stewart) is charged with tracking every move of boozing tycoon Willie Heyward (Ernest Truex) -- and ensuring that the mogul comes to no harm. But Guy runs into trouble when, after a bender, Heyward is accused of murder and Guy gets roped in as an accessory. Desperate to prove his innocence, Guy makes a daring escape from a prison train and, while on the run, kidnaps poet Edwina Corday (Claudette Colbert), who gradually warms to his cause.

Monday, August 31 - Maigret: My Friend the Inspector

Maigret: My Friend the Inspector (Season 1 Episode 8 - aired Dec 19, 1960)

On the Mediterranean island of Porquerolles, a shabby old drunk is murdered after boasting of his friendship with Inspector Maigret. Maigret remembers him as a small-time pimp he once arrested, long ago - but who killed him?