Thursday, Sept. 11 - Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary (1933)

A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal.

Wednesday, Sept. 10 - The Man From Toronto

The Man from Toronto (1933)

Charming romantic comedy in which two strangers, a widow Leslie Farrar (Jessie Matthews), and a Canadian bachelor, Fergus Wimbush (Ian Hunter), are bequeathed a fortune if they marry each other within a year. Leslie masquerades as a maid and the two fall in love, but when Fergus learns of her deception, he angrily threatens to return to Canada.

Tuesday, Sept. 9 - Pickup

Pickup (1951)

Low-budget, tabloid-lurid story with high camp value of older man falling for much younger beauty who's busy figuring out how she can kill him now that they're married.

Monday, Sept. 8 - The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Affair of the Tortoise

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Season 1, Episode 10 The Affair of the Tortoise (22 Nov. 1971)

To solve the murder a rich but ill-mannered government official from Haiti, PI Martin Hewitt has several pieces of evidence to consider: a dead tortoise, a voodoo doll, a bloodstained axe, and a note from "an avenger." The one thing he doesn't have is a body.

Sunday, Sept. 7 - A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair (1948)

A congressional committee visits occupied Berlin to investigate G.I. morals. Congresswoman Phoebe Frost, appalled at widespread evidence of human frailty, hears rumors that cafe singer Erika, former mistress of a wanted war criminal, is "protected" by an American officer, and enlists Captain John Pringle to help her find him... not knowing that Pringle is Erika's lover.

Saturday, Sept. 6 - On the Beach

On the Beach (1959)

After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Friday, Sept. 5 - Below the Deadline

Below the Deadline (1946)

A veteran, Joe Hilton (Warren Douglas), returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton (George Meeker), a gangster, has been killed. His quest for revenge leads him to take over his brother's illegal operations but his sweetheart, Lynn Turner (Ramsay Ames), persuades him to change his ways and return to the straight and narrow.

Thursday, Sept. 4 - Riff-Raff

Riffraff (1947)

A plane takes off from Peru (in a long no-dialogue scene) in a storm with two passengers; it lands in Panama with one. The missing man had valuable oil-location maps; everyone who is after them must deal with Dan Hammer, combination private eye, agent, and con man, who can "fix" anything for a fee. Nightclub singer Maxine is on Dan's side... or is she? The rest is lighthearted, white-suited tropical intrigue.

Wednesday, Sept. 3 - Three Steps North

Three Steps North (1951)

Dishonorably discharged after a four-year stint in a military prison for dabbling in black markets while stationed in Italy during World War II, former US soldier Frank Keeler (Lloyd Bridges) wants to discreetly recover a stash of money he buried near Amalfi prior to his arrest, however this turns out to be more difficult than expected when the police become interested in him and start tailing him, while local shady characters guess the purpose of his presence. Whew!

Tuesday, Sept. 2 - Highway Dragnet

Highway Dragnet (1954)

Wrongly accused of killing a bar-girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model.

Monday, Sept. 1 - The Pleasure Seekers

The Pleasure Seekers (1964)

Three American lovelies room together in Madrid and all manage to get themselves into seemingly unhappy relationships with fellows.

Sunday, August 31 - Make Haste to Live

Make Haste to Live (1954)

Crystal 'Chris' Benson, a single mother in a small New Mexico town, senses a shadowy menace stalking her in the night. She acquires a gun and makes arrangements anticipating her own death, tape-recording a message for her teenage daughter which (in flashback) tells of her involvement with Steve Blackford, who has very good reason to hate her. Chris is determined and resourceful, but Steve has had 18 years to plan revenge.