Friday, Sept. 11 - Mannix: Huntdown

Mannix: Season 1, Episode 9 Huntdown (18 Nov. 1967)

Mannix, on the mend after a gunshot has one foot in a cast, is given a routine assignment by Intertect boss Lew Wickersham: get the signature of a man named Amos Silo on a legal document. The detective takes a bus to a small town but finds a chilly reception whenever he inquires about the man or his ranch. The town is hiding something. As Mannix digs deeper, he discovers dead cattle are part of the mystery.

Thursday, Sept. 10 - The Public Menace

The Public Menace (1935)

A woman with Greek citizenship (Jean Arthur) meets a reporter (George Murphy) on an ocean liner. She asks him to marry her in order to get off the boat. The reporter agrees but only because she gives him a fake tip on an unsolved kidnapping, which causes him to get fired from his newspaper. Now married and without jobs, the two get mixed up with a trigger happy gangster who has every cop in town hot on his tail.

Wednesday, Sept. 9 - Disc of Horrors

Disc of Horror

Three featurettes included in the MGM Scream Legends Collection box set devoted to the films of Vincent Price fill in the details on the actor's theatrical background, fondness for art, and impish sense of humor.

Vincent Price: Renaissance Man (2007)

The Art of Fear (2007)

Vincent Price: Working with Vincent Price (2007)

Tuesday, Sept. 8 - The Falcon Strikes Back

The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)

The Falcon is framed for the murder of a banker and the theft of war bonds. He makes his escape into the mountains where he hides out in a rustic lodge. From here he uncovers a phony war bond operation.

Monday, Sept. 7 - The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

This screwball comedy finds married couple Tom (Joel McCrea) and Gerry Jeffers (Claudette Colbert) in a strained relationship, largely due to financial difficulties. Gerry decides to leave Tom, a struggling architect, and head to Palm Beach in order to marry a wealthy man who could fund Tom's projects. When Tom follows Gerry, they cross paths with the quirky millionaire John D. Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee) and his chatty, husband-seeking sister, Princess Centimillia (Mary Astor).

Sunday, Sept. 6 - The Front Page

The Front Page (1931)

Adapted from the 1928 stage play, this comedy follows Hildy Johnson (Pat O'Brien), an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer (George E. Stone) escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor (Adolphe Menjou), Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.

Saturday, Sept. 5 - The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve (1941)

Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding causes them to split on bad terms. To get back at him, Jean disguises herself as an English lady, and comes back to tease and torment him.

Friday, Sept. 4 - Shoot the Works

Shoot the Works (1934)

Jack Oakie stars as seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily (Dorothy Dell) to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends up the loser -- at least until he gets wise to himself.

Thursday, Sept. 3 - The Murder Man

The Murder Man (1935)

Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.

Wednesday, Sept. 2 - Murder by the Clock

Murder by the Clock (1931)

The matriarch of a wealthy family is haunted by the notion that she'll be buried alive. To avoid this contingency, she has a horn installed in the family mausoleum, to be activated in case she arises from her casket. The lady is murdered, and shortly after her internment the horn blows at regular intervals. Each time the horn is heard, the dead woman is seen wandering the cemetery, and each time one of her relatives winds up dead. These "supernatural" events are actually being orchestrated by a covetous family member, who uses the services of several homicidal confederates.

Tuesday, Sept. 1 - Perry Mason: The Case of the Jaded Joker

Perry Mason: Season 2, Episode 18 The Case of the Jaded Joker (21 Feb. 1959)

Danny Ross is a television comedian who is waiting to hear about a new television show. It has been three years since his last television show was cancelled. Charles Goff is an advertising executive who promised Danny he would pitch him for a new show in return for an introduction with the president of a large big-budget advertiser. Danny does his part but learns from Goff's secretary that Goff landed the deal without him. When Charles Goff is found dead in his office the next morning, Danny's friend, Freddie Green, is accused of the murder after finding his fingerprints on the murder weapon.

Monday, Aug. 31 - The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Q.C.s

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Season 2, Episode 11 The Missing Q.C.s (9 Apr. 1973)

Two leading London barristers--Queen's Counsels--disappear during a murder trial, one for the prosecution and one for the defense. Junior defense barrister Charles Dallas searches for his two colleagues, but they are about to undergo the most bizarre of trials themselves.