Sunday, July 14 - Tales of Tomorrow: The Crystal Egg

Tales of Tomorrow (1951–1953): The Crystal Egg (Season 1 | Episode 9 - aired 12 October 1951)

A strange story from H.G. Wells. It seems that a certain curio shop has a crystal egg in the window and a customer is REALLY interested in buying it--so interested that the owners assume this cheap trinket is really quite valuable. So, instead of selling it, they stall the guy and have the professor (Thomas Mitchell) examine it.

A crystal egg reveals live tableaux of the planet Mars. A 19th Century scientist is obsessed with investigating the crystal, but the antique shop owner who came across the seemingly worthless glass hopes to sell it ASAP to a tall, insistent stranger, for whom no price is too dear. The delay while the scientist experiments on the egg makes the buyer even more desperate.

Wednesday, July 10 - That Hagen Girl

That Hagen Girl (1947)

In a small town, Minta (Dorothy Peterson) and Jim Hagen (Charles Kemper) bring home an adopted baby; at the same time, a mysteriously ill socialite returns home from an unnamed location. Town gossips believe the Hagens' child is that of the socialite and her old boyfriend, Tom Bates (Ronald Reagan). Tom's guardian sends him away, but years later Tom returns when the child, Mary (Shirley Temple), enters college, and he learns that she has been harassed all her life for her shadowy background.

Tuesday, July 9 - The Name of the Game is Kill: EXTRAS

The Name of the Game is Kill: EXTRAS

Monday, July 8 - The Name of the Game Is Kill!

The Name of the Game Is Kill! (1968)

The handsome Hungarian stranger Sim passes through a remote little US town and gets invited to the home of the uncanny Terry family. Mother Terry lives with her three daughters and a bizarre collection of poisonous snakes and tarantulas. The second oldest daughter Mickey is adorable, but the other women in the house behave somewhat odd and hostile. Sim nearly dies the next morning and ends up in the hospital were a dodgy Sheriff advises him not to go back there. Naturally he doesn't listen and returns to the house, only to encounter some of the freakiest family rituals and traditions imaginable.

Wayward Hungarian drifter and refugee Symcha Lipa (an excellent performance by Jack Lord) finds himself stranded on a deserted highway in rural Arizona. Lipa accepts a lift from the lovely and helpful Mickey Terry (a winningly perky and bewitching portrayal by the gorgeous Susan Strasberg), who takes him to an old gas station run by Mickey, her brusque sister Diz (Collin Wilcox Paxton, nicely abrasive), more flirty and flighty younger sibling Nan (Tisha Sterling, deliciously naughty), and their flaky mother Mrs. Terry (well played to the loopy hilt by T.C. Jones). Lipa soon finds himself under the dangerously seductive spell of these four odd and unbalanced women.

Sunday, July 7 - The Cool Ones

The Cool Ones (1967)

Hallie Rogers is a pent-up go-go dancer itching for her big break. She's up for a spot on the network rock'n'roll show "Whizbam," a detailed send-up of both "Shindig" and "Hullaballo," but the studio bosses keep giving her the shaft. So Hallie wigs out, escapes from her go-go cage, and steals the mike from Glen Campbell, who's singing onstage at the time. While Glen does all he can to stop this crazy girl on live TV, Hallie shakes and shimmies her way out of impending handcuffs. The audience goes wild, imitating her moves, and when a misdirected camera sends a message out to the nation, a new dance craze is born - the Tantrum! Tony Krum, a teen tycoon begins to manage her booming career. Hallie gets fired from "Whizbam," but her go-go dancing pals take her to Palm Springs, where they see the Leaves perform. She soon meets out-of-step teen idol Cliff Donner, with whom she forms a duo.

Saturday, July 6 - Kansas City Princess

Kansas City Princess (1934)

Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath; their adventures include masquerading as girl scouts and taking an ocean voyage to Paris.

Friday, July 5 - The Wild Affair (1965)

The Wild Affair (1965)

Nancy Kwan is to be married in a few days, whereupon she will become a housewife. She's a good girl in the early phases of the Swinging Sixties, and she wonders what she is missing.

She stares into her mirror and sees an inner alter ego who speaks to her, encouraging her to put on a sexy dress and boots for the office Christmas party, which also happens to be her last day at work.

At the party, every man she encounters comes on to her, some creepier than others, and Kwan is tempted, goaded on by her alter ego. Things get a little crazy in the office when she spends her bonus on large amounts of booze, and co-workers are soon making out and dancing around wildly.

Thursday, July 4 - Syncopation

Syncopation (1942)

George Latimer (Adolphe Menjou) and his daughter Kit (Bonita Granville) live in New Orleans, the city of jazz. Unfortunately, the family business is not doing well and has to relocate to Chicago. Kit is heartbroken, but she agrees to the move with the promise that they will return someday. As she gets older, she never loses her love of jazz and plays it whenever she gets a chance. One night, she goes for a walk and comes across Johnny Schumacher (Jackie Cooper), a down and out musician. He takes her to a party where they play a new variation on New Orleans jazz and she brings down the house with her piano-playing. Her confidence gives Johnny a new outlook on his love for music, although money is always a temptation.

Wednesday, July 3 - The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)

Vintage British thriller in which a Scotland Yard inspector investigates the murder of amateur footballer John Doyce during a charity soccer match against Arsenal at Highbury. Much of the film was shot at Highbury itself, with appearances from Arsenal manager George Allison and members of the team.

Tuesday, July 2 - S.O.S. Tidal Wave

S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939)

Newsman Jeff Shannon wants to expose political corruption in his city, but backs off when his wife and son are threatened. On election day politicians try to prevent voting by broadcasting footage from the disaster film Deluge (1933) to keep everyone watching the developing (fake) story that NYC is hit by a massive tidal wave. But Shannon realizes the story is a trick.

Monday, July 1 - Tarantula

Tarantula (1955)

In the Arizona desert, Professor Gerald Deemer is experimenting with growth hormones in the hopes of finding a way to increase the world's food supply. His partner in the project was recently found dead in the desert, suffering from a disease that normally takes years to advance but, in his case, seems to have afflicted him in only a few days. The local doctor, Matt Hastings, is puzzled by the strange case and, with Deemer's recently arrived (and very pretty) assistant, Stephanie Clayton, tries to figure out what is going on. When cattle remains are found in the countryside, evidence points to a giant tarantula as the culprit.

Sunday, June 30 - The Girl Most Likely to...

The Girl Most Likely to... (1973)

College co-ed Miriam Knight, portrayed by Stockard Channing is smart, witty, and well-meaning, but endures endless bullying because of how she looks and how much she weighs. But due to a freak car accident, she has plastic surgery, with results beyond anyone's imagination. Now ravishing and beautiful, she looks nothing like she used to, but the abuse she suffered while ugly still hurts. Now, Miriam is on a mission for deadly revenge from former tormentors.