When a priceless gem comes within grasp, detective Horace Dorrington cuts more than a few corners to get his hands on it. But he battles a surprisingly worthy adversary from an unexpected quarter, one as ruthless and determined as himself.
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Friday, May 30 - The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Mirror of Portugal
When a priceless gem comes within grasp, detective Horace Dorrington cuts more than a few corners to get his hands on it. But he battles a surprisingly worthy adversary from an unexpected quarter, one as ruthless and determined as himself.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Thursday, May 29 - Death Takes a Holiday
Death decides to take a holiday from his usual business to see what it is like to be a mortal. Posing as Prince Sirki, he spends 3 days with Duke Lambert and his guests at his dukal estate. Several of the women are attracted to the mysterious prince, but shy away from him when they sense his true nature. But Grazia, the beautiful young woman whom the Duke thought was to marry his son, loves him even when she knows who he is.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Wednesday, May 28 - The Sweet Ride
An aging tennis hustler (Tony Franciosa), young protégé surfer (Michael Sarrazin), and young protégé musician (Bob Denver) live the buddy life at Malibu beach pad. Surfer falls in love with starlet (Jacqueline Bisset) who washes up on beach. Starlet is beaten up by her possessive producer/lover/sugar daddy after she has revenge sex with motorcycle gang leader. Motorcycle gang leader is in turn beaten up by Franciosa and Sarrazin. Main characters all grow up a bit. Music by Dusty Springfield and Moby Grape.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tuesday, May 27 - Lawyer Man
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive when he's framed by Gilmurry and a sexy actress in a trumped-up breach of promise suit. The only constant in Adam's life is the loyalty and unrequited love of his secretary Olga.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Monday, May 26 - Tam Lin
Based on the ancient Scottish ballad "Tam Lin" (one of it's many titles), the plot concerns an aging, beautiful woman who uses her wealth (and occasionally, witchcraft) to control a decadent pack of attractive young people she surrounds herself with. But when her latest young stud falls for the local vicar's daughter, she vows revenge.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Sunday, May 25 - The Song of the Fishermen (SIFF)
An early Chinese silent film directed by Cai Chusheng. Depicting the struggle of the poor in Shanghai, the film is a moving story of social injustice told with eloquence and passion.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Saturday, May 24 - The Beast With Five Fingers
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where several murders have taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Friday, May 23 - Cobra Woman
Upon discovering his fiancée Tollea has been kidnaped, Ramu and his friend Kado set out for a Pacific isle where all strangers are to be killed on arrival and the inhabitants, who are frequently sacrificed to an angry volcano god, worship the cobra. The island is ruled over by Tollea's evil twin Naja, the Cobra Woman, who, besides having designs on her new prisoner Ramu, also desires to eliminate any competition from her benevolent sister.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Thursday, May 22 - The Return of the Vampire
In 1918, an English family are terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Wednesday, May 21 - The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Horse of the Invisible
A ghost detective named Carnacki investigates the haunting of a country house that threatens the wedding of the homeowner's daughter and her fiance. Carnacki does not suspect supernatural forces are at work in this case, but even a ghostbuster can be wrong.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Tuesday, May 20 - The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: The Big Sandwich & The Chicken from Outer Space
Thalia hatches a scheme for Dobie to sell sandwiches at the school picnic.
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Season 1, Episode 23 The Chicken from Outer Space (8 Mar. 1960)
Zelda talks Maynard and Dobie into joining her biology class then wishes she hadn't when Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Monday, May 19 - The Falcon in Hollywood
Vacationing in Hollywood doesn't free the Falcon from investigating murder. The victim is an actor whose fashion designer wife has been having an affair with a director.
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