Friday, April 29 - Route 66: Child of a Night

Route 66 (1960–1964) Season 4 Episode 13: Child of a Night (Episode aired 3 January 1964)

Tod and Linc driving through rural Georgia witness the crash of a plane and speak to the dying survivor. A man asks them to go to Savannah and find a woman he met 25 years before and had a child with. He wants a money belt with $38,000 given to the child. Tod and Linc agree to help and find that the search is painful.

Thursday, April 28 - Studio One: There Was a Crooked Man

Studio One in Hollywood (1948–1958): There Was a Crooked Man (Episode aired 19 June 1950)

Otis Block is found dead in the boarding house where he lived. Although one of his fellow boarders is undoubtedly responsible, their collectively eccentric personalities make the solution of the crime a difficult problem.

Wednesday, April 27 - Child in the House

Child in the House (1956)

Elizabeth (Mandy Miller) moves in with her uncaring aunt and uncle while her mother is hospitalized. Her fugitive father (Stanley Baker) returns to see his daughter and Elizabeth must vow to never revel his whereabouts. She must now choose to tell the truth or be loyal to her estranged father.

Tuesday, April 26 - The First Hundred Years

The First Hundred Years (1938)

Lynn (Virginia Bruce) works for successful theatrical agent Harry (Warren William) in New York City, effectively the breadwinner (Lynn is the breadwinner, not Harry) in her marriage to David (Robert Montgomery). But when David lands a job in charge of building boats in a shipyard in New Bedford, Mass., he wants Lynn to give up her career and be supported by him in a small town (New Bedford, to no one's surprise). She refuses, and the couple splits. Soon, the flirtatious Claudia (Binnie Barnes) starts going for David. But Mother Nature intervenes.

Monday, April 25 - The Woman in Red

The Woman in Red (1935)

Barbara Stanwyck plays a woman equestrian who meets and falls in love with a traveling polo player from a once wealthy family. After they are married, she is persuaded by a friend to help entertain a client aboard a yacht. The client's drunk girlfriend accidentally drowns, and the friend is arrested for her murder. Determined to keep her name out of the press, the friend does not reveal that he has a witness who can prove his innocence.

Sunday, April 24 - Edge of Doom

Edge of Doom (1950)

After the death of his ailing mother, Martin Lynn (Farley Granger) feels desperately alone. His only concern is that his mother receive an elegant burial. Unfortunately, Martin is also in a dire financial situation and cannot afford an expensive church service. Enraged, Martin viciously directs his frustrations at a clergyman, killing him. The impulsive act leaves Martin in an even more despondent state, though a kindly priest (Dana Andrews) may be able to guide the young man toward redemption.

Saturday, April 23 - Miss Tatlock's Millions

Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)

After the accidental death of an idiot heir, a stunt man is hired to impersonate him while the family gathers to determine the dispersment of the estate of Miss Tatlock's millions. Only it's not Miss Tatlock's millions, it's grandpa's millions.

A Hollywood stunt man is hired to impersonate a young woman's brother in order to fool her wealthy--and wildly eccentric (the family isn't so eccentric, he is)--family, but problems arise when the would-be sibling falls for his "sister" in this screwball romp.

Friday, April 22 - Love on a Bet

Love on a Bet (1936)

In order to raise money to produce a play (as well as prove that the plot isn't ridiculous), Michael McCreigh makes a bet with his Uncle Carlton that he can begin in Central Park in his underwear and, without paying or borrowing for transportation, get to California in 10 days with a decent suit, $100...and a fiance. If he wins, he gets $15,000 to produce the play; if he loses, he must accept a job in his uncle's meat packing plant.

Thursday, April 21 - Ann Vickers

Ann Vickers (1933)

After a military officer gets Ann Vickers pregnant and leaves her, her baby dies (in Havana, hint, hint). Feeling stunned, Ann devotes herself to further social work, taking a job in a women's prison. However, when she tries to improve the conditions there, she incurs the wrath of the sheriff and warden and loses her job. She writes a book about the harsh realities of the prison and begins a romance with a married judge, Barney Dolphin (Walter Huston), while running a womens' prison. She has a child out of wedlock and is forced out her job, while Barney goes to prison.

Or something like that. And it's all crammed into 73 minutes!

Wednesday, April 20 - The Cowboy and the Blonde

The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941)

Rodeo champion Lank Garrett travels to Hollywood with his pal Skeeter and horse "Ethyl" at the request of Consolidated Pictures owner Phineas Johnson. He meets spoiled established star Crystal Wayne. For some odd reason she immediately falls in love with him. Difficulties ensue, but happily ever after.

Tuesday, April 19 - The Night Walker

The Night Walker (1964)

A wealthy woman is terrorized by recurring dreams regarding her jealous, blind husband who supposedly burned to death in a recent fire. She tries to convince her attorney that the nightmares are real.

Of course there's more to it than that...

Monday, April 18 - Club Paradise

Sensation Hunters (1945)

A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a cad, and leads her down the road to ruin.