Sunday, August 30 - Secret Agent of Japan

Secret Agent of Japan (1942)

Kay Murdock (Lynn Bari) strolls into the Dixie Bar in Shanghai on November 1, 1941 and asks the bartender for a letter addressed to Captain Larsen, and is referred to Roy Bonnell (Preston Foster), the manager of this combination bar and gambling house. He refuses to turn the letter over to her and she steals it. Bonnell later recovers the letter which contains a coded note. Kay reveals she is an agent of the British Secret Service. Bonnell, a fugitive from American justice, says he will turn over the note to the highest bidder. When he approaches the Japanese, they seize him but he escapes, after learning that the note was part of an alarm for Japanese fifth columnists everywhere after the attack on Pearl Harbor that has just been set in motion.

Saturday, August 29 - Red, Hot and Blue

Red, Hot and Blue (1949)

Hair-Do Lempke snatches actress Eleanor Collier, believing her to be a witness to the murder of his gangster boss. Eleanor tells him her story.

While rooming with girlfriends Sandra and No-No and desperately trying to become a star, Eleanor resists the marriage proposals of theater director Danny James, her boyfriend. Her agent Charlie Baxter sets her up on a date with wealthy Alex Creek, who owns a baseball team and occasionally sponsors the careers of starlets. Alex's wife objects, dumping water on Eleanor.

A bigshot, Bunny Harris, is introduced to Eleanor and might help her career. While in his apartment, though, Bunny is gunned down and Eleanor learns from Hair-Do to her surprise that Bunny was a crook. She holds the bad guys at bay until Danny rides to the rescue.

Friday, August 28 - Love Before Breakfast

Love Before Breakfast (1936)

Kay Colby (Carole Lombard) is a Park Avenue beauty with two suitors: fiancé Bill Wadsworth (Cesar Romero) and Scott Miller (Preston Foster). To clear his way, Scott buys the oil company Bill works for and sends him to Japan. Then he sends his own girl friend, Countess Campanella (Betty Lawford), to Honolulu to get her out of the way as well. Kay is upset by Bill's leaving, and annoyed by Scott pressing his suit, but Scott has the assistance and approval of Kay's mother (Janet Beecher) in his efforts, and the advice of his friend and business partner, Brinkerhoff (Richard Carle).

Thursday, August 27 - Mad Love

Mad Love (1935)

Grand Guignol theater actress Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drake) is married to concert pianist Stephen (Colin Clive) and plans to take a break from acting to tour with him. However, Dr. Gogol (Peter Lorre), her biggest fan, won't let her go so easily. When Stephen's hands are destroyed in an accident, Dr. Gogol's obsession with Yvonne leads him to replace Stephen's hands with those of a knife-wielding murderer who was sentenced to death. Soon, Stephen's new hands develop a mind of their own.

Wednesday, August 26 - The Girl from Jones Beach

The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)

Struggling talent agent Chuck Donovan (Eddie Bracken) hopes to revitalize his business by discovering and publicizing the secret identity of the model used for the famous "Randolph Girl," drawn by Bob Randolph (Ronald Reagan). Questioning Bob, Chuck learns with dismay that the artist had blended the images of 12 separate models to create the drawing. Despondent, Chuck visits Jones Beach, where he spots Ruth Wilson (Virginia Mayo), a teacher who's the spitting image of the Randolph Girl.

Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his pin-up creation is really a composite of parts of the anatomy of 12 different models. In an effort to find one girl who possesses all the proper physical attributes, Randolph and PR man Chuck Donovan pursue Ruth Wilson, a beauteous schoolteacher who prefers to be admired for her brain rather than her curves. Ruth changes her tune, however, when a published photo of her in a swimsuit causes her to be fired by the uptight schoolboard. She sues for reinstatement and in the process learns that swimsuits and sex appeal do have a place in her world, after all.

Tuesday, August 25 - Mr. Winkle Goes to War

Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)

Wilbert Winkle, a shy, retiring, middle-aged bank teller, decides on a job change to handy-man over the objections of his domineering wife. To his surprise, and nearly everyone else's, he is drafted into World War II and somehow passes the physical and overcomes a tough boot camp experience. The usually mild-mannered Winkle finds himself in the Pacific theater with a chance to be a hero.

Monday, August 24 - Beers of Joy

Beers of Joy (2019)

Beers of Joy is a fascinating, entertaining, and delightful journey into our world's favorite, magical elixir. Feast upon stunning visuals of medieval monasteries, ancient Italian villages, and breweries from across the world that serve as the backdrop for four people immersing themselves in their passion for beer. An internationally acclaimed brewer and a celebrated chef take separate journeys of discovery through Europe and early America, while two Advanced Cicerones attempt to pass the prestigious Master Cicerone exam (beer's equivalent to wine's Master Sommelier), one of the most difficult tests in the world. Historians, scientists, clergy, brewers and, most importantly, every man and woman flavor this brew, a love letter to beer that proves once and for all that beer isn't just a happy hour drink anymore.

Sunday, August 23 - Cross of Fire (Part 2)

Cross of Fire (1989)

The fall of D. C. Stephenson.

Saturday, August 22 - Cross of Fire (Part 1)

Cross of Fire (1989)

Megalomaniac David C. Stephenson rises to power and notoriety as the head of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920's.

Friday, August 21 - Passport to Suez

Passport to Suez (1943)

The Lone Wolf discovers that the fiancée of his valet's son is a Nazi agent blackmailing him to steal plans of the Suez Canal from the Admiralty.

Thursday, August 20 - Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami (1941)

Kay, Barbara and Susan Latimer come into a small legacy when they expected a large one, then abandon the Texas greasy-spoon where they work to hunt in Miami for rich husbands, said to be plentiful there. Barbara and Susan posing as the secretary and maid of "wealthy" Kay, they check into a posh hotel, and soon Kay is in the delightful predicament of being pursued by two handsome, wealthy bachelors at once. But Musical Comedy Complications arise...

Wednesday, August 19 - Thirty Day Princess

Thirty Day Princess (1934)

On her way to New York to find financial backing for her impoverished country, the Ruritanian Kingdom of Taronia, Princess "Zizzi" Catterina (Sylvia Sidney) falls ill with the mumps and has to be quarantined for a month. In desperation, financier Richard Gresham (Edward Arnold), who is planning to issue $50 million in Taronian bonds, hires unemployed lookalike actress Nancy Lane (Sidney again) to impersonate the princess, and offers her a large bonus if she changes the mind of the chief opponent of the financial transaction, newspaper publisher Porter Madison III (Cary Grant).