A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
2h 9min. // In the early 1900s, the Nolans, a poor working-class family who lives in Brooklyn tries to find a way to scape from poverty. Directed by: Elia Kazan Writing Credits: Tess Slesinger (screenplay), […]
drama
The Joker Is Wild (1957)
2h 6min. // Set in Chicago in the late 1920s, during the days of Prohibition, the film tells the story of Joe E. Lewis (played by Frank Sinatra), a rising singer of the Club 777, a […]
Peyton Place (1957)
2h. 37min. // In the small New England town of Peyton Place, where high moral standards rule, a series of dark secrets and scandals, involving sexual attraction and repression, illegitimacy, rape, gossip, intolerance, and class […]
Oliver Twist (1948)
1h. 45min. // An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master. Directed by: David […]
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) [Silent Movie]
1h. 10min. // The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father’s crew. Directed by: Charles Reisner Writing Credits: Carl Harbaugh (story) Starring: Buster Keaton (as William Canfield Jr.), Tom McGuire (as J.J. King) and Ernest Torrence (as […]
Coquette (1929)
1h 16min. // A vivacious Southern belle flits from one admirer to the next, delighting in the harmless sport of flirtation. Her father, a proud small-town doctor, expects her to settle on a respectable suitor, […]
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
1h 59min. // Fresh out of prison and clutching a set of drummer’s sticks like a lifeline, a recovering addict returns to his Chicago neighborhood determined to trade card-dealing and narcotics for a clean shot […]
The Front Page (1931)
1h 41min. // Inside the smoky press room of a Chicago criminal court, a pack of hard-bitten newspaper men waits like vultures for the next big story. At the center of the chaos is star […]
Algiers (1938)
1h 36min. // A notorious Parisian jewel thief lives like a caged king in the labyrinthine Casbah of Algiers, ruling a shadowy empire of fences, informants, and desperate fugitives. Trapped by his own legend, he […]
The Divorcee (1930)
1h 50min. // Ted, Jerry, Paul, and Dorothy whirl through Manhattan’s bright lights and smoky parties, the very picture of the smart set at the dawn of the 1930s. Jerry’s choice to marry the charming […]