Compulsion (1959)
1h 43min. // Close friends Judd Steiner (based on Nathan Leopold and played by Dean Stockwell) and Artie Strauss (based on Richard Loeb and played by Bradford Dillman) kill a boy on his way home from school […]
drama
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
1h 31min. // To avoid his abusive father, a rambunctious boy rafts the Mississippi River with a slave, encountering many wild characters. Directed by: Richard Thorpe Writing Credits: Hugo Butler (screenplay), Mark Twain (novel) Starring: Mickey […]
My Man Godfrey (1936)
1h. 34min. // A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler…but there’s more to Godfrey than meets the eye. Directed by: Gregory La Cava Writing Credits: Morrie Ryskind (screenplay), Eric Hatch (novel) Starring: William Powell (as Godfrey), Carole Lombard (as […]
The River’s Edge (1957)
1h 27min. // A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher’s wife, who happens to be the […]
Salome (1953)
1h 43min. // After her banishment from Rome, Jewish Princess Salome returns to her Roman-ruled native land of Galilee where prophet John the Baptist preaches against Salome’s parents, King Herod and Queen Herodias. Directed […]
Stalag 17 (1953)
2h. // When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German P.O.W. camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer. Directed by: Billy Wilder Writing Credits: Billy Wilder (screenplay), Edwin […]
The Suspect (1944)
1h. 25min. // In 1902 London, unhappily married Philip Marshall meets young Mary Gray, who is unemployed and depressed. Their deepening friendship, though physically innocent, is discovered by Philip’s wife who threatens him with exposure […]
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
1h. 41min. // Tasked by his editor, American reporter Henry M. Stanley travels to a dangerous and uncharted region of East Africa to find the missing Scottish pioneer missionary Dr. David Livingstone. Directed by: […]
The Rains Came (1939)
1h. 43min. // Living in India with her crude husband, a British aristocrat is reunited with an old flame at a party, though she truly has her sights set on a handsome doctor. Directed […]
Holy Matrimony (1943)
1h 27min. // From Arnold Bennett’s novel “Buried Alive”. An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet to escape the attentions of the press. Directed by: John M. Stahl […]