A woman is lovelessly married to a famous doctor, but is having an affair with a young politician. However, when her husband goes to China to help combat an epidemic, she chooses to go with him rather than to stay behind with her lover.
Dir: Richard Boleslawski Cast: Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Without a candidate to run for the senate seat against admired Republican Crocker Jarmon, campaign manager Marvin Lucas recruits leftist lawyer Bill McKay. McKay's appearance piques the public's interest, and gradually Lucas pushes McKay toward a more centrist message. As McKay's original and honest platform gets watered ...down, his popularity increases so much that he is running even with Jarmon as Election Day approaches.
Dir: Michael Ritchie Cast: Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a bourgeois couple travel across the French countryside while civilization crashes and burns around them.
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard Cast: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: N
Chapter 5 of The Wolf Dog 1933 serial. When a boy's guardian secretly plots to steal his inheritance, only his radio operator friend and wolf-dog companion stand between him and disaster.
Dir: Colbert Clark, Harry L. Fraser Cast: Rin Tin Tin Jr., Frankie Darro, Boots Mallory Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC:
Popeye meets a tribe of rough and tough Indians and has an exciting adventure. The big chief takes a liking to Olive, and Popeye, in a laugh-provoking finish, takes on the entire tribe to save his sweetheart from becoming the chief's wife.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wickie Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: N
A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
A police officer in the year 2022 uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.
Dir: Richard O. Fleischer Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Edward G. Robinson Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
A scientist who believes he is the only human to survive a worldwide bacteriological war unharmed attempts to save humanity by developing a curative serum from his own blood in this frightening vision of a post-apocalyptic near future.
Dir: Boris Sagal Cast: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
A suave, successful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer escapes questioning by hiding out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Dir: John Cassavetes Cast: Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen Runtime: 123 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Five stories, each involving the relationship between a cab driver and his or her passenger, that take place simultaneously around the globe during the course of one night.
Dir: Jim Jarmusch Cast: Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
The true story of Annette Kellerman, who as a child in Australia, learns to swim to overcome a potentially crippling physical handicap and develops into a champion. As a young woman, she travels with her father to London and dreams of a career as a dancer. But when her father falls on hard times, Annette resorts to her ...aquatic talents: swimming 30 miles of the Thames in a famous publicity stunt, then shocking Boston by appearing in a one-piece suit.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Young Paula Alquist has given up a promising singing career to marry Gregory Anton. Deeply in love, she refuses to believe - then cannot convince anyone else - that her new husband is a thief who murdered her aunt, that everyone in her household is plotting to kill her...and that something evil will happen every time she ...sees a dimming of the Gaslight.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly star in the classic musical directed by Busby Berkeley--For Me and My Gal. Young vaudeville performers Harry Palmer and Jo Hayden (Kelly and Garland) dream of stardom, but the United States enters World War I and Harry receives his draft notice--trapping the two between their obligation to each ...other's dreams and their duty to their country.
Dir: Busby Berkeley Cast: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn where they are staying. Written and directed by Jean Renoir in 1936, but not edited and released until 1946. Also known as 'Une Partie de Campagne'.
Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Sylvia Bataille, Jeanne Marken, Georges D'arnoux Runtime: 42 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N
A millionaire with two dogs leaves his fortune to Droopy with the stipulation that should he be killed the entire fortune would go to Spike. Guess what Spike is up to?
Dir: Tex Avery Cast: Tex Avery, William H. Thompson, Pat McGeehan Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Chapter 6 of The Wolf Dog 1933 serial. When a boy's guardian secretly plots to steal his inheritance, only his radio operator friend and wolf-dog companion stand between him and disaster.
Dir: Colbert Clark, Harry L. Fraser Cast: Rin Tin Tin Jr., Frankie Darro, Boots Mallory Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC:
Popeye plays sick to win Olive's attention. Doctors fail to locate his illness and Olive believes it's his end. When Popeye sits up in bed and confesses that it was all a gag, Olive pummels him.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel Cast: Bonnie Poe, Jack Mercer, Gus Wicke Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.
Dir: Terry Gilliam Cast: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Adam Bryant Runtime: 137 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Dir: Charlie Kaufman Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
A gangster escapes prison and teams up with a gang to plan a major heist in Marseilles. But when he is caught by a detective on his trail, he is faced with the dilemma of ratting out his friends.
Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville Cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin Runtime: 150 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-14 CC: N
Two generations of philosophers try to bring an end to war.
Dir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
A gangster escapes prison and teams up with a gang to plan a major heist in Marseilles. But when he is caught by a detective on his trail, he is faced with the dilemma of ratting out his friends.
Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville Cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin Runtime: 150 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-14 CC: N
Lou Jean Poplin helps her husband Clovis escape from prison. She needs him to join her in the fight against forces who want to put her child up for adoption, so the three of them take to the road in one long chase across America's highways.
Dir: Steven Spielberg Cast: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, William Atherton Runtime: 109 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
A San Francisco librarian picks up a hitchhiker whose car has broken down, which leads to her being stalked and hunted by shady individuals. A cop she briefly met during a function eventually comes to her rescue.
Dir: Colin Higgins Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith Runtime: 116 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC:
A dedicated Army surgeon falls in love with an equally dedicated nurse but the Vietnam War is raging and the two find themselves pitted against greater odds than either of them know how to handle.
Dir: Sidney J. Furie Cast: Ken Wahl, Cheryl Ladd, Stephen Lee, Annie McEnroe Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
When her husband dies on their wedding night, Jewish American princess Judy Benjamin is so traumatized that she is vulnerable to a pitch by a tricky recruiter and finds herself in the Women's Army Corps. Judy expects the spa-like atmosphere that she was promised, but is quickly disabused of this notion by the tough Captain ...Lewis. Now just one of the grunts, the pampered Judy has to work for her privileges for the first time, and after a grueling period of adjustment, grows into a good soldier, and a woman with solid self-esteem.
Dir: Howard Zieff Cast: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
A young hood in New York's Little Italy contends with saving the neck of his hotheaded best friend from the local loan shark and struggles with the religious guilt prompted by his lifestyle.
Dir: Martin Scorsese Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
Upon returning to small-town America, three World War II veterans have difficulty readjusting to life at home, discovering that both they and their families have irrevocably changed.
Dir: William Wyler Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews Runtime: 172 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Romantic drama about a single New York City woman and her quest to find the right man, but then a matchmaker introduces the upscale intellectual to a pickle salesman.
Dir: Joan Micklin Silver Cast: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Jeroen Krabbe Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
A prim 22-year-old virgin, Eileen Tyler, considers premarital sex when she travels from Albany to visit her womanizing brother in New York City, and although engaged to another man, flirts with a stranger she meets on a bus.
Dir: Peter Tewksbury Cast: Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
A blind London writer overhears a conversation that reveals a kidnapping plot. Knowing what he heard was true but finding the police don't believe his story, the man summons the help of his secretary and fiancee to hunt down the kidnappers independently.
Dir: Henry Hathaway Cast: Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.
Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Cast: Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Action Rating: TV-PG CC:
In this fascinating epic, Colonel Blimp relished a good fight, but as the atrocities of combat took their toll, he was forced to rethink the sense of it all. Deborah Kerr co-stars playing three different women who touched the colonel's heart over the course of his 40-year career.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Deborah Kerr, Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook Runtime: 163 mins Genre: War Rating: TV-G CC: Y
The stage is set for havoc and terror when a twelve-man research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has been buried for over 100,000 years.
Dir: John Carpenter Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Horror Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Chapter 7 of The Wolf Dog 1933 serial. When a boy's guardian secretly plots to steal his inheritance, only his radio operator friend and wolf-dog companion stand between him and disaster.
Dir: Colbert Clark, Harry L. Fraser Cast: Rin Tin Tin Jr., Frankie Darro, Boots Mallory Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC:
Popeye visits Olive Oyl and discovers her home in turmoil because of a broken water pipe. When they are soon surrounded by a series of bursting pipes, Popeye tries every means to stop the flood.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky Cast: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Young Vince Everett goes to prison for accidentally killing a man in a barroom brawl while defending a young woman's honor. After Everett's cellmate teaches him how to play guitar and encourages him to sing, Everett's hip-swiveling, electrifying performance at a jailhouse concert leads to stardom. But fame quickly gives ...Everett an oversized ego, and only the loss of his voice and the loyalty of his friends as he struggles to sing again teach Everett to appreciate his good fortune.
Dir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
A showdown in Arizona between the Bonnell brothers, U.S. Marshals, and Jessica Drummond, the iron-fisted rancher who controls the territory with her private posse of hired guns.
Dir: Samuel Fuller Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Dir: David Lynch Cast: Kyle Maclachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
After a beautiful young woman's daughter and renowned composer-husband are killed in a car crash, she tries to cope with her losses by cutting off all ties to the past. Meanwhile, the music world searches for her late husband's unfinished symphony and a music critic suspects that the wife is the work's true author.
Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent, Florence Pernel Runtime: 98 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: N
On the planet Ygam, it's the animal-like Draags that rule civilization and it's the humans that serve as Oms, the household pets. Tiwa, an intelligent Om who has mastered the Draaga language, tries to plant the seeds of organized rebellion.
Dir: Rene Laloux Cast: Jean Valmont, Eric Baugin, Jean Topart Runtime: 72 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-14 CC: N
Explores the vanishing world of private film collecting - an obsessive, secretive world of basement film vaults, piled-high with forgotten reels, and inhabited by passionate cinephiles devoted to the rescue and preservation of photochemical film.
Dir: Peter Flynn Cast: Louis DiCrescenzo, Stan Taffel, Geoffrey Curtis Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N
A frivolous middle-aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for her daughter, leaving her young boyfriend crushed.
Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: May McAvoy, Pauline Frederick, Marie Prevost Runtime: 70 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N
A Russian man, released from a Siberian prison after 20 years, takes a strong religious stance against the world's problems, including nuclear war, and becomes elected Pope.
Dir: Michael Anderson Cast: Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner Runtime: 162 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
In the near future, the President of the United States discovers a miltary coup is being plotted by one of his Joint Chiefs and must find a way to dismantle it.
Dir: John Frankenheimer Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
A Soviet submarine accidentally runs aground off the coast of a small New England town, and after initial hostility, the townspeople join together with the Russian sailors to try to set the vessel free.
Dir: Norman Jewison Cast: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
The lives of the denizens of the Grand Hotel intertwine: a lonely ballerina, a noble thief, an ambitious stenographer, a dying man on a last fling and a ruthless industrialist.
Dir: Edmund Goulding Cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
A young woman self-conscious about the brace on her leg goes on a concert tour in the French Alps and spurs a brilliant idea. Masquerading as an injured skier, she not only finds love in the arms of a handsome photographer, but her true self as well.
Dir: Edouard Molinaro Cast: Kristy Mcnichol, Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
A hard-boiled detective falls hard for a murder victim. Every man who knew her fell in love with her, and now that she's dead, the obsessed detective can't get her out of his mind.
Dir: Otto Preminger Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb Runtime: 88 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
A Southern Wolf becomes a substitute teacher at an elementary school and tries to teach them some of the traditions of the Confederacy. The Droopy students have other ideas.
Dir: Michael Lah Cast: Daws Butler, Joe Trescari Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Robert L. Ripley shares with reporters the various sights and oddities he has seen through his world travels such as a baseball team made up of nine brothers.
Dir: Murray Roth Cast: Clarence E Willard, James Dunn, Robert L Ripley, Murray Roth Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Chapter 8 of The Wolf Dog 1933 serial. When a boy's guardian secretly plots to steal his inheritance, only his radio operator friend and wolf-dog companion stand between him and disaster.
Dir: Colbert Clark, Harry L. Fraser Cast: Rin Tin Tin Jr., Frankie Darro, Boots Mallory Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC:
Popeye and the Jeep, his magical dog, visit Olive and learn Swee'Pea has crawled out of his crib and disappeared. Olive is frantic so Popeye tells her the Jeep will use his magical powers to find the missing infant.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel Cast: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner.
Dir: Henry King Cast: Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Tess is a star reporter and Sam covers the sports pages at a major newspaper. When they fall in love and get married, Tess has a difficult time letting go of her work-a-holic ways and Sam feels neglected.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Paula is a divorced mother and ex-Broadway dancer, who learns that her lover has left her only when aspiring actor Elliot arrives to sublet the apartment in the middle of the night. Their uneasy truce blossoms into love.
Dir: Herbert Ross Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings Runtime: 110 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Called into a case involving a wealthy family, detective Philip Marlowe discovers blackmail and murder as he falls for the eldest daughter in the family.
Dir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Deeply impressed by the 1967 Russell Tribunal testimony given by an anonymous woman about the torture she suffered, Luis, a theater director, decides to mount a play that will be the adaptation of that testimony.
Dir: Carlos Saura Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Jose Luis Gomez, Xabier Elorriaga Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC:
When a pair of bumbling, out-of-work musicians, accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day gangster murders, they disguise themselves as women and join up with a travelling all-womens' band to escape the mobsters after them.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon Runtime: 120 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
The young cadets at a military academy stage an uprising and seige control of the campus, when they find out their treasured school is to be closed down and sold off to developers.
Dir: Harold Becker Cast: George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Sean Penn Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC:
After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
Dir: Phillip Noyce Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Thriller Rating: TV-14 CC:
Set in the 1920s, two Midwest teenagers fall in love, are frightened by their physical desires and struggle to navigate their feelings of sexual repression.
Dir: Elia Kazan Cast: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle Runtime: 124 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
Young Paula Alquist has given up a promising singing career to marry Gregory Anton. Deeply in love, she refuses to believe - then cannot convince anyone else - that her new husband is a thief who murdered her aunt, that everyone in her household is plotting to kill her...and that something evil will happen every time she ...sees a dimming of the Gaslight.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
In post-WWII Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists can identify a suspected spy among them, but some prisoners try to outwit the interrogators and the armed guards and flee.
Dir: Frank Loyd Cast: Ruth Roman, Edmond O'Brien, Richard Jaeckel Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC:
When lovely singer Amanda Cooper has trouble accepting the marriage proposals of her beau, Stephen Arden, he calls upon his psychiatrist friend Dr. Tony Flagg to analyze her. Though Tony initially tries to maintain a typical doctor/patient relationship, it's not long before he's falling for Amanda. After a session of hypnosis, ...Amanda remains stuck in a happy-go-lucky state, leaving her disarmingly footloose and fancy-free.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy Runtime: 80 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a famous musical theater duo, but an argument on the opening night of their newest Broadway show reveals previously unspoken resentments. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh, so when flirtatious playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout suggests she play the lead in his new drama about Sarah Bernhardt, ...she separates from Josh and endeavors to become a serious actress. Can producer Ezra Miller reunite the duo?
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant Runtime: 108 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, a light tale which follows the large clan from Rhode Island to New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes and hardships experienced by particularly large families. Frank Gilbreth, Sr., was a pioneer in the field of motion study, and he often used his family as guinea ...pigs with amusing results. Somewhat of a traditionalist, Frank resisted popular culture, and spent much time railing against his daughters' desires for bobbed hair and cosmetics.
Dir: Walter Lang Cast: Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
A large proportion of the most commercially successful American films are quickly forgotten. A tiny fraction, however, are truly memorable, lasting from one generation to another. Using iconic scenes from many of these classic films, this series explores films that were both popular and memorable. In this episode, ...Howard Suber asks why this small minority continues to have such power.
Dir: Laura Gabbert Cast: Howard Suber Runtime: 40 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Nearly all memorable stories, whether told in movies or in real life, are about traps. The most memorable are generally about the loss, sacrifice, and ultimate triumph the central character must engage in to escape their trap.
Dir: Laura Gabbert Cast: Howard Suber Runtime: 45 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
There’s no such thing as an interesting character; there are only interesting character relationships. But, as is true for religions, myths, and the longest-lasting dramas, the structure of most memorable dramatic plots centers on a single individual, around whom all the most important action and the other characters revolve.
Dir: Laura Gabbert Cast: Howard Suber Runtime: 40 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Memorable films tend to be a compensation for what we don’t see much of in the real world— justice, commitment, and altruism. Film drama frequently treats the central characters as if they were heroes or villains, but often the two are very much alike.
Dir: Laura Gabbert Cast: Howard Suber Runtime: 40 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
In almost every memorable film, things are not what they seem, and learning the truth about characters and situations creates much of the tension in the film. Often, the truth of the film is quite paradoxical, which is what makes us want to keep watching.
Dir: Laura Gabbert Cast: Howard Suber Runtime: 40 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Although it’s often said that in order to succeed, a Hollywood film has to have a happy ending, when you look at the most memorable love stories it’s astonishing how many of them end with the separation or death of one or both lovers. Often, the paradox underlying the film helps explain why they stick in our memories.
Dir: Laura Gabbert Cast: Howard Suber Runtime: 40 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
A happily-married, middle-aged husband and wife strain their marriage while serving as trial attorneys on opposite sides of the same headline-making attempted murder-marital case. He is the prosecutor, and she is the defender.
Dir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
Documentary following the stars of Monty Python as they reunite for a final time to stage a marathon ten shows in ten days in July, 2014, at The O2 arena in London.
Dir: Roger Graef, James Rogan Cast: Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC:
This reunion show features the five surviving members of Monty Python, with Graham Chapman's ashes in attendance. The Pythons look back at their work and receive an American Film Industry award. It also features some memorable moments, including when Gilliam "accidently" kicked over the urn. Hosted by Robert Klein and featuring ...a cameo by Eddie Izzard.
Dir: Paul Miller Cast: Robert Klein, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam Runtime: 58 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC:
Chapter 9 of The Wolf Dog 1933 serial. When a boy's guardian secretly plots to steal his inheritance, only his radio operator friend and wolf-dog companion stand between him and disaster.
Dir: Colbert Clark, Harry L. Fraser Cast: Rin Tin Tin Jr., Frankie Darro, Boots Mallory Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC:
Popeye dislikes bullfighting but when Olive makes eyes at him he forgets all and finds himself in the arena with the bull. His efforts to convince the bull that he won't hurt him are useless and after much punishment he calls on his trusty spinach to subdue the bull.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky Cast: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
Dir: Charles Walters Cast: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
Sidney Bruhl is a formerly successful writer of Broadway thrillers who is trying to recover from the failure of his latest play. When Sidney returns to his wife Myra, a rich woman with a heart problem who is prone to hysterics, he tells her of his jealousy and humiliation upon the receipt of the first play of a former student. ...The play is called Deathtrap, and it is brilliant. Sidney's wife is horrified when he decides to lure the young writer to their East Hampton home in order to murder him and pretend that the play is his own work. But this is just the beginning of an intense game of twists and secrets.
Dir: Sidney Lumet Cast: Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y