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Silent film pioneer Nell Shipman (1892-1970) was born Helen Barham in Canada to middle-class parents. Deciding early on that the life of a housewife was not for her, she started performing on stage...

Silent film pioneer Nell Shipman (1892-1970) was born Helen Barham in Canada to middle-class parents. Deciding early on that the life of a housewife was not for her, she started performing on stage at 13. Nell soon journeyed to Hollywood, where she began acting and writing screenplays for the major studios. In stark opposition to frail, childlike starlets like Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish, Shipman's sturdy Amazonian physique meant that she often came to the rescue of her male co-stars at...

Chivalrous cowboy Blaze Howell (Ken Maynard) thinks he's stopping a train robbery in progress. It turns out that the holdup is a gag concocted by passenger Collins and his ranch manager Owens to...

Chivalrous cowboy Blaze Howell (Ken Maynard) thinks he's stopping a train robbery in progress. It turns out that the holdup is a gag concocted by passenger Collins and his ranch manager Owens to impress Collins' wild-west crazy daughter Doris. The hoax backfires, however, when it's discovered that the train has been robbed and the train's messenger shot dead! Stranger-in-town Blaze is accused of the crimes. When the train loot is discovered in an abandoned shack, Blaze sets up a trap to catch...

Where's My Man, To-Nite? (1943, B&W): Young Rodney Tucker Jr. is leading an aimless life. His out-spoken grandfather Samuel Tucker, a decorated army veteran, thinks the military would do the boy...

Where's My Man, To-Nite? (1943, B&W): Young Rodney Tucker Jr. is leading an aimless life. His out-spoken grandfather Samuel Tucker, a decorated army veteran, thinks the military would do the boy good, but Rodney wants nothing to do with wearing a uniform. Uncle Sam has his own ideas, and a surprising piece of mail arrives, "inviting" Rodney to visit his local draft board. Boot camp rubs Rodney the wrong way and he soon goes AWOL. But if Grandpa Tucker has anything to say about it, Rodney will...

THE EROTIC TOUCH OF HOT SKIN (1966): "The erotic touch of hot skin...that arouses the animal passions in man...that torments the mind and drives it to a fever of desire...that dispels reason and...

THE EROTIC TOUCH OF HOT SKIN (1966): "The erotic touch of hot skin...that arouses the animal passions in man...that torments the mind and drives it to a fever of desire...that dispels reason and drives man and woman to the peaks of ecstasy, or the depths of debauchery...that can lead to anything...even murder..." Julian Prentice, a millionaire who lives on the French Riviera, is killed after he discovers his wife Irene with her lover, Mark. They barely have time to dispose of the body before...

Considered to be the best filming of M. Somerset Maugham's poignant novel, the film tells of the ill-fated romance between a well-to-do club-footed medical student and a vulgar waitress. Bette...

Considered to be the best filming of M. Somerset Maugham's poignant novel, the film tells of the ill-fated romance between a well-to-do club-footed medical student and a vulgar waitress. Bette Davis' performance as the lower-class waitress with a Cockney accent is magnificent.

Former outlaw Tex Ryan steps into a bitter feud between a group of ranchers and homesteaders who are fighting each other for control of the frontier. Summoned by his uncle to assist the cattlemen at...

Former outlaw Tex Ryan steps into a bitter feud between a group of ranchers and homesteaders who are fighting each other for control of the frontier. Summoned by his uncle to assist the cattlemen at the Bar Y, Tex arrives to learn that his uncle has been murdered and that he has inherited the ranch. Tensions are mounting between the two factions and Ryan soon figures out the real source of the trouble - Ross Landers, his former employer in criminal enterprise. Using the name Rand Lassiter, he...

Fury originally ran on Saturday mornings on NBC from 1955 to 1960. The stallion Fury (trained by Ralph McCutcheon) became an award-winning star that appeared in other TV shows and movies, and was...

Fury originally ran on Saturday mornings on NBC from 1955 to 1960. The stallion Fury (trained by Ralph McCutcheon) became an award-winning star that appeared in other TV shows and movies, and was the subject of spin-off books, games, and puzzles.Scorched Earth: Hunters from the city carelessly set the forest ablaze, trapping Joey and Fury in a fiery inferno.Joey and the Gypsies: Joey comes to the defense of an innocent family of gypsies, framed by outlaws to cover up their rustling.Joey Saves...

Rex Bell's 1932-33 Monogram Westerns, turned out by the same production team that would shortly achieve great success with John Wayne as its star, are a notch above other independently made horse...

Rex Bell's 1932-33 Monogram Westerns, turned out by the same production team that would shortly achieve great success with John Wayne as its star, are a notch above other independently made horse operas of the early sound period. Exploiting the likability of their amiable star, they films stress comedy, and in addition they eschew timeworn genre conventions in favor of fresh settings and situations. Fighting Texans opens in a clothing store, Lucky Larrigan at a polo match. Both are...

Marian Ramsay realizes that her wealthy husband Michael has lost interest in her on their 19th wedding anniversary together. Still craving romance, she takes up with "Mr. Jaromir", a mysterious...

Marian Ramsay realizes that her wealthy husband Michael has lost interest in her on their 19th wedding anniversary together. Still craving romance, she takes up with "Mr. Jaromir", a mysterious young man who is really the deposed king of the tiny Balkan country of Morania. Their grown daughter Tillie discovers what is going on with her parents and flirts with Jaromir to throw a spanner into the works of her mother's affair. This has the unintended consequence of ruining her relationship with...

Steve Reeves is Hadji Murad, the legendary 19th century Avar/Chechen warrior chieftain who battles his peoples' Tsarist oppressors in this sweeping spectacle loaded with swashbuckling violence,...

Steve Reeves is Hadji Murad, the legendary 19th century Avar/Chechen warrior chieftain who battles his peoples' Tsarist oppressors in this sweeping spectacle loaded with swashbuckling violence, forbidden desire and betrayal.Filmed in Technicolor by acclaimed genre director Mario Bava and brimming with first-rate action sequences, this tale is a frank and even-handed depiction of the effects of the atrocities of war on the peasant class.The source for The White Warrior was Leo Tolstoy's novel...

Messiah of Evil (1973, Color): 100 years ago, a demonic priest from Hell passed through a seaside town, carrying a blood-crazed contagion that reduced all the good citizens to mindless, cannibal...

Messiah of Evil (1973, Color): 100 years ago, a demonic priest from Hell passed through a seaside town, carrying a blood-crazed contagion that reduced all the good citizens to mindless, cannibal zombies. Following a frenzied, flesh-eating orgy, the dark priest walked straight into the sea, promising to return a century later to lead a new zombie apocalypse. This time around, the vile contagion precedes him. As spaced-out followers gather on the beach, awaiting their master's return, the town...

The Great Stone Face of Comedy stars in this extremely rare compilation of his television series Life with Buster Keaton. In each segment, Keaton pursues a different "get rich quick" scheme,...

The Great Stone Face of Comedy stars in this extremely rare compilation of his television series Life with Buster Keaton. In each segment, Keaton pursues a different "get rich quick" scheme, including opening a sporting goods store and running his own theatre company. Disaster inevitably ensues. Along the way, Buster recreates some of the most beloved moments from his films The Butcher Boy (1917), The Cameraman (1928) and Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928). Keaton worked with his longtime colleague...

THE SPIRIT OF 1976 (1935): In the far-flung future of 1976, work is outlawed and people have numbers instead of names. A group of stodgy old codgers -- nostalgic for the days of 9 to 5 -- stage a...

THE SPIRIT OF 1976 (1935): In the far-flung future of 1976, work is outlawed and people have numbers instead of names. A group of stodgy old codgers -- nostalgic for the days of 9 to 5 -- stage a revolt. This parody of a socialist utopia stars a pre-stardom Betty Grable and Walter Woolf King (from the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera.) Directed by Leigh Jason. MELODY IN MAY (1936): Frank Coghlan, Jr. becomes the laughing stock of his high school after he tells everyone he's got a date with...

Loretta Young, the vivacious Oscar-winning actress who was a star on both TV and film, displays her considerable charms in three movies from her long career: "Beau Ideal" (1931), "The Stranger"...

Loretta Young, the vivacious Oscar-winning actress who was a star on both TV and film, displays her considerable charms in three movies from her long career: "Beau Ideal" (1931), "The Stranger" (1946), "Cause For Alarm" (1951).

The Italian "poliziotteschi" film was a new kind of crime picture in ascendance during the 1970s. With hard-bitten loner heroes and brutal, often over-the-top violence, these movies reflected the...

The Italian "poliziotteschi" film was a new kind of crime picture in ascendance during the 1970s. With hard-bitten loner heroes and brutal, often over-the-top violence, these movies reflected the escalating crime rates and political turmoil in Italy at the time. Many of them were popular enough to be dubbed into English and given a theatrical release in the United States. CRIME BOSS (1972): Hitman Antonio Mancuso struggles to make a name for himself in the underworld. Years ago, his mobster...

These sensationalistic - and sometimes shockingly insensitive - vintage documentaries about native Africa are presented for historical purposes only.

These sensationalistic - and sometimes shockingly insensitive - vintage documentaries about native Africa are presented for historical purposes only.

Ken (Ken Maynard), a well-to-do coal miner, takes Mort Clark (Paul Fix), a misguided bandit under his wing. Ken recognizes Mort as the brother of his dream girl, Helen Dayton (Helen Mack), and he...

Ken (Ken Maynard), a well-to-do coal miner, takes Mort Clark (Paul Fix), a misguided bandit under his wing. Ken recognizes Mort as the brother of his dream girl, Helen Dayton (Helen Mack), and he becomes determined to set Mort's life straight. But Mort's judgement remains clouded, and after a few bad hands of poker he's framed into robbing a coach full of gold. With the law hot on his trail, Ken must act fast to uncover who's really behind the caper, before Mort's name is tarnished for...

Debuting in 1949, "Martin Kane" was the first private eye on TV. A tough, no nonsense detective who's seemingly always in over his head, Kane's street smarts help him triumph in the end. A product...

Debuting in 1949, "Martin Kane" was the first private eye on TV. A tough, no nonsense detective who's seemingly always in over his head, Kane's street smarts help him triumph in the end. A product of the dawn of broadcast television, the show was filmed live, giving it a nervous, unpolished energy, heightened by its cool jazz soundtrack. Sponsored by the United States Tobacco Company, the show was filled with vintage tobacco advertisements that were worked into its plot lines. Kane and his...

The Toll of the Sea (1922, Color, Silent):Chinese maiden Lotus Flower (Anna May Wong) rescues shipwrecked Allen Carver when he washes ashore more dead than alive. Although reminded of the old...

The Toll of the Sea (1922, Color, Silent):Chinese maiden Lotus Flower (Anna May Wong) rescues shipwrecked Allen Carver when he washes ashore more dead than alive. Although reminded of the old proverb that the sea extracts twice the pain as whatever amount of joy it provides, she falls in love with the handsome American and eventually marries him. Allen, longing for his own kind, eventually abandons Lotus Flower and returns to the States - unaware that she is pregnant with his child. This loose...

FIFTEEN classic westerns starring John Wayne, the legend himself.

FIFTEEN classic westerns starring John Wayne, the legend himself.

Corrupt trucking tycoon Jim Mallory plots to drive his competition out of business with a series of hijackings. When his scheme fails, Mallory and his innocent wife, Peggy, go on the run to escape a...

Corrupt trucking tycoon Jim Mallory plots to drive his competition out of business with a series of hijackings. When his scheme fails, Mallory and his innocent wife, Peggy, go on the run to escape a police dragnet. With both cops and criminal forces on their tail they split up. Peggy is taken in by a reclusive artist, Bruce Dunning, who unwittingly exposes Peggy's identity. She now finds herself pursued not only by the cops but her husband's criminal associates as well.Female Fugitive was...

Beautiful, talented young Elnora Comstock, estranged from her constantly disparaging mother, gets love and support from a kindly aunt and uncle. With their help she enrolls in a prestigious high...

Beautiful, talented young Elnora Comstock, estranged from her constantly disparaging mother, gets love and support from a kindly aunt and uncle. With their help she enrolls in a prestigious high school and manages to accumulate enough money to attend college. But Elnora's plans for the future are complicated by an ill-fated romance with the village doctor's son and the subsequent theft of her meager savings.A rural drama set in Indiana's swamp country, A Girl of the Limberlost was the most...

When the regular stage magician fails to appear for a scheduled show, Dusty Fletcher shows up in his place by materializing out of thin air in theater manager Dumdome's office. Dusty hasn't quite...

When the regular stage magician fails to appear for a scheduled show, Dusty Fletcher shows up in his place by materializing out of thin air in theater manager Dumdome's office. Dusty hasn't quite mastered the magic show's mysterious stage props-closets that make people vanish. When Dumdom's fiancee, Lola, and her new pearl necklace disappear, the enraged manager tells his secretary, Butterfly McQueen, to call in the police. Fortunately for Dusty, the cops are more clueless than he is, giving...

In the untamed frontier, the law of the Pecos was enforced by one man alone - the irascible Texan, Roy Bean. Edgar Buchanan (Petticoat Junction) stars as the powerful judge who, assisted by his...

In the untamed frontier, the law of the Pecos was enforced by one man alone - the irascible Texan, Roy Bean. Edgar Buchanan (Petticoat Junction) stars as the powerful judge who, assisted by his pretty niece, Letty (Jackie Loughery) and Deputy Jeff Taggard (Jack Buetel), dispenses justice with common sense backed up by a Winchester rifle and a dollop of good humor.This 1956 television series is based on the true-life legend of the real Judge Roy Bean. Infamous in American folklore as "the...