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This campy yet compelling horror classic stars none other than the legendary Bela Lugosi as Dr. James Brewster who embarks on an ill-fated endeavor to find an antidote after he turns himself into a...

This campy yet compelling horror classic stars none other than the legendary Bela Lugosi as Dr. James Brewster who embarks on an ill-fated endeavor to find an antidote after he turns himself into a hairy, stooped-over ape-man. When Dr. Brewster discovers that the key ingredient of the antidote is recently drawn human spinal fluid, he is abandoned by his assistant and must rely on the help of his captive gorilla to aid him in his search for an appropriate donor.

Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor reprise their father/daughter roles in this sequel to the popular Father of the Bride. This time around Stanley Banks (Tracy) finds himself resisting the idea of...

Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor reprise their father/daughter roles in this sequel to the popular Father of the Bride. This time around Stanley Banks (Tracy) finds himself resisting the idea of becoming a grandfather, and soon finds himself in a series of comical misadventures involving his new grandson. Legendary director Vincente Minnelli shot this charming family film in a mere 22 days in 1950, the same year he directed his classic An American in Paris. The cast includes Joan Bennett,...

This is the movie you saw as a kid but can't remember the title! Lon Chaney Jr. stars as "Butcher" Benton, a con who goes to his execution vowing to kill his former partners in crime. When his...

This is the movie you saw as a kid but can't remember the title! Lon Chaney Jr. stars as "Butcher" Benton, a con who goes to his execution vowing to kill his former partners in crime. When his corpse is inadvertently brought back to life during a scientific experiment, he makes good on his deadly promises! This oddball feature was directed by Jack Pollexfen, a former newspaperman turned screenwriter, whose credits include Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, and The Man From Planet X...

During the height of the Great Depression, a scavenger hunt party game brings a pair of spoiled sisters, Irene and Cornelia Bullock (Carole Lombard and Gail Patrick) to a city dump looking for a...

During the height of the Great Depression, a scavenger hunt party game brings a pair of spoiled sisters, Irene and Cornelia Bullock (Carole Lombard and Gail Patrick) to a city dump looking for a "forgotten man." They find down-and-out hobo Godfrey Parks (William Powell), who accompanies one of the sisters back to the party to be presented as a scavenger hunt find, and ends up warily accepting her offer to become the family butler. Irene falls for Godfrey, but is unaware of his mysterious past....

Poor Bulldog Drummond. All he wants to do is marry sweetheart, but when a London bank is robbed by hoodlums, he's called into action again! John Howard stars as the gallant Capt. Drummond, while...

Poor Bulldog Drummond. All he wants to do is marry sweetheart, but when a London bank is robbed by hoodlums, he's called into action again! John Howard stars as the gallant Capt. Drummond, while Heather Angel, H.B. Warner and Reginald Denny round out the cast for director James Hogan, the man behind several of the Drummond films, as well as many Ellery Queen titles and The Mad Ghoul!

In this debut from the East Side Kids, the gang teams up with Detective O'Day (Leon Ames) to help get Danny's brother off a murder charge. But they'll have to catch the real killer, a gang leader...

In this debut from the East Side Kids, the gang teams up with Detective O'Day (Leon Ames) to help get Danny's brother off a murder charge. But they'll have to catch the real killer, a gang leader called "Mileaway" (Dennis Moore) because he always seems to be "a mile away" whenever a crime is committed! Ironically, none of the actors who made up the eventual East Side Kids gang would appear until the next film in the series.

Cotton farmer Sam Tucker (Zachary Scott) struggles to raise his crop as he battles the weather, illnesses, floods, and a jealous neighbor. Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi, Norman Lloyd,...

Cotton farmer Sam Tucker (Zachary Scott) struggles to raise his crop as he battles the weather, illnesses, floods, and a jealous neighbor. Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi, Norman Lloyd, and Estelle Taylor star in this compelling drama from renowned French director Jean Renoir (The Rules of the Game, Grand Illusion). The film received two Oscar nominations, one for Renoir, and one for Warner Janssen's musical score...

Randolph Scott (Ride the High Country) stars as Clint Belmet, the leader of a wagon train on the way to Oregon. Along the route he and his crew deal with various hardships, including Indian attacks...

Randolph Scott (Ride the High Country) stars as Clint Belmet, the leader of a wagon train on the way to Oregon. Along the route he and his crew deal with various hardships, including Indian attacks and a fellow named Murdock (Monte Blue) who is out to stop them at any cost. With a cast that includes the likes of Gail Patrick and Billy Lee, this adventure saga was based on a novel by the western master, Zane Grey (Riders of the Purple Sage, Fighting Caravans). Trivia note: The film's original...

Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle swinger finds himself in Guatemala, searching for a friend whose plane crashed near a great lost city. While there, he becomes involved in the search for an important...

Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle swinger finds himself in Guatemala, searching for a friend whose plane crashed near a great lost city. While there, he becomes involved in the search for an important totem which allegedly holds an ancient formula for a super explosive! Culled from a 12 chapter serial, this feature starred US Olympic shot putter Herman Brix (aka Bruce Bennet) as Tarzan, and is the only Tarzan film between the silent era and the 1960s to present the character as Burroughs meant him...

Keye Luke steps into the role of Mr. Wong, the celebrated detective. This time Wong is investigating the murder of a famous architect. This little pearl from Monogram Pictures, which also stars...

Keye Luke steps into the role of Mr. Wong, the celebrated detective. This time Wong is investigating the murder of a famous architect. This little pearl from Monogram Pictures, which also stars Grant Withers and Lotus Long, was directed by Phil Rosen, a well known director of the silent film era who later became known for directing many of Monogram's Charlie Chan movies. Also, keep an ear open for the musical score by five time Oscar nominee Edward Kay!

An unholy alliance! Marking the feature film debut of one of Hollywood's most influential and widely referenced auteur directors, Sam Peckinpah, The Deadly Companions centers on a redemptive journey...

An unholy alliance! Marking the feature film debut of one of Hollywood's most influential and widely referenced auteur directors, Sam Peckinpah, The Deadly Companions centers on a redemptive journey to escort a funeral procession through dangerous Indian Territory. Featuring fine work from a top-notch cast that includes the inimitable Maureen O'Hara at the height of her illustrious career, Peckinpah's first foray into film provides a promising glance into the energetic and violent nature of...

The films Buster Keaton starred in at MGM during the 1930s are often dismissed as inferior to the work he did during the silent era, but the truth is that many of them are delightful. In Speak...

The films Buster Keaton starred in at MGM during the 1930s are often dismissed as inferior to the work he did during the silent era, but the truth is that many of them are delightful. In Speak Easily he plays a shy professor who inherits some money, falls for a showgirl, and decides to become a Broadway producer. Jimmy Durante, and Hedda Hopper also star in this feature from director Edward Sedgwick, who happened to be behind some of Keaton's best movies, including The Cameraman and Spite...

From Monogram Pictures comes this bullet-ridden tale of a ruthless gangster who matches wits with a dedicated District Attorney. This exiting feature stars Anne Nagel ( Black Friday) and Robert kent...

From Monogram Pictures comes this bullet-ridden tale of a ruthless gangster who matches wits with a dedicated District Attorney. This exiting feature stars Anne Nagel ( Black Friday) and Robert kent (The Phantom Creeps), with directing by Lambert Hillyer, one of the top names of the Poverty Row period. His other notable works include Dracula's Daughter (1936), and the first Batman serial in 1943.

While her husband is serving in the military during World War II, a young wife starts her own advertising business. She's a success, but a hitch develops when her husband returns and expects her to...

While her husband is serving in the military during World War II, a young wife starts her own advertising business. She's a success, but a hitch develops when her husband returns and expects her to become a housewife again. Director Albert Rogell(In Old Oklahoma, Hit Parade of 1943) spins an amusing tale that was quite timely in its day, with help from a strong cast that includes Lynne Roberts, Warren Douglas, and Gerald Mohr, plus cinematography by Hollywood ace John Alton.

A shadowy hand through a veiled door and doom! This pre-Code murder mystery whodunit features a veritable rogues gallery of B-Movie performers, all playing suspects in a brutal murder that takes...

A shadowy hand through a veiled door and doom! This pre-Code murder mystery whodunit features a veritable rogues gallery of B-Movie performers, all playing suspects in a brutal murder that takes place during a game of charades at a society party. When more bodies begin to fall, a brilliant criminologist teams up with the police to track down the ruthless and clever killer who perpetrated the crimes. Full of intriguing twists and turns, Murder at Midnight is the quintessential house party...

This explosive feature from director Samuel Bischoff (the producer of such favorites as The Roaring Twenties and Macao) stars Howard Phillips in a tale of wrongly imprisoned men, prison riots, and...

This explosive feature from director Samuel Bischoff (the producer of such favorites as The Roaring Twenties and Macao) stars Howard Phillips in a tale of wrongly imprisoned men, prison riots, and friends sticking together to prove a man's innocence. In the tradition of classic Depression-era prison movies like The Big House, this feature will hit you like a dramatic thunderbolt!

Former NFL star Fred Williamson (making his debut as a director) is Johnny Barrows, a soldier dishonorably discharged from the army. He returns home to encounter racism, violence, and an escalating...

Former NFL star Fred Williamson (making his debut as a director) is Johnny Barrows, a soldier dishonorably discharged from the army. He returns home to encounter racism, violence, and an escalating mafia war. Naturally, a man with Barrows' rough background is hired as a mob enforcer. This brutal, blazing, blasting epic also stars Roddy McDowell, Stuart Whitman, and Elliot Gould.

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa use an exotic woman to vanquish the enemy in this forgotten gem from director Henry Hathaway (Niagara, How the West Was Won). The film stars Bruce Cabot, George...

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa use an exotic woman to vanquish the enemy in this forgotten gem from director Henry Hathaway (Niagara, How the West Was Won). The film stars Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, Harry Carey, Cedric Hardwicke, Dorothy Dandridge, and the lovely Gene Tierney as Zia, the mystery woman. How did she end up among the natives? With a musical score by the great Miklos Rozsa (Ben Hur, The Thief of Bagdad) and cinematography by Oscar winner Charles Lang (A Farewell to Arms),...

Bing Crosby fans will be intrigued by this selection of scenes from early Crosby shorts woven together to create a fictional biography of one Hollywood's biggest stars. Director Bud Pollard appears...

Bing Crosby fans will be intrigued by this selection of scenes from early Crosby shorts woven together to create a fictional biography of one Hollywood's biggest stars. Director Bud Pollard appears as the narrator, while the king of the crooners sings such songs as 'One More Chance', and 'Wrap Your troubles in Dreams'.

Director Norman Z McLeod was best known for wild comedies starring the likes of Bob Hope and the Marx Brothers, but he showed his more serious side with Little Men, Louisa May Alcott's sequel to...

Director Norman Z McLeod was best known for wild comedies starring the likes of Bob Hope and the Marx Brothers, but he showed his more serious side with Little Men, Louisa May Alcott's sequel to Little Women. Jo (Kay Francis) is grown and married, teaching at the financially strapped Plumfield School for boys. Can two local con men keep the school from going under! Also, look for the screen debut of Elsie the Cow, best known for her ads for the Borden Milk Co. As Buttercup, Elsie showed she...

Captain Scarlett returns from gallivanting around the country-side after the Napoleonic wars and finds life in southern France very different. He saves a beautiful princess from an arranged marriage...

Captain Scarlett returns from gallivanting around the country-side after the Napoleonic wars and finds life in southern France very different. He saves a beautiful princess from an arranged marriage to an evil count, protects many of the people from being persecuted by the Duke of Corlais, and eventually rids the country of the scourge of Corlais' power.

This Oscar winner for Best Documentary was the official World War II Government film statement identifying the various enemies of the Allies. It was the first film in Frank Capra's seven film Why We...

This Oscar winner for Best Documentary was the official World War II Government film statement identifying the various enemies of the Allies. It was the first film in Frank Capra's seven film Why We Fight film series, and is preserved at the National Film Registry as mandated by the United States Library of Congress. Featuring narration by Walter Huston, plus archival footage of Adolph Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and many other key figures of the time, Prelude to War is highlighted by...

Rudolph Valentino stars as Juan Gallardo, the poor young man who goes against his mother's wishes and becomes a toreador. His fame leads him into the arms of two women -- his childhood sweetheart...

Rudolph Valentino stars as Juan Gallardo, the poor young man who goes against his mother's wishes and becomes a toreador. His fame leads him into the arms of two women -- his childhood sweetheart Carmen, and the Marquis of Guevera's beautiful daughter. Life is never easy for a celebrated bullfighter, especially when played by Valentino, one of the premier pop icons of his day. This film, which also stars Rosa Rosanova and Nita Naldi, was one of the top grossers of 1922. It also inspired the...