Old Yeller (1957)
A boy brings a yellow dog home. The dog loves the family as much as they love him, but can the love last ?
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me It is towards this climactic crossroads that the story of Jesus of Nazareth leads, and to which, at the final moment, it again looks back in triumphant retrospect It is the anguishing crossroads where the eternal questions of faith and doubt become resolved
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960) A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. They are forced to remain on the island because of the damage to the ship and the pirates that are roaming the islands. They create a home on the island (centering around a huge tree house) and
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
The Spiral Staircase (1946) In 1916, beautiful young mute Helen is a domestic worker for elderly, ailing Mrs. Warren. Mrs. Warren's two adult sons, Albert (a professor) and womanizing impudent Steven, also live in the Warren mansion. Mrs. Warren becomes concerned for Helen's safety when a rash of mu
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Friendly Persuasion (1956) The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religous sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight,
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) Three American women working in Rome, Italy, share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage, each experiencing a few bumps in their journeys to romance.
The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
The Enchanted Cottage (1945) A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them.
Trial (1955)
Trial (1955) The story of a murder trial where a Mexican boy is accused of the death of a Caucasian girl. The two-faced attorney (Arthur Kennedy) who takes the boy's case is only interested in defending him so he can exploit his Communist-backed organization for their own underhanded purposes. He an
Till the End of Time (1946)
Till the End of Time (1946) Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Rus
I Want You (1951)
I Want You (1951) In 1950, life as usual in a middle-American town. Cold War paranoia is beginning; the young men's biggest concern is the draft board and deferments from the peacetime army. Then the Korean War begins, and the Greer family starts to worry: kid brother Jack, courting the lovely daugh
Gentlemans Agreement (1947)
Gentlemans Agreement (1947) Philip Green is a highly respected writer who is recruited by a national magazine to write a series of articles on anti-Semitism in America. He's not too keen on the series, mostly because he's not sure how to tackle the subject. Then it dawns on him: if he was to pretend
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible fro
Mister 880 (1950)
Mister 880 (1950) The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.
Make Haste to Live (1954)
Make Haste to Live (1954) Crystal 'Chris' Benson, a single mother in a small New Mexico town, senses a shadowy menace stalking her in the night. She acquires a gun and makes arrangements anticipating her own death, tape-recording a message for her teenage daughter which (in flashback) tells of her i
Summer Magic (1963)
Summer Magic 1963 Disney musical about Margaret Carey Dorothy McGuire, a Bostonian widow and her three children who move to Maine Postmaster Ostia Osh Popham Burl Ives helps them move into a run down old house and fixes it up for them Its not entirely uninhabited, though The owner, a Mr Tom Hamilton
A Summer Place (1959)
A Summer Place 1959 The Hunter family has long owned a mansion on Pine Island, a summer resort located off the Maine coast Bart Hunters now deceased father was able to open the mansion for free when Bart was younger But current owner Bart, a drunkard and weak man, must now live there year round for
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Callaway Went Thataway 1951 Two smart marketing people, Mike Frye Fred MacMurray and Deborah Patterson Dorothy McGuire, resurrect some old movies starring cowboy Smoky Callaway Howard Keel and put them on television The movies are a big hit and the star is in demand Unfortunately, no one can find hi