The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) When the intelligent criminal Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider is released from prison, he seeks a fifty thousand-dollar investment from the bookmaker Cobby to recruit a small gang of specialists for a million-dollar heist of jewels from a jewelry. Doc is introduced to
Julius Caesar (1953)
Julius Caesar (1953) Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar, because they believe his ambition will lead to tyranny. The people of Rome are on their side until Antony, Caesar's right-hand man, makes a moving speech. The conspirators are driven from Rome, and two armies are form
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950) A story very loosely based on the love story of Annie Oakley and Frank Butler who meet at a shooting match. Fabulous music although the lead characters have virtually nothing to do with the actual historical figures. Annie joins Frank Butler in Col. Cody's Wild West Show. T
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
Two Weeks with Love (1950)
Two Weeks with Love (1950) The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti is at a disadvantage because her parents think she is too young for boys. But with
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 Edmond Dantes is imprisoned in the Chateau dIf without trial, for carrying a message from Napoleon in exile on Elba After being told that he died in prison, his fiance Mercedes is forced to marry his rival Count Mondego Twenty years later, Dantes escapes with the help
The Prodigal (1955)
The Prodigal (1955) A young Hebrew named Micah, unsatisfied with his father's rural life, demands his inheritance so he can try his luck in the city. Once in the city he falls under the spell of a beautiful pagan priestess who induces him to squander his money and betray his faith. Only after many t
The Red Pony (1949)
The Red Pony (1949) In the coast range mountains on the western edge of the Salinas Valley is a ranch where Tom, a lad of about ten, longs for a pony. He lives with his mom, who was born there, her dad, a talkative pioneer who misses the old West, Tom's dad Fred Tiflin, who comes from the city and a
Too Wise Wives (1921)
Too Wise Wives 1921 Marie, wife of David Graham, is so devoted to her husband that he wearies of her constant attempts to please him and criticizes her Sara, a former sweetheart of Davids who has selfishly married for wealth, secretly determines to lure him from Marie When forced to keep an overnigh
Frisco Jenny (1932)
Frisco Jenny 1932 Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of a prosperous bawdy house She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses When her underling Dutton proposes telling the DA t
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
The Man with a Cloak 1951 In 1848, a young Frenchwoman, Madeline Minot, goes to New York City to see Thevenet, the grandfather of her fiance Thevenet had been with Napoleon and may be sympathetic to the political aims of his grandson She finds the old man in very bad spirits, living in a large house
Devils Doorway (1950)
Devils Doorway 1950 US Army Sgt Major Lance Poole, a Shoshone Indian, returns home from the Civil War a highly decorated war hero, his intention being to live a quiet life on the family farm outside Big Horn in the Wyoming Territory being a cattle rancher His family has been able to live the dream o