Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the use of 3-D technology in Inferno (1953) and the advent of CinemaScope, in 1953 in the film The Robe (1953).
Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore “turn the world on with her smile,” as her show’s theme song declared, she also influenced a generation of women to become more independent and to pursue successful and fulfilling careers. Moore’s own 50-plus-year career has spanned award-winning films and Broadway shows, as well as two beloved television series that broke ground and continue to entertain viewers. This one-hour special includes highlights from a recent interview with Mary Tyler Moore, tributes from her co-stars and clips from iconic moments throughout her career. The program looks at her breakthrough role on The Dick Van Dyke Show, her iconic turn as TV's first independent career woman on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and her Academy Award-nominated work on Ordinary People.
Self (archive footage)
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Mr. Clancy (uncredited)
La madre superiora de la escuela San Francis está chapada a la antigua. La llegada del lugar de monjas jóvenes, entre las que destaca la hermana George, la obliga a tener que modernizarse en algunos aspectos. Así, cede ante la idea de realizar un viaje en autobús por Estados Unidos con las alumnas, lo que supondrá toda una odisea.
Michael Moynihan
Missouri, 1843. El senador William J. Tadlock busca voluntarios que lo acompañen hasta Oregón. Será un viaje largo y lleno de penalidades, que exige atravesar territorio indio. Entre los primeros que se unen a la caravana está la familia de Lije Evans, un granjero sediento de aventuras, los recién casados Johnnie y Amada Mack y varios comerciantes de Independence.
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
Self ("Love Nest") (archive footage) (uncredited)
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films, including wardrobe tests and clips from her last, uncompleted project, "Something's Got To Give". Hosted and narrated by Rock Hudson.
Bob Gage
Varios profesionales toman parte en una experiencia piloto para saber si el ser humano es capaz de vivir normalmente en una ciudad sumergida.
Peter Duncan
Intrigue and smuggling in the English Channel.
Dr. Richard Donald Stanton
Three men gamble their lives in space to change the history of the world
Host
A Christmas Carol was written in London by Charles Dickens in 1843. Since that time it has been the subject of countless adaptations for theatrical productions, radio, film, television, and even the opera! This musical version, adapted by Maxwell Anderson for the television show Shower of Stars, features Fredric March (The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit) as the misanthropic Ebenezer Scrooge, who's redemption comes after a ghostly night-time journey through his Christmas Past, Present and Future, and March received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal. The great Basil Rathbone (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) co-stars as the ghost of Scrooge's dead partner Jacob Marley, in what many consider to be the best and most chilling portrayal of Marley ever.
Robert Burton
In the Southern Mexican jungle, an adventurous archaeologist is accompanied by an equally daring female photographer in a search for a lost Toltec city. They engage a guide to lead them on their expedition, and soon find themselves in the jungle's depths, far from civilization. Soon both the guide and the archaeologist are vying for the affection of the photographer. They must all deal with enormous danger and sacrifice before their quest is complete.
Joseph Duncan
Una mujer y su amante abandonan al millonario marido de la primera en el desierto, con una pierna rota y con el objetivo de deshacerse de él. El hombre, interpretado por Robert Ryan, tendrá que iniciar una auténtica lucha por la supervivencia y por volver a la civilización para vengarse.
Lucilius
El drama de Antonio y Cleopatra, con bajo presupuesto y filmado en los sets de SALOMÉ (1953) de Rita Hayworth.
Capt. W.W. 'Bill' Willoby
War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize.
Matt Reagan
Two sets of parents frantically race to stop their eloping children's wedding.
Jim Scott
En Nueva York, durante la postguerra, Jim tiene que trabajar en su novela, pero se marcha unos días para servir al ejército. Mientras tanto, su novia Connie alquila una habitación a un amigo de Jim, un joven muy agradable.
Major Marc Bennett
Victoria, tras sobrevivir en un campo de concentración nazi, suplanta la identidad de su mejor amiga fallecida, la cual tiene un hijo en los Estados Unidos del cual se ocupa una acaudalada tía. En San Francisco, se casa con Alan, un familiar lejano que ha adoptado al niño tras el fallecimiento de la tía.
Rev. William Asbury Thompson
William Thompson, un predicador ambulante, y su esposa Mary Elizabeth se instalan en un pueblecito de Georgia. Todo va bien hasta que se detecta una epidemia que amenaza a toda la población.
William Spencer
I'll Get By is an updated remake of the 1940 20th Century-Fox musical Tin Pan Alley. William Lundigan and Dennis Day play William Spencer and Freddie Lee respectively, successful song publishers who make hits out of such numbers as "I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", "Deep in the Heart of Texas", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "There Will Never Be Another You", and other favorites (the rights to all of these songs were conveniently held by 20th Century-Fox). The partnership has some hard times, especially during the feud between ASCAP and the radio networks, when only public-domain songs like "I Dream of Jeannie" were permitted to be broadcast.
Dr. William Wright
Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite warnings from a host of other doctor's wives that she will be neglected and lonely, thanks to his career. Based on the novel The Doctor Has Three Faces by Mary Bard and billed as a movie with "all the answers" for new wives, this dated little film follows Jane's struggles to adapt her life to better suit her husband's needs.
Dr. Thomas Adams
Una mujer negra de piel clara se hace pasar por blanca, pero no le será tan fácil ocultar su verdadera raza cuando regresa a su hogar natal en Mississippi, una ciudad llena de fanatismo, prejuicios y racismo.
Harry Grant
El teniente de policía Harry Grant persigue implacablemente a un asesino en serie, conocido como "El Juez", que desde hace meses tiene aterrorizada a la ciudad. Sin embargo, todas las pistas le conducen a un callejón sin salida. El caso se complicará todavía más cuando una reportera decida también seguir los pasos del criminal.
Ken
Un funcionario del servicio de inteligencia estadounidense debe viajar hasta China. Una vez allí, su misión será tratar de evitar la ejecución de un grupo de rehenes norteamericanos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Steve Hastings
El detective de seguros Steve Hastings viaja a México para investigar la desaparición de un compañero de profesión. Su primera pista es la atractiva hermana del agente, Victoria, a la que sigue hasta México DF, tras ganarse su confianza, Steve ayuda a Vicki a resolver el misterio... y algo más.
Waldo "Bill" Williams
Un agente de cobro llega a un pequeño pueblo con 1000 dólares para un granjero. Mientras espera a que el agricultor llegue, el dinero es guardado en una caja fuerte de un hotel. Sin embargo, el dinero se saca por error y solventa un serie de problemas antes de ser devuelto.
Jack Garet
Madeleine Damien es editora de una elegante revista de Manhattan durante el día y el alma de la fiesta por la noche. La presión de su trabajo y su mala suerte con los hombres la están llevando cuesta abajo, por lo que decide buscar la ayuda de un psiquiátra, quien le recomienda romper con todo, abandonar su trabajo, cambiar de barrio y de nombre. En su nuevo hogar empieza a interesarse en la pintura y en un guapo vecino, pero éste pronto descubre su pasado cuando un antiguo pretendiente la implica en un crimen.
Bob Burton
La historia de Tommy y Jimmy Dorsey desde su infancia en Pensilvania a través de su ascenso, su ruptura y su reunión personal.
Narrator (voice)
Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa.
Rufus Cleveland
It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.
Michael Banyan
In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totally obliterated. The trouble begins when a stranger visits a small town and tells them that the U.S. is going to be taken over by a powerful country. The story turns out to be true when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The town then rises up and slaughters a Japanese raiding party.
Alvin F. Peterson
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
Jeff Willis
La vida de Andy es perfecta: tiene dinero, la familia está bien, ha renunciado a las chicas e irá a la Universidad en unos días. Antes de marcharse, vende su coche a sus amigos, su hermana le pide que interceda en la sentencia de su novio por conducir ebrio, conocerá a Sheila y se comprometerá con dos chicas al mismo tiempo.
James Kevin Gardiner
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.
Tom Folliard
The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the station with a valuable box of cargo, and the outlaw brother soon shows up, though denying that he's planning to take the cargo box. Soon, however, rampaging Apaches attack the station, and the station manager, his brother and a disparate group of passengers and employees must fight them off.
Ken Burke
La rutina de un grupo de boxeadores novatos que viven en una casa de huéspedes se ve alterada cuando llega la hermosa Judy Galestrum. Están muy interesados por ella el joven estudiante Ken Burke y el fornido sueco Olaf Jensen. La rivalidad entre los dos amigos los lleva inevitablemente a enfrentarse en el ring.
Jeff Willis
Ante el divorcio de sus padres, una adolescente decide irse a vivir con su padre.
Joe 'Joey' Hanson
An old-time cavalry sergeant's resistance to change could cost him his post.
Chuck Stephens
If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.
Lt. Rog Wilkins
The true story of the exploits of the RAF's (Royal Air Force) foreign legion battling the German Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany's Air Force) during the early months of 1941 during WWII before America officially entered the war at the end of the year when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan and Hitler declared war on the United States. The United States then drafted all of their airmen and fighter pilot aces into the United States Air Force for their own combat missions against the Luftwaffe
Dave Warren
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
Peter Kennedy
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
Richard Amesworth
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
Jim Moore
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.
Bob Holliday
Como castigo por una pelea con sus compañeros días antes de graduarse en West Point, Jeb Stuart, George Armstrong Custer y cuatro amigos más, son destinados al Segundo de Caballería, estacionado en Fort Leavenworth. Durante su estancia allí, deberán participar en la captura y ejecución del abolicionista, John Brown, tras la Batalla de Harper Ferry.
Nicholas Antonio 'Nick' Lorenzo
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
Thomas Stanton
This drama is "dedicated to the soldiers of the United States Army." Men with diverse backgrounds enlist in the army and are all assigned to the same post. Some adapt easily to army life, while others have trouble making the adjustment.
Danny Logan
Clásico del género de piratas en el que un pletórico Errol Flynn interpreta a un bucanero inglés del siglo XVI al que la reina Isabel I concede patente de corso para abordar la flota española y atacar y saquear sus ciudades en el Nuevo Mundo. Las autoridades españolas elaboran un plan para acabar con el temido pirata. El maestro Curtiz deja su sello con una perfecta narración y espectaculares batallas navales.
Johnny Forbes
A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. Director Vincent Sherman's 1940 crime melodrama stars George Brent, William Lundigan, Richard Barthelmess, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Henry Armetta, George Tobias, John Litel, Alan Baxter, Louis Jean Heydt, Clarence Kolb, Sam McDaniel and Mary Gordon.
Bill Brown
World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.
Michael Flaherty
Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally surprised when he's asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force. He's even more unprepared for the romance that develops between his favorite daughter, Maureen, and the Scottish cop who takes over his beat.
Timmy Wynn
Un chico de Brooklyn se alista al ejército, en el regimiento "Fighting 69th", para luchar contra los alemanes en la I Guerra Mundial. Su actitud de prepotencia e insubordinación en los entrenamientos le pone en contra de todos excepto del padre Francis Duffy, también soldado -y personaje que existión en la vida real-, que intenta ayudarle en todo momento. Ya en la guerra, a la hora de luchar, el joven comprobará que ésta es más horrible de lo que pensaba... (FILMAFFINITY)
Ralph Perry
A group of pilots, because of unsavory or unearned reputations, establish an outpost squadron of their own, led by "Loop" Gillian, running charter-flights and hauling supplies in the frozen wastelands of Alaska. The operation does not go without misadventures, foul-ups, and a bit of treachery tossed in.
Lanning Halsey
Cuando Delia Lovell (Miriam Hopkins) está punto de casarse con Jim Ralston, su antiguo novio Clement Spender (George Brent) aparece, y entonces su hermana Charlotte (Bette Davis) tratará de calmarle, al tiempo que sabremos que también ella está enamorada del visitante, quien pronto se ira a la guerra dejàndole como herencia un recuerdo eterno.
Terence Kennedy
A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.
Steve Lewis
In this crime drama, the owner and chief editor of a newspaper gets together with two college pals and begins looking into the strange death of an old hermit who lived on the fringe of town.
Lee Irving
Kansas, 1866. Wade Hatton intenta imponer el orden y la justicia en Dodge City, una próspera ciudad a la que llega el ferrocarril, pero que está dominada por un cacique y su banda de pistoleros. En su empeño le ayuda Abby Irving, la sobrina del médico local.
Richard Watkins
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.
Bob Potter
A budding entrepreneur nearly loses everything after his get-rich quick scheme selling "flunk" insurance to his fellow students goes terribly awry.
Larry Dearden
Newspaper man "Scoop" Hanlon is looking for a way out of his assigned women's interest column. The one chance he has is to spend the night in the "blue room" of a haunted mansion where a number of people are gathered for a party. When one of the guests disappears from his room, "Scoop" decides to get to the bottom of things.
Dave Chapman
Trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show. A radio engineer then tries to solve the murder.
Phil
A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.
Pvt. Smith / Bill Clarke
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
Party Guest
Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.
Stanley Shaw
This harmless Universal musical comedy is worth having as one of the few filmed records of legendary Broadway comedian Jimmy Savo (his previous starrer, Once in a Blue Moon, is among the rarest of collector's item). The story proper is carried by Robert Wilcox and Nan Grey, cast as a pair of mismatched lovers who share a common interest in horse racing. Hero and heroine get mixed up in a shady get-rich-quick scheme, which threatens to turns disastrous but which ends up solving everyone's problems.
Rex Leland
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as he talks to his daughter Marian. She summons her fiancé Nick Halstead, a private detective. He finds that six people had a motive for the murder; Rood's sister Mrs. Laura Leland; her son Rex; Rood's associates Mallison and Walling; Esteban, a servant and Dr. Giddings. Sheriff Renick and his deputy Red get the clues all mixed up, but Nick finally narrows the search down to one suspect...
Announcer
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.
Doug McKenzie
Engineer Owen Merrill travels to the Pacific Northwest where he plans to build a dam. He stays at the Salmon Club, run by attractive Heather McHale. When Heather learns Owen's purpose, she explains that the club has a government lease on the river in order to preserve the area's good salmon fishing. Owen argues that the dam will create jobs, but Heather deplores the loss of beauty....
Dispatcher
Talbot works as a dispatcher at a small rural railway station. One rainy night, shortly after a company payroll has arrived at the station, a masked criminal arrives to steal it. Talbot intercepts the villain's plan and a struggle ensues. He manages to fight off the masked man and save the payroll. But during the fight he is away from his station and misses a call to change the tracks for an oncoming train. This causes a terrible train crash resulting in many lost lives.
Henry Hutchins
Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks. When they barely avoid a robbery, they return to headquarters, where their boss John Hale introduces them to detective Tom Sheridan, who will be working with them to uncover a new gang of robbers.