Sheree North

Performances of the greatest exotic dancers are collected here for the first time, from Little Egypt in 1893 to the great striptease headliners of the golden age of Burlesque.

Susan wants her reprehensible ex-husband dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to accomplish the deed.

Brigando de igual para igual com gigantes como a MGM, Paramount, Columbia e Universal, a Fox foi criada através da determinação da mente criativa de Darryl Zanuck, considerado um dos grandes produtores da Era de Ouro de Hollywood. Ele foi o responsável pelo surgimento de mitos da tela como Shirley Temple, Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, John Ford, Bette Davis, James Stuart, Gregory Peck, Clark Gable e Marilyn Monroe. Durante seus primeiros 50 anos de vida, a Fox consolidou a imagem de ser um estúdio responsável por grandes obras cinematográficas como Vinhas da Ira, A Marca do Zorro, O Dia em que a Terra Parou, Cleópatra, A Malvada, Como Era Verde Meu Vale e A Noviça Rebelde. Uma parte importante de história dea Fox está neste documentário, que leva o espectador a uma viagem no tempo especial, num lugar chamado Hollywood, onde um produtor visionário como Darryl Zanuck transformou dois pequenos estúdios numa fábrica de astros e estrelas.

An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous movie stars.

Após o fracasso de seu casamento, T.K., uma implacável advogada de Los Angeles, se envolve amorosamente com seu cliente, Steve Seldes. Steve é um charmoso homem de negócios que está sendo acusado de financiar filmes pornográficos, realizados com menores de idade. T.K. acredita na inocência dele, que alega estar envolvido apenas por ser o proprietário do local alugado para fazer os filmes. Após descobrir que Steve é casado com uma antiga colega de faculdade, Ellie, T.K. têm uma briga violenta com o empresário e coloca um ponto final no relacionamento. No dia seguinte, Steve é encontrado morto e Ellie é a principal suspeita. T.K decide provar a inocência da amiga, mas durante o processo, segredos perturbadores começam a surgir.

Randy Quaid as the taxi driver drives Zen parables (Is time money - Is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger/protegee in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of their city's ethnic coteries. All the boy wants is to dispose of his date's dead dog Jasper and get back to the babe who's so hot she mutters darkly about being a Pressure Cooker: his conventional efforts are continually thwarted. Quaid is respected by the peculiar groups he interests in the dog's corpse and effects, and our one-gloved heroine is much keener on him than on her rather lackluster date.

Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary track down his one remaining loved one, his kidnapped granddaughter. But who's the hood and who's being hoodwinked?

Um criminoso misterioso inicia uma onda de assassinatos em Nova York, testemunhas afirmam se tratar de um policial, um Policial Maníaco! Logo a cidade enfrenta um caos com o povo desrespeitando e querendo linxar a polícia. Cabe ao experiente detetive Frank McCrae, resolver esse caso e descobrir quem é o policial maníaco, antes que um jovem policial leve a culpa por esses crimes.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.

Her story is well-known - the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars. And yet, in spite of the breakdowns, the failed marriages, the sordid rumors surrounding her life -- and her death.

A man seduces women to get their money. He has plenty of success, but this time he has met his match.

Three hopefuls -- Shanna Reed, Deborah Geffner and Maureen Teefy -- each wants to be a Radio City Music Hall Rockette, vying for the one open spot the hall's choreographer, Gwen Verdon (in her TV-movie debut), has to fill. Sheree North plays Geffner's ex-Rockette mother and John Heard is a magazine reporter who falls for each of the aspiring dancers. The film was shot partially at Radio City Music Hall and was given a single public showing there several nights before its television premiere.

Filmed version of the hit Broadway show with two of the original stars. Set in the backyard of a blue collar South Philadelphia neighborhood early in the summer of 1973, the comedy-drama focuses on the 21st birthday celebration of Harvard student Francis Geminiani. In attendance are his divorced blue collar father Fran and Fran's widowed girlfriend Lucille, next-door neighbor Bunny Weinberger and her overweight son Herschel, and Francis' classmates, the wealthy WASP Hastings siblings; Judith (who seeks romance with Francis) and Randy (the object of Francis' unexpressed affection), who have arrived unexpectedly, much to their friend's dismay. All are dysfunctional to varying degrees, and the interactions among them provide the play with its comic and dramatic moments.

The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and untimely death.

A young widow, supporting herself and her pre-teen son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint and learns that her father-in-law is trying to prove her an unfit mother.

A variety of people are drawn together through their participation in an amateur talent contest in a country roadhouse.

For 20 years, since his wife died only a year after they came to California as young, hopeful newly-weds, life has been hard on Francisco. A talented, but as yet unrecognised artist, he is forced to scratch a living growing corn and breeding canaries until the Public Health Authorities step in. Out of this develops a humorous and quizzical love story. Francisco searches for a new home for his old and alcoholic dog, having decided that he himself is worth more dead than alive. But just as his old dog finds that it is never too late to learn new tricks so Francisco rediscovers love and a zest for living in the beauty and serenity of Consuela.

Mulheres de uma pequena cidade se juntam contra uma prostituta, e um xerife precisa intervir antes que uma tragedia ocorra.

Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!

Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorously attempt jobs they have never done before.

Um agente da KGB é enviado aos Estados Unidos para deter um agente russo da antiga linha dura, que pretende ativar por mensagens telefônicas espiões hipnotizados. Os agentes, que foram submetidos a lavagem cerebral, estão prontos a destruir bases militares nos Estados Unidos, em missões suicidas.

Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also kidnapped a government agent carrying a dangerous virus that is to be used in bacterial warfare.

O filme conta o final da vida de John Bernard (J.B.) Books, um veterano pistoleiro apelidado de "shootist", que no passado já havia matado mais de trinta homens. Em 1901, ele sofre de uma doença terminal (câncer na próstata) e vai à Carson City, (Nevada), (no livro era El Paso (Texas)). Sua intenção é visitar um médico, seu velho amigo Doc E.W. Hostetler, em busca de uma segunda opinião. Depois de confirmado o diagnóstico, Books aluga um quarto da viúva 'Bond' (apelido que significa "mulher") Rogers, que mora com o filho, Gillom Rogers. A presença de Books vira notícia, pois ele é muito famoso. E logo começam a chegar antigos inimigos à cidade. Mesmo debilitado, Books resolve confrontá-los, sabendo que esse será seu último desafio.

Por 250 mil doláres um piloto de avião é contratado para resgatar, no México, um prisioneiro que foi condenado injustamente.

An ex-convict trying to straighten his life out takes a job as a parole agent in an experimental project to help former inmates.

Clifford Swimmer, an angry and abusive man cruel to his wife and son, wants out if his marriage. With the help of a scientist he clones a replacement who takes over as head of the family while the real Clifford travels the world. The clone turns out to be a gentle and sensitive husband and father, a complete opposite of the original, and the wife and son come to love him. When the real Clifford comes back and finds his family happy with the clone he becomes angry and jealous and things take a deadly turn.

Someone is shooting the residents of a mountain resort town. Sheriff McNeill (Andy Griffith) must figure out the connection that links the victims and find the sniper before he (or she) kills again, and before the town council relieves him of duty.

Two couples on a camping trip are hunted by two tigers set upon them by a crazed animal trainer.

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.

Charley Varrick rouba um banco numa cidade pequena com os seus amigos. Em vez de roubar uma pequena quantia de dinheiro eles descobrem que roubaram uma quantidade muito grande, e o dinheiro pertencente à máfia. Agora Charley agora deve pensar num plano não apenas para fugir a polícia mas também da máfia. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the men doesn't want to pay his share.

A Southern sheriff brings into his home a black juvenile delinquent, who is the son of the man who saved his life during the Korean War.

After serving time in prison for attempted murder of the man who caused his wife's death, hard-luck loser Lonnie comes home to find that all of his belongings have been sold and his two boys have been given to strangers to raise. He sets out across the country to find them and possibly to find himself.

Após um grupo de jovens revolucionários invadirem a sede de uma empresa e roubarem 5 milhões dólares em heroína, eles pedem ajuda ao tenente Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs é fica relutante em ajudar os radicais, uma vez que violaram uma série de leis (apesar de uma boa causa), mas quando o grupo também é acusado de um assassinato que não cometeu, Tibbs decide ir junto, mas sem o conhecimento do departamento de polícia.

Um homem da lei de Bannock chega no sábado para prender todos os pecuaristas cuja celebração selvagem no ano anterior resultou na morte acidental de um homem velho. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.

Walter Hale (Elvis Presley) é gerente do "Chautauqua"escola onde se tem educação e entretenimento. Ao chegar a uma cidade para fazer apresentações por uma semana, Walter se vê em um problema: ele teria que dar o papel de protagonista da peça para a filha do prefeito, que não tem talento nenhum. E por outro lado, se descobre que um dos alunos da escola teria sido acusado de assassinato de um farmacêutico da cidade. Walter teria até o fim das apresentações para esclarecer todos esses problemas.

Jim Bronson is a young newspaperman who quits his job following the suicide of his best friend, and sets out on a cross-country trip on his motorcycle in his quest for the meaning of life in which he befriends a runway bride, another searching soul, in this pilot for the TV series of the same name, and theatrically released in some parts of the world including Spain.

Os policiais Bonaro e Madigan perdem suas armas para o fugitivo Barney Benesch. Como recompensa, os dois detetives de Nova York tem um fim de semana inteiro para achar e levar Benesch pra cadeia.

A man who dies on an operating table is brought back to life, but he has total amnesia. A government agent decides that he would make a perfect undercover operative.

A futuristic underwater sea-lab is having problems with a UFO that's parked between them and a nearby deep ocean trench. As they investigate, they attract the unwanted attention of a dangerous creature who puts the scientists and crew in danger.

A military school cadet romances a visiting French actress during Mardi Gras. With songs, kissing and New Orleans locations.

Three Marines take shore leave in San Francisco during World War II. Frankie O'Neill visits his lower-class dysfunctional family; Nico Kantaylis visits his pregnant fiancée; and the upper-class Alan Newcombe visits his high-living playgirl girlfriend. Each must decide whether to make the best of his situation or break out of it. O'Neill drowns his troubles in alcohol, losing the respect of a potential lover; Kantaylis marries his fiancée, but realizes he may not survive the war to see his child; while Newcombe sheds his decadent girlfriend for a pure-hearted Hawaiian nurse. Later, in battle, a heroic act costs one of the Marines his life.

The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne'er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isabelle, flirtatious Leola Boone and her sadistic husband Troy, hard-working Herman Kreitzer and his understanding wife Betty, and newlyweds Jean and David Martin.

Following his release from prison, an ex-con heads straight for a cache of gold buried somewhere in a small village.

Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things.

TV writer Greg Whitcomb did his military service heroically but now has settled into everyday life with a young wife, Katy. A letter from the war department arrives that Katy believes is calling Greg back to active duty from the Air Force reserve, but she hides it during a party celebrating their wedding anniversary.

Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical comedy stars Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Tommy Noonan, Orson Bean, Fred Clark, Alice Pearce, Rhys Williams, Willard Waterman, Leslie Parrish and Jesslyn Fax.

Wally Cook (Janet Leigh) é uma repórter do "Crônica da Manhã?, de Nova York, que vai até Fim do Mundo, um pequeno lugarejo no Novo México, para levar Homer Flagg (Jerry Lewis), um jovem que trabalha na estação ferroviária, para Nova York com as despesas pagas, pois se acredita que Homer esteja morrendo vítima de radiação. Mas quando ela chega lá Steve Harris (Dean Martin), o médico de Homer, já constatou o erro e descobriu que ele nada tem. Entretanto, Homer quer conhecer Nova York e Steve se sente atraído por Wally. Assim, nada diz e afirma que tem de acompanhar Homer nos seus últimos dias de vida. Porém, em Nova York esta farsa fica cada vez mais difícil de ser sustentada.

On an ocean liner, a nightclub singer tries to help a fellow American romance an English heiress who is being forced to return home to marry a man she doesn't love. The American must avoid his boss who is traveling on the same vessel and disguises himself as a gangster traveling with a minister who is, in fact, a disguised gangster on the lam.