Noel Neill

A documentary chronicle of one of our greatest directors.

Возвратившись на Землю после своего многолетнего и загадочного отсутствия, Супермен обнаруживает, что его заклятый враг Лекс Лютор опять строит ему козни, а его возлюбленная Лоис Лэйн вроде бы уже устроила свою личную жизнь. Кроме того, Супермен понимает, что за то время, когда его не было, люди научились прекрасно обходиться без него. Чтобы защитить мир, который он любит, от катастрофических разрушений, Супермену приходится преодолевать огромные расстояния: он опускается в океанские глубины и поднимается на космические высоты…

The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.

Jerry Seinfeld and an animated Superman continue their humorous banter during a road trip. When Jerry's keys get locked in his car, not even Superman's helpful suggestions can prevail over the roadside service offered by Jerry's credit card company.

This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed commentary delivered on camera by Kathleen Turner. Turner walks us through Loy's career as a dancer and an actress miscast as an exotic. She comes into her own as a grown-up women: shrewd, funny, decorous, and sexy - in "Manhattan Melodrama" and "The Thin Man." Her volunteer work during World War II, later stage work, and progressive politics come in for admiration as well. It's her style - seen best in her roles as a wife of charm and independence - that's captured and celebrated here.

A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly." This program features interviews with key cast and crew.

Цивилизация планеты Криптон стоит на грани гибели. Ученый Джор-Эл, чтобы спасти своему ребенку жизнь, отправляет его на Землю. Маленький мальчик вырастает и открывает в себе неземные возможности. Он — Супермен! Огромная сила и способность летать помогают ему в борьбе с любыми проявлениями зла. И когда коварный злодей Лекс Лютор строит зловещие планы, угрожающие всему человечеству, только Супермен может помешать ему…

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.

Johnny Carpenter plays a taciturn sheriff who disguises himself as a notorious gunslinger. His mission: to stem a series of violent raids on local cattle ranchers.

Superman's commitment to promote US Savings Stamps is temporarily delayed when Lois is kidnapped.

Шоу-герлз Лорелей и Дороти отправляются на гастроли в Париж. За ними тайно следит частный детектив, нанятый сынком миллионера, безумно влюбленного в блондинку. Юный отпрыск твердо намерен оборвать нежную привязанность отца... Режисер Хоукс создал картину, проникнутую искренним чувством и нежностью. Он мастерски, с иронией и юмором использует стереотипы секс-символов, которые делают мужчин марионетками в ловких руках героинь. В этом фильме Монро впервые исполнила песню "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" - "Только бриллианты лучшие друзья девушек", которая в ее исполнении вошла в золотую коллекцию песен из кинофильмов 50-х годов.

Feature version of the 1948 Columbia serial film, never exhibited or otherwise made available to the public itself in the USA.

A group of American witness the deadly invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union.

Whip is surveying land for a railroad but a land baron and one of his daughters stands in the way.

Фильм рассказывает о самом гигантском передвижном цирковом шоу на планете, в котором участвовало одновременно более двух тысяч человек, актеров и ассистентов. Все грандиозное зрелище располагалось под огромным натяжным шатром одновременно на трех аренах и вмещало тысячи зрителей. Небывалое количество диких животных, декораций и технических средств перевозилось по всей Америке специальными железнодорожными составами. В фильме всем этим огромным коллективом управляет один человек — крепкий и решительный парень Брэд Брейден. Чтобы гарантировать хорошие сборы, он нанимает акробата на трапеции Себастьяна, отдав ему главную роль в шоу, вместо акробатки Холли. С этой минуты между ними начинается соревнование за звание лучшего акробата под куполом гигантского цирка.

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began.

Johnny Mack Brown was recruited by Chet Norman, the owner of a stagecoach line, to end the heist perpetrated by a mysterious knight who plays strange notes with a hiss of money before robbing them.

Бывший солдат Джерри пытается стать художником в послевоенном Париже. И имеет некоторый успех, найдя богатую покровительницу, которая покупает его картины и рекомендует их своим друзьям. Однажды он заходит в ночной клуб и знакомится с Лизой и молодые люди моментально влюбляются. Но позже она неожиданно сообщает, что помолвлена с его другом. И Джерри, и Лиза поступают благородно, решив более не встречаться.

Whip Wilson rides again in the Monogram western Abilene Trail. Wilson and his grizzled sidekick Andy Clyde are accused of horse stealing, a hangin' offense around these here parts. Eluding the authorities, the boys take jobs at a ranch where the real crook is hiding out.

Serial - sequel to Superman (1948); Superman faces off against Lex Luthor.

This 12-part serial concerns the efforts of the infamous James brothers (of which Jesse was a prominent member) to become normal everyday citizens. Of course, there's no room in the Wild West for reformed outlaws, and the duo inevitably find themselves caught up in showdowns and robberies.

A tale of three women who hang out in a bar and bend the ear of Harry the bartender. Kate Allison drinks to forget playboy Andy Emerson, whom she might have married if her husband, John Allison hadn't come home before the divorce was final, which is no big deal as actors Norris and Douglas were pretty much interchangeable anyway; Ruth Marshall is reunited with husband Richard Marshall on the pleas of their son in the divorce court of Judge Donnell; and Clair Dunning makes up with husband Bill Dunning after they meet in the bar. Most of what passes for action is a couple of car wrecks, understandable considering the amount of sauce consumed in Harry's bar.

All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up, it is discovered that a quarter-million dollars is missing. Charlie Chan--and, of course, his #1 son--must discover the identity of the person who doped the passengers and stole the money.

Lash and Fuzzy come to town to unmask the mysterious outlaw kingpin, El Sombre.

Kate Diamond owns the Roaring Falls Trading Post from where she directs her gang's gun-smuggling to the Indians. After she short-changes smuggler Stacey, his men attempt to steal the hidden guns, and attack her foreman Nebraska, but he is saved by Jimmy and "Cannonball" on their way to file a homestead claim at Canyon City. Jimmy renews a long acquaintance with Sheriff Harris and his daughter Jessica. The sheriff is wounded by half-breed Danny when he finds a rifle hidden in the latter's wagon, but Jimmy captures the outlaw, a go-between for Kate and the Indians.Wounded and in bed, Sheriff Harris ask Jimmy not to tell Jessica that she is only adopted and that Nebraska is really her father, although he believes her to be dead.

Jesse James returns to Missouri, and he and brother Frank come to the aid of a young woman who owns a gold mine. Her father was murdered and she took over the mine, and now the villains who killed her father are trying to drive her out of the mine so they can take it over.

Bickering brothers unwittingly wind up working together on the same musical production.

Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls for her, she encourages him to go to West Point. While there he faces serious disciplinary review for having forced a plebe into resigning. He may even be court-martialled.

Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.

A photographer is choked to death just outside of where a college dance is being held. The body is discovered by Lee Watson, but promptly disappears, as it is being whisked from one point to another on the campus by a night watchman, who is an ex-convict.

Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company when he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. His knowledge of mathematics makes him a natural as an assistant at the wheel of fortune. His fiancée begs him to return to his job but he refuses, so she joins the carnival and becomes a striptease artist. When Milton attempts to drag her off the stage, a brawling mêlée breaks out and the entire troupe is arrested by the local police. The carnival is sold but Milton reveals that the new owner has conspired to defraud the insurance company. The insurance company has to accept the carnival in lieu of the money owed, and they allow Milton and his fiancée, Vivian, to stay with and help run the carnival.

Всего за 24 часа Джордж Страуд превратился из преуспевающего редактора отдела криминальных новостей газеты «Мир Новостей» в подозреваемого в убийстве. Запертый внутри здания собственной редакции, преследуемый полицейскими и наемными убийцами, он должен постараться спастись и доказать свою невиновность за отведенные ему минуты жизни, отсчитываемые большими часами под куполом небоскреба. Накануне он собирался в отпуск с любимой женой и детьми, но перед отъездом решил заскочить в редакцию…

Sterling's physique doesn't impress his girlfriend's father, who is a bodybuilder. She decides to pump him up in order to get her father's approval.

The growth of juvenile crime in a small town starts a movement for the building of a youth center.

A Marine Sergeant, wounded in overseas service, requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recommends to the Captain and Colonel that "Sarge" be given a few weeks rest before hospitalization. Through the Dean of San Juan Junior College, Sarge enters the school on a temporary basis.

Curt Mason saves Doc Henderson's Medicine Show from being robbed by the Morrell gang but later earns the enmity of Carolyn when he blames the troupe for polluting a local watering hole. Arriving in town, the medicine show, which consists of Doc Henderson, Taffy, the singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots and Carolyn, begin their performance while Curt is unsuccessfully attempting to stop the Morrell gang from robbing the bank. The sheriff mistakes Curt for one of the gang, and to save their friend, Curt's buddies Biscuit and Big Boy stampede their cattle through town. In order to clear his good name, Curt and his friends go in search of the real bank robbers, who as it turns out are working under orders from Doc Henderson.

Miss Hinklefink invites the Teen Agers to stay at her new ranch for the summer. Freddie is mistaken for a famed bank-robber and hijinx ensue.

The students at Whitney High School are down in the dumps since their football team faces almost certain defeat and hasn't won a game in 28 years. The school paper may have to suspend publication because the circulation is so low and the principal intends to replace student performers at the school bazaar with professionals.

During the Whitney High School student government election, a rich man’s son tries to pay his way into office with promises of new athletic uniforms. His desperate competitors decide to stage a series of song and dance spectacles to try to garner votes.

A high school student is mistaken for a famous radio singer who goes missing.

Tom Cannon, a tap-dancer senior at State University sets out to find a College Queen for the upcoming competition. He selects Cindy Harris, a girl who is working her way through college as a waitress and can sing and dance. They win and she is named College Queen. Songs include "I'm Learning a Lot in College" and "Down the Old Ox Road."

Жена Джонни не сильно ждала мужа с фронта и давно уже пошла по рукам. После короткой, но яростной ссоры он уходит из дома, оставив свой пистолет, а вскоре Хелен находят убитой. Мучимый провалами памяти, вызванными фронтовой контузией, Базз признается в убийстве, хотя полиция подозревает самого Джонни. Поиск истины осложняется непрекращающимися разборками с гангстерами, нарастающей амнезией Базза, чередой новых убийств. Подозреваемые меняются как в калейдоскопе, напряжение нарастает. Поможет ли Джойс — жена таинственного владельца ночного клуба «Синий Георгин», любовника убиенной Хелен — найти подлинного убийцу или она ведёт свою игру, смертельную для друзей?

Director Hal Walker's 1945 musical comedy stars Betty Hutton as a hat-check girl at New York City's famous nightclub. The cast also includes Barry Fitzgerald, Don Defore, Andy Russell, Iria Adrian and Robert Benchley.

A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hotel sets out to get him.

Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.

In 1923, two young ladies depart unescorted for a tour of Europe, meeting two eligible men aboard ship. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.

Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a doctor and his daughter who take care of the natives, a hostile tribe that wants to kill the sailors for trespassing on their sacred ground.

A mother's preference for partying, boozing and running around with an assortment of sleazy characters results in her neglecting her nubile teenage daughter, who subsequently finds herself mixed up with horny teenage boys, scuzzy nightclub owners and murder.

Teenager Henry Aldrich and his pal Dizzy decide to try and earn extra money by starting a babysitting service.

A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the "fat farm" scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of his buddies as "escorts" for the weekend. Complications ensue when the husbands show up unexpectedly.

A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.

Two unemployed cowhands help a pill-popping rancher find the nasty varmint who's been rustling cattle.

Press agent Jimmy Gates gets an idea while watching a New York parade, for a returned war hero Sergeant Buzz McAllister, with his chief client, singer Judy Ames; Dona Drake, leader of an all-girl orchestra; his photographer Foggy, and his secretary Myrt. Jimmy, thinking Judy needs publicity in order to get a singing job on a radio program, thinks that a romance between her and the war hero would be just the ticket.

After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the replacement cash the boat's owner demands. The catch: Henry only has two days to come up with the funds, or the boat's angry owner will turn him over to the police.

A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.

When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see.

A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. Comedy.

Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.

A rich society mother hires a male escort, but he falls for her daughter instead. The mother-daughter conflict forces the daughter to run off to stay with a friend who is enslaved by a prostitution ring.