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452,869 | 15,896,852 | 361,462 | 6 | All in Color for a Dime | High School history teacher , and unapologetic fanboy , Mark Hamill ( as Don Swan ) is tapped to serve as technical adviser for a film adapting the adventures of his favorite super-hero , " Commander Courage " . The film producers decide it would financially rewarding for a documentary to accompany the film , and DVD .... |
452,435 | 15,896,852 | 17,492 | 6 | Limehouse Hoer | In the seedy Limehouse district of London , Colleen Moore ( as Twinkletoes ) rushes to bust up a major street brawl , with her comedic ballet routine . Ms . Moore's charming dance , with musical assist from father Tully Marshall ( as Dad Minasi ) , soothes the savagery . Ironically , Moore falls in love with the man in... |
452,521 | 15,896,852 | 26,123 | 6 | Binary Boris Karloff | Boris Karloff ( as Gregor and Anton de Bergmann ) plays cursed twins , separated as young children . " Twenty years later " ( forty would have been closer to the lead actor's apparent age ) , good twin " Anton " returns to the old Hungarian homestead , where bad twin " Gregor " presides as Baron . They , and most every... |
453,360 | 15,896,852 | 24,008 | 6 | The Huntress Gets Captured by The Game | Ruth Chatterton ( as Alison Drake ) is the successful president of " Drake Motors " ; she runs a tight ship , and has a yen for good-looking men . In fact , she enjoys treating men they way they have always treated women ; and , attractive new hires are invited to Ms . Chatterton's mansion for an evening of vodka and s... |
453,211 | 15,896,852 | 17,534 | 6 | Haines Makes You Feel Good | William Haines ( as Brice Wayne ) is a cocky West Point cadet , and star football player , who alienates his teammates with his arrogance , and lack of team spirit . His steadfast pal , William Bakewell ( as Tex McNeil ) , can't defend Mr . Haines without ending up in the hospital ; and girlfriend Joan Crawford ( as Be... |
453,293 | 15,896,852 | 33,190 | 6 | Turnabout is a Good Play | Although Adolphe Menjou is billed first , the " Turnabout " stars are John Hubbard ( as Tim , then Sally ) and Carole Landis ( as Sally , then Tim ) ; they play a bickering couple who are granted a wish : they switch bodies ! There are some stereotypes evident , but this is a surprisingly well-done comedy from the time... |
452,979 | 15,896,852 | 215,750 | 6 | All Quite on the Russian Front | It's 1942 , and the Russians are brutalized by the Nazi Army at Stalingrad . Still , the Russian resisters proclaim , " Never will the enemy put his foot on the soil of Stalingrad ! " Sharp-shooting soldier Jude Law ( as Vassili Zaitsev ) meets , and bonds with , commissar comrade Joseph Fiennes ( as Danilov ) . Mr . F... |
452,620 | 15,896,852 | 352,248 | 6 | A Working Class Hero Is Something to Be | In all the history of the boxing game you find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J . Braddock is how the famed writer ( and boxing fan ) Damon Runyon described the Boxer he dubbed " Cinderella Man " . Director Ron Howard uses the quote to open the film . So , you are guaranteed a hea... |
453,019 | 15,896,852 | 50,468 | 6 | The OK Corral Legend Grows Longer | For Burt Lancaster , Kirk Douglas , Dennis Hopper , and / or western fans , generally , this movie is O . K . Others may want to make a full pot of coffee before viewing " Gunfight at the O . K . Corral " . Could they stretch out the story of these characters any further ? Anyway , it has some differences from other ve... |
453,505 | 15,896,852 | 325,596 | 6 | Two Minutes To Live | When Simon ( Ryan Phillippe ) awakens in the hospital after surviving a near-fatal accident , amnesia has erased the last two years from his memory . He learns that his brother ( Robert Sean Leonard ) was killed , he has married a woman he doesn't remember ( Piper Perabo ) ? and he's haunted by strange visions of the ... |
452,717 | 15,896,852 | 122,690 | 6 | The Poor People of Paris | The sleeve attempts to explain : " The Cold War may be over , but a new world order keeps a group of covert mercenaries - whose skills in surveillance , reconnaissance , and attack are legendary - employed by the highest bidder . These operatives for hire , known as " Ronin " , are assembled in France by a mysterious c... |
453,598 | 15,896,852 | 30,384 | 6 | Orphans in the Dorm | Freddie Bartholomew stars as a seemingly upper crust " Lord " ( Jeff Braemer ) who is really an orphaned thief ; suspected in an emerald necklace heist , he is sent to a navel academy and meets idealized Irish orphan Mickey Rooney ( as Terry O'Mulvaney ) . Boy-among-the-young-men Terry Kilburn ( as Albert Baker ) keeps... |
453,304 | 15,896,852 | 41,555 | 6 | Knocking Down the House | Accused of killing a policeman , ageing juvenile delinquent John Derek ( as Nick " Pretty Boy " Romano ) turns to lawyerly father figure Humphrey Bogart ( as Andrew Morton ) for defense . Mr . Bogart was acquainted with Mr . Derek's similarly jailed father , and had been trying to rehabilitate the young man , off and o... |
453,592 | 15,896,852 | 19,824 | 6 | That Griffith Woman | Briefly , as explained in an introductory title card , " This is the historic tale of two people whose lives are an immortal romance ; the story of the love and destiny of England's greatest beauty , and England's greatest sailor . " The film focuses on the greatest beauty of Corinne Griffith ( as Emma Hart ) . Her mai... |
453,480 | 15,896,852 | 134,619 | 6 | A Clockwork Apple Pie | Muscular , handsome James Marsden ( as Steve Clark ) moves to the sleepy island town of " Cradle Bay " , with his parents and younger sister , after older brother " Alan " shoots himself to death . The family enrolls the children in " Cradle Bay High School " . Predictably , the high school is full of obviously older a... |
452,889 | 15,896,852 | 105,435 | 6 | Running on One Sneaker | Sneakers are a team of " security specialists " who specialize in computer hacking . They are : computer expert Robert Redford ( as Bishop ) , former CIA employee Sidney Poitier ( as Crease ) , gadgets wizard Dan Ackroyd ( as Mother ) , young genius River Phoenix ( as Carl ) , and blind soundman David Strathairn ( as... |
453,033 | 15,896,852 | 113,071 | 6 | Live by the Sword , Die by the Sword | It opens with the backdrop , " At long last , the wars were over . Arthur , the great king of Camelot , had devoted his life to building a land of peace an justice . Now he wished to marry . But the peace was not to last . The most powerful of Arthur's knights , Prince Malagant , had long been jealous of the King's glo... |
453,611 | 15,896,852 | 116,361 | 6 | Lurid Red Riding Hood | White trash bred Reese Witherspoon ( as Vanessa Lutz ) loses her whorish mother and crack-head stepfather to the cops . Since she is underage , the social worker comes to take her away ; but , Ms . Witherspoon doesn't want foster care . She handcuffs the social worker to a bed , and heads for a California " Freeway " .... |
453,679 | 15,896,852 | 15,016 | 6 | A Long Working on the Railroad | The Iron Horse is the first trans-American railway system ; the story of its construction is told in this film . Chief among the other plot lines is the love story featuring hero George O'Brien ( as Davy Brandon ) and heroine Madge Bellamy ( as Miriam Marsh ) . Villainous Cyril Chadwick ( as Peter Jesson ) comes betw... |
452,624 | 15,896,852 | 11,163 | 6 | The Roaring Road ( and Son ) | In " The Roaring Road " ( 1919 ) , you might recall , Wallace Reid ( as Walter Thomas " Toodles " Walden ) set the auto record from Los Angeles to San Francisco . He also won a wife , Ann Little ( as Dorothy ) . Ms . Little has convinced Mr . Reid to give up dangerous car-racing ; now , he is the manager of her father ... |
453,476 | 15,896,852 | 151,582 | 6 | Beware of Transients | Mild-mannered serial killer Owen Wilson ( as Vann Siegert ) drives his truck around , and kills an asthmatic junkie played by Sheryl Crow ; then , he rents a small town room from Brian Cox and Mercedes Ruehl ( as Doug and Jane Durwin ) . The couple seem to be getting over the possible loss of a daughter ( " Karen " ) ,... |
452,466 | 15,896,852 | 623,147 | 6 | Jodie Foster Raises Caine | Entranced by her mandolin playing , Caine accompanies little Jodie Foster ( as Alethea Patricia Ingram ) to a waiting stagecoach . When the coach arrives , an unwelcome gunfight results in Ms . Foster mistakenly believing she sees Caine shoot an innocent man to death . Foster's testimony results in Caine being convicte... |
453,299 | 15,896,852 | 39,190 | 6 | A Misguided Bishop for Christmas | First , this film would be more accurately titled " The Bishop " because it's more about David Niven's character than his wife . Mr . Niven plays the Bishop ; and , he is married to Loretta Young ; they are Episcopalian . Niven wants money for a huge Cathedral ; so , an Angel in the form of Cary Grant goes down to gran... |
452,461 | 15,896,852 | 32,428 | 6 | Angels in Disguise ( with Scratches ) | The first " East Side Kids " feature reaches back to the original " Dead End " formula , as another movie studio decides to cash in on the kids . " Monogram " couldn't obtain any of the six original young scene stealers , so they built their team around second stringers . The leader role , usually assigned to Billy Hal... |
452,379 | 15,896,852 | 58,981 | 6 | Paris When It Sizzles | All you need is a timetable , explains playboy Tony Curtis ( as Bernard Lawrence ) , an American reporter working in Paris . Mr . Curtis keeps three blondes in one apartment , each thinking she is Curtis ' " one-and-only " fiancée . The rotating women are all airline stewardesses , on different timetables . Curtis ' ... |
453,473 | 15,896,852 | 12,940 | 6 | J . B . Warner Jumps the Fence | Devil-may-care buckaroo J . B . Warner ( as Jim Gregory ) is torn between two pretty women : south-of-the-border Senorita Elinor Fair ( as Mercedes Aloyez ) catches his romantic eye - but , beautiful Caucasian waitress-in-distress Wilamae Carson ( as Mary Moore ) also captures his attention . Probably , the weakest par... |
452,473 | 15,896,852 | 12,938 | 6 | Silence Is Golden | Fetching young Gloria Swanson ( as Theodora Fitzgerald ) is rescued from drowning by debonair playboy Rudolph Valentino ( as Hector Bracondale ) . Although Ms . Swanson clearly falls for Mr . Valentino , her family notes : he's not the marrying kind . They set beautiful Swanson up with elderly millionaire Robert Bolder... |
453,556 | 15,896,852 | 2,381 | 6 | Griffith Makes Crime Pay | Early crime film directed by D . W . Griffith . Hyped in the subtitle as " Unparallel drama inspired and played on the streets of the American city - Bold - Truthful " ! Lillian Gish lives with her musician husband Walter Miller near Pig Alley , an area frequented by gangsters . The head Musketeer is Elmer Booth . Gang... |
452,860 | 15,896,852 | 34,936 | 6 | Citizen Forrest | Keeper of the Flame ( 1942 ) George Cukor - Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn , Margaret Wycherly The film opens with the never appearing " Robert Forrest " dying in a car crash . Robert Forrest was , as it turn out , a great American hero ; his tragic accident is big news ; and , and the country mourns . Biographical ... |
453,070 | 15,896,852 | 34,928 | 6 | There Were Snakes in the Jungle | Sabu ( as Mowgli ) is raised by wolves after his father is killed in the jungles of India . After a dozen or so years as an " animal " , he encounters a village of humans . The village includes his natural mother Rosemary DeCamp ( as Messua ) , who coincidently takes him in , and teaches him to speak English . But , ad... |
452,729 | 15,896,852 | 43,526 | 6 | Goo Goo Ga Ga ( Their Blessed Event ) | At first , I was hoping " Father's Little Dividend " was going to be about Joan Bennett's character becoming pregnant ; then , Spencer Tracy dealing with a new baby of his own ! In the beginning of the film , Mr . Tracy shows some very amorous interest / contact with Ms . Bennett ; and , she certainly looks young enoug... |
452,987 | 15,896,852 | 61,122 | 6 | Smoking in the Girls Room | Rosalind Russell is the Mother Superior of a Catholic school invaded by troubled young women Hayley Mills ( she's Mary ) and her cohort June Harding ( she's Rachel ) . Ms . Mills and Ms . Harding don't want to be in the stuffy convent school ; predictably , they become the resident Juvenile Delinquents . Can Mother Sup... |
453,056 | 15,896,852 | 54,988 | 6 | Something Is Rotten in Denmark | Obviously intended to frighten , director William Castle's psycho trip , instead , amuses . Joan Marshall ( as Emily ) ' s homicidal performance may be unconvincing on a technical level ; but , she performs it endearingly , and with a straight face . Glenn Corbett ( as Karl ) and Patricia Breslin ( as Miriam ) are an a... |
452,682 | 15,896,852 | 213,149 | 6 | I Think World War II Just Farted | Michael Bay's " Pearl Harbor " is terrific , explosive , exciting , and technically well-made . John Schwartzman's photography , and the film's effects , are outstanding ; and , many of the supporting performances would have been exceptional , in a better story . Unfortunately , this film is far too long , and focuses ... |
453,496 | 15,896,852 | 118,113 | 6 | How to Win Friends and Influence People ( Not ) | Catherine Keener ( as Amelia ) spends the opening scenes putting down everyone in her life . She doesn't like best friend Anne Heche ( as Laura ) ' s engagement ring . She calls video store geek Kevin Corrigan ( as Bill ) , who wants to date her , " The Ugly Guy " . She repeatedly calls ex-boyfriend-turned-friend Liev ... |
452,771 | 15,896,852 | 56,937 | 6 | The Queen of Denial | Beautifully busted Elizabeth Taylor ( as Cleopatra ) copulates with seething lover Richard Burton ( as Mark Antony ) , after godly lover Rex Harrison ( as Julius Caesar ) becomes indisposed . The threesome do not perform their best work ; and , neither of the men pair very memorably with Ms . Taylor . Off screen , Tayl... |
453,391 | 15,896,852 | 56,860 | 6 | Frankie and Annette Catch a Wave | It's a colorful southern California summer of 1963 . Swinging surfer Frankie Avalon ( as Frankie ) takes beautiful girlfriend Annette Funicello ( as Dolores ) to a beach shack for some house playing ; but , the couple's teenage friends have already crashed the place . Soon , the fit young vacationers are in their tight... |
452,827 | 15,896,852 | 33,627 | 6 | Sauerkraut in Canada | One of the more interesting World War II propaganda films , due to outstanding writing ( by Emeric Pressburger ) , direction ( by Michael Powell ) , and performances . The opening credits and sequences may be confusing . The story involves six Nazis making their way from Hudson Bay ( in northeastern Canada ) to cross t... |
452,950 | 15,896,852 | 74,258 | 6 | No Fire | Happily married Karen Black and Oliver Reed ( as Marian and Ben Rolf ) rent a beautiful , but weird , Gothic mansion for the summer . Moving in with them are young son Lee Montgomery ( as David Rolf ) and smoking Bette Davis ( as Aunt Elizabeth ) . The quartet of tenants face accidents , arguments , and ever-increasing... |
452,588 | 15,896,852 | 56,891 | 6 | Hello , Ann-Margret ! | Don't expect this to be a faithful adaptation of the stage hit , starring Dick Van Dyke ( as Albert ) , with a black-wigged Janet Leigh ( as Rosie ) attractively shouting " Ole ! " Instead , this is a showcase for the delicious Ann-Margret ( as Kim ) . Ms . Margret , with the co-operation of director George Sidney , pu... |
452,387 | 15,896,852 | 394,874 | 6 | On the Road Again | James Dean says this " play is the story of a young man named Jeffery Latham , who opened the door of a very ordinary , innocent-looking roadside diner , and he saw his whole life change ? " Mr . Dean ( as Latham ) plays a restless young man from Wisconsin , who has just ended his stint in Korea . With little luck hitc... |
452,615 | 15,896,852 | 332,280 | 6 | The Memory Play's Tricks | As teenagers , Allie ( Rachel McAdams ) and Noah ( Ryan Gosling ) begin a whirlwind courtship that soon blossoms into tender intimacy . The young couple is quickly separated by Allie's upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn't right for her . Several years pass , and , when they meet again , their passion is reki... |
452,826 | 15,896,852 | 24,539 | 6 | Mary Pickford Blows Out the Candles | In director Frank Borzage's 1924 original version of this film , the character " Mary Carlton " ( played by a matured Norma Talmadge ) looks back on her life , and its " Secrets " . For this re-make , Mary Pickford ( as Mary Marlowe ) is initially photographed to appear as young as possible . Later , Ms . Pickford is "... |
453,085 | 15,896,852 | 98,230 | 6 | From Flashback to Déjà Vu | In 1969 , peace loving hippies Eric Roberts ( as Fred ) and Cheech Marin ( as Hesus ) flee to Central America , to avoid being drafted into Vietnam War service . Why the US government believes Mr . Marin would be of any real use during warfare is never explained ; but , Mr . Roberts looks like a major Commie-killing lo... |
453,416 | 15,896,852 | 651 | 6 | Trick of the Trade | A smoking newspaper boy takes a break , to play in the street with messenger boy pal Robert Harron ( as Swifty ) . When they notice a couple of mysterious men follow a well-dressed woman , the newspaper boy decides to play " The Boy Detective " . Sure enough , the men are crooked . With help from his friend , a disguis... |
452,494 | 15,896,852 | 32,143 | 6 | Putting The Women in Their Place | After Norma Shearer ( as Mary ) discovers her husband is having an affair with Joan Crawford ( as Crystal ) , she learns women must not be proud . Rosalind Russell ( as Sylvia ) leads an MGM parade of supporting players - all women ; in fact , only women appear in the film ! But , don't expect a " feminist " statement ... |
453,314 | 15,896,852 | 12,754 | 6 | Let There Be L7 | In the old west , home-seeker William S . Hart ( as Ben Trego ) finds a dreamy spot to build , for himself and his twin boys . Unfortunately , there are savage Indians ( aka Native Americans ) around ; obviously , they haven't studied " manifest destiny " . To protect his motherless sons from Indians , Mr . Hart blows ... |
453,297 | 15,896,852 | 43,390 | 6 | Return to Sender ! | Loretta Young acts up a storm as a woman ( Ellen ) married to a terminally ill man ( George ) who believes she is planning to murder him . Husband Barry Sullivan composes a letter to the District Attorney , explaining how exactly Young will commit the murder ? The film is a showcase for Young , and she delivers a fine ... |
452,415 | 15,896,852 | 14,672 | 6 | Love Is Blind | Appropriately subtitled " Love and Sacrifice " , director D . W . Griffith's fictionalized account of revolutionary " America " should have been more successful , given the obvious costly effort in evidence ; it is weighted down by lack of imagination , and a significantly unsuitable performance from the leading actres... |
453,371 | 15,896,852 | 210,844 | 6 | The Legionnaire Who Killed | Two French Foreign Legionnaires are lost amid the shifting sands of the Sarah Dessert when they stumble across the entrance to an underground world . Searching this new found subterranean passage , our heroes are surprised to find the lost city of Atlantis . Ruling over this fantastic underworld realm , an evil queen ... |
453,712 | 15,896,852 | 104,567 | 6 | Poor Little Fool | Big hair-pieced Brad Pitt ( as Johnny Suede ) moves to a large American city , from North Dakota ; he wants to become a Big pop music star . He has everything except " Black Suede Shoes " . One evening , he discovers a woman being roughed up in an alley / alcove . While in a nearby phone booth , calling for help , Pitt... |
452,431 | 15,896,852 | 5,060 | 6 | Geraldine Farrar Hits the Screen as Carmen | Geraldine Farrar ( as Carmen ) is a Gypsy involved with a gang of smugglers ; to help them , she agrees to deflect Officer Wallace Reid ( as Don Jose ) ' s attention with a seduction . Mr . Reid is so smitten with Ms . Farrar , he decides to pursue her ; but Farrar only has eyes for bullfighter Pedro de Cordoba ( as Es... |
452,440 | 15,896,852 | 14,606 | 6 | Lessor Unholy Three | After their underworld father is shot down , children Raymond Griffith ( as Roy Donovan ) and Priscilla Dean ( as Sylvia Donovan ) are brought up believing each other is dead ; they are separated , and raised , by other criminals . Wallace Beery ( as Bill Hawkes ) , the " Stool Pidgeon " who played a part in her father... |
453,330 | 15,896,852 | 58,725 | 6 | A Lucky Strike | Elvis Presley plays a singing race car driver hotly pursuing swimming instructor Ann-Margret . She's a singer , too ; and , they make beautiful music in Las Vegas . Can Elvis win both Ann-Margret and the " Big Race " ? Beautifully choreographed and directed , " Viva Las Vegas " is one of the best Elvis movies . The " E... |
452,540 | 15,896,852 | 190,865 | 6 | Chivalry Is Not Dead | The first ten minutes , or thereabouts , of Martin Campbell's " Vertical Limit " are very engrossing . You get the feeling you're about to see one terrific movie . Now , there are many more great minutes to be enjoyed ; but , the story never gets any further off the ground . The opening introduces the film's leading ma... |
453,356 | 15,896,852 | 2,985 | 6 | Soothing the Savage Beast | Or : " How the mind of an unfortunate was brought to reason by music . " The unfortunates subtitled are the mentally ill , who are taken care of in a nice-looking insane asylum . Claire McDowell ( a Nurse ) and Lionel Barrymore ( a Doctor ) work at the asylum ; they fall in love , and get married . Later , inmate Charl... |
453,204 | 15,896,852 | 22,208 | 6 | In Need of a Milk Bath . | Barbara Stanwyck ( as Lora Hart ) is a hard-boiled nursing student who dates bootlegger Ben Lyon ( as Mortie ) while occasionally sharing a bed with gum-chewing chum Joan Blondell ( as Maloney ) . Upon graduation , Ms . Stanwyck gets a job as " Night Nurse " to a pair of plump looking children ; she suspects the well f... |
452,429 | 15,896,852 | 4,635 | 6 | Fill in the Blanks | English cousins Dustin Farnum ( as Jim ) and Monroe Salisbury ( as Henry ) are made trustees for an orphans ' fund . Mr . Salisbury has a fondness for betting on the horses , and pilfers money from the fund . For the sake of family honor , Mr . Farnum accepts responsibility for the missing funds , and sails off to Amer... |
452,716 | 15,896,852 | 50,882 | 6 | Speak of Angels and Hear Their Wings | Idealistic Montgomery Clift ( as John Shawnessy ) is distracted by buxom Southern belle Elizabeth Taylor ( as Susanna Drake ) , and marries her instead of pretty sweetheart Eva Marie Saint ( as Nell Gaither ) . Life with Ms . Taylor proves to be a cursed existence , so Mr . Clift takes refuge as a Union soldier , after... |
453,339 | 15,896,852 | 6,826 | 6 | Lucky Strikes | Friendless Mae Marsh has been left , as a baby , at " The Clarissa Parker Orphanage " , on Friday the thirteenth . Due to the superstitions associated with the date , she becomes known as " Hoodoo Ann " . Still , she " lives in sweet unconsciousness of her unhappy lot . " Young artist Robert Harron ( as James Vance ) l... |
452,536 | 15,896,852 | 57,129 | 6 | Julie Harris Sees Dead People | Nervous Julie Harris ( as Eleanor " Nell " Lance ) arrives to help investigate a reportedly haunted old dark house ; since she supposedly , as a child , was able to see ghosts . Also arriving are clairvoyant Claire Bloom ( as " Theo " Theodora ) , and the mansion's skeptical heir , Russ Tamblyn ( as Luke Sanderson ) . ... |
453,580 | 15,896,852 | 832 | 6 | Cornering the Market | Early film of " social relevance " directed by D . W . Griffith . It's a little difficult to follow - apparently , Mr . Griffith is showing the contrast between the wealthy " Wheat King " ( played by Frank Powell ) and the poor " Farmer " ( played by James Kirkwood ) . The farmer does the manual work , laboring in the ... |
453,075 | 15,896,852 | 8,652 | 6 | Frank Lloyd Raises the Dickens with William Farnum | Frank Lloyd's silent version of Charles Dickens ' " A Tale of Two Cities " may make you wonder why D . W . Griffith didn't direct his own version of the classic ( not that he didn't come close , on a few occasions ) . Mr . Lloyd's Griffith-like direction is a plus ; though , it's somehow not as good as the original . W... |
453,684 | 15,896,852 | 24,258 | 6 | Ruth Chatterton's Life Is a Carnival | Ruth Chatterton ( as Lilly Turner ) impulsively marries handsome actor Gordon Westcott ( as Rex Durkee ) . Soon , Ms . Chatterton learns Mr . Westcott is a two-timer , who can't keep a job . Additionally , Westcott beats up Chatterton's pal Frank McHugh ( as Dave Dixon ) , who shows a fondness for alcohol . When Westco... |
452,599 | 15,896,852 | 35,345 | 6 | Bobby Jordan Hits a Homer | During a game of street baseball , angelic slugger Bobby Jordan ( as Danny Stevens ) scores a hit by capturing dangerous bank robber Max Rosenbloom ( as Butch Brocalli ) . Young Mr . Jordan secretly plans to spend the $200 reward money on new baseball uniforms for " The East Side Kids " . But , leader Leo Gorcey ( as M... |
452,955 | 15,896,852 | 117,991 | 6 | or , What They Won't | In William Shakespeare's " Twelfth Night " ( or , " What You Will " ) , brother and sister twins " Viola " and " Sebastian " are shipwrecked off the shores of " Illyria " . " Viola " mistakenly thinks brother " Sebastian " has drowned . She goes to " Illyria " alone ; and , she assumes the identity of a young man , " C... |
453,671 | 15,896,852 | 80,506 | 6 | The Devil Is Loose Again ! | The investigation into the mysterious death of an aging Nazi war criminal hunter brings a surprising revelation to the cop working on the case . It appears the old man was actually following an individual with ties to the Nazis , who seems to have not aged in appearance in spite of the passage of over 30 ( sic ) years... |
452,905 | 15,896,852 | 29,712 | 6 | Cheers for the Victor | Congenital swashbuckler Conrad Veidt ( as Gil de Berault ) can't keep his sword in its sheath , despite a law against dueling ; so , he is sentenced to death . Mr . Veidt receives an offer of exoneration from ruthless and powerful Raymond Massey ( as Cardinal Richelieu ) ; but , he must first capture Mr . Massey's enem... |
453,706 | 15,896,852 | 327,056 | 6 | When Bad Things Happen to Bad People | Director Clint Eastwood's " Mystic River " is a well-performed , but ugly and disturbing film . When it opens , the characters who grow up to be Sean Penn ( as Jimmy Markum ) , Tim Robbins ( as Dave Boyle ) , and Kevin Bacon ( as Sean Devine ) are pre-teenage boys . Young " Dave " is abducted , after the three play hoc... |
452,843 | 15,896,852 | 247,751 | 6 | An Untold Tale of Frankenstein | Dr . Frankenstein has recreated his creature , but wishes to correct his previous mistake . He wishes to prevent his creation from any further murderous rampages by placing the brain of a good man inside the skull of the monster . The arrival of a woman and her terminally ill husband offer the doctor an opportunity to... |
453,727 | 15,896,852 | 69,362 | 6 | Eating In | A college student returns to her dorm room after class and discovers she is the winner of an all-expense paid vacation to the Red Wolf Inn . Before she can share her good fortune with her parents , she and two other girls are whisked away to begin their vacation of a lifetime . When one of the guests suddenly disappea... |
453,280 | 15,896,852 | 58,329 | 6 | Take the Money and Run | Light-fingered Tippi Hedren ( as Marnie Edgar ) changes her hair color and gets secretarial jobs in order to steal from her employers . Dashing publisher Sean Connery ( as Mark Rutland ) is set to be Ms . Hedren's latest victim ; instead , he catches her red-handed . In order to stay out of the pokey , Mr . Connery ins... |
453,065 | 15,896,852 | 11,909 | 6 | Tempted by the Fruit of Another | Wallace Reid ( as Anatol Spencer ) is a wealthy newlywed who is oddly attracted to various women other than his wife - specifically : Wanda Hawley ( as Emilie ) , Agnes Ayres ( as Annie ) , and Bebe Daniels ( as Satan Synne ! ) . Gloria Swanson ( as Vivian ) is the wife who seems to develop a roving eye of her own as t... |
452,699 | 15,896,852 | 55,304 | 6 | Steele Away | This retains much of the " House of Usher " glow , but is too repetitive ( of the earlier film ) , and loses story focus . It's really one short story - the ending , basically , stretched way out to feature film length . I didn't like the flashbacks - with the camera lens going down to brick size ( foreshadowy , though... |
453,349 | 15,896,852 | 7,610 | 6 | Nugget Notch | Born and bred in the western United States , Joseph Girard ( as Judge Brand ) has never grown accustomed to life in the industrialized East . Mr . Girard reminisces , to young secretary Leo Pierson ( as Tom Reeves ) , about his life in the old West . In flashback , Girard loses his romantic interest to a pal , who is d... |
452,478 | 15,896,852 | 49,652 | 6 | A Kinder , Gentler Torture | Paul Newman ( as Captain Edward W . Hall Jr . ) returns home from the Korean War , on stretcher , after being held in an enemy prison camp . At first , Mr . Newman is treated as a recovering war hero . After evidence surfaces to reveal he collaborated with the enemy , Wendell Corey ( as Major Sam Moulton ) serves Newma... |
452,920 | 15,896,852 | 564,233 | 6 | Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child | Mary ( Shelley Fabares ) startles dinner preparations by announcing policeman John Reach is at the door . He's there with Charles Herbert ( as David Barker ) , a 7-year-old runaway who won't say where he belongs . Young Herbert told the policeman he had the blood sucked out of him by " Dr . Stone " at the hospital . Je... |
453,726 | 15,896,852 | 743,195 | 6 | Duke and the Preacher | As the Wagon Train moves , Duke ( Denny Miller ) is out scouting the terrain . Meanwhile , traveling preacher Franchot Tone ( as Malachi Hobart ) settles down to camp for the night . Duke , afoot due to problems with his saddle , is relieved to encounter Mr . Tone , who shares his food and campfire with the younger man... |
453,574 | 15,896,852 | 31,709 | 6 | Bonita Granville & Frankie Thomas Go Under Cover | In her second case for the movies , pretty teenage sleuth Bonita Granville ( as Nancy Drew ) enters a " young newspaper reporter " contest . Naturally , she sheds her human interest story assignment for something more dangerous , and decides to cover a murder trial . Soon , Ms . Granville is re-investigating the case ,... |
453,141 | 15,896,852 | 49,414 | 6 | Robert Wagner knocks Joanne Woodward up for Oswald & Levin | Handsome college student Robert Wagner ( as Bud Corliss ) gets his heiress fiancée , Joanne Woodward ( as Dorothy " Dorrie " Kingship ) , " in trouble " . Unfortunately , this means Mr . Wagner can't marry the two months pregnant Ms . Woodward - because her savvy father George Macready ( as Leo Kingship ) frowns on sex... |
452,370 | 15,896,852 | 44,863 | 6 | Just Watchable | Macao looks very beautiful . The photography and setting make it very watchable . However , the movie never really takes off . All the beautiful photography seems wasted . The actors are also somewhat wasted ; though , they often appear to be doing the best they can . One scene , in particular , illustrates missed dire... |
452,512 | 15,896,852 | 38,097 | 6 | More Lassies Than You Can Shake a Stick At | The first of many sequels to the classic 1943 Lassie movie finds original dog owner Joe Carraclough suffering from accelerated growth ; in two years , he has grown about ten years - from boy Roddy McDowall to man Peter Lawford ! Little Pricilla has experiences a similar growth spurt - from girl Elizabeth Taylor to woma... |
452,433 | 15,896,852 | 11,779 | 6 | White Men Can't Jump | In a western cave , white William S . Hart ( as Black Deering ) , leader of the outlaw Raiders , feels the law crashing in on his gang's crime spree . Fellow bandit Joseph Singleton ( as Tom Jordan ) thinks Mr . Hart is chicken , and goads his rival and the gang into one more heist . Of course , as Hart feared , things... |
453,637 | 15,896,852 | 42,994 | 6 | Curtain Call | Without going into details , director Alfred Hitchcock's " Stage Fright " does something with a character's " point-of-view " that fatally flaws the film . By the last act , it will be obvious . It's surprising that so adept a director would " cheat " so ineffectively ; especially , when the technique can ( and has ) b... |
453,683 | 15,896,852 | 23,034 | 6 | Ramon Novarro Gets Tackled at Yale | Ramon Novarro ( as Tony Amatto ) works in a steel mill ; he is the son of Italian immigrants , and seems likely to remain a member of the working class . Then , as luck would have it , he wins a college scholarship . At Yale , Mr . Novarro becomes a football star ; but , he still faces class discrimination . Don't miss... |
452,939 | 15,896,852 | 234,215 | 6 | The Matrix Overloaded ! | The Matrix ( 1999 ) is still a great stand-alone film . That first film is THE ONE to see . " The Matrix Reloaded " , the first of the inevitable sequels , sucks all the awesome special effects it can muster , and coats the screen with them . The underdeveloped storyline , which helped make the original more mysterio... |
453,048 | 15,896,852 | 9,976 | 6 | A Baseball Hit for Charles Ray | Charles Ray ( as Benjamin " Ben " Harding ) is a country boy who loves baseball ; he's the pride of small town Brownsville . His sweetheart , Colleen Moore ( as Mazie Palmer ) , has a batting average of 1 , 000 in Mr . Ray's affection - however , he barely gets to first base ! John " Jack " Gilbert ( as Jim Blair ) is ... |
453,235 | 15,896,852 | 34,183 | 6 | Tombstone Cowboy | Roy Rogers ( as Brett Starr ) gets out of Dodge , with some of his brother's family , to become " Sheriff of Tombstone " . Along the way , he meets old up with old pal George " Gabby " Hayes ( as Gabby ) , now a lawyer . Sally Payne returns as Gabby's daughter Queenie . Mr . Rogers and company find lawlessness in Tombs... |
452,442 | 15,896,852 | 71,589 | 6 | Hot for Preacher | In order to elude authorities , western outlaw Marjoe Gortner ( as Ernie Parsons ) assumes the identity of a traveling preacher . Mr . Gortner takes up residence in parson-needy Castle Walk , Arizona ; there , at a funeral , he and sexy teenager Pamela Sue Martin ( as Sally Underwood ) are mutually attracted . Soon , G... |
453,547 | 15,896,852 | 1,207 | 6 | Mack Sennett is Faithful | Arthur Johnson ( as Adonese ) is driving home after a date when he sideswipes simple-minded pedestrian Mack Sennett ( as Faithful ) . Mr . Johnson feels awful , and takes the shaken , but unwounded , tramp out shopping . Mr . Sennett is so taken with Johnson's generosity , he attaches himself to his handsome new friend... |
453,155 | 15,896,852 | 27,496 | 6 | Go West , Young Man | In 1820 , handsome dance instructor Charles Collins ( as Jonathan Pride ) decides to visit his aunt in California . Young Mr . Collins thrills the ladies by waltzing with his hands touching their waists . Leaving his giddy pupils wanting more , Collins takes the long route - around the continent of South America . Arme... |
453,246 | 15,896,852 | 7,367 | 6 | Putting the Make on Norma Talmadge | Beautiful secretary Norma Talmadge ( as Mayme ) quits job after job because amorous men are always making sexual overtures . In order find steady work without sexual harassment , Ms . Talmadge decides to make herself look " extremely unattractive to men . " Talmadge puts on a pair of glasses , pulls her hair up in a ti... |
452,834 | 15,896,852 | 218,817 | 6 | Pepsi-Cola Hits the Spot on a Sesame Seed Bun | Beautiful young Ryan Phillippe ( as Milo Hoffman ) graduates from Stanford University . A computer whiz , he's immediately propositioned , along with a declining college geek pal , by charismatic billionaire Tim Robbins ( as Gary Winston ) . Mr . Robbins head-hunts the best minds , for his Internet company N . U . R . ... |
453,253 | 15,896,852 | 408,306 | 6 | An Eye for Poetic Violence | Described as , " Inspired by real events , ' Munich ' reveals the intense story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate the 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre of 11 Israeli athletes - and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man wh... |
452,870 | 15,896,852 | 443,632 | 6 | Michael Douglas Gets Some Secret Service | Secret Service veteran Michael Douglas ( as Pete Garrison ) once helped save President Ronald Reagan's life , during a 1981 assassination attempt . Presently , Mr . Douglas is one of the most trusted and respected agents assigned to protect the President . But , Douglas is having an affair with the President's wife , K... |
452,425 | 15,896,852 | 1,499 | 6 | Griffith Draws the Battle Lines | Sweethearts Charles West and Blanche Sweet have fun at an 1861 dance ; then , he and the other men , including Robert Harron , are off to fight for the Union , in the Civil War . Women and children cheer the departing throng - - but they don't get far , as the war rages just outside town . In the first conflict , Mr . ... |
452,641 | 15,896,852 | 3,436 | 6 | One Good Turn Deserves Another | Mae Marsh works , happily , as an ordinary telephone operator ; among the calls she places is one to the jewelry shop " Julius Jorgenson " , as wealthy Claire McDowell calls to arrange a meeting about some jewels . Ms . Marsh uses her break time to see policeman suitor Alfred Paget . " The Telephone Girl and the Lady "... |
452,861 | 15,896,852 | 22,685 | 6 | A Sound Stage for the Stars | A Bill of Divorcement ( 1932 ) George Cukor - John Barrymore , Billie Burke , Katharine Hepburn It's Christmas in England . World War I veteran John Barrymore ( as Hilary Fairfield ) has been committed to an asylum for 15 years , due to insanity brought on by " shell shock " . The season has resulted in a blessing for ... |
452,551 | 15,896,852 | 86,589 | 6 | All Punks Go to Heaven | In Penelope Spheeris's " Suburbia " , alienated and unwanted teenagers ( and twentysomethings ) find a new home for themselves : the " T . R . House " by " The 605 " . T . R . stands for " The Rejected " , and Interstate 605 is a freeway located in San Gabriel , California . " Suburbia " is explained in the film , perh... |
453,378 | 15,896,852 | 71,399 | 6 | Kate Is Enough | Three married couples set off on a contest winning cruise . They are : Richard Long and Polly Bergen ( as Jerry and Sylvia Carter ) , Edward Albert and Kate Jackson ( as Jimmy and Mary Frances Radney ) , and Tom Bosley and Celeste Holm ( as David and Elizabeth Mason ) . On ship , they discover why nobody can really rem... |
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