Synopsis
A gangster’s moll runs home to mother, with reporters and amateur detectives hot on her tail. Cast: Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, William Gargan, Victor Mature.Read More »
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Hal Roach – The Housekeeper’s Daughter (1939)
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Nancy Hamilton – The Unconquered (1954)
1951-1960DocumentaryNancy HamiltonUSAThis documentary chronicles the life of Helen Keller.
Helen Keller is a blind and a deaf girl. Her parents hired a tutor named Anne Sullivan. The first word that she spelled using sign language is W-A-T-E-R. Some of the schools where she studied is Radcliffe University. When she died they built the Helen Keller International.Read More »
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Dwayne Avery – Booby Trap (1970)
1961-1970ActionDwayne AveryExploitationUSAA crazed military explosives expert heads for Los Angeles with an RV full of explosives, intending to blow up a rock festival and kill all the “hippies”. An army officer is sent to stop him.Read More »
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? – Women in Defense (1941)
?1941-1950DocumentaryShort FilmUSAShort documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America’s preparation for war, showing women working in scientific, industrial, and voluntary-services activities.Read More »
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Julia St. Vincent – Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story [+Extras] (1981)
1981-1990DocumentaryEroticaJulia St. VincentUSAA documentary about John C. Holmes, who was the biggest star in the adult film industry in more ways than one.Read More »
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Frank Capra – Rain or Shine (1930)
1921-1930ClassicsComedyFrank CapraUSASynopsis:
After her father’s death, Mary Rainey takes over the Rainey Circus (which operates twice daily, rain or shine) but runs into financial troubles. In one bit reminiscent of the Marx Brothers, the circus performers are up to some ridiculous antics at a dinner party with the family of Bud Conway, Mary’s beau. As times become worse and the performers go on strike, Mary must try to save the circus from rioting patrons.Read More » -
John Ford – In memoriam Manuel Quezon (1944)
1941-1950DocumentaryExperimentalJohn FordUSAQuote:
This is a creative documentary of the funeral of Manuel Quezón, president of the Philippines. Whether directed by Ford or wholly the work of his Field Photo Unit, I don’t know. Read More » -
S. Sylvan Simon – The Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
Drama1931-1940CrimeS. Sylvan SimonUSAA nurse’s younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn’t do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.Read More »
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Allison Anders – Gas Food Lodging (1992)
1991-2000Allison AndersDramaThe Female GazeUSAQuote:
In the boring desert of New Mexico, a single mother raises her two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, whose deepest desire is to leave the dead calm town. Shade is the type to escape in her extravagant fantasies while Trudi is so rebelious it could drive her away.Read More »









