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The peculiar antics of Laurel (Hayley Mills), an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden - a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Edith...

The peculiar antics of Laurel (Hayley Mills), an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden - a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Edith Evans plays a matriarchal grandmother who, in raising her granddaughter, has neglected her other love - a barren chalk garden. Mayhem ensues as Laurel's behavior frightens away a succession of governesses until an enigmatic one (Deborah Kerr) is hired in spite of her mysterious references. She...

In The Black Shield of Falworth, Tony Curtis woos his real-life bride Janet Leigh, while defending the British throne in a swashbucking tale filled with joust, jests and medieval heroics. The time...

In The Black Shield of Falworth, Tony Curtis woos his real-life bride Janet Leigh, while defending the British throne in a swashbucking tale filled with joust, jests and medieval heroics. The time is England in the reign of King Henry IV. Miles (Curtis) is a headstrong, handsome peasant determined to learn the name of his slain father and discover his true heritage. His fiery ambition and swift sword lead him to the majestic MacWorth Castle. There he must vie for both knighthood as well as the...

After appearing in a Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, actor John Sheridan (Charles Laughton) informs playwright Paul Taylor (Franchot Tone) that he wants a young, unknown actress to star...

After appearing in a Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, actor John Sheridan (Charles Laughton) informs playwright Paul Taylor (Franchot Tone) that he wants a young, unknown actress to star opposite him in their next production, Strange Laughter. When waitress Kim Walker (Deanna Durbin) learns of Sheridan's request, she tries to pass herself off as an experienced actress and even succeeds in winning the coveted role. That's when the real problems begin. The score by Academy...

Singing sensation Deanna Durbin stars an American schoolteacher who pretends she is the widow of a wealthy sailor to escape war-torn China with eight orphans in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday. Academy...

Singing sensation Deanna Durbin stars an American schoolteacher who pretends she is the widow of a wealthy sailor to escape war-torn China with eight orphans in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday. Academy Award winner Barry Fitzgerald co-stars as the hilarious first mate who helps Mrs. Holliday (Durbin) and the kids find refuge in the huge mansion of his former boss. The old Commodore's grandson (Edmond O'Brien) is captivated by his new family but Mrs. Holliday risks losing everything - including her...

Starring Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff, Tower of London is a chilling 15th Century melodrama based on the life of Richard III. Sixth in line to the throne, Richard (Rathbone) is an ambitious man...

Starring Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff, Tower of London is a chilling 15th Century melodrama based on the life of Richard III. Sixth in line to the throne, Richard (Rathbone) is an ambitious man who, with the aid of his executioner friend Mord (Karloff), treacherously disposes of the five who stand between him and the crown. Mercilessly this cold-hearted pair torture and kill the heirs in the infamous Tower of London. Not for the faint of heart, this shocking classic grimly recounts the...

Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a...

Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boat. The only way to keep the franchise is to win a race against Pratt's boat.

Scot Webster tries to save his sister Susan from the clutches of gangster W.S. Bruhl. When Scot comes to Bruhl's rented room, one of the gangster's henchmen collapses into his hands, killed by a...

Scot Webster tries to save his sister Susan from the clutches of gangster W.S. Bruhl. When Scot comes to Bruhl's rented room, one of the gangster's henchmen collapses into his hands, killed by a gunman. The murderer tosses his gun to Scot and disappears. Since all the evidence points at him, Scot is arrested, tried and sentenced to death. A mad scientist uses his brain to transplant it into a gorilla. After the operation Scot wakes up in the body of a gorilla, eager to get his revenge.

Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray star in the fast-paced murder mystery, The Princess Comes Across. A stage-struck Brooklyn actress (Lombard) draws on her talent, posing as royalty aboard an ocean...

Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray star in the fast-paced murder mystery, The Princess Comes Across. A stage-struck Brooklyn actress (Lombard) draws on her talent, posing as royalty aboard an ocean liner bound for Hollywood. Her ruse soon becomes hilariously complicated when she unwittingly becomes involved in a murder. Meanwhile, a fellow passenger (MacMurray) is smitten by the "princess" and he soon gets swept up in her charade. Set aboard a glorious ship, this clever caper which was inspired...

Screen legends Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard star along with the irresistible Shirley Temple in Now and Forever. Penny (Temple) is a poor-little-rich girl whose father, a jewel thief and con...

Screen legends Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard star along with the irresistible Shirley Temple in Now and Forever. Penny (Temple) is a poor-little-rich girl whose father, a jewel thief and con artist, comes to claim her from his late wife's stuffy relatives. Together with new spouse Toni (Lombard), Jerry has sworn to mend his ways and set a good example for his beloved daughter. He soon discovers that old habits die hard, especially when the best schools cost money that Jerry does not have....

When Dr. Morris experiments with a poisonous gas first used by the ancient Mayans in their sacrificial rites, he discovers that it produces a "death in life" state in the subject. It also has...

When Dr. Morris experiments with a poisonous gas first used by the ancient Mayans in their sacrificial rites, he discovers that it produces a "death in life" state in the subject. It also has severe, irreversible side effects of advanced decomposition that can only be temporarily halted by a potent mixture of herbs and fresh human hearts. Guess who can't wait to test it on his unsuspecting lab assistant Ted? Grave-robbing, corpse desecration, murder and total madness follow. Despite the grisly...

When Dr. Benson's experiments in suspended animation result in a man's death, he is forced to flee San Francisco with the police in hot pursuit. He boards a luxury liner to Australia but a shipwreck...

When Dr. Benson's experiments in suspended animation result in a man's death, he is forced to flee San Francisco with the police in hot pursuit. He boards a luxury liner to Australia but a shipwreck lands him and a handful of survivors on a remote tropical island. The island natives are NOT very welcoming until Dr. Benson demonstrates his godlike powers by reviving the comatose wife of the island chief. Now worshipped as a deity, the doctor's ego rages out of control as he begins to focus on...

Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald sing and fall in love to the songs of Rodgers and Hart in director Rouben Mamoulian's Love Me Tonight, one of the greatest screen musicals in history....

Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald sing and fall in love to the songs of Rodgers and Hart in director Rouben Mamoulian's Love Me Tonight, one of the greatest screen musicals in history. Cheated out of 15 suits by the deadbeat Viscount de Vareze (Charlie Ruggles), poor Parisian couturier Maurice Courtelin (Chevalier) heads to the Chateau d'Artelines to collect the money that he's owed. Introduced as a Baron to hide the truth from de Vareze's uncle (C. Aubrey Smith), Maurice woos the...

Hollywood legends Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray star in the classic screwball comedy Hands Across the Table. Regi Allen (Lombard) is a marriage-minded manicurist employed in a swanky hotel...

Hollywood legends Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray star in the classic screwball comedy Hands Across the Table. Regi Allen (Lombard) is a marriage-minded manicurist employed in a swanky hotel barbershop where she hopes to find herself a wealthy husband. She soon meets charming playboy Theodore Drew III (MacMurray) - a dedicated customer who won't take no for an answer. There's one big problem: neither of these two gold diggers has what the other really wants...money! The plot thickens when...

Fred MacMurray stars as a ranch herder Will Keough who wants nothing more than to tend to his cattle and live in peace in Gun for a Coward. His two younger brothers, Hade (Dean Stockwell) and Bless...

Fred MacMurray stars as a ranch herder Will Keough who wants nothing more than to tend to his cattle and live in peace in Gun for a Coward. His two younger brothers, Hade (Dean Stockwell) and Bless (Jeffrey Hunter) are as different as night and day - Hade is wild and reckless and Bless refuses to use a gun, branding him a coward. Making matters worse is the brothers' merciless mother (Josephine Hutchinson) and Will's sweetheart (Janice Rule) who finds herself drawn to the sensitive Bless....

Ruby Carter (Mae West), the night club sensation of St. Louis, relocates to New Orleans and becomes the prize attraction of "The Sensation Club." West's risque brand of humor and naughty musical...

Ruby Carter (Mae West), the night club sensation of St. Louis, relocates to New Orleans and becomes the prize attraction of "The Sensation Club." West's risque brand of humor and naughty musical numbers enliven a plot that involves jewel thieves, a fixed boxing match and murder. Directed by comedy expert Leo McCarey (Duck Soup, 1933, The Awful Truth, 1937) and featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra who provide musical accompaniment for several of West's songs.

Dick Powell stars as a hardboiled PI with a taste for kibble in the over-the-top screwball comedy You Never Can Tell. When an eccentric tycoon leaves six million dollars to his faithful dog King,...

Dick Powell stars as a hardboiled PI with a taste for kibble in the over-the-top screwball comedy You Never Can Tell. When an eccentric tycoon leaves six million dollars to his faithful dog King, trustee Ellen Hathaway (Peggy Dow) is besieged by fortune hunters when they learn she's next to inherit. After the German Shepherd is poisoned and Ellen's accused of the crime, King's spirit is granted special permission to go back to earth in human form and help clear his Ellen's name. Returning as...

High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.

High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.

Back Street, one of the most popular and endearing love stories of all-time, has been brought to the silver screen several times over the years. Based on the bestselling novel by Fannie Hurst...

Back Street, one of the most popular and endearing love stories of all-time, has been brought to the silver screen several times over the years. Based on the bestselling novel by Fannie Hurst (Imitation of Life), Back Street is a quintessential tearjerker in which a couple meets and falls in love but is unable to marry due to impossible circumstances. However, despite their situation, they carry on a lifelong illicit affair until tragedy strikes. The 1941 version of Back Street, directed by...

Screen legend James Stewart teams up with Joan Fontaine in the romantic comedy You Gotta Stay Happy. Dee Dee Dilwood (Fontaine), a wealthy heiress, has just made the mistake of her life: marrying...

Screen legend James Stewart teams up with Joan Fontaine in the romantic comedy You Gotta Stay Happy. Dee Dee Dilwood (Fontaine), a wealthy heiress, has just made the mistake of her life: marrying the wrong man. On the night of her wedding, she decides to run away and enlists the help of a failing airline entrepreneur Marvin Payne (Stewart), who reluctantly agrees to let her hide out in his room for the evening. Sparks fly between the two and things begin to get really complicated when Marvin,...

Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney star in a screwball comedy about love and mistaken identity in Thirty Day Princess. When Princess Catterina (Sylvia Sidney) of Taronia falls ill with the mumps, it...

Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney star in a screwball comedy about love and mistaken identity in Thirty Day Princess. When Princess Catterina (Sylvia Sidney) of Taronia falls ill with the mumps, it threatens to derail a business deal worth $50 Million. Afraid of losing his commission, financier Richard Gresham (Edward Arnold) hires look-alike actress Nancy Lane (Sidney again) to impersonate the princess and promises a bonus if she can get crusading newspaper publisher Porter Madison (Cary Grant) to...

Screen legends Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff haunt the dungeons of a medieval chateau in The Strange Door, a horrific adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story. The Sire de...

Screen legends Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff haunt the dungeons of a medieval chateau in The Strange Door, a horrific adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story. The Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), is an evil French nobleman so obsessed with hatred for his own brother (Paul Cavanagh) that he imprisons him in the castle dungeon. The Sire tries to destroy the life of Cavanagh's daughter (Sally Forrest) by forcing her to marry rogue (Richard Stapley), but plans are upset when they...

Two of the most popular actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, star in Maid of Salem. Inspired by the true-life Salem "witch trials", an independent young...

Two of the most popular actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, star in Maid of Salem. Inspired by the true-life Salem "witch trials", an independent young woman's (Colbert) liberal attitude and love for an adventurer (MacMurray) leads to scandal in her small town. Accused of casting evil spells by the Puritan townsfolk, she must prove her innocence during one of the most notorious periods in American history.

Carole Lombard stars as a beautiful socialite who must choose between two men in the wacky screwball comedy Love Before Breakfast. Madly in love with Kay Colby (Lombard), wealthy businessman Scott...

Carole Lombard stars as a beautiful socialite who must choose between two men in the wacky screwball comedy Love Before Breakfast. Madly in love with Kay Colby (Lombard), wealthy businessman Scott Miller (Preston Foster) buys the oil company her fiance Bill (Cesar Romero) works for and transfers him to Japan. Finally able to make his move, Scott woos the Park Avenue beauty until she finally agrees to be wed. However, when Kay claims she is only marrying him for his money, Scott breaks the...

Lady in a Jam is a classic screwball comedy starring Irene Dunne as Jane, a young lady who is suspected of insanity after she squanders her entire inheritance yet refuses to accept her poor...

Lady in a Jam is a classic screwball comedy starring Irene Dunne as Jane, a young lady who is suspected of insanity after she squanders her entire inheritance yet refuses to accept her poor financial state. Dr. Enright (Patric Knowles) is the handsome doctor assigned to her case, unbeknownst to Jane. Posing as her chauffeur, he drives her out west to her rich grandmother, from whom Jane hopes to recoup her fortune. Refusing to give Jane a dime, instead her grandmother allows her to work the...