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The Allnighter
Who says you can't do it all in one night? In the "beach party" comedy The Allnighter , Molly (Susanna Hoffs) is a fun-loving co-ed whose frustration at having spent four years at a California surf-side college without a significant romance is matched only by her determination to do something about it. Aiding Molly in her last-ditch search for "Mr. Right" is a pair of sexy roomies who decide to gear up for the hottest party of the year and experience the most memorable evening of all time!
Thanks for the Memory
Newlywed novelist Steve Merrick (Bob Hope) has his hands full trying to finish his first masterpiece in the delightful romantic classic, Thanks for the Memory . While Steve's beautiful bride Ann (Shirley Ross) dreams of a better life for them, their eclectic group of friends drop in and out as they please, keeping Steve up and away from his typewriter. Meanwhile, Louella (Patricia "Honey Chile" Wilder), a beautiful Southern Belle from next door, keeps meddling into their blissful lives. When...
Variety Girl
Featuring three dozen stars, Variety Girl is a mammoth musical romance on how a movie star is born set amid the “reality” of a Hollywood studio! Playing himself, the incomparable Bob Hope reigns as top comic over one of the most star-studded casts ever assembled including Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour and many, many more. Starlet wannabe Amber LaVonne (Olga San Juan) is mistaken for her friend, the beautiful and talented...
Coupe de Ville
Three very different brothers reluctantly reunite for a 1,500 mile car trip in the heartwarming comedy Coupe de Ville . At the request of their domineering father (Alan Arkin), the trio (Patrick Demsey, Arye Gross and Daniel Stern) find themselves driving a classic 1954 powder-blue Cadillac Coupe de Ville from Detroit to Miami for their mother's 50th birthday. The race is on to see if the bickering brothers can get there on time without damaging the car…or each other. Exceptional performances...
The Eagle and the Hawk
In the tradition of All Quiet on the Western Front, The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) is a powerful anti-war drama in which Cary Grant and Fredric March play rival pilots with opposing codes of honor during World War I. The story was written by John Monk Saunders (Wings, The Dawn Patrol) and features memorable supporting roles for Jackie Oakie and Carole Lombard who would become a major star the following year with the release of Twentieth Century (1934). The New York Times stated “Here is a drama...
Great Expectations
The 1934 version of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations was the first sound adaptation of the classic novel that finds the lives of childhood playmates in the hands of fate. Having raised and instilled in Estella (Jane Wyatt) the same level of anger and resentment toward men, Miss Havershim (Florence Reed) opposes any romantic union for Estella, especially with a man less privileged. Pip (Phillips Holmes) pines away for Estella but she has been taught well by her embittered mentor and rebukes...
The Great Man's Lady
Screen legend Barbara Stanwyck stars as a 109-year-old woman who recounts the story of her eventful life in The Great Man's Lady . After Hoyt City dedicates a statue to its founder Ethan Hoyt (Joel McCrea), the woman who inspired his achievement, Hanna Sempler (Stanwyck), tells their story to a young biographer. She begins with their elopement in 1848 when she was a headstrong girl of 16 and Ethan was an idealist yearning to build a city in the West. Their future was fraught with difficulties,...
The Mad Ghoul
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...
My Man Godfrey (1957)
Based on the 1936 screwball comedy classic, the 1957 remake of My Man Godfrey stars David Niven and June Allyson. On a mad scavenger hunt, socialite Irene Bullock (Allyson) stumbles upon grizzled street person Godfrey (Niven) underneath an East River Bridge. Claiming him as a scavenger item, Irene wins the contest. Delighted and impressed with him, the daffy heiress makes him the new family butler. As Irene succumbs to his romantic charms, Godfrey slowly wins over the entire family with his...
Night After Night
George Raft and Mae West star in the pre-code drama Night After Night about a speakeasy owner with a colorful past. Joe Anton (Raft), an ex-thug intent on losing his street-smart manner, hires a proper spinster named Mabel (Alison Skipworth) to accompany him and Miss Healy (Constance Cummings) to dinner at his swanky establishment. Complicating matters, his flamboyant ex-girlfriend, Maudie Triplet (West), breezes over to their table and innocently begins to expose Joe’s past. Making her screen...