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The Mystery of Marie Roget
The haunting film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Mystery of Marie Roget stars Maria Montez and Patric Knowles. A successful actress in the City of Light, Marie Roget (Montez), has a sinister dark side: she is plotting the death of her younger sister (Nell O’Day). When Marie goes missing and the maimed corpse of a young woman is discovered, amateur detective Dr. Paul Dupin (Knowles) works to track down the killer. Filled with suspense and intrigue, this gripping classic was inspired by a...
Kitty
Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland and Patric Knowles star in the rags-to-riches period film Kitty about a young woman from the slums who charts a path to outrageous fortune. After famed artist Thomas Gainsborough paints her portrait, sassy Kitty (Goddard) sees her prospects rise as members of the nobility take note of her unknown beauty. However, when penniless Sir Hugh Marcy (Milland) takes her under his wing and tries to pass her off as a real lady in a lucrative marriage deal, Kitty decides that...
Monsieur Beaucaire
The French court will never be the same when Bob Hope gets through with it in Monsieur Beaucaire ! A barber in the court of King Louis XV, Monsieur Beaucaire (Hope), falls in love with a beautiful maid (Joan Caulfield). When the king has had enough of the inept barber's shenanigans, Beaucaire is led to the guillotine where he is about to lose his head! Luckily for him, the Duc de Chandre (Patrick Knowles) rescues Beaucaire from his inevitable fate, transporting him to the Spanish court. However...
Lady in a Jam
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...
O.S.S.
Alan Ladd stars with Geraldine Page in the riveting war time spy thriller O.S.S. The story opens at an Army spy school where tactics and gadgets used in espionage operations are demonstrated to students – as well as the sobering lesson that one wrong move could cost them their lives. A cunning captain (Ladd) of an O.S.S. team is sent undercover into Nazi-occupied France to blow up a railway tunnel. With danger constantly at their backs, the team carefully plots a course of action while the...
Monsieur Beaucaire / Where There's Life Double Feature
Monsieur BeaucaireBob Hope stars as a court barber who turns into a royal pain for his employers. He also happens to fall in love with the beautiful Mimi (Joan Caulfield). But when the king has had enough of his shenanigans, Hope is led to the guillotine. Luckily, the Duc de Chandre, played by Patrick Knowles, rescues Beaucaire. But when he later poses as a nobleman, it seems Hope may have pushed his luck a little too far.Where There's LifeBob Hope is Michael Valentine, the long-lost heir to...
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
A mysterious vigilante known as "Dr. Rx" strikes again, leaving his calling card behind as evidence. All of his victims have been crooks who have escaped prosecution through legal loopholes and his hit list keeps growing. Assigned to the case is private detective Jerry Church (Patric Knowles) but the crimes are baffling and involve death by strangulation and a possible attempt to implant a gorilla's brain into a human body. The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942) is an offbeat horror-comedy film...
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Hollywood’s best-known monsters collide in one of the great classic horror films of the 1940’s. This terror-packed story features Bela Lugosi as the Frankenstein monster and Lon Chaney, Jr. as the cursed Wolf Man. Beginning as a moody chiller, director Roy William Neill sets the stage for an unforgettable clash. The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of mad scientist Patric Knowles, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis but...
The Wolf Man
"Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright." In 1941, The Wolf Man introduced the world to a new Universal movie monster and the mythology of the werewolf was re-defined forever. Featuring a heartbreaking performance by Lon Chaney Jr. and groundbreaking make-up by Jack Pierce, this story of a cursed man who transforms into a deadly werewolf when the moon is full has not only become a masterpiece of the...
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man / House of Frankenstein Double Feature
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManBela Lugosi as Frankenstein's Monster and Lon Chaney, Jr. as the cursed Wolf Man collide in one of the great classic horror films of the 1940s. Beginning as a moody chiller, director Roy William Neill sets the stage for an unforgettable clash. The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of mad scientist Patrick Knowles, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis but will also revive the frozen body of...