Charlie Chaplin Modern Times (1936)
Charlie Chaplin Modern Times (1936) Chaplins last silent film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a product
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) Clipper ships taking the shortest route between the Mississippi and the Atlantic often end up on the shoals of Key West in the 1840s. Salvaging the ships' cargos has become a lucrative business for two companies -- one headed by a feisty young woman. Then she falls in love
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940) Twenty years after the end of WWI in which the nation of Tomainia was on the losing side, Adenoid Hynkel has risen to power as the ruthless dictator of the country. He believes in a pure Aryan state, and the decimation of the Jews. This situation is unknown to a simple Jewi
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba.
Unconquered (1947)
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus attorney, has gathered Cyrus 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans mansion for Cyrus
North West Mounted Police (1940)
North West Mounted Police (1940) Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of
Pot o Gold (1941)
Pot o Gold 1941 Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncles worst enemy because of their love for music and in house band who constantly practices Soon, Jimmy finds h
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Told in flashback from a preface in which the main character visits Paramount to sell his story! Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partne
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
So Proudly We Hail 1943 A group of U S Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941 The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination, and their lives Sent to Bataan, in the Philippines, the nurses are led by Lt Janet Davidson She is faced with untested nurse
Nothing But the Truth (1941)
Nothing But the Truth 1941 Stockbroker T T Ralston has promised his niece Gwen to double it if she can raise 20,000 for charity But he connives so those she asks refuse to give her more than the 10,000 shes already raised Gwen secretly gives T T s new partner Steve Bennett the 10,000 and asks him to
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
The Diary of a Chambermaid 1946 Celestine Paulette Goddard, the chambermaid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr Lanlaire Reginald Owen is not a right choice the house is firmly controlled by Madame Lanlaire Dame Judith And
Vice Squad (1953)
Vice Squad 1953 When a police officer is shot arresting a car thief, Captain Barnaby uses his skills and contacts to track down the culprits and uncovers a bank heist plan in the process Barnaby has no qualms about bending the law to achieve his ends, including trumped up charges to persuade his onl