Based on a popular play, Peck’s Bad Boy entertains with classic family humor that will put smiles on children’s and adult’s faces alike. The story is a model for future family films: a young adopted boy tries to be good but his disruptive cousin cause him to get in trouble. Jackie Cooper is the cute little tike that the hardships come so unjustly put upon. While cracking up the audience, Peck’s Bad Boy also builds strong sympathy for the youngster. As the heartwarming resolution unfolds, everyone gets just what they need to be happy in this cheerful film.
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Amazon Movie Trailers: Queen of the Amazons Safari (1946)
Viva campy jungle safari! Queen of the Amazons is a delightfully absurd romp through the African wilderness. When a woman’s fiancé turns up missing, she tracks him down only to find that he has gone into the jungle and been missing for months! Hiring a skilled guide, they journey deep into the bush through countless dangers: like stock footage of tigers! The hilarity continues when she finds her fiancé captured by white skinned “Amazons” in Africa who speak English like Tarzan. Her beau has been enslaved by the Amazon Queen, and refuses to give him up. In the forties, Queen of the Amazon was a thrilling look at a distant part of the globe. Now it’s still tons of fun for different reasons, and still more than worth watching for a good time in the jungle.
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George Houston in Swashbuckling Adventure on the High Seas!
An adventure-loving sea captain, Bill Jones, otherwise known as Capt. Calamity, accepts an old Spanish doubloon as payment from one of his passengers. When he attempts to then use it to pay off a debt, a group of opportunists gets the idea that the captain must be in possession of a huge treasure. They plan to steal it from him, but first they’ll have to get the better of the swashbuckling Captain.
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Horror Movies Filmed in Hotels w/ Hottie Venetia Stevenson
The extraordinary Hollywood beauty Venetia Stevenson stars as the beautiful young innocent in the classic chiller City of the Dead. This exemplary horror film creates suspense and fright by constructing eerie and haunting images and atmospheres, as well as with tried and true devices: murder, secret evil, cults, witches, blood, and (of course) gore. With fine acting from veterans like Christopher Lee, City of the Dead attains magnificent degrees of mayhem and dark danger with a quality that few horror films can boast – it was a contemporary of Hitchcock’s Psycho and they are similar films. City of the Dead is top notch horror fare, and should be seen by all fans of the macabre.
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Daydreams: Buster Keaton & Renee Adoree in Slapstick Comedy
Silent Film sensation Buster Keaton was one of the most innovative and successful comics during the early days of the motion picture. Known for his outrageous physical antics, as well as the use of props and slapstick comedy, Keaton made movies with a bravado and imagination that few will ever achieve. Here in Daydreams, Keaton plays a young man who’s off to seek his fortune in the big city. The sidesplitting gags come from Keaton trying, and failing, in virtually ever job imaginable. Daydreams is another gem in Keaton’s large body of top notch cinematic work that never fails to please.
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Law of the 45’s Classic Western Guns Shooting John McCarthy
The first film ever to feature the famous Three Mesquiteers! Law of the 45’s is a classic style Western with singing, comedy, and plenty of gun shooting. Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams makes a fine heroic cowboy who would continue to appear in feature films for many years. Here, Williams and his sidekick Fuzzy (Al St. John) are out to help some poor hapless ranchers who are being overrun by land grabbing bandits. At the heart of the vicious plot is the rancher’s lawyer who is out to double cross all the hardworking honest folk. Williams and gang must fend off the bad guys before they can ride into the sunset, and it makes for a good ol’ time watching Law of the 45’s.
In Law of the Timber, veteran actress Marjorie Reynolds takes center stage in this explosive and exciting film. As the daughter of the owner of a successful logging company, Reynolds is given the reigns to the corporation when her father is murdered in an accident with dynamite! Reynolds is pressed, since a huge government contract must be met, and more unfortunate circumstances continue to disrupt the business. Eventually she learns that the accidents aren’t accidents – and that her dear father was murdered. The film erupts into pandemonium as Reynolds races to thwart the bad guys and keep the company afloat! Law of the Timber achieves everything that it sets out to: to entertain with consistent thrills at a frantic pace.
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Zane Grey Western Movies: Mark of the Avenger, Gunfights!
Author Zane Grey was the inspiration for over one hundred Western Films and Mark of the Avenger is one of the best films based from Grey’s novels. It’s unusual in that the hero, played by the rugged Douglas Dumbrille, is no goodie-two-shoes but a man with a checkered past who has turned to crime. An outlaw from his home town where he’s wanted for a murder he didn’t commit, Dumbrille sneaks back in to town to see his daughter, who he discovers is hopelessly caught up in the sinister plots of bad men. What follows is a whirlwind of gun slinging action as Dumbrille makes to straighten everything out by any means necessary. Mark of the Avenger is a tempest of classic Western mayhem.
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Criminologist Trying to Solve Murder in Midnight Phantom
Midnight Phantom is a fascinatingly complex mystery film from the nineteen thirties. Unlike most murder mysteries that cheaply look into the victim’s life after his death, in Midnight Phantom the murdered man is looked at carefully in life, as are his adversaries. That’s why when Police Chief James Sullivan gets murdered; there are already a laundry list of interesting suspects and possibilities. The taut time following the enigmatic death is filled by a criminologist attempting unorthodox methods to reveal the killer. In depth characters and intricate plotting make Midnight Phantom a great mystery.
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Silly Over the Top New York Gangs: Million Dollar Kid (1944)
One of the best of the East Side Kids’ films, Million Dollar Kid is the story of a young gang member that the Kids wish to reform. The Kids have decided to rid their New York neighborhood of any other gangs, ones that cause trouble. In the process, they save the life of an old wealthy man whose son is involved in the dangerous criminal life. The Kids are able to help the misguided youth reform, but his former gang brothers don’t like it and kidnap him! The East Side Kids take it upon themselves to go to the rescue. Million Dollar Kid is a fine mix of action and comedy and makes for great viewing.
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Famous Comedians: Buster Keaton, Comic w/ Crazy Polish Wife
The silent film comic genius Buster Keaton is at it again in My Wife’s Relations, a riotous short comedy from the silent era. Keaton is one of the most influential comedic actors in history, pioneering slapstick and physical sight gags that had never before been imagined. Here Keaton stars as a man who accidentally marries a large and unkempt Polish woman who doesn’t speak any English! Keaton fears for his life, and upon returning to her family’s home he finds himself beset by his oversized wife and her four mammoth brothers. This splendid setup allows Keaton to go to work with his innovative jokes and pranks. My Wife’s Relations is another classic Keaton film that stands up so well to the test of time.
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Action Superhero Film: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome DVD (1947)
An amazing Dick Tracy adventure! Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome is an absorbing cinematic experience thanks to Boris Karloff, most famous for his powerful portrayal of Frankenstein. In this film, Dick Tracy is played by the more than able Ralph Byrd who soars as the stern and clever detective created by Chester Gould. The story revolves around insidious bank robbers who utilize a paralyzing gas to asphyxiate everyone present, leaving no witnesses. In order to crack the case, Tracy is helped along by his sweetie Tess Trueheart, played by the classically gorgeous Anne Gwynne. But the true star of the film is Karloff, whose monstrous performance as lead villain Gruesome steals every scene. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome is top notch 1940’s detective fun.
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Classic Romantic Western: The Return of Wildfire (1948)
In a bid to corner the horse market, a rich rancher starts forcing smaller ranchers to sell to him. One rancher won’t sell and is killed, leaving his two sisters behind to fight the rich rancher. They soon receive help in the form of a handsome drifter, who stays and falls in love with one of the sisters. The rich rancher is eventually defeated in a gunfight with the heroes.
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Cecilia Parker in Great Crime Drama DVD: Below the Deadline
A group of robbers try to lure a jewelry store clerk into helping them rob her employers, but are foiled in the attempt by her boyfriend, a cop. Finding another way into the store, the robbers do indeed complete the robbery, carefully framing the cop that got in their way in the process. After the robbery, the innocent girl is fired from her job on the suspicion that she helped the robbers, and she’s forced later to work in a nightclub owned by the thieves. Her boyfriend must flee by train to avoid being taken into custody. The train he’s riding on gets into a terrible wreck and the cop, played by Russell Hopton, sustains irrevocable damage to his face. He visits a plastic surgeon and comes out looking like a completely different person. With his new unrecognizable face, he goes out to find his girl and get his revenge on those who set him up.
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John Hustonâs War Documentary Film Battle of San Pietro DVD
The Battle of San Pietro (1945) is such a shocking, frank, and powerful war documentary that the US Army refused to show it! Master director John Hustonâs actual footage of one of the most grueling and horrendous battles in all of World War II is nothing short of harrowing. The actual Battle of San Pietro, fought on Italian soil, was of the highest strategic importance for the Allied Forces. Thus the Americans threw hundreds of soldiers against an entrenched, fortified, and well equipped German force. The chaotic, devastating combat that took place, as well as the heroic struggle of the fighting men, will never be forgotten. John Hustonâs The Battle of San Pietro is unquestionably one of the most important and moving documentaries ever made.
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Classic San Francisco Street Racing Hot Rods Safety Movie
This 1950âs film chronicles how four high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area molded safe teen drivers by participating in the Mobil (now Exxonmobil) Economy Run, a race whose objective was to drive around the city within a designated period of time while avoiding penalties like speeding or violating traffic laws. The driver would be accompanied by a professional racecar driver, who would give the teens advice on how to drive safely and save gas. Scenes of the kids dancing in a malt shop and driving around San Francisco in vintage hot rods, street rods, and rat rods is included, but the real gem in this film is the great footage of San Francisco itself, including the Golden Gate Bridge. California teen drivers education sure was fun in the 1950s, and On the Run provides the experience of San Francisco history as well as drag strip racing history and old school hot rods.
From many different camera angles, including aerial shots, this silent, color film captures the awe inspiring explosions from the Nevada weapons test called Project Dugout. In this picturesque example of military history, through the use of diagrams and some animation, the preparation of the blast site is shown, including the underground chambers that were filled with five 20-ton chemical row-charge explosives. The tests were conducted in order to assess the effect of the explosives on hard, dry rock. The footage of the explosions is intense and includes real-time and slow motion film of the jaw dropping blasts. The crater effect caused by the explosives is captured in great detail â sometimes with people in the shot in order to show the huge scale of the destruction. The explosive tests for rowing produce huge explosions that caused giant, gaping craters, are captured in startling detail in this great footage.
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Attack of the Hygiene Fairy! Creepy 1950s Grooming Movie
This 1950's personal hygiene film teaches young children care of the hair and fingernails. A somewhat disturbing magical fairy shows the picture of a very unkempt little boy with messy hair and long claw-like fingernails, saying âI always keep that picture on my wall, just to remind me how many boys and girls still need my help.â She waves her magic wand and introduces some other children who need tips from the fairy. She recommends that they wash their hair at least once a week, and advocated never using another personâs comb or hat for fear of lice, which are shown in an animated diagram. She instructs one little girl, Alice, to brush her hair until it shines, or 100 strokes of the brush. She also tells the children, boys and girls, how to clean and manicure their fingernails. This is an interesting hygiene film, thanks to the creepy fairy godmother and wacky kids.
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Funny Old Grooming Movie with Crazy Hygiene Rules
This film is a monument to post World War II cultural insistence on conformity, uniformity, and social standards. Following a cookie cutter young couple, the film discusses the various ways in which itâs important to maintain rigorous standards of health and hygiene. The amount of detail and precision used would make an OCD patient blush by todayâs standards! âMake sure your hem line is even!â insists the narrator. How to be Well Groomed is the pinnacle antique etiquette and social guidance films.
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Goofy Awkward Kids Trying to Date in High School Old Movie
When the Lincoln Junior High Teen Club decides to sponsor a dance, George, an insecure youngster, must take the plunge into the world of dating. Fortunately, he and his group of buddies all manage to find dates to the Winter Frolic! Thus begins a classic 1950âs social etiquette film on dating. The group of kids in this movie represents the varied emotional and physical development that exists in George's age group. This film presents a somewhat realistic view of the limited nature of social interaction between young teens, but also includes some unintentionally funny moments (like how Georgeâs date is a full foot taller than him). Studs Terkel even makes a cameo as a helpful swimming teacher. On the whole, Beginning to Date provides a healthy dose of retro culture, fun, and goofiness from a socially structured era in American history.
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