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- January 29, 2021
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An author tires of his unfaithful wife, goes to a party thrown by his artist brother, and falls in love with a model.
- January 29, 2021
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- Comments Off on A Stranger In Town 1943
Supreme court justice goes on a quiet fishing trip only to find that he has to fight the corrupt mayor of a small town.
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- Comments Off on East Side Kids – Smart Alecks 1942
One of the gang finds himself in hot water with a gangster when the kids attempt to raise money for baseball uniforms. Features the two-fisted boys from Dead End in the comedy/drama series. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabe Dell and Billy Benedict.
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- Comments Off on Alexander Nevsky 1936
Classic battle scenes highlight this story of Germany’s 1241 invasion of Russia. Dir. Sergei Eisenstein.
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Russian officer is tricked into borrowing money from a spy and is condemned for treason. Dir. Anthony Kimmins
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- Comments Off on Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fair 1939
The Middleton family visits the 1939 New York World’s Fair and witnesses the advent of the future, encountering robots and dishwashers for the first time.
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- Comments Off on Scarlet Pimpernel 1934
Much-imitated plot concerning a foppish British nobleman who’s alter ego courageously rescues victims of the French Revolution from the guillotine. Based on the novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. Produced by Alexander Korda. Dir. Harold Young
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- Comments Off on Pack Up Your Troubles 1932
Loads of laughs and good fun with The Boys’ when they try to take care of the daughter of their pal who was killed in World War I. All they have to do is find the girl’s grandfather and they have an important clue. The man’s name is Smith! An underrated comedy classic from The Boys’. Dir. George Marshal