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King of the Roaring 20’s – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

King of the Roaring 20’s – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

King of the Roaring 20’s – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
IMDb: 5.6
106

Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero
IMDb: 7.6
101

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure….

Genre: Comedy, War
One Wild Night

One Wild Night

One Wild Night
IMDb: 6.5
72

Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four men who had all withdrawn large sums of money from the local bank in Stockton, Ohio.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Excuse My Dust

Excuse My Dust

Excuse My Dust
IMDb: 6.1
82

Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his “crazy invention”,…

Genre: Comedy
Bright Lights

Bright Lights

Bright Lights
IMDb: 6.3
82

Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Behind the Eight Ball

Behind the Eight Ball

Behind the Eight Ball
IMDb: 5.7
60

The story takes place at a summer theater in the Berkshire Mountains, where heroine Joan Barry (Carol Bruce) is staging a Broadway-bound musical comedy. Only one problem: two guest stars…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The Private War of Major Benson

The Private War of Major Benson

The Private War of Major Benson
IMDb: 6.5
105

A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC…

The Cowboy Quarterback

The Cowboy Quarterback

The Cowboy Quarterback
IMDb: 4.6
56

Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won’t leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams. He gets tangled up…

Genre: Comedy
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
IMDb: 6.2
85

Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her…

Genre: Drama
Wedding Present

Wedding Present

Wedding Present
IMDb: 6.3
81

Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Jupiter’s Darling

Jupiter’s Darling

Jupiter’s Darling
IMDb: 5.8
95

Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal (Howard Keel). While Rome’s ruler, Fabius Maximus (George Sanders), plots a defense against Hannibal’s armies, Fabius’ fiancée, Amytis (Esther Williams),…

Genre: Adventure
What Price Glory

What Price Glory

What Price Glory
IMDb: 6.2
110

Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg’s top sergeant. And when…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas
IMDb: 6.4
85

Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix – once he has the money to buy an engine. He…

The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve
IMDb: 7.8
97

It’s no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles’ fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark….

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
IMDb: 6.7
74

A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.

Genre: Horror, TV Movie
Hell on Frisco Bay

Hell on Frisco Bay

Hell on Frisco Bay
IMDb: 6.4
98

A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Yellow Mountain

The Yellow Mountain

The Yellow Mountain
IMDb: 6.1
77

A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend…

Genre: Western
The Far Horizons

The Far Horizons

The Far Horizons
IMDb: 6.1
108

Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the…

The Mountain

The Mountain

The Mountain
IMDb: 6.8
105

Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims.

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Christmas in July

Christmas in July

Christmas in July
IMDb: 7.4
67

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest….

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Along Came Jones

Along Came Jones

Along Came Jones
IMDb: 6.5
90

An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it would be best to leave town, until he meets the gunman’s girlfriend.

Sullivan’s Travels

Sullivan’s Travels

Sullivan’s Travels
IMDb: 7.9
91

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won’t be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey,…

Sorrowful Jones

Sorrowful Jones

Sorrowful Jones
IMDb: 6.9
88

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn’t return, he learns that taking care of a child…

Genre: Comedy
Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Night Has a Thousand Eyes
IMDb: 7.1
81

When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship to John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years
IMDb: 6.3
85

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galena’s leading citizen is murdered on…

Genre: Western
Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill
IMDb: 6.5
74

A detective’s wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.

Charlie Chan at the Opera

Charlie Chan at the Opera

Charlie Chan at the Opera
IMDb: 7.3
68

A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.

Dangerous When Wet

Dangerous When Wet

Dangerous When Wet
IMDb: 6.3
95

The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Jolson Story

The Jolson Story

The Jolson Story
IMDb: 7.3
128

The Jolson Story is a 1946 musical biography which purports to tell the life story of singer Al Jolson. It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as “Julie Benson”…

Genre: Drama, Music
All Through the Night

All Through the Night

All Through the Night
IMDb: 7.1
107

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment
IMDb: 5.7
89

Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher, Chris Heyward, she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo and they…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way
IMDb: 5.8
107

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day’s roving…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home
IMDb: 6.4
82

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in…

Genre: Comedy
The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline
IMDb: 6.5
96

Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she “opens” for a delayed Shakespeare play…with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The Great Moment

The Great Moment

The Great Moment
IMDb: 6.3
83

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Big City

Big City

Big City
IMDb: 6.5
80

Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and…

Genre: Drama
The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones
IMDb: 7.6
92

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley’s Department Store. There is labor…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong
IMDb: 6.8
84

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty
IMDb: 7.3
82

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city’s political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from “the boss,”…

Genre: Comedy
Sincerely Yours

Sincerely Yours

Sincerely Yours
IMDb: 5.6
115

He dazzled America for decades with his musical artistry. Now fans as well as those curious about this exciting entertainer’s unique appeal can relive the Liberace magic in his only…

Genre: Drama