DAMES (1934) Dir: Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley. Writer: Robert Lord, Delmer Daves. Jimmy Higgens: Dick Powell, Barbara Hemingway: Ruby Keeler, Mabel Anderson: Joan Blondell, Guy Kibee: Horace P. Hemingway, Mathilda Hemingway: Zazu Pitts, Ezra Ounce: Hugh Herbert. Millionaire uncle Ezra plans to leave $10,000,000 to Horace P. Hemingway, his wife Mathilda and daughter Barbara if they demonstrate an extreme level of morality. Barbara's 13th cousin Jimmy Higgens is an actor and songwriter as well as Barbara's secret boyfriend. With the help of Mabel Anderson, Jimmy blackmails Horace into financing his Broadway show. Ezra who is also the head of the Ounce Foundation for the Elevation of American Morals and vows to close Jimmy's show. Barbara has also gotten a job as a dancer in the show.
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THE DAMNED (1969) Dir: Luchino Visconti. Writer: Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti. Frederich Bruckmann: Dirk Bogarde, Sophie Von Essenbeck: Ingrid Thulin. Martin Von Essenbeck: Helmut Berger, Aschbach: Helmut Griem, Gunther Von Essenbeck: Renaud Verley, Herbert Thallman: Umberto Orsini, Elisabeth Thallman: Charlotte Rampling, Konstantin Von Essenbeck: Reinhard Kolldehoff, Joachim Von Essenbeck: Albrecht Schoenhals. The extended Von Essenbeck family fights for control of the family steel and armaments company in the decade before World War 2. Some of the family members ally themselves with the SA and some with the SS. Their conflict includes murder and sending family members to concentration camps.
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DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY (1967) Dir: Jim McBride. Writer:Jim McBride. David Holzman: L.M. Kit Carson, Penny Wohl: Eileen Dietz. Young film maker, David Holzman makes a documentary about his everyday life.
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DR MABUSE, THE GAMBLER (1922) Dir: Fritz Lang. Writer: Thea von Harbou. Dr. Mabuse: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Cara Carozza: Aud Egede Nissen, Countess Dusy Told: Gertrude Welcker, Count Told: Alfred Abel, State Attorney von Wenk: Bernhard Goetzke, Edgar Hull: Paul Richter, Spoerri: Forster-Larrinaga. Dr. Mabuse, psychiatrist, hypnotist, master of disguise, gambler and master criminal matches wits with State Attorney von Wenk, while causing havoc in Berlin.
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952) Dir: Phil Karlson. Writer: George Bruce, Harry Essex. Joe Rolfe: John Payne, Helen Foster: Coleen Gray, Tim Foster: Preston Foster, Boyd Kane: Neville Brand, Tony Romano: Lee Van Cleef, Pete Harris: Jack Elam. Ex police captain Tim Foster, forced off the job because of political intrigue, plots a bank robbery. Keeping his identity a secret from the gang he recruits, he also implicates ex con, Joe Rolfe, now a driver for a florist. After being cleared by the police, Joe follows the trail of gang member Pete Harris, and when Harris is killed, he takes his place at the meeting where the loot is to be divided among the gang members. What no one knows is that Tim Foster is planning on turning the gang in to an insurance company for the reward. Meanwhile Joe and Foster's daughter, Helen have fallen for each other.
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THE KILLING (1956) Dir: Stanley Kubrick. Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson. Johnny Clay: Sterling Hayden, Fay: Coleen Gray, Val Cannon: Vince Edwards, Marvin Unger: Jay C. Flippen, Sherry Peatty: Marie Windsor, George Peatty: Elisha Cook, Jr., Nikki Arcane: Timothy Carey, Maurice Oboukhoff: Kola Kwariani. Johnny Clay assembles a gang for a race track robbery. Told from each of the robbers' point of view, the robbery succeeds, though not perfectly. Sherry Peatty, the wife of robber George Peatty tells her boyfriend about the robbery. He tries to rob the gang after the robbery.
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KISS ME DEADLY (1955) Dir: Robert Aldrich. Writers: A. I. Bezzarides, Novel Mickey Spillane. Mike Hammer: Ralph Meeker, Velda: Maxine Cooper, Gabrielle: Gaby Rogers, Lt. Pat Murphy: Wesley Addy, Eddie Yeager: Juano Hernandez, Dr. G. E. Soberin: Albert Dekker, Carl Evello: Paul Stewart, Christina Bailey: Cloris Leachman, Nick: Nick Dennis. Thuggish private eye picks up hitchhiker, Christina Bailey. They're run off the road and captured, beaten and Christina is tortured and killed. Put in Mike's car and pushed over a hill, Mike survives. When he discovers that the FBI is interested in the case, Hammer decides that there is probably a lot of money to be made. He, Velda, and Nick, the auto mechanic investigate. Despite warnings from his friend on the LAPD, Lt. Murphy, Hammer continues the investigation. Velda is taken hostage by Dr. Soberin who is the head of a gang stealing nuclear materials. Mike rescues Velda, and stops the theft of the nuclear materials.
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THE KILLING (1956) Dir: Stanley Kubrick. Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson. Johnny Clay: Sterling Hayden, Fay: Coleen Gray, Val Cannon: Vince Edwards, Marvin Unger: Jay C. Flippen, Sherry Peatty: Marie Windsor, George Peatty: Elisha Cook, Jr., Nikki Arcane: Timothy Carey, Maurice Oboukhoff: Kola Kwariani. Johnny Clay assembles a gang for a race track robbery. Told from each of the robbers' point of view, the robbery succeeds, though not perfectly. Sherry Peatty, the wife of robber George Peatty tells her boyfriend about the robbery. He tries to rob the gang after the robbery.
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KISS ME DEADLY (1955) Dir: Robert Aldrich. Writers: A. I. Bezzarides, Novel Mickey Spillane. Mike Hammer: Ralph Meeker, Velda: Maxine Cooper, Gabrielle: Gaby Rogers, Lt. Pat Murphy: Wesley Addy, Eddie Yeager: Juano Hernandez, Dr. G. E. Soberin: Albert Dekker, Carl Evello: Paul Stewart, Christina Bailey: Cloris Leachman, Nick: Nick Dennis. Thuggish private eye picks up hitchhiker, Christina Bailey. They're run off the road and captured, beaten and Christina is tortured and killed. Put in Mike's car and pushed over a hill, Mike survives. When he discovers that the FBI is interested in the case, Hammer decides that there is probably a lot of money to be made. He, Velda, and Nick, the auto mechanic investigate. Despite warnings from his friend on the LAPD, Lt. Murphy, Hammer continues the investigation. Velda is taken hostage by Dr. Soberin who is the head of a gang stealing nuclear materials. Mike rescues Velda, and stops the theft of the nuclear materials.
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M (1931) Dir: Fritz Lang. Writer: Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang. Hans Beckert: Peter Lorre, Frau Beckmann: Ellen Widmann, Elsie Beckmann: Inge Landgut, Schranker: Gustaf Grundgens, Franz: Freidrich Gnass, Superintendent Lohmann: Otto Wernicke, Superintendent Groeber: Theodor Loos, Blind Street Vendor: Georg John, Beckert's "Lawyer": Rudolf Blumner. Hans Beckert is a serial child killer. When the police crack down on all crime, the non violent criminal gangs, use the city's beggars to hunt down the killer, they find him, just as the police are finally close to making an arrest.
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MAJOR DUNDEE (1965) Dir: Sam Peckinpah. Writer: Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Paul, Sam Peckinpah. Major Dundee: Charlton Heston, Captain Ben Tyreen: Richard Harris, Samuel Potts: James Coburn, Teresa Santiago: Senta Berger, Trooper Tim Ryan: Michael Anderson, Jr., Trooper Aesop: Brock Peters, Riago: Juan Carlos Ruiz, Lieutenant Graham: Jim Hutton, O.W. Hadley: Warren Oates, Sergent Chillum: Ben Johnson, Sierra Charriba: Michael Pate. When Apache chief, Sierra Charriba massacres a cavalry patrol and kidnaps some small children, Major Dundee leads a group of black troops, civilian volunteers and Confederate prisoners into Mexico in pursuit of the Indians. Once over the border, he in in turn pursued by Emperor Maximilian's crack French lancers.
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MALE AND FEMALE (1919) Dir: Cecil B. DeMille. Writer: Jeanie Macpherson. William Crichton: Thomas Meighan, Lady Mary Lasenby: Gloria Swanson, Tweeny the Scullery Maid: Lila Lee, Lord Loam: Theodore Roberts, Lady Agatha Lasenby: Mildred Reardon, Ernest Wolley: Raymond Hatton, Lord Brockelhurst: Robert Cain. Lord Loam, family and staff go on a tropical cruise on the family yacht. When ship wrecked on a desert island, only Crichton, the family butler has the needed skills to survive. He soon becomes king of the island as scullery maid Tweeny and spoiled daughter of Lord Loam, Lady Mary compete for his affections.
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THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) Dir: John Huston. Writer: John Huston. Sam Spade: Humphrey Bogart, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Kasper Gutman: Sydney Greenstreet, Joel Cairo: Peter Lorre, Wilmer Cook: Elsiha Cook, Jr., Effie Perine: Lee Patrick, Det. Lt. Dundy: Barton Maclane, Det. Tom Polhaus: Ward Bond. A group of international crimals are hunting for the Maltese falcon, a jewel encrusted golden statue, covered by a coat of black enamel. One of them, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, hires private eye Sam Spade, to help her against Kasper Gutman.
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MANDRAKE, (1928) see ALRAUNE
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MANSLAUGHTER (1922) Dir: Cecil B. Demlle. Writer: Jeanie Macpherson. Lydia Thorne: Leatrice Joy, Daniel J. O'Bannon: Thomas Meighan, Evans the Maid: Lois Wilson, Drummond: Jack Mower. When wreckless Lydia Thorne kills traffic officer, Drummond in a car accident, she is prosecuted by her fiance, D.A. Daniel J. O'Bannon. He gets a conviction and prison time for Lydia. While in prison, she meets Evans, her former maid who had stolen from her for money for medical care for her sick son. Both Lydia and Evans are reformed by prison. Paroled, they devote their lives to good works. While on skid row, they meet O'Bannon who has become an alcoholic. Lydia and Evans help O'Bannon to overcome his drinking problem.
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MAX REPREND SA LIBERTE aka TROUBLES OF A GRASS WIDOWER (1912) Dir: Max Linder. Writer: Max Linder. Max: Max Linder, Max's Wife: Jane Renouardt, Max's Mother-In-Law: Delphine Renot. When Max ignores his wife, she leaves him and returns to her mother. With out a woman to take care of him, Max is unable to cope.
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MODERN TIMES (1936) Dir: Charles Chaplin. Writer: Charles Chaplin. A Factory Worker: Charles Chaplin, A Gamin: Paulette Godard, Big Bill: Tiny Sandford, A Mechanic: Chester Conklin, President of the Electro Steel Corporation: Al Ernest Garcia. When a factory worker goes crazy from the monotony of his job, he ends up unemployed and latter in prison. On his release, he meets a gamin of the streets and they face life and hardship together.
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MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE (1983) Dir: Terry Jones. Writer: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. Various Roles: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. In a series of short films, the meaning of life from birth to death are examined.
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MOTHLIGHT (1963) Dir: Stan Brakhage. Clocking in at four minutes, Brakhage took pieces of dead insects and sandwiched them between two pieces of editing tape.
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MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935) Dir: Frank Lloyd. Writer: Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson. Captain Bligh: Charles Laughton, Fletcher Christian, Midshipman Byam: Franchot Tone, Burkitt: Donald Crisp, Tehani: Movita. On a voyage to Tahiti to collect breadfruit as food for West Indian slaves, Lieutenant Fletcher Christian leads a successful mutiny against tyrannical Captain Bligh. Cast adrift in an open boat with some, but not all, of those loyal to him, Bligh survives and returns to the south seas in search of the mutineers.
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MAJOR DUNDEE (1965) Dir: Sam Peckinpah. Writer: Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Paul, Sam Peckinpah. Major Dundee: Charlton Heston, Captain Ben Tyreen: Richard Harris, Samuel Potts: James Coburn, Teresa Santiago: Senta Berger, Trooper Tim Ryan: Michael Anderson, Jr., Trooper Aesop: Brock Peters, Riago: Juan Carlos Ruiz, Lieutenant Graham: Jim Hutton, O.W. Hadley: Warren Oates, Sergent Chillum: Ben Johnson, Sierra Charriba: Michael Pate. When Apache chief, Sierra Charriba massacres a cavalry patrol and kidnaps some small children, Major Dundee leads a group of black troops, civilian volunteers and Confederate prisoners into Mexico in pursuit of the Indians. Once over the border, he in in turn pursued by Emperor Maximilian's crack French lancers.
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MALE AND FEMALE (1919) Dir: Cecil B. DeMille. Writer: Jeanie Macpherson. William Crichton: Thomas Meighan, Lady Mary Lasenby: Gloria Swanson, Tweeny the Scullery Maid: Lila Lee, Lord Loam: Theodore Roberts, Lady Agatha Lasenby: Mildred Reardon, Ernest Wolley: Raymond Hatton, Lord Brockelhurst: Robert Cain. Lord Loam, family and staff go on a tropical cruise on the family yacht. When ship wrecked on a desert island, only Crichton, the family butler has the needed skills to survive. He soon becomes king of the island as scullery maid Tweeny and spoiled daughter of Lord Loam, Lady Mary compete for his affections.
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THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) Dir: John Huston. Writer: John Huston. Sam Spade: Humphrey Bogart, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Kasper Gutman: Sydney Greenstreet, Joel Cairo: Peter Lorre, Wilmer Cook: Elsiha Cook, Jr., Effie Perine: Lee Patrick, Det. Lt. Dundy: Barton Maclane, Det. Tom Polhaus: Ward Bond. A group of international crimals are hunting for the Maltese falcon, a jewel encrusted golden statue, covered by a coat of black enamel. One of them, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, hires private eye Sam Spade, to help her against Kasper Gutman.
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MANDRAKE, (1928) see ALRAUNE
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MANSLAUGHTER (1922) Dir: Cecil B. Demlle. Writer: Jeanie Macpherson. Lydia Thorne: Leatrice Joy, Daniel J. O'Bannon: Thomas Meighan, Evans the Maid: Lois Wilson, Drummond: Jack Mower. When wreckless Lydia Thorne kills traffic officer, Drummond in a car accident, she is prosecuted by her fiance, D.A. Daniel J. O'Bannon. He gets a conviction and prison time for Lydia. While in prison, she meets Evans, her former maid who had stolen from her for money for medical care for her sick son. Both Lydia and Evans are reformed by prison. Paroled, they devote their lives to good works. While on skid row, they meet O'Bannon who has become an alcoholic. Lydia and Evans help O'Bannon to overcome his drinking problem.
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MAX REPREND SA LIBERTE aka TROUBLES OF A GRASS WIDOWER (1912) Dir: Max Linder. Writer: Max Linder. Max: Max Linder, Max's Wife: Jane Renouardt, Max's Mother-In-Law: Delphine Renot. When Max ignores his wife, she leaves him and returns to her mother. With out a woman to take care of him, Max is unable to cope.
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MODERN TIMES (1936) Dir: Charles Chaplin. Writer: Charles Chaplin. A Factory Worker: Charles Chaplin, A Gamin: Paulette Godard, Big Bill: Tiny Sandford, A Mechanic: Chester Conklin, President of the Electro Steel Corporation: Al Ernest Garcia. When a factory worker goes crazy from the monotony of his job, he ends up unemployed and latter in prison. On his release, he meets a gamin of the streets and they face life and hardship together.
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MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE (1983) Dir: Terry Jones. Writer: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. Various Roles: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin. In a series of short films, the meaning of life from birth to death are examined.
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MOTHLIGHT (1963) Dir: Stan Brakhage. Clocking in at four minutes, Brakhage took pieces of dead insects and sandwiched them between two pieces of editing tape.
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MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935) Dir: Frank Lloyd. Writer: Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson. Captain Bligh: Charles Laughton, Fletcher Christian, Midshipman Byam: Franchot Tone, Burkitt: Donald Crisp, Tehani: Movita. On a voyage to Tahiti to collect breadfruit as food for West Indian slaves, Lieutenant Fletcher Christian leads a successful mutiny against tyrannical Captain Bligh. Cast adrift in an open boat with some, but not all, of those loyal to him, Bligh survives and returns to the south seas in search of the mutineers.
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