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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928) Dir: James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber. Writer: Edgar Allan Poe. Roderick Usher: Herbert Stern, Madeline Usher: Hildegarde Watson, Traveller: Melville Webber. A traveller arrives at the house of Usher to find siblings, Roderick with a heightened sense of his surroundings and Madeline in almost catatonic state.
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FLY (1970) Dir: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Writer: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. The Woman: Virginia Lust. A fly is filmed in extreme close-up as it walks on the body of a naked woman.
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FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933) Dir: Thornton Freeland. Writer: Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann, Erwin Gelsey. Belinha De Rezende: Dolores del Rio, Roger Bond: Gene Raymond, Julio Ruberio: Raul Roulien, Honey Hale: Ginger Rogers, Fred Ayres: Fred Astaire. When The Yankee Clippers band leader and amateur aviator, Roger Bond gets the band fired from a Miami hotel by flirting with patron, Belinha De Rezende, he gets the band a new job at a brand new hotel in Rio de Jeneiro. Meanwhile, Belinha has returned to Rio to see her father, the owner of the Hotel Atlantico, that has hired The Yankee Clippers. Too, Julio Ruberio, the best friend of Roger Bond is the fiance of Belinha. When three Greeks from Monaco try to take over the Hotel Atlantico by interfering with the hotel's entertainment permit. Roger, Fred Ayers and Honey Hale come to the rescue by staging a show on the wings of airplanes that fly over the hotel. Julio realizes that Belinha is really in love with Roger, so he steps aside.
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FORT APACHE (1948) Dir: John Ford. Writer: Frank S. Nugent. Capt. Kirby York: John Wayne, Lt. Col. Owen Thursday: Henry Fonda, Philadelphia Thursday: Shirley Temple, Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke: Ward Bond, Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke: John Agar, George O'Brien: Capt. Sam Collingwood, Mrs. Emily Collingwood: Anna Lee, Sgt. Festus Mulcahy: Victor McLaglin, Silas Meacham: Grant Withers, Sgt. Beaufort: Pedro Armendariz, Mrs. Mary O'Rourke: Irene Rich, Cochise: Miguel Inclan. When glory seeking Lt. Col. Owen Thursday arrives to take command of Fort Apache, he comes into conflict with Capt. Kirby York. Thursday wants to pursue and capture Cochise, while York favors negotiation and the replacement of Indian Agent Silas Meacham. Col. Thursday's daughter, Philadelphia, enters into a romance with Sgt. Maj. O'Rourke's son, Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke. Col. Thursday tries to break up the relationship. Capt. York gets Cochise to agree to return to the reservation, but Col. Thursday double crosses York and Cochise and leads his command into battle against the Apaches and gets his command wiped out.
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49th PARALLEL (1941) Dir: Michael Powell. Writer: Emeric Pressbirger, Rodney Ackland. Lt. Hirth: Eric Portman, Lt. Kuhnecke: Raymond Lovell, Vogel: Naill MacGinnis, Kranz: Peter Moore, Lohmann: John Chandos, Johnny the Trapper: Laurence Olivier, Peter: Anton Walbrook, Anna: Glynis Johns, Philip Armstrong Scott: Leslie Howard, Andy Brock: Raymond Massey. When a German U-Boat tries to hide from allied patrols in Hudson's Bay, Canada, they put launch a shore party to get supplies. When Canadian bombers sink the U-Boat, the shore party is stranded. They make an attempt to escape Canada. They raid a Hudson's Bay Company store and kill Johnny the trapper, Eskimos, as well as some fliers sent by the company to investigate. They steal the plane, crash and find themselves in a Hutterite community. When Vogel, the only non Nazi in the group tries to leave, Lt. Hirth orders his execution. They steal from Philip Armstrong Scott, a Canadian writer's camp in the Rocky Mountains. In the end, Lt. Hirth is the only Nazi not either killed or captured. He tries to escape into a still neutral United States, but is prevented by Canadian soldier, Andy Brock, and is sent back to Canada by U.S. Customs agents.
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FOUR MEN ON A RAFT (1942) Dir: Orson Welles. Writer: Orson Welles. Themselves: Manuel "Jacare" Olimpio Meira, Jeronimo Andre De Souza, Raimundo "Tata" Correia Lima, Manuel "Preto" Pereira De Silva, Jose Sobrinho, Francisca Moreira Da Silva. When a young fisherman and husband dies in an accident at sea, four of his fellow fishermen sail from their small village to Rio de Janeiro, the then capital of Brazil to ask for relief for their hard lives. See IT'S ALL TRUE.
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FRANKENSTEIN (1931) Dir: James Whale. Writer: Garrett Fort, Francis Edward Farough. Henry Frankenstein: Colin Clive, The Monster: Boris Karloff, Elizabeth: Mae Clarke, Victor Moritz: John Boles, Fritz: Dwight Frye. Scientist Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with creating human life. He assembles a body from cadavers stolen from cemeteries, and adds a brain from a dead criminal. When the monster kills Henry's assistant, Fritz and his ex teacher, the monster escapes. Henry who has returned home to marry his fiancee, Elizabeth, has his wedding interrupted when the monster, now on the loose and terrorizing the country side kills a child, little Maria. Henry leads the townspeople in search of the monster, cornering him in an old windmill.

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I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943) Dir: Jacques Tourneur. Writer: Curt Siodmak. Betsy Connell: Frances Dee, Paul Holland: Tom Conway, Wesley Rand: James Ellison, Mrs. Rand: Edith Barrett, Jessica Holland: Christine Gordon, Calypso Singer: Sir Lancelot. A young, Canadian nurse, Betsy Connell, is hired to go to the west Indies to take care of a woman, Jessica Holland, who has become catatonic from a tropical fever. Her husband, Paul Holland, and her brother-in-law, and former lover, Wesley Rand each fall for Betsy. But Jessica isn't really catatonic. She's been made into a zombie. Wesley is also under the control of the Voodoo priest.
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THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957) Dir: Jack Arnold. Writer: Richard Matheson. Scott Carey: Grant Williams, Louise Carey: Randy Stuart, Charlie Carey: Paul Langton, Clarice: April Kent. When Scott Carey passes through a radioactive cloud, he begins ti shrink. He must fight for his survival, including battles to the death against spiders that are now larger than he is.
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THE INFORMER (1935) Dir: John Ford. Writer: Dudley Nichols. Gypo Nolan: Victor McLaglen, Mary McPhillip: Heather Angel, Dan Gallagher: Preston Foster, Katie Maddon: Margot Grahame, Frankie McPhillip: Wallace Ford, Bartly Mulholland: Joe Sawyer, Una O'Conner: Mrs. McPhillip, Peter Mulligan: Donald Meek. In Dublin in 1922, Gypo Nolan informs on IRA soldier, Frankie McPhillip to the British for twenty pounds. Fueled by guilt and alcohol, Gypo wanders the night through Dublin, spending his money, only to be tried before an IRA court, and found guilty of informing.
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INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (2009) Dir: Quentin Tarantino. Writer: Quentin Tarantino. Col. Hans Landa: Christoph Waltz, Bridget von Hammersmark: Diane Kruger, Lt. Aldo Raine: Brad Pitt, Shosanna: Melanie Laurent, Sgt. Donny Donowitz: Eli Roth, Joseph Goebbels: Sylvester Groth, Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz: Til Schweiger, Lt. Archie Hicox: Michael Fassbender, Perrier LaPadite: Denis Menochet, Hitler: Martin Wuttke, Frederick Zoller: Daniel Bruhl. A group of Jewish American commandos under the leadership of Lt. Aldo raine parachute into occupied France to kill Nazis and take scalps. Things change when German film star and double agent, Bridget van Hammersmark informs the allies that leading Nazis, including Goebbels and Hitler will be at a movie premiere in Paris. A plan is hatched to kill all of the German leadership at the theater. Meanwhile Shosanna, the owner of the theater and a Jewess in hiding whose family was killed by Col. Hans Landa also hatches a plan to kill the Germans by burning down the theater during the film.
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IN HARM'S WAY (1965) Dir: Otto Preminger. Writer: Wendell Mayes. Adm. Rockwell Torrey: John Wayne, Capt. Paul Eddington: Kirk Douglas, Lt. Maggie Haynes: Patricia Neal, Lt. Mac McConell: Tom Tryon, Beverley McConell: Paula Prentiss, Ens. Jere Torrey: Brandon De Wilde, Ens. Annalee Dorne: Jill Haworth, Commander Egan Powell: Burgess Meredith, Adm. Broderick: Dana Andrews, Commander Neal Owynn: Patrick O'Neal, Adm. Kimmell: Franchot Tone, CINCPAC: Henry Fonda. As the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Capt. Rock Torrey is on patrol near Hawaii. With his first officer, Paul Eddington, they pursue the Japanese fleet. Torpedoed, Torrey returns to Pearl only to be removed from command. Now in charge of routing convoys, he becomes involved with nurse Lt. Maggie Haynes. Her roommate, Ens. Annalee Dorne is involved with Rock Torrey's estranged son. Eventually Rock Torrey is promoted to Admiral and sent to run a navel operation run by Adm. Broderick who has failed to move on the enemies position. Commander Neal Owynn on Broderick's staff, as well as Ens. Jere Torrey, Rock's son, are sent to spy of Rock's operation. When Jere realises that Rock is an admirable leader he turns on Broderick and Owynn and transfers to a PT boat. Jere becomes engaged to Annalee, who is then raped by Paul Eddington, now Rock Torrey's Chief of Staff. Annalee commits suicide when she thinks she's pregnant. Eddington goes on a suicide mission rather than face arrest. He discovers a large Japanese task force heading towards Rock's navel operations. In a massive surface battle all of Rock's staff but Lt. Mac McConell is killed. Rock loses his leg and is returned to Pearl Harbor along with Lt. Maggie Haynes.
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INVASION OF THE BODYSNATCHERS (1956) Dir: Don Siegel. Writers: Daniel Manwaring, story by Jack Finney. Dr. Miles J. Bennell: Kevin McCarthy, Becky Driscoll: Dana Wynter, Jack Belicec: King Donovan, Theodora "Teddy" Belicec: Carolyn Jones. Mysterious pods from outer space create exact, though soulless, duplicates of humans while they sleep, taking the memories and replacing the original person. Dr. Bennell and his girl friend Becky Driscoll try and stay awake, while being pursued by the pod people, so they can both survive as human beings and warn the outside world of the threat.
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ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945) Dir: Mark Robson. Writer: Ardel Ray. Gen. Nikolas Pherides, Oliver Davis: Marc Cramer, Thea: Ellen Drew, Mary St. Aubyn: Katherine Emery, Madame Kyra: Helen Thimig, St. Aubyn: Alan Napier, Albrecht: Jason Robards, Sr., Dr. Drossos: Ernest Deutsch. Ruthless Greek general, Nikola Pherides and American war corespondent, Oliver Davis are quarantined by plaque on an island with a disparate group of people. As the plaque danger increases, Pherides falls prey to superstition and blames Thea for bringing bad luck on the group.
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IT'S ALL TRUE (1993) Dir: Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel, Richard Wilson, Orson Welles, Norman Foster. Writer: Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel, Richard Wilson. Themselves: Orson Welles, Richard Wilson, Elizabeth Wilson. In 1942, Orson Welles was asked by the State Department to go to South America to make a documentary as part of the war time good neighbor policy. A documentary about what went wrong, and how it affected his career, and how it led to his loss of control of The Magnificent Ambersons. Contains Welles' short film meant to be part three of his documentary, Four Men On A Raft. Also contains recovered footage from Norman Foster's contribution to the film, My Friend Bonito, And Welles' unfinished section on the samba. See FOUR MEN ON A RAFT.