![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Three Came Home - Jean Negulesco http://imdb.com/title/tt0043041/ The true story of Agnes Newton Keith's imprisonment in several Japanese prisoner-of-war camps from 1941 to the end of WWII, with the man you love to hate - Sessue Hayakawa. Few recall that, before Valentino and Romero, Sessue was Holloywood's first exotic foreign romantic lead Keywords: WW II; Japanese prison camp:Claudette Colbert; Sessue Hayakawa; Jean Negulesco; war Downloads: 23,745 Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Gangs, Inc. IMDb: Young Dorothy Adams is orphaned when her criminal father is gunned down by other gang members. She ends up in an orphanage where she is befriended by fellow orphans Bob Elliot and Mickey Roma. As an adult, she is conned into taking blame for a hit-and-run accident by her rich but alcoholic fiance, who subsequently abandons her. She emerges from prison a hardened criminal who turns to armed robbery and eventually rises through blackmail to a position of power in the local crime organization... Keywords: Gangster; Mobster Downloads: 2,989 Average rating: (2 reviews) |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | The General Line (Staroye I Novoye) The last silent film of Sergei Esenstein Keywords: Sergei Eisenstein; Sovjet Union Downloads: 934 Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | The Man on the Eiffel Tower - Irving Allen, Franchot Tone It's Paris in the late Forties. A young man (Robert Hutton), with his wife (Patricia Roc) and his girl friend (Jean Wallace), is overheard in a bar bemoaning how long it will most likely take before his rich aunt dies and he will inherit a great deal of money. A few days later the aunt is stabbed to death. Keywords: Mystery; Thriller; Charles Laughton Downloads: 3,490 Average rating: (4 reviews) |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | D.W. Griffith - A Corner in Wheat (1909) - D.W. Griffith A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 short film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread. It was directed by D. W. Griffith and adapted by Griffith and Frank E. Woods from the novel The Pit (1903) by Frank Norris. Intercutting (cross-cutting) between still tableaux of the poor in the bread line and the lavish, active parties of the wealthy speculator somewhat anticipates the collision montage whi... Keywords: D.W; DW; Griffith; A; Corner; in; Wheat; 1909; important; legendary; classic; groundbreaking; good; film; movie; history; historical; social; commentary; America; American; timeless; unique; old; vintage; National; Film; Registry; Library; of; Congress Downloads: 3,892 Average rating: (3 reviews) |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | The Pied Piper of Hamelin - Hal Stanley Stars Van Johnson, Claude Rains, Jim Backus Tagline: "Now! a giant color spectacle! from the pages of the immortal classics comes this famous story" Information regarding this film on its IMDb page. More information on Wikipedia . Keywords: fantasy; musical; fairy tale Downloads: 6,764 Average rating: (7 reviews) |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Nothing Sacred - David O. Selznick The hotshot newspaper reporter Wallace Cook (Fredric March) tries to get in the good graces of his boss, Oliver Stone (Walter Connolly) by exploiting the "imminent" death of an ailing young woman, Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard). By way of newsprint the doomed young lady becomes the toast of New York City until her health situation is revealed as a hoax. IMHO one of the best comedies that went into Public Domain... Keywords: Comedy; Drama; Romance; Carole Lombard Downloads: 9,564 Average rating: (6 reviews) |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Cyrano De Bergerac - Stanley Kramer From:IMDb: France, 1640: Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results. Much cut from the play, but dialogue not rewritten. Keywords: Drama Downloads: 32,411 Average rating: (15 reviews) |  |
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