Title |
Year |
Studio/Production Company |
Genre |
Director |
Producer |
Actors |
Screenwriters |
Synopsis |
Where to DL |
Tidbits |
Color/B&W |
Country |
|
Abraham
Lincoln |
1930 |
D.W. Griffith Productions/Feature
Productions |
Biography/Drama/History |
D.W. Griffith |
D.W. Griffith/Joseph M. Schenck |
Walter Huston/Una Merkel/William
L. Thorne |
Stephen Vincent Benet/John W.
Considine Jr./Gerrit J. Lloyd |
A biographical film about
Abraham Lincoln |
The Internet Archive |
It includes little known
information about the life of Abraham Lincoln. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Ace
Drummond |
1936 |
Universal Pictures |
Adventure/Action |
Ford Beebe |
Ben Koening/Barney A. Sarecky |
John 'Dusty'King/Jean
Rogers/Noah Beery Jr. |
Wyndham Gittens/Norman S.
Hall/Ray Trampe |
A serial based on a comic strip
written by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and drawn by Clayton Knight. |
The Internet Archive |
One critic (Cline) state that it
"exuded the futuristic aura of Flash Gordon combined with the eerie
mystery of Baron Frankenstein's Castle laboratory. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Adventures of Smilin' Jack |
1943 |
Universal Pictures |
Action/Adventure/War |
Lewis D. Collins/Ray Taylor |
Ford Beebe/Donald H. Brown |
Tom Brown/Rose Hobart/Edgar
Barrier |
Morgan Cox |
A Universal serial based on the
comic strip The Adventures of Smilin' Jack |
The Internet Archive |
Not much of the original comic
strip was used and a new character (Tommy Thompson) was made for the serial
by Universal. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Africa
Screams |
1949 |
Huntington Harford
Productions/Nassour Studios Inc. |
Comedy/Adventure |
Charles Barton |
David S. Garber/Huntington
Hartford/Edward Nassour/Donald Crisp |
Bud Abbot/Lou Costello/Clyde
Beatty |
Earl Baldwin/Martin
Ragaway/Leonard Stern |
A comedy film starring Abbot and
Costello. |
The Internet Archive |
Clyde Beatty provided his own
animals for the film. |
B/W Color version available |
United States |
|
Aladdin
and His Wonderful Lamp |
1939 |
Fleischer Studios |
Animation/Short/Action |
Dave Fleischer |
Max Fleischer |
Jack Mercer/Margie Hines/Carl
Meyer |
n/a |
A two reel animation in the
Popeye Color Specials Series produced in Technicolor. |
www.archive.org |
This cartoon features a
Disney-like pacing and plot. |
Color |
United States |
|
Algiers |
1938 |
Walter Wanger Productions |
Drama/Mystery/Romance |
John Cromwell |
Walter Wanger |
Charles Boyer/Singrid Gurie/Hedy
Lamarr |
John Howard Lawson/James M. Cain |
An American Drama remake of the
1937 French Film Pepe le Moko. |
The Internet Archive |
Algers was the inspiration for
Casablanca. |
B/W |
United States |
|
All
This and Rabbit Stew |
1941 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Family/Animation/Short |
Fred Avery |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc/Danny Webb |
Dave Monahan |
A Merry Melodies cartoon. |
The Internet Archive |
In the "Censored
Eleven" group of banned Merrie Melodies due to racial stereotyping. |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Amazing Mr. X |
1948 |
Ben Stoloff Productions |
Drama/Film-Noir/Horror |
Bernard Vorhaus |
Benjamin Stoloff |
Turhan Bey/Lynn Bari/Cathy O'Donnel |
Mariel Roy Bolton/Ian McLellan
Hunter |
AKA The Spiritualist, a film
noir that tells the story of a fake spiritualist racket. |
The Internet Archive |
One of the actresses scheduled
to shoot committed suicide before shooting could begin. (Carole Landis) |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Amazing Transparent Man |
1960 |
Miller Consolidated Pictures |
Crime/Sci-Fi |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Lester D. Guthrie/Robert L.
Madden/John Miller |
Marguerite Chapman/Douglas
Kennedy/James Griffith/Ivan Triesault |
Jack Lewis |
An American B-Movie following
the story of a mentally unstable US Army Major who, by using an escaped
convict, filches supplies to enhance the invisibility machine his scientist
prisoner made. |
The Internet Archive |
This film has suffered
unpopularity due to negative reviews. |
B/W |
United States |
|
And
Then There Were None |
1945 |
Rene Clair Productions |
Crime/Drama/Mystery |
Rene Clair |
Rene Clair/Leo C. Popkin/Harry M.
Popkin |
Barry Fitzgerald/Walter
Huston/Louis Hayward/Roland Young |
Dudley Nichols |
An adaptation of Agatha
Christie's mystery novel 'Ten Little Indians' |
The Internet Archive |
This film was based on a novel
originally titled 'Ten Little Niggers' later changed to 'Ten Little Indians' |
B/W |
United States |
|
Angel
and the Badman |
1947 |
Republic Pictures/John Wayne
Productions |
Romance/Western |
James Edward Grant |
John Wayne |
John Wayne/Gail Russel/Harry Carey |
James Edward Grant |
A western that contemplates
whether or not a gunman can give up violence. |
The Internet Archive |
The New York Times said
"Mr. Wayne and company have sacrificed the usual raring action to
fashion a leisurely Western, which is different from and a notch or two
superior to the normal sagebrush saga." |
B/W |
United States |
|
Angel
On My Shoulder |
1946 |
Charles R. Rogers Productions |
Comedy/Fantasy/Romance |
Archie Mayo |
Charles R. Rogers/David W. Diegel |
Paul Muni/Claude Rains/Anne Baxter |
Harry Segall/Roland Kibbie |
A film about a deal with the
devil by a dead man. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was remade for
television in 1980. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Angels
Hard As They Come |
1971 |
New World Pictures |
Action/Drama |
Joe Viola |
Johnathan Demme |
Scott Glenn/Charles Dierkop/James
Iglehart |
Johnathan Demme/Joe Viola |
A film about a drug deal gone
wrong. |
n/a |
"An eye for an eye, a piece
for a piece" was one tagline. |
Color |
United States |
|
The Ape |
1940 |
Monogram Pictures |
Drama/Horror/Sci-Fi |
William Nigh |
William T. Lackey |
Boris Karloff/Maris Wrixon/Gene
O'Donnel |
Curt Siodmak/Richard Carroll |
A film about a mad scientist
trying to obtain a serum when an ape breaks out. |
The Internet Archive |
The play opened in LA in
1927. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The Ape
Man |
1943 |
Banner Productions/Monogram
Pictures |
Comedy/Drama/Horror |
William Beaudine |
Jack Dietz/sam Katzman/Barney A.
Sarecky |
Bela Lugosi/Louise Currie/Wallace
Ford |
Barney A. Sarecky |
A mad scientist transforms
himself into an ape man. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was the sixth of nine
Monogram Pictures featuring Bela Lugosi. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Assassin
of Youth |
1937 |
BCM Roadshow Productions |
Drama |
Elmer Clifton |
Charles A. Brown/Elmer Clifton/Leo.
J. McCarthy |
Luana Walters/Arthur Gardner/Fay
McKenzie |
Charles A.Browne/Leo J.
McCarthy/Elmer Clifton |
AKA 'Marihuana' A film about
teenage drug use and its dangers. |
The Internet Archive |
The film was advertised on
matchbooks. |
B/W |
United States |
|
At War
with the Army |
1950 |
Fred F. Finklehoff
Productions/Screen Associates Inc/York Pictures Corporation |
Comedy/Musical/Romance/War |
Hal Walker |
Fred F. Finklehoffe/Abner J.
Greshler |
Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis/MikeKellin |
Fred F. Finklehoffe |
A comedy about being in the US
army. |
The Internet Archive |
The main character gives a scout
salute instead of a military salute throughout the picture. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Atom Age
Vampire |
1960 |
Leone Film |
Horror/Science Fiction |
Anton Giulio Majano |
n/a |
Alberto Lupo/Susanne
Loret/Sergio Fantoni |
Gino De Santis/Alberto
Bevilacqua/Anton Giulio Majano |
A stripper is disfigured and
enlists the aid of a mad scientist to restore her beauty. |
The Internet Archive |
The US version of this film is
heavily censored. |
B/W |
Italy |
|
Attack
of the Giant Leeches |
1959 |
American International Pictures |
Horror/Science Fiction |
Bernard L. Kowalski |
Gene Corman/Roger Corman |
Ken Clark/Yvetter Vickers/Jan
Sheperd |
Leo Gordon |
A film about giant killer
leeches. |
The Internet Archive |
The Spanish title means the
"Diabolical Marsh" |
B/W |
United States |
|
The Bat |
1959 |
Liberty Pictures |
Horror/Thriller/Mystery |
Crane Wilbur |
C.J. Tevlin |
Vincent Price/Agnes
Moorehead/Gavin Gordon |
Crane Wilbur |
A killer called the 'Bat'
terrorized guests in a giant mansion. |
The Internet Archive |
This was the final on screen
role for child star Darla Hood |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Battleship Potemkin |
1925 |
Goskino |
Drama/History/War |
Sergei Eisenstein |
n/a |
Aleksandr Antonov/Vladimir
Barsky/Grigori Aleksandrov |
Nina Agadzhanova |
When the crew of a battleship is
given rotten meat they riot. |
The Internet Archive |
Based on true historical
events. |
B/W |
Soviet Union |
|
Beach
Combers |
1936 |
Walter Lantz Productions |
Animation/Short |
Walter Lantz |
Walter Lantz |
n/a |
Walter Lantz/Victor McLeod |
An animated Short featuring
Oswald the Rabbit. |
B/W |
They cut costs during the
Depression by cutting corners with these episodes. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Bear
Shooters |
1930 |
Hal Roach Studios |
Family/Comedy/Short |
Robert F. McGowan |
Robert F. Mcgowan/Hal Roach |
Leon Janney/Bobby 'Wheezer'
Hutchins/Allen 'Farina' Hoskins |
n/a |
A man in a gorilla suit tries to
scare off poachers but instead ends up being hunted. |
www.archive.org |
This film was in an episode of
the Sopranos. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Beat
the Devil |
1953 |
Rizzoli-Haggiag/Romulus
Films/Santana Pictures Corporation |
Adventure/Comedy/Crime |
John Huston |
Jack Clayton/John
Huston/Humphrey Bogart/Angelo Rizzoli/John Woolf |
Humphrey Bogart/Jennifer
Jones/Gina Lollobrigida |
Truman Capote/John
Huston/Anthony Veiller/Peter Viertel |
A group of people who hope to
get rich in Africa meet a British couple that seem innocent until things
start to happen. |
The Internet Archive |
The last film Humphrey Bogart
made with Peter Lorre |
B/W |
United Kingdom/United
States/Italy |
|
Bela
Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla |
1952 |
Jack Broder Productions Inc. |
Horror/Comedy/Science Fiction |
William Beaudine |
Jack Broder/Herman Cohen/Maurice
Duke |
Bela Lugosi/Duke Mitchell |
Tim Ryan/Leo 'Ukie'Sherin/Edmond
Seward |
An Island of Dr. Moreau-esque
comedy. |
The Internet Archive |
Martin Landau in preperation for
his role in Ed Wood watched this film and said it made Ed Wood's film look
like 'Gone With the Wind' it was so terrible. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Beneath
the 12-Mile Reef |
1953 |
Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation |
Adventure |
Robert D. Webb |
Robert Bassler |
Robert Wagner/Terry
Moore/Gilbert Roland |
A.I. Bezzerides |
A father and son diving team
embark on a dangerous adventure. |
The Internet Archive |
The average shot length for this
film is 10 seconds. |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Bigamist |
1953 |
The Filmakers |
Drama |
Ida Lupino |
Robert Eggenweiler/Collier Young |
Joan Fontaine/Ida Lupino/Edmund
Gwenn |
Collier Young |
A man leads a double life and is
caught. |
The Internet Archive |
During the tour of movie star
homes the driver points to actual film star's houses. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The Big
Show |
1936 |
Rebublic Pictures |
Music/Romance/Western |
Mack V. Wright |
Nat Levine/Armand Schaefer |
Gene Autry/Smiley Burnette/Kay
Hughes |
Dorrell McGowan/Stuart E.
McGowan |
Gene Autry confuses people when
he is himself and his stunt double simultaneously. |
The Internet Archive |
The film was cut for television
but recently restored. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Black
Dragons |
1942 |
Banner Productions/Monogram
Pictures |
Mystery/Thriller/War |
Willaim Nigh |
Jack Dietz/Sam Katzman/Barney A.
Sarecky |
Bela Lugosi/John Barclay/George
Pembroke |
Harvey Gates |
American Industrialists trying
to dampen the war effort are killed. |
The Internet Archive |
The only spy film Bela Lugosi
ever starred in. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Blood of Jesus |
1941 |
Amegro Films/Sack Amusement
Enterprises |
Drama/Fantasy |
Spencer Williams |
Alfred N. Sack/Spencer Williams |
Cathryn Caviness/Spencer
Williams/Juanita Riley |
Spencer Williams |
An atheist shoots his religious
wife, then she is tempted by the devil in the afterlife. |
The Internet Archive |
The film was so succesful the
director was offered a ten-year contract to produce mor films. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Bloody
Pit of Horror |
1965 |
International Entertainment/M.B.S
Cinematografica |
Horror |
Massimo Pupillo |
Francesco Merli/Felix C.
Ziffer/Ralph Zucker |
Mick Hargitay/Walter
Brandi/Luisa Baratto |
Romano Migliorini/Roberto Natale |
When a photographer goes to an
abandoned castle to shoot with some models they are tormented by a
lunatic. |
The Internet Archive |
The UK refused this film a
cinema certificate in1967 |
Color |
Italy/United States |
|
Blood
Tide |
1982 |
Connaught International/Athon |
Adventure/Horror |
Richard Jefferies |
Luigi Cingolani/Donald
Langdon/Nico Mastorakis/John D. Schofield/Brian Trenchard-Smith |
James Earl Jones/Jose
Ferrer/Lila Kedrova |
Richard Jeffries/Nico Mastorakis |
An adventure hunter in Greece
unwittingly frees a monster that demands virgin sacrifice. |
The Internet Archive |
The tagline is 'Evil Lurks in
the Ocean Depths' |
Color |
United Kingdom/Greece |
|
Bluebeard |
1944 |
Producers Releasing Corporation |
Crime/Film-Noir/Horror/Thriller |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Leon Fromkess/Martin Mooney |
John Carradine/Jean Parker/Nils
Asther |
Pierre Gendron |
A painter murders his models |
The Internet Archive |
A "bluebeard" means a
type of serial killer that murders their companions. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Bowery
at Midnight |
1942 |
Banner Productions/Monogram
Pictures |
Crime/Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller |
Wallace Fox |
Jack Dietz/sam Katzman/Barney A.
Sarecky |
Bela Lugosi/John Archer/Wanda
McKay |
Gerald Schnitzer |
A soup kitchen is a front for a criminal gang. |
The Internet Archive |
In the films background there is
a poster for another Lugosi film, "the Corpse Vanishes" |
B/W |
United States |
|
Boy
Meets Dog |
1938 |
Walter Lantz Productions |
Short/Animation/Comedy |
n/a |
Walter Lantz |
Billy Bletcher |
n/a |
A toothpaste commercial. |
The Internet Archive |
A strange tale about the dangers of poor dental
hygeine. |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Boy in the Plastic Bubble |
1976 |
American Broadcasting
Company/Spelling-Goldberg Productions |
Drama/Romance |
Randal Kleiser |
Cindy Dunne/Leonard
Goldberg/Shelley Hull/Aaron Spelling/Joel Thurm |
John Travolta/Glyniis
O'Connor/Robert Reed |
Douglas Day Stewart |
A love story about a man who
cannot leave his bubble. |
The Internet Archive |
This film is based on a true
story. |
Color |
United States |
|
Boys
Beware |
1961 |
Sid Davis Productions |
Drama/Short |
Sid Davis |
Sid Davis |
Sid Davis |
n/a |
A cautionary tale about pedophiles. |
The Internet Archive |
This film focuses on homosexual
pedophiles as being particularly threatening, illustrating stereotypes of the
time. |
n/a |
United States |
|
The
Brain That Woundn't Die |
1962 |
Rex Carlton Productions |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
Joseph Green |
Rex Carlton/Mort Landberg |
Jason Evers/Virginia
Leith/Leslie Daniels |
Joseph Green |
A mad scientist keeps his
girlfriend alive after she is decapitated in a car crash. |
The Internet Archive |
Due to censorship and legal
trouble the film wasn't released until 3 years after it was made. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Bride
of the Gorilla |
1951 |
Jack Broder Productions Inc. |
Adventure/Drama/Horror/Mystery |
Curt Siodmak |
Edward Leven/Jack Broder |
Barbara Payton/Lon Chaney Jr.
Raymond Burr |
Curt Siodmak |
A wealthy man marries a young
bride but is then cursed and transforms. |
The Internet Archive |
It only took seven days to shoot
this film. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Brideless
Groom |
1947 |
Columbia Pictures Corporation |
Comedy/Short |
Edward Bernds |
Hugh McCollum/Jules White |
Moe Howard/Larry Fine/Shemp
Howard |
Clyde Bruckman |
To receive his inheretance a man
must marry but faces some obstacles. |
The Internet Archive |
One of four Three Stooges films
in the Public Domain. |
B/W |
United States |
|
A Bucket
of Blood |
1959 |
Alta Vista Productions |
Comedy/Horror |
Roger Corman |
Roger Corman/Samuel Z.
Arkoff/James H. Nicholson |
Dick Miller/ Barboura
Morris/Anthony Carbone |
Charles B. Griffith |
A busboy at a hipster café
begins to murder people to turn their bodies into plaster sculptures and gain
credit with the bohemian crowd. |
The Internet Archive |
A promo for the film stated you
got in free if you brought a bucket of blood to the management at your local
theater. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Bulldog
Drummond |
1929 |
The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
Drama/Mystery/Thriller |
F. Richard Jones |
Samuel Goldwyn |
Ronald Colman/Claud
Allister/Lawrence Grant |
Sidney Howard |
A British WWII veteran longs for
adventure. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was spoofed in a 1983
film called 'Bullshot Crummond' |
B/W |
United States |
|
Burn Em'
Up Barnes |
1934 |
Mascot Pictures |
Action/Adventure |
F. Richard Jones |
Nat Levine/Victor Zobel |
Jack Mulhall/Frankie Darro/Lola
Lane |
Sherman L. Lowe |
A poor land owner learns her
land is worth millions and is targeted by speculators when race car driver
Burn em' up Barnes comes to her rescue in this serial. |
The Internet Archive |
This serial is a loose remake of
the 1921 film with the same title. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Captain
Kidd |
1945 |
Benedict Bogeaus
Production/Captain Kidd Productions Inc. |
Action/Adventure/Biography/Drama/History |
Rowland V. Lee |
Benedict Bogeaus/James Nasser |
Charles Laughton/Randolph
Scott/Barbara Britton |
Robert N. Lee/Norman Reilly
Raine |
A pirate adventure. |
The Internet Archive |
Spoofed in 'Abbott and Costello
meet Captain Kidd' in 1952 |
B/W |
United States |
|
Carnival
of Souls |
1962 |
Harcourt Productions |
Horror/Mystery |
Herk Harvey |
Herk Harvey |
Candace Hilligoss/Frances
Feist/Sidney Berger |
John Clifford |
A woman is drawn into an
abandoned carnival after an accident. |
The Internet Archive |
Saltair Amusement Park outside
Salt Lake City is the backdrop. |
Color |
United States |
|
Cause
for Alarm |
1951 |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Drama/Film-Noir |
Tay Garnett |
Tom Lewis |
Loretta Young/Barry
Sullivan/Bruce Cowling |
Mel Dinelli/Tom Lewis |
An invalid man is paranoid his
wife and dorcor are trying to kill him and writes a letter then dies. |
The Internet Archive |
The producer wanted Judy Garland
to play the part but his wife got it instead. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Chained
for Life |
1951 |
Spera Productions Inc |
Crime |
Harry L. Fraser |
George Moskov |
Violet Hilton/Daisy Hilton/Mario
Laval |
Nat Tanchuck |
A siamese twin commits murder
and the court has to figure out how to punish her. |
The Internet Archive |
The plot was derived from real
life evens of Daisy and Violet Hilton. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Charade |
1963 |
Universal Pictures/Stanley Donen
Films |
Comedy/Mystery/Romance/Thriller |
Stanley Donen |
Stanley Dones/James H. Ware |
Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn/Walter
Matthau |
Peter Stone |
Men in Paris pursue a woman for
a fortune her late husband had stolen. |
The Internet Archive |
Cary Grant refused the role at
first. |
Color |
United States |
|
Check
and Double Check |
1930 |
RKO Pictures |
Comedy |
Melville W. Brown |
William LeBaron/Bertram
Millhauser |
Freeman F. Gosden/Charles J.
Correll/Sue Carol |
J. Walter Ruben |
Two men try to run a taxi
business but get caught up in driving musicians to an upscale party. |
The Internet Archive |
This film introduced white
audiences to Duke Ellington. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Chicken of Tomorrow |
1948 |
Audio Productions Inc./Bay State
Film Production Inc./Sales Promotion Division of the Texas Company |
Documentary/Short |
Patrick Allen |
n/a |
Lowell Thomas |
n/a |
An educational film about the
advances in chicken farming and eggs. |
The Internet Archive |
It was featured in Mystery
Science Theater 3000 in 1998. |
Color |
United States |
|
Child
Bride |
1938 |
n/a |
Drama |
Harry Revier |
Lloyd Friedgen/Raymond Friedgen |
Shirley Mills/Bob
Bollinger/Warner Richmond |
Harry Revier |
A film about men in a rural area
marrying underage girls. |
The Internet Archive |
The film features a
controversial 'skinny dipping' scene |
B/W |
United States |
|
Christmas
Comes But Once a Year |
1936 |
Fleischer Studios |
Animation/Short |
Dave Fleischer |
Max Fleischer |
Jack Mercer/Mae Questel |
n/a |
A short about children in an
orphanage receiving nice holiday gifts instead of broken toys. |
The Internet Archive |
All of the orphans in the film
are based on the same template. |
Color |
United States |
|
The
City of the Dead |
1960 |
Vulcan |
Horror/Thriller |
John Llewellyn Moxey |
Seymour S. Dorner/Milton
Subotsky/Donald Taylor/Max Rosenberg |
Patricia Jessel/Dennis
Lotus/Christopher Lee |
George Baxt |
A girl researching a paper ends
up at a strange hotel being the target of sacrifice by a coven of
witches. |
The Internet Archive |
Was filmed by Amicus (Vulcan)
which was a competitor of Hammer. |
B/W |
United Kingdom |
|
A Coach
for Cinderella |
1936 |
Jim Handy Organization |
Animation/Short/Fantasy |
Max Fleischer |
Jamison Handy |
n/a |
Norman B. Terry |
This film is a cinderella story
essentially as a Chevrolet promotion. |
The Internet Archive |
Introduced the first new model
of Chevy since WWII |
Color |
United States |
|
A Corny
Concerto |
1943 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Family/Animation/Short |
Robert Clampett |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc/Arthur Q.Bryan |
Frank Tashlin |
This film is an animation making
fun of Fantasia. |
The Internet Archive |
The first film to feature 'Bugs' |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Corpse Vanishes |
1942 |
Banner Productions/Monogram
Pictures |
Sci-Fi/Horror |
Wallace Fox |
Jack Dietz/sam Katzman/Barney A.
Sarecky |
Bela Lugosi/Luana
Walters/Tristram Coffin |
Harvey Gates |
A mad scientist film about a man
kidnapping young women and using them to keep his wife young and
beautiful. |
The Internet Archive |
The fourth of nine Monogram
Features starring Bela Lugosi |
B/W |
United States |
|
Crash
of the Moons |
1954 |
Official Films/Roland Reed
Productions/Space Ranger Enterprises |
Sci-Fi/Adventure |
Hollingsworth Morse |
Arthur Pierson/Roland D.
Reed/Guy V. Thayer Jr. |
Richard Crane/Scotty
Beckett/Sally Mansfield |
Warren Wilson |
3 part episode from 'Rocky
Jones, Space Ranger edited togther as an episode. |
The Internet Archive |
Featured in Mystery Science
Theater 3000 in 1992 |
B/W |
United States |
|
Creature
from the Haunted Sea |
1961 |
Roger Corman Productions |
Comedy/Horror |
Roger Corman |
Roger Corman/Charles Hannawalt |
Antony Carbone/Betsy
Jones-Moreland/Robert Towne |
Charles B. Griffith |
A theif murders his partners and
blames it on a sea creature. |
The Internet Archive |
Shot along with 'The Last Woman
on Earth' in Puerto Rico, though released at a different time. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Cyrano
De Bergerac |
1950 |
Stanley Kramer Productions |
Drama/Romance |
Michael Gordon |
George Glass/Stanley Kramer |
Jose Ferrer/Mala Powers/William
Prince |
Carl Foreman |
A swordsman/poet helps someone
obtain the female companion he desires. |
The Internet Archive |
The false nose used in the film
cost $1,500. |
B/W |
United States |
|
D.O.A. |
1950 |
Cardinal Pictures |
Drama-Film Noir/Mystery |
Rudolph Mate |
Joseph H. Nadel/Harry M.
Popkin/Leo C. Popkin |
Edmond O'Brien/Pamela
Britton/Luther Adler |
Russel Rouse/Clarence Greene |
A man is poisoned and must find
his assailant before he dies in a week. |
The Internet Archive |
The end credits state "The
medical facts in this motion picture are authentic. Luminous toxin is a
descriptive term for an actual poison" |
B/W |
United States |
|
Daffy
the Commando |
1943 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Animation/Short/Comedy/Family/War |
Friz Freleng |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc |
Michael Maltese |
Daffy Duck is a commander that
causes problems for Nazi troops. |
www.archive.org |
Adolph Hitler's image was
rotoscoped. |
Color |
United States |
|
A Day
at the Zoo |
1939 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Family/Animation/Short |
Tex Avery |
Leon Schlesinger |
Tex Avery/Mel Blanc/Robert C.
Bruce |
Melvin Millar |
A tour of the zoo. |
The Internet Archive |
The final scene was alluded to
in 'Hare Do' a decade later. |
Color |
United States |
|
Dead
Men Walk |
1943 |
Producers Releasing Corporation |
Horror |
Sam Newfield |
Sigmund Neufeld |
George Zucco/Mary
Carlisle/Nedrick Young |
Fred Myton |
A story of vengeage from beyond
the grave by an evil twin. |
The Internet Archive |
This was Mary Carlisle's final
film. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Death
Rides a Horse |
1967 |
PEC |
Action/Western |
Giulio Petroni |
Henryk Chrosicki/Alfonso Sansone |
Lee Van Cleff/John Phillip
Law/Mario Brega |
Luciano Vincenzoni |
A tale of revenge by a cowboy
for the murder of his family. |
The Internet Archive |
This film is an example of a
'Spaghetti Western' |
Color |
Italy |
|
Dementia |
1955 |
H.K.F. Productions/J.J. Parker
Productions |
Mystery/Horror |
Francis Ford Coppola |
John Parker/Ben Roseman/Bruno
VeSota |
Adrienne Barrett/Bruno
VeSota/Ben Roseman |
John Parker |
The tale of a psychotic woman
that follows her on one night. |
The Internet Archive |
There is no dialogue at all in
this film. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Detour |
1945 |
Producers Releasing Corporation |
Crime/Drama/Film-Noir/Mystery/Thriller |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Leon Fromkess/Martin Mooney |
Tom Neal/Ann Savage/Claudia
Drake |
Martin Goldsmith |
A hitch hiker gets into trouble
following a series of chance events |
The Internet Archive |
This was Errol Morris' favorite
movie. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Dick
Tracy |
1937 |
Republic Pictures |
Action/Crime/Thriller |
Alan James/Ray Taylor |
Nat Levine/J. Laurene Wickland |
Ralph Byrd/Kay Hughes/Smily
Burnette |
Morgan Cox |
Dick Tracy's brother is put
under a spell by a villain called 'the Spider' |
The Internet Archive |
The art panels in the background
comic show original comics from Dec. 6th, 1936 |
B/W |
United States |
|
Disorder
in the Court |
1936 |
Columbia Pictures Corporation |
Comedy/Short |
Preston Black |
Jules White |
Curly Howard/Larry Fine/Moe
Howard |
Felix Adler |
The Three Stooges are witness at
a trial. |
The Internet Archive |
The first Three Stooges released
with the new logo for Columbia. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Dogs of
War |
1923 |
Hal Roach Studios |
Comedy/Family/Short |
Robert F. McGowan |
Hal Roach |
Hal Roach's Rascals/Roy
Brooks/Joe Cob |
Hal Roach |
A comedy in which they use
vegetables as ammunition and ruin a movie. |
The Internet Archive |
This film shared it's set with
'Why Worry?' |
B/W |
United States |
|
Doomed
to Die |
1940 |
Monogram Pictures |
Comedy/Crime/Drama |
William Nigh |
Paul Malvern/Scott R. Dunlap |
Boris Karloff/Marjorie
Reynolds/Grant Withers |
Ralph Gilbert Bettison |
A shipping magnate's murder is
investigates. |
The Internet Archive |
The footage of the liner burning
is taken from actual footage. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Dressed
to Kill |
1946 |
Universal Pictures |
Mystery |
Roy William Neill |
Howared Benedict/Roy William
Neill |
Basil Rathbone/Nigel
Bruce/Patricia Morison |
Frank Gruber |
Sherlock Holmes tries to
discover the reason three murderous women covet music boxes. |
The Internet Archive |
Inferior copies are offered by
dealers who do not have studio masters. |
B/W Color version available |
United States |
|
The
Driller Killer |
1979 |
Navaron Productions |
Crime/Horror/Thriller |
Abel Ferrara |
D.A. Metroy/Rochelle Weisberg |
Abel Ferrara/Carolyn Marz/Baybi
Day |
Nicholas St. John |
An artist snaps under the
pressure of struggling to pay his bills and begins killing people with a
power drill. |
The Internet Archive |
This title was banned in the UK
after the Video Recording Act of 1984 |
Color |
United States |
|
Duck and
Cover |
1952 |
Archer Productions |
Animation/Short |
Anthony Rizzo |
Leo M. Langlois |
Leo. M. Langlois/Ray J.
Mauer/Robert Middleton |
Anthony Rizzo |
An educational film about what
to do in the case of a nucler attack. |
The Internet Archive |
Featured in 'America's Lost
Bombs:The True Story of Broken Arrows |
B/W |
United States |
|
Eegah |
1962 |
Fairway International Pictures |
Fantasy/Musical |
Nicholas Merriweather |
Arch Hall Sr./Don Schneider |
Arch Hall Jr./Marilyn
Manning/Richard Kiel |
Bob Wehling |
A caveman goes on a rampage |
The Internet Archive |
Arch Hall Senior got the idea
for this movie after meeting a man (Richard Kiel) who was 7'2"
tall. |
Color |
United States |
|
Embryo |
1976 |
Plura Service Company/Sandy
Howard Productions |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
Ralph Nelson |
Anita Doohan/Michael S.
Glick/Sandy Howard/Arnold H. Orgolini |
Rock Hudson/Barbara
Carrera/Diane Ladd |
Anita Doohan/Jack W. Thomas |
A mad scientis discovers a way
to accelerate the growth of an embryo. |
The Internet Archive |
The tagline is 'From Embryo to
woman in 41/2 weeks' |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Eternal Jew |
1940 |
Deutsche
Filmherstellungs-und-Verwertungs-GmbH, Berlin |
Documentary/History |
Fritz Hippler |
n/a |
Curt Bois/Charles Chaplin/Albert
Einstein |
Eberhard Taubert |
Nazi propaganda that portrays
Jewish people negatively. |
NSL-Archiv.org |
Referenced in 'Inglourious
Basterds' in 2009 |
B/W |
Germany |
|
Eternally
Yours |
1939 |
Walter Wanger Productions |
Comedy/Drama |
Tay Garnett |
Tony Garret/Walter Wanger |
Loretta Young/David Niven/Hugh
Herbert |
Gene Towne/C. Graham Baker |
A woman is seduced by a
magaician and leads a less than perfect existence. |
The Internet Archive |
The composer of this film,
Werner Janssen was nominated for
Academy Award for Best Music. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Experiments
in the Revival of Organisms |
1940 |
n/a |
Documentary/Short |
D.I. Yashin |
n/a |
J.B.S. Haldane |
S.S. Bryukhonenko |
The lungs, heart and head of
dogs are revived my Soviet scientists. |
The Internet Archive |
This is a controversial
film. |
B/W |
Russia |
|
Falling
Hare |
1943 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Family/Animation/Comedy |
Robert Clampett |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc |
Warren Foster |
Bugs bunny battles with wartime
sabotage in the air. |
n/a |
The original title was 'Bugs
Bunny and the Gremlin |
Color |
United States |
|
A
Farewell to Arms |
1932 |
Paramount Pictures |
Romance/War/Drama |
Frank Borzage |
Edward A. Blatt/Benjamin Glazer |
Gary Cooper/Helen Hayes/Adolphe
Menjou |
Benjamin Glazer/Oliver H.P.
Garret |
A romance between a nurce and an
ambulance driver in WWI |
The Internet Archive |
The miniatures are obvious in
some scenes to the discerning viewer. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The Fast
and the Furious |
1955 |
Palo Alto Productions |
Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller |
John Ireland/Edward Sampson |
Roger Corman, Jack Milner |
John Ireland/Dorothy
Malone/Bruce Carlisle |
Jerome Odlum/Jean Howell |
A man breaks out of jail after
being wrongly imprisoned for murder. |
The Internet Archive |
The first film from American
Releasing Corporation |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Fatal Hour |
1940 |
Monogram Pictures |
Horror/Mystery |
William Nigh |
Scott R. Dunlap/William T.
Lackey |
Boris Karloff/Marjorie
Reynolds/Grant Withers |
Scott Darling/George Waggner |
Captain Streets friend is
murdered so he enlists the help of a detective. |
The Internet Archive |
The fourth of the 6-film
series. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Father's
Little Dividend |
1951 |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Comedy/Romance |
Vincente Minnelli |
Pandro S. Berman |
Spencer Tracy/Joan
Bennet/Elizabeth Taylor |
Albert Hackett/Frances Goodrich |
Kay Dusnstan and her husband
will soon have a baby. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was featured in
'Amelie' |
B/W |
United States |
|
Faust |
1926 |
Universum Film |
Drama/Fantasy/Horror |
F.W.Murnau |
Erich Pommer |
Gosta Ekman/Emil
Jannings/Camilla Horn |
Johann Wolfgang Goethe |
God and Satan Battle over earth
and wager on the soul of Faust. |
n/a |
Leni Reifenstahl wanted to be
the female lead but didn't make the cut. |
B/W |
Germany |
|
Fear in
the Night |
1947 |
Hammer Film Productions |
Mystery/Thriller |
Jimmy Sangster |
Jimmy Sangster |
Judy Gesson/Joan Collins/Ralph
Bates |
Jimmy Sangster/Michael Syson |
After a nervous breakdown a
young woman becomes terrorized by a one armed man, and nobody believes
her. |
The Internet Archive |
The last of 3 films directed by
Jimmy Sangster following "The Horror of Frankenstein" and
"Lust for a Vampire" |
Color |
United Kingdom |
|
Fire
Over England |
1937 |
London Film Productions |
Adventure/History/Romance/War |
William K. Howard |
Erich Pommer/Alexander Korda |
Laurence Oliver/Flora
Robson/Vivien Leigh |
Clemence Dane |
A period piece about Queen
Elizabeth |
The Internet Archive |
This was the first of three
films to pair Lawerence Oliver and Vivian Leigh |
B/W |
United Kingdom |
|
Flash
Gordon Conquers the Universe |
1941 |
Universal Pictures |
Action/Sci-Fi/Adventure |
Ford Beebe/Ray Taylor |
Henry MacRae |
Buster Crabbe/Carol
Hughes/Charles Middleton |
George H. Plympton/Basil Dickey |
Flash Gordon and friends are
seeking and antidote to the 'Purple Death' and must face Ming the Merciless |
The Internet Archive |
In the final chapter Mind is
looking to escape instead of the hero, which is how it usually is. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Flying Deuces |
1939 |
Boris Morros Productions |
Comedy |
A. Edward Sutherland |
Boris Morros |
Stan Laurel/Oliver Hardy/Jean
Parker |
Ralph Spence/Charley Rogers |
Oliver joins the French Legion
when he discovers his love is married to another then they escape the firing
squad in a stolen airplane. |
The Internet Archive |
Stan Laurel had a hand in the
editing. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Freaks |
1932 |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Drama/Horror |
Tod Browning |
Todd Browning/Dwain Esper/Harry
Rapf/Hildegarde Stadie/Irving Thadberg |
Wallace Ford/Leila Hyams/Olga
Baclanova |
Willis Goldbeck/Leon Gordon |
A trapeze artist is going to
marry the leader of the sideshow performers, but his friends discover she is
only after his inheritance. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was banned in the UK
for 30 years. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Fresh
Hare |
1942 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Family/Animation/Short/Comedy |
I. Freleng |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc/Arthur Q.Bryan |
Michael Maltese |
Bugs Bunny is hunted by Elmer
Fudd |
The Internet Archive |
Shows the redesigned overweight
Elmer Fudd of the 40s for the last time. |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Front Page |
1931 |
The Caddo Company |
Comedy |
Lewis Milestone |
Lewis Milestone/Howard Hughes |
Adolphe Menjou/Pat O'Brien/Mary
Brian |
Barlett Cormack |
A newspaper reporter tries to gt
a scoop. |
The Internet Archive |
The original cast for the lead
died, so Andolph Menjou got the part. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
General |
1926 |
Buster Keaton Productions/Joseph
M. Schneck Productions |
Action/Comedy/Romance |
Clyde Brukman/Buster Keaton |
David H. Shepard/Buster
Keaton/Joseph M. Schenck |
Buster Keaton/Marion Mack/Glen
Cavender |
Clyde Bruckman/Buster Keaton |
Spies steal an engineer's train,
and he follows them behind enemy lines. |
The Internet Archive |
This was Buster Keaton's
favorite film. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Giant Gila Monster |
1959 |
Hollywood Pictures Corporation |
Horror |
Ray Kellogg |
Ken Curtis/B.R.McLendon/Gordon
McLendon |
Don Sullivan/Fred Graham/Lisa
Simone |
Jay Simms |
A giant lizard plagues a small
community in Texas. |
The Internet Archive |
Was part of a double feature
with 'Killer Shrews' |
B/W |
United States |
|
Glorifying
the American Girl |
1929 |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy/Drama/Musical |
John W. Harkrider/Millard Webb |
Monta Bell |
Mary Eaton/Eddie Cantor/Helen
Morgan |
J.P.McEnvoy/Millard Webb |
The rise of a showgirl. |
The Internet Archive |
Featured in 'Broadway:The
American Musical' in 2004 |
B/W |
United States |
|
Go Down,
Death |
1944 |
Harlemwood Studios |
n/a |
Spencer Williams |
n/a |
Myra D. Hemmings/Samuel H.
James/Eddye L. Houston |
Sam Elljay |
The owner of a bar tries to
blackmail a preacher. |
The Internet Archive |
Featured in 'Movies of
Color:Black Southern Cinema' in 2002 |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Gold Rush |
1925 |
Charles Chaplin Productions |
Adventure/Comedy/Family |
Charlie Chaplin |
Charles Chaplin |
Charles Chaplin/Mack Swain/Tom
Murray |
Charles Chaplin |
Charlie Chaplin goes to Klondike
to find gold. |
The Internet Archive |
This poster was 13 of 25 'best
ever' by Premiere. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Goopy
Geer |
1932 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Fmaily/Animation/Short/Comedy |
Rudolf Ising |
Hugh Harman/Rudolph Ising/Leon
Schlesinger |
n/a |
n/a |
A dog performs at a
nightclub. |
n/a |
Featured in 'I Love the 90's' in
2005. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Gorilla |
1939 |
Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation |
Comedy/Drama/Horror/Mystery/Romance |
Allan Dwan |
Harry Joe Brown |
Jimmy Ritz/Harry Ritz/Al Ritz |
Rian James |
A man is thretened by a killer
called the Gorilla. |
The Internet Archive |
The play opened in NY in
1925. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Great Alaskan Mystery |
1944 |
Universal Pictures |
Adventure |
Lewis D. Collins/Ray Taylor |
Henry MacRae |
Milburn Stone/Marjorie
Weaver/Edgar Kennedy |
Maurice Tombrages/George H.
Plympton |
An adventurer pursues Nazi spies
and tries to keep them from gaining control of weapons. |
The Internet Archive |
This serial was called mediocre
by Cline despite possesing the formula for a good serial. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Great Rupert |
1950 |
George Pal Productions |
Comedy/Family |
Irving Pichel |
George Pal |
Jimmy Durante/Terry Moore/Tom
Drake |
Laszlo Vadnay |
A squirrel helps families
overcome their traials and tribulations. |
The Internet Archive |
Terry Moore claimed she didn't
see this film for 35 years. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery |
1959 |
Charles Guggenheim &
Associates/Colubmia Broadcasting Systems |
Crime/Drama |
Charles Guggenheim/John Stix |
Jane Bridges/Katherine
Drescher/Charles Guggenheim/Helen Hagen/Lee Hammond/Richard T. Heffron |
Steve McQueen/Crahan
Denton/David Clarke |
Richard T. Heffron |
A gangs plan to rob a band
encounters an obstacle. |
The Internet Archive |
This story is based on a true
incident. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Greed |
1924 |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Drama |
Erich Von Stroheim |
Kevin Brownlow/David Gill/Rick
Schmidlin/Louis B. Mayer/Irving Thalberg |
Gibson Gowland/Zasu Pitts/Jean
Hersholt |
June Mathis/Erich Von Stroheim |
Three people allow the lottery
to ruin their lives. |
The Internet Archive |
Jean Hersholt lost 27 pounds
filming the movies Death Valley climax and had to be hospitalized. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Gulliver's
Travels |
1939 |
Fleischer Studios |
Family/Adventure/Animation/Fantasy |
Dave Fleischer |
Max Fleischer |
Jessica Dragonetter/Lanny Ross |
Edmond Seward |
Gulliver tries to prevent war
between two tiny kingdoms. |
The Internet Archive |
The first animated film that
credits the actor's voice. |
Color |
United States |
|
Gumbasia |
1953 |
n/a |
Animation/Short |
Art Clokey |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Clay shapes reshape themselves
to the score of Jazz in this student film that was the precursor to 'Gumby' |
The Internet Archive |
This inspired the Motion Picture
Producers Association President Sam Engel to finance 'The Gumby Show' |
B/W |
United States |
|
Have
You Got Any Castles? |
1938 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Family/Musical/Animation/Short/Comedy |
Frank Tashlin |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc, The Four Blackbirds,
Delos Jewkes |
Jack Miller |
Stories in books come to life in
this animated feature. |
The Internet Archive |
This is part of a whole subgenre
called "books come alive" |
Color |
United States |
|
He
Walked by Night |
1948 |
Bryan Foy Productions |
Crime/Drama/Film-Noir/Mystery/Thriller |
Alfred L.Werker/Anthony Mann |
Bryan Foy/Robert Kane |
Richard Basehart/Scott Brady/Ray
Roberts |
Crane Wilbur |
Police try to track down a
cop-killer in this film-noir, documentrary style crime drama. |
The Internet Archive |
This film inspired Dragnet. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Hell's
House |
1932 |
B.F. Zeidman Productions |
Drama |
Howard Higgin |
B.F. Zeidman |
Bette Davis/Pat O' Brien/Junior
Durkin |
Paul Gangelin/B. Harrison Orkow |
A boy is sent to a reformatory
where he escapes to report the abuses there. |
The Internet Archive |
This film is featured in 'All
about Betty' |
B/W |
United States |
|
Hemp
for Victory |
1942 |
US Department of Agriculture |
Documentary/Short |
Raymond Evans |
The US Department of Agriculture |
Lee D. Vickers |
Brittain B. Robinson |
During WWII the US encourages
farmers to grow hemp for the war effort. |
The Internet Archive |
It is wrongly believed by many
that prints of this film no longer exist. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Hercules |
1958 |
Embassy Pictures
Corporation/Galatea Film/O.S.C.A.R |
Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Romance |
Pietro Francisci |
Federico Teti |
Steve Reeves/Sylva
Koscina/Fabrizio Mioni |
Pietro Francisci |
A film portraying many different
Hercules myths. |
The Internet Archive |
The dragon's roar in the Golden
Fleece is Godzilla's roar. |
Color |
Italy/Spain |
|
Hercules
Unchained |
1959 |
Galatea Film/Lux Compaignie
Cinematographique de France/Lux Film |
Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Romance/Sci-Fi |
Pietro Francisci |
Ferruccio De Marino/Bruno
Vailati |
Steve Reeves/Sylva
Koscina/Sylvia Lopez |
Ennio De Concini |
Hercules drinks from a magic
spring, loses his memory, and is seduced by Queen Omphale of Lydia. |
The Internet Archive |
This was the final film
appearance of former world heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera. |
Color |
Italy/France/Spain |
|
Hercules
and the Tyrants of Babylon |
1964 |
Romana Film |
Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi |
Domenico Paolella |
Fortunato Misiano |
Peter Lupus/Helga Line/Mario
Petri |
Luciano Martino/Domenico
Paolella |
Hercules fights for the freedom
of the citizens of Babylon. |
The Internet Archive |
Peter Lupus shaved his chest for
this role. |
Color |
Italy |
|
Hercules
Anainst the Moon Men |
1964 |
Comptoir Francais du Film
Production/Governor Films/Nike Cinematorgraphica |
Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi |
Giacomo Gentilomo |
Luigi Mondello |
Sergio Ciani/Jany Clair/Anna
Mario Polani |
Arpad DeRiso |
Hercules must defend ancient
Greece from aliens who have allied themselves with the evil queen of
Samar. |
The Internet Archive |
This was Giacomo Gentiliomo's
last film. |
Color |
France/Italy |
|
His
Girl Friday |
1940 |
Columbia Pictures Corporation |
Comedy/Drama/Romance |
Howard Hawks |
Howard Hanks |
Cary Grant/Rosalind
Russell/Ralph Bellamy |
Charles Lederer |
A newspaper reporter tries to
keep his wife from remarrying. |
The Internet Archive |
One of the first films that has
the actors talk over the lines of other characters. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Hitch-Hiker |
1953 |
RKO Radio Pictures/The Filmakers |
Drama/Film-Noir |
Ida Lupino |
Christian Nyby/Collier Young |
Edmond O'Brien/Frank
Lovejoy/William Talman |
Collier Young/Ida Lupino |
Fisherman pick up a hitch-hiker
who is a murderous escaped convict. |
The Internet Archive |
This film is based on true
events. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Hollywood
Capers |
1935 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Family/Animation/Short/Comedy |
Jack King |
Leon Schlesinger |
Tommy Bond/Bernice Hansen |
n/a |
Beans tries to sneak into a
movie studio. |
www.archive.org |
The soundtrack of this short is
"Chopsticks" |
Color |
United States |
|
Holy
Ghost People |
1967 |
Thistle Films |
Documentary |
Peter Adair |
Blair Boyd |
Peter Adair |
n/a |
A study on the people of a
Pentecostal Church in West Virginia. |
The Internet Archive |
In this film the people handle
snakes and speak in tongues. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Horror
Express |
1972 |
Benmar Productions/Granada Films |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
Eugenio Martin |
Bernard Gordon/Gergorio
Sacristan |
Christopher Lee/Peter
Cushing/Alberto de Mendoza |
Arnaud d'Usseau/Julian Zimet |
An anthropologist discovers a
frozen monster believed to be the missing link. |
The Internet Archive |
The soundtracks and dialog were
added to this film post production. |
Color |
United Kingdom/Spain |
|
Horrors
of Spider Island |
1960 |
Intercontinetntal Film GmbH/Rapid
Film |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
Fritz Bottger |
Gaston Hakim/Wolf C. Hartwig |
Harald Maresch/Helga
Franck/Alexander D'Arcy |
Fritz Bottger/Eldon Howard |
Survivors on a plane crash in a
remote island are bitten by spiders and being turning into spiders
themselves. |
The Internet Archive |
In this US this film was
released as an Adults-Only movie called "It's Hot in Paradise" in
1962 |
B/W |
West Germany/Yugoslavia |
|
House
on Haunted Hill |
1959 |
William Castle Productions |
Drama/Horror/Thriller |
William Castle |
William Castle/Robb White |
Vincent Price/Carol
Ohmart/Richard Long |
|
Five people are invited to a
"haunted house" party in an old asylum. |
The Internet Archive |
Alfred Hitchcock noticed the
large grosses for this film which led him to create 'Psycho' |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Hunchback of Notre Dame |
1923 |
Universal Pictures |
Drama/History/Horror |
Wallace Worsley |
Serge Bromberg/David H.
Shepard/Carl Laemmle/Irving Thalberg |
Lon Chaney/Patsy Ruth
Miller/Norman Kerry |
Perley Poore Sheehan |
The brother of an archdeacon
plots a peasent revolt with the gypsy kind while a hunch |
The Internet Archive |
The hair on the Hunchback's
hands disappears later in the film. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Hurricane Express |
1932 |
Mascot Pictures |
Action/Adventure/Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller |
Armand Schaeffer/J.P. McGowan |
Nat Levine |
John Wayne/Shirley Grey/Tully
Marshall |
Colbert Clark/Wyndham Gittens |
Larry Bakers father is killed by
a train wrecker and vows to find him. |
The Internet Archive |
The tagline reads "A
CRASHING ADVETURE SERIAL!" |
B/W |
United States |
|
I
Cover the Waterfront |
1933 |
Edward Small Productions/Joseph
M. Schenck Productions |
Drama/Romance |
James Cruze |
Edward Small |
Ben Lyon/Claudette
Colbert/Ernest Torrence |
Wells Root |
A reporter romances the daughter
of a smuggler. |
The Internet Archive |
Nat Levine also produced 'The
Big Shot' from 1936 |
B/W |
United States |
|
I'll Be
Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You |
1932 |
Fleischer Studios |
Animation/Short/Family/Music |
Dave Fleischer |
Max Fleischer |
Louis Armstrong/Ann Little |
n/a |
Betty Boop meets Louis Armstrong
on a safari. |
The Internet Archive |
This short is featured in 'It's
Black Entertainment' from 2002. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Impact |
1949 |
Cardinal Pictures |
Crime/Drama/Film-Noir/Mystery |
Arthur Lubin |
Joseph H. Nadel/Harry M.
Popkin/Leo C. Popkin |
Brian Donlevy/Ella
Raines/Charles Coburn |
Dorothy Davenport/Jay Dratler |
In San Francisco a businessman
gives his wifes lover a ride when he tries to murder him. |
The Internet Archive |
Walter states in the film
"Wild horses couldn't drag me back there" and later the Rolling
Stones create a song of the same title and chorus. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Incredible Petrified World |
1957 |
GBM Productions |
Adventure/Sci-Fi |
Jerry Warren |
Jerry Warren |
John Carradine/Robert
Clarke/Phyllis Coates |
John W. Steiner |
A diving bell cable snaps after
four adventureres descend into the depths of the ocean. |
The Internet Archive |
In the film the characters leave
through the hatch of the diving bell without water entering. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Incredible 2-Headed Transplant |
1971 |
Mutual General Corporation |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
Anthony Lanza |
Alvin L. Fast/Arthur N.
Gilbert/Volodymyr Kowal/John Lawerence/Nicholas Wowchuk |
Bruce Dern/Pat Priest/Casey
Kasem |
James Gordon White/John Lawrence |
A mad scientist experiments on a
two headed creature that later escapes after the scientist transplants a
killer brain into his caretaker's son's body. |
www.amazon.com |
This was a double feature along
with 'Scream and Scream Again' in 1971 |
Color |
United States |
|
Indestructable
Man |
1956 |
C.G.K. Productions |
Crime/Drama/Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller |
Jack Pollexfen |
Jack Pollexfen |
Lon Chaney Jr./Max
Showalter/Marian Carr |
Vy Russel/Sue Dwiggins |
Scientific Experiments bring an
executed criminal back to live and make him invincible. |
The Internet Archive |
This was a double feature along
with 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' in1956 |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Inspector General |
1949 |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Comedy/Musical/Romance |
Henry Koster |
Sylvia Fine/Jerry Wald |
Danny Kayle/Walter
Slezak/Barbara Bates |
Philip Rapp/Walter
Slezak/Barbara Bates |
A stooge travels the coutnryside
as a snake-oil salesman and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. |
The Internet Archive |
The play opened in St.
Petersburg, Russia in 1836. |
Color |
United States |
|
Invisible
Ghost |
1941 |
Banner Productions/Monogram
Pictures |
Drama/Horror/Mystery/Romance |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Sam Katzman/Pete Mayer |
Bela Lugosi/Polly Ann Young/John
McGuire |
Helen Martin/Al Martin |
After his wife deserts him, a
model citizen becomes a homicidal maniac. |
The Internet Archive |
First of nine films interpreted
by Bela Lugosi for Monogram Pictures. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Jack
and the Beanstalk |
1952 |
Exclusive Productions Inc. |
Comedy/Family/Fantasy/Musical |
Jean Yarbrough |
Lou Costello/Pat Costello/Alex
Gottlieb |
Bud Abbot/Lou Costello/Buddy
Bear |
Nathaniel Curtis/Pat Costello |
Abbott and Costello's rendition
of the classic tale. |
The Internet Archive |
Many of the items in the castle
are not giant sized as they should be. |
B/W Color version available |
United States |
|
The
Jackie Robinson Story |
1950 |
Jewel Pictures |
Biography/Drama/Sport |
Alfred E. Green |
Mort Briskon/William Joseph
Heineman/Joseph H. Nadel |
Jackie Robinson/Ruby Dee/Minor
Watson |
Arthur Mann/Louis Pollock |
This is the Biography of the
first African American baseball major league player. |
The Internet Archive |
This was the final film of
Laurence Criner. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Jail
Bait |
1954 |
Howco Productions Inc. |
Crime/Film-Noir/Thriller |
Ed Wood |
Edward D. Wood Jr. |
Lyle Talbot/Dolores
Fuller/Herber Rawlinson |
Edward D. Wood Jr. |
A young man is drawn into a life
of crime. |
The Internet Archive |
The lead Clancy Malone delivered
Edward D. Wood Jr.'s groceries. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Jesse
James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter |
1966 |
Circle Productions |
Horror/Sci-Fi/Western |
William Beaudine |
Carroll Case |
John Lupton/Narda Onyx/Cal Boder |
Carl K. Hittleman |
Wild West outlaw Jesse James
hides in the castle of Baron Frankenstein's Granddaughter while on the
run. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was part of a double
feature with Billy the Kid vs. Dracula |
Color |
United States |
|
Jungle
Book |
1942 |
Alexander Korda Films |
Action/Adventure/Family |
Zoltan Korda |
Alexander Korda |
Sabu/Joseph Calleia/John Qualen |
Laurence Stallings |
A boy is raised by wolves but
must adapt to life as a human. |
The Internet Archive |
The recordings that were used
from the films soundtrack were commercially successful when released, this
was a first. |
Color |
United States |
|
Jungle
Jitters |
1938 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Family/Animation/Short/Comedy |
Friz Freleng |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc |
George Manuell |
A tribe of African cannibals
imitates Native Americans, |
The Internet Archive |
This cartoon is considered
racist and is therefore controversial. |
Color |
United States |
|
Kansas
Pacific |
1953 |
Allied Artists Pictures |
Romance/Western |
Ray Nazarro |
Edward Morey Jr./Walter Wagner |
Sterling Hayden/Eve
Miller/Barton MacLane |
Daniel B. Ullman |
Southern saboteurs attack
railroad construction with the Civil War approaching. |
The Internet Archive |
The dome in the Capitol building
is shown as completed which is a chronological error since it was not yet
completed in the year this film was set (1863) |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Killer Shrews |
1959 |
Hollywood Pictures Corporation |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
Ray Kellogg |
Ken Curtis/Gordon McLendon |
James Best/Ingrid Goude/Ken
Curtis |
Jay Simms |
A group of people on an island
are terrorized by giant shrews. |
The Internet Archive |
Dogs played the shrews. |
B/W |
United States |
|
King of
the Zombies |
1941 |
Monogram Pictures |
Comedy/Horror |
Jean Yarbrough |
Lindsley Parsons |
Dick Purcell/Joan
Woodbury/Mantan Moreland |
Edmond Kelso |
A stranded pilot, passneger, and
his manservant take refuge in a mansion on an isolated island in wwII where
they become convinced it is haunted. |
The Internet Archive |
The role of Dr. Victor Sangre
was originally intended for Bela Lugosi |
B/W |
United States |
|
Kansas
City Confidential |
1952 |
Associated Players and Producers |
Crime/Drama/Film-Noir/Mystery |
Phil Karlson |
Edward Small |
John Payne/Coleen Gray/Preston
Foster |
George Bruce/Harry Essex |
An ex-con is framed for robbery
and must find the true bandits in Mexico. |
The Internet Archive |
The actor Preston Foster plays a
character whom he shares his last name with. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Lady
Frankenstein |
1971 |
Condor International Productions |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
Mel Welles |
Umberto Borsato/Hubert
Case/Gioele Centanni/Harry Cushing/Egidio Gelso/Jules Kenton/Mel Welles |
Joseph Cotten/Rosalba Neri/Paul
Muller |
Mel Welles/Umberto Borsato |
Dr. Frankenstein's daughter and
lab assistants continue his experiments after he is killed. |
The Internet Archive |
Featured in 'Frankenstein:A
Cinematic Scrapbook' in 1991 |
Color |
Italy |
|
The Lady
Vanishes |
1938 |
Gainsbourough Pictures |
Comedy/Mystery/Romance/Thriller |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Edward Black |
Margaret Lockwood/Michael
Redgrave/Paul Lukas |
Sidney Gilliat |
A girl realizes an old lady
disappeared from the train in europe, but nobody believes her. |
The Internet Archive |
Orson Welles saw this film 11
times. |
B/W |
United Kingdom |
|
Laser
Mission |
1989 |
Azimuth/IMV Vertieb
Media/Interfilm L.A. |
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi |
BJ Davis |
Hans Kuhle Sr. |
Brandon Lee/Debi A.
Monahan/Ernest Borgnine |
Phillip Gutteridge |
A mercenary must seize a laser
expert from Cuba before the KGB gets him. |
www.archive.org |
The countdown on a bomb in the
film starts at 9:99 instead of 9:59. |
Color |
United States/Germany/South
Africa |
|
The Last
Man on Earth |
1964 |
Produzioni La Regina. Associated
Producers |
Horror/Sci-Fi/Drama |
Ubaldo Ragona/Sidney Salkow |
Samuel Z. Arkoff/Harold E.
Knox/Robert L. Lippert |
Vincent Price/Franca
Bettoia/Emma Danieli |
William F. Leicester/Richard
Matheson |
The last man on earth becomes a
vampire hunter after all of humanity becomes walking dead. |
The Internet Archive |
The screenwriter was credited
under a different name because he didn;t like the result. |
B/W |
Italy/United States |
|
The Last
Time I Saw Paris |
1954 |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Drama/Romance |
Richard Brooks |
Jack Cummings |
Elizabeth Taylor/Van
Johnson/Walter PIdgeon |
Julius J. Epstein/Philip G.
Epstein |
A man reminisces about Parisian
life after liberation. |
The Internet Archive |
Loosely based on "Babylon
Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Color |
United States |
|
Last
Woman on Earth |
1960 |
Redfoot Productions |
Short/Comedy |
Roger Corman |
Chris Garcia |
Kate Kelton/Frank Ramirez/Marin
Carpenter |
Chris Garcia/Stephen Sprinkles |
A woman believes she may be the
last woman left on earth. |
The Internet Archive |
The tagline for this film is
"What would you do if no one were watching?" |
Color |
United States |
|
Little
Lord Fauntleroy |
1936 |
Selznick International Pictures |
Drama/Family |
John Cromwell |
David O. Selznick |
Freddit Bartholemew/Dolores
Costello/C. Aubrey Smith |
Hugh Walpole |
An American Boy is sent to live
with a lord who oversees his trust after learning he is the long lost heir of
a British fortune. |
The Internet Archive |
This film is in public domain
due to the demise of Selznick International Pictures |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Little Princess |
1939 |
Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation |
Comedy/Drama/Family/Musical |
Walter Lang |
Gene Markey |
Shirley Temple/Richard
Greene/Anita Louise |
Ethel Hill/Walter Ferris |
A girl is left in a girls
seminary after her father leaves for Africa with the army. |
The Internet Archive |
The costumes of Mary Nash from
Heidi were recycled for this film. |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Little Shop of Horrors |
1960 |
Santa Clara Productions |
Comedy/Horror |
Roger Corman |
Roger Corman |
Johnathan Haze/Jackie Joseph/Mel
Welles |
Charles B. Griffith |
A man nurses a carnivorous,
man-eating plant. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was a double feature
with 'Black Sunday'. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The Lost
City |
1935 |
Super Serial Productions
Inc. |
Sci-Fi |
Harry Revier |
Sherman S. Krellberg |
William 'Stage' Boyd/Kane
Richmond/Claudia Dell |
Zelma Carroll/George M. Merrick |
A mad scientist plans to take
over the world with his earthquake inducing machine. |
The Internet Archive |
Some of the props were used in
'Frankenstein'. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Lost Jungle |
1934 |
Mascot Pictures |
Adventure/Sci-Fi |
David Howard/Armand Schaefer |
Nat Levine |
Clyde Beatty/Cecilia Parker/Syd
Saylor |
Sherman L. Lowe/Al Martin |
An animal trainer searches for
his girlfriend and her father on an isolated island. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was refernced in '1st
Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review' in 1997. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Lost World |
1925 |
First National Pictures |
Adventure/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller |
Harry Hoyt |
Serge Bromberg/Scot
MacQueen/David H. Shepard/Jamie White/Earl Hudson |
Wallace Beery/Bessie Love/Lloyd
Hughes |
Marion Fairfax |
A film adaptation of the classic
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. |
The Internet Archive |
The original reel of this film
was destroyed in a fire. |
B/W |
United States |
|
M |
1931 |
Nero-Film AG |
Thriller |
Fritz Lang |
Seymour Nebenzal |
Peter Lorre/Ellen Widmann/Inge
Landgut |
Thea von Harbout/Fritz Lang |
Criminals assist police to hunt
a child-murderer. |
The Internet Archive |
The title is short for
'Murderer'. |
B/W |
Germany |
|
The Mad
Doctor |
1933 |
Walt Disney Productions |
Animations/Short/Comedy/Family/Horror/Thriller |
David Hand |
Walt Disney |
Pinto Colvig/Walt Disney |
n/a |
Pluto goes to an evil genius'
haunted mansion where he tries to transplant his head onto a chicken's
body. |
n/a |
This was featured in "Ink
and Paint Club: Classic Mickey" in 1997 |
B/W |
United States |
|
The Mad
Monster |
1942 |
Producers Releasing Corporation |
Drama/Horror/Romance/Sci-Fi |
Sam Newfield |
Sigmund Neufeld |
Johnny Downs/George Zucco/Anne
Nagel |
Fred Myton |
A mad scientist transforms his
handyman into a werewolf. |
The Internet Archive |
The longest B film made on
"poverty row" in the 40's. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Malice
In the Palace |
1949 |
Columbia Pictures Corporation |
Comedy/Short |
Jules White |
Jules White |
Moe Howard/Larry Fine/Shemp
Howard |
Felix Adler |
The stooges set out to recover a
diamond in a desert land. |
The Internet Archive |
One of 4 Three Stooges shorts in
public domain. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Man with
A Movie Camera |
1929 |
VUKFU |
Documentary |
Dziga Vertov |
n/a |
Mikhail Kaufman |
Dziga Vertov |
A cameraman documents urban life
in the Soviet Union. |
The Internet Archive |
This film is included in '1001
Movies You Must See Before You Die' |
B/W |
Soviet Union |
|
Manfish |
1956 |
Planet Fimlplays |
Adventure/Thriller |
W. Lee Wilder |
W. Lee Wilder |
John Bromfield/Lon Chaney
Jr./Victory Jory |
Joel Murcott |
As they search for lost
treasure, three deep sea divers get involved in murder. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was refernced in
'Charles Manson Superstar' in 1989 |
Color |
United States |
|
Maniac |
1934 |
Roadshow Attractions |
Horror |
Dwain Esper |
Dwain Esper/Louis
Sonney/Hildegarde Stadie |
William Woods/Horace B.
Carpenter/Ted Edwards |
Hildegarde Stadie |
An ex actor helps a mad
scientist reanimaite corpses. |
The Internet Archive |
Several key members of the cast
in this film are uncredited. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Manster |
1959 |
Lopert Pictures
Corporation/Shaw-Breakston Enterprises/United Artists of Japan |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
George Breakston/Kenneth G.
Crane |
Ryuichi Aimono/George P.
Breakston/Robert V. Perkins/William Shelton |
Peter Dyneley/Jane Hylton/Tetsu
Nakamura |
William J. Sheldon |
A mad Japanese scientist is
working on strange experiments when an American reporter is sent to interview
him. |
The Internet Archive |
'Army of Darkness' pays homage
to this film. |
B/W |
United States/Japan |
|
Marihuana |
1936 |
Roadshow Attractions |
Crime/Drama |
Dwain Esper |
Dwain Esper/Hildegarde Stadie |
Harley Wood/Hugh McArthur/Pat
Carlyle |
Hildegarde Stadie |
A young woman gradually becomes
a drug dealer. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was distributed along
with the short film 'How to Undress in Front of Your Husband' |
B/W |
United States |
|
McLintock |
1963 |
Batjac Productions |
Comedy/Romance/Western |
Andrew V. McLaglen |
Michael Wayne |
John Wayne/Maureen
O'Hara/Patrick Wayne |
James Edward Grant |
GW Mclintock is a rich cattle
baron. |
The Internet Archive |
John Wayne intended this film to
be a statement of his political views. |
Color |
United States |
|
Mechanical
Man |
1932 |
Universal Studios/Walter Lantz
Productions |
Animation/Short |
Bill Nolan/Walter Lantz |
Walter Lantz |
n/a |
Walter Lantz/Bill Nolan |
An animated Short featuring
Oswald the Rabbit. |
n/a |
This is the 107th short in the
Oswald the Rabbit series. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Meet
John Doe |
1941 |
Frank Capra Productions |
Comedy/Drama/Romance |
Frank Capra |
Frank Capra |
Gary Cooper/Barbara
Stanwyck/Edward Arnold |
Robert Riskin |
A man agrees to impersonate
someone who doesn't exist who said he would commit suicide as a protest, and
a political movements ensues. |
The Internet Archive |
Frank Capra only wanted Gary
Cooper for the lead role. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Metropolis |
1927 |
Universum Film |
Drama/Sci-Fi |
Fritz Lang |
Erich Pommer |
Brigitte Helm/Alfred Abel/Gustav
Frohlich |
Thea Von Harbou |
In a futuristic city, divided
between the working class and the elite architects of the city, the son of an
elite architect falls for a working class prophet. |
www.archive.org |
The budget for this film ran
about $200 million, or 5 million Reichsmarks |
B/W |
Germany |
|
Midnight
Manhunt |
1945 |
Pine-Thomas Productions |
Comedy/Crime/Mystery |
William C. Thomas |
William H. Pine/William C.
Thomas |
William Gargan/Ann Savage/Leo
Gorcey |
David Lang |
After being shot in his hotel
room, a gangster goes to a wax museum where he dies and female reporter
wishes to break the case but must out maneuver her rival reporter
boyfriend. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was edited into
'Terror in the Pharoh's Tomb' in 2007 |
B/W |
United States |
|
Minnie's
Yoo-Hoo |
1930 |
Walt Disney Productions |
Animation/Short/Comedy/Family/Music |
Walt Disney |
Walt Disney |
Walt Disney |
n/a |
Mickey sings a song and
audiences sing along. |
www.archive.org |
This cartoon was referenced in
'Once Upon A mouse' in 1981 |
B/W |
United States |
|
My Dear
Secretary |
1948 |
Cardinal Pictures |
Comedy/Romance |
Charles Martin |
Leo C. Popkin |
Kirk Douglas/Laraine Day/Keenan
Wynn |
Charles Martin |
A bestselling novelist hires a
secretary and tries to get her back after his playboy antics drive her
away. |
The Internet Archive |
The tagline of this film reads
"He chased her...'til she caught him!' |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Monster Maker |
1944 |
Producers Releasing Corporation |
Horror |
Sam Newfield |
Sigmund Neufeld |
J. Carrol Naish/Ralph
Morgan/Tala Birell |
Pierre Gendron |
A mad scientist injects his
enemies with a virus that causes them to become deformed. |
The Internet Archive |
The actors make several
references to Frankenstein in this film. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Monster Walks |
1932 |
Ralph M. Like Productions |
Horror/Mystery |
Frank R. Strayer |
Cliff P. Broughton |
Rex Lease/Vera Reynolds/Sheldon
Lewis |
Robert Ellis |
On a stormy night, in an old
dark house, people are terrorized by a killer ape. |
The Internet Archive |
Originally this film was refused
a UK cinema certificate but was released uncut and rated PG in 2010. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Mr.
Boggs Steps Out |
1938 |
Zion Meyers |
Comedy/Romance |
Gordon Wiles |
Ben Pivar |
Stuart Erwin/Helen Chandler/Toby
Wing |
Richard English |
Oliver Boggs is a typical office
worker eeking out a hum-drum existence and living everyday the same until one
day he wins $1500. |
The Internet Archive |
Three of Hollywoods oldest
active actors at the time were in this film . |
B/W |
United States |
|
Mr.
Robinson Crusoe |
1932 |
Elton Productions |
Adventure/Comedy |
A. Edward Sutherland |
Douglas Fairbanks |
Douglas Fairbanks/Maria
Alba/William Farnum |
Thomas J. Geraghty |
A yachtsman bets he can survive
well on an island. |
The Internet Archive |
This film is referenced in 'Have
You Got Any Castles' in 1938. |
B/W |
United States |
|
My
Favorite Brunette |
1947 |
Hope Enterprises |
Comedy/Romance/Mystery |
Elliot Nugent |
Daniel Dare/Bob Hope |
Bob Hope/Dorothy Lamour/Peter
Lorre |
Edmund Beloin/Jack Rose |
A man on death row in San
Quentin tells the story of how he got there. |
The Internet Archive |
The peninsula Mansion from the
film still exists. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Neath
Brooklyn Bridge |
1942 |
Banner Productions/Monogram
Pictures |
Comedy/Drama/Romance/War |
Wallace Fox |
Jack Dietz/Sam Katzman |
Leo Gorcey/Huntz Hall/Bobby
Jordan |
Harvey Gates |
A young girl is found in the
apartment of a man who has just been murdered. |
The Internet Archive |
This film follows 'Bowery
Blitzkreig' from 1941 |
B/W |
United States |
|
The New
Adventures of Tarzan |
1935 |
Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises Inc. |
Action/Adventure |
Edward Kull |
Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Bruce Bennett/Ula Holt/Ashton
Dearholt |
Bennett Cohen |
Tarzan tries to find his friend
with and joins with Martling. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was edited into
'Tarzan and the Green Goddess' in 1938 |
B/W |
United States |
|
Night
of the Living Dead |
1968 |
Image Ten/Laurel Group/Market
Square Productions |
Horror/Mystery |
George A. Romero |
Karl Hardman/Russell Streiner |
Duane Jones/Judith O'Dea/Karl
Hardman |
John A. Russo/George A. Romero |
People hide from zombies in a
farmhouse in this classic. |
The Internet Archive |
Chocolate syrup was used for
blood in this film. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Nightmare
Castle |
1965 |
Cinematografica Emmeci |
Horror |
Mario Caiano |
Carlo Caiano |
Barbara Steele/Paul Muller/Helga
Line |
Mario Caiano/Fabio De Agostini |
A woman and her lover are
tortured to death by her husband and seek vengeance from beyond the
grave. |
The Internet Archive |
The director wanted the gore
scenes highlighted with more red but it was dropped due to budget
constraints. |
B/W |
Italy |
|
Nothing
Sacred |
1937 |
Selznick International Pictures |
Comedy/Drama/Romance |
William A. Wellman |
David O. Selznick |
Carol Lombard/Fredric
March/Charles Winninger |
Ben Hecht |
A woman learns she was
misdiagnosed with radium poisoning and isn't going to die. |
The Internet Archive |
Carole Lombard's only
Technicolor film. |
Color |
United States |
|
One
Body Too Many |
1944 |
Pine-Thomas Productions |
Comedy/Horror/Mystery |
Frank McDonald |
William H. Pine/William C.
Thomas |
Bela Lugosi/Jack Haley/Jean
Parker |
Winston Miller/Maxwell Shane |
An insurance investigator tries
to protect a millionaire after death threats. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was made in January of
1944 but not released until October. |
B/W |
United States |
|
One
More Time |
1931 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Family/Animation/Musical/Short/Comedy |
Rudolf Ising |
Leon Schlesinger |
n/a |
n/a |
A cop tries to enforce the law
but gangsters throw a wrench into his plans when they kidnap his girl. |
n/a |
Foxy's chest disappears and
reappears, a flaw in the cartoon. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Our
Gang Follies of 1938 |
1937 |
Hal Roach Studios |
Comedy/Family/Musical/Short |
Gordon Douglas |
Gordon Douglas |
Darla Hood/Darwood Kaye/George
McFarland/Billly Thomas/Carl Switzer |
n/a |
The Three Stooges and Alfalfa
are to put on a show called "King of the Crooners" but Alfalfa has
other plans. |
The Internet Archive |
Mashed potatoes and whipped
cotton were used to make the "ice cream sundaes" in Club Spanky. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Outlaw |
1943 |
Howard Hughes Productions |
Comedy/Drama/Romance/Western |
Howard Hughes |
Howard Hughes |
Jane Russell/Jack Buetel/Thomas
Mitchell |
Jules Furthman |
Doc Holiday, Pat Garrett and
Billy the Kidd fight for the attention of Rio McDonald. |
The Internet Archive |
Howard Hughes and his engineers
designed a special bra for Jane Russels bust which she never wore. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Painted Hills |
1951 |
MGM Studios |
Family/Western |
Harold F. Kress |
Chester M. Franklin |
Pal/Paul Kelly/Bruce Cowling |
True Boardman |
A Lassie film where he is left
with Tommy while Johnathan goes off to claim his fortune and is killed by his
partner. |
The Internet Archive |
This was the last of the
'Lassie' films. |
Color |
United States |
|
Pantry
Panic |
1941 |
Walter Lantz Productions |
Short/Family/Animation/Comedy |
Walter Lantz |
Walter Lantz |
Mel Blanc/Sara Berner/Bernice
Hansen |
Ben Hardaway/Lowell Elliott |
Its Woody vs. the Cat after a
blizzard leave them both starving. |
The Internet Archive |
This short was featured in
'Animated Century' in 2003 |
Color |
United States |
|
Parlor,
Bedroom, and Bath |
1931 |
MGM Studios |
Comedy |
Edward Sedgwick |
Buster Keaton |
Buster Keaton/Charlotte
Greenwood/Reginald Denny |
C.W. Bell/Mark Swan |
Virginia wont marry until her
older sister does. |
The Internet Archive |
This was filmed in Buster
Keaton's actual house. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Penny
Serenade |
1941 |
Columbia Pictures |
Drama/Romance |
George Stevens |
George Stevens |
Cary Grant/Irene Dunne/Beulah
Bondi |
Morrie Ryskind |
A woman ponders her troubled
marriage and contemplates leaving her husband. |
The Internet Archive |
An adaptation of this film was
broadcast on the radio by "Lux Radio Theatre" |
B/W |
United States |
|
Perversion
for Profit |
1965 |
Citizens for Decent Literature
Inc. |
Documentary/Short |
n/a |
Charles Keating |
George Putnam |
n/a |
George Putnam narrates an
argument against pornography. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was featured in 'Slut'
in 2004 |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Phantom Empire |
1935 |
Mascot Pictures |
Musical/Sci-Fi/Western/Family |
Otto Brower/B. Reeves Eason |
Nat Levine |
Gene Autry/Frankie Darro/Betsy
King Ross |
Wallace MacDonald/Gerald
Geraghty/Hy Freedman |
Gene Autry stumbles upon a
civilization beneath his ranch. |
The Internet Archive |
Ken Maynard dropped out of the
main role. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Phantom from 10,000 Leagues |
1955 |
Milner Brothers |
Sci-Fi |
Dan Milner |
Jack Milner |
Kent Taylor/Cathy Downs/Michael
Whalen |
Lou Rusoff |
Ocean life is mutated into a
monster by a radioactive rock. |
The Internet Archive |
Strings can be seen on the
creature in part of the film. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Phantom of the Opera |
1925 |
Universal Pictures |
Drama/Horror |
Rupert Julian |
Carl Laemmle |
Lon Chaney/Mary Philbin/Norman
Kerry |
Raymond L. Schrock/Elliott J.
Clawson |
A disfigured organist dwells
beneath the Opera House in Paris and falls in love with a singer there. |
The Internet Archive |
This was filmed at Universal
Studios Stage 28. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Phantom Planet |
1961 |
Four Crown Productions Inc. |
Adventure/Sci-Fi |
William Marshall |
Fred Gebhardt |
Dean Fredericks/Coleen
Gray/Anthony Dexter |
William Telaak/Fred De
Gorter/Fred Gebhardt |
An astronaut is miniaturized on
the surface of an asteroid. |
The Internet Archive |
The end title reads "the
beginning" |
B/W |
United States |
|
Plan 9
from Outer Space |
1959 |
Reynolds Pictures |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
Edward D. Wood Jr. |
Edward D. Wood Jr. |
Bela Lugosi/Gregory Walcott/Tom
Keene |
Edward D. Wood Jr. |
Dead humans are resurrected as
vampires and zombies by aliens. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was funded by a church
and several members of the cast were baptized. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Planet
of Dinosaurs |
1977 |
Cineworld Pictures |
Sci-Fi/Drama |
James Shea |
James K. Shea |
Mary Appleseth/Harvey
Shain/Derna Wylde |
Ralph Lucas |
A spaceship is forced to land on
an unknown planet. |
www.archive.org |
All of the men except Chuck
Pennigton have moustaches. |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Plumber |
1933 |
Universal Pictures/Walter Lantz
Productions |
Animation/Short |
Bill Nolan/Walter Lantz |
Walter Lantz |
n/a |
n/a |
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit fails to
control a leak. |
n/a |
Features the song "Ain't
Gonna Rain No More" |
B/W |
United States |
|
Poor
Cinderella |
1934 |
Fleischer Studios |
Animation/Short/Comedy/Fantasy/Musical |
Dave Fleischer |
Max Fleischer |
Bonie Poe |
n/a |
Betty Boop's rendition of
Cinderella. |
The Internet Archive |
The first color cartoon from
Fleischer Studios. |
Color |
United States |
|
Popeye
the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Theives |
1937 |
Fleischer Studios |
Adventure/Animation/Comedy/Short |
Dave Fleischer |
Max Fleischer |
Jack Mercer/Mae Questel/Lou
Fleischer |
n/a |
Popeye must stop the bandit Abu
Hassan and his thieves. |
The Internet Archive |
Inspired by "Ali Baba and
the Forty Theives" |
Color |
United States |
|
Popeye
the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor |
1936 |
Fleischer Studios |
Animation/Short/Comedy/Musical/Family/Fantasy |
Dave Fleischer |
Max Fleischer |
Jack Mercer/Mae Questel/Lou
Fleischer |
n/a |
Popeye and Sinbad do
battle. |
The Internet Archive |
The first Popeye cartoon in
Technicolor. |
Color |
United States |
|
Princess
Iron Fan |
1941 |
Cinema Epoch |
Animation |
Wan Guchan/Wan Laiming |
Wan Guchan/Wan Laiming |
Wan Guchan/Chizuko Kanda/Wan
Laiming |
n/a |
Adapted from a sequence in
Chinese folk tale 'Journey to the West' |
The Internet Archive |
This is the first full length
cartoon from China. |
B/W |
China |
|
Prisoners
of the Lost Universe |
1983 |
Marcel/Robertson Productions
Ltd/United Media |
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi |
Terry Marcel |
Harry Robertson |
Richard Hatch/Kay Lenz/John
Saxon |
Terry Marcel |
Transported to a parallel
universe three people must use medieval weapons to save the citizens from a
warlord. |
Internet Archive |
This film debuted on cable in
the US. |
Color |
United Kingdom |
|
Queen of
the Amazons |
1947 |
Screen Guild Productions |
Action/Adventure/Mystery/Romance |
Edward Finney |
Edward Finney |
Robert Lowery/Patricia
Morison/J.Edward Bromberg |
Roger Merton |
A woman's husband is captured by
a female tribe. |
Internet Archive |
This film was referenced in
"Planet X: Episode 2.1" in 2006 |
B/W |
United States |
|
Radar
Men from the Moon |
1952 |
Republic Pictures |
Action/Sci-Fi |
Fred C. Brannon |
Franklin Adreon |
George Walllace/Aline Towne/Roy
Barcroft |
Ronald Davidson |
Targets on Earth are being
obliterated by unknown means that are suspected to be rays from the
moon. |
The Internet Archive |
The "rocketman suit"
was recycled from 'King of the Rocket Men' |
B/W |
United States |
|
Rain |
1932 |
Feature Productions |
Drama |
Lewis Milestone |
Lewis Milestone |
Fred Howard/Ben Hendricks
Jr./William Gargan |
Maxwell Anderson |
A missionary man helps a
prostitute find redemption. |
The Internet Archive |
Joan Crawford liked this film
the least because of the box office returns. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The Red
House |
1947 |
Sol Lesser Productions |
Horror/Mystery/Thriller |
Delmer Daves |
Sol Lesser |
Edward G. Robinson/Lon
McCallister/Judith Anderson |
Delmer Daves |
The red house holds a secret for
Meg and Nath. |
Internet Archive |
The tagline of this film was
"Of this man...and the girl who lived in The Red House...people spoke
only in whispers!" |
B/W |
United States |
|
Reefer
Madness aka Tell Your Children |
1936 |
George A. Hirliman Productions |
Drama |
Louis Gasnier |
George A Hirliman |
Dorothy Short/Kenneth
Craig/Lillian Miles |
Arthur Hoerl |
A cautionary tale depicting the
dangers of marijuana use. |
Internet Archive |
The films origins are
controversial. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Revolt
of the Zombies |
1936 |
Edward Halperin
Productions/Victor Halperin Productions |
Drama/Horror/Mystery/Romance/War |
Victor Halperin |
Edward Halperin |
Victor Halperin/Howard
Higgin/Rollo Lloyd |
Dorothy Stone/Dean Jagger/Roy
D'Arcy |
An expedition is launched to
destroy a zombie formula. |
The Internet Archive |
The superimposed eyes shown
belong to Bela Lugosi. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Road to
Bali |
1952 |
Paramount Pictures/Bing Crosby
Productions/Hope Enterprises |
Comedy/Fantasy/Musical |
Hal Walker |
Daniel Dare/Harry Tugend |
Bing Crosby/Bob Hope/Dorothy
Lamour |
Frank Butler/Hal Kanter/William
Morrow/Harry Tugend |
Two performers get work as
divers. |
The Internet Archive |
The only "Road"
picture in Technicolor. |
Color |
United States |
|
Royal
Wedding |
1951 |
MGM Studios |
Comedy/Musical/Romance |
Stanley Donen |
Arthur Freed |
Fred Astaire/Jane Powell/Peter
Lawford |
Alan Jay Lerner |
A sibling dance act go to London
during a Royal Wedding. |
The Internet Archive |
Judy Garland attempted suicide
after being fired from this film. |
Color |
United States |
|
Salt of
the Earth |
1954 |
Independent Production Company |
Drama/History |
Herbert J. Biberman |
Paul Jarrico |
Juan Chacon/Rosaura
Revueltas/Will Geer |
Michael Wilson |
A film that speaks to the
discrimination of Mexican American workers. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was based on a real
strike against a mine. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Santa
Claus Conquers the Martians |
1964 |
Jalor Productions |
Comedy/Family/Fantasy/Sci-Fi |
Nicholas Webster |
Paul L. Jacobson |
John Call/Leonard Hicks/Vincent
Beck |
Glenville Mareth |
Martians kidnap Santa to make
presents. |
The Internet Archive |
The guns of the Martians are
Whammo Air Blasters. |
Color |
United States |
|
Santa
Fe Trail |
1940 |
Warner Brothers |
Action/Adventure/Biography/Drama/History/Romance/War/Western |
Michael Curtiz |
Hal B. Wallis |
Errol Flynn/Olivia de
Havilland/Raymond Massey/Ronald Reagan |
Robert Buckner |
A story of romance and battle in
the days before the outbreak of the civial war. |
The Internet Archive |
This film premiered in Santa Fe,
New Mexico. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Scared
to Death |
1947 |
Golden Gate Pictures |
Thriller |
Christy Cabannne |
William B. David |
Bela Lugosi/George Zucco/Molly
Lamont |
Walter Abbott |
A dead young woman tells the
story of how she got to the morgue. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was shot in the
Cinecolor process usually reserve for low budget Westerns. |
Color |
United States |
|
Scarlet
Street |
1945 |
Fritz Lang Productions |
Drama/Film-Noir |
Fritz Lang |
Fritz Lang |
Edward G. Robinson/Joan
Bennett/Dan Duryea |
Dudley Nichols |
A woman's fiance talks her into
conning a man in a mid life crisis out of a fortune she suspects him of
having. |
The Internet Archive |
The second Jean Renoir remanke
by Fritz Lang. |
B/W |
United States |
|
School's
Out |
1930 |
Hal Roach Studios |
Comedy/Family/Short |
Robert F. McGowan |
Hal Roach |
Jackie Cooper/Allen 'Farina'
Hoskins/Norman 'Chubby' Chaney |
H.M. Walker |
Children plan to discourage Miss
Crabtree's brother, who they think is her potential boyfriend. |
The Internet Archive |
When Mary Ann Jackson
answers"What Did George Washington Say...?" it is an reference to
the song my Helen Kane "What Did Cleopatra Say?" |
B/W |
United States |
|
Scrap
Happy Daffy |
1943 |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Animation/Short |
Frank Tashlin |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc |
n/a |
Hitler sends daffy a goat. |
n/a |
Hitler refers to Daffy as a
"Non Aryan Duck" in the subtitles. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Screaming Skull |
1958 |
Madera Productions |
Horror/Thriller |
Alex Nicol |
Thomas F. Woods/John Kneubuhl |
John Hudson/Peggy Webber/Russ
Conway |
John Kneubuhl |
A newlywed wife thinks she is
going insane after eerie events transpire at the home of her husbands late
wife. |
The Internet Archive |
This score is the early work of
Ernest Gold. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Scrub Me
Mama With a Boogie Beat |
1941 |
Universal Pictures/Walter Lantz
Productions |
Animation/Musical/Short/Comedy |
Walter Lantz |
Walter Lantz |
Mel Blanc |
Ben Hardaway |
Black racist stereotypes are
perpetuated in this short. |
The Internet Archive |
This short is very
controversial. |
Color |
United States |
|
Second
Chorus |
1940 |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy/Romance/Musical |
H.C. Potter |
Boris Morros |
Fred Astaire/Paulette
Goddard/Artie Shaw |
Elaine Ryan/Ian McLellan Hunter |
College students get jobs with
Artie Shaw's band when forced to make it on their won. |
The Internet Archive |
Fred Astaire's trumpet part was
dubbed by Bobby Hackett. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Second Woman |
1950 |
Cardinal Pictures |
Drama/Film-Noir/Mystery/Romance |
James V. Kern |
Harry M. Popkin/Robert
Smith/Mort Briskin/Joseph Nadel |
Robert Young/Betsy Drake/John
Sutton |
Mort Briskin/Robert Smith |
Ellen Foster visits her aunt and
meets her neighbor who she is attracted to, but he may be dangerous. |
The Internet Archive |
Cohalan mentions a famous New
York landmark, the Flatiron. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Sex
Madness |
1938 |
Cinema Service Corp. |
Drama |
Dwain Esper |
Dwain Esper |
Vivian McGill/Rose Tapley/Al
Rigali |
Joseph Seiden/Vincent Valentini |
Illustrating the dangers of
casual sex, this film is a cautionary tale against going to Burlesque
shows. |
The Internet Archive |
An actress nearly messes up her
line when a window falls shut. |
B/W |
United States |
|
She
Gods of Shark Reef |
1958 |
American International Pictures |
Adventure |
Roger Corman |
Ludwig H. Gerber |
Bill Cord/Don Durant/Lisa
Montell |
Robert Hill/Victor Stoloff |
Two brothers are shipwrecked on
an island of women with a treasure of pearls. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was shot in the same
location of 'Naked Paradise' |
Color |
United States |
|
Shock |
1946 |
Twentieth Century Fox |
Crime/Film-Noir/Thriller |
Alfred L. Werker |
Aubrey Schenck |
Vincent Price/Lynn Bari/Frank
Latimore |
Eugene Ling |
A woman is committed to an
asylum by a man who she saw commit murder. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was shot in 19
days. |
B/W |
United States |
|
A Shriek
in the Night |
1933 |
Allied Pictures Corporation |
Comedy/Crime/Mystery/Romance/Thriller |
Albert Ray |
M.H. Hoffman Jr. |
Ginger Rogers/Lyle Talbot/Harvey
Clark |
Frances Hyland |
Two rival reporters join forces
to solve a series of murders. |
The Internet Archive |
The actress Louise Beavers is
listed as "Louise Beaver" wrongly. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Silent
Night, Bloody Night |
1974 |
Armor Films Inc./Cannon
Productions/Jeffrey Konvitz Productions |
Horror/Mystery/Thriller |
Theodore Gershuny |
Ami Artzi/Jeffrey Konvitz |
Patrick O'Neal/James
Patterson/Mary Woronov |
Theodore Gershuny/Jeffrey
Konvitz |
A man inherits a mansion that
used to be an asylum and investigates old crimes. |
The Internet Archive |
This film appeared in 'Elvira's
Movie Macabre' |
Color |
United States |
|
Sing a
Song of Six Pants |
1947 |
Columbia Pictures |
Comedy/Short |
Jules White |
Jules White |
Moe Howard/Larry Fine/Shemp
Howard |
Felix Adler |
The three stooges are tailors
who want to nab a robber for reward. |
The Internet Archive |
One of four Three Stooges shorts
in the public domain. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Smash-Up,
the Story of a Woman |
1947 |
Universal International Pictures |
Drama/Music/Romance |
Stuart Heisler |
Walter Wanger |
Susan Hayward/Eddie Albert/Lee
Bowman/Marsha Hunt |
John Howard Lawson |
A nightclub singer marries a
songwriter. |
The Internet Archive |
This film is based on the life
of entertainer Dixie Lee |
B/W |
United States |
|
Smile,
DarnYa, Smile! |
1931 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Animation/Family/Short/Comedy |
Rudolf Ising |
Leon Schlesinger |
n/a |
n/a |
The conductor of a streetcar
deals with a hippo and a cow while his hobo passengers sing. |
n/a |
Foxy mumbles a track backward
saying "Susie heard one of those Atlantic Bells! Whataya think?" |
B/W |
United States |
|
Snafuperman |
1944 |
Warner Brothers Pictures |
Animation/Short/Comedy |
Friz Freleng |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc/Tedd Pierce |
Dr. Seuss |
Private Snafu doesn't study his
field manuals and becomes the worlds dumbest hero. |
The Internet Archive |
When Snafu transforms, the
Superman series theme from Fleischer Studios is heard. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Snake
People |
1971 |
Azteca Films/Columbia Pictures |
Horror/Mystery |
Jack Hill |
Juan Ibanez/Luis Enrique Vergara |
Boris Karloff/Julissa/Carlos
East |
Jack Hill |
An army of zombies crazed by LSD
is ran by a mad scientist. |
The Internet Archive |
Boris Karloff's next to last
feature. |
Color |
Mexico/United States |
|
Snow
White |
1933 |
Fleischer Studios |
Animation/Short/Comedy/Family |
Dave Fleischer |
Max Fleischer |
Cab Calloway |
Jacob Grimm/Wilhelm Grimm |
Betty Boop's rendition of Snow
White. |
The Internet Archive |
This short took Crandall 6
months to do. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Something
to Sing About |
1937 |
Zion Meyers Productions |
Comedy/Musical |
Victor Schertzinger |
Zion Myers/Victor Schertzinger |
James Cagney/Evelyn Daw/William
Frawley |
Austin Parker |
A New York bandleader is offered
a contract studio in Hollywood, but is determined to have his way. |
The Internet Archive |
James Cagney practiced dancing
with Fred Astaire to prepare. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Special
Delivery |
1946 |
U.S. Army Air Force |
Propaganda/Documentary |
n/a |
U.S. Army Air Force |
n/a |
n/a |
A propaganda from about Bikini
Atoll and Operation Crossroads. |
The Internet Archive |
Originally three atomic bomb
tests were planned. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Spider
Baby |
1968 |
Adventure Pictures |
Comedy/Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller |
Jack Hill |
Gil Lasky/Paul Monka |
Lon Chaney Jr./Carol
Ohmart/Quinn K. Redeker |
Jack Hill |
After his fathers death, a
caretaker care s for three demented adults. |
The Internet Archive |
The Smith Estate in LA was used
for the Merrye house. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Spirit of '43 |
1943 |
Walt Disney Productions |
Animation/Short/Documentary/Comedy/Drama |
Jack King |
Walt Disney |
Clarence Nash |
Joe Grant |
Donald handles income taxes and
learns of their benefit to the war effort. |
www.archive.org |
A precursor to the Scrooge
McDuck character is portrayed here, |
Color |
United States |
|
Spring
in a Small Town |
1948 |
Wenhua Film Company |
Drama/Romance |
Fei Mu |
n/a |
Chaoming Cui/Wei Li/Yu Shi |
Tianji Li |
This film tells the story of the
once prosperous Dai family. |
The Internet Archive |
Voted best Chinese-language film
by Hong Kong Film Critics Society in 2002. |
B/W |
China |
|
Stamp
Day for Superman |
1954 |
Superman Inc./U.S. Department of
the Treasury |
Short Fantasy |
Thoman Carr |
Whitney Ellsworth |
George Reeves/Noel Neill/Jack
Larson |
David T. Chantler/Jackson Gillis |
Superman is promoting US Savings
Stamps when he is interrupted by having to save Lois Lane. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was never shown
theatrically, it was shown in schools to educate children. |
B/W |
United States |
|
A Star
is Born |
1937 |
Selznick International Pictures |
Drama |
Willaim A. Wellman |
David O. Selznick |
Janet Gaynor/Fredric
March/Adolphe Menjou |
Dorothy Parker/Alan
Campbell/Robert Carson |
A woman goes to hollywood to
become an actress. |
The Internet Archive |
The first all color film up for
Best Picture at the Academy Awards. |
Color |
United States |
|
The
Strange Love of Martha Ivers |
1946 |
Hal Walllis Productions |
Drama Film-Noir |
Lewis Milestone |
Hal B. Wallis |
Barbara Stanwyck/Van
Heflin/Lizabeth Scott/Kirk Douglas |
Robert Rossen |
A domineering woman is married
to an alcoholic D.A. who is the sole witness to her crime. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was Kirk Douglas's
debut. |
B/W |
United States |
|
The
Stranger |
1946 |
International Pictures |
Crime/Drama/Film-Noir/Mystery/Thriller |
Orson Welles |
Sam Spiegel |
Orson Welles/Edward G.
Robinson/Loretta Young |
Anthony Veiller |
An investigator searches for a
Nazi in the states. |
The Internet Archive |
The first film after WWII
depicting footage of concentration camps. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Street
Angel |
1937 |
Mingxing Film Company/Star Film |
Comedy/Drama/Musical |
Muzhi Yuan |
n/a |
Dan Zhao/Yiting Chen/Zhicheng
Feng |
Muzhi Yuan |
Two sisters have fled from the
war where they are living with their abusive parents. |
The Internet Archive |
Praised as one of the classics
of the "leftist" filmmaking period that peaked in the 30's. |
B/W |
China |
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The
Street Fighter's Last Revenge |
1974 |
Toei Company |
Action/Crime/Drama |
ShigerhiroOzawa |
n/a |
Sonny Chiba/Reiko Ike/Koji Wada |
Koji Takada/Masahiro Shimura |
A man is hired to recover a tape
with a heroin formula but is double crossed. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was referenced in
"The Angry Video Game Nerd: Street Fighter 2010" in 2010 |
Color |
Japan |
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Suddenly |
1954 |
Libra Productions Inc. |
Crime/Drama/Film-Noir/Romance/Thriller |
Lewis Allen |
Robert Bassler |
Frank Sinatra/Sterling
Hayden/James Gleason |
Richard Sale |
Three gangsters trap a family in
their house and intend to kill the president. |
The Internet Archive |
In the colorized version Frank
Sinatra is given brown eyes. |
B/W |
United States |
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Superman |
1941 |
Fleischer Studios |
Animation/Short/Action/Adventure/Family/Fantasy/Sci-Fi |
Dave Fleischer |
Max Fleischer |
Bud Collyer/Joan
Alexander/Jackson Beck |
Seymour Kneitel/Izzy Sparber |
Superman saves Metropolis from a
mad scientist. |
The Internet Archive |
The first appearance of the
"Faster than a speeding bullet..." intro. |
Color |
United States |
|
Swamp
Women |
1955 |
American International
Pictures/Bernard Woolner Productions |
Adventure/Crime/Horror/Romance/Thriller |
Roger Corman |
Bernard Woolner |
Marie Windsor/Carole
Mathews/Beverly Garland |
David Stern |
A policewoman helps convicts
escape to lead her to a stash of hidden diamonds. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was made in only 22
days. |
Color |
United States |
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A Tale
of Two Kitties |
1942 |
Warner Brothers Pictures/Leon
Schlesinger Studios |
Animation/Family/Short/Comedy |
Bob Clampett |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc/Tedd Pierce |
Warren Foster |
Babbot and Catstello try to
catch Tweety. |
The Internet Archive |
Tweety is pink in this version,
and his original name is Orson is early model sheets. |
Color |
United States |
|
Tarzan
the Tiger |
1929 |
Adventure Pictures |
Action/Adventure |
Henry MacRae |
Carl Laemmle/Henry MacRae |
Frank Merrill/Natalie
Kingston/Al Ferguson |
William Lord Wright/Ian McClosky |
Tarzan's estate is destroyed by
Arabs and Jane is sold into slavery. |
The Internet Archive |
This serial survived b/c it was
a "talking" serial. |
B/W |
United States |
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Teenage
Zombies |
1959 |
GBM Productions |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
Jerry Warren |
Jerry Warren |
Don Sullivan/Katherine
Victor/Steve Conte |
Jerry Warren |
A mad scientist uses nerve gas
to turn teenagers into her slaves. |
The Internet Archive |
The title score was taken from
'Kronos' |
B/W |
United States |
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Teenagers
From Outer Space |
1959 |
Tom Graeff Productions |
Action/Drama/Horror/Romance/Sci-Fi/Thriller |
Tom Graeff |
Tom Graefff |
David Love/Dawn Bender/Bryan
Grant |
Tom Graeff |
An alien falls for a teenage
girl. |
The Internet Archive |
The director posed as a UCLA
student and got to film free in a woman's home b/x the could not afford
soundstage time. |
B/W |
United States |
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Terror
By Night |
1946 |
Universal Pictures |
Mystery/Thriller |
Roy William Neill |
Howard Benedict/Roy William
Neill |
Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce/Alan
Mowbray |
Frank Gruber |
When a diamond is stolen and the
son of its owner murdered, Sherlock Holmes is on the case. |
The Internet Archive |
C. Aubrey Smith plays a
gentlemen sitting on the train. |
B/W |
United States |
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That
Uncertain Feeling |
1941 |
Ernst Lubitsch Productions Inc. |
Comedy |
Ernst Lubitsch |
Ernst Lubitsch |
Merle Oberon/Melvyn
Douglas/Burgess Meredith |
Donald Ogden Stewart |
A woman is disillusioned by her
husband after speaking with a psychoanalyst. |
The Internet Archive |
A loose remake of the film 'Kiss
Me Again' from 1925. |
B/W |
United States |
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The
Terror of Tiny Town |
1938 |
Jed Buell Productions/Principal
Productions |
Comedy/Musical/Western |
Sam Newfield |
Jed Buell |
Billy Curtis/Yvonne
Moray/'Little Billy' Rhodes |
Fred Myton |
An evil midget terrorizes the
citizens of tiny town. |
The Internet Archive |
Included in "The Fifty
Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way) |
B/W |
United States |
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The
Terror |
1963 |
Filmgroup |
Drama/Fantasy/Horror/Mystery/Thriller |
Roger Corman/Francis Ford
Coppola/Monte Hellman/Jack Hill/Jack Nicholson |
Roger Corman/Francis Ford
Coppola/Harvey Jacobson |
Boris Karloff/Jack
Nicholson/Sandra Knight |
Leo Gordon/Jack Hill |
An officer in Napoleon's Army
follows a woman to an elderly Baron's castle. |
The Internet Archive |
Sandra Knight was pregnant
during the filming of this movie. |
Color |
United States |
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They
Made Me a Criminal |
1939 |
Warner Brothers Pictures |
Crime/Drama/Mystery/Sport |
Busby Berkeley |
Hal B. Wallis/Benjamin Glazer |
John Garfield/Claude Rains/The
Dead End Kids |
Sig Herzig |
A boxer believes he committed a
murder while drunk. |
The Internet Archive |
The play opened in 1933 off
Broadway in New York City. |
B/W |
United States |
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This is
the Army |
1943 |
Warner Brothers Pictures |
Comedy/Musical/War |
Michel Curtiz |
Hal B. Wallis/Jack L. Warner |
Ronald Reagan/Joan Leslie/George
Murphy |
Casey Robinson/Claude
Binyon/Irving Berlin |
A musical comedy about a dancer
staging a show on Broadway and his son doing the same. |
The Internet Archive |
The first Warner Bros musical
shot in three strip technicolor. |
Color |
United States |
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Three
Came Home |
1950 |
Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation |
War/Drama |
Jean Neulesco |
Nunnally Johnson |
Claudette Colbert/Patric
Knowles/Florence Desmond |
Nunnally Johnson |
Agnes Newton Keith is a prisoner
at a Japanese POW camp from 1941 to the end of WWII. |
The Internet Archive |
This film is based on the best
selling memoir of Agnes Newton Keith. |
B/W |
United States |
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To Duck
or Not to Duck |
1943 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Animation/Family/Short/Comedy |
Charles M. Jones |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc/Arthur Q. Bryan |
Todd Pierce |
Daffy Duck challenges Elmer to a
boxing match. |
www.amazon.com |
This title is a play on words
from Hamlet "to be or not to be" |
Color |
United States |
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To
the Shores of Iwo Jima |
1945 |
U.S. Government Office of War
Information/U.S. Coast Guard/U.S. Marine Corps |
Documentery/Short/War |
n/a |
Milton Sperling |
Harlon Block/John H.
Bradley/Rene A. Gagnon |
n/a |
This film is a depiction of the
American assault on Iwo Jima. |
The Internet Archive |
Four cameramen died and ten were
wounded during the making of this film. |
Color |
United States |
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Too
Late for Tears |
1949 |
Hunt Stromberg
Productions/Streamline Pictures |
Drama/Film-Noir/Mystery |
Byron Haskin |
Hunt Stromberg |
Lizabeth Scott/Don DeFore/Dan
Duryea |
Roy Huggins |
A woman finds a suitcase full of
money and will do anything to keep it. |
The Internet Archive |
This screenplay is based on Roy
Huggins' Saturday Evening Post serial. |
B/W |
United States |
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Topper
Returns |
1941 |
Hal Roach Studios |
Fantasy/Mystery/Romance/Comedy |
Roy Del Ruth |
Hal Roach |
Joan Blondell/Roland
Young/Carole Landis |
Jonathan Latimer |
A couple discovers that they are
ghosts. |
The Internet Archive |
This was the first film to be
'colorized' in 1985 |
B/W |
United States |
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Tormented |
1960 |
Cheviot Productions |
Horror/Thriller |
Bert I. Gordon |
Bert I. Gordon/Joe Steinberg |
Richard Carlson/Susan
Gordon/Lugene Sanders |
George Worthing Yates |
A man allows his former lover to
die but her ghost returns. |
The Internet Archive |
Some of the score on this film
is from'House on Haunted Hill' |
B/W |
United States |
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Undersea
Kingdom |
1936 |
Republic Pictures |
Sci-Fi/Adventure |
B. Reeves Eason/Joseph Kane |
Nat Levine |
Ray Corrigan/Lois Wilde/Monte
Blue |
John Rathmell/Tracy Knight |
Adventurers in a rocket
submarine find atlantis inhabited and at war. |
The Internet Archive |
The Volkite robots were
refurbished for 'Mysterious Doctor Satan' |
B/W |
United States |
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The
Vampire Bat |
1933 |
Majestic Pictures |
Drama/Horror/Mystery/Romance/Sci-Fi |
Frank R. Strayer |
Phil Goldstone/Larry Darmour |
Lionel Atwill/Fay Wray/Melvyn
Douglas |
Edward T. Lowe.Jr. |
A vampire tell that begins as
the villagers of Klineschloss begin to die of blood loss. |
The Internet Archive |
This was filmed on Universal's
European Village set. |
B/W |
United States |
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Vengeance
Valley |
1951 |
MGM |
Western |
Richard Thorpe |
Nicholas Nayfack |
Burt Lancaster/Robert
Walker/Joanne Dru |
Irving Ravetch |
A cattle baron raises an orphan
who his own son grows to hate. |
The Internet Archive |
The tagline for this film read
"Based on the Thrilling novel and Saturday Evening Post serial by Luke
Short" |
Color |
United States |
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Voyage
to the Planet of Prehistoric Women |
1968 |
Filmgroup/Roger Corman
Productions |
Sci-Fi |
Peter Bogdanovich |
Norman D. Wells/Roger Corman |
Mamie Van Doren/Mary Marr/Paige
Lee |
Henry Ney |
Astronauts discover exotic
creatures and women on Venus. |
The Internet Archive |
The US rocketships bear a USSR
logo. |
Color |
United States |
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Voyage
to the Prehistoric Planet |
1965 |
Roger Corman Productions |
Sci-Fi |
Curtis Harrington |
George Edwards/Stephanie
Rothman/Roger Corman |
Basil Rathbone/Faith
Domergue/John Bix |
Curtis Harrington |
After the moon is colonized in
2020 three spaceships are launched to explore Venus. |
The Internet Archive |
The original Soviet Union title
was 'Planet of Storms' |
Color |
United States/Soviet Union |
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The
Wabbit Who Came to Supper |
1942 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Animation/Family/Short/Comedy |
Friz Freleng |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc/Arthur Q. Bryan |
Michael Maltese |
Elmer Fudd's uncle leaves him
with an inheritance on one condition: he harm no rabbits. |
The Internet Archive |
An illusion that Bugs is
exposing himself is created when he steps out of the bathtub; the tub in the
gap b/w his legs creates this illusion. |
Color |
United States |
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Wackiki
Wabbit |
1943 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Animation/Family/Short/Comedy |
Charles M. Jones |
Leon Schlesinger |
Mel Blanc/Michael Maltese/Tedd
Pierce |
Tedd Pierce |
Bugs washes up on an island
inhabited by two hungry castaways intent on having him for dinner. |
The Internet Archive |
The castaways are caricatures of
the voice actors. |
Color |
United States |
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Waldo's
Last Stand |
1940 |
Loew's/MGM |
Comedy/Family/Short |
Edward Cahn/Steven Granger |
Jack Chertok/Richard Goldstone |
Darla Hood/George
McFarland/Robert Blake/Janet Burston |
Hal Law/Robert A. McGowan |
The Gang perform a variety show
to attract customers to the lemonade stand of their friend Waldo. |
www.archive.org |
"Our Gang Comedy"
later known as "The Little Rascals" |
B/W |
United States |
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The
Wasp Woman |
1960 |
Film Group Feature/Santa Cruz
Productions Inc. |
Horror/Sci-Fi |
Roger Corman/Jack Hill |
Roger Corman |
Susan Cabot/Anthony
Eisley/Barboura Morris |
Roger Corman |
A Cosmetics business owner
allows a Scientist to inject her with Wasp enzymes that has unexpected side
effects on her. |
The Internet Archive |
Influenced by the 1958 version
of "The Fly" |
B/W |
United States |
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Whispering
City |
1947 |
Québec Productions |
Drama |
Fyodor Otsep |
Paul L'Anglais/George
Marton/Roger Woog |
Paul Lukas/Mary Anderson/Helmut
Dantine |
Michael Lennox/George
Zuckerman/Rian James/Leonard Lee |
A famous dying actress reveals
to a Reporter reveals details of the murder that draws the Reporter into a
web of deceit that threatens her own life. |
The Internet Archive |
This film was featured in 'Has
Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953' |
B/W |
Canada |
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Westward
Whoa |
1926 |
Leon Schlesinger Studios |
Animation/Short/Comedy/Family/Western |
Jack King |
Leon Schlesinger |
Billy Bletcher |
n/a |
Pioneering Porky Pig and friends
encounter Native Americans on the trail to the Western Frontier. |
www.archive.org |
A spoof of "Westward
Ho" starring John Wayne. |
B/W |
United States |
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White
Zombie |
1932 |
Edward Halperin
Productions/Victor Halperin Productions |
Horror |
Victor Halperin |
Edward Halperin |
Bela Lugosi/Madge Bellamy/Joseph
Cawthorn |
Garnett Weston |
Jealous of a woman's fiance, a
man hires a Witch Doctor that results in her becoming a zombie slave. |
The Internet Archive |
This features
"Dracula" legend Bela Lugosi. |
B/W |
United States |
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Why We
Fight |
1942-1944 |
U.S. War Departmment/AMPAS/U.S.
Army Special Service Division |
Documentary/History/War |
Frank Capra |
Frank Capra/Anatole Litvak |
General Chiang Kai-Shek/Walter
Darre/Otto Dietrich |
Julius J. Epstein/Phillip G.
Epstein |
WW II Era Propaganda Film series
advocating alliance against the Axis Powers. |
The Internet Archive |
From the Director of the later
"It's A Wonderful Life", this 7 episode series has been added to
the National Film Registry. |
B/W |
United States |
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Wizard
of Oz |
1925 |
Chadwick Pictures Corporation |
Comedy/Family/Fantasy/Adventure |
Larry Semon |
I.E. Chadwick/Larry Semon |
Dorothy Dwan/Charles
Murray/Oliver Hardy |
Frank Joslyn Baum/Leon Lee/Larry
Semon |
Dorothy's odyssey in Oz where
she is to marry Prince Kynd who was usurped by Prime Minister Kruel. |
www.archive.org |
Oliver Hardy of the comedy duo
Laurel & Hardy briefly dresses as the Tin Woodsman, in his role as a
Farmhand. |
B/W |
United States |
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A Word
to the Wives |
1955 |
Telamerica |
Short |
Norman Lloyd |
Edmund M. Tate |
Marsha Hunt/Darren McGavin/Janet
Riley |
Jerome Brondfield |
A woman tricks her husband into
buying her a new kitchen by leaving him alone to prepare his own meals. |
The Internet Archive |
This is a sponsored film. |
B/W |
United States |
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The
World Gone Mad |
1933 |
Majestic Pictures |
Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller |
Christy Cabannne |
Larry Darmour/Phil Goldstone |
Pat O'Brien/Evelyn Brent/Neil
Hamilton |
Edward T. Lowe Jr. |
When a District Attorney is
murdered for discovering stock market fraud, another D.A. and a Reporter
investigate. |
The Internet Archive |
Posters for 'The Vampire Bat'
are on the wall in one theatre during a scene. |
B/W |
United States |
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Zorro's
Black Whip |
1944 |
Republic Pictures |
Western |
Spencer Gordon Bennet/Wallace
Grissel |
Ronald Davisdson |
George J. Lewis/Linda
Stirling/Lucien Littlefield |
Basil Dickey/Jesse Duffy/Grant
Nelson/Joseph F. Poland |
Barbara becomes "The Black
Whip" to battle a villainous stagecoach line operator who had the owner
of her towns newspaper murdered. |
The Internet Archive |
Zorro does not appear in this
movie. |
B/W |
United States |
|
Zorro's
Fighting Legion |
1939 |
Republic Pictures |
Western |
William Witney/John English |
Hiram S. Brown Jr. |
Reeed Hadley/Sheila
Darcy/William Corson |
Ronald Davidson |
Zorro death defying adventures
battling Don Del Oro. |
The Internet Archive |
Zorro's stagecoach stunt is
echoed by Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. |
B/W |
United States |
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