Eddie Hall (Clark Gable) is on the run from the police. Taking shelter in an apartment building, he runs into the apartment of Ruby Adams (Jean Harlow), a stranger. Luckily for Eddie, Ruby is more than willing to help him out. She hides him in her bathroom and covers for him when the cops come … Continue reading Hold Your Man (1933)
Deanie Donford (Patty McCormack) is tired of her parents trying to control her life. Dewey Norson (Kevin Coughlin) is a small-town high school senior afraid to disappoint his parents. Shelly Allen (Brooke Bundy) is the daughter of a busy ad executive, neglected by her father in favor of his work. Each of these teens decides to … Continue reading The Young Runaways (1968)
Sometimes, a marriage starts out all sunshine and rainbows, only to turn sour after years or even decades. Sometimes, it's doomed from the start. For Henri Landru (George Sanders), it's all doom and gloom, but he only has himself to blame. Obsessed with a burlesque performer named Odette (Corinne Calvet), Henri can only win her … Continue reading Bluebeard’s Ten Honeymoons (1960)
London in the time of Jack the Ripper is a paranoid place. Anxieties are high for most. The cops are on high alert, doing their best to protect potential victims -- patrolling the streets at all hours, walking people home, attempting to work out the puzzle of the Ripper's identity. Among the fearful is Helen … Continue reading Man in the Attic (1954)
Bill Norman (Allan Lane) is the heir to a very successful dairy company, but he wants nothing to do with the family business. Instead, he has a great interest in studying tropical fish. Bill's father, Rufus (George Irving), isn't too happy with his son's life choices. So, he decides to make a bet. If Bill … Continue reading Maid’s Night Out (1938)
Odds Owen (Warren William) is a bookie who has just lost a big bet on a horse race. This loss was through no fault of his own, though. Opposing better T. Everett Markham (Clay Clement) has been doping the horses. Disgusted by Markham's behavior and the general trend of dishonesty in the gamblin' game, Odds … Continue reading Don’t Bet on Blondes (1935)
It's a battle between two railroads. The Central Pacific and the Union Pacific are in a race to see which can be the first to reach Ogden, Utah. If the Central Pacific succeeds, bank president Asa Barrows (Henry Kolker) stands to make a whole lot of money... so, naturally, he hires some help to make … Continue reading Union Pacific (1939)
The body of Jefferson Monk (George Macready) has just been delivered to the San Francisco morgue. Elsewhere in the city, detectives Jack Packard (Jim Bannon) and Doc Long (Barton Yarborough) have a wild story to tell. Three days ago, the detectives met Monk at a nightclub, and he confessed to them that someone was trying … Continue reading I Love a Mystery (1945)
Edith Farnham (Mary Astor), a divorcee, is headed to the Snowcrest Lodge with her daughter for Christmas. Also heading to the lodge is Stephen Blake (Melvyn Douglas), a widower who plans to spend the holiday with his young son. As for the lodge itself, the manager (Donald Meek), director Mr. Snirley (Romaine Callender), and hostess Miss Peabody (Dorothy Stickney) have … Continue reading And So They Were Married (1936)
Ella (Leslie Caron) is a lonely young woman. She isn't technically alone, living with her stepmother (Elsa Lanchester) and stepsisters (Amanda Blake and Lisa Daniels), but she may as well live in isolation. Treated as a servant by the family, she has no friends in town, either. Ella has one little ray of hope, however. … Continue reading The Glass Slipper (1955)
