Julie, upset and going to leave her husband (played by Cary Grant), begins listening to some recordings that bring up the memories of meeting her husband and the life events they’ve shared together. As her memories move through their relationship and life together, she relates them to their current problems and how they’ve come about. […]
Sundown - 1941
While fighting Nazis in Africa, some English troops find an exotic native woman who could be just what the English need to tip the scale in their favor against the German Nazis.
The Grapes of Wrath - 1940
The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck’s iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. After their drought-ridden farm is seized by the bank, the family — led by just-paroled son Tom — loads up a truck and heads West. On the road, beset by hardships, the Joads meet dozens […]
Algiers - 1938
Beautiful Gaby meets a romantic jewel thief in the mysterious Casbah.
Pygmalion - 1938
A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.
The Amazing Adventure - 1937
A bored millionaire, played by Cary Grant, makes a wager with his doctor that he can live for a whole year in the working class, working a regular job, without touching his fortune.
Slaves in Bondage - 1937
Here is an attempted early exploitation flick that ends up being much tamer than the name implies. Mary Lou escapes a prostitution ring and tells the authorities. An investigation begins at the Berrywood road house, a well-known den of iniquity. Love, lust, spanking, jealousy, fighting and some investigating ensues.
Hoosier Schoolboy - 1937
A new school teacher arrives in a small rural town in the middle of a milk crisis (ha!) that has the townsfolk on edge. Micky Rooney stars as a boy who’s father is a shell-shocked (PTSD) war veteran who has lost himself in the bottle. The townsfolk look down on Mickey Rooney and his dad, […]
Great Guy - 1936
James Cagney stars in this great movie with an utterly useless title about the department of Weights & Measures always looking out for the regular Joe Shmoes. More specifically they are after the crooked alderman Marty who is in the midst of an insidious plot to cheat consumers out of their product by shorting them […]