Golden Drama Movies

H.C. Potter supplies heart-tugging direction in the film version of William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning ensemble piece about the various characters who populate Nick's Saloon, Restaurant and Entertainment Palace, which is actually a waterfront dive.The Saloon is in the toughest section of San Francisco. Enter Joe (James Cagney), a champagne-soaked "philosopher" with a credo that mixes equal parts cherish-the-moment and bottoms-up. Parading around Joe, who showers love on his fellow inhabitants, are a bull-slinging American Indian, a would-be dancer, a prostitute named Kitty (Jeanne Cagney) who dreams of white picket fences and a lawn, and Joe's handyman, Tom (Wayne Morris). These and other colorful people espouse their hopes and fears, right until the barkeeper announces Last Call. The comedy has been heightened in the film but Saroyan's devout love of common folk shines through. Much of the original dialogue from the play remains in the film.

Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'

Starring Steve McQueen as the getaway driver, this 1959 film tells the story of a thwarted bank robbery at the Southwest Bank in St Louis in 1953. Many St Louis residents, bank employees and police who were on duty during the actual robbery attempt either played themselves or were cast as extras in the film

As Julie prepares to leave her husband Roger, she begins to play through a stack of recordings, each of which reminds her of events in their lives together. One of them is the song that was playing when she and Roger first met in a music store. Other songs remind her of their courtship, their marriage, their desire for a child, and the joys and sorrows that they have shared. A flood of memories comes back to her as she ponders their present problems and how they arose

A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Henry and Nurse Catherine Barkley during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together. The film also analyses Lt. Henry's feelings on war and the purpose of fighting.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton draw on their personal experiences as real-life partners going through marraige difficulties for their performances in this story of the breakup of an 18-year matrimonial union, as seen from the points of view of both the husband and the wife.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton draw on their personal experiences as real-life partners going through marraige difficulties for their performances in this story of the breakup of an 18-year matrimonial union, as seen from the points of view of both the husband and the wife.

The story of the film is adapted from the Old Testament: The Philistines declare war on the Israelites and wrench the Arch of the Allience from them. Saul, the king of Israel, listens meanwhile to the words of the prophets who tell him that the new king will be a young shepard called David. But still David has to fight the enemy in form of their mighty giant Goliath

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush

When a man in mid-life crisis befriends a young women, her venal fiancé persuades her to con him out of some of the fortune she thinks he has

In postwar Germany a meeting of the War Crimes Commission is being held. Those present decide that a heinous Nazi war criminal (Konstantin Shayne) should be released from prison in the hopes that he will lead the commission to his superior, the infamous Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), one of the architects of the genocide against the Jews. A federal agent (Edward G. Robinson) is assigned to follow Shayne, and the chase begins. This exciting thriller from Orson Welles moves to the town of Harper, Connecticut where the Nazi Kindler is living under an assumed name...

neurosurgeon (Anthony Perkins) with a cheating wife takes his patient, a confused amnesiac (Charles Bronson), into his home for intensive treatment. The doctor, disturbed by his wife's affair, conditions his lost patient to believe that the cheating wife is his own, the gun in his pocket is his, and the task he started prior to losing his memory was to find his cheating wife and her new mate, and "take the appropriate actions."

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement. At last everyone, even Ann, takes her creation seriously...but publisher D.B. Norton has a secret plan.

Charles returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. He worked on "Stars and Stripes" when he met Marion and Helen. He would marry and be happy staying in Paris after his discharge and working for a news organization. He would try to write his great novel and that would come between Charlie, his wife and his daughter

rebellious punk of the beat generation, who spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in-between partying and troublemaking. He eventually kidnaps his buddy's girlfriend, kills a few police officers and finally sees his own life end in tregedy.

A woman and her obnoxious brother journey into cannibal territory to find her lost husband

A swashbuckling sensation, The Beloved Rogue, has thrilled audiences for years due in large part to the incomparable John Barrymore who turns out a great performance as the legendary poet-patriot, Francois Villon. Set amongst wonderfully fantastic winter sets, The Beloved Rogue promises high-flying stunts, wild snowstorms, passionate romance, and good-hearted humor.

In "Svengali," John Barrymore reprises the stage role that garnered him critical raves. Svengali is a masterful and menacing hypnotist, bearded and unkempt, who draws a young woman, Trilby, into his lair. She has worked as a nude model for many artists and now, cajoled by Svengali's manipulative gift, she leaves behind her family in order to pursue a singing career on the concert circuit. What Trilby does not know, however, is that she can perform only upon the hypnotist's command.

Legendary actor John Barrymore gives the striking and altogether eerie performance of a lifetime as the sinister and bizarre Mr. Hyde in this classic of silent cinema. Director John Stuart Robertson stages an unforgettable version of this famous horror story, adding elements that have come to be forever included in future versions

A tale of suspense with Edward G. Robinson as a handicapped farmer Pete. He and sister Ellen have raised ward Meg as their own on a reclusive farm. Now a teen, Meg convinces her friend Nath to come help with chores on the farm. When Nath insists on using a short cut home through the woods, Pete warns the young man of screams in the night and the terrors associated with the abanonded red house. Curious, Meg and Nath ignore his warnings and begin exploring and troubling secrets are revealed.

This collection celebrates the former child star and born entertainer Mickey Rooney, with three films from his record-breakingly lengthy career. LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY (1936) is based on the lovable story by Frances Hodgson Burnett about a young Brooklyn boy is sent to live in England when it is revealed that he is the heir to an English estate. In LOVE LAUGHS AT ANDY HARDY (1946) Rooney plays an Army soldier who returns home from World War II to marry his college sweetheart. And in QUICKSAND (1950) he gets tangled up with two dangerous types--a knockout blonde (played by Jeanne Cagney) and a fiendish figure (played by Peter Lorre).

Glenn Ford stars as an American paratrooper who travels to France after the end of World War II to try and recover a jewel encrusted glove that had been stolen from a country church during the war. His quest leads him to a beautiful young tour guide (Geraldine Brooks), and a Nazi collaborator (George Macready) whom he had fought during the war. The movie was shot mostly on location in France and Monaco. It was based on actions that took place during Operation Dragoon

mad killer terrorizes the street and shadows of Paris during the 19th century in this surprisingly well-made thriller with an excellent, restrained performance by John Carradine. The Bluebeard of the title is a brilliant painter tormented with a psychopathic urge to strangle his models. Determined to stop such a thing from happening again, Carradine becomes a puppeteer... until the sister of one of his victims helps bring about his downfall in a dramatic conclusion. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, a man whose talents were often ignored or not given the right opportunity, Bluebeard is an interesting example of how good a so-called "B-picture" can turn out

A zoology professor leads an expedition into the jungles of South America to find a lost world of prehistoric beasts. In order to prove his claims, he transports one of them, a brontosaurus, to London, where it breaks loose from its cage and terrorizes the city. Harry Hoyt directed the first film version of the dinosaur-inhabited land that time forgot, featuring wonderful early stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien. T

A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets aren't intent on holding a fair and impartial trial, Garth takes to the woods as the Klansmen lynching party hunts him down.

In 1890, young Jack London quits a cannery job to try oyster piracy. Later, he signs on for a sealing voyage, tries Yukon prospecting and a brief university career, loving and leaving women along the way. Instead of riches, he gets story ideas. Suddenly, he finds success and a delectable lady but the urge to adventure wont let him go