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The Last Alarm is a 1940 American Monogram Picture film directed by William West. Captain Jim Hadley, Fire Chief, has his retirement dinner after 40 years in the service. Next day, time hangs very heavy on his hands so that he even chats to a brush salesman (who has a perfect Elmer Fudd voice.) Bored …
Director: Fritz Lang Writers: Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang Release Date: August 31, 1931 Genre: Crime Thriller Synopsis This thrilling drama of crime, pursuit, and vengeance has got to be on anyone’s list of all-time greats. A psychotic murderer of little girls terrorizes, and enrages, a large German city. Although the police conduct a …
“Phantom Ship”, also known as “The Mystery of the Marie Celeste” is one of the early films from Hammer Film Productions and was directed by Denison Clift. The leading actor is Béla Lugosi. The story is based on the history of the ship Mary Celeste. The ship was found floating near Portugal in 1872 without …
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“Penny Serenade” is a 1941 film melodrama starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, and Edgar Buchanan. It was directed by George Stevens and written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind. It depicts the story of a loving couple who must overcome adversity to keep their marriage and raise a child. Grant was nominated for …
“Kansas City Confidential” is a 1952 film noir crime film directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne. The film was marketed with the tagline “Exploding like a gun in your face!” and released in the United Kingdom as “The Secret Four”. Four robbers hold up an armored truck, getting away with over a million …
“Last Woman on Earth” is an American science-fiction film produced and directed by Roger Corman. It tells the story of three survivors of a mysterious apocalypse which appears to have wiped out all human life on earth. The screenplay is by Robert Towne, who also appears in the film billed as “Edward Wain”. Harold Gern …
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“Of Human Bondage” is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and is widely regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. The screenplay by Lester Cohen is based on the 1915 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. Sensitive, club-footed artist Philip Carey is an Englishman …
Nancy Drew… Reporter is a 1939 American film directed by William Clemens and starring Bonita Granville, as Nancy Drew. Nancy Drew, competing in the local newspaper’s amateur reporter contest, clears a girl named Eula Denning of murder charges. — Directed by William Clemens, produced by Bryan Foy, Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, written …
Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden and Raymond Burr. I do not own the rights to this material. source