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Here’s about a dozen examples of classic 1950′s soap operas. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap. The name “soap opera” stems from the original dramatic [...]

The 39 Steps is a 1935 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the adventure novel The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan. The film stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll.
There have been four major film versions of the book. Hitchcock’s original has been the most acclaimed, and remains so today: In 1999 it [...]

Set in Europe during World War I, the plot focuses on the tragic romance between Frederick Henry (Gary Cooper), an American ambulance driver serving in the Italian Army, and English Red Cross nurse Catherine Barkley (Helen Hayes). Major Rinaldi envies their relationship and has Catherine transferred to Milan. When Frederick is wounded in battle, he [...]

A Star Is Born (1937) is a romantic drama film produced by David O. Selznick and directed by William A. Wellman, with a script by Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell. It stars Janet Gaynor as an aspiring actress who travels to Hollywood to become a movie star. Other members of the cast [...]

Jimmy is a hard-working young man who lives in the tough streets of New York City with dreams of becoming a lawyer. Abraham Lincoln is his role model. Jimmy tries to keep the neighborhood waifs out of trouble as he follows his dreams and ambition. This is a fun holiday film in the style of [...]

Charles Laughton plays Edward C. Wilson Esq, who despite his title, is the town character. His drunken debauchery puts him at odds with Mr. Gray, the resident in charge of the welcome islands. It also puts him at odds with the other Europeans, especially Martha Jordan, the local missionary. Martha and “Mr. [...]

There are only two public domain Bogart films that I am aware of. This is one of them and it’s a real gem. It was so good, I even digitally restored it, so watching it right here is going to be better than any print you will find (most of them are terrible). [...]

A city boy arrives in his late mother’s birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by drought, old feuds and “the Big Cat”. A cougar with a bad attitude.

The Society of the Black Dragons sends Bela Lugosi (Dr. Melcher) to transform 6 japanese into indentical likenesses of American industrialists forming a 5th column. This is at the behest of the Nazis. This film isn’t as good as British Intelligence (1940), but is sort of along the same lines as WWII was [...]

Gang violence and racism among high school kids is the order of the day in this juvenile delinquent film with Rita Moreno making an appearece that Pre-dates her role in “West Side Story”. Also known as “This Rebel Breed”.

This is a digest version of the Rudolf Valentino movie for the TV series “Silent’s Please”. It features Rudolph Valentino in Ibanez’s classic romantic tragedy about the rise and fall of a matador.
Blood and Sand (1922) is a silent movie produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Fred Niblo and starring Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, and [...]

“The Bremen Town Musicians” is a German made kid’s show that is based on a fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Despite the title of the fairy tale the animals never actually arrive in Bremen.
In the story a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a cockerel (rooster), all past their prime years in life [...]