The Joker Is Wild (1957)
2h 6min. // Set in Chicago in the late 1920s, during the days of Prohibition, the film tells the story of Joe E. Lewis (played by Frank Sinatra), a rising singer…
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
2h 9min. // In the early 1900s, the Nolans, a poor working-class family who lives in Brooklyn tries to find a way to scape from poverty. Directed by: Elia Kazan…
The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
1h. 41min. // The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something…
O. Henry’s Full House (1952)
1h. 57min. // John Steinbeck introduces five of O. Henry’s most popular short stores in this anthology film. In “The Cop and the Anthem” a homeless alcoholic is increasingly frustrated…
A Star Is Born (1937)
1h 50min. // Vicki Lester, a young actress, comes to Hollywood with hopes of stardom. There, she meets Norman Maine, an older actor who takes her under his wing. While…
Pocketful Of Miracles (1961)
2h 16min. // When her daughter plans to visit, street beggar Apple Annie tries to fool her daughter, making her believe that she is a wealthy socialite with the help…
September Affair (1950)
1h. 44min. // An industrialist (Joseph Cotten) and a pianist (Joan Fontaine) meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in…
Much Too Shy (1942)
1h. 25min. // An artistic village handyman gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local ladies are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency…
Peyton Place (1957)
2h. 37min. // In the small New England town of Peyton Place, where high moral standards rule, a series of dark secrets and scandals, involving sexual attraction and repression, illegitimacy,…
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
1h 16min. // A Fleet Street barber recounts the story of Sweeney Todd, a notorious barber who in the last century murdered many customers for their money. Directed by: George…