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STARRING, DIRECTOR
YEAR / RUNTIME / RATING/ B&W or COLOR |
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BEAT
THE DEVIL
Very funny offbeat satire of mystery films. Written
by Truman Capote.
Humphrey Bogart Jennifer Jones, John Huston
1953 / 89 min / NR / b&w |
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BRAIN
THAT WOULDN'T DIE
A brilliant surgeon keeps the decapitated head
of his financee alive after an auto accident while he searches
for a suitable replacement body.
Jason Evers,Virginia Leith, Joseph Green
1962 / 82 min / NR / b&w |
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BROTHER
FROM ANOTHER PLANET
Black visitor from another planet impresses people
on Earth by not saying anything.
Cult John Sayles film.
John Sayles, Joe Morton
1984 / 109 min / NR / color |
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BUCKET
OF BLOOD
Cult favorite Dick Miller stars as a sculptor
with a peculiar "talent" for lifelike artwork.
Was made in 2 days.
Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Anthony Carbone, Brian Desmond
Hurst
1934 / 55 min / NR / b&w |
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DEMENTIA
13
John Haloran has a fatal heart attack, but his
wife Louise won't get any of the inheritance when Lady Haloran
dies if John is dead.
William Campell, Francess Ford Coppola
1963 / 75 min / NR / b&w |
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GENERAL,
THE
A confederate soldier almost wins the war singlehandedly
when he goes behind Northern lines to recover his beloved locomotive.
Classic Keaton.
Buster Keaton, Marion Mack
1927, b&w |
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GO
FOR BROKE
A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat
Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American
volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful
command of Lt. Mike Grayson.
Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, Robert Pirosh
1951 / 91 min / NR / b&w |
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GULLIVER'S
TRAVELS
Animated cartoon based on book by Jonathan Swift
about the 17th century traveler.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, Jessica Dragonette, Willard Bowsky
1939 / 75 min / G / color |
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HEARTBEAT
A young female escapee from a reform school joins
a pickpocket academy in Paris.
Ginger Rogers, Sam Wood
1946 / 102 min / b&w |
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HIS
GIRL FRIDAY
Comedy about conniving newspaper editor and star
reporter.
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Howard Hawks
1940 / 91 min / NR / b&w |
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HUNCHBACK
OF NOTRE DAME, THE
Silent with music, classic about hunchback bellringer
of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney, Wallace Worsley
1923 / 133 min / NR / b&w |
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JACK
AND THE BEANSTALK
Abbott & Costello's version of the famous
fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for
magic beans.
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
1952 / 78 min / PG / b&w |
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KANSAS
CITY CONFIDENTIAL
Tough action drama about ex-con nailed for
robbery he didn't commit.
John Payne, Coleen Gray, Phil Karlson
1952 / 99 min / NR / b&w |
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LAST
TIME I SAW PARIS
Charles Wills returns to Paris to reminisce about
the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. Elizabeth Taylor,
Richard Brooks
1954
/ 116 min / NR / color |
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STRANGER,
THE
Government agent is assigned to the manhunt of
a Nazi war criminal whom he finds in Connecticut.
Edward G Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles
1946 / 127 min / NR / b&w |
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TERROR,
THE
Soldier from Napoleon's army is trapped in a
castle by a mad baron. Early Nicholson.
Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Roger Corman, Frances Ford Coppolla
1963 / 79 min / PG / color |
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TIL
THE CLOUDS ROLL BY
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer
Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his
musical plays by contemporary stage artists
June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Richard Whorf
1946 / 132 min / NR / color |
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VOLCANOSCAPES
Edited
footage of the Hawaii Volcanos National Park eruptions,
shot in spectacular Sony HD. Great for HD demonstrations.
70 mins. (Copyrighted) |
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