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61) Seven Chances
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
1925.
Language
English
Description
Buster gets word that if he can be married by seven o’clock that evening he will inherit {dollar}7,000,000. When his sweetheart refuses, he proposes to everyone in skirts, including a Scotsman. Hopeful still, he advertises for a bride and is horrified to discover 500 would-be-brides hot on his trail in a hilarious chase to the finish. *"a work of relentless hilarity and visual invention of another order, highlighted by a majestic chase scene.."...
62) Safety Last
Publisher
NYX Channel
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him.
63) Palmy Days
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
1931.
Language
English
Description
The assistant of a phony psychic leaves the fraudulent business and becomes an efficiency expert.
64) The Oscar
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1966.
Language
English
Description
Oscar night. The crowd cheers Frankie Fane for the top award. Not far from him, sits the actor's best friend who knows that fame has been achieved by cynical manipulation of past events. Frankie deliberately leaked true stories about his disreputable life on the basis that they were falsehoods spread by his opponents. He hopes that the subsequent wave of public sympathy will sweep him to the Oscar... Nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Costume...
65) Hard Luck
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1921.
Language
English
Description
Strange things ensue after a young man attempts to take his own life.
66) The Balloonatic
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1923.
Language
English
Description
A hapless amusement park attendant finds his run away balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.
67) The Silent Enemy
Publisher
Blackhawk Films
Pub. Date
1930.
Language
English
Description
A documentary showing us the life of an Indian tribe, who has to decide where to head next in order to find food which became rare. The situation is hardened by the fact two of the men both want to marry the Chief's daughter…
68) One Week
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1920.
Language
English
Description
A newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.
69) Arrowsmith
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
1931.
Language
English
Description
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Early cinematic pioneers directed these seven charming, emotional silent films based on the plays of William Shakespeare. Considered a "lowbrow" medium at the time, the movie industry sought to elevate its status by immortalizing the Bard's classics and casting the greatest actors of the day. As most of these early photoplays were only one or two reels long, adapting the Bill's work proved both challenging and inspiring. Whatever these films gave...
71) Elmer Gantry
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1960.
Language
English
Description
When traveling salesman Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) stumbles into a revival meeting and discovers he can hustle money in a tent-show as easily as in a saloon, he converts to evangelism. Joining forces with Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), he delivers demon-bashing oratories that bring him fame and fortune. But when an old flame (Shirley Jones) reappears, Gantry is forced to confront long-buried secrets that will make his "saintly" life a Hell...
72) Up in Arms
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted into the army and makes life miserable for his fellow GIs. He's also lovesick when it comes to pretty Mary Morgan, unaware that she's in love with his best friend Joe.
73) Wonder Man
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
After being murdered by gangsters, an exuberant nightclub entertainer returns as a ghost to persuade his meek twin brother to help bring his killers to justice.
74) Just a Gigolo
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.
75) Rain
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
W. Somerset Maugham's powerful story of Sadie Thompson has perhaps the most celebrated version, vividly capturing the lives of several very different human beings, thrown together on Pago Pago during a fierce monsoon. Brilliant performances by Crawford, as the cynical prostitute, and Huston, as the minister who tries to reform her. A 'tour de force' that caused controversy when first released,
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1963.
Language
English
Description
Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier), an itinerant handyman, is driving through the desert when he meets five nuns. Stopping to fix their leaky farmhouse roof, Homer discovers the Mother Superior also wants him to build their chapel - for free! Hesitant at first, Homer soon finds himself single-handedly raising the chapel and the financing. But although he will not receive a monetary reward, Homer knows that when his work is done, he'll leave the desert town...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1923.
Language
English
Description
As new generations discover the magic of silent cinema, Buster Keaton has emerged as one of the era's most admired and respected artists. Behind the deadpan expression and trademark porkpie hat was a filmmaking genius who conceived and engineered some of the most breathtaking stunts and feats of visual trickery, while never losing sight of slapstick cinema's primary objective: laughter. *"The greatest of the silent clowns is Buster Keaton, not only...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1950.
Language
English
Description
After their supporting roles in *My Friend Irma* and *My Friend Irma Goes West*, AT WAR WITH THE ARMY was the first film starring the legendary duo of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. They went on to co-star in thirteen more comedies becoming Paramount Pictures new comedy team and box office champs. Lewis is a hapless bungling private and Martin is his bossy first sergeant and ladies man. Together the duo is thrown into a series of classic gags and routines...
80) The Paleface
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1922.
Language
English
Description
Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.
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