An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also […]
An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also […]
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate. Johnny Belinda (1948) is a poignant drama that centers on Belinda MacDonald (Jane Wyman), a deaf-mute woman residing on […]
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and […]
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence. Dark Passage (1947), directed by Delmer Daves, is a […]
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), directed by Orson Welles, is […]