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My Favorite Spy 1951 Peanuts White, a burlesque comic, is recruited by U S agents to impersonate international spy Eric Augustine whom White resembles in a mission to purchase a million dollar microfilm in mysterious, exotic Tangier There, he encounters the irresistable Lily Dalbray, an old friend o

Ecstasy 1933 Eva has just gotten married to an older gentleman, but discovers that he is obsessed with order in his life and doesnt have much room for passion She becomes despondent and leaves him, returning to her fathers house One day while bathing in the lake she meets a young man and they fall i

Ziegfeld Girl 1941 Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girls life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by

The Story of Mankind (1957) The council of elders of outer space is deliberating on a very important subject: Must mankind be allowed to survive, or is it so esentially evil that it must be destroyed? A devil and an angel act as prosecutor and defense for the human race, and the movie presents in a

The Female Animal (1958) Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he's the 'caretaker' of her beach house. Vanessa's sexy, alcoholic adult daughter Penny accidentally meets Chris, who rescues her from an 'octopus' boyfriend.

White Cargo (1942) In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love-hate triangle involving Harry Witzel, an in-country station superintendent who'd seen it all, Langford, a new manager sent from En

Calling Hedy Lamarr (2004) A Face, a Tag Line, an Invention. Two facets that don't seem to belong to the same woman. A Hollywood star as an ingenious inventor piques our curiosity. The director Georg Misch is interested in how truth and myth intertwine. He listens to stories about her told by people

The Conspirators (1944) Vincent Van Der Lyn, a Dutch freedom fighter in WWII, is forced to neutral Lisbon to escape the Nazis. There he meets a small band of underground conspirators. The group's leader, Ricardo ...

Tortilla Flat (1942) Danny inherits two houses so Pilon and his lazy, impoverished friends move in. One of them, Pirate, is saving money which Pilon hopes to steal till he learns it is being saved to buy a gold candlestick for St. Francis. When one of the houses burns down and Danny is hurt fighting

I Take This Woman (1940) Georgi has attempted suicide in reaction to an earlier love affair. Now that Dr. Decker has married her he sets out to get her to love him. To make enough to give her what she wants he becomes physician to the rich, abandoning his clinic services to the poor.

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.