17 Jan

The Big Show-Off (1945) COMEDY

 

Stars: Arthur Lake, Dale Evans, Lionel Stander
Director: Howard Bretherton

In this wacky musical comedy, a shy nightclub pianist poses as a masked wrestler to win the heart of his band’s beautiful vocalist (Dale Evans).

 

 

16 Jan

Breakfast in Hollywood (1946) COMEDY

 

Stars: Tom Breneman, Bonita Granville, Beulah Bondi, Zasu Pitts
Director: Harold D. Schuster

Based on the old radio series of the same name, we see the lives of several people attending a popular radio show, including a young couple who meet and fall in love at the show. Great musical acts including Nat King Cole and Spike Jones, but ZaSu Pitts almost steals the show!

 

 

15 Jan

Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933)

 

Stars: Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Don Dillaway
Director: Howard Christie

A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on trial!

 

 

14 Jan

Miss Polly (1941) HAL ROACH COMEDY

Stars: Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville, Kathleen Howard
Director: Fred Guiol

In this Hal Roach comedy, a town’s Purity League is so good at imposing restrictions of keeping the girls and boys apart that there hasn’t been a marriage in the town in over two years!

 

 

13 Jan

Rhythm in the Clouds (1937) COMEDY

 

Stars: Patricia Ellis, Warren Hull, William Newell
Director: John H. Auer

In this screwball comedy, a struggling songwriter talks her way into the apartment of a famous composer, and finds that he’s on vacation. Homeless and without any money, she decides to stay at his place and spread word that she’s the composer’s collaborator. Her plan works well until the composer returns home and finds his home and life in shambles!

 

 

12 Jan

Midnight Limited (1940) CRIME THRILLER

 

Stars: John ‘Dusty’ King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland
Director: Howard Bretherton

A Phantom thief and murderer is loose on the crack train “The Midnight Limited,” but Val Lennon and his pretty assistant are on his trail. Val decides to use himself as bait, and disguised as a wealthy Canadian, he boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer!

 

11 Jan

Sitting on the Moon (1936) ROMANTIC COMEDY

 

Stars: Roger Pryor, Grace Bradley, William Newell
Director: Ralph Staub

A pair of hit songwriters fall in love with an ex-film star and her friend, but a blackmailer arrives to disrupt their romances!

 

 

10 Jan

The Time of Your Life (1948) JAMES CAGNEY

 

Stars: James Cagney, Jeanne Cagney, William Bendix
Director: H.C. Potter
Writer: William Saroyan (Pulitzer Prize play)

A wide variety of persons come into Nick’s Pacific Street Saloon, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time. Watch for the wonderful cast of characters played by Wayne Morris, Broderick Crawford, Ward Bond, Jimmy Lydon, and More!

 

 

09 Jan

Alimony (1949) CRIME-DRAMA

 

Stars: Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke
Director: Alfred Zeisler

A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who cares more for his prospects than for him.

 

 

08 Jan

Swing Hostess (1944) COMEDY

 

Stars: Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian, Charles Collins
Director: Sam Newfield

Rags-to-riches-to-rags story features Benny Goodman vocalist Martha Tilton as an unemployed big band singer who takes a job as an operator at a jukebox company. After falling in love with a bandleader, she gets a chance to get back in the limelight by singing for his group.