The Werewolf of London (1935), The Pearl of Death (1944), The Ghost Breakers (1940), Double Wedding (1937), Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934), God's Country and the Man (1937), The Black Swan (1942), Guns and Guitars (1936) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Old Movie movies.
Storyline: Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Plot Keywords: biography, musical, historical, drama, romance, comedy, song and dance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The one time partnership between two men has turned into a full fledged range war. Roy is the son of one of the former partners, the heroine is daughter to the other. The film featured and debuted the then popular radio duo Lulubelle and Scotty.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, drama, song and dance, nostalgia, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Charlie Chan investigates the theft of government radar papers (the laboratory is located in the same building as a radio station!) with the help of Number Three Son Tommy and comic sidekick Birmingham Brown.—Marty McKee <mmckee@wkio.com>
Plot Keywords: detective, mystery, crime, film noir, murder, investigation, secret ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lois is the editor of the 400 Magazine and is a work-a-holic. When Tom comes to her office to sell her a rowing machine, he leaves as her personal secretary. After a short time, he is an executive decision maker who works closely with Lois, and he falls for her. But Lois is married to playboy Fred, and for that reason, Tom decides to marry Ruth and leave the firm.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, romance, mystery, thriller, film noir, detective ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Nellie Rimplegar has to tell her grown children that due to her bungled handling of their finances, the family has been wiped out by the Stock Market crash. Friend and family doctor, Alan Stevens, tells them they'll all need to eliminate their extravagant ways and get jobs. Stevens also rents a room in their house more as a way to be near pretty Elizabeth Rimplegar, than to help their finances. Stevens faces competition from Elizabeth's beau, Ronald, a free-loading writer who remains oblivious to her money woes.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, family, great depression, mother-daughter relationship, sibling bond, love ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jack Benny is preparing his New Year's Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Fred Allen and his sister Barbara are also en route to the dock to meet Barbara's daughter Mary, returning from a personal appearance tour in South America. Josephine is her maid. Their cars get involved in an accident and, in a bumping contest, Fred reduces Jack's old Maxwell to junk, and is taken to jail. Mary loses her dress in an accident and Jack offers to get her another one, but winds up being arrested for stealing. Barbara tells Mary that Fred is a nervous wreck because of Jack's continual slander of him on Jack's radio program. Jack hires the Merry Macs away from Fred and Fred decides to go to Miami for a rest. Jack decides to open his radio program from Miami. They meet, have another brawl, and end up in jail again. The two are in a motorboat accident where both are knocked unconscious and Mary, in an effort to end the feud, tells Fred that Jack saved his life. They have dinner together at Fred's apartment and Rochester, whom Fred has hired away from Jack, appears and the feud is on again.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, broadway, black and white, 1940s, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Eva Lovelace, would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage, is a wildly optimistic chatterbox full of theatrical mannerisms. Her looks, more than her talent, attract the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom or the "casting couch"? Will she fade after the brief blooming of a "morning glory"?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, hollywood, 1930s, musical film, star ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Kansas girl Terry Baxter has won a trip to Hollywood, tries to get a job as a dancer and ends up as secretary of screenwriter Haven. She mixes up the scripts, is fired and when she tries to explain to him what happened, she tries to break in a residence - she belives it belongs Haven's boss Stuart, but she is wrong - and is arrested. But Stuart and Haven don't let her drop.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
Plot Keywords: musical, jazz, short film, black and white, 1940s, song and dance, classic film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After Sir Karell Borotin is found dead in his study, drained of his blood, the local doctor determines that he was killed by a vampire. The coroner and police Inspector Neumann dismiss the suggestion but a year later, Sir Karell's daughter is attacked and bite marks are found on her throat. Neumann calls in the eminent Professor Zelin who thinks the story of vampires is true. The locals are convinced that Count Mora and his daughter Luna are the perpetrators of the crime, creatures of the night that can turn themselves into bats. There may be another solution however and the Professor sets a trap.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: vampire, horror, classic, black and white, supernatural, 1930s, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Famous actress Helen Walbridge gives her lover, Stuart McAllister, the key to her apartment intending to meet him there after a party celebrating her latest success. Stuart finds Helen's daughter, Lois Johnson, when he gets there, waiting for her mother. Lois has been hidden in a school by Helen so it will not be known she has a 19-year-old daughter, which may interfere with her career. Stuart and Lois become great friends, causing Helen to become jealous enough to convince Lois she's in love with upper crust society bachelor Russell Gray when they meet at a party and he proposes. But when Lois meets Russell's family at their estate she feels totally out of place, and calls Stuart to come and take her home. The engagement is broken, but Helen resorts to other tactics to try to wrest Lois away from Stuart.—Arthur Hausner <genart@volcano.net>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, love, marriage, seduction, love triangle, wealth ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers an international spy ring hoping to steal the formula for a poison gas being developed by the first victim's company.
Plot Keywords: detective, mystery, crime, film noir, murder, investigation, 1930s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1918, an English family are terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.—Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>
Plot Keywords: horror, vampire, classic, black and white, 1940s, supernatural, gothic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with war veterans, building their self-esteem, but frowning on the impulsive, as represented by a favorite comic strip called "The Nixie." She bumps into Michael Kent, an officer and the comic strip's author. He likes her instantly and she dislikes him. He's headed to the Pacific, sees her on the train, gets off in Chicago, and with her father's help, pursues her and hatches a plan to marry her. Meanwhile, she has her own plan to get rid of him with the help of a blond patient. Will the Nixie get into her psyche?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, romantic comedy, classic film, 1940s, black and white, female lead ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bepi is a gondolier and he wants to marry Nina. Bepi, however, likes exotic girls. So Nina, after a fight with Bepi, decides to marry Toni who is richer, who is liked by her family and who is the owner of a motor-boat. But when all the difficulties appear to be worked out and the marriage date is settled, a problem arises: Bepi is engaged at the same time to Nathalie, Janet and, of course, Nina. Will Bepi be able to wiggle out of his dangerous position, to marry the woman he really loves?—Baldinotto da Pistoia
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, venice, musical, romantic comedy, italy, 1950s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: At a border town, Eddie Dean and his partner, Soapy Jones, attend a fiesta at the home of Don Lopez who, in accordance with his custom, displays a valuable diamond necklace to his guests and has one of them, Maria, wear it. Jim Barrett, another guest, offers to buy the necklace but Don Lopez declines to sell. Barrett, with his henchmen Corey and Avery, plan to steal the necklace and the rest of the Lopez diamonds. Maria, to Eddie's surprise, appears to be working with the outlaws. But, as Eddie's investigation proceeds, it develops that Barrett's gang has also robbed Don Lopez of his gold, and that Maria is a representative of the Mexican government, sent to protect the gems.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, classic film, revenge, gunfight, wilderness, bounty hunter, justice ...
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