"Thelma" is a comedy-drama about a 93-year-old grandmother who loses ten thousand dollars to a con artist working over the phone. With the help of her grandson and a friend with a motorized scoter, she embarks on a wild journey across the Los Angeles basin [..]
Road to Utopia (1946)
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour starred together for the fourth time in "Road to Utopia." This adventure has the famous group looking for a gold mine in Alaska and finding a treasure in laughs and comedy. This movie had an expert behind the scenes production group: [..]
The Jolson Story (1946)
"The Jolson Story" is a musical biopic of the life and career of Al Jolson, popular music star of the 1920's and 1930's. Crisp direction by Alfred E. Green ("A Thousand and One Nights" 1945) made the 130 minute running time move swiftly, from a solid [..]
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
"Ziegfeld Follies" is a musical comedy film consisting of comedy sketches and song-and-dance numbers featuring numerous MGM stars. It was inspired by the original Ziegfeld Follies, an elaborate stage revue produced by Florenz Ziegfeld which ran on Broadway from 1907 to 1931. Producer [..]
The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
"The Count of Monte Cristo" is the story of Edmond Dantes who is falsely imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years in an island prison, he escapes and manages to get his hands on a hidden fortune, whose location was revealed to him by [..]
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Picture of 1946 is....."The Best Years of Our Lives." Director William Wyler ("Mrs. Miniver" 1942) put together this excellent story of three World War II veterans returning home from war and the challenges they faced readjusting to civilian life and changes in society. [..]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
"The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" is a film noir drama where Barbara Stanwyck plays a wealthy young woman who accidentally kills her aunt and is blackmailed for years over the incident. Stanwyck plays the role to the hilt, well directed by Lewis Milestone ("A Walk [..]
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Barbara Stanwyck and Ronald Reagan head up the western action in "Cattle Queen of Montana." Stanwyck plays a rancher whose land and cattle is attacked by Indians and hostile whites in the area. She receives help from one of the Native Americans and a [..]
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride do a sixth film featuring their most famous roles in "Ma and Pa Kettle at Home." The Kettles move back into their old farm and attempt to spruce things up just as their son Elwin enters an essay contest, bragging (and exaggerating) on [..]
Brigadoon (1954)
Gene Kelly is in top form in MGM's classic musical "Brigadoon." Gene Kelly and Van Johnson play two Americans on vacation in Scotland when they stumble upon a mysterious town that appears in the mist only one day every one hundred years. If they [..]