Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

Gangster Eddie Kagel (Paul Muni) is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special-effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil (Claude Rains) sees that he is an-exact double for a judge who Nick doesn't approve of. Eddie is agreeable to having his soul transferred to the judge's body, as it will give him a chance to avenge himself on his killer. But every action taken by Eddie (as the judge) results in good rather than evil and, to Nick's dismay, the reputation and influence of the judge is enhanced, rather than impaired by Eddie. And Eddie also falls in love with the judge's fiance, Barbara (Anne Baxter). Even Eddie's planned revenge fails and Nick is forced to concede defeat.

Director: Archie Mayo
Production Company: Premiere Productions / United Artists
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 1 hour, 41 minutes

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Baby Face Morgan (1942)

When crime boss Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, Doc Rogers, learns that Morgan has a son named Edward living it the country with his mother. Rogers has Edward brought to the city and installs him as the head of Acme Protective Agency, unbeknownst to the young Edward this is just a cover for the gang's racketeering activities.

Director: Arthur Dreifuss
Producer: Leon Fromkess, Jack Schwarz
Production Company: Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 63 minutes

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Beat the Devil (1953)

A rogues gallery sets off to Africa to make millions in diamonds, but they never quite get there.

Director: John Huston
Producer: Jack Clayton, John Huston, Humphrey Bogart
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre
Production Company: Santana, Romulus Films Ltd., Rizzoli-Haggiag (associate)
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes

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Behave Yourself (1951)

When a cute Welsh terrier follows Bill Denny home, little does he know that all gangland has its eye on that dog. Who will be bumbling Bill's undoing - the gangsters, the cops, or his suspicious mother-in-law?

Director: George Beck
Producer: Norman Krasna
Starring: Farley Granger and Shelley Winters Production Company: Wald/Krasna Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 1 hour, 19 minutes

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Boy! What a Girl! (1947)

Two musical producers are trying to scrape enough money together to finance their show. When one of their backers doesn't show. They convince transvestite Tim Moore to impersonate the second female backer.

Director: Arthur H. Leonard
Producer: Jack Goldberg, Arthur H. Leonard
Production Company: Herald Pictures
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 70 minutes

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Brother From Another Planet, The (1984)

A mute alien crash lands in Harlem chased by outer-space bounty hunters in this thought-provoking low budget cult classic. Brother From Another Planet is not your typical sci-fi outing. It is a surprisingly well acted film with an engaging story that defies the tiny $400k budget. Look closely for several rising stars like David Strathairn, Fisher Stevens and the lead character Joe Morton. The story is rich and solid enough to hold up to multiple viewings which helps explain why this has become a cult classic. The story connects on many levels. Parts of it feel like a retelling of the underground railroad from the civil war era in US history while parts of it feel like a precursor to big budget movies like Men in Black from the alien's perspective.

Director: John Sayles
Producer: John Sayles
Starring: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Steve James, Leonard Jackson, Bill Cobbs, Rosanna Carter
Production Company: Anarchist's Convention Films
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Length: 109 minutes
DivX version also has commentary audio track by John Sayles.

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Double Exposure (1944)

A NY magazine editor sends a job offer to an Iowa photographer, and is surprised to find out that Pat is a Patricia instead of a Patrick. He falls for Pat. But Pat is still in love with Ben, who has followed her to NY. What follows are many cases of mistaken identity, some good jokes, and some pleasing crisp writing.

Director: William A. Berke
Producer: William H. Pine, William C. Thomas
Production Company: Pine-Thomas Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 1 hour, 2 minutes

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Dr. Christian Meets The Women (1940)

A professor hits Dr. Christian's town, promising the local women dramatic weight loss in a very short time if they follow his regimen of strict diet and a particular type of diet pill. Dr. Christian tries to warn them that the man is a dangerous charlatan but, mesmerized by the prospect of almost instantaneous weight loss, the women ignore his warnings.

Director: William C. McGann
Producer: Monroe Shaff
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 1 hour, 5 minutes

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Earthworm Tractors (1936)

Joe E. Brown as Andrew H. Botts, wreaks havoc on a small town after conning his way into a salesman position for the Earthworm Tractor company. As a tractor salesman Brown is like Bugs Bunny trying to sell tractors to the Scrooge like Mr. Johnson, or is it Jackson? Botts becomes involved with Mabel Johnson, daughter of [Scrooge] Johnson who persuades Botts to keep trying to sell her father tractors.

Director: Raymond Enright
Producer: Samuel Bischoff, Hal B. Wallis
Production Company: First National Pictures Inc.
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 1 hour, 9 minutes

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Eternally Yours (1939)

When a magician's act takes precedent over his marriage, his wife gives him trouble.

Director: Tay Garnett
Producer: Tay Garnett
Production Company: United Artists
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white

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Father's Little Dividend (1951)

This entertaining movie tells the tale of a grumpy, soon-to-be grandfather who does not look forward to the idea. Spencer Tracy is great in this film.

Producer: MGM, Vincent Minnelli
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Elizibeth Taylor, Billie Burke
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white

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Fit for a King (1937)

An amusing comedy which commences with a splendid joke on the audience and then gathers pace as it moves with admirable celerity to an ingeniously staged, all-out slapstick action climax.

The screenplay provides plenty of comic opportunities for Joe E. Brown, who even gets a chance to demonstrate both his famous yell and the acrobatic skill he developed in his vaudeville tumbling act. In many scenes Brown is particularly well supported by Paul Kelly, of all people, who here displays an outstanding comic ability as a straight man I'd not even suspected. Helen Mack, as usual, makes a delightful heroine and we enjoyed John Qualen, Halliwell Hobbes and the rest of the welcome faces in the support cast.

Edward Sedgwick handles the whole affair with both acumen and pace, assisted by excellent photography and snappy film editing. Although produced independently, production values are mighty impressive with Brown cavorting to great effect with props galore amidst hordes of extras in eye-catching sets.

Director: Edward Sedgwick
Producer: David L. Loew
Production Company: David E. Loew Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 1 hour, 4 minutes

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Girl From Calgary (1932)

A French-Canadian girl is a champion bronco rider and is also a nightclub singer. An ambitious young man sees her act one night and is struck by her talent, realizing that she is good enough to become a Broadway star. He convinces her to accompany him to New York, where she indeed does become a Broadway star. However, the young man finds himself being squeezed out by greedy Broadway producers who see the talented young girl as their own personal gold mine.

Director: Phil Whitman
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white

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Girl o' My Dreams (1934)

It's surprising to find that this very pleasant entry in the college musical cycle is not better known. Not only does it feature a reasonably amusing screenplay by George Waggner which provides splendid comic opportunities for Sterling Holloway, Arthur Lake, Lon Chaney, Jr. and a host of beautiful girls, but it introduces some excellent musical numbers.

Lon Chaney Jr. plays a college athlete, just three years after his film debut. He is in top shape and he sings! Lounging on top of a piano, accompanied by the Three Lieutenants and Arthur Lake (presumably) playing the keys, he does a passable job on Thou Art My Baby. Sterling Holloway and Lake (before he became Dagwood) are funny, the girls are beautiful, what's not to like?

Director: Ray McCarey
Production Company: Monogram Pictures
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 1 hour, 2 minutes

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His Girl Friday (1940)

Hilarious romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Russell is rough and tumble reporter looking to get out of the news racket by marrying and becoming a house wife after her divorce from newspaper publisher Grant. Just when she is about to leave town with her husband-to-be the still lovesick Grant drafts her to cover one final breaking news sensation. Along with plenty of laughs and fast paced dialog this film provides a witty and cynical look at news business. There is a slight audio sync problem in the first couple minutes of the film. It is present on the source medium and is very brief.

Director: Howard Hawks
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 1 hour, 31 minutes

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Hook Line and Sinker (1930)

Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.

Director: Edward F. Cline
Producer: William LeBaron
Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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Inspector General, The (1949)

Georgi (Danny Kaye) an illiterate member of a gypsy medicine show, is mistaken for the feared and cruel Inspector General.

Director: Henry Koster
Production Company: Warner Brothers
Audio/Visual: sound, Technicolor

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It's A Joke, Son (1947)

The first Eagle-Lion film stars Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, his Allen's Alley resident-character heard on Fred Allen's radio program. Claghorn was a blustery, one-man-Chamber-of-Commerce for all things Southern, who had no tolerance for anything north of the Mason-Dixon line, although he made allowances for South Philly. The character inspired the creation of one of the most popular of the Warner Brothers cartoon characters, Foghorn Leghorn, who re-worked most of the originals material and style. The title of this movie is a stock line - it's a joke, son - he would feed a befuddled Fred Allen each week. In the film, Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's oppon