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Back Street (1932) DVD available
First film version of the famed soap opera stars Irene Dunne and John
Boles as star crossed lovers who carry on an illicit 25 year affair and
keep it a secret from his wife. Also starring George Meeker. Remade in
1941 (check under Boyer). Good quality.
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Back Street (1941) DVD available
Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan star as Fannie Hurst's doomed lovers
in this superb soap. After chance separates them, Boyer gets married to
another woman and Sullavan remains his mistress for 25 years. Also starring
Richard Carlson. Really good quality.
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Backlash (1956) DVD available
Exciting western stars Richard Widmark as a gunman out to figure out what
happened in an Indian raid that may have left his father murdered. Donna
Reed also stars as a Civil War widow whose husband was killed in the attack.
Also starring John McIntire, William Campbell, and Barton MacLane. Very good
quality, although a bit dark.
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Banjo On My Knee (1936) DVD available
Fun riverboat musical drama stars Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea as a bickering
married couple who never quite seem to get together, in spite of his dad's (Walter
Brennan) best designs. Also starring Buddy Ebsen, Tony Martin, and Walter Catlett.
Lots of songs and dances. Excellent quality.
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The Baroness and the Butler (1938) DVD available
Fun romantic comedy set in Budapest stars William Powell as a loyal
butler who doubles as a liberal member of Parliament, to the chagrin of his
conservative master. Also starring Annabella, Henry Stephenson, and
Helen Westley. Excellent quality.
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Barricade (1939) DVD available
Fun action tale set in China stars Alice Faye as a mysterious woman on the run
who meets drunken newsman Warner Baxter and fend off Mongolian rebels at an all
but deserted U.S. embassy. Charles Winninger is awesome as the veteran U.S.
consul. Excellent quality.
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Bed of Roses (1933) DVD available
Constance Bennett stars as a saucy bad girl released from prison who
romances riverboat captain Joel McCrea as well as wealthy publisher John
Halliday. Pert Kelton is a riot as Bennett's ultra trampy friend. Gregory
La Cava directs. Great quality.
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A Bedtime Story (1933) DVD available
Sweet musical comedy stars Maurice Chevalier as a wealthy womanizer who
has a baby (Baby Leroy) literally left in his car and proves difficult to
explain to his various girlfriends. Also starring Helen Twelvetrees,
Edward Everett Horton, and Adrienne Ames. Excellent quality.
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Bedtime Story (1941) DVD available
Hilarious romantic comedy stars Fredric March and Loretta Young as a bickering
stage couple who are on the verge of divorce due to his machinations to get
her to star in his new play (when she would rather retire). Also starring
Robert Benchley, Allyn Joslyn, and Eve Arden. Excellent quality.
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A Bell For Adano (1945) DVD available
Excellent post WW2 drama stars John Hodiak as an army captain in charge
of a small Italian town who tries to win over the people by replacing
their town bell. Also starring Gene Tierney and William Bendix. Great
quality.
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Belle Starr (1941) DVD available
Gene Tierney stars as the title outlaw, a Missouri belle who is loyal to
the Confederacy even AFTER the Civil War. Randolph Scott also stars as
Sam Starr, and Dana Andrews is a Union officer. Gorgeous Technicolor.
Great quality.
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Berlin Correspondent (1942) DVD available
Dana Andrews stars in an early role as an American correspondent doing
seemingly innocuous news reports out of Nazi Germany. Also starring
Virginia Gilmore, Martin Kosleck, and Sig Rumann. Some of this is funny
at times. Excellent quality.
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The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) DVD available
Entertaining musical based on the lives of famed songwriters DeSylva, Brown, and
Henderson (Gordon MacRae, Ernest Borgnine, and Dan Dailey) as they journey from
strugging songwriters to Broadway icons. Also starring Sheree North. Excellent
music score. Pan and scan.
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The Big Broadcast (1932) DVD available
Bing stars here as himself, a famous singer who can't keep his mind on his
singing due to his romance problems and a failing station. Stuart Erwin,
Burns and Allen and plenty of early radio acts also star in this delightful
romp. Good quality.
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The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) DVD available
Bing has only a guest spot in this follow up. Radio station manager Jack
Oakie teams with Burns and Allen to win a big contest with their wild TV
like device. Lot of great fun here. Quality on this one is a bit mediocre
however.
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The Big Pond (1930) DVD available
Fun early talkie musical comedy stars Maurice Chevalier as a Venice tour guide
who romances American heiress Claudette Colbert and goes to work at her father's
U.S. gum factory. Also starring George Barbier and Nat Pendleton. Marx Bros.
fans will of course know the main song here: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me."
Decent quality.
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Bigger Than Life (1956) DVD available
James Mason stars as a teacher who becomes addicted to cortisone and sees
his life spiral out of control into psychotic madness. Also starring Barbara
Rush as Mason's sympathetic wife and Walter Matthau as his pal who tries to
help him out. Directed by Nicolas Ray. Excellent quality, widescreen.
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The Black Knight (1954) DVD available
One of Alan Ladd's British exploits has Ladd as a swordsmaker who dons the
armor of The Black Knight to take down a group of Saracens and Cornishmen (posing
as Vikings) bent on dethroning King Arthur (Anthony Bushell). Also starring
Patricia Medina and Peter Cushing as the head Saracen (!). Excellent quality.
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The Black Sleep (1956) DVD available
Highly underrated horror classic stars Basil Rathbone as an obsessed doctor who
gives his victims "the black sleep" in order to do experimental brain surgery in
order to save his dead wife. Also starring an awesome cast: Bela Lugosi and Lon
Chaney as his victims/servants, John Carradine as a total madman, and Tor Johnson.
Near perfect quality.
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Blind Alley (1939) DVD available
Gripping psychological crime drama stars Chester Morris as an escaped
killer (and headcase) who hides out at psychaitrist Ralph Bellamy's house,
holding the family hostage while the doctor plays his own mindgames. Also
starring Ann Dvorak and Rose Stradner. Excellent quality.
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Blood Money (1933) DVD available
Hard hitting Pre Code drama stars George Bancroft as a good natured bail
bondsman who falls for a wild and crazy heiress (Frances Dee) and also has
to deal with his on again--off again girlfriend (Judith Anderson) and her
seedy robber brother (Chick Chandler). Excellent quality.
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Bolero (1934) DVD available
George Raft stars as an egotistical dancer who uses his various female
partners to get to the top before falling for his latest partner Carole
Lombard. Also starring Sally Rand (doing her fan dance) and Ray Milland.
Recently upgraded, now pretty solid quality.
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Boston Blackie and the Law (1946) DVD available
One of the best in the series has Blackie (Chester Morris) inadvertantly aiding
in a woman escaping from prison via his magic act and now Blackie has to find
the convict (Constance Dowling) as well dealing with her magician ex husband (Warren
Ashe) and his new girlfriend (Trudy Marshall). Also starring Richard Lane as
Farraday and George E. Stone as Runt. Excellent quality.
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Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942) DVD available
Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) goes to the west coast this time to help out
a buddy in a bind, find the missing Monterey Diamond, and deliver $60,000 in
cash. Also starring William Wright, Constance Worth, with Richard Lane as
Farraday and George E. Stone as Runt. Excellent quality.
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Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945) DVD available
One of the best in the Boston Blackie series has Blackie (Chester Morris) once
again being framed, this time by a psychotic killer masquerading as Blackie and
getting Blackie in trouble with Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane). Also starring
Nina Foch, Steve Cochran, and George E. Stone as Runt. Decent but not great quality.
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The Bowery (1933) DVD available
Wallace Beery and George Raft star as two turn of the century saloon owners
who feud over just about anything, including a bet over whether Raft will
jump off the Brooklyn Bridge! Also starring Jackie Cooper and Fay Wray.
Good quality.
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Brighton Rock (1947) DVD available
Hard hitting British gangster drama stars Richard Attenborough as a babyfaced
killer who marries a murder witness (Carol Marsh) to keep her quiet and
then later tries to convince her to kill herself. Attenborough gives one
of his best performances. Decent quality, first part of the opening
credits is cut.
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Broken Lullaby (1932) DVD available
Touching post WWI drama stars Phillips Holmes as a French soldier who visits
the family of a German soldier he killed during the war and tries to make
amends. Also starring Lionel Barrymore and Nancy Carroll. Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch. Excellent quality.
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Buchanan Rides Alone (1958) DVD available
Scott stars as a drifter passing through a border town who gets involved
with a wrongfully accused Mexican (Manuel Rojas) and a feuding rich family.
Also starring Craig Stevens. Wild Budd Boetticher directed vehicle. In
Columbia Color. Excellent quality.
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) DVD available
Excellent sequel has Ronald Colman back as Drummond, this time helping
a damsel in distress (Loretta Young) whose uncle got involved with a menacing
diplomat/smuggler (Warner Oland) and his thugs. Also starring Charles
Butterworth as Algy and C. Aubrey Smith. Quality isn't so great on this,
opening credits are blurry.
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