Finally available on home video, this notorious, litigation-spurring pre-Code exploitation effort-marketed in it's day as a documentary journey deep into the Congo, but predominantly shot on a Los... more
A naive teen is befriended by a party girl and quickly begins boozing and sleeping around. But after she is labeled a sexual delinquent and has a back-alley abortion, she discovers the tragic... more
Bette Davis, Leslie Howard. A well-known doctor's affair with an ill-mannered waitress gets him into trouble. Davis made her first big splash in Hollywood in this terrific production of the W.... more
Dolores Del Rio, Joel McCrea. After a yacht crashes into a coral reef in the South Seas, the wealthy playboy on board is cared for by for the stunning daughter of a Polynesian tribal chief. But when... more
Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Adrienne Ames. In this chilling mystery, a film-studio executive is suspected of a sinister murder of the star of his movie spectacular, which happened right on the set... more
Renate Muller, Hermann Thimig. In this electric musical romance, an aspiring young actress who can't find meaningful work teams up with a down-on-his-luck thespian and dresses in drag to find success... more
Seeing no point in going on but lacking the nerve for suicide, put-upon Hans Herfort (Heinz Rühmann) hired a thug to do away with him when he least expected it. Not long after, however, love entered... more
Zarah Leander. Legendary Hollywood director Douglas Sirk, who helped defined the Golden Age, cut his directorial teeth in Germany, and two of his rare early German films are lovingly restored and... more
Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda, Hedy Krilla, Hertha Thiele. In this historic film for queer cinema, an introverted girl falls for her sympathetic teacher at a very strict boarding school. Directed by... more
The game is afoot when two unemployed sleuths dress themselves up as Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective and Dr. Watson in order to gain some publicity. When the pair stumbles upon an actual... more
Pierre Renoir, Lisa Delamare, Louis Jouvet. From the master director of Rules of the Game comes this rediscovered historical epic that views the French revolution from the perspective of the King,... more
Abel Gance's long-lost doomsday thriller is seen here in a truncated "roadshow" version that played American theaters in 1934. The story focuses on an astronomer who discovers that a comet heading... more
Her marriage to an abusive thug ended by widowhood, Evelyn Morin (Edwige Feuillère) now had to dance in a sleazy nightclub in order to provide for her young son. A chance encounter with long-ago... more
In a settlement of pre-WWI German East Africa, few figures were as universally loathed as the greedy, slovenly, arrogant speculator August Bolte (Jean Hersholt). After squeezing a debtor back home... more
Though living in a squalid Berlin boardinghouse, salesman Peter (Aribert Mog) and his fiancée Hella (Brigitte Horney) were happy with one another. However, when he gets an opportunity in Dresden-and... more
Respected airman Elissen (Hans Albers) finagled agreement from aviation heiress Claire Lennartz (Sybille Schmitz) to execute the visionary design of his engineer buddy Droste (Paul Hartmann) for an... more
Anne Chevalier, Matahi, Hitu. Directed by F.W. Murnau. A beautiful island native is declared "tabu" by the gods. Her shared love with a boy is forbidden, but enflamed hearts do not rest. Filmed in... more
Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien. Jimmy is sent to a home for juvenile delinquents and discovers what a hell house really is. Strong performances by Davis and O'Brien bring to life the reality and the... more
Young salesman Peter Frank (Heinz Rühmann) couldn't believe his luck when he stood to inherit his late uncle's prosperous champagne vineyard lock, stock, and barrel. Unfortunately, the will came with... more
Fact and fiction collide in this exploitation flick that employs documentary footage depicting the bizarre self-flagellation rituals of the fanatical Catholic sect known as the Penitentes. Mixed with... more
Noted as the first western produced in Nazi Germany, this intriguing and visually striking biography of Johann Sutter stars Luis Trenker (who wrote and directed) as the ambitious 19th-century... more
Hans Albers, Brigitte Helm, Michael Bohnen. A brilliant German scientist must make a deal with a shady, domineering businessman in order to fund his controversial experiment to turn common lead into... more
Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou. Sparks fly and wit abounds when an editor and his ace reporter battle over the biggest story to hit Chicago in years. A crime reporter vows to quit the business and marry... more
At the 1815 Congress of Vienna, Tsar Alexander (Willy Fritsch) sought to foil the assembled foreign dignitaries looking to undermine his position by having his lookalike retainer (Fritsch, again)... more