Barbara stanwyck

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poster Lady of Burlesque

Lady of Burlesque

91mn - Comedy, Music, Mystery

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.

poster Mae West

Mae West

95mn - Drama, Short

Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.

poster Always Goodbye

Always Goodbye

75mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance

Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim Howard helps the desperate Margot. When her son is born, Jim helps her find a home for the baby with Phil…

poster A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

111mn - Drama, Romance

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before …

poster My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

94mn - Comedy, Romance

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a serv…

poster The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

116mn - Drama, Thriller

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorne…

poster His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

92mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a n…

poster Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

102mn - Drama, Thriller

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and…

poster The Baroness and the Butler

The Baroness and the Butler

80mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.

poster My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette

87mn - Comedy, Thriller, Mystery

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, B…

poster Never Say Die

Never Say Die

Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined…

Charade

113mn - Comedy, Mystery, Romance

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving ch…

poster Wicked Woman

Wicked Woman

Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on …

poster The Flying Deuces

The Flying Deuces

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When t…

poster Suddenly

Suddenly

77mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's …

poster The Stork Club

The Stork Club

90mn - Comedy, Music

Director Hal Walker's 1945 musical comedy stars Betty Hutton as a hat-check girl at New York City's famous nightclub. The cast also includes Barry Fitzgerald, Don Defore, Andy Russell, Iria Adrian and Rob…

poster The Bad Sister

The Bad Sister

Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laur…

poster Svengali

Svengali

81mn - Drama, Horror, Romance

A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.

poster The Hole in the Wall

The Hole in the Wall

63mn - Mystery, Drama

Mrs. Ramsey sent Jean Oliver to prison on a false charge. To get even, Jean (disguised as Madame Mystera) plans to kidnap her daughter and turn her into a thief. Love entanglements with a gangster known a…

poster Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

71mn - Mystery, Thriller

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to …

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