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poster Everyman's War
Everyman's War
(2.6/5)
104mn - Drama, War
No one in high command believed that German forces would attack in the sub zero temperatures and near blizzard conditions. As the pre-dawn attack comes, with communications down Sgt. Smith is left with no…
poster The Fighting Coward
The Fighting Coward
(3.0/5)
66mn - Comedy
Southerner Tom Rumford was sent up north to be raised by relatives who happen to be Quakers. As a result, he returns home a passive, peace-loving young man, completely out of place in an area where men ki…
poster The Bells Go Down
The Bells Go Down
(3.4/5)
89mn - Drama, War
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WW…
poster The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
(3.2/5)
24mn - Comedy
Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.
poster Much Ado About Mutton
Much Ado About Mutton
(3.6/5)
7mn - Animation
The big bad wolf is hungry and thinks lamb-chops would fill his need, so he puts the a snatch of a couple of Uncle Blackie's fleecy-white nephews. Uncle Blackie takes offense at this and dispatches the wo…
poster William Kelly's War
William Kelly's War
(3.2/5)
94mn - War
When WW1 breaks out, farm boys, Billy (Josh Davis) and Jack Kelly (Mathew John Davis), along with their cousin, Paddy (Lachie Hume), sign up, and are shipped out to serve in Europe. With Billy a dead-eye …
poster Back Pay
Back Pay
(3.3/5)
90mn - Drama
This 1922 Frank Borzage film is a masterwork waiting to be rediscovered. Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her,…
poster Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage
(3.1/5)
26mn - War
A young, Scottish RAF gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from Nazi-occupied territory. They are particularly interested in one person who may or may not have been a German agent.
poster Jerky Turkey
Jerky Turkey
(3.4/5)
7mn - Comedy, Animation
A dopey Pilgrim goes hunting a turkey who speaks in a Jimmy Durante impersonation and runs the local black market. War and rationing gags abound (Pilgrims line up behind a sign reading "Ye Cigarettes Toda…
poster Butter Fingers
Butter Fingers
(3.0/5)
16mn - Comedy
The key to baseball is the pitcher, of course. In this comedy short, the pitcher has something special. Special enough to elicit a threat to rig a game! Our hero has other ideas, though.
poster Hearts of the World
Hearts of the World
(3.3/5)
120mn - Drama, War
A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young…
poster The Mills in Joy and Sorrow
The Mills in Joy and Sorrow
(3.1/5)
7mn - Drama
A hobo takes revenge to a miller who didn't give him something to eat.
poster The Switchtower
The Switchtower
13mn - Drama
"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent his play hours around the switch-tower. Thus at the crucial moment he was able to save his father's honor …
poster Work
Work
29mn - Comedy
Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. …
poster The Domestic Hearth
The Domestic Hearth
39mn - Drama
Drama about a young man blinded by love.
poster The Way Ahead
The Way Ahead
(3.5/5)
115mn - Drama, War
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casual…
poster Bully Boy
Bully Boy
6mn - Animation
Lightning sketch propaganda stirs outrage about Reims bombing, and features a British bulldog eating the German sausage.
poster Cottage to Let
Cottage to Let
(3.4/5)
90mn - Thriller, Mystery, Comedy
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
poster The Dull Sword
The Dull Sword
4mn - Comedy, Animation
A samurai purchases a new sword only to find it is already dull. When he returns to the dull looking merchant to complain, something quite unexpected happens.
poster A Bandit
A Bandit
7mn - Comedy
Willy is a rather effeminate young man, and is abused by the town bully. He suspects that the bully is a coward at heart, so disguises himself as a bandit and shoots up the town.
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