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poster Dunces and Dangers
Dunces and Dangers
(3.2/5)
10mn - Comedy
Larry and his wife are desperately poor—with no food. However, the butcher and grocer show up to collect money they are owed and they won't take no for an answer. They are ready to take anything and every…
poster Kipps
Kipps
(3.3/5)
111mn - Comedy, Drama
A young tradesman learns that money doesn't necessarily bring happiness. Drama.
poster Marching On
Marching On
118mn - War, Drama
After finding a golden coin, a young orphaned boy's wild spending leads him down a path of materialism and debt, until he escapes to his uncle's countryside retreat where he learns three essential life le…
poster The Deal
The Deal
(2.8/5)
98mn - Comedy
A washed-up Hollywood producer on the brink of suicide gets one last shot at redemption when his nephew brings him a script about Benjamin Disraeli, but desperation drives him to transform the historical …
poster Blondie on a Budget
Blondie on a Budget
(3.3/5)
72mn - Comedy
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for …
poster All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
(2.8/5)
90mn - Short, Crime, Drama
A teacher is arrested and jailed for raping her 13-year-old student, and twice gives birth to his child.
poster Baby Brother
Baby Brother
20mn - Comedy
Joe Cobb is a wealthy child who longs for a baby brother. His nursemaid takes him to the other side where he meets some kids his age (the rest of Our Gang) where Joe offers three dollars for a baby. Farin…
poster An Expensive Visit
An Expensive Visit
10mn - Comedy
At college, Jack is spending his dad's money and not studying. When dad comes for a visit, Jack gets one of his friends to dress as a woman and flirt with his father. Another friend pretends to be the jea…
poster For a Few Dollars Less
For a Few Dollars Less
(2.8/5)
95mn - Western
A bank clerk and his cousin, a "general", join forces to track down a Mexican outlaw.
poster Snowballing
Snowballing
96mn - Action, Comedy
A group of high school students on a ski vacation discover their resort's corrupt owner has been overcharging guests for years with the local sheriff's help. With only seven days to expose the scam, the t…
poster Transformation by Hats
Transformation by Hats
1mn - Comedy
FĂ©licien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.
poster Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women
Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.
poster Quicksand
Quicksand
(3.3/5)
79mn - Crime, Thriller
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeep…
poster Dead for a Dollar
Dead for a Dollar
106mn - Comedy, Western
After a bank heist goes sideways and the lead robber ends up dead, three bandits engage in a treacherous game of cat and mouse to claim $200,000 in stolen loot. When ambitious young gunslinger Glenn disco…
poster Friend Request
Friend Request
91mn - Thriller
Two seasoned detectives must track down a dangerous cyberstalker who uses social media to hunt and lure his victims, leading them into a deadly cat-and-mouse game where every online interaction could be s…
poster Shoes
Shoes
(3.5/5)
50mn - Drama
A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.
poster The Little Tease
The Little Tease
25mn - Drama
The supposition was that she was born a tease, for from her first teeth to the time she was almost grown, she vented her witcheries on her unsuspecting parents and the wild things of her mountain home. Bu…
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 Christmas Spirit
The Christmas Spirit
29mn - Family, Drama
Story about two boys who want ponies for Christmas but their family can only afford one. The horse owner, who is bitter about the loss of his son in the war, is softened by the boys' sacrifice for each ot…
poster Jewish Prudence
Jewish Prudence
(3.2/5)
20mn - Comedy
Papa Gimplewart, father to three children is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry his daughter.
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