The Big Shakedown

The Past of Mary Holmes(en)

Mary Holmes (MacKellar), once a famous opera star known as Maria di Nardi, now lives in a run-down shanty and suffers from alcoholism. Known for her eccentric behavior, Mary breeds geese, and is thus known in her neighborhood as 'The Goose Woman'. She blames her grown son Geoffrey (Linden) for the deterioration of her voice, and does everything to destroy his life. When Geoffrey, who works as a commercial artist, announces to her that he will marry Joan Hoyt (Arthur), an actress, she becomes torn with jealousy and threatens to reveal to Joan that he is an illegitimate birth.

Saturday's Millions(en)

Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's father Ezra comes to visit him and becomes reacquainted with an old Western football chum, Mr. Chandler, who happens to be the father of Jim's girlfriend Joan. Jim keeps his roommate, Andy, busy by sending him to collect money on their laundry concessions business, even though Andy is desperately trying to meet his girlfriend Thelma, who has just come for a visit. When the coach tells Chandler and Fowler that Jim is nervous and erratic, Chandler invites Jim to spend the night before the big game at his home.

Picture Snatcher(en)

An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.

No Man of Her Own(en)

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

Payment Deferred(en)

Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young man refuses. Marble decides to kill his nephew. It is a twisted path to justice after Marble is transformed by the crime he committed and the wealth he gains.

Dark City(en)

Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.

Cleopatra(en)

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

Of Human Bondage(en)

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

Silver Dollar(en)

A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.

Counsellor at Law(en)

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

The Trespasser(en)

A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."

Indiscreet(en)

A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.

Evelyn Prentice(en)

A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.

The Kennel Murder Case(en)

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

Tees Maar Khan(hi)

A con artist poses as a film director in a village with the intention of executing a caper with the unwitting help of the villagers.

The Big House(en)

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

Vadakkupatti Ramasamy(ta)

Ramasamy profits from the superstitions of people in his village by exploiting their beliefs in regards to the village temple. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when the temple, his primary source of income, is temporarily closed.

City Girl(en)

A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.

Penthouse(en)

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.

Two of a Kind(en)

A con woman and a lawyer get a carnival grifter to pose as an elderly rich couple's long-lost son.

Wild Girl(en)

Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the stagecoach.

Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo(fr)

NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 16(ja)

The sixteenth night of the tournament took place on August 8th, 2023 at Act City Hamamatsu in Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.

Gentle Annie(en)

The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. Cotton believes that Sheriff Tatum shot their pa in the back, and the sheriff is now trying to plug the boys. Richland is looking for the train robbers, and at the same time is keeping an eye on Tatum and the lovely young Mary.

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation(en)

A documentary about the legendary and influential comedian, actor and writer, who went out from the BBC to conquer Hollywood, but sadly the system quickly withdrew its support when they couldn't contain his talents. This portrait is spiked with many comments from people who knew Feldman privately or had dealt with him professionally. His early death sadly rendered him all but forgotten by the public. The compilation consists of interviews, some film clips and photos as well as various audio clips from him.

Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon(hi)

The story of a girl in a small North Indian town who is an obsessive fan of top Hindi movie star Madhuri Dixit, and dreams of moving to Mumbai to become a film heroine herself.

The King: Stephen King's America(en)

Ghost nation? Violent home? Traumatised country? What does the horror of one of the most famous writers of our time hide? What does his fictional America expose? To what extent does cinema feed itself off his unique vision and expression of fear? In other words: what kind of America is Stephen King telling us about?

Views on Trial(en)

The demonic Nicholas Diabolus is put on trial accused of interfering with people's lives.

Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek(en)

A frontier sheriff copes with a missing corpse, Briton Oscar Wilde and an assassination attempt.

Johan Glans: World Tour of Skandinavien(sv)

Johan Glans scandinavian tour

Copsi(fa)

A young couple have problems in their marriage.

Artist of Fasting(ja)

A wordless man stages an unexplained hunger strike and the people surrounding him exploit his silence to further their own cause...

Tampoon(en)

When Miranda makes bad decisions about her love life, a possessed tampon enters to take care of business.

Tentang Rindu(id)

In an effort to get his late father's signature recipe, Rindu is assisted by Rendi, his father's former sous-chef. Desperate, Rindu intends to quit, until Rendi becomes furious because he feels betrayed.

The Peasants(az)

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.

Una película con suerte(es)

David and Enrique have been friends for over 15 years. Both film lovers, they decide to venture to the Atacama Desert to shoot a feature film. With no acquaintances, no locations, no actors, and only $11,000 and a lot of enthusiasm, they travel to Chile for 21 days with the dream of making a movie. Everything seems to be going well until, on the last day of filming, a tragic accident ends their friendship.

Como en casa(es)

Mateo is an unscrupulous young real estate agent. He lives in a house where nothing is lacking, but his well-off life will be disturb one morning because of the presence of an intruder.