While the evidence seems clear that Joe’s hospital roommate needs heart bypass surgery, Mac (Louis Gossett Jr.) can’t help but feel something doesn’t add up. Part 2 of 2. First posted May 8, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links William Blinn @ Archive for American Television Trailer for “Brian’s Song” Ronald Hunter Obituary @ Variety Mac (Louis Gossett Jr. looks at Joe (Ronald Hunter) as he looks down into the operating theatre....
Jul 17, 2019
Louis Gossett Jr. plays a hard-working doctor dealing with a disintegrating marriage and a patient (Ronald Hunter) whose journalistic instincts are causing trouble at his hospital. 1978. Part 1 of 2. First posted May 1, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original movie from Internet Archive Movie info from IMDB Louis Gossett Jr. Official Website Enemy Mine @ IMDB Vortigaunt @ Wikipedia Wearing a turtleneck in the emergency room, Mac (Louis Gossett Jr.) uses...
Jul 10, 2019
The Judge (Will Rogers) has his position on the bench threatened in an assault trial that will reveal a very big secret. Part 2 of 2. First posted April 23, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Stepin Fetchit: Hollywood’s First Black Film Star @ NPR Stepin Fetchit @ Wikipedia “The Coon Caricature” via Ferris State University Hattie McDaniel @ Wikipedia Hattie McDaniel accepts her Oscar @ YouTube The word “JUSTICE!” is written on an envelope....
Jun 26, 2019
Will Rogers stars as a common-sense widower with his own way of running a courtroom in a post-Reconstruction Kentucky small town. 1934. Part 1 of 2. First posted April 16, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original movie from Internet Archive Movie info from IMDB Will Rogers @ Wikipedia Official Site of Will Rogers “Old Judge Priest” stories (as PDF, plain text, and for Daisy, Kindle and more) @ Internet Archive Judge Priest (Will Rogers) reads a newspaper...
Jun 12, 2019
Charlie (Mark Stevens) heads for Mexico, but not for the purpose originally planned, as he tries to stay one step ahead of his own investigation. Part 2 of 2. First posted April 10, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Review @ Noir of the Week (spoilers) Alan Reed bio @ IMDB Mark Stevens bio @ IMDB Charlie (Mark Stevens) holds Linda (Felicia Farr) and a pistol as they hide around a corner....
May 29, 2019
An insurance investigator (Mark Stevens) has to cancel his vacation when called to find the money stolen in a daring train robbery. But he’s a little more stressed about the case than he should be. 1956. Part 1 of 2. First posted April 3, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original movie from Internet Archive Movie info from IMDB Mark Stevens @ Wikipedia Cleveland Play House Jack Klugman @Wikipedia Alan Reed @IMDB History of The Flintstones @ YouTube In a s...
May 15, 2019
In this parody of melodramas set in the frozen North, prospector Snavely (W.C Fields) returns home via dogsled to his cabin, where he and his wife are reunited with their son who left for the city only to land in prison. 1933. First posted March 27, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original movie from Internet Archive Movie info from IMDB “Driven to Drink: The Films of W.C. Fields” @ Modern Drunkard Review @ Booze Movies Snavely (W.C. Fields) opens a cabi...
May 01, 2019
In this short, W.C. Fields has the title role as an irascible man dealing with a freakish golf game, strange patients and a daughter who wants to run off with the iceman. 1932. First posted March 19, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original movie from Internet Archive Movie info from IMDB W.C. Fields @ Wikipedia W.C. Fields bio @ The Canteen The Dentist @ DoctorMacro.com In his exam room wearing his white lab coat, The Dentist (W.C. Fields) holds a rifle...
Apr 10, 2019
A “voodoo woman” predicts doom for Gertie (Francine Everett), but who poses the greatest threat: Mr. Christian, Diamond Joe, the piano player, the two servicemen…or her own conscience? Part 2 of 2. First posted March 12, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated Links Francine Everett @ BlackPast.org Francine Everett obituary @ New York Times Cab Calloway singing “Blues In the Night” @ YouTube On her balcony, Gertie (Francine Everett) stares into the sky fearfully....
Mar 28, 2019
A tropical island hosts a musical revue starring a glamorous but selfish exotic dancer (Francine Everett) haunted by past mistakes. 1946. Part 1 of 2. First posted March 5, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original movie from Internet Archive Movie info from IMDB Spencer Williams @ Wikipedia Other “race films”: MFTB103/4 – The Duke Is Tops and MFTB 161/2 – Beware Gertie (Francine Everett) stares at the camera, unsmiling, her raised hand wearing opera-leng...
Mar 20, 2019
During his brain surgery, Peter (David Niven) goes on trial not just for his life, but for his love with June (Kim Hunter). Part 3 of 3. First posted February 27, 2012. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links The Powell and Pressburger Pages A Matter of Life and Death @ Turner Classic Movies Kim Hunter @ Wikipedia Peter and June (David Niven, Kim Hunter) face The Judge (Abraham Sofaer) with his long white robes a...
Feb 27, 2019
Celebrating our 200th episode, clips from past episodes, and we start a critically-acclaimed film about a doomed British airman (David Niven) whose life is saved by mistake and falls in love with an American radio operator before the mistake is realized. Part 1 of 3. 1946. First posted February 13, 2012. Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original movie from Internet Archive Movie info from IMDB War, Love and Weirdness @ The Guardian Article @ Turner Classic Movi...
Feb 13, 2019
The morning after, Richard returns home and Felix is released from being locked up in his bedroom. But who spent the night with who’s wife? Part 2 of 2. First posted February 7, 2012. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Esther Ralston Obituary @ The Independent MFTB172 – To the Last Man, part 1 Maude Eburne @ Wikipedia On a sofa, Madeline (Esther Ralston) rests her head on Richard’s (Edward Everett Horton) sh...
Feb 06, 2019
A married lawyer (Edward Everett Horton) goes from hard-charging to skirt-chasing when the clock strikes 8pm, and sees a way to escape his mother-in-law when a man who can impersonate him arrives. Of course, it’s not that simple. 1931. Part 1 of 2. First posted January 23, 2012. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original movie from Internet Archive Movie info from IMDB Edward Everett Horton @ Wikipedia The ...
Jan 30, 2019
When Bugsy makes trouble at the concert, Garry must defend rock’n’roll, his career and his reputation with the kids in a television courtroom trial. With music from Fats Domino, Big Joe Turner and Tommy Charles. Part 2 of 2. First posted January 17, 2012. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Margaret Dumont @ Wikipedia Margaret Dumont @ The Chiseler Margaret Dumont: Smiling Without Smiling With Groucho Marx in...
Jan 23, 2019
The hosts of a tv dance show (Mike Connors and Sterling Holloway) see rock’n’roll as a positive influence on teenagers, but a gangster and a group for decency disagree. Features performances by Fats Domino and Big Joe Turner. 1956. Part 1 of 2. First posted January 9, 2012. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original movie from Internet Archive Movie info from IMDB MFTB022 – Rock Rock Rock! part 1 Mike Conno...
Jan 16, 2019
The legendary miser (Seymour Hicks) continues his journey with the ghosts to learn the consequences his actions have on others and himself. Part 2 of 2. First posted December 20, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated Links Hey! It’s That Guy! @ AllThe Tropes Donald Calthrop @ BFI The rest of the MFTB Calthrop oeuvre (so far): The Evil Mind , Blackmail , Band Waggon and The Man Who Changed His Mind His head surr...
Dec 12, 2018
In this adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the miserly Ebeneezer (Seymour Hicks) begins his journey through the errors of his ways. Part 1 of 2. 1935. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original Movie @ Internet Archive Movie Info @ IMDB Seymour Hicks as Scrooge @ Wikipedia Scrooge, or Marley’s Ghost @ BFI Still in his coat and ragged top hat, Scrooge (Seymour Hicks) holds a candle, moves aside a curt...
Dec 05, 2018
The night shift becomes even stranger at the police station with a surprise witness, four people visiting the victim on the night of the murder – and a dead body in a closet. Part 2 of 2. First posted December 5, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Carole Landis @ Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen Carole Landis @ DameTown (nsfw) Carole Landis @ Wikipedia The U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Bl...
Nov 14, 2018
The night shift at a police station gets weirder than usual when a car rolls up to the front steps with a dead body inside and a politician’s daughter is implicated. 1946. Part 1 of 2. First posted November 28, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original Movie @ Internet Archive Movie Info @ IMDB MFTB166 – The Basketball Fix, part 1 Outside the police station, several men – detectives and reporters – l...
Nov 07, 2018
The engagement threatens Mary’s job and sends her into the arms of married Ronnie (Ricardo Cortez). Can the company survive without her? Can Jim? Part 3 of 3. First posted November 15, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Mary Astor @ Hollywood’s Golden Age My Story @ The Mary Astor Collection Sitting up in bed in pajamas, Mary (Mary Astor) bites her lip as she reads The New York Times Book Review....
Oct 24, 2018
When Jim reaches the presidency, Mary (Mary Astor) naturally becomes his private secretary. But he only sees her as all-business while other women enter the picture. Part 2 of 3. First posted November 1, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Mary Astor Divorce Trial @ Encylopedia.com Old Hollywood’s Juiciest Sex Scandal @ Vanity Fair (NSFW) Jim (Robert Ames) and Mary (Mary Astor) face each other on a sofa...
Oct 17, 2018
A secretary (Mary Astor) uses her unappreciated business acumen to get a flashy salesman (Robert Ames) to the top of their company. But will she get her heart broken in the process? 1931. Part 1 of 3. First posted October 24, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original Movie @ Internet Archive Movie Info @ IMDB Mary Astor @ Wikipedia The Mary Astor Collection “Mary Astor Invented Your Makeup” @ Self-St...
Oct 10, 2018
After they each have a hard day, Rob and Laura have a fight, and everyone seems to have a different perspective on it – even the fish! 1962. First posted October 17, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Dick Van Dyke @ Wikipedia Dick Van Dyke @ Twitter Rose-Marie @ Wikipedia MissRoseMarie.com Selma Diamond @ Jewish Women’s Archive Rob (Dick Van Dyke) wears a rumpled hat as he and Laura (Mary Tyler Moore)...
Sep 26, 2018
In this episode of the classic tv series, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) brings home a couple baby ducks, knowing their stay will end in heartbreak for the family. 1962. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original Episode @ Internet Archive Series Info @ IMDB Adult Larry Matthews Remembers Mary Tyler Moore The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited Including Adult Larry Matthews (at about 2:00) In the office, Rob (Dick Van Dyke)...
Sep 19, 2018
Frank (Lloyd Bridges) helps Pauline (Moira Lister) evade the police so she can pay off a blackmailer, but two very big surprises turn everything upside down. Part 2 of 2. First posted September 26, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Moira Lister Obituary @ Telegraph A Very Merry Widow @ Phill.co.uk In the shadows backstage at the theatre, Francine (Moira Lister) looks up with her mouth slightly open an...
Sep 12, 2018
Soon after an American (Lloyd Bridges) arrives in London, the man he was standing beside is killed by a sniper. What connection could the victim have with the wartime flame he’s come to see? 1953. Part 1 of 2. First posted September 19, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original Movie @ Internet Archive Movie Info @ IMDB Lloyd Bridges @ Wikipedia Jeff Bridges talking about his dad to Larry King Jean M...
Sep 05, 2018
Virginia and a clever cry for help lead Renfrew to the counterfeiters – and a showdown with an unexpected enemy. Part 2 of 2. First posted September 12, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links The Canadian Mountie on Film @ Voyages Extraordinaires Canadian Pioneers in Early Hollywood @ Wikipedia Dave O’Brien Bio @ IMDB Reefer Madness Trailer @ YouTube Renfrew (James Newill) talks on a telephone while up a t...
Aug 22, 2018
When he’s not singing or cooking, Canadian Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) sets out to apprehend a gang of counterfeiters involved in the murder of a fellow Mountie. 1937. Part 1 of 2. First posted September 6, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links Original Movie @ Internet Archive Movie Info @ IMDB The RCMP in pop culture @ Wikipedia Due South @ TV Tropes James Newill @ The Old Corral In uniform , Sergea...
Aug 15, 2018
Fitzgerald continues his story, in which Andy (David Huffman) watches Ailie (Susan Sarandon) fall for Earl as the call to battle draws near for the soldiers. Part 3 of 3. First posted August 30, 2011. Click here to subscribe Click here to download directly Different file sizes/formats from Internet Archive Associated links David Huffman @ Streamline Frances Scott Fitzgerald @ Wikipedia Frances Scott Fitzgerald @ Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame Sitting beside each other at a dance, Andy (David Huffm...
Aug 01, 2018
