1c1 < CRC: 0x1A3AE4AA File: plot.list Date: Thu Apr 20 22:42:57 1995 --- > CRC: 0xFEB99D35 File: plot.list Date: Fri Apr 28 07:31:49 1995 27c27 < 1130 BY: Ed Stephan --- > 1188 BY: Ed Stephan 29c29 < 357 BY: Ed Sutton --- > 360 BY: Ed Sutton 31c31 < 216 BY: Murray Chapman --- > 217 BY: Murray Chapman 36c36 < 89 BY: Marg Baskin --- > 91 BY: Marg Baskin 45,46c45,46 < * The list currently contains nearly 5000 plot outlines for over < 4600 movies ! --- > * The list currently contains over 5100 plot outlines for nearly > 4900 movies ! 248,262c248,262 < Actors | Col Needham | 04/14/95 < Actresses | Col Needham | 04/14/95 < Alternative Names | Michel Hafner | 04/14/95 < Alternative Titles | Michel Hafner | 04/14/95 < Biographies | Mark Harding | 04/14/95 < Cast Completion | Col Needham | 04/14/95 < Certificates | Mark Harding | 04/14/95 < Cinematographers | Michel Hafner | 04/14/95 < Color Information | Mark Harding | 04/14/95 < Composers | Michel Hafner | 04/14/95 < Costume Designers | Harald Mayr | 04/07/95 < Countries | Mark Harding | 04/14/95 < Crazy Credits | Mark Harding | 04/14/95 < Directors | Col Needham | 04/14/95 < Editors | Harald Mayr | 04/07/95 --- > Actors | Col Needham | 04/21/95 > Actresses | Col Needham | 04/21/95 > Alternative Names | Michel Hafner | 04/21/95 > Alternative Titles | Michel Hafner | 04/21/95 > Biographies | Mark Harding | 04/21/95 > Cast Completion | Col Needham | 04/21/95 > Certificates | Mark Harding | 04/21/95 > Cinematographers | Michel Hafner | 04/21/95 > Color Information | Mark Harding | 04/21/95 > Composers | Michel Hafner | 04/21/95 > Costume Designers | Harald Mayr | 04/21/95 > Countries | Mark Harding | 04/21/95 > Crazy Credits | Mark Harding | 04/21/95 > Directors | Col Needham | 04/21/95 > Editors | Harald Mayr | 04/21/95 265,273c265,273 < Literature | Joachim Polzer | 02/24/95 < Locations | Rob Hartill | 04/14/95 < Misc. 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When he dies, his store is inherited by his > PL: niece Micki and her cousin Ryan. With the help of Jack Marshak, > PL: they fight to retrieve the antiques from the people who bought > PL: them to stop them from causing harm. > > BY: Paul Sasse > 2001c2009 < BY: Anonymous --- > BY: Marg Baskin 2158a2167,2178 > MV: "Monaco Franze - der ewige Stenz" (1983) > > PL: Franz Muenchinger, called "Monaco", is married to Annete von Soettingen. > PL: But he can't take his eyes of young girls and as a police officer he > PL: often goes out for "Fahndung". Always at his side is Manni Kopfeck, > PL: also policeman and always hoping that one of the girls Franz gets will > PL: be left for him. > > BY: Wolfgang Klimt (wolfii@leo.org) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2343a2364,2383 > MV: "Out of This World" (1987) > > PL: The series revolves around Evie Garland, who is the daughter of Troy > PL: and Donna Garland. Troy, however, is an alien from the planet > PL: Anterias. As a benefit of her half-alien parentage, Evie develops > PL: three powers as the series progresses. She can pause and un-pause time, > PL: "gleep" objects into existence, and can transport herself from one > PL: place to another. Troy is living on Anterias and is never seen, but > PL: Evie talks to him via a crystal cube. Evie is thirteen at > PL: the beginning of the series and lives with her mother in Marlowe, > PL: California. Visitors to the Garland home include Donna's brother > PL: Beano; the mayor Kyle Applegate, a former actor; Lindsey, Evie's best > PL: friend; Chris, Evie's boyfriend; and Buzz, who tends to take things > PL: literally. Episodes usually revolve around Evie getting herself out > PL: of a situation that she has caused. > > BY: John T. Ernest > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2954a2995,2999 > PL: Quinn Mallory, a college kid, discovers a way to "slide" into > PL: alternate universes. > > BY: Anonymous > 3097a3143,3162 > MV: "Starlost, The" (1973) > > PL: This very low budget TV show (which was shot on video, as opposed > PL: to film, as most regular tv shows are) invloved a giant spaceship > PL: called THE ARK which was composed of hundreds of domes, each of > PL: which (supposedly) contained a sample culture from the planet Earth, > PL: which had long since died out due to some thing or other (If memory > PL: serves, it was pollution). Any way, this giant space ship had an > PL: accident somewhere along the way in an asteroid storm which killed > PL: the crew that was piloting it, so now it's carreening toward -get > PL: this- an UNCHARTED SOLAR STAR ! > PL: The charactor played by Keir Dullea (who was DAVE in 2001) gets > PL: forced out of his dome and goes roaming around the ship with his > PL: 2 friends, trying to set the course correct so that they don't hit > PL: this star. > > BY: Andy Somers asomers@primenet.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5089a5155,5164 > MV: Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) > > PL: This sendup of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco > PL: when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than > PL: serious music. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5495a5571,5600 > MV: Always Goodbye (1938) > > PL: Self-sacrificing mother (Stanwyck) gives up her illicit child. > PL: Years alter he to be adopted by wealthy widower (Hunter) pursued by > PL: gold digger (Bari). > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Always in My Heart (1942) > > PL: After many years, MacKenzie Scott is pardoned from prison, but his wife > PL: is already involved with another man. Nevertheless, he travels incognito > PL: to his family's town. There he befriends his daughter Victoria, who > PL: doesn't recognize him, and encourages her musical abilities. > > BY: Diana Hamilton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Always in Trouble (1938) > > PL: Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune > PL: and is then pushed into society by his wife. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5774a5880,5889 > MV: And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (1991) > > PL: Two boys follow in their late fathers foot steps by inventing weird and > PL: wonderfull gadgets. Trouble lies ahead when after a halloween party the > PL: spirit of their father ends up in the lastest invention, a robot. > > BY: Ben McCarthy > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5944a6060,6073 > MV: Another Fine Mess (1930) > > PL: Homeless, penniless and one step ahead of the police, Stanley and Oliver > PL: take refuge in the home of big-game hunter Colonel Buckshot while the owner > PL: is on safari. When Lord and Lady Plumtree call to enquire about renting the > PL: house, Oliver pretends to be Colonel Buckshot, while Stanley masquerades as > PL: both butler and maid. All goes as well as can be expected, with Lady > PL: Plumtree and Stanley, in his guise as "Agnes," engaging in girl talk, until > PL: the real Colonel Buckshot returns unexpectedly. > > BY: Paul Penna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5968a6098,6112 > MV: Another Woman (1988) > > PL: Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. > PL: She hires an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by > PL: some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next > PL: apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears > PL: a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her > PL: life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of > PL: events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards > PL: the people around her affected them and herself. > > BY: Leon Wolters > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6180a6325,6333 > MV: Arizona Wildcat, The (1938) > > PL: In 1870 Arizona Jane helps her foster-father ex-bandit (Carrillo) > PL: who has been accused of gold robbery. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6450a6604,6616 > MV: Asylum (1972) > > PL: A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to > PL: satisfy a requirement for employment. He hears stories about 1) the > PL: revenge of a murdered wife, 2) a tailor who makes a suit with some > PL: highly unusual qualities, 3) a woman who questions her sanity when it > PL: appears that her brother is conspiring against her, and 4) a man > PL: who builds tiny toy robots with lifelike human heads. > > BY: Wes Clark > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6511a6678,6689 > MV: Attack of the B-Movie Monster (1985) (V) > > PL: Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this > PL: spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite > PL: actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help > PL: destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los > PL: Angeles. > > BY: Doug Sederberg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6549a6728,6739 > MV: Avenging Conscience, The (1914) > > PL: Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man > PL: turns to thoughts of murder. Experiencing a series of visions, he sees > PL: murder as a normal course of events in life and kills his uncle. Tortured > PL: by his conscience, his future sanity is uncertain as he is assailed by > PL: nightmarish visions of what he has done. > > BY: Doug Sederberg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6581a6772,6783 > MV: Babes in Toyland (1934) > > PL: Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the > PL: toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and > PL: Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they > PL: trick Barnaby into marrying Stanley Dum instead of Bo Peep. Enraged, Barnaby > PL: unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland. > > BY: Paul Penna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7457a7660,7680 > MV: Barnum (1986) (TV) > > PL: Phineas T. Barnum looks back at his life, starting when he is > PL: just a little boy. The movie shows how he muddled through his > PL: life and how he finally became a successful circus-master. But > PL: to get there he had to risk everything he had and show enormous > PL: courage. > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Baroness and the Butler, The (1938) > > PL: Butler (Powell) to Baroness (Annabella) gets elected to the > PL: Hungarian parliament where he opposes her father's government. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7608a7832,7840 > MV: Battle Circus (1953) > > PL: Surgeon Maj. Jed Webbe and nurse Lt. Ruth McGara meet in M.A.S.H. 8666 > PL: during the korean war. > > BY: Gerhard Gonter > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7631a7864,7872 > MV: Battle of Broadway (1938) > > PL: Two American Legionnaires on convention in New York share > PL: adventures and rivalries in an around show biz. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7757a7999,8008 > MV: Beast of the City, The (1932) > > PL: Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is frighting gangster Sam Belmonte. He > PL: asks his dishonest brother Ed to keep an eye on Daisy who was > PL: connected with Belmonte. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7802a8054,8065 > MV: Beau Hunks (1931) > > PL: Jilted by his girlfriend, "Jeanie-Weenie," Oliver joins the Foreign Legion > PL: to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching > PL: desert sun and under the harsh discipline of the Commandant. On a long march > PL: to reinforce remote Fort Arid, the boys get lost in the sands, finally > PL: reaching the Fort only to find it besieged by the fearsome Riffs. > > BY: Paul Penna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8902a9166,9175 > MV: Billy Budd (1962) > > PL: Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. > PL: When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is > PL: accused and tried. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10330a10604,10612 > MV: Bombshell (1933) > > PL: Sexpot film star Lola Burns seeks a new image and tries marrying a > PL: marquis, adopting a baby -- all sorts of schemes which go awry. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10448a10731,10743 > MV: Book of Love (1990) > > PL: A friend delivers John Twiller greetings from an long gone highschool > PL: girlfriend. This makes him open his school's yearbook - his "Book of Love" - > PL: and remember the old times, way back in the 50s, when he was in his last > PL: year of highschool and his family just moved to the town. He hung out with > PL: geeky Paul Kayne and tried to get the attention of Lily, who unfortunately > PL: was together with bully Angelo. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10926a11222,11235 > MV: Brats (1930) > > PL: Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing > PL: checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their > PL: recreation. Exasperated, the fathers send their misbehaving offspring to bed > PL: and start in on a furniture-destroying game of billiards. Upstairs, the kids > PL: continue to cause a ruckus and leave the bathtub faucet running full force. > PL: Finally, Oliver asks if they'll go to sleep if he gives them each a drink of > PL: water, then heads for the bathroom door. > > BY: Paul Penna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11060a11370,11377 > MV: Bride is Much Too Beautiful, The (1956) > > PL: A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine and becomes a top model > > BY: Michael Crew > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11207a11525,11541 > MV: Broadway Danny Rose (1984) > > PL: Danny Rose is a manager of artists, and although he's not very > PL: succesfull, he nevertheless goes out of his way to help his acts. > PL: So when Lou Canova, a singer who has a chance of making a come-back, > PL: asks Danny to help him with a problem, Danny helps him. This problem > PL: is Lou's mistress Tina. Lou wants Tina to be at his concerts, > PL: otherwise he can't perform, but he's married, so Danny has to take > PL: her along as if she was his girlfriend. Danny however gets more than > PL: he has bargained for when two mobsters come looking for the guy who > PL: has hurt their brother by stealing the heart of Tina, the girl he > PL: loves. > > BY: Leon Wolters > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12073a12408,12421 > MV: Canary Murder Case (1929) > > PL: A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub > PL: singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. > PL: But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used > PL: by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness > PL: to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, > PL: fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to > PL: figure out who is the killer. > > BY: Tony Fontana > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13025a13374,13383 > MV: Change of Heart (1938) > > PL: Lady golfer (Stuart) joins another pro (Talbot) in tournaments > PL: which makes her husband (Whalen) so jealous he takes up the sport > PL: too. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13521a13880,13889 > MV: Child's Play (1988) > > PL: When Dourif is shot by the police, he passes his sick mind to > PL: Chucky, a doll. This doll is given to Andy Barclay for his > PL: birthday. When Chucky is brought to life the trouble starts. > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13567a13936,13945 > MV: China Seas (1935) > > PL: Malay pirates threaten Captain Gaskell's gold shipment, his spurned > PL: mistress China Doll and his former sweetheart Sybil Barclay > PL: threaten his sanity. A typhoon adds to the excitement. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13666a14045,14059 > MV: Christiane F (1981) > > PL: This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following > PL: tape recordings of Christiane F. > PL: 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a > PL: typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's > PL: fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco with most modern equipment. > PL: Although she's legally too young, she asks a friend to take her. There > PL: she meets Detlef, who's in a clique where everybody's on drugs. Step by > PL: step she gets drawn deeper into the scene. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13992a14386,14393 > MV: Clemenceau Case, The (1915) > > PL: Bara as the wife-vampire - her third picture. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14560a14962,14974 > MV: Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The (1970) > > PL: Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, > PL: A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- > PL: student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric > PL: shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything > PL: he reads. Unfortunately, he also remembers information which was in > PL: the computer's memory, like the illegal business Arno is involved in. > > BY: Krister Walfridsson > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15293a15708,15723 > MV: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) > > PL: Opthalmologist Judah Rosenthal has had an affair with Dolores for > PL: several years, and now she threatens to ruin his life if he doesn't > PL: marry her. When his brother Jack suggests to have Dolores murdered, > PL: Judah is faced with a big moral dilemma : destruction of his life > PL: or murder. Meanwhile, documentary filmmaker Clifford Stern is trying > PL: to make a film of a philosophy professor, but instead he's > PL: commissioned to make a portrait of succesfull TV producer and > PL: brother-in-law Lester, who to Clifford represents everything that he > PL: despises. > > BY: Leon Wolters > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15526a15957,15968 > MV: Cuba (1979) > > PL: End fifties a British hireling is send to Cuba to train the > PL: Basistas. They must be trained to fight Castro's army. In > PL: Cuba he encounters an old love, who is married in the mean > PL: time. While Castro's army wins more and more their love > PL: revives... > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15824a16267,16279 > MV: Dancing Co-Ed (1939) > > PL: Right before the dancing Tobius' ought to film a new production, his wife > PL: tells Freddy Tobius that she's pregnant. So the producer desperately has > PL: to seek a replacement and starts a countrywide competition among all > PL: college girls. However the contest is bogus: young dancer Patty Marlow is > PL: sent to a little college in the Midwest. Only Pug, a college reporter, > PL: suspects something. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16142a16598,16626 > MV: Darkness/Light/Darkness (1989) > > PL: A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component > PL: parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much > PL: experimentation, sort out which part goes where. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Darling of Paris, The (1917) > > PL: This version of Hugo's classic "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" was > PL: six years prior to Lon Chaney's. Most found femme fatale Bara > PL: unbelievable as the innocent Esmeralda. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Date With Judy, A (1948) > > PL: Two girls haven't much experience in dating boys, they are real > PL: flappers. Then they fall in love with the same boy... > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16655a17140,17151 > MV: Death of Stalinism in Bohemia, The (1990) > > PL: A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an > PL: elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist > PL: takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution). Some knowledge of the > PL: subject is essential in order to understand the film, which is entirely > PL: visual. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16872a17369,17497 > MV: Dekalog 1 (1988) (TV) > > PL: "I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other God but > PL: me." Ten-year-old Pawel and his father Krzysztof run their > PL: lives on their beloved home computer, while Pawel's aunt > PL: worries that his spiritual education is being neglected. > PL: But Pawel is too busy enjoying life, not least thanks to > PL: his father's Christmas present of a pair of ice skates, > PL: because the computer has calculated that the frozen lake is > PL: safe to skate across... > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Dekalog 10 (1988) (TV) > > PL: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods" - especially > PL: not when it leads to the conclusion of this black comedy > PL: about two brothers who inherit their father's valuable > PL: stamp collection and end up paying rather more than they > PL: bargained for... > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Dekalog 2 (1988) (TV) > > PL: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain". > PL: An elderly doctor is approached by a woman with a > PL: complicated request. Her husband is gravely ill and may > PL: die, and she is pregnant by someone else. If her husband > PL: dies, she wants to keep the child, but not otherwise, and > PL: she wants the doctor to give him an honest verdict on his > PL: chances. But the doctor is disturbed by her request, > PL: because his answer will directly affect the life or death > PL: of another human being. Is he entitled to play God? > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Dekalog 3 (1988) (TV) > > PL: "Honour the Sabbath Day". On Christmas Eve, a night when > PL: families like to be together, Ewa tricks Janusz, her former > PL: lover, away from his family to spend the night with her... > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Dekalog 4 (1988) (TV) > > PL: "Honour thy father and thy mother". Young Anka and her > PL: father have lived together since her mother's death, and > PL: have always been more like close friends than father and > PL: daughter. One day, Anka discovers a letter from her mother > PL: whose contents make her question her whole relationship > PL: with her father... if that's indeed who he is. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Dekalog 5 (1988) (TV) > > PL: "Thou shalt not kill" - a shorter, slightly less graphic > PL: version of 'A Short Film About Killing' (qv), but the plot > PL: is essentially the same: murder followed by execution, two > PL: killings, one illegal, one legal, both hideous. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Dekalog 6 (1988) (TV) > > PL: "Thou shalt not commit adultery" - a shorter, scaled-down > PL: version of 'A Short Film About Love' (qv), with a less > PL: complex plot and a different ending - though the basic > PL: narrative about the relationship between a lonely 19-year- > PL: old boy and the thirtysomething artist that he spies on > PL: every night is the same. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Dekalog 7 (1988) (TV) > > PL: "Thou shalt not steal" - but in this case the 'theft' is of > PL: a child by her real mother, who then finds herself > PL: emotionally unable to cope with the responsibility, while > PL: the stable and loving family that brought the child up are > PL: distraught. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Dekalog 8 (1988) (TV) > > PL: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour". > PL: A Polish-American researcher visits Warsaw and attends a > PL: lecture about ethics. Afterwards, she approaches Zofia, > PL: the lecturer, and says that she is the little Jewish girl > PL: whom Zofia refused to shelter during World War II. But > PL: Zofia has a very good reason for her apparent cowardice... > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Dekalog 9 (1988) (TV) > > PL: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife". Roman, after > PL: discovering his impotence, urges his wife Hanka to take a > PL: lover. She reluctantly complies, and Roman, despite his > PL: earlier words, becomes obsessively jealous. Spying on her, > PL: he learns of her affair, and vows to kill himself - not > PL: knowing that Hanka was in fact breaking off the > PL: relationship... > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17060a17686,17697 > MV: Designing Woman (1957) > > PL: On a vacation, sports journalist Mike meets designer Marilla. They fall in > PL: love and marry right away. However back at home they realize that they're > PL: living in different worlds and know nothing about each other. Also Mike > PL: feels depressed because Marilla's very successful in her job. So he > PL: investigates for a risky story to prove to himself what he's worth. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17115a17753,17762 > MV: Destruction (1915) > > PL: Fernande marries a man and schemes to get his wealth when his > PL: expected death occurs. But he dies before he can change his will. > PL: She next tries to kill the son who inherits, but he outfoxes her. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17511a18159,18172 > MV: Dimensions of Dialogue (1982) > > PL: A three-part depiction of various forms of communication. 'Exhaustive > PL: Discussion' depicts three heads (made up of fruit, kitchen utensils and > PL: writing implements respectively) endlessly devouring and regurgitating > PL: each other. 'Passionate Discourse' shows two clay figures romantically > PL: intertwined, and the problems with dealing with the end product of > PL: their passion, while 'Factual Conversation' shows two animated heads > PL: playing a bizarre variant of the old scissors-paper-stone game. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17532a18194,18202 > MV: Dinner at Eight (1934) > > PL: Social climbing Millicent and Oliver Jordan through a dinner for a > PL: bunch of New York society types, each of whom has much to reveal. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17975a18646,18653 > MV: Don Juan (1970) > > PL: The age-old story of Don Juan, played by giant puppets. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18220a18899,18917 > MV: Down on the Farm (1938) > > PL: Jones family outing as they vacation with country aunt (Fazenda), > PL: fall in love, enter contests, fight political corruption, and so on. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Down to the Cellar (1983) > > PL: A little girl goes down to the basement cellar to fetch some potatoes, > PL: and finds all her hidden fears about the cellar depicted in animated > PL: form. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18272a18970,18980 > MV: Dr. Cyclops (1940) > > PL: Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. > PL: They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks > PL: them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his > PL: unorthodox experimentation. > > BY: Steve Hill > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18371a19080,19092 > MV: Dracula's Widow (1989) > > PL: The young owner of a waxworks in hollywood receives five instead of > PL: six ordered chests with romanian antiques. He does not know that > PL: Vanessa, widow of count dracula, sleeps in the sixth chest. She rises in the > PL: night and walks around craving for blood. A thieve wittnessing the > PL: murder of his accomplice sets the police on the trail of the waxworks. > PL: The grandson of Dr. van Helsing is is hunting the vampire, too... > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18387a19109,19121 > MV: Dragon Inn (1992) > > PL: This big hit at the Sundance Film Festival had > PL: audiences cheering. Set during the Ming Dynasty, this > PL: acclaimed production tells the story of a power hungry > PL: eunuch who employs an evil sect in his quest to rule > PL: China. An extravagant climax features dizzying acrobatics > PL: and masterful fight sequences. > > BY: Towne 3 Theatre, San Jose, CA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18904a19639,19647 > MV: East Lynne (1916) > > PL: Miscasting of everybody's favorite vamp as the long-suffering Lady > PL: Isabel cast in a modern setting. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19580a20324,20333 > MV: Eternal Sappho, The (1916) > > PL: The lyric poet Sappho and erotic love goddess Aphrodite form the > PL: models for cinema's first vamp. Virtually no connection with the > PL: then-popular novel. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19769a20523,20548 > MV: Ewok Adventure, The (1984) (TV) > > PL: The Starcruiser of the Towani-family crashes on the moon Endor. > PL: Father and mother Towani get seperated from their 2 children > PL: Mace and Cindel. The children are found by Ewoks, inhabitants of > PL: Endor. Although communicating is a real pain at first, Mace and > PL: Cindel persuade the Ewoks to help them to find their parents. > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) (TV) > > PL: The army of the Marauders, led by by King Terak and the witch > PL: Charal attack the Ewoks village. The parents and the brother > PL: of Cindel all die in this attack. Cindel and the Ewok Wicket > PL: escape and in a forrest they meet Teek a naughty and very fast > PL: animal. Teek takes them to a house in which a old man, Noa, > PL: lives. Like Cindel he also crashed with his Starcruiser on Endor. > PL: Together they fight Terak and Charal. > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20708a21488,21500 > MV: Faust (1994) > > PL: A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' > PL: and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his > PL: soul to the devil. Svankmajer's Faust is a nondescript man who, after > PL: being lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, finds > PL: himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, > PL: blending live actors, clay model animation and giant puppets. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21397a22190,22198 > MV: Five of a Kind (1938) > > PL: At age four-and-a-half the Dionne quintuplets in their third movie > PL: - singing, dancing, playing with puppies, being charming. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21469a22271,22279 > MV: Flat, The (1968) > > PL: A nondescript man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to > PL: obey the laws of nature. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21731a22542,22567 > MV: Flying Deuces, The (1939) > > PL: Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette, the inkeeper's daughter > PL: he's fallen in love with, is already married to dashing Foreign Legion > PL: officer Francois. To forget her, he joins the Legion, taking Stanley with > PL: him. Their bumbling eventually gets them charged with desertion and > PL: sentenced to a firing squad. They manage to escape in a stolen airplane, > PL: but crash after a wild ride. > > BY: Paul Penna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Flying Down to Rio (1933) > > PL: The Yankee Clippers get an engagement in Rio de Janeiro, after they are > PL: fired from a Miami hotel because bandleader Roger Bond has flirted with > PL: Brazilian guest Belinha De Rezende. Roger gets Belinha to accompany him to > PL: Rio in his private plane. En route, the two land on a moonlit beach for > PL: repairs and have a romantic interlude. However, Belinha is already engaged > PL: to Roger's best friend, Julio Rubeiro, who is also in Rio. > > BY: Diana Hamilton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21764a22601,22624 > MV: Food (1992) > > PL: BREAKFAST: After eating breakfast, a man is transformed into an > PL: elaborate dumb-waiter-style breakfast dispenser - and the same fate > PL: befalls the man who obtains breakfast from him. LUNCH: After failing > PL: to catch the waiter's eye, two would-be diners end up eating everything > PL: within reach. DINNER: Portraits of various meals made up of human > PL: organs. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Fool There Was, A (1915) > > PL: In her first movie (which built the Hollywood empire of William Fox > PL: and launched her discoverer, director Frank Powell) Bara plays the > PL: sexual vampire to the hilt. This movie is the source of the world > PL: "vamp". > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21997a22858,22867 > MV: Forsaking All Others (1934) > > PL: Dyl leaves Mary standing at the altar in order to marry his old flame, > PL: Connie, instead. Knowing that Mary still has feelings for Dyl, Jeff keeps > PL: quiet about his own love for her. > > BY: Diana Hamilton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22081a22952,22960 > MV: Four Men and a Prayer (1938) > > PL: Four men track clues relentlessly when crooked businessmen murder > PL: their father, an unjustly cashiered British Army officer. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22919a23799,23807 > MV: Gallant Lady (1934) > > PL: Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back > PL: when the adoptive mother dies. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23022a23911,23922 > MV: Garden, The (1968) > > PL: Frank visits his friend Josef, who introduces him to his pedigree > PL: rabbits and his wife Mary. Frank is more interested in the slightly > PL: unsettling fact that Josef and Mary's garden fence is entirely made up > PL: of living people holding hands. Finally, Frank asks Josef how he > PL: manages to keep the fence together... > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23060a23961,23971 > MV: Gateway (1938) > > PL: Irish immigrant (Whalen) meets returning war correspondent (Ameche) > PL: on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amors of > PL: another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis > PL: Island. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23610a24522,24530 > MV: Gidget (1959) > > PL: A young girl discovers surfing and love (in that order) during > PL: one transitive summer. > > BY: terri a. mabry > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23672a24593,24597 > PL: Chorus girl Eadie is determined to marry a millionaire without > PL: sacrificing her virtue. > > BY: Ed Stephan > 23867a24793,24805 > MV: God of Gamblers II (1991) > > PL: Chow Yun-Fat returns in this new action thriller > PL: as Champion, formerly acclaimed God of Gamblers, who seeks revenge for > PL: the brutal murder of his wife and friends. Get in Canada, Taiwan and > PL: Hong Kong, Champion must track down the vicious Challanger and face an > PL: ultimate confrontation amidst the presence of all the big names of the > PL: underworld. > > BY: Towne 3, Santa Cruz, CA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25530a26469,26479 > MV: Handsome Siblings (1992) > > PL: Durring the Tang Dynasty, a kung-fu tournament was held once every > PL: 18 years with the winner declared the leader of the land until the > PL: next competition. But a tournament with such high stakes brings out > PL: the best, and worst, in the various competitors and leaders. > > BY: Towne 3, San Jose, CA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25620a26570,26578 > MV: Happy Landing (1938) > > PL: Bandleader (Romero and manager (Ameche) discover skater (Henie) in > PL: Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26126a27085,27098 > MV: Haunting Fear (1990) > > PL: Victoria can't sleep: she's having bad dreams about being buried alive. > PL: Her husband Terry makes her go see Dr. Carlton, who she blames for > PL: her father's death. Unable to help her, he asks Dr. Harcourt to try and > PL: unlock Victoria's mental block with hypnotism. Meanwhile Terry > PL: continues an affair with his secretary, and worries about paying off > PL: a huge gambling debt. Terry could pay off his debt and be with his > PL: secretary if he could just get his hands on Victoria's money somehow. > > BY: Ed Sutton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26152a27125,27132 > MV: Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938) > > PL: Cowboys and cows amidst Hawaiian scenery and song. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26187c27167 < MV: Heads or Tails (1980) --- > MV: Heads or Tails (????) 26255a27236,27245 > MV: Heart in Winter, A > > PL: eautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, > PL: nd a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be > PL: s cold as her playing is passionate. > > BY: Anonymous > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26426a27417,27426 > MV: Heavenly Bodies (1985) > > PL: A small "Dance-ercize" studio fights for its existence against the > PL: unscrupulous owner of a rival club. The conflict boils down to a > PL: "Dance Marathon" to settle the score. > > BY: Kevin Thom > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26540a27541,27551 > MV: Hell's Angels (1930) > > PL: Brothers Monte and Ray leave Oxford to join the Royal Flying Corps. > PL: Ray loves Helen; Helen enjoys an affair with Monte; before they > PL: leave on their mission over Germany they find her in still another > PL: man's arms. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26602a27614,27623 > MV: Hellstrom Chronicle, The (1971) > > PL: Hellstrom's theory is that only insects can survive a nucleair > PL: disaster. To proove this theory he uses microphotography, > PL: to show the achievements of insects. > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26832a27854,27865 > MV: Herzblatt (1969) > > PL: Widower Paul always delayed talking to his daughter about sex. But when > PL: workers on a nearby construction site are falling down their scaffold > PL: because 16 years old "Herzblatt" is tanning naked, he feels he has to take > PL: action. In the hope she'll learn herself what consequences the difference > PL: between boys and girls has, he tries to get her a boyfriend. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27271a28305,28316 > MV: Historia Naturae, Suita (1967) > > PL: A eight-part animatied portrait of various species, accompanied by a > PL: different style of music - the various parts are: Aquatilia (foxtrot), > PL: Hexapoda (bolero), Pisces (blues), Reptilia (tarantella), Aves (tango), > PL: Mammalia (minuet), Simiae (polka) and Homo (waltz). Each animation > PL: mixes drawings, pictures, real animals and animated skeletons. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27327a28373,28391 > MV: Hold That Co-ed (1938) > > PL: While running for governor a politician aids a needy college by > PL: plotting to assure victory for their football team. Though to be a > PL: parody of Huey Long and his machine. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Hold Your Man (1933) > > PL: Con man Eddie Hall runs from the police into Ruby Adams' apartment > PL: and she falls in love with the guy. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27348a28413,28438 > MV: Holiday (1938) > > PL: Free-thinking Johnny Case finds himself betrothed to a > PL: millionaire's daughter. When her family, with the exception > PL: of black-sheep Linda and drunken Ned, want Johnny to settle > PL: down to big business, he rebels, wishing instead to spend the > PL: early years of his life on "holiday." With the help of his > PL: friends Nick and Susan Potter, he makes up his mind as to which > PL: is the better course, and the better mate. > > BY: terri a. mabry SOURCE > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Holiday Inn (1942) > > PL: Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, > PL: but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance > PL: partner after femme fatale Lila Dixon gives him the brush. > PL: Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the > PL: chase by Hanover and manager Danny Reed. The music's the thing. > > BY: Steve Fenwick > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28364a29455,29467 > MV: Husbands and Wives (1992) > > PL: When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes > PL: as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because > PL: they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. > PL: So while Jack and Sally try to go on and meet new people, the marriage > PL: of Gabe and Judy gets more and more strained, and they begin to find > PL: themselves being attracted to other people. > > BY: Leon Wolters > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28641a29745,29754 > MV: I'll Give a Million (1938) > > PL: After saving a tramp (Lorre) from suicide, a millionaire (Baxter) > PL: takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a > PL: million dollars to anyone who is kind of a tramp. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28951a30065,30075 > MV: In Old Chicago (1938) > > PL: Story of the great fire of 1871. Fictional story of two sons of > PL: Mrs. O'Leary (the owner of the cow which started the fire), one a > PL: rogue (Power) the other a lawyer (Ameche). One of the most > PL: expensive films of its time ($1.8 million). > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28994a30119,30129 > MV: In Sickness and in Health (1992) (TV) > > PL: The Mother of a family has Multiple Scleroses, to relieve > PL: her and their daughter the father hires a young woman to > PL: help his wife. But the father and this young woman fall > PL: in love... > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29077a30213,30221 > MV: In the Soup (1936) > > PL: A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as > PL: maid and butler of the household. > > BY: Michael Crew > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29394d30537 < 29582a30726,30739 > MV: Invisible Dr. Mabuse, The (1962) > > PL: Strange things happen in a revue theatre. The dancer Maria seems to be > PL: hunted by an invisible admirer. When the body of a probable FBI agent is > PL: found in a trunk the police asks FBI man Joe Como for help. Como gets > PL: interested in the revue theatre and an ominous transport firm soon. When he > PL: is receiving mysterious threatening letters he is sure that Dr. Mabuse has > PL: risen again. But what is going on at "Enterprise X" so that both the > PL: goverment and the mad genius in crime are interested in it? > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29658a30816,30826 > MV: Iron Man, The (1931) > > PL: Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him > PL: for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. > PL: Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and > PL: replace him with her secret lover Lewis. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29861a31030,31039 > MV: Jabberwocky (1971) > > PL: Lewis Carroll's poem is read and followed by a free-form animated > PL: depiction of images and toys from childhood, repeatedly overturned by a > PL: live cat. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30428a31607,31616 > MV: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia G-moll (1965) > > PL: A man plays the Bach piece of the title on the organ, accompanied by > PL: images of stone walls with cracks and holes that grow and shrink, > PL: intercut with images of doors and wire-meshed windows. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31131a32320,32331 > MV: Killer Among Us, A (1990) (TV) > > PL: Theresa is one of the twelve jurors who have to decide about a case of > PL: assassination. She believes very strongly in the innocence of the young man, > PL: but can't convince the others. During the discussions she realizes that > PL: one member of the jury knows details that he couldn't know from the trial > PL: alone. Since no one believes her suspicions, she investigates on her own. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31928a33129,33145 > MV: Las Vegas Story, The (1952) > > PL: Investment broker Lloyd Rollins, insisting to his wife Linda that they stop > PL: at Las Vegas on their trip from Boston, begins to gamble heavily. Linda > PL: visits the Last Chance, a casino where she used to sing, and where she meets > PL: police lieutenant Dave Andrews, with whom she had a brief affair some years > PL: earlier. Insurance investigator Tom Hubler soon arrives to keep an eye on > PL: Linda's valuable necklace for his company, unaware that Rollins hocked the > PL: necklace with Clayton, owner of the Last Chance. Lt. Andrews, rebuffed by > PL: Linda, learns that Clayton has been murdered. He deduces the killer's > PL: identity and begins a deadly chase when he learns the killer has taken > PL: Linda hostage and fled into the desert. > > BY: Doug Sederberg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31980a33198,33205 > MV: Last Adventurers, The (1937) > > PL: A skipper's daughter falls for a humble fisherman rescued by her father. > > BY: Michael Crew > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32055a33281,33288 > PL: A tale of crime in the Prohibition era, introduced by the message: > PL: " The story starts in 1927 ... America is in the criminal chaos of > PL: a national mistake ... American communities throttled by men with > PL: a genius for ruthlessness, organised evil and vast, law-evading > PL: power. America, 1927." > > BY: Michael Crew > 32144a33378,33386 > MV: Last Trick, The (1964) > > PL: Two magicians, Mr.Schwarzwald and Mr.Edgar, try to outdo each other in > PL: performing elaborate magic tricks, leading to a violent ending. > > BY: Michael Brooke (michael@everyman.demon.co.uk> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32668a33911,33919 > MV: Leonardo's Diary (1972) > > PL: Animated drawings inspired by Leonardo da Vinci are intercut with > PL: seemingly unrelated (but in fact strangely similar) live-action scenes. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33151d34401 < 34092a35343,35353 > MV: Love Affair (1939) > > PL: French playboy Michel Marnet and American Terry McKay fall in love aboard > PL: ship. They arrange to reunite 6 months later, after Michel has had a > PL: chance to earn a decent living. Unfortunately, their meeting is foiled > PL: when Terry is injured minutes before their rendezvous. > > BY: Diana Hamilton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34267a35529,35540 > MV: Love on the Run (1936) > > PL: In the company of reporter Michael Anthony, American heiress Sally Parker > PL: flees her planned wedding to Prince Igor; Sally is unaware of Mike's > PL: detestable occupation. The two steal an airplane that is part of a spy > PL: plot and discover secret plans. They are pursued by the spies as well as > PL: by Mike's pal Barnabas, who wants a piece of the hot news story. > > BY: Diana Hamilton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34962a36236,36247 > PL: Segments: "A Rustic Ballad," a story of feuding hillbillys; "A Tone Poem," > PL: a mood piece set on a blue bayou; "A Jazz Interlude," a bobby-soxer goes > PL: jitterbugging with her date at the malt shop; "A Ballad in Blue," dark room, > PL: rain and somber landscapes illustrate the loss of a lover; "A Musical > PL: Recitation," the story of Casey at the Bat; "Ballade Ballet," ballet dancers > PL: perform in silhouette; "A Fairy Tale with Music," Peter and the Wolf; "After > PL: You've Gone," four musical instruments chase through a surreal landscape; > PL: "A Love Story," about the romance between a fedora and a bonnet; "Opera > PL: Pathetique," the story of Willie, the Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met. > > BY: Paul Penna > 35383a36669,36678 > MV: Man in Love, A (1987) > > PL: An American film-star and an unknown British actress meet on set in Rome. > PL: She is angry when he refuses to speak to her journalist father, but later > PL: they have a passionate relationship. > > BY: Michael Crew > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35478a36774,36782 > MV: Man, a Woman and a Bank, A (1979) > > PL: The two least likely bank robbers in the known universe plan and > PL: execute... kind of... the ultimate heist. > > BY: Peter Samuelson (petersam@ios.com) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35727a37032,37046 > MV: Mark of the Vampire (1935) > > PL: Baron Otto has murdered his friend, Sir Karell, planning on marrying his > PL: daughter Irena and gaining control over his considerable estate. Professor > PL: Zelen, with the assistance of Irena, Police Inspector Neumann and household > PL: servant Jan, devise an elaborate ruse to try to trap him into giving away > PL: his guilt in the murder. Hiring actors to play the departed Sir Karell and > PL: two vampires, Count Mora and his daughter Luna, Zelen manipulates Otto into > PL: a position where he can be hypnotized and induced to reenact his > PL: involvement in the crime. > > BY: Doug Sederberg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36260a37580,37590 > PL: Segments: "Once Upon a Wintertime," two lovers recued from an icy river by > PL: friendly animals; "Bumble Boogie," bee beset by musical instruments and > PL: symbols come to life; "Johnny Appleseed," story of the legendary pioneer > PL: tree-planter; "Trees," mood piece set to musical treatment of Joyce Kilmer's > PL: poem; "Little Toot," story of a heroic little tugboat who saves an ocean > PL: liner; "Blame it on the Samba," Donald Duck and Jose Carioca have the blues > PL: blown away at a Latin cafe; "Pecos Bill," story of the legendary cowpoke, > PL: his trusty mount Widowmaker and his sweetheart Slue Foot Sue. > > BY: Paul Penna > 36878d38207 < 38106a39436,39448 > MV: My Bloody Valentine (1981) > > PL: There's a big valentine-party planned in the little miningtown Valentine's > PL: Bluff. It is the first valentine party in 20 years, because then there was > PL: an accident in the mine, and the accident happened because the men > PL: responsible for the security was at the party. The sole surviving miner > PL: killed them, and told the town NEVER to arrange a valentine party again. > PL: The party begins, and so does the killing... > > BY: Krister Walfridsson > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38180d39521 < 39162a40504,40512 > MV: Nick Carter - Master Detective (1939) > > PL: Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane > PL: Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture. > > BY: Diana Hamilton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39705a41056,41061 > PL: Andrew Dice Clay takes over a hotel during a beauty pagent taking > PL: several pagent contestants hostage since one of them is a rich > PL: senator's daughter. Shannon Tweed plays the Bruce Willis part. > > BY: hammond@primenet.com > 40430a41787,41801 > MV: Oliver the Eighth (1934) > > PL: Barbershop owners Stanley and Oliver both answer a personal ad from a rich > PL: widow seeking a husband. Oliver hides Stanley's reply and mails just his > PL: own. When Oliver receives a proposal of marriage from the widow, he sets off > PL: to start a life of wealth and ease. But just then Stanley discovers his > PL: unsent letter and demands to be brought along. At the widow's home, they're > PL: informed by the creepy butler that his mistress is crazy; having been jilted > PL: once by another Oliver, her hobby now is marrying all the Olivers she can > PL: find and then slitting their throats. So far, there've been seven Olivers. > > BY: Paul Penna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40659a42031,42041 > MV: Once Upon a Time in China V (1994) > > PL: Brand new epic adventure set during a tumultuous time in China, > PL: when left without a leader, the cavalry is attacked by the powerful > PL: allies and pirate bands. A martial arts master, Wong Fei-Hong and > PL: Aunt Yee return to do battle against these evil forces. > > BY: Anonymous > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40990a42373,42384 > MV: Orchestra Wives (1942) > > PL: Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls > PL: into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. > PL: After marrying him, she joins the bands tour and learns about > PL: life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the > PL: other band wives. > > BY: Steve Fenwick > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41038a42433,42441 > MV: Ossuary, The (1970) > > PL: A non-narrative voyage round Sedlec Ossuary, which has been constructed > PL: from over 50,000 human skeletons (victims of the Black Death). > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41049a42453,42461 > MV: Other Men's Women (1931) > > PL: Events take an unhappy turn for two Bill and Jack, two locomotive > PL: engineers, after Bill is attracted to his best friend's wife. > > BY: Diana Hamilton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41136a42549,42561 > MV: Our Relations (1936) > > PL: Unbeknownst to Stanley and Oliver, their long-lost twin brothers, sailors > PL: Alfie and Bert are in town on shore leave carrying a valuable pearl ring > PL: entrusted to them by their ship's captain. All four get involved in multiple > PL: cases of mistaken identity as a gang of hoodlums try to steal the ring > PL: Stanley and Oliver wind up with their feet in cement, about to be dumped > PL: into the harbor. > > BY: Paul Penna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41601a43027,43036 > MV: Paper Star (1989) > > PL: Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. > PL: She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, > PL: and on the things that went wrong. > > BY: Krister Walfridsson > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42116a43552,43564 > MV: Payback (1994) > > PL: Oscar Bonsetter tells a dying prisoner that he will take revenge on the > PL: sadistic guard who killed him. In exchange, Oscar is told of a stash of > PL: money. Oscar is eventually released from prison but when he is goes to > PL: get his revenge, he gets sidetracked by the now-handicapped guard and > PL: his alluring wife, Rose. The tension builds as Oscar becomes more and > PL: more attracted to Rose. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42378a43827,43836 > MV: Personal Property (1937) > > PL: Robert Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. > PL: The sheriff gets him a job watching the house and furniture of > PL: widow Crystal Wetherby. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42521a43980,43987 > PL: Producer Swan has stolen the music composed by Leach. Leach > PL: wants revenge. When he tries to destoy Swan's company, he > PL: gets a horrible accident. With a mutilated face he searches > PL: for other ways to get his revenge. > > BY: R. Kessen > > 42792a44259,44269 > MV: Pirate, The (1948) > > PL: A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has > PL: dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer > PL: falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the > PL: pirate. > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42932a44410,44421 > MV: Platinum Blonde (1931) > > PL: Reporter Gallagher loves reporter Smith who marries Anne. He's > PL: soon born being married to a socialite and asks Gallagher to help > PL: him write a play. She arrives with a bunch of reporters and the > PL: mansion turns into a party. Anne arrives and orders them out and > PL: Smith goes with them. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43148a44638,44650 > MV: Polyester (1981) > > PL: Francine Fishpaw is a upper middle class suburban housewife in > PL: Baltimore. Unfortunately for this "good christian woman", the money > PL: to support her lifestyle comes from her husbands porno theater, > PL: the neighbors are protesting, her son is the notorius "Baltimore Stomper", > PL: her daughter is knocked up by a local hoodlum, and her husband is having > PL: an affair with his secretary. > > BY: Stephen J. LeBlanc > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43848a45351,45360 > MV: Private Obsession (1995) > > PL: Emanuelle, a world famous fashion model, is held captive by Richard Tate, > PL: a crazed fan. Richard wants her for himself but Emanuelle uses her main > PL: assets to try and escape. > > BY: Josh Pasnak > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44129a45642,45653 > MV: Public Enemy, The (1931) > > PL: Friends Tom and Matt go from small time to big time crime during > PL: prohibition. Tom tires of his mistress Kitty (he pushes a > PL: grapefruit into her face) and falls for Gwen who resists his > PL: advances except when it look as though he might dump her. When Matt > PL: is killed, Tom goes after the murderers. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44184a45709,45717 > MV: Punch and Judy (1966) > > PL: Two puppets, Punch and Judy, do battle to the death over the custody of > PL: a live guinea pig. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44346a45880,45891 > MV: Quadrophenia (1979) > > PL: London, 1965: Like many other youths Jimmy's hates the philistine life, > PL: especially his parents and his job in mailing division. Only when > PL: he's together with his friends, a 'Mod' clique, cruises London on his > PL: motor-scooter and hears 'The Who' and 'Rolling Stones', he feels free > PL: and accepted. However it's a flight into an illusionary world. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44507a46053,46062 > MV: Quiet Week in the House, A (1969) > > PL: A man, apparently on the run, takes shelter in a dilapidated house. > PL: Every day, he drills a hole through a wall and looks into one of the > PL: rooms, each time seeing a different surreal vision... > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45308a46864,46873 > MV: Reckless (1935) > > PL: Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch > PL: Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley > PL: loves her. Conflict ensues. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45362a46928,46933 > PL: Dennis Carson runs a rubber plantation in Indo-China. Vantine is a > PL: prostitute running from the police when she arrives at the > PL: plantation and Carson must let her stay till the next boat arrives. > > BY: Ed Stephan > 45503a47075,47085 > MV: Red-Headed Woman (1932) > > PL: Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene > PL: and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses > PL: him to force society to pay attention to her. She has another > PL: affair with the chauffeur Albert. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45794a47377,47391 > MV: Return of Dr. Mabuse, The (1961) > > PL: Commissioner Lohmann is already planning his holidays. An unexpected phone > PL: call calls him back to work. A member of Interpol was murdered. The head of > PL: an organisation wants to come into contact with the gangster organisation > PL: of chicago. But who is this? Mysterious murders happen and all trails lead > PL: to a penitentiary. But there is Joe Como, FBI agent, who is helping > PL: commissioner Lohmann. But soon Lohmann doubts Comos' identity. When Lohmann > PL: sees the name of Dr. Mabuse mentioned in a book found by a victim he > PL: believes that Dr. Mabuse is the mind behind the crimes... > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46428a48026,48039 > MV: Roberta (1935) > > PL: Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash > PL: Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. > PL: John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her > PL: assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's > PL: old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta > PL: passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership > PL: with Stephanie. > > BY: Diana Hamilton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46676a48288,48302 > MV: Rocky III (1982) > > PL: Boxer Rocky Balboa enjoys the wealth he has as world-champion. > PL: He only fights against easy opponents. Then he is challenged > PL: by the arrogant Clubber Lang. Rocky accepts the challenge > PL: to proove once more that there is only one world-champion. > PL: But Lang wins and becomes the new champion. Nobody believes > PL: in Rocky anymore, except one man: former world-champion > PL: Appolo Creed. And Creed tries to the stimulate his fighting > PL: spirit and get Rocky back in top-form. > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46850a48477,48481 > PL: Shakespeare's classic with the camera focused whenever possible on > PL: Juliet, draped in especially skimpy nightgowns. > > BY: Ed Stephan > 47800a49432,49442 > MV: Saratoga (1937) > > PL: Carol Layton is the daughter of a horse breeder at Saratoga. Though > PL: engaged to wealthy Hartley Madison, and disgusted by bookie Duke > PL: Bradley, her father owes Bradley a lot of money and Bradley takes a > PL: shine to her. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47837a49480,49490 > MV: Saturday Night Kid, The (1929) > > PL: Jayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department > PL: Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to > PL: steal him from her. Hazel, another salesgirl, is Jean Harlow's > PL: first credited role. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48249a49903,49913 > MV: Sea Hawk, The (1940) > > PL: Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to > PL: nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on > PL: England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their > PL: galleons where he shows his skills on the sword. > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48426a50091,50101 > MV: Secret Six, The (1931) > > PL: Scorpio, Mizoski and Fran ks start bootlegging during prohibition. > PL: Reporters Hank and Carl investigate after gangsters get involved > PL: and killings occur. Scorpio hires Anne as a cashier at his club to > PL: lure the reporters away from him. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48663a50339,50353 > MV: Serpent, The (1916) > > PL: Peasant girl Vania is assaulted by a duke who murders her lover and > PL: sends her away to London. There she becomes a famous actress. The > PL: Duke, seeing her perform but not recognizing her, hears that his > PL: son is wounded. "If anything should happen to my boy, I think it > PL: would kill me." That's all the motivation Vania needs to go to the > PL: front, find the one-armed paralyzed boy and marry him. Next she > PL: arranges to make love to his father just as the boy enters the > PL: room, causing the young man to blow out his brains. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49430a51121,51133 > MV: Shock 'Em Dead (1991) > > PL: Michael is a total looser, who nobody cares for. When he fails to get > PL: a position as guitar player in Lindsay's band and looses his job on the > PL: way, he makes a deal with a Voodoo priestess. She promises him the > PL: fulfillment of all his dreams if he swears obedience to her. He becomes > PL: a rock star and has many women - but to stay alive, he has to kill > PL: other people. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49477a51181,51191 > MV: Shooting Elizabeth (1992) > > PL: Mineral water executive Harold Pigeon (Jeff Goldblum) decides to kill off > PL: his wife Elizabeth (Mimi Rogers). The plot follows a well worn path. Will > PL: he go through with it? Will she walk out anyway? Will he get arrested and > PL: tried for a crime he planned but might not have committed? > > BY: robin@m2.man.ph.ac.uk > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49548a51263,51290 > MV: Short Film About Killing, A (1988) > > PL: The plot couldn't be simpler or its attack on capital > PL: punishment (and the act of killing in general) more direct > PL: - a senseless, violent, almost botched murder is followed > PL: by a cold, calculated, flawlessly performed execution (both > PL: killings shown in the most graphic detail imaginable), > PL: while the murderer's idealistic young defence lawyer ends > PL: up as an unwilling accessory to the judicial murder of his > PL: client. > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Short Film About Love, A (1988) > > PL: 19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on > PL: his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an > PL: artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything > PL: - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. > PL: But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have > PL: a lot more in common than appeared at first sight... > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50584a52327,52339 > MV: Social Suicide (1991) > > PL: Kim's mother believes being a debutantee should be the most important thing > PL: in a young woman's live. So she makes a big fuss about it and gets on Kim's > PL: nerves. Consequently, and because she thinks he's an asshole, Kim refuses > PL: to go with her mother's choice: prestigious Scott, a senator's son. She > PL: asks out a guy she hardly knows and who - worse for her mother - is Latino. > PL: Her mother and Scott try anything to prevent her from this "social suicide". > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50966a52722,52733 > MV: Song of the Islands (1942) > > PL: With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle > PL: Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by > PL: transplanted Irishman Dennis O'Brien. But Jeff falls in love with O'Brien's > PL: daughter, Eileen, and even his father can't break them up after he arrives > PL: and himself falls under the spell of island splendor. > > BY: Paul Penna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51424a53192,53206 > MV: Springtime in the Rockies (1942) > > PL: Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's > PL: womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance > PL: partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of > PL: rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan > PL: follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor > PL: are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes > PL: after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, > PL: Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again. > > BY: Paul Penna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51889a53672,53685 > MV: Staying Together (1989) > > PL: After 25 years in the fast food business, father McDermott one morning > PL: proclaims in front of his three sons that he hated dealing with chickens > PL: all the time, and that's why he sold the restaurant last afternoon. For his > PL: sons, who counted on taking it over some time, this comes as a shock. > PL: With the oldest son Brian moving out in rage and frustration, the family > PL: starts breaking apart. Will they manage to rearrange their lives and > PL: reconcile with their parents? > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52568c54364 < PL: her working again with C.D. DeMille. The studio only wants the --- > PL: her working again with C.B. DeMille. The studio only wants the 52772a54569,54581 > MV: Suq al-Soda', Al- (1945) > > PL: A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into > PL: an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce > PL: commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell them at vastly > PL: inflated prices. Eventually the grocer's neighbors rebel at his tactics. > PL: They call in the national athorities and the black marketeers are > PL: brought to justice. > > BY: Anonymous > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52787a54597,54609 > MV: Surviving Desire (1991) > > PL: Jude, a college literature professor, falls for one of his students. > PL: She is more interested in the empirical experience of a relationship > PL: with a man whose life is ruled by the themes of the Russian Lit. > PL: he extolls in class. Jude shows an interesting side of the stigmas > PL: associated with transgenerational relationships and how to deal > PL: with the inevitable pain of a love doomed to failure. > > BY: Mike Bush > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52840a54663,54673 > MV: Suzy (1936) > > PL: American showgirl Suzy is in London in 1914. She loves Irish > PL: inventor Terry who works for an engineering firm owned by a German > PL: woman. After their marriage Terry is murdered and Suzy flees to > PL: Paris where she meets flyer Andre as war is breaking out. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52956a54790,54804 > MV: Swiss Miss (1938) > > PL: Stanley and Oliver are mousetrap salesmen hoping to strike it rich in > PL: Switzerland, but get swindled out of all their money by a cheesemaker. > PL: While working off their hotel debt, Oliver falls in love with a chambermaid, > PL: Anna, who in reality is a famous opera singer spying on her composer > PL: husband, Victor, while he works on his new opera. The boys are assigned to > PL: move Victor's piano to a secluded tree house, but become trapped on a > PL: rickety rope bridge high above an Alpine gorge when they're met halfway > PL: across by a gorilla. > > BY: Paul Penna > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53072a54921,54942 > MV: Sylvia (1985) > > PL: Real-life story of Sylvia Ashton Warner's pioneering work teaching > PL: Maori children to read in the 1940's. > > BY: Michael Crew > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: TC 2000 (1993) > > PL: Somewhere in the future the environmental overkill had come. Many > PL: people had died. The rich were able to build the underworld, the poor > PL: had to stay on the surface building gangs to survive. Jason Storm, an > PL: underworld guard gets knowledge of a conspiracy to kill all people on > PL: the surface. He needs to flee to the surface, and wins Sumai, an > PL: respected martial arts master, as his ally to stop the dirty plot. > > BY: Oliver Heidelbach > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53174a55045,55055 > MV: Taking the Heat (1993) (TV) > > PL: When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to > PL: testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered > PL: to bring him to the court, but before they get there they > PL: have to deal with several attacks from killers. > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53921a55803,55817 > MV: Tears in the Rain (1988) (TV) > > PL: When Casey Cantrell's mother died, her last wish was that her daughter > PL: would give a letter to Lord Richard Bredon, living in the UK. When > PL: Casey arrives in London, Lord Bredon denies ever having known her > PL: mother. Casey meets Lord Bredon's son Michael and both fall in love. > PL: When Lord Bredon realizes this new relationship he gets really angry > PL: assuming Casey wants to blackmail his family somehow and begins to > PL: investigate her past. Things screw up dramatically when it appears > PL: that Casey might be Michael's unlegitimate sister. > > BY: Oliver Heidelbach > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54157a56054,56065 > MV: Testament (1983) > > PL: Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and > PL: believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who > PL: is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place > PL: in a small suburban town outside San Francisco. After the nuclear > PL: attack, contact with the outside world is pretty much cut off. > > BY: Mark Logan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54796a56705,56722 > MV: Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The (1960) > > PL: Reporter Peter Barter gets murdered while driving to his tv station. > PL: Commisioner Kras gets a phone call from clairvoyant Cornelius who saw > PL: Barters death in a vision. > PL: But a dark force prevents Cornelius from seeing the man behind the crime. > PL: Meanwhile the policemen concentrate their activities on the hotel Luxor. > PL: There exist too many links between the hotel and the unsolved crimes. > PL: Trevors, a rich American, rents a room in the hotel at the same time. He > PL: can prevent the suicide of the young woman Marion Menil at the last minute. > PL: But what is the reason for Miss Menils doing? Why is she initimidated? > PL: Could it be that Dr. Mabuse, a genius in crime > PL: believed to be dead, is back? > > BY: Matthias Luehr > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54976a56903,56913 > MV: Three Swordsmen (1994) > > PL: Dazzling swordplay and eye-poping battles highlight this story of the > PL: top three swordsmen in central China; Samurai, Smiling Sam and Big > PL: Knife who become involved in a plot to recover the Holy Sword and also > PL: avenge the murder of the Empress. > > BY: Towne 3, San Jose, Ca > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54986a56924,56933 > MV: Three Wise Girls (1932) > > PL: Cassie has come to New York and goes to work as a model where her > PL: friend Gladys works. She falls in love with wealthy young Jerry who > PL: is already married. Gladys has the same probelm with her man Phelps. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55074a57022,57033 > MV: Thunder Warrior II (1985) > > PL: Indian sheriff Thunder is transferred to a small town in the desert. He > PL: learns that the corrupt deputy is paid by the drug mob. To protect himself, > PL: the deputy sets a trap for Thunder and gets him convicted as dealer. > PL: Thunder manages to break out of the brutal prison camp and takes bloody > PL: revenge. However he cannot sufficiently protect his pregnant wife. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55151a57111,57123 > MV: Ticks (1993) > > PL: Problem teens in Los Angeles join an inner-city wilderness project in > PL: and attempt to get back in touch with life's priorities, led by > PL: do-gooders Holly and Charles. When they get to the campsite, they begin > PL: having problems adjusting to the wild life, particularly local marijuana > PL: growers using herbal steroids to accelerate plant growth, and the mutated > PL: ticks that the leaky steroid system has created. > > BY: Ed Sutton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55188a57161,57171 > MV: Tiger Woman, The (1917) > > PL: The wicked princess ruins an ambassador, causes a son to kill his > PL: father, breaks up the boy's brother's marriage and is finally > PL: forced to stab herself by a valet whom she earlier had imprisoned. > PL: The ending title is "The wages of sin is death." > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55308a57292,57300 > MV: Time Out For Romance (1937) > > PL: A girl (Trevor) escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man > PL: (Whalen) in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55320c57312 < BY: Anonymous --- > BY: Marg Baskin 55644a57637,57648 > MV: Too Hot to Handle (1938) > > PL: Chris Hunter is a sly newsreel reporter. While in Shanghai doing reports > PL: on the Chinese-Japanese war, he meets pilot Alma Harding. At first she > PL: doesn't trust him, but by a trick he manages to get her hired as his > PL: assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of > PL: South America he manages to change her view of him. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56998a59003,59011 > MV: Under the Red Robe (1937) > > PL: Cardinal Richelieu spares the life of a convicted duelist (Veidt) > PL: provided he will capture the leader of the Huguenots. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57083a59097,59109 > MV: Unguarded Moment, The (1956) > > PL: A woman has recently been murdered. A teacher at the nearby high school > PL: receives threatening notes from a student. Detective Graham is the only > PL: one who believes that she is in danger. She fingers the boy, a popular > PL: student. Her teaching career is threatened, as is her life. > PL: The detective looks for evidence, and brings him in on burglary and murder > PL: charges. Both crimes are solved. > > BY: Audrey B. Morris > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57166a59193,59203 > MV: Unspeakable Acts (1990) (TV) > > PL: The married couple Laurie and Joseph Braga are doctors > PL: specialized in interviewing sexual abused children. > PL: With a lot of energy they track down a who > PL: has abused many toddlers. > > BY: R. Kessen > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57388a59426,59440 > MV: Vampire Lovers, The (1970) > > PL: The Countess is called away to tend a sick friend and imposes on the > PL: General to accept her daughter Marcilla as a houseguest. Some of > PL: the villagers begin dying, however, and the General's daughter > PL: Laura soon gets weak and pale, but Marcilla is there to comfort her. > PL: The villagers begin whispering about vampires as Marcilla finds another > PL: family on which to impose herself. The pattern repeats as Emma gets > PL: ill, but the General cannot rest, and seeks the advice of Baron Hartog, > PL: who once dealt a decisive blow against a family of vampires. Well, almost. > > BY: Ed Sutton > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57400a59453,59468 > MV: Vampire, The (1957/II) > > PL: Called to a laboratory where experiments have been performed on bats and > PL: other animals, Dr. Beecher is given a bottle of pills by a dying scientist. > PL: Taking the pills by mistake, Beecher finds out that at night his body > PL: regresses into a savage, monstruous state and he unknowingly kills several > PL: acquaintences on succesive nights, biting them in the neck and drinking > PL: their blood. Buck Donnelly, the local sheriff, figures out his friend > PL: Beecher is the killer and must try to stop him before he kills his next > PL: victim, Beecher's nurse, Carol Butler, whom Donnelly has fallen in love > PL: with. > > BY: Doug Sederberg > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57715a59784,59794 > MV: Virile Games (1988) > > PL: A man sits down to watch a football match, which seems to consist of > PL: the players being violently mutilated in various inventive ways. The > PL: players then leave the football pitch and invade the spectator's > PL: flat... > > BY: Michael Brooke > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57897a59977,59985 > MV: Wake Up and Live (1937) > > PL: Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader > PL: Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58116,58120c60204,60207 < PL: The Warlock comes back to Earth to gather the mystical ruin stones < PL: that will free his father, Satan, to control the world. It is left to an < PL: ancient cult of Druids to make their teenage children Kenny and < PL: Samanthea into the prophesied warriors that can save mankind < PL: from ultimate evil. --- > PL: Every six hundred years, a great evil has the opportunity to escape and > PL: unleash Armageddon. A group of five stones has the power to either free > PL: the evil, or banish it for another six hundred years. An order of Druids > PL: battles with a Warlock determined to unleash his father upon the world. 58122c60209 < BY: Susan Southall --- > BY: Murray Chapman 58408a60496,60506 > MV: Wee Willie Winkie (1937) > > PL: Little Priscilla Williams goes to live with her grandfather, the > PL: colonel at a British Army base in 19th century India. She drills > PL: with the troops, gets captured by rebels, and generally cheers > PL: everyone up. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58557a60656,60664 > MV: Western Gold (1937) > > PL: A Westerner in the Union Army discovers that gold shipments from > PL: the West are being captured by Southerners. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58802a60910,60919 > MV: When a Woman Sins (1918) > > PL: Bara is unusually cast as a nearly virginal nurse and actress. She > PL: does manage to get one man to blow his brains out before she > PL: reforms and marries an Episcopal priest. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59277a61395,61413 > MV: Wife vs. Secretary (1936) > > PL: Linda Sanford isn't jealous of beautiful Whitey Wilson, secretary > PL: to her magazine publisher husband Van ... until his mother plants > PL: the seed of doubt. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937) > > PL: Social butterfly (Young) marries Park Avenue doctor (Baxter) and > PL: learns that his nurse (Bruce) is in love with him. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59461a61598,61619 > MV: Wild Women of Chastity Gulch, The (1982) (TV) > > PL: It's quiet in Chastity Gulch, a small town in the Wild West. The men of > PL: the village are all in the army and fight their battles far away. The > PL: women are getting very bored! At once a bunch of robbers drops into the > PL: saloon. They love the beer but are also looking for beautiful women. Will > PL: the town-whores keep these delightful men for themselves or will the > PL: doctors-wife and the mayors-wife also get a part of the fun? > > BY: Evert Poppen. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Wild and Woolly (1937) > > PL: Jane Withers helps celebrate her town's fiftieth anniversary in spite > PL: of crooks planning a bank robbery. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59659a61818,61826 > MV: Wings of the Morning (1937) > > PL: First Technicolor movie shot in the British Isles, features Gypsies, > PL: horse racing, singing and romance. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59883a62051,62067 > MV: Wittgenstein (1993) > > PL: A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and > PL: thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher > PL: Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), whose principle interest was > PL: the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches, > PL: depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of > PL: the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and > PL: association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The > PL: emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of > PL: Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and > PL: perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius. > > BY: Eric Wees eric_wees@pch.gc.ca > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59996a62181,62189 > MV: Woman Wise (1937) > > PL: Crooks use prizefights as setups and local sports editor (Whalen) > PL: is out to stop them. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60441a62635,62649 > MV: Yasemin (1988) > > PL: 20 years old Casanova Jan falls in love with the 3 years younger Turkish > PL: girl Yasemin, who lives in Germany with her family. She's well protected > PL: by her father, who believes in the Turkish traditions. She has to struggle > PL: for every little freedom that's certain for her German friends, but still > PL: respects and loves her father and keeps the appearance of an honorable > PL: Turkish girl. Her love to Jan however disturbs this fine balance. So it's > PL: not hate or quarrel that interferes with their love, but the differences > PL: of their cultures. > > BY: Tom Zoerner > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60515a62724,62740 > MV: Yojimbo (1961) > > PL: Sanjuro, a wandering samurai enters a rural town in nineteenth century > PL: Japan. > PL: After learning from the innkeeper that the town is divided between two > PL: gangsters, he plays one side off against the other. His efforts are > PL: complicated by the arrival of the wily Unosuke, the son of one of the > PL: gangsters, who owns a revolver. Unosuke has Sanjuro beaten after he > PL: reunites an abducted woman with her husband and son, then massacres his > PL: father's opponents. During the slaughter, the samurai escapes with the help > PL: of the innkeeper; but while recuperating at a nearby temple, he learns of > PL: innkeeper's abduction by Unosuke, and returns to the town to confront him. > > BY: Bernard Keane (bernard=keane%ltdb%lpol@smtpgate.dotc.gov.au) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60530a62756,62764 > MV: You Can't Have Everything (1937) > > PL: Small-town store song-plugger writes a play which producer (Ameche) > PL: turns into a successful musical production. > > BY: Ed Stephan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60569a62804,62817 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MV: Young Again (1986) (TV) > > PL: Michael Riley whishes to be 17 again and which comes true. He goes back > PL: to the high school where he fell in love with Laura and still > PL: be in love with her. Mick is very happy and excited to be 17 again, he finds > PL: Laura who is a widow having 2 children and then realizes the reason why they > PL: broke up years ago. Laura makes Mick understand that there is no way to > PL: go back. Finally Mick is willing to face who he is and has a new start > PL: with Laura when he turns back to a middle age man. > > BY: Anonymous