In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic games, a group of missionaries are tasked with helping the fledgling Australian basketball team compete in their first ever Olympics, and in doing so, unite a nation still coming to grips after the war.

Syncopation

1942

English

6.3

♡ 4

38%

William Dieterle Director

Adolphe Menjou as George Latimer

Sonny Bupp as Newsboy

Frank Jenks as Smiley Jackson

Walter Baldwin as Tom Jones

A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.

The Little Giant

1933

English

7.0

♡ 9

73%

Roy Del Ruth Director

Bill Elliott as Guest at Polly's Party

Lester Dorr as Investment Clerk

Edward G. Robinson as James Francis 'Bugs' Ahearn

Matty Roubert as Newsboy

Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.

Rose-Marie

1936

English

6.7

♡ 3

royal canadian mounted police (mountie)

Western

W.S. Van Dyke Director

Edgar Dearing as Mounted Policeman

Matty Roubert as Newsboy

Alan Mowbray as Premier

Reginald Owen as R.O. Myerson

An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.

It's in the Air

1935

English

5.8

♡ 2

Charles Reisner Director

Jack Benny as Calvin Churchill

Matty Roubert as Newsboy

Dale Van Sickel as Nightclub Patron

George Chandler as Reporter

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.

Dementia

1955

English

6.7

♡ 11

75%

Bruno VeSota Director

Ed McMahon as Narrator of Re-Release Version

Angelo Rossitto as Newsboy

Aaron Spelling as Nightclub Patron

Shelley Berman as Stoned Beatnik

In a shadowy world stitched from nightmares, a young woman's harrowing journey in a seedy hotel unveils her traumatic past. Haunted by violence and stalked through desolate streets, her psyche unravels as she confronts an abusive husband and unsettling memories.

Mad Love

1935

English

7.2

♡ 5

100%

81%

based on novel or book

Karl Freund Director

Ramsay Hill as Actor

Peter Lorre as Doctor Gogol

Ian Wolfe as Henry Orlac -, Stephen's Stepfather

Matty Roubert as Newsboy

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

The Patsy

1964

English

6.2

♡ 5

82%

Jerry Lewis Director

Barbara Pepper as Bowler

Everett Sloane as Caryl Fergusson

Keenan Wynn as Harry Silver

Norman Leavitt as Newsboy

Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show grows near, they begin to fear that the only astonishing thing about Stanley is his utter lack of talent.

Woman in a Dressing Gown

1957

English

7.2

♡ 4

79%

J. Lee Thompson Director

Marianne Stone as Hairdresser

Anthony Quayle as Jim

Melvyn Hayes as Newsboy

Michael Ripper as Pawnbroker

A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.

Baby Face

1933

English

7.5

♡ 9

100%

Alfred E. Green Director

John Elliott as Bank Director

Douglass Dumbrille as Brody

Edward Van Sloan as Jameson - Bank Director

Matty Roubert as Newsboy

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

Forbidden

1932

English

6.9

♡ 5

63%

Frank Capra Director

Adolphe Menjou as Bob

Barbara Stanwyck as Lulu

Matty Roubert as Newsboy

Bill Elliott as Reporter

On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby but doesn't tell Bob, who turns out to be a rising politician. She passes herself off as the baby's nanny. When Bob learns what is going on, he adopts the little girl, not telling his wife or anyone else where she came from. Lulu gets a job at a newspaper. Things get complicated when the editor gets the dirt on Bob, but also wants to marry Lulu.

I Walk Alone

1947

English

7.0

♡ 12

67%

based on play or musical

Byron Haskin Director

Wendell Corey as Dave

Burt Lancaster as Frankie Madison

Jean Del Val as Henri the Chef

Bobby Barber as Newsboy

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.

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Syncopation

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It's in the Air

Dementia

Mad Love

The Patsy

Woman in a Dressing Gown

Baby Face

Forbidden

I Walk Alone