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Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Pre-Code · Fantasy · Based on Literature

Alice’s fantastic adventures lead her straight to some of the most memorable characters ever imagined including the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

Barbara Stanwyck Collection [Internes Can't Take Money / The Great Man's Lady / The Bride Wore Boots]

Barbara Stanwyck Collection [Internes Can't Take Money / The Great Man's Lady / The Bride Wore Boots]

Box Set · Drama

This collection feature three classic films starring screen legend Barbara Stanwyck.

The Blue Angel (Deluxe Blu-ray)

The Blue Angel (Deluxe Blu-ray)

Drama · Musical · RT Certified Fresh

This landmark early sound film, directed by Josef von Sternberg, stars Marelene Dietrich and the great Emil Jannings. THE BLUE ANGEL is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability, and the film that catapulted Marlene Dietrich to international stardom. It is presented here in both the…

The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

Drama · Musical · RT Certified Fresh

The crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability.

The Blue Light

The Blue Light

Mystery · Fantasy · Drama

An eccentric mountain girl whom the villagers believe to be a witch, befriends a painter and leads him to a forbidden grotto, not realizing the tragic repercussions of having disturbed a cache of ethereal crystals.

Borderline

Borderline

Silent · Drama

When a Black couple rent a room above a tavern, it ignites the fears and jealousies simmering in a rural Swiss village.

Broken Lullaby

Broken Lullaby

Pre-Code · Drama

French violinist Paul Renard has returned from World War I triumphant, but is haunted by the death of a German soldier at his hands.

By Candlelight

By Candlelight

Romance · Pre-Code · Music

Josef  is the ultra-dutiful butler to a Casanova-like prince. Falling in love with Marie, whom he assumes to be a countess, Josef masquerades as his rakish master. The catch: Marie is herself a poseur, a mere maidservant of nobility.

Carole Lombard Collection I [Fast and Loose / Man of the World / No Man of Her Own]

Carole Lombard Collection I [Fast and Loose / Man of the World / No Man of Her Own]

Drama · Romance · Pre-Code

This collection includes three 1930s Pre-Code classics starring screen legend Carole Lombard.

The Cheat (1931)

The Cheat (1931)

Pre-Code · Drama

Elsa Carlyle is an impulsive and charismatic gambler who has fallen on hard times and owes a large sum of money. A wealthy playboy promises to help her but his price may be more than Elsa is prepared to give.

Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

Comedy · Pre-Code · Drama

After allowing one of his former clients to commit perjury to win a case, a successful attorney from a Jewish ghetto realizes he could be disbarred.

The Crime of the Century

The Crime of the Century

Mystery · Pre-Code · Thriller

A hypnotist bursts into a police station and confesses to a murder that hasn’t happened yet. A wisecracking reporter tries to unravel the mystery by staying one step ahead of the cops.

The Crusades

The Crusades

History · Adventure · Drama

In order to obtain supplies for his soldiers, England’s king, Richard the Lion-Hearted, is forced to marry a princess he has never met. The two are soon involved in a treacherous battle for survival of the Holy City of Jerusalem—and of their love.

 The David O. Selznick Collection

The David O. Selznick Collection

Period Drama · Drama

Five masterworks culled from the personal collection of producer David O. Selznick, authorized by the Selznick Estate and preserved by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department. Includes A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932), NOTHING SACRED (1937), A STAR IS BORN (1937), BIRD OF PARADISE (1932) and LIT…

Death Takes a Holiday

Death Takes a Holiday

Romance · Fantasy · Pre-Code

Intent on entering the human world for a three-day holiday, the Grim Reaper takes the form of a visiting prince, and assumes all the pleasures and pains that go with flesh and blood existence.

Deluge

Deluge

Pre-Code · Thriller · Action & Adventure

Triggered by a series of earthquakes on the West Coast of the United States, a massive tidal wave circles the globe and-in a prolonged and spectacular special effects sequence-wipes out New York City. Sidney Blackmer stars as a man who, separated from his family, must begin to rebuild civilization i…

Devil and the Deep

Devil and the Deep

Pre-Code · Drama

This sultry Pre-Code melodrama serves up a deadly love triangle with a thrilling climax set aboard a submarine that is trapped at the bottom of the sea.

Disputed Passage

Disputed Passage

War · Drama

A medical student struggles to fully surrender to his teacher’s philosophy of keeping the sterility of science separate from the warmth of the human spirit after he falls in love with a Chinese woman of American descent raised in Shanghai.

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

Pre-Code · War · Drama

The Eagle and the Hawk is a powerful anti-war drama in which Cary Grant and Fredric March play rival pilots with opposing codes of honor.

The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World

Romance · Drama

Two families living on a remote island off of Scotland are torn asunder by a race between their sons in this thrilling romantic drama from director Michael Powell (The Red Shoes, Stairway to Heaven).

Exclusive

Exclusive

Drama · Romance · Crime

In a big city, two dueling newspaper editors try to out-scoop each other using different methods of journalistic integrity.

Farewell (Abschied)

Farewell (Abschied)

Drama · World Cinema

In a return to the realistic “Street films” of the German silent era, Robert Siodmak  directed this comedy drama of intersecting lives within the rooms of a working-class boarding house.

A Farewell To Arms (1932)

A Farewell To Arms (1932)

Academy Award Winners · Based on Literature · Drama

An Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, A FAREWELL TO ARMS is a ravishing adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's legendary novel, starring Gary Cooper (High Noon) as Lt. Frederic Henry, a young ambulance driver for the Italian army in WWI, more interested in chasing women than the enemy. When seeking c…

Damaged Lives / Damaged Goods (Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture, Vol. 13)

Damaged Lives / Damaged Goods (Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture, Vol. 13)

Drama

Eugène Brieux’s play Les Avaries endeavored to bring syphilis out of the shadows and erase the stigma surrounding it.

REEFER MADNESS / SEX MADNESS (FORBIDDEN FRUIT: THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE EXPLOITATION PICTURE Volume 2)

REEFER MADNESS / SEX MADNESS (FORBIDDEN FRUIT: THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE EXPLOITATION PICTURE Volume 2)

Drama

No films better represent the 1970s midnight movie phenomenon as Reefer Madness and Sex Madness: two finger-wagging camp classics that hysterically warned the public of the horrors of marijuana and syphilis.

UNASHAMED: A ROMANCE / ELYSIA (VALLEY OF THE NUDE) (FORBIDDEN FRUIT: THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE EXPLOITATION PICTURE    Volume 3)

UNASHAMED: A ROMANCE / ELYSIA (VALLEY OF THE NUDE) (FORBIDDEN FRUIT: THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE EXPLOITATION PICTURE    Volume 3)

Drama

In an unusual reversal of the usual exploitation formula—in which scenes of sex, violence, and drug abuse were wrapped in a dire warning of moral degradation—the nudist film took a more positive approach to its subject matter.

Tomorrow’s Children / Child Bride (Forbidden Fruit Vol. 5)

Tomorrow’s Children / Child Bride (Forbidden Fruit Vol. 5)

Cult · Drama

Exploitation films of the 1930s didn’t only warn citizens of the dangers of drugs and venereal disease. The genre brazenly confronted on a wide array of distasteful issues, as evidenced in this double feature of two of the most bizarre entries in the exploitation canon. Tomorrow’s Childr…

The Lash of the Penitentes (Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture, Vol 9)

The Lash of the Penitentes (Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture, Vol 9)

Drama

Los Hermanos Penitentes celebrated Lent by enacting elaborate tableaus of flagellation, self-mutilation, and crucifixion. Envisioning the box-office potential of such a spectacle, cinematographer Roland Price shot several reels of footage of the rituals, then teamed with producer Harry Revier to fas…

Four Frightened People

Four Frightened People

Adventure · Pre-Code · Drama

When a deadly bubonic plague breaks out on a coastal steamer ship, four passengers steal a lifeboat and set sail on a mission of survival.

Hell's House

Hell's House

Drama

An exposé of the American penal system, HELL'S HOUSE stars Junior Durkin as a wholesome farmboy who moves to the city after the death of his mother. Dazzled by the smooth talk and beautiful girlfriend (Davis) of a wily bootlegger (O'Brien), the lad runs afoul of the law and is sentenced to a …

Hot Saturday

Hot Saturday

Pre-Code · Drama

Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll and Randolph Scott star in the Pre-Code scorcher about small-town gossip that leads to enormous damage.

I'm No Angel

I'm No Angel

Romantic Comedy · Pre-Code · Comedy

Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

Romantic Comedy · Comedy Drama · Pre-Code

To prevent his inheritance from going to his greedy family, a dying steel tycoon chooses eight random strangers and gives them each one million bucks.

Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn

Adventure · Crime · Thriller

Newly Restored! From the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. Based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier, a young woman discovers her uncle heads a gang of ship-wreckers and murderers under the secret patronage of the local squire.

The Jewish Soul: Classics of Yiddish Cinema

The Jewish Soul: Classics of Yiddish Cinema

Horror · Period Drama · Drama

Too often segregated within an academic and cultural niche, Yiddish cinema is in fact a varied and vibrant genre ripe for reappraisal. Whether shot in the fields of Poland or makeshift studios in Manhattan, Yidishe Kino endure not only as precious documents of a vanishing culture, but a fascinating …

The Kaiser of California

The Kaiser of California

Drama · Western · World Cinema

Based on the story of German-born John Sutter, gold rush pioneer and founder of what would become the city of Sacramento.

The Last Train From Madrid

The Last Train From Madrid

Adventure · Action · Drama

Protected by only a single guard while escaping from Madrid on a train, a group of weary individuals from different social classes share snippets of life and love before and during the war illustrating the profound impact it has had on their lives.

Legong: Dance of the Virgins

Legong: Dance of the Virgins

Romance · Drama

Filmed entirely in Bali in 1935, LEGONG: DANCE OF THE VIRGINS is a tragic tale of love denied featuring a new restoration and soundtrack by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Little Man, What Now?

Little Man, What Now?

Pre-Code · Drama

Fired for marrying his sweetheart Emma instead of his boss’s daughter, Hans  moves his pregnant wife to Berlin where he gets a job as a salesman.

Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

Comedy Drama · Pre-Code

In one of her earliest and most popular roles, the adorable Shirley Temple single-handedly melts the hearts of a gang of hardened gamblers when she is left as an IOU or “marker” for a debt.

Love Me Tonight (Special Edition)

Love Me Tonight (Special Edition)

Romance · Pre-Code · National Film Registry

A carefree tailor leaves Paris to collect on a past-due bill at a recalcitrant aristocratic client’s family chateau. Mistaken for a Baron, he falls love with an aloof young princess.

Mamba

Mamba

Drama

An exotic adventure set among ivory traders and military officers in Colonial East Africa, MAMBA stars Jean Hersholt as a corrupt land-owner who battles a German officer (Ralph Forbes) over the honor of a young woman (Eleanor Boardman).

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

Mystery · Thriller · Drama

Verin writes anti-war editorials and allows politician Henry Dumont to take credit for his words in the broadsheet he publishes. When Dumont’s political aspirations bring him closer to the very people condemned in Verin’s writings, he urges the scribe to soften his rhetoric. After Verin …

Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities

Romance · Pre-Code · Mystery

An opening night of a new musical leads to real behind-the-scenes drama when the play’s leading lady is the target of a brutal murder plot. Producer Jack Ellery hires detective Bill Murdock to solve the crime and chase down a killer while staying out of the spotlight.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Mystery · Horror · Drama

An opium-addicted choirmaster, John Jasper (Claude Rains), becomes obsessed with a young student named Rosa Bud.

Mädchen in Uniform

Mädchen in Uniform

LGBTQ · Lesbian · Drama

As a new student at an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with the compassionate teacher Fräulein von Bernburg, and her feelings are requited. Experiencing her first love, lonely Manuela also discovers the complexities that come with an illicit romance. This artfully composed land…

Next Time We Love

Next Time We Love

Romance · Drama

When newlywed reporter Christopher Tyler is posted to Rome, his actress wife, Cicely, refuses to go with him, preferring to stay in New York. Devoting themselves to their thriving careers, they become increasingly estranged.

Night After Night

Night After Night

Romantic Comedy · Pre-Code · Comedy

An ex-thug intent on losing his street-smart manner, hires a proper spinster to accompany him and a formerly rich society girl to dinner at his swanky establishment. Complicating matters, his flamboyant ex-girlfriend breezes over to their table and innocently begins to expose his past.    

Night World

Night World

Comedy · Crime · Musical

Story of the goings-on at a swanky Prohibition-era nightclub owned by an affable racketeer.

Now and Forever

Now and Forever

Romance · Drama

Penny is a poor-little-rich girl whose father, Jerry, a jewel thief and con artist, comes to claim her from his late wife’s stuffy relatives.

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

Romance · Based on Literature · Drama

In John Cromwell's adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's OF HUMAN BONDAGE, Leslie Howard (GONE WITH THE WIND) stars as Philip, a British medical student who becomes infatuated with a most unlikely woman: a vulgar waitress named Mildred (Davis). Davis fearlessly embraces Mildred's dark side, and delive…

Peter Ibbetson

Peter Ibbetson

Romance · Fantasy · Drama

A Victorian-era architect, commissioned by British royalty to rebuild some stables, is delighted to find that the spirited Duchess is actually his long-lost love.

Port of Shadows (4KUHD) AKA Le Quai Des Brumes

Port of Shadows (4KUHD) AKA Le Quai Des Brumes

Drama · Romance · Crime

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance at life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, when acts of both revenge and kindness turn him into front-page news.

Pre-Code Classics [Confessions of a Coed | Ladies of the Big House]

Pre-Code Classics [Confessions of a Coed | Ladies of the Big House]

Mystery · Drama · Romance

Early in her legendary Hollywood career, the luminous Sylvia Sidney starred in these 2 passion-packed, Pre-Code melodramas.

Rich and Strange (Special Edition) aka East of Shanghai

Rich and Strange (Special Edition) aka East of Shanghai

Romance · Comedy Drama · Comedy

Fred Hill and his wife Emily lead a boring existence in the London suburbs. When the Hills come into an inheritance from a wealthy uncle, Fred quits his mundane job and they embark on a world cruise to get a taste of the high life.

Rio

Rio

Romance · Crime · Drama

A crooked Parisian financier escapes from a penal colony off the coast of South America and seeks revenge against his wife's lover.

Search for Beauty

Search for Beauty

Romance · Pre-Code · Crime

Two amorous Olympic athletes brought in to run a health-and-beauty magazine are completely unaware that the owners of the magazine are con artists who have different plans for the publication’s future as a salacious “skin” rag.

The Secret of the Blue Room

The Secret of the Blue Room

Mystery · Horror · Drama

A deadly secret from the past returns to haunt a young woman and her loved ones in The Secret of the Blue Room.

She Done Him Wrong (Special Edition)

She Done Him Wrong (Special Edition)

Romantic Comedy · Pre-Code · Comedy

In the 1890s, a bawdy nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome young man who works at the local mission.

The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross

History · Pre-Code · Drama

In the year 64 A.D., the corrupt and maniacal Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar torches the city so he can blame the ensuing destruction on the unsuspecting Christians. Meanwhile, Roman Prefect Marcus Superbus falls for an innocent and beautiful Christian maiden, Mercia. When the seductive and wicked Emp…