Drama
Anna Boleyn
The tragic story of the second wife of England's Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
Annie Laurie
The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.
Barbara Stanwyck Collection [Internes Can't Take Money / The Great Man's Lady / The Bride Wore Boots]
This collection feature three classic films starring screen legend Barbara Stanwyck.
The Beloved Rogue
A rich historical romance starring John Barrymore as poet Frances Villon who battles against nasty King Louis the XI in 17th Century France.
Blood and Sand
A young Spaniard who achieves his boyhood ambition to become a celebrated toreador finds himself the victim of his own desires, forsaking the pure love of the sweet-natured Carmen for the sinister charms of the exotic Doña Sol.
The Blue Angel (Deluxe Blu-ray)
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 crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability.
The Blue Light
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
When a Black couple rent a room above a tavern, it ignites the fears and jealousies simmering in a rural Swiss village.
Broken Lullaby
French violinist Paul Renard has returned from World War I triumphant, but is haunted by the death of a German soldier at his hands.
Carole Lombard Collection I [Fast and Loose / Man of the World / No Man of Her Own]
This collection includes three 1930s Pre-Code classics starring screen legend Carole Lombard.
The Cheat (1931)
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
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 Crusades
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 Daughter of Dawn
Lost for almost a century, this rousing melodrama of love and jealousy was filmed in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma with an all-Native American cast of Kiowa and Comanche actors.
The David O. Selznick Collection
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…
Deluge
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
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
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.
Drifting/White Tiger
Drifting - An opium trafficker is caught between an undercover government agent and a fellow smuggler in a remote Chinese village. White Tiger involves a band of jewel thieves who employ a chess-playing automaton to gain entry into the homes of the wealthy.
The Eagle and the Hawk
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
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
In a big city, two dueling newspaper editors try to out-scoop each other using different methods of journalistic integrity.
Farewell (Abschied)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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.
Fritz Lang's Destiny
A young woman (Lil Dagover) confronts the personification of Death (Bernhard Goetzke), in an effort to save the life of her fiance (Walter Janssen). Death weaves three romantic tragedies and offers to unite the girl with her lover, if she can prevent the death of the lovers in at least one of the ep…
The Godless Girl
A naive teenager leads a Godless Society at her high school and encourages her fellow students to “Kill the Bible.” A pious schoolmate organizes a mob to destroy her headquarters, resulting in the death of her comrade.
The Great Gabbo
One of Hollywood's earliest -- and most peculiar -- musicals, The Great Gabbo stars von Stroheim as an egotistical ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-like spell upon an ingenue.
Hell's House
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 …
Hindle Wakes
Directed by Maurice Elvey, this British adaptation of the popular stage play provides laughs, thrills and revelations about women's liberation for audiences on both sides of the pond!
Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection
Before he became known as the Master of Suspense in Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock had already established himself as a precociously talented filmmaker in England. Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection brings together five features he directed for the production company that first displa…
Hot Saturday
Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll and Randolph Scott star in the Pre-Code scorcher about small-town gossip that leads to enormous damage.
The Informer
Based on Liam O’Flaherty’s popular Irish novel (which John Ford famously adapted in 1935), this gripping thriller is set among a group of revolutionaries in the newly independent Ireland of 1922. When one of their number kills the chief of police, he goes on the run. But when he returns …
Jamaica Inn
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
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
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
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
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?
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.
The Love of Jeanne Ney
The Love of Jeanne Ney follows a young French woman’s struggle for happiness amid the political turbulence and corruption of post-World War I Europe.
Mamba
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
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 …
Michael
Danish film master Carl Theodor Dreyer's homoerotic classic Michael is a mature and visually elegant period romance decades ahead of its time.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
An opium-addicted choirmaster, John Jasper (Claude Rains), becomes obsessed with a young student named Rosa Bud.
Mädchen in Uniform
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…
Nana
When her father dies, a young girl is sent to live with her uncle. Mistreated, she runs away to lead a vagabond’s life in the forest. When she is found, she becomes Nana, a fashionable actress of loose morals, becoming first the mistress of a count, and then of the Emperor’s chamberlain.
Next Time We Love
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 World
Story of the goings-on at a swanky Prohibition-era nightclub owned by an affable racketeer.
Now and Forever
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
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
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.
Piccadilly
American actress Anna May Wong had to travel to Europe for her greatest role, as Shosho, the scullery maid whose sultry dancing makes her the toast of London in E.A. Dupont's silent masterpiece.
Port of Shadows (4KUHD) AKA Le Quai Des Brumes
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.