The Cat and the Canary (1939)
A decade after the death of an eccentric millionaire, his remaining relatives gather for the reading of the will at his abandoned mansion. Tension builds after his niece is named the sole inheritor and it is revealed that one of the other relatives will get everything if the heiress goes insane with…
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXVI [Dr. Broadway / Smooth as Silk / The Great Gatsby]
This collection features three unsung gems of classic film noir.
The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby works his way from poor fisherman to extravagant Long Island millionaire and then risks it all to woo back his former love.
My Favorite Brunette
Comedy legend Bob Hope plays a baby photographer who gets mixed up with gangsters in this spoof of the hardboiled detective genre. Also features horror legends Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr. as two of Hope's villainous foils.
Never Say Die
A misdiagnosis of only a month to live sends millionaire hypochondriac Bob Hope into the arms of Martha Raye and on a madcap matrimonial romp through a Swiss spa in this side-splitting screwball comedy.
Nothing But the Truth
Stockbroker Steve Bennett (Bob Hope) is being pressured to lie to his clients, but his better moral judgment just won’t let him. So, when his boss and his partner bet him that no one can go without a falsehood in a 24-hour period, Steve takes on the challenge.