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Rage at Dawn is set in post-Civil War Indiana, where a prosecuting attorney recruits a government agent to infiltrate and bring down a gang leader and his outlaw brothers. The agent must navigate a web of deception, violence, and double-cross to seek justice and avenge the death of his brother.
Edge of Doom is a film noir crime drama that follows a man's descent into darkness as he deals with his crisis of conscience after being falsely accused of murder. Set in a tenement building, the story revolves around his interactions with various characters, including a priest, a widow, and a police detective, as he battles poverty and police harassment.
In 'Doomsday Machine,' an astronaut must stop a doomsday device from causing the end of the world. Along the way, he encounters space travel, radiation, and the threat of nuclear war.
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
Cyrano de Bergerac is a skilled swordsman with an exceptionally large nose, which he believes keeps him from finding love. He secretly loves the beautiful Roxane, but feels unworthy of her. When Roxane falls in love with a handsome soldier, Christian, Cyrano agrees to help him win her heart, using his poetic skills to write love letters on Christian's behalf. As Christian and Roxane's relationship blossoms, Cyrano watches from the sidelines, torn between his self-inflicted lonliness and his desire to see Roxane happy. The story explores themes of unrequited love, passion, self-sacrifice, and self-destructiveness.
When a ship captain receives a message about a lost city beneath the sea, he sets out to investigate. Along the way, he encounters treachery, deception, and a voodoo cult. As he unravels the scheme, he must navigate through secret passageways, avoid traps, and confront the high priest of the cult. Will he be able to save the day and uncover the truth?
Tammy is a young country girl who lives on a farm in Louisiana. When a pilot crash-lands near her house, she rescues him and takes him to her family's mansion. Despite their different backgrounds, Tammy and the bachelor find themselves falling in love. However, their relationship is put to the test by the disapproval of Tammy's mother, who wants her to marry a local boy. With the help of her aunt and some unexpected allies, Tammy fights to follow her heart and find her own happiness.
Outrage is a film-noir crime drama from 1950. It follows the story of a woman who is raped and seeks justice. However, her pursuit of justice leads to difficult choices and confrontations with the dark side of society. The film explores themes of trauma, faith, and the struggle for truth in a corrupted world.
Accused of killing a woman on a train, Sharon Carlin runs home to find another corpse there too!
A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend Andy Martin. Crooked mine-owner Bannon wants to merge their interests so they can create a monopoly but is turned down. Pete is interested in "Nevada" Wray, daughter of mine-owner "Jackpot" Wray, but she has eyes only for Andy. The rejected Pete joins forces with Bannon and they learn that, because of location, "Jackpot" Wray may be the owner of all the gold in the respective veins. Bannon and his men try to get rid of Andy.
There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice Guy Blaché in 1896. Few people know that Lillian Gish became a director in her own right in 1920. Ida Lupino directed over a hundred episodes of "Have Gun, Will Travel," "Thriller," "Gunsmoke," and many independent features.
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff(2002)
From Czarist Russia's Moscow Art Theatre to Hollywood's biggest film, narrator Gregory Peck joins an A-list of Hollywood stars to take us through the odyssey of two Russian born Hollywood legends: The great acting teacher Michael Chekhov and the amazing director George Shdanoff.
A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.
Director James B. Clark's western, set in 1848 California, is about a brother and sister battling a crooked businessman over property rights.
A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
After a scientist is killed in a tragic accident, his brain is transplanted into a robot body. As he adjusts to his new existence, his family struggles with the changes and the potential dangers that come with his new form.
City That Never Sleeps is a crime drama film set in Chicago. It tells the story of a beat cop who experiences a night filled with crime, corruption, and unrequited love. The film showcases the dark underbelly of the city that never sleeps.
A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.
In this fast-paced Western, smaler ranchers hire a former gunman Bart Jones (Scott Brady) in the middle of a range war when he's called on to protect a group of small-time ranchers against cattle baron Maj.
An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by Bedouin bandits.
Mala Powers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers (December 20, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was an American film actress. She was born in San Francisco, California. In 1940, her family moved to Los Angeles. Her father was an executive with United Press. In the summer of her relocation, Powers attended the Max Reinhardt Junior Workshop where she enjoyed her first role in a play before a live audience. She continued with her drama lessons, and a year later she auditioned and won a part in the 1942 Dead End Kids film Tough as They Come. At the age of 16 she began working in radio drama, before becoming a film actress in 1950. Her first roles were in Outrage and Edge of Doom in 1950. That same year, Stanley Kramer signed Powers to star opposite Jose Ferrer in what may be her most remembered role as Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her part in this movie. While on a USO entertainment tour in Korea in 1951, she acquired a blood disease and almost died. She was treated with chloromycetin, but a severe allergic reaction resulted in the loss of much of her bone marrow. Powers barely survived, and her recovery took nearly nine months. She began working again in 1952 and 1953, including a part in City Beneath the Sea and City That Never Sleeps, although she was still taking medication. Following her recovery, she appeared in B-movie westerns, such as Rage at Dawn (1955), and science fiction films, among them The Colossus of New York (1958), Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961), and Doomsday Machine (1972). She also had a large role in Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) She appeared on more than one hundred television programs, including episodes of Appointment with Adventure, John Payne's The Restless Gun, Maverick, Bonanza, Wild Wild West and Perry Mason. She co-starred opposite Anthony Quinn in the television movie The Man and the City, later a television series. She was married to Monte Vanton in 1954, but they divorced in 1962; they had a son, Toren Vanton, who survived his mother. Powers remarried in 1970 to M. Hughes Miller, a book publisher. Powers was a successful children's author of "Follow the Star" and "Follow the Year" and of "Dial a Story". Shortly before her death from complications of leukemia June 11, 2007, aged 75, she had been on a lecture tour at universities. She was a master teacher for the past 14 years in the summer program at the University of Southern Maine for the Michael Chekhov Theatre Institute, training actors and teachers of acting. Mala Powers co-founded the National Michael Chekhov Association with teaching colleagues Wil Kilroy and Lisa Dalton, who continue to teach the curriculum developed by the trio in Maine. Powers was the executrix of the Michael Chekhov estate and instrumental in publishing Chekhov's books On the Technique of Acting, To the Actor, and The Path of the Actor. She also published Chekhov's audio series "On Theatre and the Art of Acting", to which she added a 60 page study guide. She co-narrates with Gregory Peck a documentary on Chekhov entitled "From Russia To Hollywood". She was patron of the Michael Chekhov Studio London and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Powers also had a small but recurring role on Shirley Booth's Hazel series. In that capacity she became a close friend of Lynn Borden, who played Barbara Baxter in the 1965-1966 season. Later, she gave Borden several elephant figurines, one a jade piece an another purchased on a trip to India. Borden became a collector of both frog and elephant figures. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mala Powers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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