Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver. Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie. They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold. This time he heads for the hills with an inveterate prospector, Jimmo McCann. A decade later, the two are still hunting for their big strike when McCann is killed in an accident. Powell returns home with news of a big strike but the deserted Julie will have nothing to do with him. His friend Killian will not believe him but Haver, now a banker gives him a small loan and then beats him out of his claim. Many years pass before he comes home, now sixty-years-old, and this time, his wife and son open their home to him. But he vows to go prospecting come next spring.
The Brothers Rico (1957) tells the story of a former mob accountant, Eddie Rico, who is trying to go straight but gets pulled back into the criminal world when his brothers become involved with a criminal syndicate. Eddie must navigate the dangerous underworld to protect his family and make difficult choices that will test his loyalty.
Captain from Castile is a thrilling swashbuckler that follows the journey of Pedro de Vargas, a young Spanish nobleman who joins an expedition to the New World in search of gold and glory. Along the way, Pedro faces danger, betrayal, and the cruelty of the Spanish Inquisition. Will he survive and find his fortune?
When his wife, the outspoken feminist Miyuki Takeda, announced that she was leaving him in order to find herself, Kazuo Hara began this raw, intensely personal documentary as a way to both maintain a connection to the woman he still cared for and to make sense of their complex relationship. Granted at times shockingly intimate access to Miyuki’s personal life, Hara follows her wayward journey toward liberation as she explores her sexuality with both men and women, becomes pregnant and raises a family as a single mother, and grows increasingly disenchanted with the constraints of traditional social structures.
During World War II, a commander is faced with a difficult decision that will have significant consequences.
Rockabye is a pre-Code romantic drama film about a theatrical manager who falls in love with a stage actress while trying to balance her career and personal life. When she becomes involved in a trial as a witness, she must make difficult choices that will impact her relationships and her future.
Dombey & Son is a movie set in 19th century London, exploring the intricate relationships within a family. It focuses on the dynamics between a father and son, as well as the impact of a brother-sister relationship and a husband-wife relationship. The story revolves around the birth of a son and the consequences it brings to the family.
Mary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for prostitution. But a stranger, Jimmie Martin, stands up and tells the judge that Mary was waiting for him and they were going to be married.
Don't come home with the clap. John Smith does, and infects his unsuspecting wife with gonorrhea. Then their baby is born with it, leading to tragedy.
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