When a villain threatens to evict all the pets in the city, a group of secret-agent talking animals must join forces to stop him and save their owners.
Proud Mary follows Mary, a trained hitwoman working for an organized crime family in Boston. When a hit goes wrong, she forms an unexpected bond with a young boy and decides to protect him at all costs, even if it means going up against her own organization. As she fights for redemption, Mary confronts her past and faces numerous obstacles, including rival criminals and a web of deceit within her own ranks.
Stuck is a dark comedy about a man and woman who get stuck together after a hit-and-run accident. As they struggle to free themselves, they find themselves embroiled in a series of misadventures involving a hidden corpse, a garage fire, and a shocking discovery. Will they be able to escape their predicament and find redemption, or will they be forever trapped in their own twisted fate?
When a widowed father and his young daughter face a bleak Christmas, a guardian angel sends them on a journey of healing and rediscovery.
Pauline begins to lose track of time, misplace things and find herself disoriented. She fears falling victim to a disease, but all is not as it seems. She must find the truth and prove it to the police and herself.
15-year-old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends up turning to prostitution when she is unable to get a job due to her age. She meets Alexander, a young male hustler who takes her in, but when she starts working for a pimp, Alexander becomes a target.
In Staying Together, a group of siblings in a small town deal with family tensions and the challenges of running a chicken restaurant, while facing personal issues like heart attacks and arguments. Through comedic and dramatic moments, they navigate their relationships and find ways to stay together.
Poor Pete the Pup. He wants to hang himself because his master, Joe, has given up playing with him and going fishing for the love of a girl. A dog friend of Pete's stops him in the nick of time, and in flashback Pete tells him of his sorrows; Pete becomes a drunkard and is chased away by Joe. The last straw comes when another dog knocks Joe's sweetheart into a lake and Pete is blamed for it. Will Pete carry through with his suicide or will Joe apologize?
Spies from several countries try to find out what secrets are hidden in the mind of a young amnesiac girl who has appeared in Paris.
Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms with his role in the war, and his role as a Black person in America. He survives by working odd jobs in Washington, D.C. and living with his girlfriend and her son. When criticism of his alienated behavior come from her and a father figure too often, he runs to the streets or to his grandmother's rural house in Virginia. Her criticism and his memories of the past both send him fleeing again to Los Angeles, where he is surrounded by superficial people who have forgotten how to be compassionate human beings. It is here that the advice of his friends and grandmother combine to transform him from an embittered ex-soldier to a strong and confident man.
A young girl runs away from her carnival family to make it in New York and becomes involved with a young songwriter.
In 'I Love Melvin,' a photographer falls in love with a singer and tries to win her over while dealing with romantic rivals and other challenges.
When Joe, a hold-up man, tries to rob Mary, a nightclub hostess, she winds winds up knocking him out. She takes pity on him, however, and nurses him back to health. He decides to go straight and marry her. Mary buys a $1000 Liberty Bond as an investment, while Joe saves up and buys a taxi to start his own business. Then Maisie, Mary's wild and money-crazy sister, shows up, which leads to tragedy.
Join a lovable cast of characters as they navigate the streets of New York City and indulge in the ultimate sundae experience. From stand-up comedians to singing sensations, this heartwarming tale will leave you craving more.
This inspirational documentary follows four deaf entertainers: a comic, drummer, actor and a singer as they attempt to cross over to mainstream audiences. These uniquely talented entertainers overcome great challenges to celebrate success.
Snub Pollard and Marvin Loback find comic situations as bums, night cops and seance attendees in this silent short.
Daisy is a drama movie that revolves around the life of a dying patient named Daisy. She forms an unexpected bond with a homeless man, which leads to a series of events that change their lives forever. As they navigate through their struggles, including addiction, war veteran issues, and homelessness, they find solace in their relationship. The movie showcases the power of human connection and the resilience of the human spirit.
Pertti works as telegraph operator on a ship. The ship arrives in Helsinki and Pertti looks forward to meet his mother and the neighbor girl, who he is in love. But his plans change, when he steps into a restaurant with the first officer of the ship on the first ashore.
Juuso, Late, and Pyry return from military service to their small village in the Finnish countryside. Finding work is difficult there, so Juuso decides to take a job on a Norwegian oil drilling platform. Late could start working on his family's chicken farm but wants to break free from his father who has a new wife. Looking for work in Gothenburg, Sweden, he only runs into more problems and is deported back to Finland. Pyry would like to take over his late father's farm but family quarrels over the estate make him quit his agricultural studies and, together with drifter Late, take a job in a steel mill in southern Finland.
Desperate for cash, three friends take a job running a run-down night club.