Berton Churchill

Stagecoach revolutionized the western, elevating it from B movie to the A-list and establishing the genre as we know it today with its quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances.

Arliss second-guesses his decision to place a personal ad when Jasmine, his date, turns out to be a quirky, gun wielding woman whose initial intention was to mock his desperation.

A new sheriff faces the rustlers who killed his predecessor.

Walter Huston stars as an idealistic bank president who has been making loans to depositors without sufficient collateral. When there's a run on his bank, his loyal staff rallies local small businessmen to make more deposits which moves the directors to keep the bank afloat. Released shortly after FDR's New Deal, this film whole-heartedly espoused Roosevelt's ideals.

A reformer's daughter wins the lead in a scandalous Broadway show in this amusing and entertaining musical starring Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee Joan Blondell ("Grease," "The Champ") and Dick Powell ("42nd Street" "Murder My Sweet"). Trouble brews when a religious millionaire declares war against "filthy" entertainment. Co-starring Ruby Keeler ("42nd Street").

Arliss places a "lonely hearts" ad in a single paper. Jasmine makes the call. They agree to meet at the Asylum Café. That's when the trouble begins! Arliss is expecting the slender, virginal beauty described to him on the phone. When the quirky woman in black, who has been mocking his antiquated male fantasies, turns out to be Jasmine, Arliss bolts. Jasmine chases after him and begs him to stay. When he blows her off, and she pulls a gun! As Arliss' anger turns to attraction, they both find out you don't always get what you expect when you look for love in all the wrong places.

This is where it all started. John Ford’s smash hit and enduring masterpiece Stagecoach revolutionized the western, elevating it from B movie to the A-list and establishing the genre as we know it today. The quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances, Stagecoach features outstanding performances from Hollywood stalwarts Claire Trevor, John Carradine, and Thomas Mitchell, and, of course, John Wayne, in his first starring role for Ford, as the daredevil outlaw the Ringo Kid. Superbly shot and tightly edited, Stagecoach (Ford’s first trip to Monument Valley) is Hollywood storytelling at its finest.

In their first outing at Republic Studios, Grand Ole Opry staples Leon, June and Frank Weaver star as the first family of Pine Ridge, Ark., which is under siege from government workers trying to build a dam. Earnest official John Parker (Ralph Byrd) and his sidekick Pinky (Pinky Tomlin) try to convince the wary hillbillies that the move will provide them with labor-saving modern devices, but it's an uphill battle.

Seen as a liability by her presidential-hopeful father (Henry Kolker), socialite Mary Smith (Merle Oberon) is told to lay low on the family's Palm Beach estate. But problems arise when Mary meets and weds rodeo star Stretch (Gary Cooper), who thinks Mary is a maid. While Mary struggles to keep her high-falutin' identity secret from her plainspoken new hubby, her father's aides must keep the match secret from the press in this screwball romance.

As if getting out the door for a blind date isn't hard enough, 30-something Arliss (Mitch Rouse) winds up with a gun-toting psychotic in this comedy-drama. When skinny blonde Jasmine answers his personal ad, Arliss heads out to meet her. Instead, he gets in a heated talk with Jasmine's opposite (Janeane Garofalo). Turns out the unstable woman is Jasmine -- &NFi;and&NFi_; she's got a gun, &NFi;and&NFi_; it's her birthday. Margaret Cho and Bob Goldthwait co-star.

A small town elevator operator Spencer Brown (Fay) is thrust into the mayoral race, due to his reputation as the resident philosopher of the town. Harry Bayliss (Meeker) helps his friend during the campaign with a hidden recording device he invented, and Norma Baker (Hall) plays the small town girl-next-door that Spencer is in love with. Lots of comedic hijinks and one-liners from popular Broadway comedidan Frank Fay makes this an enjoyable feature.

A small town elevator operator Spencer Brown (Fay) is thrust into the mayoral race, due to his reputation as the resident philosopher of the town. Harry Bayliss (Meeker) helps his friend during the campaign with a hidden recording device he invented, and Norma Baker (Hall) plays the small town girl-next-door that Spencer is in love with. Lots of comedic hijinks and one-liners from popular Broadway comedidan Frank Fay makes this an enjoyable feature.