Irving Bacon

The Green Promise -- A stubborn old farmer won't listen to any of his neighbors about how to improve the efficiency of his farm with modern methods...

The Big Cat -- The story of the struggle for survival of a few inhabitants in the 'high country' of Utah in 1933, during the worst draught they have ever known in the Great Depression. City boy Danny arrives at his Uncle Gil's ranch to help the family out. Although lacking in ranch hand skills, the boy manages to save his uncle's life when a 'Big Cat' (a cougar) comes onto the ranch, desperate for the water it needs to survive. A local backwoodsman spends the film trying to track and kill the cougar before it kills a human, and a romance blooms between two young locals. A beautifully filmed outdoor drama.

A dozen top stars and five famed directors join forces to present filmed versions of the best stories of O. Henry, all narrated by John Steinbeck. O. Henry's short stories, rich with irony and humor, created a lasting image of everyday people in America at the turn of the 20th century. The five stories chosen for O. Henry's Full House are The Clarion Call, The Last Leaf, Ransom of the Red Chief, The Gift of the Magi and The Cop and the Anthem. A beautiful score along with dozens of the finest screenwriters, set designers and technicians, make this a treasure to discover.

Oscar-winner Humphrey Bogart ("Casablanca") stars in this exciting drama about a Merchant Marine vessel's fight against German attacks at the start of World War II. Oscar-winner Raymond Massey ("A Matter of Life and Death") and the talented Alan Hale ("It Happened One Night") co-star. Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Ruth Gorden ("Rosemary's Baby") also stars in this Oscar nominated film.

Academy Award-winning screen icons Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn shine in a classic film about marriage, politics and the pursuit of the American dream. When idealistic businessman Grant Matthews (Tracy) is chosen to run for the Presidency, he is caught between the ruthless ambition of a string-pulling newspaper owner and the integrity of his devoted wife (Hepburn). But just as Matthews embraces his ultimate goal, he realizes that he may have lost touch with the American people. Masterfully directed by three-time Academy Award winner Frank Capra (It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night), State of the Union is a timeless crowd pleaser with a stellar supporting cast including Angela Lansbury, Van Johnson and Adolphe Menjou.

Things really get shaken up when an aspiring opera singer becomes involved with a bawdy saloon owner and his high-society rival during the devastating earthquake of 1906. Spectacular special effects are second only to the stellar performances of Oscar-winner Clark Gable ("Gone With the Wind", "It Happened One Night"), Oscar-winner Spencer Tracy ("Mutiny on the Bounty," "Adam's Rib") and Jeanette MacDonald ("Love Me Tonight"). Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Writing and Director. Spencer Tracy received his first of nine nominations. Look for The Three Stooges in one of their few feature appearances. With buildings crumbling, streets opening up, and fires erupting, this is the disaster picture that set the standard.

When Cheyenne Rogers (Glenn Ford), a hunted gunman, rides into Red Valley, he meets and falls in love with Allison MacLeod (Evelyn Keyes). Trying to go straight, Cheyenne is enmeshed in a web of intrigue and killing that leads him to the brink of a lynching. Escaping with Sheriff Upton's (Randolph Scott) help, he returns to Red Valley long enough to learn about the underhanded dealings of some of the town's supposedly respectable citizens. With the sheriff jailed for his part in Cheyenne's escape, the gunman returns amid the thunderings of a wild horse stampede to free him and clean up the lawlessness of Red Valley. The Deperadoes was Columbia Pictures first technicolor feature film.

Randolph Scott plays outlaw Vance Shaw who decides to change his ways and work for the growing Western Union company. His brother continues to pursue the life of an outlaw, even going so far as to try and sabotage the telegraph company as they lay down lines between Omaha and Salt Lake City. With the help of a Western Union executive Richard Blake (Robert Young), Scott attempts to keep the growing and important company out of the clutches of an immoral businessman (Dean Jagger). Western Union was adapted from a story by the noted western writer Zane Grey.

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.

U.S. Cavalry troopers and Apache braves wage an all-out battle for survival in the Southwest desert in this gripping, thoughtful saga about war's power to wear down men's minds and eventually destroy their sanity. Joel McCrea stars as Sgt. Vinson, who must lead his bloodied cavalry group to safety after its commander dies in an Apache ambush. Vinson's bitter hatred for the Apache enemy, however, threatens to cloud his thinking.

Led by Sgt. Matt Blake (Scott Brady), a Yankee cavalry unit escorting a prisoner through Indian Territory has no choice but to join forces with a band of former Confederates when both groups come under attack from hostile Apaches. Although the Union boys and the Southerners manage to hang on to their rifles, the Indians up the ante when they steal the interlopers' horses. A young Clint Eastwood received third billing in this 1958 oater.

Featuring an all-star cast, this allegorical Western follows six disparate stagecoach passengers who must brave harsh terrain, marauding Indians and one another to reach Laramie, Wyo., with singer Amy Clarke (Linda Darnell) and outlaw John Banner (Dale Robertson) leading the group. Relying on them for survival are a pacifist senator (Ward Bond), a vengeful bank clerk (John Lund), Amy's alcoholic pal (Regis Toomey) and a tenderfoot (Whit Bissell).