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Judge Priestis a 1934 Americancomedy filmstarringWill Rogers. The film was directed byJohn Ford,produced bySol M. Wurtzelin association with Fox Film, and based on humoristIrvin S. Cobb's character Judge Priest. The picture is set in post-reconstructionKentuckyand the supporting cast featuresHenry B. Walthall,Hattie McDanielandStepin Fetchit.It was remade by Ford in 1953 asThe Sun Shines Bright. Plot: Personable Judge Priest (Will Rogers), known to his contemporaries as "Billy", presides over court in Fairfield, Kentucky in 1890, Jeff Poindexter is accused of chicken theft. Senator Horace Maydew, a rival in an election bid to the judge's seat, as well as the prosecuting attorney in Jeff's case, who after some distraction by Priest and the court onlookers, is found innocent. Priest befriends Jeff and goes fishing with him after court and hires him in his household. Priest's nephew, Jerome "Rome" Priest has just returned home after studying law and passing the bar, and attempts to rekindle his romance with Ellie May Gillespie, but she explains that she now has other interests. Rome's mother, Mrs. Caroline Priest, has made it her business to enforce propriety and makes it known that she is completely against a match between her son, Rome, and Ellie May, as the young woman's father has been absent and is unknown. Mrs. Priest is vocal about her hopes that Maydew's daughter, Virginia, would be a proper societal match for Rome, and pushes him in that direction. While visiting his late wife's grave, Priest takes note of local townsman, Bob Gillis, who places flowers on Ellie May's late mother's grave which later becomes relevant. Uncouth barber, Flem Talley, has been courting Ellie May, but his unwelcome advances towards Ellie May makes it appear that he's not looking for her hand in marriage. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicComedyDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #RomanceDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Father's Little Dividendis a 1951 Americancomedy filmdirected byVincente Minnelliand starringSpencer Tracy,Joan Bennett, andElizabeth Taylor. The movie is the sequel toFather of the Bride(1950). Plot: In this sequel toFather of the Bride, newly married Kay Dunstan (Elizabeth Taylor) announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby, leaving her father, Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy), having to come to grips with becoming a grandfather. Middle-class family man Stanley Banks reminisces on events of the past year: One afternoon, returning from the office feeling happy and energetic, Stanley's routine is interrupted when his wife Ellie (Joan Bennett) tells him that they are having dinner with their daughter Kay and her husband, Buckley Dunstan (Don Taylor), to hear some important news. Although Stanley is certain that it concerns Buckley's business, the newlyweds reveal that Kay is expecting a baby. Buckley's parents, Doris (Billie Burke) and Herbert (Moroni Olsen), are delighted, as is Ellie, but Stanley broods that he is too young and vibrant to be a grandfather. Soon Ellie, flush with excitement, throws Kay a baby shower, something Stanley thinks is highway robbery not punishable by law. Later, Ellie suggests that they remodel their house to enable Kay, Buckley, and the baby to move in with them, but Stanley puts his foot down. Ellie is near tears when the wealthy Dunstans announce that they are planning to add a wing to their home for the couple, but is overjoyed when Kay and Buckley reveal that they have just bought their own little house, enabling Ellie to have free rein helping Kay decorate. After settling into their new home, Kay, who is very close to her father, expresses her concern that the baby will make a difference in her relationship with Buckley. Stanley comforts her by telling her how much he loved her as a baby. Soon the Bankses and the Dunstans are trying to outdo one another buying gifts and making plans for the baby, up to his enrollment in college. One night, while listening to Ellie, Doris, and Herbert bicker over what the baby should be named, Kay breaks down and runs to her room. Only Stanley, who Kay feels is the sole parent who understands her, is able to comfort her. The day after pledging to Kay that he will make certain that none of the in-laws will interfere again, Stanley drags Ellie to Kay's physician, Dr. Andrew Nordell, anxious over the "modern" ideas Nordell has about a more natural method of childbirth and infant care. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicComedyDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #RomanceDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Dancing Pirateis a 1936 Americanmusical comedyfilm directed byLloyd Corrigan. It is thethird filmshot in thethree strip Technicolorprocess and the first musical in that format. Produced by the makers ofBecky Sharp, the film was based on the December 1930Colliers MagazinestoryGlorious BuccaneerbyEmma-Lindsay Squiera serious and action filled romance that may have been inspired by the story of Joseph Chapman.The film features the debut of stage starCharles Collinsand the cast includesRita Hayworthas one of The Royal Cansino Dancers. Other dancers in the film werePat NixonandMarjorie Reynolds. The films is set in the 1820s. Adance teacherfromBostonisenslavedbypirates, but escapes when the pirate ship lands in Spanish California. The local authorities mistake him for a pirate and sentence him to death. His execution is delayed in order for him to give dance lessons to the local women. When disgruntled former soldiers turn tobanditry, the captive teacher counters their efforts by orchestrating arevoltof theindigenous peoples of California. Plot: Set in Boston in the 1820s, the film tells of dance teacher Jonathan Pride,shanghaiedby pirates and forced to be a slave aboard his own ship. Jonathan is able to join a provisioning party that lands on the coast of California, then a part of theSpanish Empirewhere he makes his escape; his only possessions being his umbrella andmusic boxthat he uses for his dancing lessons. He is seen by a shepherd who warns the nearest town whose excitable population transform Jonathan's arrival into a full-fledged pirate invasion. TheAlcaldeDon Emilio Perena leads themilitiainto shooting up their own town whilst Jonathan is later captured in theboudoirof the Alcade's daughter Serafina. Jonathan is sentenced to death. When Serafina and the women of the town discover Jonathan's profession of dancing teacher, his execution is delayed until he teaches thewaltzto the women of the town. Meanwhile, Serafina's suitor Don Balthazar, a Captain of the Guards of thePresidio of Monterey, and some of his soldiers visit the town to not only marry Serafina and Don Balthazar, but unbeknownst to the town he has beencashieredfrom the Army along with his men who seek to loot the town. Don Balthazar also plans on secretly executing his rival Jonathan. Jonathan makes his escape and motivates the local downtrodden but peaceful Indians into anuprisingthrough teaching them a torridwar dance. The Indians use their only "weapons", theirlassoes, to capture the former soldiers who are nowbandits. Don Balthazar challenges Jonathan to aduelwith swords but Jonathan employs his dancing skills and his umbrella to defeat and capture the Don. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicComedyDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #RomanceDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Colonel Effingham's Raid(UK title:Man of the Hour) is a 1946 Americancomedy filmdirected byIrving Pichel. It is also known asBerry Fleming's Colonel Effingham's Raid,Everything's Peaches Down in GeorgiaandRebel Yell. The screenplay was written byKathryn Scola, based on a 1943 novel byBerry Fleming. The music score is byCyril J. Mockridge. The film starsCharles Coburn,Joan BennettandWilliam Eythe. The plot involves a retired career Army colonel who returns to his hometown, starts writing a column in a local newspaper and takes on the corrupt local politicians to not replace the historic county courthouse. Fleming based his novel on theCracker Partyand political corruption inRichmond County, Georgia. Plot: Newly retired United States ArmyColonelWilliam Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn) returns to his home town of Fredericksville,Georgia, in 1940. He meets his second cousin, once removed, Albert Marbury (William Eythe), a reporter for theLeadernewspaper. The next day,Confederate Memorial Day, Mayor Bill Silk (Thurston Hall) announces he intends to rename the town Confederate Monument Square after an undistinguished deceased politician named Pud Toolen. Effingham persuades a reluctant Earl Hoats (Allyn Joslyn), the editor of theLeader, to let him write a war column (for free). Effingham soon attacks the mayor's plan in his column, much to Hoats' dismay. The rivalNewsis getting most of the advertising revenue due to its friendly attitude toward the complacent local government, and Hoats had been trying to combat that. Silk decides to use Effingham, agreeing to the latter's beautification scheme for the square, but also deciding to tear down the old courthouse (and giving his brother-in-law Bill the contract to erect the new one). When Effingham learns about the plan, he fights for the courthouse’s restoration. He brings in expert Major Hickock to evaluate the condition of the building. The mayor responds by calling a town meeting, hoping that no one will show up. But Effingham alerts residents about the meeting in his column, and many townsfolk attend. The mayor claims the town will get 1/3 of the cost paid for by theWorks Progress Administrationif a new courthouse is built, but nothing for repairs. When uncomfortable questions are still asked, the mayor hastily adjourns the meeting. Effingham checks out the claims, and finds out that none of what the mayor said is true. Silk, however, refuses to call a second meeting. Despite the lack of support from the newspaper's staff, with the sole exception of Ella Sue Dozier, Effingham is undeterred. He talks to the key townspeople, but they refuse to help him, and his spirit is finally broken. Cousin Albert, who has enlisted in theNational Guard(in an effort to impress Ella Sue), realizes that Effingham is right. When the local Guard unit is called up by the federal government, the mayor starts to make an empty speech, but the crowd is hostile. Albert lashes out, demanding that the courthouse be repaired and the square left alone. With the townsfolk solidly behind him, he forces the mayor to give in to his demands, and Effingham's old friends admit he was right after all. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicComedyDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #RomanceDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Behave Yourself!is a 1951 American comedy directed and cowritten by George Beck, starringFarley GrangerandShelley Wintersand released byRKO Radio Pictures. Plot: Mild mannered youngCPABill Denny forgets about his and his wife Kate's second anniversary until the last minute, when a small dog starts to follow him. After Kate mistakes the dog for her present, mayhem ensues, and Bill is chased by police, smugglers, counterfeiters and murderers while being harassed by his mother-in-law. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicComedyDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #RomanceDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Wild Rideis a 1960 American film directed byHarvey Bermanand starringJack Nicholsonas a rebellious punk named Johnny, of theBeat generation, who spends his days as an amateurdirt track driverin between partying and troublemaking. It was released byFilmgroupas adouble featurewithThe Girl in Lovers Lane.The film has become part of thepublic domainand is considered by some to be acult classic. Plot: A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. He eventually kills a police officer, kidnaps his buddy's girlfriend, and sees his friend's life end in tragedy. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #SportsDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Race Car driver Richard Petty stars in his own b-movie bio. Info: Richard Lee Petty(born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "The King", is an American formerstock car racingdriver who raced from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called theNASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 43Plymouth/PontiacforPetty Enterprises. He was the first driver to win the Cup Series championship seven times (a record now tied withDale EarnhardtandJimmie Johnson),while also winning a record200 racesduring his career.This included winning theDaytona 500a record seven times and winning a record 27 races]in one season (1967). Statistically, he is the most accomplished driver in the history of the sport, and is one of the most respected figures in motorsports as a whole.Petty remains very active in the sport as both a NASCAR team owner (GMS Racing) in the Cup Series, and owner of Petty's Garage (car restoration and modification shop) inLevel Cross, North Carolina. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ActionDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Phantom Expressis a 1932 Americanpre-Codemysterycrime-dramadirected byEmory Johnsonand based on theEmory Johnsonstory. The film starsWilliam Collier, Jr.as Bruce Harrington,Sally Blaneas Carolyn Nolan andHobart Bosworthas Mr. Harrington.It was commercially released on August 15, 1932 byMajestic Pictures. Plot: This story starts with engineer D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan, played byJ. Farrell MacDonaldspeeding down the tracks at full throttle when he spies an oncoming train directly in his path. He quickly applies the emergency brakes, the train starts screeching to a halt but then derails. Several passengers are killed. An investigation cannot find any trace of the oncoming train that caused the derailment. Smoky is fired for negligence. We come to find out Smoky has a beautiful daughter, Carolyn Nolan, played bySally Blane. We also learn the CEO of the Southwest Pacific Railroad, Mr. Harrington played byHobart Bosworth, has a playboy son - Bruce Harrington played byWilliam Collier, Jr. Because of the derailment and other ill fortunes, Mr. Harrington has decided to sell the railroad for a fraction of its worth. He will sign the papers at midnight. In the meantime, Bruce meets Carolyn and finds out she is the daughter of the fired engineer. They instantly bond, then decide to set out together and solve the mystery of the phantom express. During their investigation, they uncover a diabolical scheme concocted by a network of bad guys. They find out the President of a rival railroad company played byHuntley Gordonhas intentionally caused all of the accidents on the Southwest Pacific Railroad to drive the stock price down. After the stock plummets, the rival president figures he can buy all of the railroad's rolling stock at a reduced price. Bruce discovers the plot just hours before his father, Mr. Harrington, will sign the railroad over to the bad guys. He tried to telegraph his father, but a storm has caused the telegraph to fail. In fact, the storm has knocked out all forms of communication. In a twist of fate, the only way Bruce can advise his father not to sign the papers is to fire-up have train number 101, bring Smoky Nolan and his fireman out of retirement, and somehow try to highball back to the central office to prevent his father from signing. The train travels through the storm-savaged countryside encountering floods, landslides, and other hazards. Bruce arrives just in the nick of time, advising his father to nix the deal. He exposes the plot by the rival railroad, including how the bad guys constructed a piece of equipment and disguised it like an engine with headlights. They placed it on a nearby track causing Smoky to think he was heading towards a collision with an oncoming train. Hence, the name - the phantom express. During their investigation, Bruce and Carolyn fell in love. They decide to get married. After they tie-the-knot, they honeymoon on the train. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ActionDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Conspiracyis a 1930 Americanpre-Codemystery melodrama film produced and distributed byRKO Picturesand directed byChristy Cabanne. It is the second adaptation of the playThe Conspiracyby Robert B. Baker andJohn Emersonand starsBessie LoveandNed Sparks. Plot: After their father is killed, brother and sister Margaret and Victor Holt devote themselves to bringing down the drug gang responsible for his death. Victor rises to become an attorney in the district attorney's office, and eventually Margaret wangles her way into becoming the secretary for James (Marco) Morton, the head of the drug ring. When Morton discovers Margaret's true identity, he contrives a plot to lure her brother into a trap and kill him. Margaret learns of the plot and rushes to save her brother. In the ensuing melee, she kills Morton in her attempt to save Victor, who is also seemingly killed. Afraid of being convicted of murder, she flees the scene. In hiding, she becomes friends with a mystery author, Winthrop Clavering, and a reporter, John Howell, the truth about the murder is revealed, and it is discovered that Victor was not killed, but is being held prisoner by the drug ring. Victor is rescued, and Margaret and John develop a romantic relationship. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicMysteryDrama#VintageconnoisseurPresents#PreCodeMovies Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Behind Office Doorsis a 1931pre-CodeAmericandrama filmdirected byMelville W. Brown, from a screenplay byCarey WilsonandJ. Walter Ruben, based on Alan Schultz's 1929 novel,Private Secretary. It starredMary Astor,Robert AmesandRicardo Cortez, and revolved around the premise of "the woman behind the man". While not well received by critics, it did well at the box office. Plot: Mary Linden (Mary Astor) is a receptionist at a paper milling company, who is secretly in love with one of the salesmen, James Duneen (Robert Ames). Her extensive knowledge of the paper industry, the mill and its clients allows her to have input in company operations far outweighing her job title. As the president of the company, Ritter (Charles Sellon), approaches retirement, Mary uses her skill in company politics to enable James to make some important sales coups, after which she begins afifth-columnattempt to get him named as the next president. James, for his part, is grateful to her for her help, but is completely oblivious to her romantic interest in him, preferring more the party girl type. When Ritter does retire, James wins the position, and Mary is promoted to be his personal secretary. Still unaware of her feelings, he hires his latest party girl, Daisy (Edna Murphy), to work in the office, and report to Mary. Mary is upset by this turn of events, but remains faithful to James, assisting him with running the company. In fact, it is her knowledge and acumen which makes the company successful. Mary even spurns the advances of several men, including the wealthy Ronnie Wales (Ricardo Cortez), who, although married, is estranged from his wife and wishes to pursue an affair with Mary. However, when James becomes engaged to the daughter of a wealthy banker, Ellen May Robinson (Catherine Dale Owen), that is the straw which breaks Mary's resolve. She resigns from the company, and eventually agrees to go away with Ronnie for an assignation inAtlantic City. The paper mill suffers terribly from a lack of good management, since most of James' success was due to Mary's guidance. James tracks her down before she can give in to the advances of Ronnie, and begs Mary to return. She is reluctant, until she discovers that James has broken off his engagement with Ellen, and upon her return to the company she is not only met with a job offer, but also a marriage proposal from him. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicPreCodeMovie #VintageconnoisseurPresents #RomanceDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Beau Idealis a 1931 Americanpre-Codeadventure filmdirected byHerbert Brenonand released byRKO Radio Pictures. The film was based on the 1927 adventure novelBeau IdealbyP. C. Wren, the third novel in a series of five novels based around the same characters. Brenon had directed the first in the series,Beau Geste, which was a very successfulsilent filmin 1926. The screenplay was adapted from Wren's novel byPaul Schofield, who had also written the screenplay for the 1926Beau Geste, with contributions fromElizabeth Meehanand Marie Halvey. The film starredRalph Forbes(reprising his role as John Geste from the 1926Beau Geste),Loretta Young, andIrene Rich. The other lead, Lester Vail, was making his film debut, after he replacedDouglas Fairbanks, Jr., who had originally been selected for a principal role in the film. Exteriors were filmed on locations in Arizona and Mexico, while the interiors were filmed on the RKO lot in Hollywood, and production took approximately five weeks to film. Post production would take place in November and December 1930, before the film was released on January 16, 1931. Unfortunately, the film was neither a critical nor financial success, losing over $300,000 for RKO. In addition, reviews for the film were mixed, with most being not kind to the film. Some modern sources also consider the film to be one of the worst produced by RKO that year. Although the film was not a success, it did introduce two technological advancements to film: theconcentrator microphoneand theDunning process. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ActionDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Africa Screamsis a 1949 Americanadventurecomedy filmdirected byCharles Bartonand starringAbbott and Costellothat parodies thesafari genre. The title is a play on the title of the 1930 documentaryAfrica Speaks!The supporting cast featuresClyde Beatty,Frank Buck,Hillary Brooke,Max Baer,Buddy Baer,Shemp HowardandJoe Besser. The film entered the public domain in 1977. Plot: Diana Emerson visits the book section of Klopper's department store seeking a copy ofDark Safariby the famed explorer Cuddleford. She tells the clerk Buzz Johnson that she will pay $2,500 for a map that is inside the book. Buzz's friend and coworker Stanley Livington, an armchair explorer, has read the book and says that he is familiar with a map within it. Buzz brings Stanley to Diana's home to draw the map, but when he overhears Diana offerClyde Beatty$20,000 to lead an expedition to capture a legendary giant ape, Buzz realizes that the map is worth considerably more. Buzz negotiates for more money and for he and Stanley to join the safari. They travel to the Congo with Diana's team of explorers, including Harry "Boots" Wilson, Grappler McCoy and Gunner, a nearsighted professional hunter. When he learns that the expedition's true goal is not the giant ape but a fortune in diamonds, Buzz renegotiates their deal. However, the map in the book with which Stanley is familiar is one that he had drawn to plot the route to his job at Klopper's. However, Stanley's memory of the book's details bring the party to the region Diana in which is interested. There they run across famed animal collectorFrank Buck. Acannibaltribe sets a trail of diamonds to lure and capture Buzz and Stanley. The boys are rescued by a grateful gorilla whom Stanley had inadvertently rescued from one of Frank Buck's traps. The cannibal chief offers Diana diamonds in exchange for Stanley, but Stanley flees while Buzz recovers the diamonds and hides them. While pursuing Stanley, the expeditionary team and the cannibals are frightened away by the giant ape whose existence had been dismissed as myth. The friendly gorilla recovers the diamonds before Buzz can do so. Distraught over the loss of his treasure, Buzz abandons Stanley in the jungle. Some time later, back in the United States, Stanley appears prosperous and owns his own skyscraper, and Buzz works as the elevator operator. Stanley's partner is the gorilla who had recovered the diamonds. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureComedy #VintageconnoisseurPresents#ActionComedyDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Fast and the Furiousis a 1954 Americancrime dramaB moviefrom a story written byRoger Cormanand screenplay byJean HowellandJerome Odlum. The film starsJohn IrelandandDorothy Malone. Ireland also served as the film's co-director. The Fast and the Furiouswas the first film produced for the American Releasing Corporation, who would become theAmerican International Picturescompany. It was the second feature produced by Roger Corman. Plot: Charged with a murder he did not commit, truck driver Frank Webster (John Ireland) hasbroken out of jail. While on the run toward theMexico–United States border, and the subject of radio news reports, he is cornered in a smallSouthern Californiacoffee shopby a zealous citizen who is suspicious of the stranger. Frank manages to escape and, as he gets away, kidnaps a young woman named Connie (Dorothy Malone). Frank drives off with Connie in herJaguarsports car. She soon proves a difficult hostage, trying to escape a few times, which leads him to treat her more roughly than they both would prefer. This mutual struggle soon leads the two to fall in love. Continuing to elude police, the couple slips into a cross-border sportscar race, which Frank plans to use to his advantage to escape intoMexico. Faber (Bruce Carlisle), one of Connie's friends, is wary of the new stranger driving her car and tries to learn more about Frank. During the race, Frank abandons his chance to escape when he chooses to aid Faber who has crashed. Out of sympathy for Frank and a desire to be with him, Connie informs the police of his plan to reach Mexico so he might face trial and be acquitted. At the last moment, Frank also decides it is better to turn himself in and somehow find a future with Connie. The race ends with his imminent capture by the police. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ActionDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Fast and the Furiousis a 1954 Americancrime dramaB moviefrom a story written byRoger Cormanand screenplay byJean HowellandJerome Odlum. The film starsJohn IrelandandDorothy Malone. Ireland also served as the film's co-director. The Fast and the Furiouswas the first film produced for the American Releasing Corporation, who would become theAmerican International Picturescompany. It was the second feature produced by Roger Corman. Plot: Charged with a murder he did not commit, truck driver Frank Webster (John Ireland) hasbroken out of jail. While on the run toward theMexico–United States border, and the subject of radio news reports, he is cornered in a smallSouthern Californiacoffee shopby a zealous citizen who is suspicious of the stranger. Frank manages to escape and, as he gets away, kidnaps a young woman named Connie (Dorothy Malone). Frank drives off with Connie in herJaguarsports car. She soon proves a difficult hostage, trying to escape a few times, which leads him to treat her more roughly than they both would prefer. This mutual struggle soon leads the two to fall in love. Continuing to elude police, the couple slips into a cross-border sportscar race, which Frank plans to use to his advantage to escape intoMexico. Faber (Bruce Carlisle), one of Connie's friends, is wary of the new stranger driving her car and tries to learn more about Frank. During the race, Frank abandons his chance to escape when he chooses to aid Faber who has crashed. Out of sympathy for Frank and a desire to be with him, Connie informs the police of his plan to reach Mexico so he might face trial and be acquitted. At the last moment, Frank also decides it is better to turn himself in and somehow find a future with Connie. The race ends with his imminent capture by the police. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ActionDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Fast and the Furiousis a 1954 Americancrime dramaB moviefrom a story written byRoger Cormanand screenplay byJean HowellandJerome Odlum. The film starsJohn IrelandandDorothy Malone. Ireland also served as the film's co-director. The Fast and the Furiouswas the first film produced for the American Releasing Corporation, who would become theAmerican International Picturescompany. It was the second feature produced by Roger Corman. Plot: Charged with a murder he did not commit, truck driver Frank Webster (John Ireland) hasbroken out of jail. While on the run toward theMexico–United States border, and the subject of radio news reports, he is cornered in a smallSouthern Californiacoffee shopby a zealous citizen who is suspicious of the stranger. Frank manages to escape and, as he gets away, kidnaps a young woman named Connie (Dorothy Malone). Frank drives off with Connie in herJaguarsports car. She soon proves a difficult hostage, trying to escape a few times, which leads him to treat her more roughly than they both would prefer. This mutual struggle soon leads the two to fall in love. Continuing to elude police, the couple slips into a cross-border sportscar race, which Frank plans to use to his advantage to escape intoMexico. Faber (Bruce Carlisle), one of Connie's friends, is wary of the new stranger driving her car and tries to learn more about Frank. During the race, Frank abandons his chance to escape when he chooses to aid Faber who has crashed. Out of sympathy for Frank and a desire to be with him, Connie informs the police of his plan to reach Mexico so he might face trial and be acquitted. At the last moment, Frank also decides it is better to turn himself in and somehow find a future with Connie. The race ends with his imminent capture by the police. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ActionDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Fast and the Furiousis a 1954 Americancrime dramaB moviefrom a story written byRoger Cormanand screenplay byJean HowellandJerome Odlum. The film starsJohn IrelandandDorothy Malone. Ireland also served as the film's co-director. The Fast and the Furiouswas the first film produced for the American Releasing Corporation, who would become theAmerican International Picturescompany. It was the second feature produced by Roger Corman. Plot: Charged with a murder he did not commit, truck driver Frank Webster (John Ireland) hasbroken out of jail. While on the run toward theMexico–United States border, and the subject of radio news reports, he is cornered in a smallSouthern Californiacoffee shopby a zealous citizen who is suspicious of the stranger. Frank manages to escape and, as he gets away, kidnaps a young woman named Connie (Dorothy Malone). Frank drives off with Connie in herJaguarsports car. She soon proves a difficult hostage, trying to escape a few times, which leads him to treat her more roughly than they both would prefer. This mutual struggle soon leads the two to fall in love. Continuing to elude police, the couple slips into a cross-border sportscar race, which Frank plans to use to his advantage to escape intoMexico. Faber (Bruce Carlisle), one of Connie's friends, is wary of the new stranger driving her car and tries to learn more about Frank. During the race, Frank abandons his chance to escape when he chooses to aid Faber who has crashed. Out of sympathy for Frank and a desire to be with him, Connie informs the police of his plan to reach Mexico so he might face trial and be acquitted. At the last moment, Frank also decides it is better to turn himself in and somehow find a future with Connie. The race ends with his imminent capture by the police. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ActionDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Evel Knievelis a 1971 Americanbiographical filmstarringGeorge Hamiltonas motorcycle daredevilEvel Knievel. Plot: The story is a biography, with fictionalized events, of the famed motorcycle daredevil, who grew up inButte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life, particularly his relationship with his girlfriend/wife, Linda. The film opens with Knievel (Hamilton) at theOntario Motor SpeedwayinOntario, California. Knievel is speaking directly to the camera describing his upcoming daredevil motorcycle jump: Ladies and gentlemen, you have no idea how good it makes me feel to be here today. It is truly an honor to risk my life for you. An honor. Before I jump this motorcycle over these 19 cars— and I want you to know there's not aVolkswagenor aDatsunin the row— before I sail cleanly over that last truck, I want to tell you that last night a kid came up to me and he said, "Mr Knievel, are you crazy? That jump you're going to make is impossible, but I already have my tickets because I want to see you splatter." That's right, that's what he said. And I told that boy last night that nothing is impossible. Now they told Columbus to sail across the ocean was impossible. They told the settlers to live in a wild land was impossible. They told theWright Brothersto fly was impossible. And they probably toldNeil Armstronga walk on the moon was impossible. They tell Evel Knievel to jump a motorcycle across theGrand Canyonis impossible, and they say that every day. A Roman General in the time of Caesar had the motto: "If it is possible, it is done. If it is impossible, it will be done." And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what I live by. Following his introduction, the story follows a flashback narrative through Knievel's life. The film ends with Knievel successfully completing the February 1971 jump at the Ontario Motor Speedway (129 feet) and riding off onto a dirt road which leads to the edge of theGrand Canyon(at the time of production, Evel Knievel was hyping a jump over the Grand Canyon, a jump which never got beyond the early planning stage). Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ActionDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

T-Bird Gangis a 1959 American film directed by Richard Harbinger in his first and final film. It was co-written by and starring John Brinkley and Tony Miller withEdwin Nelson; all of them had appeared in several ofRoger Corman's films. Plot: A group of criminals rob a warehouse where theycoshthe elderly night watchman. The watchman's ex-G.I.son Frank finds his barely conscious father who soon dies from the injury; his last words being that the group drove a whiteT-Bird. Frank tracks the gang down with the idea of vengeance, but the police apprehend him and force him into getting his revenge by infiltrating the gang of robbin' hoods. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicAdventureDrama #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ActionDrama Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur