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Nation Aflameis a 1937 Americandramafilm. Directed byVictor Halperin, the film starsNoel Madison, Norma Trelvar, andLila Lee. It was released on October 16, 1937. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicBMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Peck's Bad Boyis a 1934 Americandrama filmdirected byEdward F. Cline. It was based on theseries of booksbyGeorge W. Peck. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicBMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Lady Refusesis a 1931 Americanpre-Codemelodrama film, directed byGeorge Archainbaud, from a screenplay byWallace Smith, based on an original story byGuy BoltonandRobert Milton. It starsBetty Compsonas a destitute young woman on the verge of becoming a prostitute, who is hired by a wealthy man to woo his ne'er-do-well son away from the clutches of a gold-digger (Margaret Livingston). The plot is regarded as risqué enough to appear in at least one collection of pre-Code Hollywood films. Plot: Sir Gerald Courtney (Gilbert Emery) is an aristocrat whose son, Russell (John Darrow), prefers to spend his time partying with young women rather than focusing on the promising career he has in architecture. When Russell leaves one evening to revel with the gold-digging Berthine Waller (Margaret Livingston) rather than spending it dining with his father, Sir Gerald is a bit despondent. As he ponders what to do about his wayward son, providence takes a hand. A beautiful destitute young woman, June (Betty Compson), on the verge of entering into the oldest of professions due to her desperation, is being pursued by the London police. Sir Gerald, who was at the window in the first floor watching his son leaving with Berthine Waller, observes how June leaves a taxi on the other side of the street, and is being cornered by the police. As she comes over to his house to knock, he opens the door and welcomes her as a niece he was expecting, reassuring the Policemen that she is a respectable citizen. After they leave, Sir Gerald invites her to dinner, after she tells him of her situation. He then proposes to hire June for 1000 Pounds to prevent his son from falling into the clutches of Berthine. June does her job beautifully, as Russell leaves Berthine and begins to concentrate on his architectural career, much to his father’s delight. There’s a slight hitch, however: June has fallen in love with Sir Gerald, rather than Russell. Devastated, Russell calls Berthine to meet him at his apartment (which is upstairs in the same building where June lives). Seeing all of her work being unwound in a single evening, June lures Russell down to her apartment where she gets him so drunk that he passes out and spends the night. Berthine arrives at Russell’s apartment where she has been followed by an ex-lover, Nikolai Rabinoff (Ivan Lebedeff). In a jealous rage, Nikolai kills Berthine. The following morning Russell awakes to find June gone, having vowed to not come between the son and the father. Russell is also the main suspect in Berthine's murder. Seeking shelter from his father, Russell refuses to invoke June as his alibi. In order to save him, June steps forward and admits that Russell spent the night in her apartment. Sir Gerald, thinking the worst, renounces his devotion for June, which devastates her, but confirmed what she always feared: That Sir Gerald would never rely on her. June leaves his house, but when Sir Gerald, shortly thereafter, discovers the innocence of Russell’s night spent in her apartment, he realizes his own mistake and vows to track her down and spend the rest of his life with her. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicRomancefilms #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

My Dog Shepis a 1946 Americandramafilm directed byFord Beebe. It was made by Golden Gate Productions and released through the newly-formedScreen Guild Productions. They had just madeFlight to Nowhere. Filming started August 15, 1946.Greg McClurewas meant to be in the cast. Lanny Rees was borrowed fromRKO. plot: Danny, an orphan, tries to find a home along with his dog, Shep. He goes to live with a mean Uncle Matt but loving Aunt Carrie. Cousin Arthur squeals on him that he secretly has been keeping a German Shepherd that he named Shep. Danny runs away with his dog. Elderly Carter lives with his son who overhears his daughter-in-law bitterly complaining about him. Carter tells his son he will move to the Soldier's Home and leaves that same day. Along the road Danny and Carter cross paths and join up. Both were not wanted where they lived and they bond. Uncle Matt was happy Danny was gone until an attorney arrives and tells him Danny is to inherit $100,000. He now offers a $500 reward to find Danny Barker and his dog, Shep. Carter sees the reward in the paper and Danny tells him he does not want to return to his uncle's farm. While Carter is in town for supplies, he sends a telegram to the estate attorney. The Sheriff now has a way to find the boy. While Danny is swimming, he is discovered by tomboy Lorna. Her Dad is the District Attorney and she is kidnapped to affect a gangster's indictment. Danny is kidnapped as well but Shep tracks them down. Carter saw the kidnappers and the Sheriff is following him to get the boy so all together they are successful rescuing Lorna. All the parties are in the judge's chambers to discuss Danny's adoption. Uncle Matt now wants the boy for his money and his mean character is exposed. Carter explains he was not aiding a runaway. He did not seek the reward. He and Danny and his dog found comfort with one another. The Judge decides the DA family would be best for Danny. As they leave the Court, Shep goes up to Carter to pull him back with Danny and he is welcomed into the new family as well. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicBMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Lost, Lonely and Viciousis a 1958 American film directed byFrank Myers. Source – Wikipedia #ClassicRomancefilms #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Ratoffis a lion tamer who hears that a rival of his has died by a lioness.Ratoffadopts the daughter of the deceased man, and he buys the lioness that killed him. As time goes on, he becomes increasingly jealous of the men who pay attention to the girl, who has grown into a beautiful woman. As his fame at the circus is being surpassed, he demands the woman marry him. She becomes involved with the very one surpassing his fame, however, and this pushesRatofftoo far. Source – Zeus Dvd #ClassicRomancefilms #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Kept Husbandsis a 1931 Americanpre-Codedrama filmdirected byLloyd Bacon, starringDorothy MackaillandJoel McCrea, with major supporting roles filled byRobert McWade,Florence RobertsandMary Carr. The original story was written by the film's associate producer, Louis Sarecky, and adapted for the screen byForrest Halseyand Alfred Jackson. Although primarily a drama, the film has many comedic touches to it. The film centers around theclass strugglesand stereotypes between the working class and the wealthy, which was particularly striking during theDepression erawhen this film was made. The film also points out the stereotypical gender roles which were prevalent at that time. Plot: Arthur Parker (Robert McWade) is a wealthy steel magnate who is relating the story to his snobbish wife and spoiled daughter of one of his plant supervisors who fearlessly rushed in and saved the lives of two of his fellow co-workers. When his wife, Henrietta (Florence Roberts), asks if he rewarded the young man, Parker shows his astonishment by saying that the hero had refused the thousand dollars he had offered. When the daughter, Dot (Dorothy Mackaill), remarks that she would like to meet a man like that, the father tells her not to worry, she will, for he is coming to dinner that very evening. Henrietta is aghast at having to socialize with someone not of their class, but Parker, who is a better judge of character, assures her that all will be well. During dinner, Dot is smitten with the young man, Dick Brunton (Joel McCrea). She makes a bet with her father that she can get him to marry her within four weeks. The father takes that bet, and lo and behold she wins Dick's heart and gets him to accept her proposal of marriage by the deadline, despite his fears of their different social circumstances. After the wedding, Parker sends the newlyweds on an expensive honeymoon to Europe, after which they return to their lavish home, also supplied by Parker. Parker also promotes Dick, but within six months, his new lifestyle threatens to emasculate Dick, who loses interest in his career and finds himself dominated by Dot's vapid, social whirl of bridge games, cocktail parties and passive acceptance of life as a "kept husband". This does not sit well with the proud husband, and when Parker offers him a chance to prove himself with a new position in St. Louis, he jumps at the chance. When told of the opportunity however, Dot is less than enthusiastic, not wanting to leave her friends and social circle. She refuses to agree to accompany Dick. Dick decides to go to St. Louis, with or without Dot, making her incredibly upset. Not knowing what to do, he goes to ask advice from his mother (Mary Carr), who tells him that he needs to reconcile with Dot before he leaves for St. Louis. Meanwhile, Dot has agreed to meet with a former beau, Charles Bates (Bryant Washburn), who attempts to seduce her. When she returns to their house the following morning, Dick questions her regarding her whereabouts. She lies to him, and he knows it, since he had seen her with Washburn the prior evening. Furious, he storms out, saying their marriage is over, and intending to resign from Parker's company. Realizing her love for him, Dot eventually finds Dick at the rail station, about to leave for St. Louis. He has decided to take Parker's position after all. The husband and wife reconcile, with Dot agreeing to live within the means that Dick's salary can provide. Source - Wikipedia #ClassicRomancefilms #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Kid Monk Baroniis a 1952 Americanfilm noirsport filmdirected byHarold D. Schuster. It is also known asYoung Paul Baroniin theUnited Kingdom. It featuresLeonard Nimoy, later inStar TrekasSpock, in his first lead role in a motion picture, as well as futureJimmy OlsenJack Larsonof television's originalSupermanseries. Plot: A disfigured street kid (Leonard Nimoy) has plastic surgery and turns pro after a parish priest (Richard Rober) shows him how to box. After the surgery, Monk becomes conceited, losing the respect of Angelo and Emily, and his manager convinces him to resume fighting to pay his unpaid bills. During the comeback fight, Monk drops his dirty tactics and his opponent wins by split decision. With money going out due to Monk’s new clean tactics, his syndicate plans recoup their losses by forcing his return to dirty fighting. In the next fight after Monk’s reform, Father Callahan and Emily are in the audience for his match against the Wildcat, which Monk loses to TKO in round 6, costing the syndicate $20,000. Father Callahan congratulates Monk on his new ethics, and Monk and Emily reunite and marry to further Father Callahan’s sports initiative. Source - Wikipedia #VintageFilmNoirfilms #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Identity Unknownis a 1945 American film directed byWalter Colmes. Plot: Near the end of World War II in Europe, a soldier suffering from amnesia is on a hospital ship being helped by Major Williams, a medical doctor. The soldier was the only survivor of four infantrymen after German dive bombers destroyed the farm house they were fighting from. When the four men's dog tags were found afterwards, they had been blown off their bodies, and the Army does not know which of the four the surviving soldier is. The soldier, calling himself Johnny March, tries to discover his true identity. When the hospital ship docks, he decides to visit the homes of the four different soldiers. However, when he jumps off the train on his way to an Army hospital, the Army believes he has deserted. March looks up the first address on his list in Connecticut, and meets Sally, the widow of that soldier, with whom he becomes romantically involved. Since he was not her husband, March goes on to the next address in West Virginia. Upon his arrival, a young boy, Toddy, welcomes him and believes his father who has come back. The misunderstanding is cleared up when the boy's babysitter arrives and demands to know who March is. Before he leaves, March tells Toddy how his father died so that children could grow up in a free world. March then goes on to Chicago, the next address, where he meets that soldier's brother, a younger man named Joe. Joe works in a bookie joint as a cashier. As they talk, a gangster named Rocks Donnelly enters and demands that Joe pay him $6,000. Joe stole the money from Rocks to finance a college education. A rival gangster shows up, and there is a shootout. Joe is wounded taking the bullets meant for Rocks Donnelly. March accompanies Joe to the hospital, and Rocks comes to thank Joe for saving his life. It turns out Joe is not interested in joining the mob, but wants to be a physician, like his brother hoped to be. Donnelly offers to pay for his education. Johnny attends Donnelly's celebration party that same night, and meets Wanda, Donnelly's girlfriend. After talking to March, Wanda realizes March is in love with another woman, and tells Johnny to call Sally and tell her. Sally tells Johnny to find his identity first, and then return to her. Johnny visits the last address on his list, the home of a soldier who lived on a farm in Iowa, but Peter's parents do not recognize him. They are about to sell their farm, after getting the news that their boy was killed in action. Before they can go through with the sale, March helps them realize the farm is where all their happy memories are, and they stop the auction. Sally calls, saying she has arrived at a nearby train station, and Johnny hurries over there. On the way, he is caught by the local sheriff for speeding and then by the military police for being AWOL. He is taken by the MPs to the Army hospital, and the Army begin efforts to discover his identity. Later Sally arrives and the doctors tell her that they now know who March really is, but he needs to discover it himself. After asking March a few questions, related to his pre-war career, March remembers he is Captain Charles Aldridge. He was on a mission to try to drop the four men supplies. Charles and Sally leave to start a new life. Source - Wikipedia #VintageWarMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

I Live on Dangeris a 1942film noirthriller filmdirected bySam Whiteand starringChester MorrisandJean Parker. Plot: Jeff Morrell is an ambitious radio reporter. The news of the day is the prison release of gambler Eddie Nelson, who was the fallguy for a criminal named Joey Farr. While exclusively covering a ship's fire, Jeff falls for Susan Richards, and knows her to be Eddie's companion. It turns out she's Eddie's sister, not his girl, and Susan resents it when Jeff's reporting gets Eddie arrested and convicted on a new charge. District Attorney Lamber is in cahoots with the crooks. Farr tries to flee, and is tracked to a Pennsylvania coal mine. Jeff gets there first and manages to broadcast Farr's confession, then barely gets away when Farr sets off a blast of TNT. Susan loves Jeff for heroically rescuing her brother. Source - Wikipedia #VintageThrillerMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

High School Caesaris a 1960 American film directed byO'Dale Ireland. Matt Stevens (John Ashley) as the "guy with the power" at his high school but everyone despises him. He isn't, after all, known for his fairness and generosity. The tables are turned, however, when his fellow students resent his power and show him up at a drag race.Filmgroupreleased the film as adouble featurewithDate Bait. Plot: Movie opens with Matt Stevens and his posse of friends looking over a boy they just beat up for failing to pay his protection money. Matt is running for class president of Wilson High School and he tears down his opponents campaign sign. He wins the election by fixing the results. He announces that there will be more dances but they will each pay 25¢ collected by class treasurer Crickett who idolizes Matt. They will buy a Boxer dog, the school's mascot. Matt charges for school tests and most everything and many students despise him. He isn't, after all, known for his fairness and generosity. But money is no substitute for lack of love from his always traveling parents. Kelly Roberts tries to stand up to Matt and in fact wins a drag race against him and as a result wins Matt's gold coin. Matt's girlfriend Lita tells the new girl Wanda that she has a date lined up with Crickett. Wanda tells her that no one tells her whom to date. Later Bob defends her when he punches Matt at the local hangout Students and even the school principal are turning on Matt. Matt and Crickett wait on a back road for Kelly to drive by. Matt drives up on Kelly and rear ends him. Then Matt races alongside Kelly causing Crickett to be afraid. Then as a bridge comes ahead on the road, Kelly is forced off the road and dies in the accident. Matt gets Crickett to promise secrecy and let others find the body. Wanda rebuffs kisses and advances from Matt and as she runs from his car, she sees the recent car damage. Friends find Kelly at the bridge accident scene. Everyone suspects Matt and he finds himself alone at his birthday party that night. Source - Wikipedia #VintageCrimeMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur Keywords:

The Scarlet Letteris a 1934 American film directed byRobert G. Vignolaand based onthe 1850 novelof the same name byNathaniel Hawthorne. The film has been preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Plot: Hester Prynne has a child out of wedlock and refuses to name the father (who is a respected citizen). For this, she is sentenced to wear a red letter "A" (for adultery). Her husband is long missing and presumed dead. When the husband returns and finds his wife with another man's child, he sets out to torture them. At last, the father reveals himself, with a letter "A" carved in his chest and dies after that. Source - Wikipedia #VintageLiteratureMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Hell's Houseis a 1932 AmericanPre-Codedrama filmstarringJunior Durkin, featuringBette Davisand directed byHoward Higgin. The screenplay by Paul Gangelin andB. Harrison Orkow, set during the waning days of theProhibitionera, is based on a story by Higgin. Plot: WhenorphanedJimmy Mason is taken in by his Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry, he meets their boarder, Matt Kelly, who impresses the young man with his boastful swagger and alleged political connections, although in reality he's abootlegger. The boy's life is disrupted when, as one of Kelly's hired hands, he refuses to identify his boss during a police raid and is sentenced to three years of hard labor inreform school, where he befriends a sickly boy named Shorty, who in helping Jimmy, eventually is sent tosolitary confinement. When Jimmy realizes his new pal is seriously ill and desperately needs medical attention, he escapes and goes to Kelly and Kelly's girl friend, Peggy Gardner, for help. Peggy contactsnewspapercolumnistFrank Gebhardt, who is anxious to expose the conditions at the state industrial school. The authorities find Jimmy at Gebhardt's office, but before they can apprehend him Kelly admits his involvement in the bootlegging operation and the boy is set free. He discovers Shorty has died, victimized by a corrupt system. Source - Wikipedia #VintageCrimeMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Flirtationis a 1934 Americandrama filmdirected byLeo Birinskyand starringJeanette Loff,Ben AlexanderandArthur Tracy.A young man from the country moves to the city and falls in love with aburlesque dancer. Source - Wikipedia #VintageCrimeMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

City Without Menis a 1943 Americanfilm noircrime filmdirected bySidney Salkowand starringLinda Darnell,Edgar Buchananand Michael Duane.It was released byColumbia Pictureson January 14, 1943. A group of women lives in aboarding housenear aprisonwhere the residents are the wives of the prison inmates. Plot: The film opens with the prologue: July 1941—five months beforePearl Harbor, but already the coming events were casting their shadows before. At sea, Tom Adams order two Japanese men into his speedboat after seeing them climbing into a rowboat from an English ship. When Tom is approached by the Coast Guard they refuse to believe his story and charge him with aiding and abetting the Japanese. Tom is found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison. Nancy Johnson (Linda Darnell) Tom's girlfriend is determined to exonerate him. Outside the prison, Nancy meets Michael Malloy (Edgar Buchanan) and learns that his brother is the head of the parole board. She asks Michael to present Tom's case to his brother. Nancy gets a job at the local laundry, and rents a room in Maria Barton's (Sara Allgood) boarding house, whose tenants are the wives of the prison inmates. She meets other tenants, Gwen (Leslie Brooks) Winnie and Billie LaRue (Glenda Farrell). On visiting day, Tom who has become embittered and disillusioned by his imprisonment refuses to see Nancy. When Tom learns about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he asks for a chance to defend his country and petitions to be paroled into military service. Other prisoners also join Tom on the petition. However, the petition is denied by the parole board. Meanwhile, Winnie has secured a blueprint of the prison and plans to hide the convicts in bales, which would then be loaded onto a boat for delivery. The wives decide to conceal their plans from Nancy and scheduled the prison break for Friday night. On Friday morning, Maria is told that her husband, who is also in prison is at the hospital. She rushes to the hospital and learns that he was stabbed for threatening to inform the prison warden about a prison break. Her husband asks Maria to warn the warden. Meanwhile, Nancy sees a newspaper headline which substantiates Tom's story. She goes to Michael and shows him the headline and asks him to fight for Tom's freedom. Michael barges into his brother's office and makes an impassioned speech about the injustice that was done to Tom. Michael's brother agreed to phone the warden on Tom's behalf. When the wives who are waiting at the shore for their husband hears the prison sirens, they realize that the prison escape has failed. Later, after Tom is freed from prison he reconciles with Nancy. Source - Wikipedia #VintageCrimeMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

British Intelligenceis a 1940 spy film set inWorld War I. It was directed byTerry O. Morseand starsBoris KarloffandMargaret Lindsay. The film, also known asEnemy Agent, was released in the United States in January 1940.TheWarner Bros.B picturewas based on a 1918 playThree Faces Eastwritten by Anthony Paul Kelly and produced on the stage byGeorge M. Cohan.Two film adaptations ofThree Faces Eastin1926and1930precededBritish Intelligence. Plot: During World War I, Franz Strendler, a master German spy has cost the British dearly. In desperation, they send for their best agent, currently undercover in Germany. Pilot Frank Bennett (Bruce Lester) is sent to pick him up, but the Germans are forewarned and Bennett is shot down. Luckily, he survives and is rescued by friendly soldiers. While recovering in a hospital, Bennett is tended by a pretty nurse, Helene Von Lorbeer (Margaret Lindsay). He tells her he loves her, but she informs him she is leaving, and they will not see each other again. However, after Bennett falls asleep, she kisses him on the cheek. Von Lorbeer turns out to be a spy herself. She is recalled to Germany to receive a high honor sent personally by theKaiserand to undertake a new mission. Posing as a refugee named Frances Hautry, she infiltrates the London household of Arthur Bennett (Holmes Herbert), a cabinet minister, and, coincidentally, Frank's father. She takes her orders from Valdar (Boris Karloff), thebutler. However, unbeknownst to her, he is a Britishdouble agent. Valdar later secretly reports to Colonel Yeats (Leonard Mudie), the head ofBritish Intelligence. When Bennett's secretary, also a German spy, taps out a secret message in code on her typewriter, Yeats is present and recognizes it. Since only Hautry is also in the office at the time, he sets a trap for her. A captured spy named Kurz seemingly escapes from the British and flees to Hautry's bedroom. She hides him in her closet, but then betrays him when Yeats and his men show up. Afterwards, she tells Valdar that she knew "Kurz" was an imposter. Frank Bennett unexpectedly shows up, his squadron and others having been recalled to London for some reason. He is surprised to find his former nurse there and under a different name. Hautry is forced to reveal that she is loyal to the British. However, Valdar overhears their conversation. That night, the Britishcabinetmeets in Bennett's home. It is the moment Valdar has been waiting for. He forces Hautry at gunpoint down in the cellar, where he has set a bomb to blow the house up under cover of aZeppelin bombing raid. Hautry tells Valdar that she had no choice but to make up a story to allay Frank's suspicions. Convinced when she shows him the award she was given, Valdar finally reveals that he is Strendler. Fortunately, Valdar has been under surveillance. Yeats and his men rush to the cellar door. When Valdar escapes through the coal shute, Hautry unlocks the door and informs Yeats about the bomb. Valdar rushes to his hideout to transmit the stolen British plans for the spring offensive, pursued by the British, but, ironically, a Zeppelin bombs the location and kills him and his confederates before he can send his information. Source - Wikipedia #VintageCrimeMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Boy of the Streetsis a 1937 Americandrama filmdirected byWilliam Nighand written by Gilson Brown andScott Darling. The film starsJackie Cooper, Maureen O'Connor,Kathleen Burke,Robert Emmett O'Connor,Marjorie Mainand Matty Fain. The film was released on December 8, 1937, byMonogram Pictures. Source - Wikipedia #VintageCrimeMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Big Newsis a 1929 Americanpre-Codefilm directed byGregory La Cava, released byPathé Exchange, and starringRobert ArmstrongandCarole Lombard, billed as "Carol Lombard". Plot: Steve Banks (Armstrong) is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret (Lombard), a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he doesn't quit the drinking that is compromising his career. Steve pursues a story about drug dealers even when his editor fires him. When the editor is murdered, Steve is accused of the killing. Source - Wikipedia #VintageCrimeMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Basketball Fixis a 1951noirsportsdrama filmdirected byFelix E. Feistand starringJohn Ireland,Marshall ThompsonandVanessa Brown. The film is also known by thealternative titleThe Big Decisionin theUnited Kingdom. It is based on theCCNY point shaving scandal. Plot: Sports journalist Peter Ferredey tries to prevent promising college basketball player Johnny Long from becoming involved with a betting ring, but is unable to stop him fromshaving pointsduring games for gambler Mike Taft. Source - Wikipedia #VintageCrimeMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue is a 1939 American film directed byWilliam Nigh. The film is also known as Streets of New York, andThe Abraham Lincoln of the 4th Avenue. Plot: "Jimmy" (Jackie Cooper) and crippled "Gimpy" (Martin Spellman) run the corner newsstand. Spike (David Durand), a neighbourhooddelinquent, doesn't like it, on his turf, and does everything he can to get them into trouble, and disrupt their circulation. When they get in trouble, Judge Carroll (George Irving) tries to help them out. He doesn't want Jimmy going bad, like his big brother, the racqueteer, 'Tap' (Dick Purcell), while Jimmy is trying to go to school and teach himself to be a lawyer, like his hero,Abraham Lincoln. Jimmy has to choose between the right thing, and family, when his brother comes to him for help. The story starts with Jimmey Keenan as a strong independent teenager who owns a paper stand and trying to eventually become a lawyer. Jimmey is also a kindhearted man that takes care of a crippled kid whose name is Gimpy after Gimpy's mother died. While he is trying to be an honorable man, he is tided down by his brother Tap Keenan's reputation who is a well-known criminal. As he continues his pursuit of being a lawyer, a neighborhood teenage gang lead by Spike is trying to get him into trouble. One night during Jimmey's night school, he got noticed that Gimpy and rest of Spike's gang were arrested due to gambling. Trying to get Gimpy out of trouble, Jimmey went to the court and convinced the judge that Gimpy was not actually gambling since there was no evidence of involvement of money. Judge Carroll was surprised by how well spoken is Jimmey and let the kids go. After the court, Judge Carroll learned that Jimmy is the brother of Tap Keenan, and told Jimmey to continue to pursuit his dream, hoping him will not be like his brother. Jimmey on the other hand, went to his brother on their mother's birthday. While Tap told Jimmey he can pay for Jimmey's college and want Jimmey to work for him afterwards, Jimmey declined and told Tap to stay disconnected with him in the future. After a Christmas gathering the Judge Corall's home. Jimmey find out that his brother as killed a man is currently hiding from the police. Spike came to taunt Jimmey and mocked his mother. So, a fight broke out of the street. After Spike and his gang fled the scene losing to Jimmey and his friends, Jimmey returned to his room only to find that his brother is hiding in there. Tap start to convince Jimmey to help him to escape and will be able to live a good life with the money he has, Jimmey insist Tap to turn himself in. During the conversation, Gimpy tried to open the door to find Jimmey, not knowing who it is, Tap shot through the door injuring Gimpy. Jimmey then wrestled with Tap, and police arrested Tap a few minutes later. After few days, Jimmey was told that Gimpy will be back later. Jimmey then walks a way from the new paper stand, continues to pursuit his dream to become lawyer, like his hero Abraham Lincoln did. Source - Wikipedia #VintageCrimeMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Wintersetis a 1936 Americancrime filmdirected byAlfred Santell, based on the 1935play of the same namebyMaxwell Anderson, in a loose dramatization of theSacco and Vanzettitrial and execution in 1928. The script retains elements of theblank versepoetic meter on which Anderson based his 1935WintersetBroadway theaterproduction. ActorBurgess Meredithmade his credited film debut as the avenging son Rio Romagna. The film greatly changes the ending of the play, in which the lovers Mio and Miriamne are shot to death by gangsters. In the film, the two are cornered, but Mio deliberately causes a commotion by loudly playing a nearby abandonedhurdy-gurdyand deliberately causing himself and Miriamne to be arrested, thus placing them out of reach from the gangsters. The film made a loss of $2,000. Source - Wikipedia #VintageCrimeMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Tom Brown's School Daysis a 1940coming-of-agedrama filmabout a teenage boy's experiences atRugby School,Warwickshirein the early 19th century under the reforming headmastership ofThomas Arnold. It starsSir Cedric Hardwicke,Freddie BartholomewandJimmy Lydonin the title role. The film was based on the 1857 novelTom Brown's School DaysbyThomas Hughes. In this version, emphasis is placed on the development of Headmaster Thomas Arnold and his reformist ideas concerning the English public school.It was well received by critics, withVarietypraising it in a December 31, 1939, review as "sympathetically and skillfully made, with many touching moments and an excellent cast". Hardwicke's performance as Arnold was called "one of the best he has ever given on the screen," as the veteran actor convincingly tempered the headmaster's strict demeanor with "the underlying sympathy, tolerance, quiet humour and steadfast courage" for which Arnold was acclaimed.Jimmy Lydon as the title character was called "believable and moving in the early portions, but too young for the final moments". The core of the plot focusses upon bullying from the older boys (and Flashman in particular) where only Tom is willing to stand up. Honour and loyalty between schoolfriends is critical. Tom faces expulsion not for his theft of a cart but for lying. When he eventually confesses he is spared expulsion and Dr Arnold gives him "12 of the best" with a smile. The June 27, 1940, debut of the film version at New York City'sRadio City Music Hallwas chronicled in a photo spread byThe New York Times, "showing some of the pastimes, curricular and otherwise", as the fight scene between Tom Brown and Flashman was captioned. Source - Wikipedia #VintageLiteratureMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Time of Your Lifeis a 1948 Americancomedydramafilm directed byH. C. Potterand starringJames Cagney,William Bendix,Wayne MorrisandJeanne Cagney. A Cagney Production,The Time of Your Lifewas produced by Cagney's brotherWilliamand adapted by Nathaniel Curtis from the 1939William Saroyanplayof the same name. Cinematography was byJames Wong Howe. Plot: The film is set, with a few exceptions, entirely at Nick's 'Pacific Street Saloon, Restaurant and Entertainment Palace' in San Francisco, where a sign in the window announces "Come in and be yourself," signed "Nick" (William Bendix). Joe (James Cagney) sits at one of the saloon's tables much of the time, observing people coming and going. He is unemployed but apparently well-off, constantly ordering champagne and giving advice or money to others. (It is implied that he has a knack for choosing winning horses at races.) He desires to live "a civilized life" without hurting anyone and believes the real truth in people is found in their dreams of themselves, not the hard facts of their actual existence. Joe's best friend and "stooge," Tom (Wayne Morris), believes that he owes his life to Joe and runs peculiar errands for him without any apparent desire to make a life for himself. Other major characters include Kitty Duval (Jeanne Cagney), a supposed burlesque actress whose real name is Katerina Kornovsky. It is implied that she has actually been a prostitute. Tom is innocently infatuated with her, but he only gets the nerve to ask her out and to pursue his courtship with Joe's urging and help. One young man, Willie (Richard Erdmann), is a "marble game [pinballmachine] maniac." Another, Dudley Raoul Bostwick (Jimmy Lydon), keeps trying to get up the nerve to call his girlfriend, Elsie Mandelspiegel (Nanette Parks). At one point, he mistakenly calls a different, older woman (Renie Riano) and asks her to meet him at Nick's but pretends to be someone else when she arrives. Harry(Paul Draper), a "natural-born tap dancing comedian" who cannot make people laugh, is hired by Nick and dances often during the film. A young Black man (Reginald Beane) enters looking for any kind of work and is hired to wash dishes, but when he notices Nick's piano, he shows his talent and is amazed that Nick will hire him simply to play. Among the other characters who come to Nick's, two of the most significant are Freddie Blick (Tom Powers), who extorts money from Nick and later harasses Kitty, and an older man dressed like a cowboy who refers to himself as "Kit Carson" (James Barton). By the end of the film, Blick's attempt to humiliate and coerce Kitty is foiled by the efforts of Kit Carson, Joe, and Tom; Willie finally wins his game; Dudley and Elsie are reunited; and Joe sends Tom and Kitty off to be married, with Tom now having an independent job as a truck driver. As Joe and Kit sit down to continue telling each other tall tales, Nick takes his sign advising customers to be themselves and rips it up, proclaiming "Enough is enough!" Source - Wikipedia #VintageComedyMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

Street Sceneis a 1931 Americanpre-Codedrama filmproduced bySamuel Goldwynand directed byKing Vidor. With a screenplay byElmer Riceadapted from hisPulitzer Prize-winningplay of the same name,Street Scenetakes place on aNew York Citystreet from one evening until the following afternoon. Except for one scene which takes place inside a taxi, Vidor shot the entire film on a single set depicting half a city block of house fronts. The film starsEstelle Taylor,David Landau,Sylvia Sidney,William Collier, Jr., andBeulah Bondi(her screen debut). The music score is byAlfred Newman, his first complete film score. Newman composed the eponymous title theme, in the style ofGeorge Gershwin'sRhapsody in Blue. The theme has been used in other movies, includingCry of the City,Kiss of Death,I Wake Up Screaming,Where the Sidewalk Ends,The Dark Corner,Gentleman's Agreementand as theoverturetoHow to Marry a Millionaire. In February 2020, the film was shown at the70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career. Plot: On a hot summer afternoon on the front stoop of aLower East Sidetenement building, Emma Jones gossips with other neighbors about the affair that Mrs. Anna Maurrant and the milkman Steve Sankey are having. When the rude and unfriendly Mr. Frank Maurrant arrives, they change the subject. Meanwhile, their teenage daughter Rose Maurrant is being sexually pressured by her married boss, Mr. Bert Easter. However, Rose very much likes her kind young Jewish neighbor Sam, who has a serious crush on her. The next morning, Frank Maurrant tells his wife that he is traveling to Stamford on business. Mrs. Maurrant meets the gentle Sankey in her apartment, but out of the blue Frank comes back home. He realizes his wife is upstairs with Sankey, and runs upstairs. We hear shots and see the two men struggling as Sankey tries to escape through the window. Maurrant runs out with a gun. He has killed Sankey and fatally wounded his wife. Maurrant is apprehended and is led away by police. He apologizes to his daughter Rose, who will now have to take care of herself and her young brother without either parent. Rose's boss offers once again to set her up in her own apartment, but she refuses. Then she sees Sam, and tells him she wants to leave the city. Sam pleads with her to let him go with her, but she tells him it will be better for the two of them to have a couple of years apart before they consider becoming a couple. Rose walks off down the street by herself. Source - Wikipedia #VintageLiteratureMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur

The Snows of Kilimanjarois a 1952 AmericanTechnicolorfilm based on the 1936short story of the same namebyErnest Hemingway. It is directed byHenry King, written byCasey Robinson, and starredGregory Peckas Harry Street,Susan Haywardas Helen, andAva Gardneras Cynthia Green (a character invented for the film). The film's ending does not mirror the story's ending. Considered by Hemingway to be one of his finest stories, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" was first published inEsquiremagazine in 1936 and then republished inThe Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories(1938). The Snows of Kilimanjarowas a critical and commercial success upon its release and becamethe second highest-grossing film of 1952, second only toThe Greatest Show on Earth. It was nominated for two Oscars at the25th Academy Awards, forBest Cinematography, ColorandBest Art Direction, Color(Lyle R. Wheeler,John DeCuir,Thomas Little,Paul S. Fox). The film has entered thepublic domain. Plot: The film begins with the opening words of Hemingway's story: "Kilimanjarois a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai 'Ngje Ngi,' the House of God. Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that altitude." The story centers on the memories of disillusioned writer, Harry Street, who is onsafariin Africa. He has a severely infected wound from a thorn prick, and lies outside his tent awaiting a slow death, though in the film it is pointed out he may have acquired the infection from leaping into a muddy river to rescue one of thesafari's porters from ahippoafter he falls in the river. His female companion, Helen, nurses Harry and hunts game for the larder. The loss of mobility brings self-reflection. In an often delirious state he remembers his past relationship with Cynthia Green, whom he met in Paris as members of the "Lost Generation." Upon the sale of Harry's first novel, rather than rent a nicer home, Harry wishes to go on safari to Africa. There he has his happiest moments, including bagging arhino. Cynthia is pregnant, but worries about sharing this news with Harry, who is passionate about his travels and work as a journalist and author. Harry only learns about the pregnancy after her miscarriage. Suffering depression and sinking into alcoholism, she eventually leaves Harry for aflamenco dancerwhen she believes Harry is off for a job as awar correspondent. Harry later becomes engaged to the wealthy and socially connected Countess Elizabeth, whom he meets on theCote d'Azur; however, he still remains loyal to the memory of Cynthia. On the eve of their wedding, a jealous Elizabeth confronts Harry with a letter to Harry sent from Cynthia, who is now in Madrid. Elizabeth destroys the letter in front of Harry who stalks off to go to Spain. Unable to find Cynthia at the Madrid address on the envelope, he enlists to fight in theSpanish Civil War. During a battle he meets Cynthia, who is now an ambulance driver. Cynthia is mortally wounded, and Harry is shot and wounded when he deserts the battle to try to bring the dying Cynthia to a doctor. Harry returns to Paris. While he is standing on the bridge watching the river, he meets Helen, who reminds him of Cynthia. After the death of his beloved mentor Uncle Bill, Harry receives as a bequest a letter from his uncle that gives him the riddle of the leopard. Harry's bartender suggests that the leopard ended up there as he was on a false scent and became lost, but Harry takes Helen on a safari to Kenya to learn the answer of the riddle. He is injured and develops an infection. As Harry nears death, the protective Helen fights off awitch doctor. Following the directions in an emergency first aid manual, she opens Harry's wound to release the infection. At the dawn a medical party arrives by airplane. The vultures and hyena who have been awaiting Harry's death leave and never return. Harry realizes his love for Helen. Source - Wikipedia #VintageLiteratureMovies #VintageconnoisseurPresents #ClassicDramaMovie Please Like and Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWs8bvBOk36ccEODelS Etsy Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageConnoisseur