The Ladykillers (1955)(IMDB 7.6)(AlecGuiness-PeterSellers)(Dir-AlexanderMackendrick) Five oddball criminals planning an Armored Car robbery, rent rooms on a dead end street from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians. Dir-Alexander Mackendrick Writers-William Rose-Jimmy O'Connor Stars-Alec Guinness-Peter Sellers-Herbert Lom-Cecil Parker

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)(IMDB 8.0)(DavidNiven-KimHunter)(Dir-MichaelPowell-Emeric Pressburger) AKA - Stairway to Heaven (1946) Color Cinematography by Jack Cardiff Returning to England from a bombing run in May 1945, pilot Peter Carter's plane is damaged and his parachute ripped to shreds. He has his crew bail out safely, but figures it is curtains for himself. He gets on the radio, and talks to June, a young American woman working for the U.S. Army Air Forces, and they are quite moved by each other's voices. Then he jumps, preferring this to burning up with his plane. He wakes up in the surf. It was his time to die, but there was a mix-up in heaven. They couldn't find him in all that fog. By the time his "Conductor" catches up with him twenty hours later, Peter and June have met and fallen in love. This changes everything, and since it happened through no fault of his own, Peter figures that heaven owes him a second chance. Heaven agrees to a trial to decide his fate. Aspect_ratio 1.37 : 1 Directors-Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger Writers-Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger Stars-David Niven-Kim Hunter-Robert Coote Color Cinematography by Jack Cardiff

Impact (1948)(IMDB 7.0)(BDonleavy-CCoburn)(Dir-ArthurLubin) A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy. Director - Arthur Lubin Writers - Dorothy Davenport - Jay Dratler Stars - Brian Donlevy - Ella Raines - Charles Coburn

Scarlet Street Scarlet Street (1945)(IMDB 7.7)(EdwardGRobinson-JoanBennett-DanDuryea)(Dir-Fritz Lang) A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses. Director - Fritz Lang Writers - Georges de La Fouchardière - André Mouëzy-Éon - Dudley Nichols Stars - Edward G. Robinson - Joan Bennett - Dan Duryea

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)(IMDB 7.9)(CGrant-RayMassey-PLorre)(Dir-FrankCapra) A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers. Dir-Frank Capra Writers-Julius J. Epstein-Philip G. Epstein-Joseph Kesselring Stars-Cary Grant-Priscilla Lane-Raymond Massey

Baby Face (1933)(IMDB 7.5)(BarbaraStanwyck-JohnWayne-GeorgeBrent)(Dir-AlfredEGreen) Publication date 1933 - Pre Code Alfred E. Green, Barbara Stanwyck, John Wayne, George Brent, Theresa Harris, A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank - by gleefully sleeping her way to the top.

Conflict (1945) Conflict (1945)(IMDB 7.1)(HumphreyBogart-AlexisSmith-SydneyGreenstreet)(Dir-Curtis Bernhardt) An engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister. Director - Curtis Bernhardt Writers - Arthur T. Horman-Dwight Taylor-Robert Siodmak Stars - Humphrey Bogart-Alexis Smith-Sydney Greenstreet

My Man Godfrey (1936)(IMDB 7.9)(WilliamPowell-CarolLombard)(Dir-GregoryLaCava) Carole Lombard and William Powell in My Man Godfrey (1936)(IMDB 7.9) A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye. Director - Gregory La Cava Writers - Morrie Ryskind - Eric Hatch - Zoe Akins Stars - William Powell - Carole Lombard - Alice Brady

Gaslight (1940)(IMDB 7.3)(AntonWalbrook-DianaWynyard)(Dir-ThoroldDickinson) Twenty years after the murder of Alice Barlow, her house is finally occupied again. However, the husband from the couple who have moved in has a secret which he will do anything to keep hidden. Director- Thorold Dickinson Writers- Patrick Hamilton - A.R. Rawlinson - Bridget Boland Stars- Anton Walbrook - Diana Wynyard - Frank Pettingell Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain

Shanghai Express (1932) A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved. Dir-Josef von Sternberg Writers-Jules Furthman-Harry Hervey Stars-Marlene Dietrich-Clive Brook-Anna May Wong

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)(IMDB 8.1)(LewAyers-LouisWolheim)(Dir-LewisMilestone) A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror. Academy Award - Best Picture - 1930 Director - Lewis Milestone Writers - Erich Maria Remarque - Maxwell Anderson - George Abbott Stars - Lew Ayres - Louis Wolheim - John Wray

The Blue Angel (1930) Original title: Der blaue Engel The Blue Angel (1930)(IMDB 7.7)(ClassicGerman)(EmilJannings-MarleneDietrich)(Dir-JosefvonSternberg) English-Sound-B\W Immanuel Rath, an old bachelor, is a professor at the town's university. When he discovers that some of his pupils often go into a speakeasy, The Blue Angel, to visit a dancer, Lola Lola, he comes there to confront them. But he is attracted to Lola. The next night he comes again--and does not sleep at home. This causes trouble at work and his life takes a downward spiral. Director - Josef von Sternberg Writers - Heinrich Mann - Carl Zuckmayer - Karl Vollmöller Stars - Emil Jannings - Marlene Dietrich - Kurt Gerron