Ida Lupino
1) The bigamist
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
Formats
Description
An amazingly sympathetic portrait of a figure historically given very short shrift: the title character is not only a two-timer—he’s a traveling salesman as well. But, as embodied by that perpetually pressured everyman of the 1950s, Edmond O’Brien, the bigamist comes across as a victim of his own sensitivity. Caught between two complementary spouses, O’Brien’s dazed indecisiveness dominates the narrative. As always in Ida Lupino’s directorial...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beyond its obvious cultural significance as the only classic film noir directed by a woman (actress Ida Lupino), THE HITCH-HIKER is perhaps better remembered as simply one of the most nightmarish motion pictures of the 1950s. Inspired by the true-life murder spree of Billy Cook, THE HITCH-HIKER is the tension-laden saga of two men on a camping trip (Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy) who are held captive by a homicidal drifter (William Talman). He...
5) The sea wolf
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The tyrannical captain of a freighter would rather 'reign in Hell than serve in Heaven' in this classic drama.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Two middle-class American homebodies on vacation in Mexico on a long-awaited fishing trip decide to pick up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a killer. Suddenly their car and their very lives are commandeered by psychopathic serial killer.
8) Road house
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Roadhouse owner Jefty Morgan hires a singer from Chicago to sing in his club. He falls for her but she has eyes for Pete, who works for Morgan. Morgan frames Pete for stealing money from him and must face his murderous jealousy.
9) Moontide
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Bobo is a free-spirited wanderer who docks in a Pacific seaside town with his buddy Tiny, a sponge who wants to leave. After a night of drunken debauchery, Bobo awakens on a strange barge wearing the cap of a dead man. Afraid he has committed the crime, Bobo prepares to skip town with Tiny but is delayed when he meets Anna, who he rescues from drowning herself in the surf. They fall in love and open a business together selling bait. Jealous and desperate...
10) Not wanted
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In Ida Lupino's directorial debut, young and naive 'unwed mother' Sally Forrest's life spirals out of control after her musician beau ditches her for an out-of-town gig, despite the presence of another man determined to win her heart. In many ways this extraordinary first directorial effort, while uncredited, already bears the stamp of Lupino's unique vision: the remarkable empathy felt for the lead character, the hallucinatory moments, and the deft...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c[2009]
Language
English
Description
Six films made before the Production Code. In 1934, Hollywood was turned upside down by the enforcement of a strict "Production Code" that would change the way movies were made for the next 34 years. But during the "pre-Code" period (1929-1934), censorship barely existed and filmmakers had free rein to make the movies they wanted and the public demanded. No subject was taboo including adultery, murder or sex.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Petrified forest (1936, 82 min.): A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, a fugitive killer sweats out a manhunt, holding a writer and young waitress hostage.
Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938, 87 min.): Dr. Clitterhouse wants to find out what makes a criminal tick. Eager to study the physical and mental state of lawbreakers, he joins a gang of jewel thieves.
High Sierra (1941, 101 min.): A gangster's hard-boiled persona finds itself at...
14) Out of the fog
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Working-class dreamers Jonah and Olaf fish the Brooklyn waters and ponder their glorious plan: buy a big boat and head for sunny Cuba. Then an amoral gangster puts the squeeze on the few bucks they've saved and puts the moves on Jonah's daughter, a restless good girl who'd just as soon be bad. And the two friends, the two gentle souls, begin a new plan: murder.
15) Devotion
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Sisters Emily and Charlotte Bronte lived to write, weaving tales rich with characters, incident and passion from the poor Yorkshire vicarage they called home. Tells the story, with more than a dash of literary license, of these daring women who created Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Two sisters, yearning for literary success and the love of the same man.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[c2004]
Language
English
Description
Professor Moriarty has at long last been brought to trial for murder, but is acquitted after the court finds a lack of sufficient evidence. Moriarty wastes no time in plotting his next crime, but he must first divert the attention of the Great Detective.
17) High Sierra
Language
English
Description
A gangster's hard-boiled persona finds itself at war with his compassionate side, a side that will ultimately be his downfall.
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
"Pablo Braganza is a Mexican bandit who is inspired by an American gangster film to reorganize his outlaw gang to Chicago standards and practices. Also a music lover, Pablo kidnaps young opera singer Chivo because he likes his voice. Pablo then forces Chivo to capture the son of an American millionaire and his fiancee. When the rich boy escapes solo, the gay desperado serenades the fiery girlfriend amid every sort of chaos."--Container.
19) Road house
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Jefferson Robbins owns a roadhouse near the Canadian border that is managed by his playboy buddy Pete Morgan and cashier Susie Smith. After a trip to Chicago, Robbins brings back Lily Stevens, cahnteuse with whom he is obviously smitten. When Robbins goes on a hunting trip with some pals and plans to ask Lily to marry him upon his return... Pete and Lily share some intimate time together and fall in love. The news sends Robbins into a psychopathic...
20) Junior Bonner
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young, drifting rodeo star decides to raise money for his father's ranch by challenging a formidable bull.