Shane (1953) Director: George Stevens Sequel: Shane Screenplay: Alfred Bertram Guthrie, Jack Sher Awards: Academy Award for Best Cinematography Release date: April 23, 1953 (New York City) Click Here To Download Link Size: 946.7 MB Enigmatic gunslinger Shane (Alan Ladd) rides into a small Wyoming
town with hopes of quietly settling down as a farmhand. Taking a job on
homesteader Joe Starrett's (Van Heflin) farm, Shane is drawn into a
battle between the townsfolk and ruthless cattle baron Rufus Ryker
(Emile Meyer). Shane's growing
attraction to Starrett's wife, Marian (Jean Arthur), and his fondness
for their son Joey (Brandon de Wilde), who idolizes Shane, force Shane
to realize that he must thwart Ryker's plan.
Wagon Master (1950) Director: John Ford Running time: 1h 45m Initial DVD release: September 15, 2009 Screenplay: Frank Nugent, Patrick Ford Release date: April 19, 1950 (USA) Click Here To Download Link Size: 700.4 Mb
When a group of Mormons are run out of town for their religious
beliefs, Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond) searches for a wagon master to guide
the outcasts to the San Juan Valley. Happening upon horse traders Travis
Blue (Ben Johnson) and Sandy (Harry Carey Jr.), Wiggs convinces the men
to take the position due
to their intimate knowledge of the area. Despite Blue and Sandy's
guidance, the travelers experience numerous setbacks, especially when
the Clegg family outlaws take refuge in their wagon train.
Love Me Tonight (1932) Director: Rouben Mamoulian Running time: 1h 44m Initial DVD release: November 25, 2003 Screenplay: Samuel Hoffenstein, George Marion, Jr., Waldemar Young Release date: August 13, 1932 (USA) Click Here To Download Link Size: 774.2 Mb In this stylish musical comedy, Maurice Courtelin (Maurice
Chevalier), a French tailor, travels to the castle of nearby royalty to
collect payment on long overdue bills. A series of mishaps force
Courtelin to pose as a baron while he tries to woo the elegant Princess
Jeanette (Jeanette MacDonald). Resistant
to Courtelin's charms at first, she eventually becomes intrigued by
him. However, when the truth gets out about Courtelin's humble identity,
he risks losing the only woman that he loves.
Alice in the Cities (1974) Director: Wim Wenders Running time: 1h 50m Film series: Road Movie trilogy Music composed by: CAN Release date: April 28, 1977 (USA) Click Here To Download Link Size: 796.6 Mb
Alice in the Cities (Alice in den Städten) was the first of German
director Wim Wenders' films to be lensed in part in the United States.
Phillip (Rüdiger Vogler) is a roving German reporter who, after a chance
encounter with an elusive American woman, reluctantly accepts temporary
custody of little Alice (Yella Rottländer). Phillip takes Alice in hand
on a trek across Germany to locate the girl's grandmother. The plot
takes second place to Wenders' fascination with the contrast between the
neon-and-billboard ambience of the U.S. and the rolling hills and
industrial pockets of Deutschland. Alice in the Cities was the first of
Wenders' "road trilogy"; the follow-ups were Wrong Move (1975) and Kings
of the Road (1976), both also starring Rüdiger Vogler. ~ Hal Erickson,
The French Connection (1971) Director: William Friedkin Film series: The French Connection film series Cinematography: Owen Roizman Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture Release date: October 9, 1971 (USA) Click Here To Download Link Size: 813.1 Mb
This gritty, fast-paced, and innovative police drama earned five Academy
Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (written by
Ernest Tidyman), and Best Actor (Gene Hackman). Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
(Hackman) and his partner, Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider), are New York City
police detectives on narcotics detail, trying to track down the source
of heroin from Europe into the United States. Suave Alain Charnier
(Fernando Rey) is the French drug kingpin who provides a large
percentage of New York City's
dope, and Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi) is a hired killer and
Charnier's right-hand man. Acting on a hunch, Popeye and Buddy start
tailing Sal Boca (Tony Lo Bianco) and his wife, Angie (Arlene Faber),
who live pretty high for a couple whose corner store brings in about
7,000 dollars a year. It turns out Popeye's suspicions are right -- Sal
and Angie are the New York agents for Charnier, who will be smuggling 32
million dollars' worth of heroin into the city in a car shipped over
from France. The French Connection broke plenty of new ground for screen
thrillers; Popeye Doyle was a highly unusual "hero," an often violent,
racist, and mean-spirited cop whose dedication to his job fell just
short of dangerous obsession. The film's high point, a high-speed car
chase with Popeye tailing an elevated train, was one of the most
viscerally exciting screen moments of its day and set the stage for
dozens of action sequences to follow. And the film's grimy realism (and
downbeat ending) was a big change from the buff-and-shine gloss and
good-guys-always-win heroics of most police dramas that preceded it. The
French Connection was inspired by a true story, and Eddie Egan and
Sonny Grosso, Popeye and Buddy's real life counterparts, both have small
roles in the film
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Director: Alfred Hitchcock Running time: 1h 48m Music composed by: Dimitri Tiomkin Screenplay: Thornton Wilder, Alma Reville, Sally Benson Release date: January 12, 1943 (USA) Click Here To Download Link
Size: 730.9 Mb
Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) visits his relatives in Santa Rosa.
He is a very charming man, but his niece slowly realizes that he is
wanted for murder and he soon recognizes her suspicions. Although one of
the suspected murderers is killed and the case is considered closed,
she still has her suspicions.
Limelight (1952) Director: Charlie Chaplin Running time: 2h 27m Music composed by: Charlie Chaplin Story by: Charlie Chaplin Release date: October 23, 1952 (USA) Click Here To Download Link Size: 783.6 Mb
Depressed over her failed dance career, Terry (Claire Bloom)
attempts suicide, only to be rescued by Calvero (Charles Chaplin), an
impoverished, once-famous stage clown. Calvero revives Terry's health
and prospects, and in the process recovers his own self-esteem as well.
When Terry proposes marriage,
Calvero thinks their age difference is too great, and leaves to become a
street clown so that Terry's friendship with a promising young composer
(Sydney Chaplin) can instead blossom.
