Figaro: Living in the Moment of a Character (2010)

Actors: Michal Borkowski II (actor), Rianne Chandler (actor), Justyna Dyla (actor), Megan Gebbert (actor), Jarolaw Kitala (actor), Jarolaw Kitala (actor), Brett Landow (actor), Jason Mallory (actor), Leslie Allnat Mallory (actor), Andrzei Nowicki (actor), Michael Ramach (actor), Scott Sandersfeld (actor), Kelly Marie Shortt (actor), Michal Szopa (actor), Michal Borkowski II (actor),

Plot: 15 singers, two countries and the music of Mozart: The stage was set for and incredible journey between two music schools, (the Louisville School of Music and the Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland) thousands of miles apart in both distance and language, to put on a show. The show, Marriage of Figaro, Amadeus Mozart's comic opera, would be the language that would unite both casts. Extensive filming throughout the production's three-month period provides insight not only into the rigorous schedule of its performers, but behind the scenes of all the departments responsible for bringing the house to its feet!

Keywords: opera
Genres: Documentary,
Taglines: Living in the Moment of a Character

Hero by Proxy (2009)

Actors: Angela Atwood (actor), Keith Boynton (actor), Clint Byrne (actor), Brigitte Choura (actor), Mike Lavoie (actor), Keith Boynton (producer), Clint Byrne (producer), Mike Lavoie (producer), Sumi Lee (producer), Keith Boynton (writer), Mike Lavoie (writer), Michael Redfield (writer), Michael Redfield (composer), Michael Redfield (director), Keith Boynton (editor),

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Short,

The Buckshee Countess (2009)

Actors: David Barclay (actor), Fraser Goodall (actor), Margaret Henderson (actor), Wes McCardle (actor), Keiran Ure (actor), Billy Wilson (actor), Tonia Flynn (actress), Pamela Gladstone (actress), Margaret Henderson (actress), Paul Bruce (producer), Margaret Henderson (producer), Paul Bruce (writer), Dmytro Morykit (composer), Paul Bruce (director), Mark Finlay (editor),

Plot: A bankrupt Countess, broods amid the isolation of her decaying Estate, her only companion, a mute butler. She is consumed with an obsession for her former glories and the servants she can no longer afford. Her deranged power fixation compels her to abduct her visitors, starting with Beth, a consultant for an employment agency and including a pizza delivery lady, a charity worker and a policeman. They're all set to work at domestic chores, beaten, locked in a cell and fed stale porridge, all overseen by the Butler who gradually falls for Beth. Ordered to murder and bury Beth, The Butler has to make a dangerous choice.

Keywords: black-comedy, gothic, murder, neo-noir, obsession
Genres: Comedy, Short, Thriller,

Quotes:

The Countess: That's the trouble with the Plebs these days, they won't do a stroke of work!

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)

Actors: Ken Babbs (actor), Ed Begley Jr. (actor), Roger Bowen (actor), William S. Burroughs (actor), Doug Cooeyate (actor), Wade Evans (actor), Crispin Glover (actor), Scott Patrick Green (actor), Buck Henry (actor), Eric Hull (actor), John Hurt (actor), Joe Ivy (actor), Ken Kesey (actor), Udo Kier (actor), Allen Arnold (actor),

Plot: Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty- ranch. The cowgirls take command of the ranch from the Countess and 'drug' the cranes with 'peyote'. The police besiege the ranch.

Keywords: actor, advertisement, airplane, american-flag, american-indian, asthma, asthma-attack, band, barbecue, bare-breasts
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western,
Taglines: There have been many great drivers but only one great passenger.

Quotes:

Sissy Hankshaw: They're drugged?::Bonanza Jellybean: Oh, come off it, Sissy. What do you mean, drugged? Every living thing has a chemical composition, and anything that is added to it changes that composition. If you eat a cheeseburger or a Three Musketeers bar, it changes your body chemistry. The kind of food you eat, the kind of air you breathe, can change your mental state. Does that mean you're drugged?

The Countess: All of us are freaks in one way or another. Try being born a male Russian Countess into a white, middle class, Baptist family in Mississippi, and you'll see what I mean.

The Countess: It's been six months, hasn't it? In some circles that is half a year.

The Countess: There comes a time when it is psychologically impossible for a woman to lose her virginity - you can't wait too long, you know.

Sissy Hankshaw: [reading a road sign] If it's sloppy, says The Chink, best to eat it over the sink.

Delores Del Ruby: [about The Countess] Look at him, perverse as a pink pickle.

Delores Del Ruby: Playfulness ceases to have a serious purpose when it takes itself too seriously.

The Hindenburg (1975)

Actors: William Atherton (actor), Rene Auberjonois (actor), Val Bisoglio (actor), Peter Canon (actor), Colby Chester (actor), Robert Clary (actor), Wade Crosby (actor), Jimmy Davilla (actor), Joe Di Reda (actor), Peter Donat (actor), Charles Durning (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Stephen Elliott (actor), Ted Gehring (actor), Norman Alden (actor),

Plot: This film is a compendium of the facts and fiction of the events leading up to the disaster. For dramatic effect, Sabotage was chosen as the cause, rather than electricity lashing out at a couple of tons of hydrogen.

Keywords: 1930s, accident, airplane, based-on-novel, blimp, bomb, card-playing, card-shark, conspiracy, dalmatian
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller,
Taglines: The truth at last? What really happened to The Hindenburg? Of 97 aboard, eight had a motive for sabotage. One had a plot. Of 97 aboard, eight had a motive. One had a plot. By some miracle, 62 survived.

Quotes:

Colonel Franz Ritter: We're all gonna die! Where's the bomb!

Martin Vogel: Out Ritter, I've taken over!

Elliot Howell III: Well countess, I've never enjoyed losing so much!

Karl Boerth: Excuse me, I'm just a poor gypsy.

Knorr: A drink to the one I love. The Hindenburg!

Woman: They act like Gypsies.

[as the ship begins to crash]::Capt. Pruss: [whisper, then shout] No... No!

Reed Channing: [the last line of Reed Channing's concert song; "There's a lot to be said for the Fuhrer"] Who else making opportunities for busy pioneers in occupa - [Capt. Pruss slams the piano keyboard cover shut]::Capt. Pruss: [Joe Spah runs out of the lounge imitating airplane engine droning and waving a swastika hankerchief] Thank you so much, Mr Channing. Unfortunately your humor is not the same as ours. Good night, sir.

Reed Channing: There's a new voice sweeping the fatherland Loyal Germans understand As they rally round its exciting sound How their hearts expand There's a new voice keeping the fatherland To its ancient noble bounds Helping restless men start to build again Showing where and how? There's a lot to be said for the Fuhrer Why I hardly know where to begin For our pride in Aryan purity security Thank Berlin All the bold youthful steps he is taking Make you feel that something special's in the air What has got to be said for the Fuhrer is Who else would ever dare There's a lot to be said for the Nazis They are bringing the press into line They have modernized the cinema The radio and the Rhine It's a simply spectacular party And the failure to attempt would be a crime There's a lot to be said for the Nazis And I hope it's said in time Who else is making opportunities For busy pioneers in occupa... Captain Pruss stops the performance::Capt. Pruss: Thank you so much, Mr. Channing. Unfortunately your humor is not the same as ours. Good night sir.

Ursula, The Countess: The German Air Force is not at all like it used to be, but then again, nothing is.

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Actors: George Cole (actor), Peter Cushing (actor), Charles Farrell (actor), Jon Finch (actor), John Forbes-Robertson (actor), Harvey Hall (actor), Graham James (actor), Lindsay Kemp (actor), Ferdy Mayne (actor), Sion Probert (actor), Douglas Wilmer (actor), Dawn Addams (actress), Jill Easter (actress), Olga James (actress), Tom Browne (actor),

Plot: The Countess is called away to tend a sick friend and imposes on the General to accept her daughter Marcilla as a houseguest. Some of the villagers begin dying, however, and the General's daughter Laura soon gets weak and pale, but Marcilla is there to comfort her. The villagers begin whispering about vampires as Marcilla finds another family on which to impose herself. The pattern repeats as Emma gets ill, but the General cannot rest, and seeks the advice of Baron Hartog, who once dealt a decisive blow against a family of vampires. Well, almost.

Keywords: 18th-century, austria, ballroom, bare-breasts, based-on-novel, based-on-short-story, bathtub, beheading, bite-mark, blood
Genres: Horror,
Taglines: She's the New Horror from Hammer! Beautiful temptress ...... or Bloodthirsty monster? even the dead can love. If you dare... taste the deadly passion of the BLOOD-NYMPHS An erotic nightmare of tormented lusts that throb in headless, undead bodies! Carmilla is really queen of lesbian vampires!

Quotes:

Marcilla: You must die! Everybody must die!

Baron Joachim von Hartog: They were all evil and remain evil after death.

Doctor: The trouble with this part of the world is that they have too many fairy tales.

Carl Ebhardt: It's over! It's over!

The Governess: You mustn't let your imagination get the best of you.::Emma Morton: I'm sorry.::The Governess: You sleep well now.::Emma Morton: I'll try.::The Governess: Good.

Ladies of the Big House (1931)

Actors: Wade Boteler (actor), Ed Brady (actor), James P. Burtis (actor), A.S. 'Pop' Byron (actor), Davison Clark (actor), Rockliffe Fellowes (actor), Earle Foxe (actor), Sherry Hall (actor), Pat Harmon (actor), George Irving (actor), Roscoe Karns (actor), John Kelly (actor), Emmett King (actor), Bob Kortman (actor), Irving Bacon (actor),

Plot: On their Wedding day, Kathleen and Standish McNeil are followed home by Kid Athens, (a wanted murderer), and Policeman Martin French (sent to get Kathleen as a witness). Athens shoots French and tosses a gun, engraved with "with love" next to French's body. This sets up Kathleen (once a moll for Athen's) and Standish as the murderers. Eager Assistant Attorney John Hartman, who works for Athens, manipulates the jury to a guilty verdict. Standish (Mac) is sent to death row and Kathleen to a violent Woman's Prison. She's befriended by Ivory and Maria, but is viciously treated by inmate, Susie Thompson, a former moll of Athens before Kathleen. Kathleen discovers that her appeal has been denied and decides to escape with pregnant inmate, Maria. Kathleen is allowed a visit with Mac (Standish) and tells him of her plan to escape and tell the world of their innocence. Maria is shot while trying to cut the fence. Kathleen's getaway boat is smashed and she's recaptured...

Keywords: circumstantial-evidence, police-corruption, prison, women's-prison, women-fight, women-in-prison
Genres: Drama,

Dr. Wake's Patient (1916)

Actors: Wyndham Guise (actor), James Lindsay (actor), Gerald McCarthy (actor), Dora Barton (actress), Phyllis Dare (actress), Mary Rorke (actress), Harry Engholm (writer), W. Gayer Mackay (writer), Robert Ord (writer), Fred Paul (director),

Genres: Drama, Romance,

The Eye of Krishla (1913)

Actors: Harry Benham (actor),

Plot: The police captain had solved a couple of mysteries, and as news was light, the papers had given him much publicity, many of the writers declaring that Sherlock Holmes, Vidocq and William J. Burns were in the infant class compared to Police Captain Smith, it tackled his vanity, and caused him to look down upon the young man upon whom his daughter had cast her affections. In fact he forbade them to marry, announcing that his son-in-law must be "a man of brains." The suitor seemingly accepts the edict, and as days passed, the captain gradually forgot him. Then another opportunity to distinguish himself came along, and he accepted it with alacrity. A Countess was robbed of a wonderful diamond, "The Eye of Krishla," and the circumstances surrounding the theft were most mysterious. It seemed to be a case calling for personal attention, and Captain Smith plunged into it. From the Countess he received all the details, which really did not explain anything. The captain, however, picked up several clues, including a glove, which he failed to recognize as his own. Outside the window were plainly marked footprints, and with his faithful police dog, the gallant officer took up the trail. It led to his own house, and worse than that, to his own room. The Countess had followed him, full of admiration of American detective work. Seemingly by accident, she knocked a cake of soap from the washstand. The dog crossed to it, the Countess picked it up. Then the chase ended, for in the cake of soap was embedded the diamond which the Countess called "the Eye of Krishla." The detective could not explain it, but sank helplessly into a chair as the Countess left the room haughtily, the diamond in her hand. Later the detective went downstairs, and was shocked to find the Countess smoking a cigar and talking to his daughter. Then he found that the noblewoman was the suitor he had flouted. He was indignant at first, but when the young man softly said that "your son-in-law can be relied upon to keep the secret of the Eye of Krishla," he realized that the time had come for him to surrender gracefully unless he wanted the city to laugh at "the famous" detective. So, like Davy Crockett's coon, he crawled down gracefully, and gave his consent to the marriage.

Genres: Comedy, Short,

The Fighting Lieutenant (1913)

Actors: Al Ernest Garcia (actor), George Hernandez (actor), William Hutchinson (actor), Harold Lockwood (actor), Eugenie Besserer (actress), Adele Lane (actress), William Nicholas Selig (producer), E.A. Martin (writer), E.A. Martin (director),

Plot: Don Arguello, in order to get the fortune of his ward, Princess Irma, insists that she marry him. The high-spirited girl repulses him as equally unworthy of love or respect, but temporizes with him. About this time Captain Falconbridge, of the U. S. Cavalry, who is stationed at the Mexican border, is introduced to Irma at Don Arguello's home by Don Carlos, a high-grade young Mexican, who consorts with Americans. At a later visit Don Arguello happens on the scene and shows his immediate disapproval by insulting the American flag which Falconbridge has presented to Irma. This so incenses the soldier that he requests the ladies to leave the room while he gives the old roué a sound trouncing. He has completed this in satisfactory fashion, the furniture being wrecked in the struggle, when a detachment of Mexican soldiers arrive. Falconbridge escapes the vengeance of the reinforcements by leaping through a window. Irma, who is waiting the outcome of the fight in the garden, decides to fly over the border with the American and escape her vengeful and despised guardian. Don Carlos admires Irma, but unselfishly gives aid to this good cause. Close to the border the fleeing pair are forced to take refuge in an adobe. There they "stand off" the pursuing greasers until the boys of Falconbridge's command, hearing the firing, and scenting trouble, ride over the border and make a daring rescue.

Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,