Paper Moon Affair (2005)

Actors: Misa Shimizu (actress), Brendan Fletcher (actor), Krista Johnston (miscellaneous crew), Philip Granger (actor), Ileana Pietrobruno (editor), Sebastian Spence (actor), Scott Harper (miscellaneous crew), Micah Gardener (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Mokrane (miscellaneous crew), Garry M.B. Smith (editor), Teach Grant (actor), June B. Wilde (actress), Shan Tam (producer), Brenda James (actress), Terri Garbutt (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: A wealthy Asian couple - he Chinese, she Japanese - arrive in Paper Moon Bay, an isolated town on the west coast of Canada, for a respite. Theirs is an emotionally distant marriage, due in large part to his chronic infidelity of which she is aware. To fill that emotional void in her life, she, named Keiko Hanada, meditates through doing origami. That emotional void is strengthened when he abandons her in town, especially as life in Paper Moon Bay in all aspects is totally foreign to her. Keiko wants to leave herself to head back to the comforts of Tokyo and her support network, but finds that leaving is not as easy it was arriving. She attracts the attention of most in the town, who see her solely as the foreigner they don't understand. But one person who sees in her at least as a temporary answer to his own problems is Vern Staub, the local police officer. He too is in an unsatisfying marriage to Lucy Staub, their problems largely regarding their sex life. Vern begins a sexual relationship with Keiko to fill that void in his life. One other person attracted to Keiko is nineteen year old Hart Turner, who wants more than anything to escape the repressive life in Paper Moon Bay, especially in getting away from his alcoholic fisherman father, Bill Turner. Keiko's resulting relationship with Hart is more an emotional one based on her need for a true friend, although he would like it to be so much more.

Keywords: adultery, alcoholic, asian, bra, breasts, deer, drunkenness, extramarital-affair, ferry-boat, fight
Genres: Drama, Romance,

Madman (1982)

Actors: Daniel Loewenthal (editor), Mary A. Kelly (miscellaneous crew), Alexander Murphy Jr. (actor), Gaylen Ross (actress), Michael Sullivan (actor), Gary Sales (producer), Gary Sales (writer), Paul Ehlers (miscellaneous crew), Paul Ehlers (actor), Seth Jones (actor), Ken Winber (miscellaneous crew), Joe Giannone (writer), Stephen Horelick (composer), Joe Giannone (director), Joe Giannone (writer),

Plot: At a summer camp for youths, cockey pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various ways by the backwoodsman who has returned when his name was called.

Keywords: 1980s, axe, axe-murder, bare-chested-male, blond-man, blood, blood-splatter, breaking-through-a-door, broken-back, bus
Genres: Horror,
Taglines: Don't say his name! They thought they were alone. Deep in the woods, lurks a hideous evil... Don't even whisper his name!

Quotes:

[first title card]::Title Card: It all started during a campfire at North Sea Cottages, a special retreat for gifted children...

The Big Guy (1939)

Actors: Murray Alper (actor), Eddie Hall (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Tom Chatterton (actor), Edward Brophy (actor), Jackie Cooper (actor), Kernan Cripps (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), Hal K. Dawson (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Edward Earle (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor), Jonathan Hale (actor), Russell Hicks (actor),

Plot: Bill Whitlock, the warden of a large prison, has a decision to make; the only way he can keep an innocent man, Jimmy Hutchins, from dying in the electric chair is to return some stolen loot that has come into his possession. It is quite a large sum, so his conscience has to work over-time, and that may not sway him, either.

Keywords: 1930s, archive-footage, b-movie, cell-mate, cigarette-smoking, circumstantial-evidence, confession, conscience, convict, district-attorney
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: "I'M GOING TO LET THIS BOY DIE!" "I can beat life - with his life! It's my chance to play heel and win a fortune. Why should I play sap - and lose it - just to save some kid!" BIG...With a FIST! BIG... With a GUN! BIG..With a GAL! But he was BIG enough to sacrifice a fortune to save two innocent kids from disaster! (original poster) HERE'S UNFORGETTABLE DRAMA! (original poster - all caps) HE HAD A RIGHT TO KILL..AND MAKE A FORTUNE IF HE DID! But they were innocent...and he knew it (original poster) VICTOR McLAGLEN...TRiumphant again in the kind of role that made him famous! (original ad) JACKIE COOPER...In the finest, most dramatic performance of his career! (original ad)

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Actors: Tom Dugan (actor), Mike Donovan (actor), John Dilson (actor), Gabriel Dell (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Raymond Brown (actor), Clem Bevans (actor), Nat Carr (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Cliff Clark (actor), Hal Craig (actor), Joe Cunningham (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), John Garfield (actor),

Plot: Johnnie is a boxer. The same evening he won the world championship, he is charged for the murder of a reporter and is taken for dead. Running away from New York, he ends up in a ranch in Arizona, run by an old lady as a work farm for delinquent teenagers. He falls in love with Peggy and became the teenagers' hero. But there is that New York Detective, Phelan, that does not believe he is dead and is chasing him... An unlikely scenario, but not a so bad film.

Keywords: accidental-death, arizona, automobile-accident, based-on-novel, based-on-play, boxing, brother-sister-relationship, champion, cynic, dead-end-kids
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: I am a fugitive! I am hunted by the mob! I am wanted by the cops! I am forgotten by decent women! (re-release print ad) YOU'D GIVE A DOG A BETTER CHANCE! (re-release print ad - all caps) Sensational Human Drama! I am a fugitive... I am hunted by ruthless men! I am shunned by decent women! I am doomed to hide forever!

Quotes:

Speed: She took eight gallons. That's a dollar twenty-eight.

Johnnie Bradfield, aka Jack Dorney: If you're rootin' for me, I'll go in there and bang the ears off the biggest guy in the world.

J. Douglas Williamson: You think you're smart, don't you?::Spit: They call us "the Six Geniuses."

Ringside Radio Fight Announcer: A right to the jaw. A left to the face. Boy, is he a killer. Is he murderous. The Bull lands a terrific right to Smith's jaw, and Smith is down! It'll be best for Smith if he stays down, because this is downright murder. Smith's face is red pulp; red, red pulp. 8, 9, 10! And Smith's out. Phew! And I'm glad that's over.

Johnnie Bradfield, aka Jack Dorney: Are you trying to make a sucker out of me?

Dead End (1937)

Actors: George Humbert (actor), Charles Halton (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Robert Homans (actor), Al Bridge (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), Don 'Red' Barry (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Huntz Hall (actor), Gabriel Dell (actor), Bud Geary (actor), James Burke (actor), Leo Gorcey (actor), Thomas E. Jackson (actor),

Plot: The Dead End Kids are introduced in their intricate East Side slum, overlooked by the apartments of the rich. Their antics, some funny, some vicious, alternate with subplots: unemployed architect Dave is torn between Drina, sweet but equally poor, and Kay, a rich man's mistress; gangster Baby Face Martin returns to his old neighborhood and finds that nobody is glad to see him. Then violent crime, both juvenile and adult, impacts the neighborhood and its people.

Keywords: architect, bar, based-on-play, beating, brother-sister-relationship, class-differences, cockroach, dead-end-kids, deep-focus, detective
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir,
Taglines: THE GREATEST GANGSTER THRILLER THAT EVER EXPLODED FROM THE SCREEN! (1944 reissue print ad - all caps)

Quotes:

Hunk: Maybe I'm wrong. We all make mistakes, boss. That's why they put the rubber on the ends of pencils.

Hugh 'Baby Face': [Hugh doesn't give a street kid money when the kid doesn't deliver] Nothing for nothing, kid.

Milton 'Milty': You think I'm some dope?::Spit: Yeah, a dope what smells on ice.::Tommy Gordon: Stand up to him, Milty. Stand up to him.::Milton 'Milty': What's a matter? You wanna fight?::Spit: Yeah.::Milton 'Milty': Ya do?::Spit: Yeah!::Milton 'Milty': Well, join the army!

[the police are looking for Tommy after he has a fight with Philip Griswald and then injures Philip's father]::Dave Connell: Don't worry, Drina. He knows his way around - he can take care of himself.::Drina Gordon: He can take care of himself too well. How can he have done such a thing? Where does he learn about knives and...::Dave Connell: He had an expert teacher. [refers to Martin] Anyway it's not hard to learn in a place like this.::Drina Gordon: But he's not a bad kid - not really bad. He never has been.::Dave Connell: The famous 'Baby Face' Martin used to live on this block. He wasn't such a bad kid either at first. He was smart and brave and decent... at first.::Drina Gordon: Like Tommy, you mean. Ever since he was a little kid I've tried to teach him what's right. I don't know what else to do - I've tried to bring him up decent.::Dave Connell: Aw, what chance have they got against all this? They gotta fight for a place to play, fight for a little extra somethin' to eat, fight for everything. They get used to fightin'. "Enemies of society" it says in the papers... why not? What've they got to be so friendly about?

Dippy 'Dip': Well I dink an' I dink' an' I dink an' I can't rememba da numba. Den I rememba da building but I forget da floor. But den I check every room an' whoever she is she ain't dare.::Hugh 'Baby Face': Nuttin' for nuttin' kid.::Dippy 'Dip': What a fine ding to do to a kid, a fine ding, a fine ding.

Skin Deep (1929)

Actors: Monte Blue (actor), John Bowers (actor), John Davidson (actor), Alice Day (actress), De Leon Anthony (writer), Gordon Rigby (writer), Ray Enright (director), Tully Marshall (actor), Bob Perry (actor), George E. Stone (actor), Betty Compson (actress), Rex Dunn (composer), Marc Edmund Jones (writer), George Marks (editor), Davey Lee (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Mother's Joy (1923)

Actors: Thomas J. Crizer (editor), Joe Bordeaux (actor), James Finlayson (actor), William Gillespie (actor), Charlie Hall (actor), Stan Laurel (actor), Stan Laurel (actor), Helen Gilmore (actress), Ena Gregory (actress), Hal Roach (producer), H.M. Walker (writer), Ralph Ceder (director), Earl Mohan (actor), George Rowe (actor), Glenn Tryon (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,