May 2012 Archives
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This Saturday night, Classic Cool Theater screens "Stage Door Canteen." Get the story behind this WWII hotspot as well as that of its Los Angeles counterpart.
"Go For Broke" stars Van Johnson and Lane Nakano.
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This 1951 Van Johnson film tells the true story of the 442nd regiment, a largely Japanese-American WWII unit that became the most-decorated in U.S. military history.
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This filmed-on-location caper about occupied Berlin stars Montgomery Clift and offers a bit of insight about American attitudes toward Communism in 1950.
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Saturday night's WWII thriller stars James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney and some fairly blatant anti-Japanese attitudes. Click through for the history behind it.
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This Saturday at 9 p.m., KCET brings you the 1946 Orson Welles film "The Stranger." It's the latest entry in KCET's "Classic Cool Theater" series, which aims to give you not only a great film but also a vintage...
Tracy is on the case after a fur coat thief is connected to a series of murders. The criminal's giveaway? A hook for a hand!
In the Gordon Douglas directed flick, Dick Tracy is out to stop Cueball, an ex-con who is on a mission to murder those who he believes have double crossed him.
Police detective Dick Tracy is on the case! A series of brutal murders of victims from different social/economic backgrounds leads the detective to a suspect named Splitface. Directed by William A. Berke, the film stars Morgan Conway as the tough detective.
Cartoon: "Fresh Vegetable Mystery" Newsreel: I. "Lou Gehrig Retires From Baseball" II. "Coverage Of The New York World's Fair" Musical Interlude: Our Gang, "The Love Bug Will Get You" Feature Film: "The Flying Deuces"
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