Big Five Glories

Affairs of Cappy Ricks - 1938

BigFiveGlories — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:17:52 +0000

Synopsis: Cappy Ricks, a crusty old sea captain, returns home from a long voyage to discover that his family and his business are in chaos–his daughter is set to marry a nitwit that he can’t stand, and his future mother-in-law has taken over everything and is set to merge his business with that of a rival company. Worst of all, though, is that she–in the interests of “progress”–has completely automated his beloved ship, “Electra”!. He sets out to put an end to all this foolishness and comes up with what he thinks is a foolproof plan…

The Lady Vanishes - 1938

BigFiveGlories — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:00:18 +0000

Synopsis: Travellers on a trans-European train are delayed for a night due to bad weather in a small fictional country called Mandrika. The passengers cram into the small village hotel where socialite Iris Henderson meets an old governess called Miss Froy. Shortly after the journey restarts, Miss Froy disappears…

Jigsaw - 1949

BigFiveGlories — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:20:27 +0000

Synopsis: When the owner of a printing shop is found dead, the District Attorney assumes that it was a suicide. But the Assistant D.A., Howard Malloy, suspects that there is a connection with an extremist political group called the ‘Crusaders’. When a journalist whose articles had attacked the Crusaders is also killed, Malloy is convinced. With help from the widow of a prominent judge, he conducts an investigation. As he does so, he meets a peculiar political boss and also an attractive night club singer, each of whom could become either a source of help or a source of danger…

Winds of the Wasteland - 1936

BigFiveGlories — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:02:56 +0000

Synopsis: The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract…

The Farmer’s Wife - 1928

BigFiveGlories — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:24:38 +0000

Synopsis: Farmer Sweetland is a lonely old widower. He is determined to marry again and he enlists the help of his housekeeper Minta to pick a wife from the local single women…

The Contender - 1944

BigFiveGlories — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:27:35 +0000

Synopsis: Widower Gary Farrell can’t afford, on his $45-weekly salary as a truck driver, to send his young son, Mickey, to a high-priced military school and decides to enter heavyweight-boxing tournament in an effort to win the $500 prize money. He wins and turns to boxing as a career and, in a short while, and under the guidance of “Pop” Turner, becomes a Contender for the Heavyweight title. Newspaper reporter Linda Martin is attracted to Farrell but he is paying more attention to the flashy Rita Langdon, who introduces him to night clubs, late hours, drinking, roistering and other attractions and distractions. Ignoring the warnings posted by Linda, Pop, Mickey and Biff Benham, his old cab-partner in the truck-driving business, Farrell continues to abuse all the training rules but still wins bout after bout…

La souriante Madame Beudet - 1923

BigFiveGlories — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:04:54 +0000

Synopsis: One of the first feminist movies, The Smiling Madame Beudet is the story of an intelligent woman trapped in a loveless marriage. Her husband is used to playing a stupid practical joke in which he puts an empty revolver to his head and threatens to shoot himself. One day, while the husband is away, she puts bullets in the revolver. However, she is stricken with remorse and tries to retrieve the bullets the next morning. Her husband gets to the revolver first only this time he points the revolver at her…

Steamboat Bill, Jr. - 1928

BigFiveGlories — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:46:05 +0000

Synopsis: Willie is the effete son of riverboat captain “Steamboat Bill” coming to see his dad after years of separation. Bill tries to turn his son into a man. When his father is arrested, Willie decides to get him out of jail…

The Green Glove - 1952

BigFiveGlories — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:32:05 +0000

Synopsis: In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that’s hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run… then takes yet another turn…

The Last Mile - 1932

BigFiveGlories — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:45:59 +0000

Synopsis: Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence…

Rain - 1932

BigFiveGlories — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:40:36 +0000

Synopsis: For residents of the Samoan village of Pago Pago, life is simple until a boat arrives carrying two couples, the Davidsons (who are missionaries), the MacPhails and a prostitute named Sadie Thompson. Davidson is more than just a religious zealot; he’s a mad man. When the boat, which was en route to another port, is temporarily stranded on the island due to a possible Cholera outbreak on-board, Sadie spends her time “partying” with the American soldiers stationed on the island. Her behavior, however, is more than the Davidsons can stand and soon Mr. Davidson confronts Sadie about her evil ways and offers salvation. When Sadie rebels and the attempted redemption does not go as planned, Davidson arranges to have her sent back to San Francisco, where she fled some years ago due to mysterious personal issues. Davidson soon becomes unhinged and thus begins a series of surprising events which culminate in disaster…

Horror Express - 1976

BigFiveGlories — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:43:48 +0000

Synopsis: An English anthropologist has discovered a frozen monster in the frozen wastes of Manchuria which he believes may be the Missing Link. He brings the creature back to Europe aboard a trans-Siberian express, but during the trip the monster thaws out and starts to butcher the passengers one by one…

Miss London Ltd. - 1943

BigFiveGlories — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:47:23 +0000

Synopsis: Funny war time musical comedy based around an escort service…

Murder in Harlem - 1935

BigFiveGlories — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:44:59 +0000

Synopsis: A black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After he reports it, he finds himself accused of the murder…

Fear in the Night - 1947

BigFiveGlories — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:53:56 +0000

Synopsis: Bank teller Vince Grayson wakes from a nightmare in which he and an unknown woman murdered a man in a strange, mirrored room. Only a dream…but Vince finds that he has physical objects and bruises from his “dream.” His cop brother-in-law dismisses his story…until the family, on a picnic, takes shelter from a thunderstorm in a deserted mansion containing that mirrored room. Is doom closing in on Vince?…

Uncle Joe - 1941

BigFiveGlories — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:26:57 +0000

Synopsis: Young girl, sent to the country to avoid the amours of an artist, meets up with her backwards inventor uncle Joe and four country boys, who must all band together to keep the bank from forclosing on a friend of the family…

Trapped - 1949

BigFiveGlories — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:19:48 +0000

Synopsis: U.S. Treasury Department agents go after a ring of counterfeiters…

The Great Train Robbery - 1903

BigFiveGlories — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:11:13 +0000

Synopsis: The clerk at the train station is assaulted and left tied by four men, then they rob the train threatening the operator. They take all the money and shoot a passenger when trying to run away. A little girl discovers the clerk tied and gives notice to the sheriff, who at once goes along with his men hunting the bandits…

The Phantom of the Opera - 1925

BigFiveGlories — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:55:00 +0000

Synopsis: At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom (Lon Chaney) threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (Marguerite in Faust) for unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this phantom (a masked man) in the catacombs, where he lives. What’s his goal ? What’s his secret ?… (Mary Philbin)

Hi Diddle Diddle - 1943

BigFiveGlories — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:30:14 +0000

Synopsis: When the bride’s mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom’s father (Adolphe Menjou) orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife…