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(1954) Olive Oyl is reading ghost stories to Popeye and Bluto. Bluto decides to take advantage of this by staging various pranks (a headless man, an animated skeleton, and a sheet-over-balloon ghost). He then pins the blame on Popeye. Voices: Jack Mercer (Popeye), Jackson Beck (Bluto), Mae Questel (Olive Oyl). Directors: Seymour Kneitel and Al Eugster (animation director).

(1939) When Captain Crewe (Ian Hunter) is called to service during the Boer War, he enrolls his little daughter Sara (Shirley Temple) in a boarding school run by the heartless Amanda Minchin (Mary Nash). Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Arthur Treacher, Mary Nash, Director: Walter Lang.

(1936) When a border patrolman (George O'Brien) catches a spoiled young lady (Polly Ann Young) smoking in a no-smoking area, her grandfather hires him to watch over her. She then runs over to Mexico and gets involved with jewel thieves and he has to go save her. George O'Brien, Polly Ann Young, "Smiley" Burnette, Director: David Howard.

(1947) The social life of magazine art editor Madeleine Damien (Hedy Lamarr), which has given her a questionable reputation, and the pressures of her job are driving her to a breakdown. Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, Director: Robert Stevenson.

(1939) A Confederate officer (Roy Rogers), stationed in Missouri during the Civil War, must put an end to an outlaw gang working under the pretense of service to the Confederacy. Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Director: Joseph Kane.

(1954) In this film, based on a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Charles Wills (Van Johnson) returns to Paris, after a two-year absence, to see his daughter. He stops for a drink at a café owned by his old friend Maurice and reminisces about his life during the days after the liberation. Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Director: Richard Brooks.

(1954) This film, one of the first to advance the feminist social and political point of view, is based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico. It deals with the prejudice against the Mexican-American workers who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. This film was written, directed and produced by members of the original "Hollywood Ten" who were blacklisted by the Hollywood establishment due to their alleged involvement in communist politics. Rosaura Revueltas, Juan Chacon, Director: Herbert J. Biberman.

(1922) In this silent film, Juan Gallardo (Rudolph Valentino) pursues a career as a toreador and takes his childhood sweetheart Carmen (Lila Lee) as his bride. He meets and succumbs to the passionate charms of the aristocratic Doña Sol (Nita Naldi) and finds himself in the awkward position of being confronted by desire on one hand and pure love on the other. Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Lila Lee, Walter Long, Director: Fred Niblo.

(1941) An illegal gambling club is raided by the police. The woman who runs the club grabs the pistol of a man who believes that she is his sweetheart. She shoots and kills one of the of the raiding policemen. Her "sweetheart" grabs his gun back from her but is shot by his fellow officers who believe he killed the policeman. Wynne Gibson, Kane Richmond, John Miljan, Pauline Moore, Mary Gordon, Robert Homans, Director: Albert H. Kelley.

(1941)A group of young men who work at an aviation factory encounter a doctor who runs an air ambulance service and who is also secretly a spy. Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Joan Barclay, Dave O'Brien, George Pembroke, Sunshine Sammy Morrison, David Gorcey, Donald Haines, Director: William West.

(1945) Judy Peabody (Betty Hutton) saves an old man (Barry Fitzgerald) from drowning. The man, being very wealthy, instructs his lawyer to reward Judy with everything her heart desires, anonymously. Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Director: Hal Walker.

(1930) Financial wizard Larry Day (Douglas Fairbanks) follows Vivian Benton (Bebe Daniels) onto an ocean liner where he intends to woo her. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has also lost Vivian. Watch for a very young Bing Crosby. Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels, Edward Everett Horton, Director: Edmund Goulding.

(1932) A reluctant bride (Jessie Matthews) runs away on her wedding day, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft on a train bound for Paris. Jessie Matthews, Owen Nares, Director: Albert de Courville.

(1937) Terry Rooney (James Cagney) is a tough New York band leader who gets an offer to go to Hollywood to make a movie. But things do not go well for this fish out of water. James Cagney, Director: Victor Schertzinger.

(1951) Tom and Ellen Bowen (Fred Astaire and Jane Powell) are a brother and sister song and dance act. When their show closes in New York, their agent books them in London against the backdrop of the impending wedding of royals. This film is probably most memorable for Astaire's sequence in which he dances on the ceiling. Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Director: Stanley Donen.

(1938) London barrister Everard Logan (Laurence Olivier) thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client. Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Director: Tim Whelan.

(1940) A prim and proper school teacher's (Heather Angel) decision to have one day of excitement in her life leads to her stealing a car with a dead body in the back. Heather Angel, John King, Constance Collier, Walter Catlett, Director: Al Christie.

(1939) Jim McCoy and Dude Markey are in love with Nita, a nightclub performer. Markey robs a jewelry store and gives the haul to a local gang boss. Later, he steals the jewelry from the gangster's safe and frames McCoy for the robbery in the hope that the gangster will kill him, thereby getting rid of his rival for Nita. Monte Hawley, Jeni Le Gon, Eddie Thompson, Florence O'Brien, Director: Arthur Dreifuss.

(1948) Adapted from William Saroyan's 1939 Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same title, this film follows the adventures of a group of regulars at Nick's 'Pacific Street Saloon, Restaurant & Entertainment Palace' in San Francisco. James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris, Jeanne Cagney, Broderick Crawford, Ward Bond, James Barton, Paul Draper, Director: H. C. Potter.

(1939) The lives of young attorney John Mason (James Stewart) and Jane (Carole Lombard) who meet, fall in love, and marry after having known each other for only one day. Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Director: John Cromwell.

(1934) An Easterner inherits a cattle ranch, only to discover that thousands of cattle have been stolen. He secretly signs on as a hired hand at his own ranch to discover who's stealing them. George O'Brien, Director: Edward F. Cline.

(1947) Shortly after the end of World War II, when an Englishwoman dies, leaving behind two children, her devoted friend (Ann Richards) decides to take the children to find the woman's husband, a serviceman (Franchot Tone) who has returned home to America. But the father, now a successful architect, claims not to remember ever having gotten married or having had children. Franchot Tone, Ann Richards, Tom Conway, Director: Leigh Jason.

(1947) Two musical producers (Elwood Smith and Duke Willimas) are trying to scrape enough money together to finance their show. They line up two backers and set up a meeting but one of the backers, Madame Deborah, wires them that she has been unavoidably detained, so they convince comic female impersonator Bumpsie (Tim Moore) to impersonate her in order to stall for time. Betti Mays, Elwood Smith, Duke Williams, Sheila Guyse, Warren Patterson, Al Jackson, Sybil Lewis, Tim Moore, Milton Wood, Director: Arthur Leonard.

(1937) A secretary finds herself being romanced by a "ladies man". What she doesn't know is that it's her boss who really loves her. Ralph Forbes, Frances Grant, Barry Norton, Muriel Evans, Franklyn Pangborn, Wesley Barry, Jeanne Roberts, Crauford Kent, Ethel Clayton, Director: Clifford Sanforth.

(1938) Oliver Boggs is a typical office drone with a gift for statistics, until winning $1,500.00 in a bean guessing contest changes his life. Stuart Erwin, Helen Chandler, Toby Wing, Director: Gordon Wiles.

(1942) To boost listener ratings, the sponsor of a small town radio station program, based on the exploits of Jimmy Valentine, offers a $10,000.00 reward to anyone who can locate the legendary safe cracker, who is reportedly retired. Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Terry, Gloria Dickson, Roman Bohnen, George E. Stone, Spencer Charters, Director: Bernard Vorhaus.

(1944) A New York City magazine editor (Chester Morris) sends a job offer to an Iowa photographer named Pat, and is surprised to find out that Pat is a Patricia instead of a Patrick. He falls for her but she's still in love with Ben, who has followed her to New York. Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Director: William Berke.

(1942) A young newlywed couple (John Beal and Wanda McKay), from a small town, decide to spend their wedding night at a posh hotel in New York City since they only have one day before the husband has to report for duty in the army. However, instead of a romantic evening together, they find themselves mixed up with gangsters, stolen loot, and missing bodies. John Beal, Wanda McKay, Director: William Beaudine.

(1944) The gang is befriended by a millionaire whom they save from a mugging. However, they begin to suspect that the man's son was actually one of the muggers. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Billy Benedict, Director: Wallace Fox.

(1948) After receiving an inheritance, a reporter (Guy Madison) quits his Dallas newspaper job and heads for New York City to become a playwright. Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, Director: William Castle.

(1941) After he is drafted, Dorian "Dodo" Doubleday (William Tracy) puts his photographic memory to use by memorizing entire manuals on Army procedure. Unfortunately, when he reports for basic training, his encyclopedic knowledge of military protocol makes him unpopular with his fellow recruits and gets him off to a bad start with his drill instructor. William Tracy, James Gleason, Noah Beery, Jr., Joe Sawyer, Elyse Knox, Director: Director: Fred Guiol.

(1932) After he sends one of their ranks to prison, Colonel Theodore Wolters is sentenced to death by a gang of counterfeiters and thieves. Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, Ben Lyon, Director: H. Bruce Humberstone.

(1935) A college professor (Charles Starrett), fired for his radical theories regarding the distribution of wealth, decides to put his ideas to the test. Charles Starrett, Pauline Brooks, Director: Lewis D. Collins.

(1933) In this film, based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (Feodor Chaliapine), whose head has been turned by reading too many romances, sets out upon a career as a knight-errant even though knight-errantry has long disappeared. Feodor Chaliapine, Director: G. W. Pabst.

(1986) Host Steve Allen takes a look at some of the greatest comedy teams of all time. Steve Allen, Director: David Bergman.

(1936) In 1775, Daniel Boone (George O'Brien) settles Kentucky despite menacing Indians lead by renegade white Simon Girty (John Carradine). George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine, Director: David Howard.

(1950) A policewoman goes undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring. Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Director: William A. Seiter.

(1951) Two best friends find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the Civil War. James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison, Director: William Cameron Menzies.

(1940) After violin virtuoso and devotee of the classics Arthur Williams suffers a hand injury which ends his playing career, his hopes are transferred to his son, John, who prefers swing music to classical. Clarence Muse, Director: Bernard B. Ray.

(1939) Cowboy Bob Blake receives a letter from his friend Joe Jackson, asking for help. Blake and his men travel to Jackson's ranch, only to discover from Jackson's sister Betty that Joe has been missing for three weeks. Herbert Jeffrey, Director: Richard C. Kahn.

(1935) Seymour Hicks plays the title role in the first sound version of the Dickens classic about the miser who's visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Seymour Hicks, Director: Henry Edwards.

(1957) Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen, this film (released in 1959 in the United States and containing a tacked on live action prologue featuring TV personality Art Linkletter) was dubbed into English from the original Russian. When the animation begins, a man known as "Ol' Dreamy" narrates the story of the Snow Queen, which begins with Kay and Gerda planting two roses together in their window box garden. Art Linkletter, featuring the voices of Sandra Dee, Tommy Kirk, Patty McCormack, Director: Lev Atamanov.

(1960) In this Christian drama, against his father's wishes, a son chooses the ministry over the family fortune and business. Ray Collins, Director: William F. Claxton.

(1950) Fifty years of modern Chinese history (1900-1950), including wars, revolutions and corrupt politics, as seen through the life and times of a simple Beijing policeman (Shi Hui) and his family. English subtitles. Shi Hui, Wei Heling, Wang Min, Cui Chaoming, Liang Ming, Shen Yang, Cheng Zhi, Li Wei, Hong Xia, Director: Shi Hui.

(1949) After an Oklahoma rancher is killed while confronting oil workers over the pollution of a stream from which his cattle drink, his daughter (Susan Hayward) plans her revenge. Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro Armendariz, Director: Stuart Heisler.

(1943) A Supreme Court Justice, seeking a quiet duck hunting vacation in a small town, finds himself involved with a country lawyer in cleaning up the corrupt town leaders. Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Jean Rogers, Porter Hall, Director: Roy Rowland.

(1941) The first of three William H. Pine/William C. Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wisecracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who has not only tracked down the missing girl from his last case, but also married her. Before they can start their honeymoon, Campbell is dragged into another missing person case which develops into a kidnapping. Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Director: Frank McDonald.

(1937) A young man, who hopes some day to become a state trooper, seeks to capture the killers of his trooper brother. Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Director: Leslie Goodwin.

(1943) A British soldier (Robert Donat) is sent behind enemy lines to steal a Nazi poison gas formula and destroy the factory where it is being manufactured. Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla, Glynis Johns, Director: Harold S. Bucquet.

(1946) Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) works with a public defender to clear a man wrongly convicted and scheduled for execution. Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Director: Phil Karlson.