
Billy House
Actor · 1889 – 1961 · Mankato, Minnesota, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billy House (May 7, 1889 – September 23, 1961) was an US vaudevillian, Broadway performer and feature film actor. After devoting most of his career to live performance, he moved to Hollywood where he became a supporting actor during the 1940s and 1950s. According to Orson Welles, the name "Billy House" was likely an invention for use in burlesque theatres. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy House, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies24
Movie7.7CrimeThrillerA border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
Touch of Evil
1958 · 1.6K votes
Movie7.4DramaRomanceIn 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
Imitation of Life
1959 · 328 votes
Movie7.2ThrillerCrimeAn investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
The Stranger
1946 · 660 votes
Movie7.1ComedyRomanceWorld War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
The Egg and I
1947 · 49 votes
Movie6.6ComedyMusicA soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
Thrill of a Romance
1945 · 7 votes
Movie6.2ComedyWesternChester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 · 20 votes
Movie6.8WesternAfter their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
Santa Fe
1951 · 26 votes
Movie5.3ActionAdventureThe son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950 · 9 votes
Movie8.0ComedyDramaThe third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
1947 · 2 votes
Movie6.5WesternBat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.
Trail Street
1947 · 13 votes
Movie7.1ComedyRomanceA successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy by her ex, a military reservist killed in action.
People Will Talk
1951 · 101 votes
Movie6.4ThrillerA young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
Where Danger Lives
1950 · 58 votes
Movie6.7DramaThrillerLondon, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.
Bedlam
1946 · 85 votes
Movie4.8ComedyRomanceA notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his doctor that he must give up all romance for his health.
God's Gift to Women
1931 · 9 votes
Movie6.9CrimeDramaTwo brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
Smart Money
1931 · 30 votes
Movie6.5WesternDon Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later, an American insurance man promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir...
Naked Gun
1956 · 10 votes
Movie6.2TV MovieDramaA darkly comic fable about vanity and desire, "The Fountain of Youth" follows a newly married couple whose relationship is destabilized by the arrival of a potion that promises centuries of youth and beauty—but in a quantity sufficient for only one person. As temptation and resentment grow, the gift becomes a catalyst for moral and emotional collapse. Written, directed, and narrated by Orson Welles and based on John Collier’s short story “Youth from Vienna,” the film uses stylized narration and experimental visual techniques to construct a compact essay on human vanity. (Note: Originally produced in 1956 as a television pilot and broadcast once in 1958 as part of NBC’s Colgate Theatre anthology series (S1E5); it later achieved independent archival and cultural status, including a 1958 Peabody Award.)
The Fountain of Youth
1958 · 17 votes
Movie5.1MysteryThrillerA killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.
Inner Sanctum
1948 · 29 votes
Movie6.6WesternHaving masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industry. He then sets up shop as an assayer, scheming to acquire a rich silver mine lease from its operators.
Silver City
1951 · 13 votes
Movie9.0AdventureFamilyA poor young man finds a lamp with a genie trapped inside. The genie promises to grant the man three wishes if he frees him from the lamp.
Aladdin and His Lamp
1952 · 1 votes
Movie4.8WesternA old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who tries not to succumb to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.
Outlaw Women
1952 · 9 votes
Movie7.5ComedyRomanceTwo screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937 · 2 votes
Movie5.7DramaA wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.
Expensive Women
1931 · 6 votes
MovieDocumentaryAnimationWith examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's in-house training and research that studied real-life motion and made technical innovations.
Series1
TV9.0DramaA 1958 American anthology television series broadcast on NBC, composed entirely of unsold television pilots. Created as a summer replacement program, the series repackaged unaired pilots originally produced for proposed television shows, presenting them as standalone dramatic episodes. Hosted by Bill Goodwin, the series served as filler programming following the cancellation of the quiz show Dotto and ran for eight consecutive weeks. Notable episodes included Orson Welles’s The Fountain of Youth, which won a Peabody Award and became one of the most celebrated television productions of the era.
Colgate Theatre
1958 · 1 votes