Dick Elliott

İflasın eşiğine gelen George Bailey (James Stewart) bir Noel gecesinde kendini nehre atarak intihar etmek üzeredir. Doğduğundan bu yana aynı küçük kasabada yaşayan Bailey kendisini buraya ve insanlarına adamış, hoşgörülü, güvenilir ve yardımsever bir insandır. Büyük bunalım'ı hasarsız atlatmış,babasından devraldığı konut ve finans şirketi aracılığı ile kasabalıların neredeyse tamamını konut sahibi yapmıştır. Bu arada para kazanmayı, mimar olma fırsatını,dünyayı gezmeyi, kısaca tüm hayallerini ertelemek zorunda kalmıştır. Kasabaya yaptığı bunca iyilik kötü yürekli banker Henry F. Potter (Lionel Barrymore)'ın çıkarları ile çakışır. Potter, Bailey'in sürekli peşindedir artık.Birgün aradığı fırsat çıkar ve Finans şirketine ait önemli bir miktarda para Bailey'in alkolik ve yaşlı amcası Billy Bailey (Thomas Mitchell)'in dalgınlığı sonucunda Potter'ın eline geçer. Banka müfettişlerinin yaptığı bir denetlemeden sonra şirketin açığı ortaya çıkar. Bu iflas ve tutuklanma anlamına gelmektedir...

Hadleyvile kasabasının başarılı şerifi Will Kane, Amy ile evlendikten sonra tehlikeli işini bırakıp, karısıyla kasabadan ayrılmaya karar vermiştir. Aynı gün, yıllar önce hapse attırdığı bir haydut olan Frank Miller'ın hapisten çıktığını ve intikam almak için kasabaya dönmekte olduğunu öğrenir. Kasaba halkının ve karısının ısrarlarına rağmen onunla yüzleşmeye karar verir. Fakat kimse destek olmaz. Bir anda yalnız kalan şerif, Frank ve çetesiyle tek başına yüzleşmek zorunda kalır. Tek yardımcısı eski sevgilisi Helen Ramirez'dir. Son anda karısının desteğine kavuşan Will, dört haydutla savaşır ve kötü anında yalnız bırakan kasabasını onurlu bir şekilde terk eder.

Washington'da senatörün ölmesinin haberi tüm eyalette yayılmıştır ve Senator Joseph Paine'in medya patronu Jim Taylor'dan istediği geçici göreve gelecek kişi için işlerine pek karışamayacak birini bulmasıdır. Jefferson Smith Boy Rangers'ın başkanı, dürüst ve idealleri olan biridir ve bu istek için biçilmiş kaftandır. Ne var ki, Washington entrikaları içinde Jefferson'ın dürüstlüğü ve kendini insanlara adaması bazı değişimlere sebep olur * İzlemeden önce sıkıcı bir politik film olduğunu zannediyordum.Kesinlikle sıkıcı değilmiş, aksine bir başucu filmiymiş. Kararında ilerleyen senaryo finaline doğru kalitesini hep arttırıyor. Zaten eski filmlerde en çok sevdiğim şey bu * Frank Capra neden filmlerinin son yarım saatini tüyleri havaya dikecek kadar etkileyici biçimde işliyor?

Eski kanun kaçağı Link Jones, bir öğretmeni işe almak için trenle giderken, eski Dock Tobin çetesi tarafından yapılan bir tren soygununa karışır. Soygunun ardından Link, şehvetli bar şovmeni Billie Ellis ve talihsiz kumarbaz Sam Beasley, yaşanması zor bir bölgede mahsur kalır.

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

Bart Tare, küçüklüğünden bu yana silahlara tutkundur. O kadar meraklıdır ki 14 yaşında bir dükkandan silah çalar. Bu yüzden birkaç yılını ıslahevinde geçirmek zorunda kalır. Oradaki cezasını bitirir bitirmez orduya yazılır ve verdiği hizmetlerden sonra büyüdüğü kasabaya geri döner. Eski dostu Clayde kasabanın şerifi olmuştur. Bir arkadaşlarını daha yanlarına alan ikili kasabanın sirkine gider. Atıcılık bölümüne geldiklerinde Annie Laurie Starr adlı genç kadının yaptığı atışlar dikkatlerini çeker. Bart, Annie’ye meydan okumaya karar verir ve ikilinin atıcılık yarışını kazanır. Annie ve Bart arasında bir yakınlaşma başlar. Bu sırada Bart’ın yeteneğini fark eden sirkin patronu Packett, onu hemen işe almaya karar verir. Ancak Annie ve Bart arasında filizlenen aşk onun hiç de hoşuna gitmeyecektir.

Nişanlısının öldürülmesinden sonra Wyoming'li bir çiftlik işçisi, onun katilini bulmak için yola çıkar.

A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.

A country girl, wanting to break into show-business, comes to New York City and, by her actions, manages to restore the optimism of a jaded and disillusioned nightclub owner. Eventually, she marries the manager of one of the man's nightclubs.

A reverend goes West to a town where the Indians killed his priest-father and burned his church but the local townsfolk are keener about cash than religion.

A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

Başkan Lincoln'ü öldüren John Wilkes Booth, Virginia'ya kaçarken ağır yaralanan bacağının tedavisi için taşralı doktor Samuel Mudd'un evine gider. Lincoln'ün suikastinden habersiz olan Mudd, onun bacağına son derece samimi bir şekilde davranıyor. Ancak ertesi gün askerler Booth'un ayakkabılarını Mud'un bahçesinde bulurlar ve onu komplo suçlamasıyla tutuklarlar...

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.

An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.

A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.

Mükemmel bir ev hanımı olduğu hakkında yalan söyleyen bir yemek yazarı, patronu ve savaştan dönmüş bir kahraman, geleneksel aile ortamında bir Noel geçirmek için kendilerini evine davet ettirince, bu yalanının ortaya çıkmaması için çabalar.

Dr. Socrates gives up his brilliant surgical career at a prominent hospital following the death of his betrothed under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.

A police detective uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket and her gang.

Andy Taylor is the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life.

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.

The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus' "Westgate" company. The series aired for five seasons on the ABC-TV network from 1957 through 1962 and then for its final year on CBS from 1962 to 1963. The series, set in the San Fernando Valley of California, was filmed in Hollywood at Desilu studios.

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.

The Gale Storm Show is an American sitcom starring Gale Storm. The series premiered on September 29, 1956, and ran until 1960 for 143 half-hour black-and-white episodes, initially on CBS and in its last year on ABC. The Gale Storm Show was co-produced by Independent Television Corporation and Hal Roach Studios. The series was aired under the title Oh, Susanna in syndication.

Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961. The half-hour episodes had little time for character development or subplots and presented a compact story without embellishment.