Posts Tagged ‘spinster’

Picnic (1955)

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Holden, William | Novak, Kim | Field, Betty | Strasberg, Susan | Robertson, Cliff | O'Connell, Arthur | Felton, Verna | Shaw, Reta | Adams, Nick | Bailey, Raymond | Wilson, Elizabeth | Russell, Rosalind | Adams, Warren Frederick | Baker, Carle E. | Bemis, George E.
Directors: Logan, Joshua
Download: DivX iPod 

The morning of a small town Labor Day picnic, a drifter (Hal Carter) blows into town to visit an old fraternity buddy (Alan Benson) who also happens to be the son of the richest man in town. Hal is an egocentric braggart - all potential and no accomplishment. He meets up with Madge Owens, the town beauty queen and girlfriend of Alan Benson.

Haunting of M., The (1981)

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Genres: Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Gilbey, Sheelagh | Pitt, Nini | Garratt, Evie | Hay, Alan | Matthews, Jo Scott | Bryan, William | Austin, Peter | Bale, Ernest | Cazelet, Isolde | Pepper, Varvara | Stenson, Peter | Greenaway, Jenny | Williams, Gwen | Melvin, Ruby | Payne, Willie
Directors: Thomas, Anna
Download: DivX iPod 

This ghost story, set at the turn of the century, centers on the plight of elderly dowager Marianna (Sheelagh Gilbey), who is tormented by the alleged specter of a young man roaming the corridors of her mansion. After spotting a face in an old photograph that seems to match the old woman’s description of the “visitor”, Marianna’s sister (Nina Pitt) decides to check things out and see if any of this is for real.

African Queen, The (1951)

Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Bogart, Humphrey | Hepburn, Katharine | Morley, Robert | Bull, Peter | Bikel, Theodore | Gotell, Walter | Swanwick, Peter | Marner, Richard | John, Errol | Onn, Gerald | von Kotze, John
Directors: Huston, John
Download: DivX iPod 

At the start of World War 1, Charlie Allnut is using his old steamer, The African Queen, to ferry supplies to villages in East Africa. When the Rev. Samuel Sayer dies, Charlie agrees to take Sayers’ sister, Rose, back to civilization. taking on the Germans at the same time.