Movies: James Wong Howe

  • 1975
    Funny Lady

    Funny Lady (1975)

    Funny Lady

    5.21975HD

    Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns a nightclub....

    Funny Lady
  • 1955
    The Rose Tattoo

    The Rose Tattoo (1955)

    The Rose Tattoo

    6.91955HD

    A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her....

    The Rose Tattoo
  • 1941
    The Strawberry Blonde

    The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

    The Strawberry Blonde

    6.81941HD

    Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have stolen Biff's dreams, and Biff has to deal with the realisat...

    The Strawberry Blonde
  • 1935
    Mark of the Vampire

    Mark of the Vampire (1935)

    Mark of the Vampire

    6.11935HD

    Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body are certain that the vampire is the mysterious ...

    Mark of the Vampire
  • 1941
    Out of the Fog

    Out of the Fog (1941)

    Out of the Fog

    6.41941HD

    A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police....

    Out of the Fog
  • 1970
    The Molly Maguires

    The Molly Maguires (1970)

    The Molly Maguires

    6.31970HD

    Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company they work for by sabotaging mining facilities in the hope of improving their working conditions and t...

    The Molly Maguires
  • 1937
    The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    7.41937HD

    A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intend...

    The Prisoner of Zenda
  • 1943
    The Hard Way

    The Hard Way (1943)

    The Hard Way

    6.61943HD

    Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty....

    The Hard Way
  • 1947
    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul (1947)

    Body and Soul

    6.71947HD

    Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds...

    Body and Soul
  • 1940
    City for Conquest

    City for Conquest (1940)

    City for Conquest

    6.81940HD

    The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to ...

    City for Conquest
  • 1992
    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light (1992)

    Visions of Light

    6.91992HD

    Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to loo...

    Visions of Light
  • 1934
    Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

    Manhattan Melodrama

    7.01934HD

    The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman....

    Manhattan Melodrama
  • 1940
    Torrid Zone

    Torrid Zone (1940)

    Torrid Zone

    6.31940HD

    A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl....

    Torrid Zone
  • 1951
    He Ran All the Way

    He Ran All the Way (1951)

    He Ran All the Way

    7.21951HD

    A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment....

    He Ran All the Way
  • 1945
    Confidential Agent

    Confidential Agent (1945)

    Confidential Agent

    5.61945HD

    During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies....

    Confidential Agent
  • 1935
    Whipsaw

    Whipsaw (1935)

    Whipsaw

    6.21935HD

    Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspectin...

    Whipsaw
  • 1941
    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues (1941)

    Navy Blues

    41941HD

    On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current gunnery champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't le...

    Navy Blues
  • 1953
    Jennifer

    Jennifer (1953)

    Jennifer

    5.71953HD

    A young woman is hired to take care of an eerie old mansion, where she finds herself entangled with an enigmatic murderer....

    Jennifer
  • 1960
    Song Without End

    Song Without End (1960)

    Song Without End

    4.81960HD

    The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences....

    Song Without End
  • 1933
    Hello, Sister!

    Hello, Sister! (1933)

    Hello, Sister!

    6.11933HD

    Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together......

    Hello, Sister!