Lon Chaney Jr.

Heroes of Horror

Lon Chaney Jr., Boris Karloff

A & E Comprehensive biographies of 5 of the greatest classic stars of the horror genre. Included lots or archive footage from some the greatest horror movies committed to film.

High Noon

Fred Zinnemann

Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly

Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Kevin Brownlow

Kenneth Branagh, Forrest J. Ackerman

Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary.

The Movie Orgy

Joe Dante

Goodman Ace, Jane Ace

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Michael MacDonald

Forrest J. Ackerman, Ray Bradbury

Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.

Of Mice and Men

Lewis Milestone

Burgess Meredith, Betty Field

An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

Universal Horror

Kevin Brownlow

Kenneth Branagh, Ray Bradbury

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.

The Defiant Ones

Stanley Kramer

Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Charles Barton

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

Two hapless freight handlers find themselves encountering Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster and the Wolf Man.

Horrible Horror

David Bergman

John Zacherle, Bud Abbott

A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.

The Wolf Man

George Waggner

Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

Speed to Burn

Otto Brower

Michael Whalen, Lynn Bari

Horse racing provides the framework of this crime drama that centers on an orphan who has been raising a promising horse.

Jesse James

Henry King

Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

Along the Mohawk Trail

Sam Newfield, Sidney Salkow

John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr.

Two episodes of the 1957 TV series "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans" edited together and released as a feature.

Union Pacific

Cecil B. DeMille

Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

Love Is News

Tay Garnett

Tyrone Power, Loretta Young

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.