Films

A crown, supposedly made from a nail out of the Cross of Christ and the metal of Roman swords, becomes a legend and a symbol of justice.

Playboy Larry Knight is a city fella woken up by creditors confiscating the bed he’s laying on, practically the last thing he’s got left after frittering away his inheritance.

“Literal forests” of life in the grass beneath us are explored via a microscopic camera in this instructive short. We see how an ant drinks from a dewdrop without bursting it and how crickets court (hint: it’s noisy).

The Woodard brothers won an Academy Award® for this documentary short illustrating the complex world of bees who’ve found “a hollow tree in which to build a city,” as Gayne Whitman’s narration puts it.

Can you ever go wrong making a German Shepard the star of your movie? “Ceasar, the Wolf Dog” is top-billed in this independently produced adventure as Lobo, the progeny of a wolf and a “good hunting dog.”

This caper comedy revolves around the astonishing effect that $100,000 in cash has on various characters, something that can be explained by remembering that in 1932 Britain (like the U.S.) was in the grips of a serious economic depression.

James Cagney was such a big star by 1934 that producers were eager to find less pricey equivalents, notably Jimmy’s younger brother William, a lookalike who made his brief bid for stardom in two “B” productions that year.

When orphaned city-boy Danny is shunted off to distant relatives in the country, neither he nor the German Shepard he’s adopted en route are made welcome.