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Angelo Rossitto
Actor 1908 - 1991

Angelo Rossitto

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Angelo Salvatore Rossitto (February 18, 1908 – September 21, 1991) was an American actor and voice artist. He had dwarfism and was 2'11" (89 cm) tall, and was often billed as Little Angie or Moe. Angelo first appeared in silent films opposite Lon Chaney and John Barrymore.... Read full bio →

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The Other Side of the Wind

The Other Side of the Wind

Orson Welles 2018 2h 2m

At a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor.

The Offspring

The Offspring

Jeff Burr 1987 1h 40m 5.0

In a small Tennessee town, a historian relates four horror stories to a reporter.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

George Miller, George Ogilvie 1985 1h 47m 6.5

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Jack Clayton 1983 1h 35m 6.3

Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out? Wishes are granted, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Based on the Ray Bradbury novel.

Galaxina

Galaxina

William Sachs 1980 1h 35m 4.3

Galaxina is a lifelike, voluptuous android who is assigned to oversee the operations of an intergalactic Space Police cruiser captained by incompetent Cornelius Butt.

The Dark

The Dark

John "Bud" Cardos 1979 1h 32m 4.5

An alien mutilator stalks and kills human prey during the night.

Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

Harry Hurwitz 1978 1h 22m 6.0

On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Princess Sleeping Beauty.

The Stone Killer

The Stone Killer

Michael Winner 1973 1h 35m 6.0

A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.

The Other

The Other

Robert Mulligan 1972 1h 48m 8.4

Chilling and eerie, this supernatural tale of good versus evil coils around twin brothers living with their grandmother in a sleepy rural area during the summer of 1935. After his grandmother encourages Niles to develop what seem to be psychic gifts, Niles starts to suspect that his twin may be involved in recent fatal accidents.

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Al Adamson 1971 1h 31m 3.0

Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.

Brain of Blood

Brain of Blood

Al Adamson 1971 1h 27m 4.0

A dying Middle Eastern leader's brain is transplanted into the body of a hulking, disfigured assistant named Gor by a mad scientist. The operation results in an uncontrollable, bloodthirsty brute that goes on a rampage.

Pufnstuf

Pufnstuf

Hollingsworth Morse 1970 1h 34m

Jimmy (Jack Wild) ventures to Living Island with his magical, talking flute, Freddy. Once there, he befriends many of the island's inhabitants, but the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) is determined to steal Freddy the flute away from the boy to impress the visiting Witches' Council and win the Witch of the Year Award.

The Trip

The Trip

Roger Corman 1967 1h 25m 6.0

The Trip was a six month surfing trip around the world.

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle

Richard Fleischer 1967 2h 31m 6.0
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

George Pal, Henry Levin 1962 2h 20m 4.0

The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. In the movie they write a family history for a duke which includes reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."

The Magic Sword

The Magic Sword

Bert I. Gordon 1962 1h 20m 4.0

The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, embarks on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Ralph Nelson 1962 1h 35m 7.0

After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.

Confessions of an Opium Eater

Confessions of an Opium Eater

Albert Zugsmith 1962 1h 25m

Vincent Price stars in this early '60s adaptation of Thomas De Quincey's thriller about an opium addict trying to solve a mystery in San Francisco's Chinatown.

Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

Frank Capra 1961 2h 16m 5.5

How can a drunken beggar in just one night become a High-Society woman? This type of thing only happens in fairytales. Or maybe in Hollywood.

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

Irwin Allen 1957 1h 40m

The Spirit of Man (Ronald Colman) debates history with the devil (Vincent Price) before a court of fate, because of the hydrogen bomb.

Invasion of the Saucer Men

Invasion of the Saucer Men

Edward L. Cahn 1957 1h 9m 6.0

Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town, but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.

Jungle Moon Men

Jungle Moon Men

Charles S. Gould 1955 1h 10m 4.0

Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "Tarzan". The Jungle Jim-type character is played by Weissmuller using his own name.

Dementia

Dementia

John Parker 1955 58m 7.6

Shot entirely without dialogue and filled with suggestive violence and psycho-sexual imagery, it's like a skid row expressionist thriller following the nocturnal prowling of a young woman haunted by homicidal guilt.

Mesa of Lost Women

Mesa of Lost Women

Herbert Tevos, Ron Ormond 1953 1h 9m 6.5

A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders with human pituitary growth hormones. Women develop miraculous regenerative powers, but men mutate into disfigured dwarves. Spiders grow to human size and intelligence.

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

Cecil B. DeMille 1952 2h 32m 6.8

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

The Baron of Arizona

The Baron of Arizona

Samuel Fuller 1950 1h 37m 6.0

The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.

Pygmy Island

Pygmy Island

William Berke 1950 1h 9m

Jungle Jim searches for a female Army captain who's gone missing.

Bandit Queen

Bandit Queen

William Berke 1950 1h 10m 3.0

Zara Montalvo, half Spanish and half American, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by Sheriff Jim Harding and his gang.

Scared to Death

Scared to Death

Christy Cabanne 1947 1h 8m 6.0

A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's cousin who formerly was a stage magician in Europe.

The Spider Woman

The Spider Woman

Roy William Neill 1944 1h 3m 7.3

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Arthur Lubin 1944 1h 27m 5.7

Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to avenge his father’s murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his beloved Amara from the iron fist of his treacherous enemy.

The Corpse Vanishes

The Corpse Vanishes

Wallace Fox 1942 1h 3m 5.5

A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid from virgin brides.

Reunion in France

Reunion in France

Jules Dassin 1942 1h 44m 5.0

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.

Spooks Run Wild

Spooks Run Wild

Phil Rosen 1941 1h 5m 5.0

A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.

Hellzapoppin'

Hellzapoppin'

H. C. Potter 1941 1h 24m 7.1

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.

Doomed to Die

Doomed to Die

William Nigh 1940 1h 8m 6.0

Shipping magnate's Cyrus Wentworth is mysteriously shot in his office after his prize ocean liner is robbed and sunk. The obvious suspect is the son of his chief rival who is also engaged to Wentworth's daughter. Mr. Wong has other ideas and is determined to uncover the real culprit.

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

Victor Fleming 1939 1h 42m 8.3

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

William Nigh 1939 1h 11m 7.0

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa, on a secret military mission for Chinese forces fighting the Japanese invasion.

Child Bride

Child Bride

Harry Revier 1938 1h 2m 8.0

Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and returned in hopes of stopping the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture.

Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland

Charley Rogers, Gus Meins 1934 1h 18m 5.8

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.

Freaks

Freaks

Tod Browning 1932 1h 4m 8.5

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

The Big House

The Big House

George W. Hill 1930 1h 27m 6.0

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

Seven Footprints to Satan

Seven Footprints to Satan

Benjamin Christensen 1929 1h 17m

Before a planned African expedition, a man's fiancée worries her father's guest plans to steal one of her father's rubies. The couple are kidnapped and held prisoner at a mysterious, creepy house. Strange things are afoot at Satan's house.

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

Jack Conway 1928 1h 6m

A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.

The Viking

The Viking

Roy William Neill 1928 1h 30m

In this historical adventure based on traditional legend concerning Leif Ericsson and the first Viking settlers to reach North America by sea, Norse half-brothers vie for a throne and for the same woman.

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