The Road to Hollywood (1947)

The Road to Hollywood

The Road to Hollywood is a 1947 American film released by Astor Pictures that is a combination of several of Bing Crosby's Educational Pictures short subjects.

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Exploitation film-maker Bud Pollard appears on screen to tell us of Bing Crosby's rise to fame, using scenes from four early Crosby shorts to illustrate his fictional biography.

Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius (2012) Trailer

Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius

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In this program we look back at the life of a man who was a father, husband and much-loved friend but to the rest of the world he leaves his stamp as one of the greatest innovators and geniuses of all time.

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Steve Jobs was the modern day Thomas Edison! From his ground breaking i-phones, i-pads and i-pods to paternity issues and finding the sister he never knew, this program will delve into the life of one of the greatest innovators and geniuses of all time.Written by Vision Films [us}

Anna and the King of Siam (1946) Trailer

Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam is a 1946 drama film directed by John Cromwell.

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In 1862, young English widow Anna Owens accepts the job of teaching the royal children of Siam. On her arrival in Bangkok, culture clash is immediate. The king respects Anna for standing up to him, though this appalls his courtiers. In due course, she becomes the king's confidant and diplomatic advisor; their relationship endures through many trials.

Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

A Song to Remember (1945) Trailer

A Song to Remember

A Song to Remember is a 1945 Columbia Pictures biographical film which tells a fictionalised life story of Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin.

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Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. At a recital in a duke's home Chopin insults the new Russian-installed governor, and must flee the country. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.

Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>

The Dolly Sisters (1945) Trailer

The Dolly Sisters

The Dolly Sisters is a 1945 American Technicolor biographical film about the Dolly Sisters, identical twins who became famous as entertainers on Broadway and in Europe in the early years of the twentieth century Jennie and Rosie Dolly, Hungarian-born entertainers.

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Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) Trailer

God Is My Co-Pilot

God is My Co-Pilot is a 1945 American war film based on the autobiography of the same name by Robert Lee Scott, Jr.

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Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds himself flying transport planes over The Hump into China. In China, he persuades General Chennault to let him fly with the famed Flying Tigers, the heroic band of airmen who'd been fighting the Japanese long before Pearl Harbor. Scott gets his chance to fight, ultimately engaging in combat with the deadly Japanese pilot known as Tokyo Joe.

Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Reach Me (2014) Trailer

Reach Me

 There's no stopping someone who will stop at nothing!

Reach Me is an upcoming 2014 American romantic action comedy crime drama film directed and written by John Herzfeld.

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A motivational book written by a mysterious man quickly gains popularity, inspiring a group of people that includes a journalist, his editor, a former inmate, a hip-hop mogul, an actor and an undercover cop to re-evaluate their choices and decisions by confronting their fears in hopes of creating more positive lives.