Actors are caught in the bumpy transition to talking pictures; a Spoof of the early days of "talkie" films.

Fred Astaire plays a gambler intent on raising $25,000 in New York in order to marry his fiance back home. Romantic complications occur when he meets dancing teacher, Ginger Rogers. Memorable songs include "The Way you look tonight".

In one of their best loved, most charming song and dance comedies, Fred and Ginger demonstrate just how they became known as America's greatest dance team. Includes the Academy Award-winning hit The Continental.

Casablanca (1942, b&w, 102 min.): In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis. Mrs. Miniver (1942, b&w, 133 min.): A family in a small English town struggles through the 1940 bombing of England by Germany. Gigi (1958, widescreen, 115 min.): A musical set in Paris in which...

Kelly's heroes (1970, widescreen, 143 min.): World War II soldiers learn of a fortune of gold bars that the Germans have stashed in enemy territory and decide to steal the loot. Dirty dozen (1967, widescreen, 150 min.): An Army major selects 12 men convicted for crimes of violence and offers them their freedom if they will complete a dangerous mission behind Nazi lines. Where eagles dare (1968, widescreen, 155 min.): A group of special agents attempting...

Gunga Din: Cheeky British soldiers combat a murderous sect in colonial India. Operation Pacific: The USS Thunderfish conducts a desperate and dangerous submarine mission deep in enemy territory during WWII.

A midsummer night's dream: Cagney, de Havilland, Rooney and others play foolish mortals and immortals in this winner of 2 Academy Awards. Othello: A proud general brought low. Romeo and Juliet: A lavish retelling of the world's foremost romantic tale. Anthony and Cleopatra: A thoughtful and colorful adaptation of the fatal attraction that ensnares the worldly ROman soldier and the alluring Egyptian ruler.

Local hero: Comedy about an American oil company representative and the sleepy seaside Scottish village he must buy. Seven days in May: It happens with startling swiftness and violence. An armed cadre seizes state control. Fortunately, a coup d'etat can't happen here. Or can it? ...At odds are a popular general and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and an unpopular President with a pacifist agenda. At stake is the survival of the Republic. A vigilant...

The long, long trailer: Lucy and Desi play newlyweds who hit the honeymoon road with a 40-foot trailer in tow. Forever darling: A couple experiences difficulty in their marriage. Then a Guardian Angel appears with a few surprises to set them on the road to marital bliss. Room service: A riotous romp about a cash-strapped theatrical troupe trying to nail down a backer for their new Broadway venture. Du Barry was a lady: Their friendship is a perfect...

Adventures of Robin Hood: Lord Robin of Locksley protects the Saxon peasants from the Norman lords and wins the heart of Maid Marian. Captain Blood: Set in seventeenth-century England, a surgeon becomes a pirate after he is arrested and condemned to slavery for caring for a rebel against the king. Sea Hawk: In the days when England controlled the seas, the Sea Hawk lay in wait, ready to attack the Spanish Armada and treasure ships. Adventures of...