Movies: Claire McDowell

  • 1925
    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    7.31925HD

    Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as...

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
  • 1943
    Hangmen Also Die!

    Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

    Hangmen Also Die!

    6.91943HD

    During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by his...

    Hangmen Also Die!
  • 1934
    It Happened One Night

    It Happened One Night (1934)

    It Happened One Night

    7.81934HD

    A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind....

    It Happened One Night
  • 1925
    The Big Parade

    The Big Parade (1925)

    The Big Parade

    7.61925HD

    The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl....

    The Big Parade
  • 1938
    Boys Town

    Boys Town (1938)

    Boys Town

    6.71938HD

    Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-n...

    Boys Town
  • 1934
    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life (1934)

    Imitation of Life

    71934HD

    A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way....

    Imitation of Life
  • 1938
    Test Pilot

    Test Pilot (1938)

    Test Pilot

    6.51938HD

    Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe....

    Test Pilot
  • 1920
    The Mark of Zorro

    The Mark of Zorro (1920)

    The Mark of Zorro

    7.11920HD

    Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012....

    The Mark of Zorro
  • 1943
    This Land Is Mine

    This Land Is Mine (1943)

    This Land Is Mine

    7.11943HD

    Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage....

    This Land Is Mine
  • 1933
    Wild Boys of the Road

    Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

    Wild Boys of the Road

    6.81933HD

    At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work....

    Wild Boys of the Road
  • 1930
    The Big House

    The Big House (1930)

    The Big House

    6.61930HD

    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....

    The Big House
  • 1943
    Keeper of the Flame

    Keeper of the Flame (1943)

    Keeper of the Flame

    6.61943HD

    Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero....

    Keeper of the Flame
  • 1912
    The New York Hat

    The New York Hat (1912)

    The New York Hat

    5.71912HD

    To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a stylish hat, and gossip spreads through the town....

    The New York Hat
  • 1938
    Three Comrades

    Three Comrades (1938)

    Three Comrades

    7.21938HD

    A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis....

    Three Comrades
  • 1911
    His Trust

    His Trust (1911)

    His Trust

    4.11911HD

    A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, his faithful Negro servant. After the officer is killed in battle, George continues in his caring duties, faithful to his trust....

    His Trust
  • 1912
    The Massacre

    The Massacre (1912)

    The Massacre

    5.91912HD

    The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation....

    The Massacre
  • 1912
    The Old Actor

    The Old Actor (1912)

    The Old Actor

    5.41912HD

    An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is considered too old. On his way home from the theatre he panics at the thought of telling his family the bad news and decides to disguise himself as a...

    The Old Actor
  • 1934
    British Agent

    British Agent (1934)

    British Agent

    5.51934HD

    In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy....

    British Agent
  • 1935
    Murder by Television

    Murder by Television (1935)

    Murder by Television

    3.71935HD

    James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night...

    Murder by Television
  • 1939
    Miracles for Sale

    Miracles for Sale (1939)

    Miracles for Sale

    6.41939HD

    A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered....

    Miracles for Sale