David Raksin Movies

A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films - hundreds of them - from King Kong, to Gone with the...

Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly...

The story of how the classic epic "Ben-Hur" was made.

When a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he finds himself resorting to prison to escape them.

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to...

Bitter over their divorce, a wealthy businessman prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She then takes him to custody court and a judge tries...

An unsuccessful middle-aged college professor commits suicide, leaving his wife to cope with guilt, shame, and an angry teenage son who blames her...

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she...

A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.

Documentary about Hollywood.

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out...

Follows the life and career of legendary composer Alfred Newman.

The Passion of Jesus, starting with His arrest and trial, was shot near Madrid and features narration by Sebastien Cabot. Jesus' face is never seen,...

In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into...

A story of of the captain of an oil tanker during World War II, Captain Bart Manson, who rescues Katherine Hall when her ship is sunk by a German...

Prizewinning boxer Johnny Monterez is mad at the world, feeling persecuted because of his Mexican heritage. Worse yet, his right hand is damaged from...

Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.

A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.

The film's plot centres around the libidinous sexual shenanigans of a middle-class Californian family, and deftly explores themes such as marital...