More of VoicePrint’s line-up of Weekend Movies

February 13 to 28: Listen in Saturday and Sundays at 9 p.m. for Audio Cinema Playhouse:

Feb. 13/14: Five New York-themed movies each night:

•    PORT OF NEW YORK (1949, DRAMA, some violence): A team of
federal narcotics agents led by Scott Brady tries to bring down a major
drug dealer. But their work is cut out for them: the dealer (Yul
Brynner) proves as cunning as he is cold-blooded and ruthless.  Gritty
and engrossing.

•    THE RACKETEER (1929, DRAMA): New York City in the Roaring
Twenties: a crime boss (Robert Armstrong) eager for respectability
falls for a beautiful but penniless blue blood (Carole Lombard). But
treachery within his own criminal ranks threatens their future, and
even love may not be as true as it seems in this tale of crime and
passion.  An early talkie featuring snappy dialogue and memorable
performances.

•    KID DYNAMITE (1943, COMEDY): In 1940s New York, amateur
boxer Mugs McGinnis is kidnapped by bookies out to make a bundle on a
big bout. His shy fellow gang member, Danny, stands in for him and, in
a major upset, wins the fight. Fearing a challenge to his leadership,
Mugs bullies Danny, with unexpected results. Vintage East Side Kids.

•    LOU GEHRIG STORY, THE (1956, DRAMA): At the height of a
record-breaking career with the New York Yankees, legendary
first-baseman Lou Gehrig learns that his days are numbered by a fatal
nerve disease. Wendell Corey and Jean Hagen star in this moving
dramatization of the final chapters in a remarkable Hall of Fame career.

•    NOTHING SACRED (1937, COMEDY): In this fast-paced comedy,
Carole Lombard's ploy to get to New York City by pretending to be a
victim of radiation poisoning backfires when a journalist publicizes
her "plight," Co-stars Fredric March.  Lombard provides an irresistible
performance supported by a script that shines.

Feb. 20/21: These four Film Noir movies each night:

•    THE HITCH-HIKER (1953, THRILLER): Two friends (Edmund
O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy) give a lift to a guy who turns out to be a
serial killer on the run (William Talman). At gunpoint he forces them
to help him escape across the desert of Baja California. A classic noir
thriller with fine performances from its stars.

•    IMPACT (1949, DRAMA): Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines and
Charles Coburn star in this intriguing drama about a businessman who
barely survives a murder plot orchestrated by his adored wife and her
secret lover. When he attempts to seek justice, he finds himself
accused of murder. A compelling film noir  fraught with shocks and
surprises.

•    SCARLET STREET (1945, DRAMA): A staid, middle-aged bank
teller has his life turned upside down when he falls under the spell of
a pretty young temptress with no scruples and a talent for getting
whatever she wants. Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea
star in this renowned film noir  from famed director Fritz Lang.

•    TRAPPED (1949, DRAMA): When bogus $20 bills start turning
up, the Secret Service arranges the release of a convicted
counterfeiter (Lloyd Bridges), hoping he will lead them to the plates.
But he has his own agenda. A film noir thriller, fast-paced and full of
surprises.

Feb. 27/28: Four movies each night with a French connection:

•    THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1934, DRAMA): As the Reign of Terror
rages through France, the only hope for the aristocratic families
waiting in the shadow of the guillotine is a mysterious and daring
master of disguise who rescues as many of them as he can. Stars Leslie
Howard, Merle Oberon and Raymond Massey.

•    THE AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER (1956, COMEDY): When a senator
and an ambassador decide to test the character of a typical American
serviceman in post-war Paris, they discover all’s fair in love and war.
A sophisticated romantic comedy with John Forsythe, Olivia De
Havilland, Myrna Loy and Adolphe Menjou.

•    THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS (1954, DRAMA): In Paris
after WWII, a handsome reporter (Van Johnson) meets an attractive
expatriate (Donna Reed) and then, to her  lasting chagrin, falls madly
in love with her ravishing younger sister (Elizabeth Taylor). But will
their passionate love endure?  Taylor is glamorous in this enjoyable
melodrama and Walter Pidgeon steals the show as her father.  Donna Reed
gives an outstanding performance.

•    THE GREEN GLOVE (1952, DRAMA): A former paratrooper
(Glenn Ford) and an American tour guide (Geraldine Brooks) put their
lives on the line in post-war France in a desperate bid to recover a
priceless religious relic from an urbane but ruthless art thief (George
Macready) and his henchmen.