Lakeshore Classic Movies

Hunter Allan Quartermain (Sir Cedric Hardewicke) is hired to lead a rescue party in deepest Africa, persuaded to join a woman and her guide (gifted actor Paul Robeson) in search of her father who is presumed lost in his quest for the fabled diamond mines.

A police detective is murdered while trying to infiltrate a smuggling ring in San Francisco. The chief of police brings in Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) to help find his best friend’s killer.

A woman is murdered in the home of our favorite Chinese-American detective. She is later identified as being a member of Chinese royalty. Who would kill a princess and why at Mr. Wong’s house?

Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner star in this Ernest Hemingway story of a writer that reflects on his life and loves while recovering from injuries on safari in Africa.

Gary Cooper stars as an American ambulance driver serving in Italy in World War I. When he meets an English nurse (Helen Hayes), his world is thrown upside down as he reevaluates what is worth fighting for in this Hemingway adaptation.

A wealthy gem collector comes into possession of the largest star sapphire in the world after it was reported stolen in China. During a game of Charades, a gun fires, a man dies and the gem is stolen again. Boris Karloff stars as the eminent detective trying to solve this riddle.

A man fears for his life and asks the detective for help. Before Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) can meet him, the man is found dead in his locked office with no marks on him. Was it a heart attack or murder? With several potential suspects, Mr. Wong is on the case.

Ten people are invited for a weekend island getaway by a mysterious host. At dinner a record is played, accusing them each of murder and the threat of justice. Soon a guest is found dead. How long before no one will remain in this film adaptation starring Barry Fitzgerald of the iconic Agatha Christie novel?

Joel McCrea plays a big game hunter who is stranded on a mysterious South Seas island. Enter the evil Count Zaroff, and soon the shipwrecked hunter finds himself the prey in this film based on a short story from Richard Connell that also stars Fay Wray.

A gang of criminals, led by the menacing ‘Gruesome’ (Boris Karloff), has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a paralyzing gas that knocks out whoever breathes it. When the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, the dashing Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is on the case to apprehend the gang.

Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is helped once again by Vitamin Flintheart (Ian Keith) as they investigate the theft of a fortune in fur coats, a possible insurance swindle, and several murders, all linked to “The Claw”, a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.

As a young heiress, Barbara Stanwyck loses her aunt under suspicious circumstances. Now someone from her past has returned who may know the truth about her aunt’s death. Suspicion abounds in this film-noir that also stars Van Heflin and Kirk Douglas in his first big-screen role.