Lakeshore Classic Movies

Charles Dickens’ title character is a resourceful young man forced to protect his family against the machinations of his evil Uncle Ralph (Cedric Hardwicke). Cast out into the cold, cruel world, Nicholas deals with friend and foe alike, coming full circle to face his wicked uncle as an equal.

A dutiful wife and doting mother, Anna knows contentment but not passion. That changes when she meets a dashing young officer. Now she will throw away all that she has to be with him, but will it be enough? Vivien Leigh stars as the title character in this Leo Tolstoy adaptation.

“Cueball,” a dangerous ex-con with a murderous streak, acquires a set of stolen diamonds. The bald maniac is bent on murdering people that he believes are trying to swindle and double-cross him. What happens when Cueball vows to eliminate Dick Tracy?

The Hat! The Overcoat! The two-way wristwatch radio! Dick Tracy, the dashing police detective, must solve a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different backgrounds, are attacked by a mysterious killer. Suspects flourish but Tracy must find the common link before more innocents die.

After he witnesses the murder of a gangster, Frank Johnson has to run for his life. The police approach his estranged wife Eleanor (Ann Sheridan) and ask her aid in locating her husband. Although reluctant at first, Eleanor becomes obsessed with finding Frank before the killer does.

After a night on the town in San Francisco, small-town accountant (Edmond O’Brien) wakes up with more than a hangover as doctors tell him he's been poisoned and has a week to live. Not knowing who did it or why, the doomed man goes on a desperate search to find his own murderer in this classic film noir.

Mystery writer (Agnes Moorehead) leases old mansion with a sinister history, as it was the site of several murders the year before, supposedly by a character known only as ‘The Bat’. Is he a monster or just a serial killer and master criminal that robs and kills rich victims? Could it be the suspicious doctor, played by the great Vincent Price?

Based on a play, this thriller stars Anton Walbrook as a handsome psychopathic killer in Victorian London who tries to drive his wife insane to get his hands on a cache of rubies. Only the interest of a former police detective can save her from incarceration in an asylum or worse.

Charles Rankin (Orson Welles) is a respected academic at a prominent Connecticut college and seems to have a perfect life. When a detective (Edward G. Robinson) enters the scene, Rankin’s war experiences could come to light and change his world forever. The film, directed by Orson Welles, also stars Loretta Young.

Cynical pulp novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) arrives in shadowy Vienna and is soon investigating the mysterious death of his old friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). Martins soon learns that everything he thought about his friend was a lie, and thus begins an ever-thickening web of deception and murder.