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Lakeshore Classic Movies

Lakeshore Classic Movies bring you a variety of classic films from the golden age of Hollywood.

The Time of Your Life

1h 40m

based on William Saroyan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, unfolds in a San Francisco waterfront bar where a group of colorful patrons reveals their stories, dreams, and struggles. James Cagney stars as Joe, a laid-back philosopher encouraging others to live fully. This heartwarming and witty drama celebrates the beauty of human connections amidst life’s complexities.

Episodes

  • Nothing Sacred (1936): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Nothing Sacred (1936)

    S2023 E133 - 1h 13m

    Carole Lombard stars as small-town girl who is accidentally misdiagnosed with a rare, deadly disease. A newspaper man (Frederic March) proceeds to turn her into a national heroine. After she realizes the mistake, she continues the ruse in order to enjoy the media spectacle and see the Big Apple.

  • My Man Godfrey (1936): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    My Man Godfrey (1936)

    S2023 E51 - 1h 32m

    In this Depression-era screwball comedy, a Park Avenue brat (Carole Lombard, in an Academy Award nominated role) is looking for a ‘forgotten man’(William Powell) in a scavenger hunt, and goes on to bring him home to be the family’s new butler.

  • Suddenly (1954): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Suddenly (1954)

    S2023 E58 - 1h 15m

    Frank Sinatra leads a group of gunmen who take a widow and her family hostage in a small California town. The men have their sights set on a nearby railroad station, which will soon be hosting a visit from the President of the United States. Sterling Hayden also stars as the town’s sheriff caught in the drama.

  • The Front Page (1931): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Front Page (1931)

    S2023 E132 - 1h 39m

    Newspaperman (Pat O'Brien) is quitting the business and getting married. Conniving editor (Adolphe Menjou) will do anything to make sure his star reporter works on one last story about a possible innocent man who is about to be hanged.

  • Night Train to Munich (1940): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Night Train to Munich (1940)

    S2023 E117 - 1h 35m

    Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison and Paul Henreid are entangled in an espionage thriller when both the British and Germans are after a Czech scientist in the early days of World War II.

  • Happy Go Lovely (1951): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Happy Go Lovely (1951)

    S2023 E131 - 1h 29m

    When the show’s star walks out, a desperate producer casts a chorus girl (Vera-Ellen) as the star of his revue hoping to bring in investors. David Niven stars as a wealthy Scottish millionaire caught up in a case of mistaken identity in this musical romantic comedy that co-stars Cesar Romero.

  • Pot O’ Gold (1941): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Pot O’ Gold (1941)

    S2023 E130 - 1h 25m

    Before his music shop goes under, James Stewart moves to the big city to work at his uncle‘s factory. He gets caught in the middle of a feud between his uncle and a neighboring musical family, and catches the eye of the singing daughter (Paulette Goddard).

  • The Sundowners (1950): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Sundowners (1950)

    S2023 E34 - 1h 24m

    Two brothers find a dead body hidden on their Texas ranch and report it to the authorities. Soon after, the dark sheep of the family returns, in the form of Kid Wichita, their outlaw brother. Robert Preston stars as Kid Wichita, a man who may or may not be as he seems.

  • Mr. Arkadin (1955): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mr. Arkadin (1955)

    S2023 E128 - 1h 31m

    Orson Welles directs and stars as the title character, a reclusive tycoon who claims to be suffering from amnesia. Arkadin hires a shady American to investigate his past, leading down a twisted path of deception and death.

  • Touch of Evil (1958): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Touch of Evil (1958)

    S2023 E119 - 1h 35m

    Charlton Heston portrays a Mexican narcotics officer on his honeymoon with his American wife (Janet Leigh) across the border. When a man is murdered, he is drawn into the mystery in this film noir directed by and co-starring Orson Welles.

  • Theater of Blood (1973): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Theater of Blood (1973)

    S2023 E127 - 1h 41m

    Old school Shakespearean actor (Vincent Price) seeks revenge against his critics, in this 70's horror gorefest that also stars Diana Rigg.

  • My Dear Secretary (1948): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    My Dear Secretary (1948)

    S2023 E123 - 1h 34m

    Womanizing novelist (Kirk Douglas) hires a pretty would-be writer as his new secretary (Laraine Day). She soon turns the tables when she finds success in this comedy that also stars Keenan Wynn.

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