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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

  • Destroy All Monsters (1968): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Destroy All Monsters (1968)

    S2023 E95 - 1h 28m

    It’s a battle royale as aliens take over the minds of the giant creatures of Monster Island - Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan and others - and order them to destroy the world’s largest cities.

  • A Christmas Wish (1950): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Christmas Wish (1950)

    S2023 E92 - 1h 28m

    A down-on-their-luck vaudeville family can’t afford to pay rent on a run-down ground floor apartment at Christmas. An unexpected guardian angel in the form of a squirrel comes into their lives, showering them with money. Jimmy Durante stars in this fun holiday feature.

  • Scrooge (1935): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Scrooge (1935)

    S2023 E91 - 59m 43s

    Charles Dickens’s classic holiday tale of greed, ghosts, redemption and the Christmas spirit is brought to the screen with Seymour Hicks as the world’s most well-known miser: Ebenezer Scrooge.

  • The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)

    S2023 E90 - 2h 6m

    Bing Crosby stars as Father O'Malley, who is transferred to a soon-to-be-condemned school run by Sister Benedict (Ingrid Bergman), where they have different ideas for turning the place around.

  • To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

    S2023 E87 - 2h 9m

    Set in 1930’s Alabama, a young girl nicknamed Scout recounts how her widowed father (Gregory Peck) defended a black man charged with raping a poor white woman in this classic adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

  • The Silent Enemy (1958): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Silent Enemy (1958)

    S2023 E85 - 1h 47m

    Laurence Harvey leads a group of Navy frogmen trying to stop the Italians from attaching mines to British ships during the early stages of World War II, inspired by the life of Commander Lionel Crabb.

  • This is the Army (1943): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    This is the Army (1943)

    S2023 E30 - 1h 54m

    George Murphy and Ronald Reagan star in a tale of a father and son who put on a musical stage show before the son marches off to war. Featuring music by Irving Berlin, numerous stars and over 350 real-life GIs, the film raised nearly $2 million towards the Army Emergency Relief effort.

  • Spitfire (1943): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Spitfire (1943)

    S2023 E83 - 1h 27m

    Following Hitler’s rise to power, plane designer RJ Mitchell (Leslie Howard) becomes convinced that Britain’s survival may depend on his designs for a new fighter plane. David Niven plays his test pilot friend.

  • Go for Broke! (1951): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Go for Broke! (1951)

    S2023 E82 - 1h 30m

    This fictionalized biographical film tells the story of the heroic 442nd Regiment, comprised of loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry. Van Johnson stars as a bigoted lieutenant who soon learns to respect the Nisei.

  • Gung Ho! (1943): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Gung Ho! (1943)

    S2023 E81 - 1h 26m

    Based on a true story, Randolph Scott stars as a tough marine colonel who assembles a team of jungle fighters made up of misfits and psychos. Their objective: an all-out assault on Japanese-held Makin Island.

  • They Made Me a Killer (1946): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    They Made Me a Killer (1946)

    S2023 E77 - 1h 4m

    An innocent man gets caught up in a bank robbery and turns fugitive. He receives help from the sister of one of the victims as he tries to clear his name.

  • They Made Me a Criminal (1939): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

    S2023 E76 - 1h 31m

    Boxing champ (John Garfield) is savoring victory one moment, and then has a murder wrap pinned on him the next. On the run, his past soon comes for him in the form of Claude Rains as a police detective.

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