 Bachelor in Paradise (1961) - Bob Hope is an author who writes books about the bachelor life, and Lana Turner is the girl who tempts him to give it all up in this 60s bedroom comedy.
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 Bachelor Mother (1939) - Ginger Rogers is beautiful but confused and David Niven is suave but confused in a comedy about a single woman mistaken for a single mom and the man who tries to keep her and her child together in spite of his rich father's efforts. Ginger's first post-Astaire film.
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 Back Street (1932) - Irene Dunne and John Boles as star-crossed lovers in a pre-code soap opera that many feel is superior to the 1941 and 1961 remakes.
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 The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) - This Oscar-nominated film features an Oscar-nominated performance by Norma Shearer as Elizabeth Barrett, as well as a fine supporting turn by Una O'Connor. The star-studded cast in this superior melodrama also includes Fredric March as Robert Browning, and Charles Laughton as Elizabeth's overly possessive father.
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 Beau Brummell (1954) - Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, Stewart Granger is handsome and dashing, and Robert Morley and Peter Ustinov are suitably foppish in this lavish costume drama, a remake of the popular 1924 John Barrymore silent epic.
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 Beloved Infidel (1959) - Gregory Peck is F. Scott Fitzgerald in the film version of the memoir written by lover Sheilah Graham (played by Deborah Kerr). The film depicts the latter part of the novelist's life as described by gossip columnist Graham, during which he was broke and trying to write Hollywood screenplays to pay the bills, while struggling unsuccessfully with his alcoholism. Directed by Henry King.
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 Betrayed (1954) - This beautifully-photographed WWII spy adventure/romance was the fourth and final pairing of Clark Gable and Lana Turner, and Gable's final film for MGM. Victor Mature is probably the strongest of the three stars in this film, playing a resistance leader in Holland, but all do a fine job within a somewhat murky but still interesting plot.
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 Between Two Worlds (1944) - If you're a fan of the TV show Lost (or even if you're not), you'll enjoy this fantasy tale of people on a ship to the afterlife. Starring John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, and a shipload of great character actors.
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 Bhowani Junction (1956) - George Cukor directed this story of a biracial woman (Ava Gardner, in one of her best performances) in India in 1947, as the British are getting ready to withdraw from the country. Stewart Granger, who said this was one of his favorite films, plays a valiant British Colonel who tries to prevent violence. A strong film, despite its Pakistani locations and lack of native Indian actors.
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 Big City (1937) - Oscar-winners Spencer Tracy and Luise Rainer star in a small film with a huge cast of pro boxers and other characters, a comedy/drama about hoodlums and immigrants in the "big city."
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 Big City (1948) - Religious tolerance gets a boost in a heartwarming story about an abandoned baby (who grows up to become adorable Margaret O'Brien) being raised by a rabbi, a minister, and an Irish cop. Any resemblance to Three Men and a Baby (1987) is entirely coincidental.
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 (Escape of) The Birdmen (1972-TV) - This TV-movie adaptation of Escape from Colditz is one of those films that people tend to remember because of its unusual subject matter, but can't remember where or when they saw it! Lots of familiar faces but no superstars in the cast. Never released on video or DVD, this copy made from a TV broadcast is a little rough, but it's watchable and enjoyable.
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 The Big House (1930) - A very nice print of a film that was important for many reasons. First of all, it was the prison movie that set the tone for many other prison films that followed. The screenplay was written by Frances Marion, one of the first women allowed to write an important film in Hollywood, who won an Oscar for best writing. Wallace Beery got an Oscar nomination and was put on the road to becoming a major star. And it was one of the first meaty roles for Robert Montgomery, who went on to become an important leading man after Norma Shearer picked him to co-star with her in Private Lives the following year. The film also won an Oscar for Best Sound Recording. Chester Morris gives a strong performance as the con with a sense of ethics who is rewarded for his actions, and Lewis Stone makes a fine Warden. A must-have for fans of pre-codes and early talkies.
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 The Blue Lagoon (1949) - Jean Simmons stars in this original version of the movie later remade with Brooke Shields. It's a real treat for Simmons fans, and although this copy isn't exactly remastered for DVD, it's the best one we've found yet and quite watchable.
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 Bolero (1934) - George Raft, Carole Lombard and Sally Rand dance their way through a 1930s pre-Code version of Saturday Night Fever. Raft plays a self-centered dancer named (what else?) Raoul, Lombard auditions for him in her underwear, and Sally Rand does her famous fan dance. Though it's not really a musical, watch this one for the dancing. It was a very unusual role for Raft and a pivotal performance for Lombard. Not a perfect copy, but watchable.
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 Bombshell (1933) - Jean Harlow carries the whole film in her greatest comic performance as basically herself, or at least the image that the studio nurtered of her. Others say it was based on the life of Clara Bow. Either way, it's a nifty film that deserves to be properly released on DVD.
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 Born to Be Bad (1950) - Joan Fontaine and Robert Ryan star in a version of Anne Parrish's novel All Kneeling. Directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Howard Hughes (who replaced Barbara Bel Geddes with Fontaine, reportedly causing Dore Schary to leave RKO for MGM), this was originally titled Bed of Roses and bears no resemblance to the 1933 Cary Grant/Loretta Young vehicle of the same name.
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 Bright Road (1953) - Harry Belafonte (his first screen role) and Dorothy Dandridge star in a short, heartwarming film about a schoolteacher (Dandridge), her principal (Belafonte) and the children she is teaching. They do sing a couple of songs, but it's not a musical.
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 Bright Victory (1951) - Arthur Kennedy was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role as a soldier blinded during World War II. Peggy Dow and Julie Adams portray his love interests, and the supporting cast includes Jim Backus, Will Geer, James Edwards, Murray Hamilton, Richard Egan, and a pre-stardom Rock Hudson. (DVD has a slight hesitation in the recording about halfway through, for just a few seconds.)
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 Broadway Rhythm (1944) - Not much plot but lots of dancing, singing, and specialty acts, starring George Murphy and featuring performances by Lena Horne, Tommy Dorsey, Hazel Scott, Nancy Walker, Gloria DeHaven, Kenny Bowers, Walter Long, and the singing-contortionist Ross Sisters! Original title was supposed to be The Broadway Melody of 1944.
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