Storyline: The Great Moment 1944 In the winter of 1868, Eben Frost goes to a Boston pawnshop and redeems a silver medal, inscribed to Dr W T G Morton, the Benefactor of Mankind, with the Gratitude of Humanity Frost drives to a country farmhouse and gives the medal to Mortons widow, Elizabeth Morton who explains to her daughter, Betty, that Frost was the first person given anesthesia by her father, Boston dentist Dr W T G Morton The story flashes back 20 years to find Morton being wildly acclaimed by medical students as the man whose discovery of letheon had forever ended pain as, before that day, even amputations were performed with the patient fully conscious Letheron, unknown to everybody but Morton and Elizabeth, is simply highly rectified sulfuric ether cleaning fluid easily obtainable at a pharmacy By keeping the secret, Dr Morton could be rich, but he had rather be poor than see a girl strapped to an operating table under the knife of Dr Warren, and he reveals his secret to a group of surgeons in the hospital operating theatre With his secret out, and all hope of personal reward gone, with the possible exception of proceeds from his glass inhaler, he gets the news that Congress has voted him a reward of 100,000, and also learns that the patent on his inhaler has been infringed President Pierce, under pressure from newspapers inflamed by jealous medical rivals of Morton, refuses to sign the bill until Morton has proven patient infringement
The Other Man (1994)
Unsatisfied by her marriage, Christine begins an affair with a seductive, mysterious stranger named Quinn But they get carried away with their passion which leads way to obsession and murder
Sweet River (2020)
Hanas search for her sons body leads her to the sleepy town of Billing, where her investigations uncover more than she expected and threaten to expose the towns secrets secrets that both the living and the dead will fight to
SecondHand Hearts (1981)
A high spirited wife and her meekish husband hit the road to take back her kids from her previous marriage who live with her ex inlaws
Big in Japan (2018)
After hearing about the huge demand for foreign talent in Japan, ordinary guy Dave sets out on an outrageous mission to understand fame by doing whatever it takes to get it
American Fighter (2020)
In this gritty action tale, a young wrestler competes in the world of underground fighting to raise money for his ailing mother But will he survive his next match
Moving Parts (2017)
After being smuggled into Trinidad and Tobago, Zhenzhen discovers the true cost of her arrival
If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent (201
The story of the New York accent, as told by New Yorkers
The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang) (1975)
A hooker is drugged and gang raped, runs away and finds protection with a clan of girls trained in kung fu by a martial artist With this help, the young woman will take her revenge
Who Made the Potatoe Salad? (2006)
An urban romantic comedy about a young San Diego policeman who travels to Los Angeles with his fiancee to meet her dysfunctional family and announce their engagement
The Wild Girl (2010)
Ned Giles, an aspiring news photographer, joins the 1932 Great Apache Expedition on the search for a young boy, the son of a wealthy Mexican land owner who was kidnapped by wild Apaches Ned finds himself on an unexpected and peri
Camping 3 (2016)
This year, Patrick decided to test carpooling Thinking of crossing France with Vanessa, he finds himself with three young dijonnais Robert the charmer, Benji the beautiful kid and Jose the big mouth Obviously, after the car sh
Pure Pwnage (2016)
Kyle wants to make a Pure Pwnage movie and has to do some convincing because Jeremy is now living the suburban life and doesnt want to participate
Dragon Fury (2021)
A team of experts travels deep into the mountains to find a dangerous creature
Float (2019)
Several years in the life of one of the few remaining, all volunteer, self built Rose Parade float crews
The Obituary of Tunde Johnson (2019)
A wealthy, Nigerian American teen is pulled over by police, shot to death and immediately awakens, reliving the same day over and over, trapped in a terrifying time loop forced to confront difficult truths about his life and him