Two seemingly happily married French couples are forced to contend with a number of issues Read More »
Monthly Archives: June 2018
The Runaway Bride (1930) Donald Crisp, Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst, Crime, Drama, Romance
Mary Fairchild elopes with Dick Mercer and it doesn’t take long for Mary to realize she has made a mistake. Read More »
Happy Go Lucky (1943) Curtis Bernhardt, Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Betty Hutton, Comedy, Musical
To land a rich husband, golddigger Marjory Stuart goes to Trinidad posing as a debutante. Read More »
American Hot Wax (1978) Floyd Mutrux, Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Drama, History, Music
This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock ‘n’ roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s. Read More »
Thunder in the Night (1935) George Archainbaud, Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, Paul Cavanagh, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Most of the Fox productions of the 1930s had a “continental” flavor, and Thunder in the Night was no exception. Read More »
Spiritual Love (1987) David Lai, Taylor Wong, Yun-Fat Chow, Cherie Chung, Deannie Ip, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
A small-time triad member, played by Chow Yun-Fat, discovers a letter from an antique desk written by a young girl, played by Cherie Chung, who died from an illness years before. Read More »
The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) Jack Hively, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fernack tries to get Simon arrested as he returns home from a Transatlantic European vacation in order to help old friend Read More »
The Chasers (1959) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Jacques Charrier, Charles Aznavour, Dany Robin, Drama
Two young men, one shy and one self-confident, spend a fast-paced night in Paris trying to pick up chicks. They confront every possible difficulty. Read More »
Pit of Darkness (1961) Lance Comfort, William Franklyn, Moira Redmond, Bruno Barnabe, Crime, Thriller
When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm, is found unconscious, on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of the last three weeks. Read More »
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) Mervyn LeRoy, Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet, Comedy, Musical, Drama
When Jimmy Doyle’s Broadway musical is a flop, he takes his rejected star, Dixie Dugan, to a nightclub where she does her number again. Read More »
The Saints Double Trouble (1940) Jack Hively, George Sanders, Helene Reynolds, Jonathan Hale, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Simon has arranged to send a rare mummy of a pharaoh from Cairo to Phildelphia to his good friend, Keystone University archeology professor Horatio Bitts Read More »
Money (1983) Robert Bresson, Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet, Crime, Drama
A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop Read More »
My Favorite Spy (1942) Tay Garnett, Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman, Comedy, Musical
Kay Kyser is late to his wedding. He is taking a short cut through Central Park when he finds out that he is in the army and is due to check in that afternoon. Read More »
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) Wallace Worsley, Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Drama, Romance
Clopin bought Esmeralda from the gypsies when she was young. Dancing in the square at the festival, Esmeralda is spotted by Jehan, the evil brother of the good archdeacon Claude Frollo. Read More »
Dirty Heroes (1967) Alberto De Martino, Frederick Stafford, Daniela Bianchi, John Ireland, Drama, War
Holland. Spring 1945. Two armies face each other in the final confrontation of World War II. Read More »