Rian Mitchell discovers an emerald deposit in South America, but gets chased away before he can start to mine. Read More »
Daily Archives: November 7, 2020
Jeunesse perdue (1961) Akramzadeh, Anna Longlands, Saadoun Al-Ubaydi
Two Swedish girls fall in love with a Persian man in London. Read More »
Come as You Are AKA Hasta la vista (2011) Geoffrey Enthoven, Charlotte Timmers, Roos Van Vlaenderen, Robrecht Vanden Thoren
Could a special needs roadtrip movie out of Belgium possibly be funny, entertaining, and heartfelt? Read More »
They Learned About Women (1930) Jack Conway, Sam Wood, Joe Schenck, Gus Van, Bessie Love
When Jack and Jerry are not playing professional baseball with the Blue Sox, they are packing them in on the Vaudeville circuit. Read More »
The Great Man Votes (1939) Garson Kanin, John Barrymore, Peter Holden, Virginia Weidler
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. Read More »
Navy Blues (1929) Clarence Brown, William Haines, Anita Page, Karl Dane
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. Read More »
I’ll Cry Tomorrow (1955) Daniel Mann, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert
Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Katie, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Read More »
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962) Martin Ritt, Richard Beymer, Diane Baker, Corinne Calvet
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father Read More »
For the Love of Mary (1948) Frederick De Cordova, Deanna Durbin, Edmond O’Brien, Don Taylor
Mary Peppertree, a switchboard operator in the White House, is being courted by three men; Philip Manning, an attorney Read More »
Escort West (1959) Francis D. Lyon, Victor Mature, Elaine Stewart, Faith Domergue
In 1865 in Nevada, former Confederate Captain Ben Lassiter and his daughter Abbey travel through Modoc territory on their way to Oregon. Read More »
Darkness and Light AKA Hei an zhi guang (1999) Tso-chi Chang, Kang-i Lee, Ming-shiou Tsai, Bau-huei Shie
Kang-Yi is a teenage girl who lives in an apartment building in the port city of Keelung. Read More »
On with the Show! (1929) Alan Crosland, Arthur Lake, Betty Compson, Joe E. Brown
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. Read More »
Road to Utopia (1946) Hal Walker, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
At the turn of the century, Duke and Chester, two vaudeville performers, go to Alaska to make their fortune. Read More »
The Christmas Box (1995) Marcus Cole, Richard Thomas, Maureen O’Hara, Annette O’Toole
A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. Read More »
The Charterhouse of Parma AKA La chartreuse de Parme (1948) Christian-Jaque, Renée Faure, Lucien Coëdel, Louis Salou
Fabrice del Dongo, a young archbishop, gives his all to romance rather than to the Church, creating complications for everyone around. Read More »