Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper’s publisher Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Parole Fixer (1940) Robert Florey, William Henry, Virginia Dale, Robert Paige
This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover Read More »
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986) David Heeley, Joan Bennett, Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor
Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn formed one of the greatest couples of Hollywood’s Golden Era — both on screen and off. Read More »
Nico Icon (1995) Susanne Ofteringer, Nico, Tina Aumont, Christian Päffgen
A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels Read More »
Lure of the Wilderness (1952) Jean Negulesco, Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith
A young girl and her father, who was unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates the swamp in search of his dog. Read More »
Beauties of the Night (1952) René Clair, Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida
Young Claude, teacher by day, is a struggling composer by night. Alas, everyone around him seems to prefer noise to music. Read More »
Houseboat (1958) Melville Shavelson, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer
Tom Winters, a widower, is trying to understand and raise three precocious children alone. Read More »
A Gathering of Eagles (1963) Delbert Mann, Rock Hudson, Rod Taylor, Mary Peach
Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander Read More »
Crime Against Joe (1956) Lee Sholem, John Bromfield, Julie London, Henry Calvin
Joe Manning returned from the Korean War a changed man and became a Bohemian artist, supported by his understanding mother and distrusted by others. Read More »
Baby Face Harrington (1935) Raoul Walsh, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Harvey Stephens
Willie Harrington is a wimpy small-town bookkeeper at a bank who unwittingly gets involved with the country’s toughest gangster and his gang Read More »
A Fistful Of Dollars (1964) Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch
An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo’s. Read More »
Sadie McKee (1934) Clarence Brown, Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone
The life of Sadie McKee takes many twists and turns. She starts as the daughter of the cook for the well off Alderson family. Read More »
Stolen Identity (1953) Gunther von Fritsch, Donald Buka, Joan Camden, Francis Lederer
A jealous concert pianist murders his wife’s lover, then frames an innocent taxi driver for the crime. Read More »
Pilotinnen (1995) Christian Petzold, Eleonore Weisgerber, Nadeshda Brennicke, Udo Schenk
Karin’s world is the suburbs. It sells low-cost cosmetics in the large area of Leverkusen. Read More »
The Chocolate Soldier (1941) Roy Del Ruth, Nelson Eddy, Risë Stevens, Nigel Bruce
Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous. Read More »