Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Raffles (1939) Sam Wood, William Wyler, David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Whitty, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Read More »
Prince of Foxes (1949) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister (widowed by poison) to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. Read More »
A Very Honorable Guy (1934) Lloyd Bacon, Joe E. Brown, Alice White, Robert Barrat, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Well respected local good guy, Feet Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Read More »
The Eve of St. Mark (1944) John M. Stahl, Anne Baxter, William Eythe, Michael O’Shea, War, Drama
Hometown boy Quizz West (William Eythe) is one of fewer than 19,000 draftees in 1940. Read More »
Submarine Alert (1943) Frank McDonald, Richard Arlen, Wendy Barrie, Nils Asther, Thriller, War
Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. Read More »
Fanny Hill (1983) Gerry O’Hara, Lisa Foster, Oliver Reed, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Erotic
Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to survive. Read More »
The Time Machine (1978) Henning Schellerup, John Beck, Priscilla Barnes, Andrew Duggan, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for.
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Conquest of Space (1955) Byron Haskin, Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy, Sci-Fi
An American-led team of International astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain’s religious beliefs may get in the way. Read More »
Better Things (2008) Duane Hopkins, Rachel McIntyre, Emma Cooper, Liam McIlfatrick, Drama
Gails agoraphobia keeps her inside where she escapes into romance novels. She shares a house with her Nan, recently back from the hospital. Read More »
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) Robert Youngson, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, The Marx Brothers, Comedy, Documentary
A compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948’s “A Southern Yankee.” Read More »
Â! Ikkenya puroresu / Oh! My Zombie Mermaid (2004) Naoki Kubo, Terry Ito, Shinya Hashimoto, Sonim, Shirô Sano, Action, Drama
Comedy, horror and wrestling combine in this fight fest starring real-life wrestler Shinya Hashimoto as Kouta Read More »
Doppelganger (1993) Avi Nesher, Drew Barrymore, George Newbern, Dennis Christopher, Horror, Romance, Thriller
A woman moves from NYC to LA after a murder, in which she is implicated. She is followed by what is apparently her evil alter- ego. Read More »
Death Weekend (1976) William Fruet, Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata, Horror, Thriller
Harry is a rich dentist who often brings women up to his rural lakehouse. One weekend, he invites Diane, a former fashion model. Read More »
Brent jord / Scorched Earth (1969) Knut Andersen, Rolf Søder, Anne-Lise Tangstad, Kåre Tannvik, Drama, War
Nazi soldiers adopt a scorched-earth policy when they retreat from the advancing Russian Army in Northern Norway. Read More »