Also known as Hai Tang, this exotic melodrama was filmed in both German Read More »
Musical
Chu-Chin-Chow (1934) Walter Forde, George Robey, Fritz Kortner, Anna May Wong
Ali Baba discovers the treasure cave of robber-baron Abu Hasan, and tells his greedy brother Read More »
The Show of Shows (1929) John G. Adolfi, Frank Fay, William Courtenay, H.B. Warner
It’s 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance Read More »
Thirsty AKA Pyaasa (1957) Mala Sinha, Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman
Unemployed Vijay is the youngest in his family consisting of his widowed mom Read More »
Tender Mercies (1983) Bruce Beresford, Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley
A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife Read More »
Soul Hustler (1973) Burt Topper, Fabian, Nai Bonet, Tony Russel
Matthew Crowe, a whoring, pot-smoking, wandering singer teams up with a tent-show preacher. Read More »
Fanfare of Love AKA Fanfare d’amour (1935) Richard Pottier, Fernand Gravey, Betty Stockfeld, Madeleine Guitty
Two unemployed musicians,Jean and Pierre, dress up as women to be hired by an all Read More »
Aniceto (2008) Leonardo Favio, Hernán Piquín, Natalia Pelayo, Alejandra Baldoni
Aniceto is a lonely man who lives with his rooster in a little town in Mendoza. Read More »
Words and Music (1948) Norman Taurog, Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, June Allyson
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) Read More »
Good News (1947) Charles Walters, June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall
At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring 20’s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane Read More »
The Japanese Belly Button AKA Nihonjin no heso (1977) Eizô Sugawa, Mako Midori, Akihiro Miwa, Hajime Hana
Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss. Read More »
Singing the Blues in Red AKA Fatherland (1986) Ken Loach, Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Sigfrit Steiner
Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin Read More »
Guest in the House (1944) John Brahm, John Cromwell, Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon
A young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé’s family and turns a happy household against itself. Read More »
Louisiana Purchase (1941) Irving Cummings, Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore
Graft is rampant in the government of a “mythical” Louisiana, and the arrival of U.S. Senate investigator Loganberry brings panic. Read More »
The Idols AKA Les idoles (1968) Marc’o, Bulle Ogier, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
This satire concerns three French singing idols and their attempt to stay in the public eye. Read More »