Hajj Mitwalli is keen to acquire money and land. His daughter Naimah falls in love with Hasan Read More »
Musical
Show Boat (1929) Harry A. Pollard, Arch Heath, Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Emily Fitzroy
The film begins with Magnolia, daughter of Captain Andy Hawks and his domineering wife Parthy Read More »
Impromptu (1991) James Lapine, Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin
1830s Paris. Novelist George Sand, who is known to be writing her memoirs, is causing a sensation in the literary scene Read More »
Lady Be Careful (1936) Theodore Reed, Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, Benny Baker
A group of marines bet one of them that he can’t get a ribbon from a particular girl on a yacht. In fact they fall in love and live happily ever after. Read More »
Small Town Girl (1953) László Kardos, Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller
Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. Read More »
Mao’s Last Dancer (2009) Bruce Beresford, Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan
A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village Read More »
Stony Island (1978) Andrew Davis, Richard Davis, Edward Stoney Robinson, George Englund Jr.
STONY ISLAND tells the story of Richie Bloom (Richie Davis), the only white kid on the block Read More »
The Hours and Time (1991) Christopher Munch, David Angus, Ian Hart, Stephanie Pack
A fictionalized account of what may have happened when John Lennon and Brian Epstein went on holiday together to Spain in 1963. Read More »
First Name: Carmen AKA Prénom Carmen (1983) Jean-Luc Godard, Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel
Carmen is a member of a terrorist gang who falls in love with a young police officer guarding a bank that she and her cohorts try to rob. Read More »
It’s a Date (1940) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. Read More »
Paddy ODay (1936) Lewis Seiler, Jane Withers, Pinky Tomlin, Rita Hayworth
Withers is an immigrant who learns on arrival in the U.S. that her mother is dead. Read More »
Hollywood or Bust (1956) Frank Tashlin, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Pat Crowley
The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Read More »
Hooray for Love (1935) Walter Lang, Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Bill Robinson
Young would-be producer Doug Tyler meets singer Pat Thatcher twice, and makes the wrong impression both times. Read More »
City for Conquest (1940) James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco
Cagney is Danny Kenny, a truck driver who enters “the fight game” and Sheridan plays his girlfriend, Peggy. Read More »
Train Ride to Hollywood (1975) Charles R. Rondeau, Willis Draffen Jr., Charles Love, Charles McCormick
Harry Williams, member of the rhythm & blues band, Bloodstone, is about to go onstage for a concert when he is hit on the head. Read More »