At a French shipyard, a trade unionist named Michel deliberately arranges to have himself Read More »
Romance
Love Letter AKA Koibumi (1953) Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga, Jûkichi Uno
This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka Read More »
6 Day Bike Rider (1934) Lloyd Bacon, Joe E. Brown, Maxine Doyle, Frank McHugh
A film about another American fad of the 30s. Small-town bumpkin Winfred Simpson Read More »
Pajama Party (1964) Don Weis, Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Elsa Lanchester
Gogo, a Martian teenager, is sent to Earth to prepare the way for an invasion. Read More »
Reckless (1935) Victor Fleming, Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone
Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie’s musical by himself. Read More »
Song of Paris (1952) John Guillermin, Dennis Price, Anne Vernon, Mischa Auer
A famous French cabaret star is rescued from embarrassment by a passing Englishman, and sets out to marry him. Read More »
The Return of Draw Egan (1916) William S. Hart, Margery Wilson, Robert McKim
Outlaw leader “Draw” Egan, believed dead, turns up in the town of Yellow Dog. Read More »
Il gioco delle spie (1966) Paolo Bianchini, Roger Hanin, Rory Calhoun, Evi Marandi
The USA pass an exceptional top secret contract with a country in the Middle East Read More »
The Sea Lion (1921) Rowland V. Lee, Hobart Bosworth, Emory Johnson, Bessie Love
Brisk little tale about a brutal sea captain (Hobart Bosworth) nicknamed “the Sea Lion” Read More »
Stars Over Broadway (1935) William Keighley, Pat O’Brien, Jane Froman, James Melton
Al is a down on his luck promoter who is thinking of taking the final bow when he meets Jan, the singing porter. Read More »
Girl with the Diamond Slipper AKA Mo deng xian lu qi yuan (1985) Jing Wong, Maggie Cheung, Pak-Cheung Chan
An aspiring actress gets into hot water when the shoes Read More »
When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) Robert G. Vignola, Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, Lyn Harding
Mary Tudor, sister of England’s Henry VIII, causes a stir by falling in love with a guardsman below her class. Read More »
Green Fields (1937) Jacob Ben-Ami, Edgar G. Ulmer, Michael Gorrin, Helen Beverly, Isidore Cashier
Ulmer’s soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein’s classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. Read More »
The Destruction of Herculaneum AKA Anno 79: La distruzione di Ercolano (1962) Gianfranco Parolini, Susan Paget, Brad Harris, Mara Lane
In 79 AD the Roman city of Herculaneum was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius. Read More »
I Stand Condemned AKA Moscow Nights (1935) Anthony Asquith, Harry Baur, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Laurence Olivier
During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. Read More »