Clifford Groves, toy manufacturer, is in full charge at the factory Read More »
Tag Archives: Douglas Sirk
Meet Me at the Fair (1953) Douglas Sirk, Dan Dailey, Diana Lynn, Chet Allen
In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller Read More »
The Tarnished Angels (1958) Douglas Sirk, Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone
In the 1930’s, a First World War flying ace named Roger Schumann is reduced Read More »
Captain Lightfoot (1955) Douglas Sirk, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society Read More »
Sleep, My Love (1948) Douglas Sirk, Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche
Alison Courtland wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train Read More »
A Scandal in Paris (1946) Douglas Sirk, George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Carole Landis
The autobiography of elegant criminal, François Eugène Vidocq, from his birth in a French jail in 1775 Read More »
The Girl from the Marsh Croft AKA Das Mädchen vom Moorhof (1935) Douglas Sirk, Hansi Knoteck, Ellen Frank, Friedrich Kayßler
In this romance, a strapping farm boy is betrothed to a pretty socialite. Unfortunately, he really loves a simple girl from the marsh. Read More »
Summer Storm (1944) Douglas Sirk, Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee
In this filmed Chekhov adaptation, Olga is an alluring peasant woman who lures cynical aristocrat Fedor Read More »
Magnificent Obsession (1954) Douglas Sirk, Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
Reckless playboy Robert Merrick (Rock Hudson) is in a boat accident, and his condition requires a resuscitator to save his life. Read More »
Battle Hymn (1957) Douglas Sirk, Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea
Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Read More »
Shockproof (1949) Douglas Sirk, Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Jenny Marsh, still dangerously attractive after 5 years in prison for killing a man in defense of her shady lover Harry Read More »
Imitation of Life (1959) Douglas Sirk, Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Drama
Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson, a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Read More »
The Lady Pays Off (1951) Douglas Sirk, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Gigi Perreau, Comedy, Drama
Mystery Submarine (1950) Douglas Sirk, Macdonald Carey, Märta Torén, Robert Douglas, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Posing as an ex-German medical officer, a U.S. Navy Intelligence Officer sets out to rescue a kidnapped scientist, and sink a Nazi submarine, hiding off the coast of South America. Read More »
La Habanera / Cheated by the Wind (1937) Douglas Sirk, Zarah Leander, Ferdinand Marian, Karl Martell, Drama, Musical
Astrée Sternhjelm is visiting Puerto Rico with her aunt Ana, and is enchanted by the island. Read More »