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Working Girls (1931) Dorothy Arzner, Judith Wood, Dorothy Hall, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers
Two sisters have arrived in New York straight from the country and settle down in one of those boarding houses for single women. Read More »
The Great Waltz (1938) Julien Duvivier, Victor Fleming, Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Miliza Korjus
In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauß II – Schani to his friends – would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else Read More »
The Student’s Romance (1935) Otto Kanturek, Grete Natzler, Patric Knowles, W.H. Berry
In old Heidelberg the marriage of a student to a princess is nearly compromised Read More »
Untamed Youth (1957) Howard W. Koch, Mamie Van Doren, Lori Nelson, John Russell
Sisters Jane and Penny are arrested for hitchhiking on their way to Los Angeles when they stop for a quick skinny-dip in a rural town. Read More »
The Pusher (1960) Gene Milford, Kathy Carlyle, Robert Lansing, Felice Orlandi
A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss’ daughter. Read More »
Tooth and Nail (2007) Mark Young, Michael Madsen, Vinnie Jones, Rachel Miner
In a post-apocalyptic world, a small group of survivors, who call themselves Foragers Read More »
The Hoodlum Saint (1946) Norman Taurog, William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I Read More »
Pat and Mike (1952) George Cukor, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray
Pat’s a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiance is around. Read More »
Ministry of Fear (1944) Fritz Lang, Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn’t seem so sane outside either. Read More »
Ride the High Country (1962) Sam Peckinpah, Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley
Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. Read More »
Heart of the North (1938) Lewis Seiler, Dick Foran, Gloria Dickson, Gale Page
Cpl. Jim of the R.C.M.P. is taking his daughter Julie to school in Edmonton on the Arctic Queen. Read More »
Boulder Dam (1936) Frank McDonald, Ross Alexander, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot
“Rusty” Noonan, a hard-boiled, cynical, selfish smart-aleck, working as a mechanic in a Detroit garage Read More »
…And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986) Louis Malle, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Louis Malle, Anastasio Samosa Portocarrero
After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980’s. Read More »
City of Chance (1940) Ricardo Cortez, Lynn Bari, C. Aubrey Smith, Donald Woods
Texas girl (Bari) goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend (Woods) to come home. Read More »