One of the few failures for RKO Radio’s resident “prestige programmer” producer Val Lewton Read More »
Tag Archives: Simone Simon
The Human Beast AKA La bête humaine (1938) Jean Renoir, Jean Gabin, Julien Carette, Simone Simon
Jacques Lantier is a train engineer who is prone to violent seizures Read More »
The Three Thieves AKA I tre ladri (1954) Lionello De Felice, Totò, Jean-Claude Pascal, Simone Simon
Tapioca, a small time thief, hides out in an elegant apartment, followed shortly after by Cascarilla Read More »
Temptation Harbour (1947) Lance Comfort, Robert Newton, Simone Simon, William Hartnell
A signalman on a quay sees a fight between two men. One of the men is deliberately pushed into the water Read More »
Ladies Lake AKA Lac aux Dames (1934) Marc Allégret, Rosine Deréan, Simone Simon, Illa Meery
A handsome but penniless young man takes a summer job as a swimming instructor in a picturesque Alpine lake resort. Read More »
Girls’ Dormitory (1936) Irving Cummings, Herbert Marshall, Ruth Chatterton, Simone Simon
Dr. Stephen Dominick is the head of a German girls’ finishing school and a published author who is very popular with his students. Read More »
Olivia (1951) Jacqueline Audry, Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia
Olivia, an English teenager, arrives at a finishing school in France. Read More »
Women Without Names (1950) Géza von Radványi, Simone Simon, Vivi Gioi, Françoise Rosay
This is the sad story of several desperate ladies incarcerated somewhere in Italy in a camp for displaced women after the end of World War II. Read More »
The Curse of the Cat People (1944) Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise, Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Drama
This mostly unrelated sequel to Cat People (1942) has Amy, the young daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed. Read More »
Le plaisir (1952) Max Ophüls, Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women – pleasure and youth. Read More »
Cat People (1942) Jacques Tourneur, Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Serbian national Irena Dubrovna, a fashion sketch artist, has recently arrived in New York for work. The first person who she makes a personal connection with there is marine engineer Oliver Reed. Read More »