Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800’s. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
From Hand to Mouth (1919) Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Comedy, Short, Action
Harold is starving since he has no money to buy food. He may even fight a young starving girl and her starving dog for a morsel. Read More »
Bumping Into Broadway (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Comedy, Short
She’s a chorus girl in unpaid tryouts for a Broadway show, behind in her rent, about to be evicted. Read More »
Daughter Rite (1980) Michelle Citron, Victor Penelope, Anne Wilford, Documentary
A documentary of a daughter’s problematic relationship with her mother. Read More »
Firehouse (1987) J. Christian Ingvordsen, Gianna Palminteri, Martha Peterson, Renee Raiford, Comedy
An evil businessman is secretly setting fires to the old buildings of a rundown neighborhood Read More »
Lullaby of Broadway (1951) David Butler, Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. Read More »
High Time (1960) Blake Edwards, Bing Crosby, Fabian, Tuesday Weld, Comedy, Musical
Widower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Read More »
Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Short, Comedy, Western
The mining town of Peaceful Vale is a rough place, and sheriff ‘Gun Shy’ Gallagher can do little about it, since the town is ruled by Crooked Charley, the gambler. Read More »
American Drive-In (1985) Krishna Shah, Emily Longstreth, Patrick Kirton, Rhonda Selesnow, Comedy
The goings-on at a typical drive-in on a summer night. Read More »
The Harder They Fall (1956) Mark Robson, Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Drama, Film-Noir, Sport, Thriller
After 17 years as a recognized and respected sports journalist in New York City, Eddie Willis finds himself out of a job when his newspaper folds. Read More »
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) Lloyd Bacon, Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert, Carl Benton Reid, Comedy
Scatterbrained Sally Elliott tries to get a job as a Fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friend’s kit without permission Read More »
I Was a Male War Bride (1949) Howard Hawks, Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Comedy, Romance, War
Captain Henri Rochard of France is assigned to work with First Lieutenant Catherine Gates of the U. S. Army. Read More »
Roman Scandals (1933) Frank Tuttle, Eddie Cantor, The Goldwyn Girls, Ruth Etting, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. Read More »
The Charge at Feather River (1953) Gordon Douglas, Guy Madison, Vera Miles, Frank Lovejoy, Western
The story involves an overland journey through hostile Cheyenne territory to rescue two white women captured by the Cheyenne. Read More »
The Barbarian (1933) Sam Wood, Ramon Novarro, Myrna Loy, Reginald Denny, Adventure, Drama, Romance
A racy story of Myrna, who arrives in Cairo to meet her fiance. She attracts the attention of Ramon, a conniving Arab guide who enchants rich women tourists in order to take advantage of them. She falls under his spell, and he turns out to be more than he seems.
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