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Monthly Archives: July 2020
The Dupes AKA Al-makhdu’un (1972) Tewfik Saleh, Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Abderrahman Alrahy, Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala

Set in Iraq (but shot in Syria), this is the story of three men who try to leave their impoverished and hopeless lives to get get work in Kuwait. Read More »
I Love You Again (1940) W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh

While alone on a cruise, the upstanding – and mean – teetotaler, Larry Wilson, receives a blow on the head Read More »
Framed (1947) Richard Wallace, Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan

Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he’s driving. Read More »
Valentino (1977) Ken Russell, Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips

In 1926, the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female movie-goers to riot in the streets Read More »
Trouble at Midnight (1937) Ford Beebe, Noah Beery Jr., Kay Hughes, Larry J. Blake

In World War One, Sergeant Tony Michael (Larry J. Blake) saves the life of Dick Cameron (‘Henry Hunter’) Read More »
The Heat’s On (1943) Gregory Ratoff, Mae West, Victor Moore, William Gaxton

When his biggest star joins a rival’s show, a Broadway producer bluffs and schemes to get her back. Read More »
Elevator to the Gallows AKA Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (1957) Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly

The feature-film debut of famed director Louis Malle is an interesting, modern film noir with the classic theme of lovers plotting Read More »
Cattle King (1963) Tay Garnett, Robert Taylor, Robert Loggia, Joan Caulfield

Trouble is growing like a prairie fire in 1883 Wyoming Territory. Cattle baron Clay Matthews is Read More »
Blind Venus AKA Vénus aveugle (1941) Abel Gance, Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Henri Guisol

A Clarisse is a cabaret singer, diagnosed that will remain blind in one or two years. It will break with her lover, Madère into thinking that no longer loves you … Read More »