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Monthly Archives: June 2024
Mother Carey’s Chickens (1938) Rowland V. Lee, Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison
The story proper gets under way when Mr. Carey (Ralph Morgan) is killed in the Spanish American War Read More »
M’Liss (1936) George Nichols Jr., Anne Shirley, John Beal, Guy Kibbee
M’liss Smith, the wildcat daughter of Washoe Smith, lives a lively life in the small town founded by her father, a broken miner. Read More »
Law of the Underworld (1938) Lew Landers, Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced Read More »
Wild Side (2004) Sébastien Lifshitz, Stéphanie Michelini, Yasmine Belmadi, Edouard Nikitine
In Paris, the thirty-two years old travesty Stéphanie a.k.a. Pierre is a streetwalker that lives Read More »
Divorce Italian Style AKA Divorzio all’italiana (1961) Pietro Germi, Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli
A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her Read More »
The Uncle (1965) Desmond Davis, Rupert Davies, Brenda Bruce, Robert Duncan
7-year-old Gus Morton has been an uncle all his life. But when his quarrelsome Read More »
Sarah and Son (1930) Dorothy Arzner, Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, Fuller Mellish Jr.
A ne’er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son Read More »
Three Rooms in Manhattan AKA Trois chambres à Manhattan (1965) Marcel Carné, Annie Girardot, Maurice Ronet, O.E. Hasse
When his wife leaves him, a young French actor, François Combe Read More »
Brainstorm (1965) William Conrad, Jeffrey Hunter, Dana Andrews, Anne Francis
A young scientist saves an attractive married woman from a suicide attempt Read More »