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Author Archives: rarefilm
Fireman, Save My Child (1932) Lloyd Bacon, Joe E. Brown, Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond

Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. Read More »
Watch It, Sailor! (1961) Wolf Rilla, Marjorie Rhodes, Cyril Smith, Vera Day

A sailor named Albert is late for his own wedding, but a bigger problem occurs when he gets a message Read More »
Eclipse / Kinkanshoku (1934) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Hiroko Kawasaki, Michiko Kuwano

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi Read More »
Hero of Swallow / San tau jin zi lei saam (1996) Sang Siu, Biao Yuen, Athena Chu, You Ge

Yuen Biao plays the Hero Swallow, a sort of Robin Hood, in this wonderful tale about poverty Read More »
Tarot (1986) Rudolf Thome, Vera Tschechowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler

A film director, his fiancée, a scriptwriter and a student interact and discuss their emotions, at length. Read More »
System Without Shadow / System ohne Schatten (1983) Rudolf Thome, Bruno Ganz, Dominique Laffin, Hanns Zischler

Computer operator Faber works on securing computers for big companies and banks. Read More »
Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) John G. Avildsen, Paul Sorvino, Anne Ditchburn, Nicolas Coster

An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina. Read More »
Bellman and True (1987) Richard Loncraine, Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Richard Hope

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details Read More »
The Gladiator (1938) Edward Sedgwick, Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Man Mountain Dean

A man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team Read More »