Based on James Barrie’s play “Alice Sit-By-The-Fire”. In turn-of-the-century New York Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Golden Fleecing (1940) Leslie Fenton, Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan
A $50,000 life-insurance sale puts mild-mannered Henry Twinkle on the fast track at Ajax Insurance Company. Read More »
The Joker Is Wild (1957) Charles Vidor, Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain
Frank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. Read More »
Salute the Toff (1952) Maclean Rogers, John Bentley, Carol Marsh, Roddy Hughes
When young secretary Fay (Marsh) fears for her boss’s safety when he fails Read More »
Hammer the Toff (1952) Maclean Rogers, John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, John Robinson
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula. Read More »
The Guest / L’ospite (1971) Liliana Cavani, Lucia Bosè, Glauco Mauri, Peter Gonzales Falcon
A forty year old woman, who has been in an asylum, goes to live with her brother’s family. Read More »
Neo chinpira: Zoom Goes The Bullet / Neo chinpira: Teppodama pyu (1990) Banmei Takahashi, Shô Aikawa, Chikako Aoyama, Nao Asuka
Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi) Read More »
High Tide (1947) John Reinhardt, Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop
A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. Read More »
The Homestretch (1947) H. Bruce Humberstone, Cornel Wilde, Maureen O’Hara, Glenn Langan
A film that qualifies as a Travelogue Documentary in that it contains footage Read More »
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942) Charles Barton, Jackie Gleason, Jack Durant, Florence Rice
A pair of barbers are driven out of business because most of the men in their small town are drafted into the army. Read More »