
In this musical heavily influenced by Busby Berkeley, a revue star falls in love with an engineer who takes a dim view of light entertainment. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) Jean Epstein, Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy

Allan has a hard time finding the Usher’s house, which is known to be cursed… Read More »
Without Warning! (1952) Arnold Laven, Adam Williams, Meg Randall, Edward Binns

Carl Martin is a morose and deranged Los Angeles gardener, who,in retribution for the infidelity of his unfaithful wife Read More »
Sky Murder (1940) George B. Seitz, Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Kaaren Verne

Pat Evans is a German expatriate who is loyal to her new adopted home, the United States. Read More »
No Trace (1950) John Gilling, Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan, John Laurie

When crime-writer Robert Southley finds his well-healed London lifestyle threatened by blackmail from a former American criminal associate he murders him. Read More »
Without Pity (1948) Alberto Lattuada, Carla Del Poggio, John Kitzmiller, Giulietta Masina

Narrates the love between Angela, a beautiful Italian girl, and Jerry, an African American boy. Read More »
Hopefuls (2015) Ives Rosenfeld, Ariclenes Barroso, Sergio Malheiros, Julia Bernat

Junior, as he’s known since he’s essentially still a child, seems to be having a tough time getting on in life. Read More »
Glory Alley (1952) Raoul Walsh, Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron, Kurt Kasznar

In New Orleans, prizefighter Socks Barbarrosa suddenly runs out of the ring before his title bout, and swears he’ll never fight again. Read More »
A Girl in Black (1956) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Ellie Lambeti, Dimitris Horn, Eleni Zafeiriou

Marina’s sister drowned herself, her brother is both headstrong and weak, and her widowed mother has a reputation for sleeping around. Read More »
Sylvia (1965) Gordon Douglas, Carroll Baker, George Maharis, Joanne Dru

Sylvia West is a young poetess engaged to Frederic Summers, an eccentric millionaire. Read More »