
After inheriting a fortune, the Cuppy family of Fort Wayne, Indiana go to France to “broaden” their cultural outlook, although father Leonard (Guy Kibbee) Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
No Kidding (1961) Gerald Thomas, Leslie Phillips, Geraldine McEwan, Julia Lockwood, Comedy

A young, married couple inherit an estate and decide to turn it into a summer camp for children. Read More »
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017) Alexandra Dean, Nino Amareno, Charles Amirkhanian, Jeanine Basinger, Documentary, Biography, History, War

Hedy Lamarr was a Hollywood movie star who was hailed as the most beautiful and glamorous in the world. Read More »
Bandit Queen (1950) William Berke, Barbara Britton, Willard Parker, Phillip Reed, Adventure, Western

Zara Montalvo, half Spanish and half American, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by Sheriff Jim Harding and his gang. Read More »
The Miracle of the Bells (1948) Irving Pichel, Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, Drama

Granting her final request, a Hollywood press agent brings the dead body of an actress, who died after making her first and only film, back to her hometown for burial. Read More »
Charlie Chan in London (1934) Eugene Forde, Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Ray Milland, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

After receiving congratulations from the Home Secretary for solving his most recent case, Charlie is sought out by Pamela Gray Read More »
The Bride Wore Red (1937) Dorothy Arzner, Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Count Armalia believes that the luck of birth is all that separates the rich from the poor. Read More »
His Girl Friday (1940) Howard Hawks, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Walter Burns, editor of a major Chicago newspaper, is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife, Hildy Johnson, to insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin, but not without a fight! Read More »
Wattstax (1973) Mel Stuart, The Dramatics, The Staple Singers, Kim Weston, Documentary, Comedy, Music

Documentary with a selection from a non-stop 7-hour musical event at Watts, the Los Angeles Coliseum, August 20, 1972. Read More »
Venetian Bird (1952) Ralph Thomas, Richard Todd, Eva Bartok, John Gregson, Mystery, Thriller

Private detective Edward Mercer goes to Venice at the request of a French insurance company to locate a brave Italian whom they wish to reward for his part in the rescue of an Allied airman shot down during the war. Read More »