
At the Doll House, a 1930’s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) Alfred E. Green, Kenny Baker, Frank McHugh, Alice Brady, Comedy, Musical

In the small town of Pewamo, Claude Dodd, an electrician singing baritone in the local Strawberry Festival is heard by the owner of the Morpheus Mattress Company Read More »
The Great Lover (1931) Harry Beaumont, Adolphe Menjou, Irene Dunne, Ernest Torrence, Drama, Romance

Jean Paurel is a womanizing opera star, who agrees to help Diana Page her career in order to take advantage of her. Read More »
The Stewardess (2002) Tak-Sam Leong, Sam Lee, San-san Lee, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Keung suffers from a recurring nightmare in which a woman in red chases him down a highway and tries to kill him with a plastic toy jet. Read More »
Ginger and Fred (1986) Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Comedy, Drama

Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show. Read More »
My World Dies Screaming (1958) Harold Daniels, Gerald Mohr, Cathy O’Donnell, William Ching, Horror, Mystery, Romance

American-born Sheila Wayne has lived in Switzerland since childhood. Read More »
Fighting Caravans (1931) Otto Brower, David Burton, Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Romance, Western

A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love. Read More »
Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória, Drama, Romance

On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he’s just met. Read More »
Dixiana (1930) Luther Reed, Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Comedy, Musical, Romance

The film tells the story of a circus performer who falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. Read More »
How Strange to Be Named Federico (2013) Ettore Scola, Tommaso Lazotti, Maurizio De Santis, Giacomo Lazotti, Biography

An exciting and visionary portrait of the master filmmaker Federico Fellini, based on the memories and the feelings of his great friend director Ettore Scola. Read More »