A composer stuck in a middle-class marriage finds that his affair with his wife’s half-sister has resulted in her pregnancy. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) Paul Sloane, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Comedy, Musical
The stage stars Wheeler and Woolsey play two soldiers who go absent without leave in Paris, during World War I.
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I bambini ci guardano / The Children Are Watching Us (1944) Vittorio De Sica, Emilio Cigoli, Luciano De Ambrosis, Isa Pola, Drama
The film follows a four-year old boy named Prico as he becomes the subject of emotional folly by his fluctuant parents and inattentive relatives. Read More »
Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) Norman Taurog, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Edna May Oliver, Comedy, Sport
Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden’s championship team.
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Everything’s Rosie (1931) Clyde Bruckman, Robert Woolsey, Anita Louise, John Darrow, Comedy, Romance
Huckster J. Dockweiler Droop is constantly being chased out of carnivals by a sheriff for not having a license. Read More »
The Road to Singapore (1931) Alfred E. Green, William Powell, Doris Kenyon, Marian Marsh, Drama, Romance
A wife and husband’s marriage is destroyed due to her infidelity. Read More »
The Night Riders (1939) George Sherman, John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, History, Western
Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won’t pay. Read More »
The Last Grenade (1970) Gordon Flemyng, Stanley Baker, Alex Cord, Honor Blackman, Drama, War
Two soldiers of fortune, Harry Grigsby and Kip Thompson, used to be the best of friends when they fought side by side in the Congo. Read More »
See You in the Morning (1989) Alan J. Pakula, Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah Fawcett, Drama, Romance
Three years after his divorce from his model-wife is the psychologist Larry Livingstone ready for a new commitment. Read More »
Il camorrista / The Professor (1986) Giuseppe Tornatore, Ben Gazzara, Laura del Sol, Leo Gullotta, Crime, Drama
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra’s bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of “Il professore” (the professor). Read More »