
Endlessly finding himself on the wrong end of a situation, businessman Henry Palfrey seeks help at the College of Lifemanship run by the cunning Mr. Potter. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Maid Of Salem (1937) Frank Lloyd, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Harvey Stephens, Drama

Young lovers fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th century Massachusetts. Read More »
Interiors (1978) Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith, Drama

Homage to Ingmar Bergman in this family drama involving a fashionable Long Island interior designer who tries to impose her overbearing Read More »
Heller in Pink Tights (1960) George Cukor, Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Margaret O’Brien, Western

Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela Read More »
The Groaning Lake (1959) Grigoris Grigoriou, Irene Papas, Andreas Barkoulis, Andreas Zisimatos, Drama, History, Romance

Based on a true historical event, this is the story of Frosyni, a genteel woman who lived in the city of Yannena, Epirus in the late 18th century Read More »
Turn Back the Clock (1933) Edgar Selwyn, Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke, Otto Kruger, Comedy, Drama

Joe and Mary run a tobacco store and are just scraping by. When old friend Ted comes into the store, they renew their friendship Read More »
High Stakes (1931) Lowell Sherman, Mae Murray, Karen Morley, Comedy, Drama

The legendary Mae Murray is a fascinating train wreck in HIGH STAKES, a little B film film about a cloying, baby-talking woman (Murray) who marries an “older man” while she carries on an affair. Read More »
Waxworks (1924) Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Fantasy, Horror

The owner of a Waxmuseum needs for three of his models stories to be told to the audience. Read More »
Yellow Fangs (1990) Shin’ichi Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mika Muramatsu, Akira Kurosaki, Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Based on a true story. In 1915, a mountain village in Japan was attacked by a giant bear, dubbed “Red Spot”, who terrorized the villagers for days Read More »
Carthage in Flames (1960) Carmine Gallone, Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin, Anne Heywood, Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, War

Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage. Read More »