
The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt (Dirk Bogarde), whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences.
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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932) Michael Curtiz, Ann Dvorak, Lee Tracy, Richard Cromwell, Crime, Drama, Romance

Abandoned by her mother at a young age, Molly Louvain is seen as no good, but she dreams of living respectably with her sweetheart Jimmy, who has promised to marry her. Read More »
The Sea Wolf (1993) Michael Anderson, Charles Bronson, Catherine Mary Stewart, Marc Singer, Adventure, Drama

Jack London’s brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost. Read More »
Girl in Danger (1934) D. Ross Lederman, Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey, Arthur Hohl, Mystery

Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster. Read More »
The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941) Harold S. Bucquet, Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Drama

Kildare saves the life of an ice skater who was in an auto accident. But even though her broken leg has knit, she can’t walk, and she tries to sue Kildare for malpractice Read More »
The Oscar (1966) Russell Rouse, Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Drama

Frankie Fane has clawed his way to the top of the Hollywood heap. Now, as he’s preparing to win his Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly reminisces over their life together Read More »
Anna (1987) Yurek Bogayevicz, Sally Kirkland, Paulina Porizkova, Robert Fields, Drama

Anna is a middle-aged actress looking for work in New York City, with the help of her sometime lover, Daniel. Read More »
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) Douglas Sirk, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Gregg Palmer, Action, Drama, Romance, War, Western

Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for war…and for Taza’s betrothed, Oona. Read More »
Street Scene (1931) King Vidor, Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., Estelle Taylor, Drama, Romance

In a hot summer afternoon in New York, Emma Jones gossips with other neighbors of her residential building about the affair of Mrs. Anna Maurrant and the milkman Steve Sankey. Read More »
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) Harold S. Bucquet, Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Drama

Dr. James Kildare has just completed his internship at Blair General Hospital and is assigned to work with his mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. Read More »