
Stupid football player is kidnapped by gangsters. Lunatics abound: former footballer now dancer, professor interested in magic, gangster who makes horse noises when excited. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Girl in 313 (1940) Ricardo Cortez, Florence Rice, Kent Taylor, Lionel Atwill, Crime, Drama, Romance

A police agent infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves and on the way to finding who the evildoers are, falls in love with a thief. Read More »
Ghost Catchers (1944) Edward F. Cline, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Gloria Jean

Colonel Breckinridge Martshall (Walter Catlett), a self-appointed southern colonel, brings his two daughters Read More »
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Charles Brabin, Charles Vidor, Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

Englishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan. They have to get there fast, as the evil genius Dr. Fu Manchu is also searching Read More »
The Hoodlum (1951) Max Nosseck, Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts, Marjorie Riordan, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Vincent Lubeck is a vicious ex-convict. His criminal activities are despised by his family, but he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Read More »
The Fountainhead (1949) King Vidor, Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Drama, Romance

Individualistic and idealistic architect Howard Roark is expelled from college because his designs fail to fit with existing architectural thinking. Read More »
Flirtation Walk (1934) Frank Borzage, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O’Brien, Musical, Romance

A Musical-romance with Dick Powell as a private stationed in Hawaii who gets involved with Ruby Keeler, the general’s engaged daughter. Read More »
A Song is Born (1948) Howard Hawks, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Comedy, Musical

Gangster’s moll Honey Swanson goes into hiding when her boyfriend is under investigation by the police. Read More »
Abschied von gestern / Yesterday Girl (1966) Alexander Kluge, Günter Mack, Hans Korte, Drama

The film tells the story of Anita G., a young East German migrant to West Germany and her struggle to adjust to her new life.
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Skirts Ahoy! (1952) Sidney Lanfield, Esther Williams, Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine, Comedy, Musical

Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn’t long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.
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