Sylvia is the French teacher at Briarcroft’s School for Girls, but she wants to find romance. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Panama Flo (1932) Ralph Murphy, Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Armstrong, Charles Bickford, Drama, Romance
A New York chorus girl is coerced into keeping house for an oil man in South America to pay off a debt. Read More »
Fargo Express (1933) Alan James, Ken Maynard, Helen Mack, Roy Stewart, Adventure, Western
Our hero, Ken (played by Ken Maynard), takes in a misguided Mort Clark (played by Paul Fix) who’s heart is in the right place but his judgement is a little off. Read More »
C’era una volta / More Than A Miracle (1967) Francesco Rosi, Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif, Georges Wilson, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A wonderful fairy tale of the misadventures of a beautiful but temperamental Neapolitan peasant Read More »
Bordertown (1935) Archie Mayo, Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Crime, Drama
Johnny Ramirez rises from bouncer to partner in Charlie Roark’s border town casino. Charlie’s wife Marie loves Johnny, but Johnny loves society woman Dale. Read More »
The Unfinished Dance (1947) Henry Koster, Margaret O’Brien, Cyd Charisse, Karin Booth, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Meg, a young ballet student, idolizes the school’s top ballerina, the shallow Ariane Bouchet. Read More »
Maître du monde / Master of the World (2011) Enrico Alexander Giordano, Boris Beynet, Drama
A 40-year-old broker leaves everything and turns his back on a society that no longer holds an attraction for him. Read More »
Max Mon Amour / Max My Love (1986) Nagisa Ôshima, Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Comedy
Reserved and cool, Margaret is the French wife of Peter, a British diplomat posted to France with their son Nelson. Read More »
Le dimanche de la vie / The Sunday of Life (1967) Jean Herman, Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Pierre Moulin, Olivier Hussenot, Comedy
A still attractive lady (Danielle Darrieux in her strangest part) realizes that time is passing her by and she wants to marry a young virgin Read More »
Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937) Marcel Varnel, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Comedy
Through the influence of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster the sleepy Irish station of Buggleskelly. Read More »