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Author Archives: rarefilm
Little Orphan Annie (1932) John S. Robertson, Mitzi Green, Buster Phelps, May Robson

Daddy Warbucks has to go on a long trip, leaving Annie alone. Read More »
Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941) Victor Schertzinger

New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical Read More »
Life for Ruth (1962) Basil Dearden, Michael Craig

When John Harris’s daughter is badly injured in an boating accident, the hospital tells Read More »
3 Kids and a Queen (1935) Edward Ludwig

An eccentric, wealthy spinster, ‘Queenie’ Baxter (May Robson) is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. Read More »
The Man from Planet X (1951) Edgar G. Ulmer

To study a rogue planet heading for a near-miss with Earth, Prof. Elliot sets up an observatory Read More »
The Search for Animal Chin (1987) Stacy Peralta

The Bones Brigade travels around California, Nevada, and Hawaii to different Read More »
The Dark Past (1948) Rudolph Maté, William Holden

When a detective scoffs at his suggestion that an 18 year-old criminal be referred for psychiatric examination Read More »
Of Mice and Men (1992) Gary Sinise, John Malkovich, Ray Walston

Based on John Steinbeck’s 1937 classic tale of two travelling companions, George and Lennie Read More »
My Life to Live / Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux (1962)

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution. Read More »