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Author Archives: rarefilm
Sarah and Son (1930) Dorothy Arzner, Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, Fuller Mellish Jr.
A ne’er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son Read More »
Three Rooms in Manhattan / Trois chambres à Manhattan (1965) Marcel Carné, Annie Girardot, Maurice Ronet, O.E. Hasse
When his wife leaves him, a young French actor, François Combe Read More »
Brainstorm (1965) William Conrad, Jeffrey Hunter, Dana Andrews, Anne Francis
A young scientist saves an attractive married woman from a suicide attempt Read More »
Too Many Wives (1937)
Betty Jackson, a socialite, and Barry Trent are attracted to each other upon first sight. Read More »
My American Cousin (1985) Sandy Wilson, Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Richard Donat
Adding an intriguing Canadian twist to a universally appealing story of teenage trials Read More »
Phantom of the Opera (1943) Arthur Lubin, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains
Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois Read More »
Rosaura at 10 O’Clock / Rosaura a las 10 (1958) Mario Soffici, Juan Verdaguer, Susana Campos, María Luisa Robledo
Out of the blue, a meek, old painter begins receiving love letters from Rosaura. Read More »
Doctor, Beware / Teresa Venerdì (1941) Vittorio De Sica, Adriana Benetti, Irasema Dilián
A comedy of errors in which the sweetly incompetent Dr. Pietro Vignali (de Sica) has been run deep Read More »
Tange Sazen: Mysterious Sword / Tange Sazen: yoto nuretsubame (1960) Sadatsugu Matsuda, Kyôko Aoyama, Sentarô Fushimi, Satomi Oka
The legendary one-armed, one-eyed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate Read More »