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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Three Pilots / I 3 aquilotti (1942) Mario Mattoli, Michela Belmonte, Leonardo Cortese, Carlo Minello
Three inseparable companions, the Air Force students Marco Read More »
The Seventh Company Has Been Found / On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie! (1975) Robert Lamoureux, Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy, Henri Guybet
French military’s seventh firm encounters severe setback during WWII as it has separated by other members of their army. Read More »
The Flame of Love (1930) Richard Eichberg, Walter Summers, Anna May Wong, Georg H. Schnell, John Longden
Also known as Hai Tang, this exotic melodrama was filmed in both German Read More »
Chu-Chin-Chow (1934) Walter Forde, George Robey, Fritz Kortner, Anna May Wong
Ali Baba discovers the treasure cave of robber-baron Abu Hasan, and tells his greedy brother Read More »
The Legend of Hillbilly John (1972) John Newland, Severn Darden, Hedges Capers, Sharon Henesy
A wandering ballad singer in the Appalachians meets an ugly bird-type creature Read More »
The Show of Shows (1929) John G. Adolfi, Frank Fay, William Courtenay, H.B. Warner
It’s 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance Read More »
The Banquet / Banketten (1948) Hasse Ekman, Ernst Eklund, Elsa Carlsson, Sture Lagerwall
Jacob Cotten is a rich banker, quickly approaching his 60th birthday. Read More »
When Were You Born (1938) William C. McGann, Margaret Lindsay, Anna May Wong, Lola Lane
Mei Lee Ling, an astrology expert, tells one of her fellow passengers on a ship Read More »
Flickering Lights / Blinkende lygter (2000) Anders Thomas Jensen, Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen
Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner Read More »