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Author Archives: rarefilm
Pollyanna (1920) Paul Powell, Mary Pickford, Wharton James, Katherine Griffith

After the death of her father, Pollyanna, whose credo has always been Read More »
Madame Butterfly (1932) Marion Gering, Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles

Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton is on shore-leave in Japan. He and his buddy Lieutenant Barton Read More »
The Campus Vamp (1928) Harry Edwards, Daphne Pollard, Johnny Burke, Sally Eilers

Love triangle in a campus with a blonde girl that really seems Read More »
Kiss and Tell (1945) Richard Wallace, Shirley Temple, Jerome Courtland, Walter Abel

15-year-old Corliss Archer and 17-year-old Mildred Pringle are best friends Read More »
Madame Butterfly (1915) Sidney Olcott, Mary Pickford, Marshall Neilan, Olive West

Cho-Cho-San, a maiden of the Flowery Kingdom, has been wed to Lieut. Pinkerton Read More »
Million Dollar Legs (1939) Nick Grinde, Edward Dmytryk, Betty Grable, John Hartley, Donald O’Connor

At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. Read More »
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) Billy Wilder, James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith

Biography of Charles Lindburgh from his days of precarious mail runs in aviation’s infancy Read More »
Holiday Inn (1942) Mark Sandrich, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover Read More »
Space Is the Place (1974) John Coney, Barbara Deloney, Sun Ra, Raymond Johnson

Sun Ra–space-age prophet, Pharaonic jester, shaman-philosopher and avant-jazz Read More »