A young girl finds herself attracted to one of her father’s business partners. Read More »
Comedy
Love and Larceny AKA Il mattatore (1960) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy Read More »
Whoopee! (1930) Thornton Freeland, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Read More »
Don’t Ever Leave Me (1949) Arthur Crabtree, Jimmy Hanley, Petula Clark, Linden Travers
In a pleasant variation on “The Ransom of Red Chief,” elderly crook Harry Denton Read More »
Secluded, Near Woods AKA Na samote u lesa (1976) Jirí Menzel, Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová
The Lavicka’s, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. Read More »
Tugboat Annie (1933) Mervyn LeRoy, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young
Waterfront couple raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up to be rather snotty and rebels against drunken Beery. Read More »
The Last American Virgin (1982) Boaz Davidson, Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin, Steve Antin
The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs Read More »
I Love You to Death (1990) Lawrence Kasdan, Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, William Hurt
Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) works with Rosalie (Tracey Ullman) in their pizza parlor. Read More »
Half Angel (1936) Sidney Lanfield, Frances Dee, Brian Donlevy, Charles Butterworth
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Read More »
Lucky Ghost (1942) William Beaudine, Mantan Moreland, F.E. Miller, Maceo Bruce Sheffield
Two down-on-their luck friends suddenly hit the “jackpot” when they win the clothes Read More »