Chaplin’s final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian’s effort to help a despondent Read More »
Musical
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) Henry King
Roger Grant, a classical violinist, disappoints his family Read More »
Rio, Zona Norte (1957) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Grande Otelo, Jece Valadão, Malu Maia
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him. Read More »
Million Dollar Ransom (1934) Murray Roth, Phillips Holmes, Edward Arnold, Mary Carlisle
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn’t like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con help him fake his own kidnaping. Read More »
Wheres Charley? (1952) David Butler, Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie, Robert Shackleton
From the popular Broadway show, a musical adaptation Brandon Thomas’s 1890’s farce about an Oxford Read More »
Trouble Brewing (1939) Anthony Kimmins, George Formby, Googie Withers, Gus McNaughton
George has won a lot of money at the races but he’s paid with counterfeit money. Read More »
It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963) Norman Taurog, Elvis Presley, Joan O’Brien, Gary Lockwood
Mike and Danny fly a crop duster, but because of Danny’s gambling debts, a local sheriff seizes it. Read More »
The Student’s Romance (1935) Otto Kanturek, Grete Natzler, Patric Knowles, W.H. Berry
In old Heidelberg the marriage of a student to a princess is nearly compromised Read More »
Untamed Youth (1957) Howard W. Koch
Sisters Jane and Penny are arrested for hitchhiking on their way to Los Angeles when they stop for a quick skinny-dip in a rural town. Read More »
The Hoodlum Saint (1946) Norman Taurog, William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I Read More »