Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) Read More »
Musical
Good News (1947) Charles Walters, June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall
At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring 20’s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane Read More »
The Japanese Belly Button / Nihonjin no heso (1977) Eizô Sugawa, Mako Midori, Akihiro Miwa, Hajime Hana
Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss. Read More »
Singing the Blues in Red / Fatherland (1986) Ken Loach, Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Sigfrit Steiner
Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin Read More »
Guest in the House (1944) John Brahm, John Cromwell, Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon
A young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé’s family and turns a happy household against itself. Read More »
Louisiana Purchase (1941) Irving Cummings, Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore
Graft is rampant in the government of a “mythical” Louisiana, and the arrival of U.S. Senate investigator Loganberry brings panic. Read More »
Bound for Glory (1976) Hal Ashby, David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon
This film is an excellent biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America’s greatest folk singers. Read More »
Adorable (1933) William Dieterle, Janet Gaynor, Henri Garat, C. Aubrey Smith
Janet Gaynor plays a rebellious princess who must try to marry the man she loves Read More »
Little Voice (1998) Mark Herman, Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine
The pathetically shy LV lives the life of a recluse listening to her late father’s old records Read More »
Show Business (1944) Edwin L. Marin, Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Joan Davis
Four young hopefuls, George, Connie, Joan and Eddie, doing the Burlesque and Amateur Circuits Read More »