At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring 20’s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane Read More »
Musical
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 »
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) Alfred E. Green, Keefe Brasselle, Marilyn Erskine, Aline MacMahon
This merry musical biography of “Banjo Eyes” will gladden the hearts of Cantor and musical fans alike. Read More »