Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines Read More »
Romance
This Man Is Mine (1934) John Cromwell, Irene Dunne, Constance Cummings, Ralph Bellamy
Irene Dunne is married to Ralph Bellamy. Their union is comfortable but all that changes Read More »
Invitation to Happiness (1939) Wesley Ruggles, Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charles Ruggles
An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer’s daughter. Read More »
Song of the Cornfields / Ének a búzamezökröl (1947) István Szöts, Alice Szellay, János Görbe, József Bihari
A Hungarian soldier returning from fighting in the Second World War marries Read More »
Les baisers (1964) Claude Berri, Charles L. Bitsch, Jean-François Hauduroy, Marie-France Boyer, Catherine Sola, Charles Sébrien
A portmanteau film in which the producer, instead of as usual using already Read More »
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) William Asher, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies Read More »
Grand Hotel (1932) Edmund Goulding, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford
Berlin’s plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words Read More »
The Grass Is Greener (1960) Stanley Donen, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists Read More »
Almost Peaceful / Un monde presque paisible (2002) Michel Deville, Simon Abkarian, Zabou Breitman, Vincent Elbaz
Jewish tailor Albert (Abkarian) and his wife Lea (Breitman) are reestablishing their business in 1946 Paris. Read More »
His Private Secretary (1933) Phil Whitman, Evalyn Knapp, John Wayne, Reginald Barlow
Dick Wallace is a free-wheeling playboy adverse to working in his workaholic father’s office Read More »