Otakar Vávra turned to Mrštík’s love novel, which had already served Read More »
Romance
Girl Picture / Tytöt tytöt tytöt (2022) Alli Haapasalo, Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Linnea Leino
Mimmi, Emma and Rönkkö are girls at the cusp of womanhood Read More »
The Standard / Die Standarte (1977) Ottokar Runze, Simon Ward, Siegfried Rauch, Viktor Staal
The setting is Belgrade, Oct 1918, the closing days of World War 1 Read More »
Love at First Sight (1977) Rex Bromfield, Mary Ann McDonald, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Mallett
A young woman named Shirley befriends a lonely blind man named Roy. Read More »
Arsène Lupin (1932) Jack Conway, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris Read More »
Confession (1937) Joe May, Kay Francis, Basil Rathbone, Ian Hunter
Lisa (Jane Bryan) finds herself being forcefully wooed by Michael Michailow (Basil Rathbone) Read More »
Tora-san 30 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Hana mo arashi mo Torajirô (1982) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Yûko Tanaka
Born to Love (1931) Paul L. Stein, Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Paul Cavanagh
A war officer who is thought dead returns to the woman he loves, only to find she has remarried. Read More »
Dangerous Moonlight (1941) Brian Desmond Hurst
Prologue: in 1940, a shell shocked man fights to recall his past. Read More »
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Vincente Minnelli, Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor
St. Louis 1903. The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. Read More »