A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by “Mother” Gin Sling, a dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino. Read More »
Romance
The Boost (1988) Harold Becker, James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Drama, Romance
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. Read More »
Hard to Handle (1933) Mervyn LeRoy, James Cagney, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Comedy, Romance
Small time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set-up his girlfriend to win the prize money. Read More »
Charade (1963) Stanley Donen, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Regina Lampert, a Paris based American, has decided to divorce her Swiss husband, Charles Lampert, because of the secrets and lies that have pervaded their marriage Read More »
The Good Companions (1933) Victor Saville, Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John Gielgud, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Film musical taken from JB Priestley’s novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
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Calm Yourself (1935) George B. Seitz, Robert Young, Madge Evans, Betty Furness, Comedy, Romance
Advertising executive Preston ‘Pat’ Patton is fired from his job by Col. Allenby when he offends his daughter Mary Elizabeth. Read More »
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) Joseph Kane, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Romance, Western
In his will Langham leaves his ranch to his daughter Cody but makes Gene the executor. When Gene refuses to let her marry Cummings, Cummings tries to have Gene killed. Read More »
Without Love (1945) Harold S. Bucquet, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Comedy, Romance
In WWII Pat Jamieson is a scientist working, with Government support, on a high-altitude oxygen mask for fighter pilots. Read More »
The Princess Bride (1987) Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
An elderly man reads the book “The Princess Bride” to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson Read More »
There Goes My Heart (1938) Norman Z. McLeod, Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Comedy, Romance
Seeing her chance, 25-year-old heiress (Virginia Bruce) flees from her over-protective grandfather with none of her fortune in her purse. Read More »