The poor, downtrodden (beautiful, of course) “dutiful” daughter in a London society family falls for a barrister, disguises herself Read More »
Romance
Don’t Turn ’em Loose (1936) Benjamin Stoloff, Lewis Stone
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote. Read More »
Alloimono stous neous (1961) Alekos Sakellarios
Two rich old friends, Andreas and Agisilaos are in love with young Rita. Read More »
That Forsyte Woman (1949) Compton Bennett
Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Read More »
The Hot Spot (1990) Dennis Hopper, Don Johnson
When the drifter Harry Madox reaches a small town in Texas, he gets a job as used car salesman Read More »
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) John Cromwell, W.S. Van Dyke
An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch Read More »
The Little Chinese Seamstress (2002) Sijie Dai
Two youths sent for a Maoist “re-education” in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor’s granddaughter. Read More »
The Lover (1992) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jane March
It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having Read More »
Women of Twilight (1952) Gordon Parry
Unmarried nightclub singer, Vivanne Bruce, is thrown on her own when her lover Read More »
Waltzes from Vienna (1934) Alfred Hitchcock
Schani, Johan Strauss Jr., is forced by his father to forget music and to work in a bakery. Read More »