Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. Read More »
Romance
Young Bess (1953) George Sidney, Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr
The mother died under the executioner’s axe; the daughter rose to become England’s greatest monarch Read More »
Beauty and the Beast AKA La belle et la bête (1946) Jean Cocteau, René Clément, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély
Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur Read More »
Jack Slade (1953) Harold D. Schuster, Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone, Barton MacLane
A twelve year old Joey Slade sees his father gunned down in front of him Read More »
Twilight AKA Félicie Nanteuil (1944) Marc Allégret, Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan
La Belle Epoque: Cavalier, a second-rate actor, discovers a gorgeous talented Read More »
What Is Your Name? Part III AKA Kimi no na wa: Daisanbu (1954) Hideo Ôba, Chikage Awashima, Haruyo Ichikawa, Akio Isono
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. Read More »
What Is Your Name? Part II AKA Kimi no na wa: Dainibu (1953) Hideo Ôba, Keiko Awaji, Chikage Awashima, Kimie Hayashi
Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge Read More »
What Is Your Name? AKA Kimi no na wa (1953) Hideo Ôba, Keiko Awaji, Chikage Awashima, Haruyo Ichikawa
Machiko and Haruki are not allowed to meet. When at last they find each other, Haruki has to part for Europe. Read More »
Two Monks AKA Dos monjes (1934) Juan Bustillo Oro, Víctor Urruchúa, Carlos Villatoro, Magda Haller
In a Gothic-styled monastery, a monk named Javier sees the face of another monk, Juan Read More »
The Gangster (1947) Gordon Wiles, Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring
Chubunka is the self-made head of the rackets in the sleazy boardwalk community of Neptune City Read More »
Calcutta (1947) John Farrow, Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix
Neale Gordon and Pedro Lake, commercial pilots who fly the hump between Chungking and Calcutta learn Read More »
Captain China (1950) Lewis R. Foster, John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn
Charles Chinnough, aka Captain China, washed ashore off his ship during a storm Read More »
California Conquest (1952) Lew Landers, Cornel Wilde, Teresa Wright, Alfonso Bedoya
The period is the 1840’s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become Read More »
Daisy Kenyon (1947) Otto Preminger, Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda
Commercial artist Daisy Kenyon is involved with married lawyer Dan O’Mara Read More »
Orpheus (1950) Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). Read More »