A wealthy author, looking for material, ‘adopts’ an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets Read More »
The Rose (1979) Mark Rydell, Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest
Bette Midler plays The Rose, a female rock star strikingly similar to Janis Joplin. Read More »
To Commit a Murder (1967) Édouard Molinaro, Louis Jourdan, Senta Berger, Edmond O’Brien
Charles Beaulieu, who served as an Army officer during the Algerian War, has become a novelist. Read More »
S.O.S. Titanic (1979) William Hale, David Janssen, Cloris Leachman, Harry Andrews
On April 14, 1912 the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage. Read More »
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) Walter Lang, Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie
Vaudeville performers, Dailey and Grable, have marital difficulties when he hits the “Big Time”, which are compounded by his drinking problem. Read More »
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Frank Lloyd, Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone
Midshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti. Read More »
A Modern Hero (1934) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Richard Barthelmess, Jean Muir, Marjorie Rambeau
Pierre is a young and handsome circus rider whose mother has long tolerated his amorous adventures Read More »
The Brutalisation of Franz Blum (1974) Reinhard Hauff, Jürgen Prochnow, Eike Gallwitz, Burkhard Driest
Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. Read More »
My Song Goes Round the World (1934) Richard Oswald, Joseph Schmidt, John Loder, Charlotte Ander
Ricardo is a brilliant singer struggling for success in Venice. Read More »
Feather Your Nest (1937) William Beaudine, George Formby, Polly Ward, Enid Stamp-Taylor
An employee of a record manufacturing company comes up with a hit song. Read More »
Road to Nowhere (2010) Monte Hellman, Tygh Runyan, Dominique Swain, Shannyn Sossamon
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The Little Foxes (1941) William Wyler, Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright
The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the deep South at the turn of the 20th century. Read More »
She and He (1963) Susumu Hani, Sachiko Hidari, Kikuji Yamashita, Eiji Okada
As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman Read More »
The Outlaw (1943) Howard Hughes, Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Russell
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Read More »
Polar (1984) Jacques Bral, Jean-François Balmer, Sandra Montaigu, Pierre Santini
This film noir tends to stay within very conventional plot lines, as the narration by the main protagonist Read More »