This is a most entertaining movie that is made better by the outstanding performance of Antonio Silva. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Cat People (1942) Jacques Tourneur, Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Serbian national Irena Dubrovna, a fashion sketch artist, has recently arrived in New York for work. The first person who she makes a personal connection with there is marine engineer Oliver Reed. Read More »
The Red Pony (1949) Lewis Milestone, Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Drama, Family, Western
In the coast range mountains on the western edge of the Salinas Valley is a ranch where Tom, a lad of about ten, longs for a pony. Read More »
El gran calavera / The Great Madcap (1949) Luis Buñuel, Fernando Soler, Rosario Granados, Andrés Soler, Comedy
El Gran Calavera a dark comedy directed by Luis Buñuel deals with a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo (Luis Alconira). Read More »
Border Incident (1949) Anthony Mann, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
To penetrate a gang exploiting illegal Mexican farmworkers smuggled into California (and leaving no live witnesses), Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez poses as an ignorant bracero, while his American counterpart Jack Bearnes works from outside. Read More »
Rossini (1942) Mario Bonnard, Nino Besozzi, Paola Barbara, Camillo Pilotto, Biography, Musical
The famous composer’s life and his career. His love story with Isabella Colbran, the soprano who was to become his wife and the singer in all his operas up to the unfortunate day she lost her voice.
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Fado, História d’uma Cantadeira / Fado, Story of a Singer (1947) Perdigão Queiroga, Amália Rodrigues, Virgilio Teixeira, Vasco Santana, Drama, Musical, Romance
Ana Maria loves a modest guitar player, Júlio; when she herself in a ‘retiro’ (typical fado tavern), public andcritics rend major applause. Read More »
Torrid Zone (1940) William Keighley, James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien
Banana Company executive Steve Case on a Caribean plantation group tries to convince his former co-worker Nick Butler to take over the plantation No 7. Read More »
An Act of Murder (1948) Michael Gordon, Fredric March, Edmond O’Brien, Florence Eldridge, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Judge Cooke, good husband and father, is known in court as Old Man Maximum. Cooke’s daughter loves defender Dave Douglas, who hates Cooke’s attitude toward defendants. Read More »
A Vizinha do Lado / The Next Door Neighbor (1945) António Lopes Ribeiro, Silvestre Alegrim, Carlos Alves, Emilia D’Oliveira, Comedy
The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher.
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