Charles Vidor – RareFilm Archive

My Son, My Son! (1940) Charles Vidor

rarefilm — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:27:08 +0000

A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him.

Director: Charles Vidor

Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne, Louis Hayward

Also Known As (AKA): Die Abenteuer des Oliver Essex, Meu Filho, Meu Filho!, Figlio figlio mio!, ¡Hijo mío!, Geliebte Söhne

IMDB

File Name : mysonmyson.avi
File Size : 0.74 GB / 755.36 MB
Resolution : 640×480
Duration : 01:56:13
Video : xvid, 768 kb/s, 25.000 FPS
Audio : MPEG Audio, 128 kb/s (CBR), 44.1 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: TVRip
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Romance

mysonmyson.avi

Love Me or Leave Me (1955) Charles Vidor

rarefilm — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 23:00:57 +0000

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

Also Known As (AKA): Ama-me ou Esquece-me, Les pièges de la passion, Amami o lasciami, Quiéreme o déjame, Nachtclub-Affären, Tyrannische Liebe

IMDB

File Name : Love.Me.or.Leave.Me.1955.720p.mkv
File Size : 2625.96 MB
Resolution : 1280×720
Duration : 02:01:58

Quality: BRRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance

Love.Me.or.Leave.Me.1955.720p.mkv

Rhapsody (1954) Charles Vidor, Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson

rarefilm — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 21:55:02 +0000

Spoiled heiress Louise Durant (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) decides to leave the comfort of her father’s estate in southern France to study piano at the Music Conservatory in Zurich, despite knowing that she does not have the talent nor desire to be a professional pianist. She is going there to follow her new boyfriend, violinist Paul Bronte (Vittorio Gassman), who is completing his final year of studies there, and who she hopes eventually to marry. Not even knowing Paul, this move does not sit well with Louise’s father, Nicholas Durant (Louis Calhern), as he values success over all else, and Paul is not a success. Louise hopes to find her place in Paul’s musical life, she does not truly understand the all-consuming passion he and many of the other students have for music. In her view of their world, Louise finds that she cannot be a complementary figure in that musical life as she wants, but is in direct competition with it. As such, some students resent Louise for taking away from Paul’s talent, while others resent Paul for believing he can give in to Louise’s non-musical whims while believing that he is not sacrificing his music. While Paul may ultimately have to choose between the violin and Louise especially, as he seems to be on the brink of stardom, pianist James Guest (John Ericson), a freshman at the Conservatory who lives in the same building as Louise, seems like he is willing to give up everything for Louise as he is falling in love with her. In Paul and John possessing the true talent to make it big, they may end up resenting Louise if they choose her over their music. Louise has to find a way to foster their music while still being part of their lives in her love.

Also Known As (AKA): Symphonie des Herzens, Rapsódia, Rhapsodie

IMDB

File Name : Rhapsody 1954.avi
File Size : 1.09 GB / 1120.56 MB
Resolution : 624×352
Duration : 01:55:45

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Country: United States
Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance

Rhapsody_1954.avi

It’s a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951) Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle, Gary Cooper

rarefilm — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:09:01 +0000

The story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit, from racial and religious tolerance to the dangers of self-centeredness and myopic reasoning. The parables represent a broad cross-section of the American experience: the elderly woman whose pride is injured when she’s forgotten in the latest census; the novice minister more pleased with the sound of his own voice than with the needs of his congregation; the mother who confronts the illogic of racial intolerance when she meets the best friend of the son she lost to war; and the enigma that is Texas. Episode titles are: 1) Interruptions, Interruptions; 2) Census Taker; 3) Negro Story; 4) Rosika, the Rose; 5) Letter from Korea; 6) Lone Star; (7) Minister in Washington; 8) Four Eyes; a further episode, titled Load, directed by Anthony Mann, with ‘Jean Hersholt’ (q.v.) and ‘Ann Harding’ (q.v.), was filmed but deleted.

Also Known As (AKA): No Palco da Vida, Nueve vidas, Un gran país

IMDB

File Name : Its a Big Country 1951.avi
File Size : 1.23 GB / 1256.2 MB
Resolution : 640×480
Duration : 01:28:56

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Its_a_Big_Country_1951.avi

Muss’em up (1936) Charles Vidor, Preston Foster, Margaret Callahan, Alan Mowbray

rarefilm — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 20:54:20 +0000

Famous private detective Tip O’Neil is summoned by telegram to the estate of old friend Paul Harding, but finds the telegram was sent by Paul’s attractive secretary, Amy Hutchins. Paul admits his dog was shot by extortionists to show they mean business, and shows Tip some threatening notes they sent. That night, Paul’s ward, Corinne, is kidnapped by two gangsters and her driver is found dead the next morning. The kidnappers contact Tip demanding $200,000, which is delivered according to instructions. Awaiting the return of Corrine, Tip learns her fiancé, Gene Leland, is an ex-convict, and he also investigates why a thug, Maratti, was found prowling around the grounds, and why Paul’s brother-in-law, Jim Glenray, was seen leaving the estate late the night before. And when the chauffeur is murdered with Amy’s gun as he was about to confess some complicity, Tip has to piece together various clues to pinpoint the culprits.

Also Known As (AKA): Ninguém Escapa, Douilles 25-35, La villa del mistero, ¿Quién la raptó?, The House of Fate, Sinister House, The Green Shadow

IMDB

File Name : Muss em Up.avi
File Size : 0.69 GB / 703.88 MB
Resolution : 640×464
Duration : 01:09:02

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance

Muss_em_Up.avi

The Loves of Carmen (1948) Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell

rarefilm — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:59:35 +0000

Following the plot of the opera, “Carmen,” this story follows the wild gypsy’s adventures as a siren and bandit. Carmen lures an innocent soldier to his ruin, getting him expelled from the army. He then turns to banditry, killing Carmen’s husband and others. All this makes for an unhappy ending with the innocent repenting his sins and dying for them.

Also Known As (AKA): Os Amores de Carmen, Les Amours de Carmen, Aschenputtel, Gli amori di Carmen, Liebesnächte in Sevilla, The Story of Cinderella

IMDB

File Name : The Loves of Carmen.1948.mkv
File Size : 2.43 GB / 2490.97 MB
Resolution : 770×576
Duration : 01:36:37

Quality: BRRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United States
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Music, Romance

The_Loves_of_Carmen.1948.mkv

Thunder in the East (1952) Charles Vidor, Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer

rarefilm — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:17:14 +0000

During India’s first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an agreement with guerilla leader Khan, the maharajah is a fool, and the British residents are living in the past. Steve’s love interest is Joan Willoughby, the blind daughter of a parson.

Also Known As (AKA): Uma Aventura na Índia, Tonnerre sur le temple, Donner über Fernost, Bagliori ad oriente, Tempestade no Oriente, The Rage of the Vulture, Donner in Fern-Ost

IMDB

File Name : Thunder.in.the.East.1952.mkv
File Size : 1.97 GB / 2012.4 MB
Resolution : 896×576 @ 768×576
Duration : 01:37:00

Quality: WEBRip
Language: English
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: United States
Genres: Drama, War

Thunder.in.the.East.1952.mkv

A Song to Remember (1945) Charles Vidor, Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde

rarefilm — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 17:11:53 +0000

Professor Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. At a recital in a duke’s home Chopin insults the new Russian-installed governor, and must flee the country. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.

Also Known As (AKA): Polonaise, À Noite Sonhamos, La chanson du souvenir, L’eterna armonia, Chopin Imortal, Canción inolvidable, Triumph des Herzens

IMDB

File Name : A Song to Remember 1945.avi
File Size : 1.39 GB / 1418.86 MB
Resolution : 640×480
Duration : 01:52:13

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Country: United States
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music

A_Song_to_Remember_1945.avi

The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) Charles Vidor, Charles Laughton, Jon Hall, Peggy Drake

rarefilm — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:03:35 +0000

After a long absence from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses the family plantation in a cockfight, Chester saves the day by towing in a large ship abandoned at sea and claiming the salvage. But opening a joint bank account in the name of the Tuttle clan may not have been a wise decision…

Also Known As (AKA): Se acabó la gasolina, Il peccatore di Tahiti, Náufragos de Tahiti

IMDB

File Name : The.Tuttles.of.Tahiti.1942.mkv
File Size : 1.19 GB / 1216.5 MB
Resolution : 720×480 @ 640×480
Duration : 01:31:17

Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance

The.Tuttles.of.Tahiti.1942.mkv

The Joker Is Wild (1957) Charles Vidor, Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain

rarefilm — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:40:12 +0000

Frank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. When the movie opens, Lewis is a young, talented singer who performs in speakeasies. When he bolts one job for another, the mob boss who owns the first speakeasy has his thugs try to kill Lewis. Lewis survives, but his vocal cords are cut and he cannot sing. Several years later, his buddy tracks him down and tries to help him with little success. That attempt, though, leads to Lewis meeting Letty Page (Jeanne Crain). They fall in love and she inspires him to follow up on an offer to become a comedian (a result of his buddy’s failed attempt to rejuvenate his singing career). Lewis has problems, though. The assault that nearly cost him his life also helped turn him into an alcoholic and an inveterate gambler. These two character defects become the basis for his act and help to make him a smash success. Unfortunately, they also work to wreak havoc in his personal life.

Also Known As (AKA): Es geschah in Chicago, Chorei por Você, Le pantin brisé, Il Jolly è impazzito, A Arte e a Vida, La máscara del dolor, Schicksalsmelodie

IMDB

File Name : The Joker Is Wild 1957.avi
File Size : 1.37 GB / 1400.62 MB
Resolution : 560×416
Duration : 02:06:07

Quality: WEBRip
Language: English
Country: United States
Genres: Biography, Drama, Musical

The_Joker_Is_Wild_1957.avi