
A sexy singer in a French music hall falls in love with a handsome, but married, aristocrat. Read More »
Tag Archives: Claudette Colbert
The Secret Fury (1950) Mel Ferrer, Claudette Colbert, Robert Ryan, Jane Cowl, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

During the ceremony marrying Ellen and David, a stranger stands up when that phrase “if anyone knows why these two may not be joined…” is spoken. Read More »
Three Came Home (1950) Jean Negulesco, Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Florence Desmond, War, Drama

The true story of Agnes Newton Keith’s imprisonment in several Japanese prisoner-of-war camps from 1941 to the end of WWII. Read More »
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) Ernst Lubitsch, Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Comedy, Romance, Musical

Lieutenant Niki of the Austrian royal guard has a new girlfriend, Franzi. He’s crazy about her and is smiling at her while on duty in the street.
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Thunder on the Hill / Tempête sur la Colline (1951) Douglas Sirk, Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas, Drama, Mystery

Sister Mary Bonaventure is in charge of the hospital ward of a convent in the county of Norfolk, England. She is troubled by her own sister’s suicide, which she confides to her Mother Superior. A torrential rain closes nearby roads, causing Sergeant Melling of the police to bring condemned murderer Valerie Carns there. She is being taken to prison. Valerie was convicted of poisoning her brother Jason, a pianist. Jason’s physician, Dr. Jeffreys, is head of the hospital where Sister Mary now works. Valerie still proclaims her innocence, but Jeffreys insists that she gave Jason a fatal overdose of his medicine…
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Cleopatra (1934) Cecil B. DeMille, Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Biography, Drama, History

In 48 BC, Cleopatra, facing palace revolt in her kingdom of Egypt, welcomes the arrival of Julius Caesar as a way of solidifying her power under Rome. When Caesar, whom she has led astray, is killed, she transfers her affections to Marc Antony and dazzles him on a barge full of DeMillean splendor. But the trick may not work a third time…
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