An insurance company, led by a wealthy English family, organized an expedition to Africa to find a lost heiress who has been raised in the wild as Gungala and one of the explorers falls in love with her. Read More »
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Brimstone and Treacle (1982) Richard Loncraine, Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Drama, Thriller
Brimstone and Treacle is a modern gothic tale about the evil that men do and the price that must be paid to make things right. Read More »
The Bandit Trail (1941) Edward Killy, Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Janet Waldo, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance, Western
Rancher Tom Haggerty is killed trying to stop a gun battle between his hot-headed brother Red and the sheriff, who is trying to repossess Haggerty’s ranch for defaulting on a bank loan. Read More »
Carnival Story (1954) Kurt Neumann, Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger, Drama
In search of better business, a big American carnival opens in Munich, Germany. Joe the barker befriends attractive pickpocket Willie, finds her a job, and beds her. Read More »
Halfway to Shanghai (1942) John Rawlins, Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Henry Stephenson, Adventure, Mystery
The film itself concerns a train hurtling through the night toward Rangoon (which must be half-way to Shanghai from some point) Read More »
Island in the Sun (1957) Robert Rossen, James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Drama, Romance
Set on a fictitious island in the Carribean during colonial British rule, it focuses on the life of a young charismatic and handsome black male with political aspirations. Read More »
New Faces of 1937 (1937) Leigh Jason, Joe Penner, Milton Berle, Harry Parke, Comedy, Musical, Romance
A crooked producer tries to link his backers by producing a flop and disapearing with the money. Read More »
Garbo Talks (1984) Sidney Lumet, Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Comedy, Drama
Estelle is a one-person protest army: she goes to jail over grocery prices, shames construction workers for catcalls to passing women, and won’t cross a picket line for her son’s wedding. Read More »
One, Two, Three (1961) Billy Wilder, James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Comedy
Berlin is the epitome of political and economic polarization. A microcosm of that polarization is the life of American C.R. MacNamara, known as Mac to his friends. Read More »
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) Irving Cummings, Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Biography, Drama, History
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. Read More »