Duke falls for Flaxen in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Read More »
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Born to Be Bad (1934) Lowell Sherman, Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Jackie Kelk
Letty, a young woman who ended up pregnant, unmarried and on the streets at fifteen is bitter and determined that her child will not grow up to be taken advantage of. Read More »
Sombrero (1953) Norman Foster, Ricardo Montalban, Pier Angeli, Vittorio Gassman
Adapted from the book, “Mexican Village,” by Josefina Niggli, the film tells three interwoven love stories against the background of a feud between two villages. Read More »
Outlaw of Red River (1965) Maury Dexter, George Montgomery, Elisa Montés, José Nieto
A gringo outlaw investigates a murder and must find the culprit amidst various suspects. Read More »
In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) Edward S. Curtis, Stanley Hunt, Sarah Constance Smith Hunt, Mrs. George Walkus
In 1911, as part of his massive undertaking, famed Northwest photographer Edward S. Curtis travelled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to visit the Kwakwaka’wakw. Read More »
Avanti! (1972) Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill
Baltimore industrialist Wendell Armbruster crosses paths with London shop girl Pamela Piggott when they come to Ischia to pick up the bodies of her mother and his father Read More »
Sins of Jezebel (1953) Reginald Le Borg, Paulette Goddard, George Nader, Eduard Franz
The aging Ahab, king of Israel, comes under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming pagan woman named Jezebel and Read More »
Once a Thief (1935) George Pearson, John Stuart, Derek Gorst, Frederick Culley
A brilliant chemist’s plans to revolutionise the paint industry are put on hold when he is accused of theft. Read More »
Gun Law (1938) David Howard, George O’Brien, Rita Oehmen, Ray Whitley
Finding a man alone in the desert, Marshal Tom is relieved – of his horse, clothes and water. Read More »
Enchantment (1948) Irving Reis, David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes
Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. Read More »