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Tag Archives: José Ferrer
Deep in My Heart (1954) Stanley Donen, José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg. Read More »
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982) Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer
Centred around a weekend party at the home of inventor Andrew Hobbs and his wife Adrian Read More »
Crisis (1950) Richard Brooks, Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond
Husband and wife Americans Dr. Eugene and Mrs. Helen Ferguson – he a renowned neurosurgeon Read More »
Cyrano et d’Artagnan (1964) Abel Gance, José Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sylva Koscina
Duelist and poet Cyrano de Bergerac and musketeer d’Artagnan meet and team up to stop the conspiracy against King Louis XIII of France. Read More »
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) José Ferrer, Trevor Howard, Dora Bryan
A Royal Marine Reserve Major must work with a veteran Captain and a group of incorrigible recruits to attempt Read More »
Moulin Rouge (1952) John Huston, José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Colette Marchand
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. Read More »
Enter Laughing (1967) Carl Reiner, José Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Elaine May, Comedy, Romance
David Kolowitz, a nice young man living with his parents in New York City in 1938, works at a machine repair shop. Read More »
Joan of Arc (1948) Victor Fleming, Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan, Biography, Drama, History, War
During the Hundred Years’ War, peasant girl Joan of Arc (Ingrid Bergman) hears voices instructing her to save France from the English. Read More »
Ship of Fools (1965) Stanley Kramer, Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Drama, Romance, War
Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship’s doctor who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Contessa. A young American woman, Jenny, is traveling with the man she loves, David. Jenny is fascinated and puzzled by just who some of the other passengers are. The once famous Mary Treadwell gets much of her attention.
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