At the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more successful neighbor Billings Read More »
Tag Archives: Luise Rainer
The Great Waltz (1938) Julien Duvivier, Victor Fleming, Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Miliza Korjus
Johann Strauss II pursues his passion for waltzes in 1845 Vienna, facing societal resistance. Read More »
The Good Earth (1937) Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly
The story of a farmer in China: a story of humility and bravery. His father gives Wang Lung a freed slave as wife. Read More »
Dramatic School (1938) Robert B. Sinclair, Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. Read More »
The Toy Wife (1938) Richard Thorpe, Luise Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Drama, History, Romance
‘The toy wife’ or how to spoil your own life and the lives of others by being fickle and frivolous. Read More »
Big City (1937) Frank Borzage, George B. Seitz, Spencer Tracy, Luise Rainer, Charley Grapewin, Drama
To avoid a taxi war, city officials blame a gang bombing on driver Joe Benton’s wife Anna and put her on a ship to deport her. Read More »
The Emperor’s Candlesticks (1937) George Fitzmaurice, William Powell, Luise Rainer, Robert Young, Drama, History, Romance
A male Polish secret agent and a female Russian secret-police spy smuggle messages to St. Petersburg in candlesticks. While chasing after stolen candlesticks they discover each other’s identity and fall in love.
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