Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi storm-troopers arrive. Read More »
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The Temptress (1926) Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller, Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Marc McDermott, Drama, Romance
In a masked ball in Paris, Manuel Robledo, a young Argentinian architect, meets Elena, the Marquess of Torre Blanca. Read More »
The Kiss (1929) Jacques Feyder, Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Anders Randolf, Romance, Drama
Irene is unhappily married to an older businessman, but very much in love with a handsome young lawyer. Read More »
Escape (1948) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Film-Noir, Thriller
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl. Read More »
A Foreign Affair (1948) Billy Wilder, Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A congressional committee visits occupied Berlin to investigate G.I. morals. Congresswoman Phoebe Frost, appalled at widespread evidence of human frailty Read More »
Ninotchka (1939) Ernst Lubitsch, Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Comedy, Romance
Only the royal suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. Read More »
Conquest (1937) Clarence Brown, Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Drama, History, Romance
After a brief informal meeting two months earlier when they were impressed with each other, Countess Marie Walewska formally meets Napoleon Bonaparte at a ball in Warsaw. Read More »
Romance (1930) Clarence Brown, Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Gavin Gordon, Drama, Romance
Young Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Read More »
Crime Wave (1954) André De Toth, Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Three San Quentin escapees (Penny, Hastings and Morgan) kill a cop in a gas-station holdup. Read More »
The Honey Pot (1967) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Comedy, Crime
As an elaborate joke, the wealthy Cecil Fox (Rex Harrison) hires actor William McFly (Cliff Robertson) to play his personal assistant Read More »