A librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at the altar. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
The Late George Apley (1947) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ronald Colman, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn
George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. Read More »
Sons of the Desert (1933) William A. Seiter, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Comedy
So that he and Stan can sneak away to Chicago and attend the annual “Sons of the Desert” lodge convention, Ollie pretends to be sick Read More »
Boy of the Streets (1937) William Nigh, Jackie Cooper, Maureen O’Connor, Kathleen Burke, Drama
New York City teen Chuck Brennan (Jackie Cooper) gets involved with a gang and tries to make his way on the streets, inspired by his shifty father, Foggy (Guy Usher). Read More »
Without Love (1945) Harold S. Bucquet, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Comedy, Romance
In WWII Pat Jamieson is a scientist working, with Government support, on a high-altitude oxygen mask for fighter pilots. Read More »
The Princess Bride (1987) Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
An elderly man reads the book “The Princess Bride” to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson Read More »
The Child (1977) Robert Voskanian, Laurel Barnett, Rosalie Cole, Frank Janson, Horror
A newly hired house-keeper in a secluded area is alarmed to discover that her boss’s eleven-year-old daughter is using her supernatural powers Read More »
The Safety of Objects (2001) Rose Troche, Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Mary Kay Place, Drama
A series of overlapping stories about four suburban families dealing with different maladies. Read More »
There Goes My Heart (1938) Norman Z. McLeod, Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Comedy, Romance
Seeing her chance, 25-year-old heiress (Virginia Bruce) flees from her over-protective grandfather with none of her fortune in her purse. Read More »
Strictly Dynamite (1934) Elliott Nugent, Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Norman Foster, Comedy, Musical
When timid aspiring poet Nick Montgomery loses his book reviewing job, his wife Sylvia convinces him to write gags for radio comedian Moxie Slaight. Read More »