
An immigrant leaves his sweetheart in Italy to find a better life across the sea in the grimy slums of New York. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
The Extra Girl (1923) F. Richard Jones, Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves, George Nichols

Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. Read More »
The Enchanted Cottage (1924) John S. Robertson, Richard Barthelmess, May McAvoy, Ida Waterman

A crippled World War I veteran retracts to a small cottage in the countryside Read More »
Didn’t You Hear… (1970) Skip Sherwood, Dennis Christopher, Cheryl Waters, Gary Busey

Kevin is wandering through the confused haze that most college students pass through Read More »
Marty (1955) Delbert Mann, Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti

Stuck as the last of six children at home with an overbearing Italian mother Read More »
The Fugitive Kind (1960) Sidney Lumet, Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani

Having fled New Orleans to avoid arrest, the undeniably alluring Valentine “Snakeskin” Xavier (Val) Read More »
Exposed (1983) James Toback, Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel

Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover Read More »
Maria’s Lovers (1984) Andrey Konchalovskiy, Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Keith Carradine

Ivan Bibic returns to his Pittsburgh PA suburb after surviving a Japanese POW camp, causing regular nightmares. Read More »
The Portrait (1993) Arthur Penn, Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Cecilia Peck

After a long absence, artist Margaret Church returns to her aging parent’s home to finish a portrait of them. Read More »
The Big Mouth (1967) Jerry Lewis, Harold J. Stone, Susan Bay

While fishing on a San Diego beach, Gerald Clamson catches … a sea diver! Even more weird, the “fish” resembles him. Read More »