Joan Fisk, daughter of the American ambassador to France, is bored with entertaining the wives of visiting V.I.P.s Read More »
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WUSA (1970) Stuart Rosenberg, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins
Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Read More »
Emperor of the Bronx (1990) Joseph Merhi, William Smith, Alex D’Andrea, Charlie Ganis
George and Tony are two good fellas from the mean streets of New York. All they want is to make it to their 21st birthdays Read More »
Northwest Rangers (1942) Joseph M. Newman, James Craig, William Lundigan, Patricia Dane
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions, one a dedicated Royal Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious if well liked gambler. Read More »
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) Benjamin Stoloff, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Alan Hale
Perpetual-optimist “Dreamy” Smith aspires to quit his job as newspaper publicity drudge and sail the world. Read More »
The Sorrows of Satan (1926) D.W. Griffith, Adolphe Menjou, Ricardo Cortez, Carol Dempster
Geoffrey, a young and impoverished writer, is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Read More »
Craig’s Wife (1936) Dorothy Arzner, Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke
In Rye, New York, wealthy Walter Craig loves his wife, Harriet Craig. Read More »
The Marathon (1919) Alfred J. Goulding, Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard
A beautiful young woman has a number of suitors who would like her hand. Read More »
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973) Richard Schickel, Sydney Pollack, King Vidor
King Vidor is unusual in the series “The Men Who Made the Movies” in that of all the directors, as a person. Read More »
Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story (1985) Lamont Johnson, Richard Chamberlain, Alice Krige, Kenneth Colley
The story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat responsible for saving thousands of lives from the Nazi Holocaust. Read More »