The novel opens with Jenny Bunn’s arrival at her lodging-house. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
A Royal Scandal (1945) Otto Preminger, Ernst Lubitsch, Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter
In 18th century Russia,a naive and idealistic lieutenant,Alexei Chernoff, deserts his unit Read More »
The Legacy (1978) Richard Marquand, Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, John Standing
A millionaire and a million-dollar prostitute, a star-maker and a nation-killer, a woman whose lusts are as cold as graveyard snow… Read More »
The Voice of the Turtle (1947) Irving Rapper, Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Parker, Eve Arden
Budding actress Sally Middleton agrees to a date with Bill Page, a soldier on a weekend pass, after he’s stood up by her worldly friend, Olive. Read More »
Take Out (2004) Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou, Charles Jang, Jeng-Hua Yu, Wang-Thye Lee
An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Read More »
Please Believe Me (1950) Norman Taurog
Alison Kirbe of London, receives a telegram from Texas, that she has inherited a livestock ranch. Read More »
French Quarter (1978) Dennis Kane, Virginia Mayo, Bruce Davison, Alisha Fontaine
Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers. Read More »
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931) Douglas Fairbanks, Victor Fleming, Duke Kahanamoku
An early example of a “vanity” production, this feature-length documentary is comprised of glorified home movies Read More »
The Penalty (1941) Harold S. Bucquet, Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Marsha Hunt
The son of a murderer is entangled in his father’s crimes and is sentenced to a rehabilitive farm, where he learns a new way of life. Read More »
The Biscuit Eater (1940) Stuart Heisler, Billy Lee, Cordell Hickman, Richard Lane
Two little boys have faith in a dog they name Promise, so much faith that they enter him in the championship trials for bird dogs. Read More »