In late 18th century Italy, a beautiful young woman finds herself married to a rich but cruel older man. Read More »
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Dancing on a Dime (1940) Joseph Santley, Grace McDonald, Robert Paige, Virginia Dale
Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing Read More »
H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) King Vidor, Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey
A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society Read More »
Underworld (1927) Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson, George Bancroft, Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent
‘Nobody helps me — I help them!’ boasts open-handed gangster Bull Weed Read More »
Bridal Suite (1939) Wilhelm Thiele, Annabella, Robert Young, Walter Connolly
Affording a happy variation from the more serious problems of life Read More »
Here Comes the Navy (1934) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Gloria Stuart
To continue a grudge with naval officer Biff Martin, feisty construction worker Chesty O’Connor Read More »
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953) Alvin Ganzer, F. Hugh Herbert, Leo Genn, Don Taylor, Gene Barry
In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen Read More »
Hester Street (1975) Joan Micklin Silver, Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard
It’s 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, a Russian Jew, emigrated to the United States three years earlier Read More »
Chip Off the Old Block (1944) Charles Lamont
The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star. Read More »
David Holzman’s Diary (1967) Jim McBride, L.M. Kit Carson, Eileen Dietz, Louise Levine
This fake documentary which appears quite real on the surface is about a young man making a movie about his everyday life Read More »