
In New Orleans, prizefighter Socks Barbarrosa suddenly runs out of the ring before his title bout, and swears he’ll never fight again. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
Sylvia (1965) Gordon Douglas, Carroll Baker, George Maharis, Joanne Dru

Sylvia West is a young poetess engaged to Frederic Summers, an eccentric millionaire. Read More »
The Inland Sea (1991) Lucille Carra

In Lucille Carra’s all too short, invigorating new film, “The Inland Sea,” as in the Donald Richie travel memoir on which it is based Read More »
City Streets (1931) Rouben Mamoulian, Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas

Nan, a racketeer’s daughter, is in love with The Kid, a shooting gallery showman. Read More »
Carefree (1938) Mark Sandrich, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy

Dr. Tony Flagg’s friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. Read More »
Hollywood Party (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Allan Dwan, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. Read More »
Cornered (1945) Edward Dmytryk, Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Micheline Cheirel

On being demobbed at the end of the war, Canadian flyer Laurence Gerard returns to France to discover who ordered the killing Read More »
Yours for the Asking (1936) Alexander Hall, George Raft, Dolores Costello, Ida Lupino

Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess Read More »
Up the Down Staircase (1967) Robert Mulligan, Patrick Bedford, Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart

Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher at New York’s inner-city Calvin Coolidge High Read More »
That’s My Man (1947) Frank Borzage, Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod, Roscoe Karns

A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track Read More »