Desire (1936)
Desire (1936) Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France, but getting the pearls, back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Rancho Notorious 1952 A western based on the story Gunsight Whitman by Silvia Richards Vern Haskell, a nice rancher, seeks out to avenge his fiances death when she is killed during a robbery His revenge leads him to Chuck a luck, Altar Keanes ranch set up to hide criminals, and he finds more than he
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) It's Britain, 1953. Upon his return to work following a heart attack, irrepressible barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts, known as a barrister for the hopeless, takes on a murder case, much to the exasperation of his medical team, led by his overly regulated private nurse
Golden Earrings (1947)
Golden Earrings 1947 On the eve of World War II 1939 English officer Ralph Denistoun is in Nazi Germany on an espionage mission to recover a poison gas formula from Prof Krosigk He is helped by Lydia and her band of gypsies Naturally romance develops along the way
Stage Fright (1950)
Stage Fright (1950) Jonathan Cooper is wanted by the police who suspect him of killing his lover's husband. His friend Eve Gill offers to hide him and Jonathan explains to her that his lover, actress Charlotte Inwood is the real murderer. Eve decides to investigate for herself, but when she meets th
The Spoilers (1942)
The Spoilers (1942) In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.
Morocco (1930)
Morocco (1930) The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret. That night, insouciant legionnaire Tom Brown catches her inimitably seductive, tuxedo-clad act. Both bruised by their past lives, the two ed
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939) Kent, the unscrupulous boss of Bottleneck has Sheriff Keogh killed when he asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game that gives Kent a stranglehold over the local cattle rangers. The mayor, who is in cahoots with Kent appoints the town drunk, Washington Dimsdale
Angel (1937)
Angel (1937) A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.
A Foreign Affair (1948)
A Foreign Affair (1948) A congressional committee visits occupied Berlin to investigate G.I. morals. Congresswoman Phoebe Frost, appalled at widespread evidence of human frailty, hears rumors that cafe singer Erika, former mistress of a wanted war criminal, is "protected" by an American officer, and
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
No Highway in the Sky (1951) Theodore Honey is an aeronautical engineer being sent to Labrador from London to examine the wreckage of a new passenger plane designed by his company. His theory is that the planes are susceptible to metal fatigue after a specific amount of time in the air. The absent m
The Blue Angel (1930)
The Blue Angel (1930) Germany 1924. Middle aged Dr. Immanuel Rath is a literature professor at a boys college. Most of his students don't much like him, often calling him "unrath" - German for garbage. Dr. Rath learns that many of his boys often frequent a cabaret called Der blaue Engel -
Pittsburgh (1942)
Pittsburgh (1942) Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself deserted and lonely at the top. When his crash comes, he finds that fate has dealt him a second chan
The Montecarlo Story (1956)
The Montecarlo Story (1956) A gambler very much in debt, sets his cap for a beautiful woman, not knowing that she is also penniless.
The Garden of Allah (1936)
The Garden of Allah (1936) Domini, an heiress who has led a cloistered life, visits the North African desert for spiritual renewal. There she meets Boris, recently escaped from a Trappist monastery. Their friendship ripens into love, but he conceals his past from her. Then in a remote oasis, they me
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
The Scarlet Empress (1934) Young Princess Sophia of Germany is taken to Russia to marry the half-wit Grand Duke Peter, son of the Empress. The domineering Empress hopes to improve the royal blood line. Sophia doesn't like her husband, but she likes Russia, and is very fond of Russian soldiers. She d
Shanghai Express (1932)
Shanghai Express (1932) Many passengers on the Shanghai Express are more concerned that the notorious Shanghai Lily is on board than the fact that a civil war is going on that may make the trip take more than three days. The British Army doctor, Donald Harvey, knew Lily before she became a famous &q
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993) This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film recounts the rise of her career from a dancer, to a movie actor to the most important film director
Knight Without Armor (1937)
Knight Without Armor (1937) Because he can pass as a Russian, A.J. Fothergill is recruited to spy on the revolutionary movement in Russia in 1913. He becomes imprisoned in Siberia, as a revolutionary, until the 1917 uprisings. Amid the turmoil of the civil war between the red and white armies, he tr
Seven Sinners (1940)
Seven Sinners (1940) Bijou, a saloon singer with a reputation for inciting brouhahas, is one of several deportees from a south Pacific island to arrive at another U.S. protectorate, Boni Komba. She becomes very popular with U.S. navy men by performing at the 'Seven Sinners'. A navy Lieutenant is att
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
The Flame of New Orleans (1941) French farce comes to the New World in 1840 as Claire Ledoux convinces the middle-aged banker who is her fiance that she is two different women -- a deception made necessary by the arrival of a man acquainted with the swath she cut across Europe. Giraud has been about
The Song of Songs (1933)
The Song of Songs 1933 Country orphan Lily goes to Berlin to stay with her tippling aunt, and soon meets Richard, handsome sculptor across the street Persuaded half reluctantly to pose for Richard, her physical charms shown as fully as 1933 mores permitted soon melt away his strictly business attitu
Dishonored (1931)
Dishonored 1931 The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians
The Lady Is Willing (1942)
The Lady Is Willing 1942 Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Liza Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable Why not her new obstetrician Dr McBain She offers him help with his resea