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Curtain Call (1998)
"Curtain Call" is a romantic comedy movie about a struggling book publisher who buys an old Manhattan townhouse. Much to his surprise, it is haunted by the ghosts of two bickering and married theater stars who teach him about life and love. Director Peter Yates ("Bullitt" 1968) put [..]
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
"My Name Is Nobody" is a spaghetti western comedy about a young gunfighter named Nobody who insists that senior gunfighter Jack Beauregard face a gang of 150 outlaws before he can retire. The crazy and zany plot proceeds from there, under the supervision of director Tonino Valerii from [..]
Chariots of Fire (1981)
The Best Picture of 1981 is....."Chariots of Fire." This is the true story of two British track athletes competing in the 1924 Paris Olympics. Harold Abrahams is a Jewish Cambridge student who runs to overcome social prejudice. Eric Liddell is a devout Scottish Christian who runs to glorify [..]
The General (1926)
"The General" is a silent comedy-action film where Buster Keaton plays a Southern train engineer in the Civil War who pursues Union spies to rescue his stolen locomotive and his girl friend. Keaton was involved in most areas of production, including co-directing (with Clyde Bruckman), co-writing the screenplay, [..]
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
"Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ" is a landmark silent film epic following the story of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince betrayed by his childhood friend, the Roman tribune Messala. Judah survives imprisonment and is adopted by a Roman admiral, and returns to Jerusalem seeking [..]
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
"Stanley and Livingstone" is an adventure film loosely based on the true story of New York Herald reporter Henry Stanley's 1871 quest to find Dr. David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary presumed lost in Africa. The high drama proceeds from there, well directed by Henry King ("Jesse James" 1939), [..]
The Stalking Moon (1968)
"The Stalking Moon" is a western film about an Army scout who rescues a white woman and her son held for ten years in captivity by the Apache. The boy's father, who is a warrior with the tribe, relentlessly pursues them across the Southwest, leaving numerous dead people [..]
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson, two of silent pictures' biggest stars, play star-crossed lovers in the silent film classic "Beyond the Rocks." Swanson plays a young woman who marries an older millionaire to support her family, but soon meet a younger nobleman, which leads to [..]
Camille (1921)
Rudolph Valentino plays a naive young law student who falls in love with a terminally ill courtesan in "Camille." Director Ray C. Smallwood put together a top-rate production with lavish Art Deco sets as backdrop for the silent film melodrama. The screenplay (or scenario) was written by [..]
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
"Planes, Trains and Automobiles" is a holiday road trip comedy about an uptight advertising executive and an overbearing salesman who become reluctant travel companions on a chaotic journey to Chicago for Thanksgiving. Director-screenwriter John Hughes ("Weird Science" 1985) put together another of his classic comedies which [..]