This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand...
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Agnes Grand
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1969
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Considered a bit too sacrilegious for general consumption in 1963, the Boulting brothers' Heavens Above was simply ahead of...
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Lady Despard
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1963
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Based on the Ferenc Molnar play Olympia, A Breath of Scandal serves as an elegant vehicle for a ravishing Sophia Loren. The...
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1960
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It Happened in Rome -- as well as in Venice, Florence, and points in between in this frothy excursion into beautiful Italy....
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1959
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Aunt Alicia
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1958
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The superb cinematography of Aldo Tonti adds immeasureably to the enjoyment of Souvenir D'Italie. The story revolves around...
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1957
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This French film version of Colette's best-selling novel Gigi predated both the 1950 stage adaptation and the 1958 Hollywood...
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1949
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Fans of British film star Anna Neagle had a field day with her bravura Technicolor vehicle Elizabeth of Ladymead--though not...
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1948
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American first lady Eleanor Roosevelt's impending visit to a tiny English country village is the motivation of the...
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Lady Mott
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1946
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Wealthy, sheltered Joan Fontaine is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Cary Grant. Though warned that Grant is...
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1941
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Another cheeky entry from the Aldwych Theatre farceurs, Banana Ridge is based on a play by Aldwych perennial Ben Travers....
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1941
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Spunky Joan Blondell is practically the whole show in the diverting comedy Good Girls Go to Paris. Blondell is cast as...
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Caroline Brand
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1939
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Jack Benny goes to London in this frothy musical. He plays a Broadway producer and while in London begins pining for the...
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1939
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Kay Francis fights off tears, deprivations and a mediocre script in Warner Bros.' Secrets of an Actress. La Francis plays Fay...
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Marian Plantagenet
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1938
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1938
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In her only Warner Bros. starring film, Carole Lombard plays a Hollywood movie actress who makes the park-bench acquaintance...
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Paula Malverton
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1938
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1938
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Andrea Leeds, whose career had shifted into hyperdrive after her brilliant performance in Stage Door (1937), stars in the...
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Mrs. Merrivale
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1938
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Two members of the Russian monarchy pose as French servants while hiding the Czar's fortune. This unlikely plot is at the...
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1937
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The Crouching Beast was based on Clubfoot, an espionage novel by Valentine Williams. Set in 1915 Constantinople, the story is...
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The Pellegrini
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1935
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In this romantic costume drama, a man in the service of a king finds that falling in love with the queen can carry a high...
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1935
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1935
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1934
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In this romance, a typist is the secret mistress of a wealthy man. After three years of illicit romance, he suddenly dumps...
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Dolly Durlacher
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1932
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This is the final episode in the three part Rat series. This time, the Rat decides to go straight to marry his beloved....
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1929
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In this British mystery, a diplomat's wife, thinking she is protecting her lover, takes the rap for her husband's murder. It...
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1929
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1928
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Pauline
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1927
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In the early stages of his directing career, Alfred Hitchcock made a number of hackneyed studio films which barely resemble...
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1927
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Downhill is an apt title for this disappointing Alfred Hitchcock silent feature. Ivor Novello plays the black sheep of a...
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1927
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1925
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1917
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