Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
Summer and Smoke movie storyline. Uptight single woman Alma Winemiller (Geraldine Page) carries a torch for the boy next door, who has grown up into dashing doctor John Buchanan Jr. (Laurence Harvey). An unabashed hedonist, John falls for the sensual Rosa Zacharias (Rita Moreno).
Summer and Smoke (1961) Read More
The Parent Trap movie storyline. Thirteen-year-olds prim and proper Bostonian Sharon McKendrick (Hayley Mills) and tomboyish Californian Susan Evers (Hayley Mills) meet at summer camp. It’s hate at first sight, as besides the differing length of their hair, they look exactly the same.
The Parent Trap (1961) Read More
The Time Machine movie storyline. On January 5, 1900, a disheveled looking H.G. Wells – George to his friends – arrives late to his own dinner party. He tells his guests of his travels in his time machine, the work about which his friends knew. They were also unbelieving, and skeptical of any practical use if it did indeed work.
The Time Machine (1960) Read More
The Story of Ruth movie storyline. Inspired by the tale from Hebrew scriptures and the Christian Bible, the Moabitess child Ruth is sold to the temple of Chemosh. Years pass and she serves as a priestess to the idol.
The Story of Ruth (1960) Read More
Who Was That Lady? movie storyline. Sarah Alexander catches her straight-laced husband, Columbia University Assistant Professor of Chemistry Randy Alexander, kissing another woman. From Russ’s perspective, he was the one being kissed innocently, the woman in question being a grateful transfer student. However, Ann wants a divorce.
Who Was That Lady? (1960) Read More
Purple Noon movie storyline. With no money of his own, Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) lives comfortably enough off the kindness of his wealthy companions. For a fee of $5,000, he is hired by the father of his childhood friend, Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet), to retrieve Philippe from Rome and bring him back to San Francisco..
Purple Noon (1960) Read More
The Angry Silence movie storyline. The right of every individual to be different from his fellow man is the theme behind this internationally-hailed, British production. The story tells of a man’s dilemma when he refused to participate in an unofficial strike, where he works.
The Angry Silence (1960) Read More
Cleopatra’s Daughter movie storyline. Shila (Debra Paget), Cleopatra’s daughter was left in Assyria for safety, in care of the King and Queen of Assyria during the war with Rome but now 20 years later, unknown to her, her mother and father are dead. The young hypochondriatic Pharoah Nemorat, has been ruling Egypt with his mother queen Tigi, but now she feels it is time he should be married.
Cleopatra’s Daughter (1960) Read More
Room at the Top movie storyline. The English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have something to do at night he joins a theatrical group. His boss’s daughter Susan is playing ingenue roles on stage and in real life. She is attracted to Joe and Joe thinks about how much faster he will get ahead if he is the boss’s son-in-law.
Room at the Top (1959) Read More
Anatomy of a Murder movie storyline. Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband’s story, the local paper has reported that the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped.
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Read More