Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
The Gambler movie storyline. Axel Freed is an English professor at New York College. He is also a gambling addict. Although he likes to win, it is only secondary to the excitement he feels in the possibility of losing.
The Gambler (1974) Read More
Cinderella Liberty movie storyline. The ship on which kindhearted US Navy sailor John Baggs, Jr. is currently serving has just docked in Seattle. Beyond wanting to find a fellow sailor by the name of Lynn Forshay who he believes is also on shore in Seattle and on who he wants to exact some revenge, John knows no one in town and has no set plans.
Cinderella Liberty (1973) Read More
Georgy Girl movie storyline. 22-year-old Georgina Parkin (Lynn Redgrave) , Georgy to her friends, is a Plain Jane of a woman who beats to her own drummer. She grew up in the household of wealthy James Leamington, Georgy’s parents being the household domestics.
Georgy Girl (1966) Read More
Return from the Ashes movie storyline. In the winter of 1945, on a train bound for Paris, a small boy kicks monotonously at the outside compartment door of a crowded compartment–and then opens the door and jumps from the train. His mother howls in anguish, an unnamed passenger pulls the brake cord, the conductor comes and escorts the distraught mother to an empty compartment in the next car–and everyone else in the compartment wonders why one fellow passenger, a woman, sat mute and motionless throughout the entire shocking episode.
Return from the Ashes (1965) Read More
Lady L movie storyline. Today Lady Louise Lendale (Sophia Loren) is eighty-years-old and she tells her long time admirer, British poet Sir Percy (Cecil Parker), all about her eventful life. In the beginning, she was a young laundress working in “Le Mouton Bleu”, a renowned Paris whorehouse.
Lady L (1965) Read More
Marriage on the Rocks movie storyline. It’s the 19th wedding anniversary of advertising company president Dan Edwards and his wife, Valerie Edwards. They love each other, but are far from being on the same page concerning their marriage.
Marriage on the Rocks (1965) Read More
Operation C.I.A. movie storyline. When Agent Stacey learns of a plan to assassinate the American ambassador to Vietnam but is killed by a bomb before he can inform the C.I.A. of the details, Secret Agent Mark Andrews is sent to Saigon to take his place as a university professor as a cover.
Operation C.I.A. (1965) Read More
The Great Race movie storyline. In the early 20th century, the Great Leslie – daredevil and all ’round Renaissance man always clad in white – has several world records to his name in daring feats of courage, always with the faithful Hezekiah by his side.
The Great Race (1965) Read More
The 10th Victim movie storyline. In the near future, violence is controlled in societies avoiding wars. Killing is allowed to violent individuals in a game called Big Hunt where the participants are alternatively Hunter or Victim.
The 10th Victim (1965) Read More
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow is a quintessential example of a key postwar cycle: the German Trümmerfilm (rubble film), which examines issues such as collective guilt and the prospect of an uncertain future. After living in Swiss exile for ten years, an illustrator returns to Munich, joining old acquaintances in the ruins of his former home, the Hotel Regina.
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1947) Read More