Adolphe Menjou
Author
Publisher
Whittlesey House
Pub. Date
[1948]
Language
English
Description
Adolphe Menjou is the man who made "suave" a noun. ("For this part we want somebody with plenty of suave--you know, the Menjou-type.") This memoir is, above all else, suave. It took nine tailors and thirty-five years as Hollywood's beloved man-about-town to make Adolphe Menjou what he is today. The autobiographical story begins with Menjou a waiter in his father's "Maison Menjou" in New York and ends in the present. It was Menjou's mustache and a...
2) Morocco
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Marlene Dietrich is a cabaret singer who arrives in Morocco and continues her wicked career by enslaving all the men in sight; but true love reaches her at last.
Series
Publisher
Mk2 Editions
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A king in New York: A king fleeing a revolution takes refuge in the USA. He is led by an advertising agent to make commercials, is suspected of being a communist, testifies before the Un-American Activities Committee and returns to Europe ; A woman of Paris: When her elopement to her beau fails, Marie winds up in Paris as a kept woman whose attempt at reconciliation with her true love only leads to more grief and, finally, tragedy.
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"Eva Lovelace, a small-town community-theatre actress who comes to New York dreaming of theatrical stardom. She amuses producer Adolphe Menjou and playwright Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with her naively pretentious prattle, but neither man takes her too seriously. Both, however are attracted to Eva: Menjou has a brief affair with her, but she yearns for the more reserved Fairbanks. Partly out of sympathy, Fairbanks arranges for Eva to understudy the troublesome...
Series
Criterion collection ; 538
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney.
Series
Criterion collection ; 538
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
During WWI, a French battalion is ordered on a suicide mission that is likely to fail. When it does, the general that planned the mission selects three soldiers from the battalion to be executed for cowardice, and selects their leader as their attorney.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The Acunas family is a family of tradition. The family holds the ritual of making sure that their daughters get married in order of age. When the second daughter does not follow the tradition quick enough her sister resort to finding her a lover.
Publisher
Marengo Films
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
In A farewell to arms, Gary Cooper is a handsome American ambulance driver and Helen Hayes is the devoted British nurse whose paths cross during World War I. In Meet John Doe, Gary Cooper plays a down-on-his-luck ball player who comes to embody the hopes and dreams of the American public.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and nurse Catherine Barkley during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together. The film also analyzes Lt. Henry's feelings on war and the purpose of fighting.
16) Golden boy
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A young and gifted violinist earns money for his education by prizefighting.
17) Bundle of joy
Series
Publisher
RKO Pictures, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A salesgirl picks up a foundling, is mistaken for its unwed mother and must keep up the charade, baby and all, to keep her job. The musical remake of one of the great comedies of the '30s, Bachelor Mother.
18) The front page
Series
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Earle Williams, a convict about to be executed, escapes, throwing the Criminal Court Building into chaos. Newspaper reporters attempt to "scoop" the story by holding Williams in a roll top desk in the press room.
19) A star is born
Publisher
Osiris Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"As young Esther Blodgett rises to stardom, her husband, former leading man Norman Maine, finds his career in a downward spiral." --
20) Stage door
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The film depicts the fears, setbacks and daily struggles of aspiring young performers, and, for the very few, stardom and success.