The life and times of Manuelita Rosas.
An adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play Desire Under the Elms.
Dans les années 1930, aux États-Unis. Un producteur de Broadway fait d'une inconnue une vedette. Pour échapper à sa tutelle, elle part à Hollywood où elle triomphe. Pendant ce temps, lui décline. Ils se retrouvent dans le train de Chicago à New-York...
En 1942, Duncan « Mac » Maclain, un détective privé devenu aveugle, se fait aider par son assistant Marty et par son chien Friday. Une amie, Norma Lawry, lui demande d'intervenir pour mettre fin à la liaison entre Barbara, sa belle-fille, et un acteur bien plus âgé qu'elle, Paul Gerente. Lorsque celui-ci est assassiné, l'enquête de « Mac » le mène jusqu'à un réseau d'espionnage nazi...
The young widow of the viceroy of Peru, facing the dismal prospect of either a convent or a marriage of convenience, sets out to conquer a handsome officer, pretending she’s a duende, a ghost. Voted the best Argentine film of 1945, La dama duende is a beautifully crafted comedy of errors, based on the 17th-century play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. The most ambitious production of Estudios San Miguel, it was brought to the screen mostly by Spaniards exiled in Argentina as a result of the Civil War.
A man thinks he is not the father of his presumed daughter.
The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and loosely based on fact.
A shrewd ex-prisoner runs a successful antique shop -- until his assistant discovers the collectibles are stolen goods and begins blackmailing him.
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
An angel takes on human form in order to persuade a theatrical couple to finally consummate their child that has been waiting to be born.
During the Ming dynasty, a poor worker family, working day and night, is still unable to pay its taxes.