Mr. Hammer runs a bankrupt Florida hotel. He’ll try anything to make money, even make love to rich Mrs. Potter. But his main scheme, selling real estate, is in danger of sabotage from zanies Chico and Harpo, who also reduce the schemes of a pair of jewel thieves to chaos. A subplot involves the star-crossed love of Polly Potter and architect Bob Adams.Read More »
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Robert Florey & Joseph Santley – The Cocoanuts (1929)
1921-1930ClassicsComedyJoseph SantleyRobert FloreyUSA -
Sergei Yutkevich – Novye pokhozhdeniya Shveyka aka The New Adventures of Schweik (1943)
Comedy1941-1950Sergei YutkevichUSSRWarIMDB says:
The brave soldier Schweik helps the Yugoslav partisans and tries to choose the execution for Hitler.Read More » -
Chuck Jones – Rabbit of Seville (1950)
1941-1950AnimationChuck JonesShort FilmUSAQuote:
Behind the Hollywood Bowl stage which is playing the opera, The Barber of Seville, Bugs Bunny flees into the backstage area with Elmer Fudd in close pursuit. Seeing his opportunity to fight on his terms, Bugs raises the curtain on Elmer, trapping him on stage. As the orchestra begins playing, Bugs comes into play as the barber who is going to make sure that Elmer is going to get a grooming he will never forget.Read More » -
Delbert Mann – Marty (1955)
1951-1960Delbert MannDramaUSAThis slice-of-life drama scripted by Paddy Chayefsky originated as a live 1953 television broadcast directed by Delbert Mann and starring Rod Steiger and Nancy Marchand. The movie version retained Mann as director but replaced the two leads with Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. A kind of proto-Before Sunrise, it examines a watershed 24-hour period in the lives of two lonely people.Read More »
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Federico Fellini – La voce della luna AKA The Voice of the Moon (1990)
1981-1990ArthouseFantasyFederico FelliniItalyThe swansong of the great Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (La dolce vita, 8½), The Voice of the Moon emerged without fanfare: it played the Cannes Film Festival out of competition after its Italian premiere and failed to secure distribution in North America and the UK. This new restoration from the original negative seeks to right that wrong and provide the film with a second chance…Read More »
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Lasse Braun – Sensuality (1971)
1971-1980DenmarkEroticaLasse Braun
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Lasse Braun – The Call Girl (1971)
1971-1980DenmarkEroticaLasse BraunA call girl meets two gentlemen in a hotel room.Read More »
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Jean-Daniel Pollet – L’acrobate (1976)
1971-1980ComedyFranceJean-Daniel PolletMusicalGoogle translate wrote:
Fifth and last film of the Jean-Daniel Pollet / Claude Melki duo. Léon, a Keatonian bath boy, one day discovers tango. It’s the passion. Léon will either be a dance champion or not. Léon takes his first steps with Smoke, a prostitute with whom he is in love. Together they win prizes. Together, they… At the same time jerky and harmonious, imbued with mood swings and breaks in tone, a fascinating dance film which embraces its subject with airy grace, all this with the wonderful music of Antoine DuhamelRead More » -
Toshiya Fujita – Virgin Blues (1974)
Drama1971-1980JapanToshiya FujitaOne entry of a trilogy of Seishun Kayo Eiga (youth film featuring songs) directed by Toshiya Fujita with Kumiko AkiyoshRead More »