What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Synopsis: Star-struck waitress Mary Evans (Constance Bennett, Topper) dreams of becoming a famous movie star. A chance meeting with acclaimed movie director Max Carey (Lowell Sherman, She Done Him Wrong) […]
Tag Archives: Drama
Stories of people dealing with human emotions in realistic situations
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Synopsis: The year is 1938. The place is Paris, France. An undocumented German physician (Charles Boyer, Algiers) comes to the aid of a penniless woman (Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia) roaming the […]
Breezy (1973)
Synopsis: Middle-aged Frank Harmon (William Holden, Sunset Boulevard) enjoys being alone, but after a chance encounter with a spirited teen hippie nick-named “Breezy” (Kay Lenz, White Line Fever), Harmon’s life […]
Connecting Rooms (1970)
Synopsis: A middle-aged cellist (Bette Davis), a disgraced schoolmaster (Michael Redgrave, Dead of Night) and a struggling songwriter (Alexis Kanner, Goodbye Gemini) share a shabby boardinghouse. The three tenants have […]
To Dance with the White Dog (1993, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: Elderly Georgian farmer Sam Peek (Hume Cronyn, The Shadow of a Doubt) loses his wife (Jessica Tandy, The Birds) of 50 years to a sudden heart attack. When a […]
Foxfire (1987, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) is Annie Nations, an elderly but strong-willed widow who lives alone on her farm in northern Georgia. The ghost of her cantankerous husband (Hume […]
Teachers (1984)
Synopsis: High school teacher Alex Jurel (Nick Nolte, 48 hrs) is known for his dedication and unorthodox but effective teaching methods. Jurel’s optimism is put to the test when he […]
Edward, My Son (1949)
Synopsis: Opportunistic and unethical businessman Arnold Boult (Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock) is obsessed with giving his son all the things he never had. Arnold’s obsession not only […]
The Dead (1987)
Synopsis: The year is 1904. The place is Dublin, Ireland. A group of friends and family members come together for the annual holiday dinner hosted by three well-respected spinsters. The […]
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
Synopsis: At the height of WWII, residents of a small Italian village try to hide their most precious commodity from the Nazis: wine. Reaction & Thoughts: The Secret of Santa […]
Between the Lines (1977)
Synopsis: The fiercely independent staff members at a Boston newspaper go bananas after they find out that a major publishing company wants to buy the paper. Reaction & Thoughts: “All […]
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Synopsis: In Victorian England, poetess Elizabeth “Ba” Barrett (Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette) falls in love with fellow poet Robert Browning (Bill Travers, Born Free), but they hide their […]
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Synopsis: Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer, A Free Soul) meets and falls in love with fellow poet Robert Browning (Fredric March, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), causing the ire of her […]
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Synopsis: A poor farm girl (Greta Garbo, Ninotchka) runs away from home and is rescued by a worldly architect (Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind). They fall in love, but […]
