These Wilder Years (1956)
Synopsis: A wealthy businessman, Steve Bradford (James Cagney, The Public Enemy), visits an orphanage in hopes of finding out something about the illegitimate child he abandoned twenty years earlier. The […]
Tag Archives: Drama
Stories of people dealing with human emotions in realistic situations
Dancers (1987)
Synopsis: In Italy, a world-renowned Russian ballet dancer (Mikhail Baryshnikov, White Nights) is immersed in his latest project, a new version of the romantic ballet Giselle, which he wants to […]
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Synopsis: After a shipwreck, a boy, a girl and a sailor find themselves marooned in a tropical island. When the sailor dies unexpectedly, the kids grow closer as they battle […]
Mamma Roma (1962)
Synopsis: An aging prostitute, nick-named ‘Mama Roma’ (Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo), decides to call it quits. She buys a fruit stand and moves to a respectable neighborhood with her […]
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Synopsis: Two couples, played by Elizabeth Taylor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Richard Burton (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold), George Segal (The Owl and the Pussycat), […]
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Synopsis: Bad weather at London’s Heathrow Airport prevents various elite passengers from leaving the country. This unexpected flight delay produces all sorts of unintended complications for the anxious passengers. Reaction & Thoughts: […]
Always (1989)
Synopsis: An aerial firefighter, Pete Sandich (Richard Dreyfuss, Jaws), dies during a massive forest wildfire only to return to Earth as a guardian angel to fellow firefighter, Ted Baker (Brad […]
The Bette Davis Project: All About Eve (1950)
Synopsis: Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter, The Razord’s Edge), the self-proclaimed #1 fan of theater legend Margo Channing (Bette Davis), ingratiates herself into the famous and temperamental thespian’s inner circle of friends and colleagues. […]
Life at the Top (1965)
Synopsis: It’s been ten years since unscrupulously ambitious Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey, The Manchurian Candidate and Darling) entered into a marriage of convenience. Now Joe has everything he wanted in life: a […]
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987, TV-Mini-Series)
Synopsis: In the 1940s, an actress with a dubious past, Ann Arden (Ann-Margret, Pocketful of Miracles), marries a Navy Officer, Billy Grenville (Stephen Collins, Star Trek: The Motion Picture), who belongs […]
Good Sam (1948)
Synopsis: Gary Cooper (The Pride of the Yankees and High Noon) plays a good-hearted man whose efforts to help others annoy most people, his wife (Ann Sheridan, They Drive by Night […]
Room at the Top (1959)
Synopsis: An ambitious young man, Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey, The Alamo and The Manchurian Candidate), has finally landed a good job far away from his rickety hometown. Joe realizes pretty […]
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
Synopsis: Tom Hanks (Big and Forrest Gump ) plays a Protestant American in the R.A.F. stationed in Jerusalem during World War II, who falls in love with a local Jewish woman (Cristina […]
Rebel without a Cause (1955)
Synopsis: The new kid in town, Jim Stark (James Dean, East of Eden), has a knack for getting into trouble. Jim’s odd behavior quickly attacks the attention of the school’s […]
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Skin Game (1931)
Synopsis: The plot revolves around two feuding families — the aristocratic Hillcrists and the nouveau riche Hornblowers — and the consequences of their ongoing fight over land ownership. It’s no surprise that […]
East of Eden (1955)
Synopsis: In the 1910s, California, a troubled young man, Cal (James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause), discovers that his presumed-dead mother (Jo Van Fleet, Wild River) is alive and runs a […]
