Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Synopsis: A poor farm girl (Greta Garbo, Ninotchka) runs away from home and is rescued by worldly architect (Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind). They fall in love, but unforeseen […]
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Love stories
Foul Play (1978)
Synopsis: A klutzy librarian, Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn, Private Benjamin), inadvertently becomes involved in an elaborate assassination plot. Gloria is assisted by a snarky police detective, Tony Carlson (Chevy Chase, […]
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
Synopsis: A deranged madman (Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night) begins murdering middle-aged women and it’s up to a stressed-out New York police detective (George Segal, Who’s Afraid of […]
The Malpaso Collection: Play Misty for Me (1971)
Synopsis: A radio DJ, Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood, Hang ‘Em High), has a one-night stand with a woman (Jessica Walter, The Flamingo Kid) who happens to be an ardent fan […]
The Bette Davis Project: Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Synopsis: The teen daughter (Joey Heatherton, Twilight of Honor) of a famous sculptor (Susan Hayward, I Want to Live!), and granddaughter of a wealthy woman (Bette Davis), kills her mother’s […]
The Best of Everything (1959)
Synopsis: This is the story of three ambitious women working at a New York publishing company in the late 1950s. The young women deal with, among other things, love entanglements […]
Love Among Thieves (1987, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: A concert pianist (Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s) is forced to rob a precious Faberge egg by a gang of criminals who are holding the pianist’s boyfriend hostage. She […]
Sidney Sheldon’s Bloodline (1979)
Synopsis: After the sudden death of her wealthy father, Elizabeth Roffe (Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday) inherits her dad’s pharmaceutical empire, but someone in Elizabeth’s inner circle wants her dead too. […]
The Malpaso Collection: Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Synopsis: Set in California in the 1800s, two gold prospectors (Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, and Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou) vie for the affections of a feisty pioneer woman (Jean Seberg, Airport), […]
Against All Odds (1984)
Synopsis: An unemployed football player (Jeff Bridges, Winter Kills) is hired to find the girlfriend (Rachel Ward, Fortress) of a shady night club owner (James Woods, Best Seller). Things get […]
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Synopsis: At the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi (Flora Robson, Saratoga Trunk) is persuaded to kick foreigners out of the country. The Empress orders the Boxers, a rouge group of […]
Brideshead Revisited (1981, TV-Mini-Series)
Synopsis: An officer in the British army recalls twenty years of his friendship with a troubled aristocrat and his powerful family. Reaction & Thoughts: “I believed myself very close to […]
