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), […]
Tag Archives: Romance
Love stories
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 […]
George Pal Presents: The Naked Jungle (1954)
Synopsis: In 1901, a New Orleans woman, Joanna Selby (Eleanor Parker, The Sound of Music), agrees to marry a South American plantation owner, Christopher Leiningen (Charlton Heston, Planet of the […]
George Pal Presents: Houdini (1953)
Synopsis: A carny magician, Harry Houdini (Tony Curtis, The Defiant Ones), falls in love with one of his admirers, Bess Rahner (Janet Leigh, The Manchurian Candidate). Bess initially objects to […]
Beloved Infidel (1959)
Synopsis: This is the true story of British Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham (Deborah Kerr, The End of the Affair) and her turbulent relationship with American author F. Scott Fitzgerald (Gregory Peck, […]
The End of the Affair (1955)
Synopsis: In the 1940s, a writer, Maurice Bendrix (Van Johnson, A Guy Named Joe), begins a clandestine relationship with a married woman, Sarah Miles (Deborah Kerr, The Innocents), whom he tries […]
Desire (1936)
Synopsis: An average American engineer, Tom Bradley (Gary Cooper, High Noon), inadvertently bumps into a sophisticated jewel thief, Madeleine de Beaupre (Marlene Dietrich, Rancho Notorious), and his life is never the same. Reaction […]
You Light Up My Life (1977)
Synopsis: A young woman (Didi Conn, Grease) is determined to put her life together, while trying to succeed as an actress, singer, and songwriter. Reaction & Thoughts: You Light Up […]
Stealing Home (1988)
Synopsis: An ex-baseball player (Mark Harmon, The Presidio) returns home after he finds out that his first love (Jodie Foster, The Accused) has committed suicide. The unexpected death of the […]
Gigi (1958)
Synopsis: In 1900, Paris, France, a wealthy playboy, Gaston (Louis Jourdan, There Coins in the Fountain), is friends with a spirited young lady, Gigi (Leslie Caron, An American in Paris), […]
