A desperate man finally finds work in post World War II Italy. He scrounges together everything he has in order to buy his bike back from a pawn shop, only to have it stolen by thieves. Post World War II Class Disparity Ladri di biciclette follows Antonio, played by Lamberto Maggiorani, a desperate father trying
Continue reading ➞ Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) (1948)
John Ford's 1939 western, Stagecoach, marked a pivotal point in film history. Stagecoach was John Ford's first western since the silent era and first major western of the sound era. It also launched the career of b-list film actor, John Wayne. The film follows nine people as they set out to traverse the hostile lands
A man has committed murder... Locked, trapped in a room, he recalls how he became a murderer. Le Jour Se Leve, also known as Daybreak, follows François (Gabin), a factory worker that has just committed murder. Locked in his apartment he both enters a standoff with the police as well as a flashback recounting how
William Powell plays the role of Nick Charles, a retired private detective turned lush. His rich wife, Nora, played by Myrna Loy, has inherited her late father's business and Nick has taken on the responsibility of running it and living in luxury. While at the lobby bar at the Ritz, Nick runs in to the
After the sudden death of a senator, business mogul Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold) and fellow state senator Payne (Claude Rains) attempt to fill the vacant seat with a stooge that will help pass their corrupt bill in the eleventh hour of its vote on the senate floor. Instead, an honest and determined young man, Jefferson
