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American cinema: Romance (Page 1 of 15)

42nd Street (1933)

Lloyd Bacon

In 1932, with America in the Satanic grip of the Great Depression, work for singers and dancers is hard to come by. So, when Broadway producers Jones and Barry announce that they are putting on a new show entitled Pretty Lady, there is a virtual stampede to the auditions. The great Julian Marsh is hired to director the show... [More...]

7th Heaven (1927)

Frank Borzage

Paris, 1914. Chico, an atheistic loner, has grown tired of toiling in the sewers and hopes that one day he will become a street washer like his neighbour Gobin. Meanwhile, sisters Diane and Nana receive an unexpected visit from their wealthy relatives, who offer them the prospect of a better life. When Diane admits to being a prostitute, her relatives turn their back on her and her sister... [More...]

A Damsel in Distress (1937)

George Stevens

Everyone at Tottleigh Castle knows that Lady Alyce Marshmorton is about to get married, but no one knows for certain who the lucky man will be. When the servants hold a wager, houseboy Albert bets that Lady Alyce will take as her husband a complete stranger, whilst the butler Keggs is confident that she will select her mother’s favourite, a jazz-loving buffoon named Reggie... [More...]

A Farewell to Arms (1932)

Frank Borzage

During World War I, a young American, Frederick Henry, enlists as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. He meets and falls in love with a young English nurse, Catherine Barkley. Badly injured in a bombardment, Henry ends up in a hospital in Milan, where he is cared for by his beloved Catherine. As Henry recovers, he and Catherine pursue an idyllic romance, which ends all to soon when Henry is sent back to the Front... [More...]

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Charles Crichton

London gangster George Thomason has masterminded the perfect jewel robbery, which he is about to put into action with his henchman Ken Pile, an animal-lover with a crippling stutter, and a pair of Americans - Wanda Gerschwitz and Otto West. The latter pretend to be brother and sister but are in fact lovers who intend to double-cross George and Ken after the robbery... [More...]

A Foreign Affair (1948)

Billy Wilder

After WWII, an American government committee arrives in Berlin to carry out an investigation into the morale of US troops. Congresswoman Phoebe Frost is appalled to see American soldiers fraternising with German women, and one woman in particular – nightclub singer Erika Von Schluetow. The latter is known to have had close associations with high-ranking Nazi officials and so Miss Frost enlists the help of GI John Pringle to establish why she hasn’t been indicted, not knowing that Pringle is the man who is protecting her..... [More...]

A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

One bright Saturday morning, three friends, Deborah, Rita and Lora, are about to take a party of school children on a riverside picnic when a messenger hands them a letter. The letter is from their mutual friend, Addie Ross, who simply states that she has just stolen one of their husbands. Each woman has reason to think her husband may want to leave her... [More...]

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Sam Wood

By donating money to Otis B. Driftwood, an opera promoter of dubious repute, wealthy widow Mrs Claypool hopes to buy her way into high society. Whilst in Milan, Driftwood signs up an unknown chorus singer, Riccardo, mistaking him for the great tenor Lassparri. The latter is signed up for the New York opera company by another promoter, Gottlieb... [More...]

A Place in the Sun (1951)

George Stevens

George Eastman, the son of poor missionary workers, is surprised when his uncle, the successful businessman Charles Eastman, offers him a job at one of his factories. George is happy to start as a production line worker believing that this will lead to better things, although he is not yet aware of the enormous social gulf that separates him from the wealthy Eastmans... [More...]

A Star Is Born (1954)

George Cukor

Onetime matinee idol Norman Maine has lost both his public and the confidence of the studio bosses who employ him, and he hastens his decline by drowning his sorrows in alcohol. One evening, he is intent on making a spectacle of himself at a charity gala event, but he is rescued by a young nightclub singer, Esther Blodgett... [More...]

A Woman of Paris (1923)

Charles Chaplin

Marie St Clair and her lover Jean Millet plan to leave their French village and start a new life in Paris as man and wife. On the eve of their departure, Marie is locked out of her house by her cruel stepfather and Jean tries to persuade his parents to let her spend the night in their house. Knowing that Marie is a woman of ill repute, Jean’s father refuses and so Jean and Marie decide to elope to Paris that night... [More...]

Adam’s Rib (1949)

George Cukor

District Attorney Adam Bonner is far from pleased when he is called upon to prosecute Doris Attinger, a young woman who shot and wounded her husband when she found him in the arms of his mistress. The reason Adam is not pleased is because his wife, Amanda, who is also a lawyer, is convinced that Doris is the victim in the affair... [More...]

Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)

William Marshall

Léa Mariotte is resentful of her lowly position as housemaid to a wealthy New Orleans family. She despises them for the part they played in her father’s downfall and burns with the desire for revenge. One evening, she accidentally kills another servant, in the presence of her admirer George Brissac... [More...]

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Michael Curtiz

England, 1191. With Richard the Lionheart, the rightful king, away fighting in the crusades, the country is governed by his younger brother, John. When he learns that Richard has been taken prisoner by Leopold of Austria, John sees an opportunity to usurp the throne. Instead of paying the ransom demanded for the release of his brother, John intends to use the taxes he raises for this purpose to make his position more secure... [More...]

The African Queen (1951)

John Huston

In 1914, Rose Sayer assists her brother, the Reverend Samuel Sayer, in leading a missionary village in German East Africa. Their supplies are brought to them by Canadian Charlie Allnut on his steam-driven barge, The African Queen. The Sayers disregard Charlie’s advice to leave the village now that Germany is at war with England and decide to stay on... [More...]

All I Desire (1953)

Douglas Sirk

In 1910, Naomi Murdock is an itinerant actress who earns barely enough to live on, performing at rundown theatres in provincial towns across America. One day, she receives a letter from her daughter Lily with an invitation to visit her on the eve of her graduation from high school. Naomi hasn’t seen her family for several years and is unsure how she will be greeted by the husband she walked out on to pursue her far from spectacular acting career... [More...]

All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

Anatole Litvak

In the 1840s, French teacher Henriette Deluzy arrives in America and finds work in a girls’ school. When her pupils pick up on rumours of her recent past, she decides to tell them her story. A few years ago, Henriette was engaged as governess to the aristocratic Praslin family. The Duke, her employer, is impressed by the compassionate way in which she treats his three young daughters and his weakling son, and begins to fall in love with her... [More...]

American Graffiti (1973)

George Lucas

Modesto, California, 1962. After a party to celebrate the end of term, a group of high school graduates go cruising about town, and end up having a far more eventful night than they planned. Steve Bolander and Curt Henderson are set to leave town the following day to start their college education, although both have reservations about leaving... [More...]

An American in Paris (1951)

Vincente Minnelli

After WWII, ex-serviceman Jerry Mulligan decides to stay on in Paris and pursue a career as an artist, seeking inspiration from the city he has fallen in love with. Like his friend Adam, an unemployed concert pianist, he has difficulty getting by on what he earns, but he would not live any other way... [More...]

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

John Landis

David Kessler and Jack Goodman are two American college backpackers who decide to make a tour of Europe. Where better to begin than the bleak, soggy Yorkshire moors? As night falls, they enter an inn named The Slaughtered Lamb, hoping for rest and refreshment. Instead, they receive a deathly cold reception from a sinister collection of locals who, not liking foreign folk, drive them away with a warning not to stray on the moors... [More...]

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