Universal Pictures’ likeable and entertaining 1944 black and white film noir mystery thriller Enter Arsène Lupin stars Charles Korvin as writer Maurice Leblanc’s French gentleman jewel thief Arsène Lupin. Director Ford Beebe’s likeable and entertaining 1944 […]
The 1938 American mystery film Arsène Lupin Returns stars Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce and Warren William, and is the welcome sequel to the 1932 MGM hit Arsène Lupin. Director George Fitzmaurice’s 1938 American mystery film […]
MGM brings Maurice Leblanc’s famous gentleman crook to the screen for its first sound incarnation in 1932 with both Barrymore brothers in the popular pre-Code mystery film Arsène Lupin. Director Jack Conway has the privilege […]
Director Jacques Becker’s witty 1951 black and white French comedy Edouard et Caroline [Edward and Caroline] stars Daniel Gélin and Anne Vernon as pianist Edouard and his wife Caroline, who fight as he gets ready […]
Director Jacques Becker’s 1943 black and white film Goupi Mains Rouges [It Happened at the Inn] is an extremely effective, deservedly admired French black comedy about the murder of an old woman in a French […]
Director Jacques Becker’s penultimate film, the 1958 artist biopic Montparnasse 19 [Les Amants de Montparnasse], gives a fascinating insight into the life of Italian tubercular, alcoholic, poor painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), famed for […]
The 1952 Casque d’Or is a dazzling example of the postwar French film, perfectly capturing the nostalgic poetic-pessimistic mood of the time. It won one BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actress (Simone Signoret). Director […]