Centennial Summer
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
Jeanne Crain
Julia Rogers
Cornel Wilde
Philippe Lascalles
Linda Darnell
Edith Rogers
William Eythe
Ben Phelps
Walter Brennan
Jesse Rogers
Constance Bennett
Zenia Lascalles
Dorothy Gish
Mrs. Rogers
Barbara Whiting
Susanna Rogers
Kathleen Howard
Deborah
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
Right from the outset, this film mis-fires. Walter Brennan comes across as a fish out of water and Cornel Wilde, with his rather ropey French accent, just doesn't work at all well, either. The latter man, having just arrived in Philadelphia from France for the US Centennial Exposition, soon becomes the object of the affections of two sisters - Jeanne Craine ("Julie") and Linda Darnell ("Edith"). Which of them will win his affections? The problem with this film is that, though colourful - there is absolutely no chemistry anywhere to be seen. The songs from Jerome Kern are pleasant enough, but there is no showstopper - and the singing, well those are either ensemble efforts or solos from actors who, frankly, aren't very good singers. The execution of the story is not without the odd bit of humour, but the presentation looks frequently quite stagey with plenty of set piece choreography that, again, might have looked fine in a theatre but is somehow rather dated and stilted on a big screen. It is watchable, and Darnell steals the show, if anyone does, but I struggled with this rather procedural and stilted melodrama.
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems. Hackenbush, who was recently put in charge of the sanitarium, isn't really a doctor, he's a veterinarian.
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.
วูดดี อัลเลนนำงานเขียนของตอลสตอยมาทำเป็นผลงานฮากลิ้งเกี่ยวกับศตวรรษที่ 18 อันแสนหลอกลวงของรัสเซีย เมื่อนักวิชาการขี้ขลาดได้ลงหลักปักฐานกับสาวสวยซอนยาเพื่อใช้ชีวิตที่เปี่ยมไปด้วยปรัชญา... และแผนตบตาเพื่อลอบฆ่านโปเลียน
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
เวย์นยังคงอาศัยอยู่ที่บ้าน เขามีป้ายชื่อสะสมไว้มากมายจากงานที่เขาเคยลองทำ แต่เขาก็มีรายการทีวีที่เปิดให้สาธารณชนเข้าชมได้ สถานีโทรทัศน์ท้องถิ่นตัดสินใจจ้างเขาและการ์ธ ผู้ช่วยของเขา มาทำรายการอย่างมืออาชีพ และเวย์นกับการ์ธก็พบว่ามันไม่เหมือนเดิมอีกต่อไปแล้ว เวย์นตกหลุมรักมือเบสคนหนึ่งและใช้ข้อมูลติดต่อทางวิดีโอของเขากับการ์ธเพื่อช่วยให้อาชีพของเธอเดินหน้าต่อไป โดยรู้ดีว่าเบ็น โอลิเวอร์ พนักงานโฆษณาเจ้าเล่ห์ที่กำลังทำลายรายการของพวกเขา อาจแย่งเธอไปจากเขาหากพวกเขาทำล้มเหลว
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.