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Back Street (1961)
Back Street , one of the most popular and endearing love stories of all-time, has been brought to the silver screen several times over the years. Based on the bestselling novel by Fannie Hurst ( Imitation of Life ), Back Street is a quintessential tearjerker in which a couple meets and falls in love but is unable to marry due to impossible circumstances. However, despite their situation, they carry on a lifelong illicit affair until tragedy strikes. For the lush 1961 color version, producer...
The Brink's Job
The Brink’s Job is a high-spirited account of a gang of small time crooks who manage to pull off one of the most infamous heists in history. Mastermind Tony (Peter Falk) assembles a team of petty criminals, decked out in Halloween masks, to rob a Brink’s armored truck in Boston. Featuring a superb ensemble cast that also includes Peter Boyle, Warren Oates, Paul Sorvino, Sheldon Leonard, Gena Rowlands and Allen Goorwitz, this gritty, whimsical tale was directed by Academy Award® winner William...
Ffolkes
Roger Moore, Anthony Perkins and James Mason star in this fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat espionage thriller. Madman Lou Kramer (Perkins) captures and threatens to destroy a vital North Sea oil rig in 24 hours unless the British government delivers a huge ransom. Only one man has the skills to defeat him - Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes (Moore), a reclusive underwater expert who leads an elite commando team. Ffolkes and his team plot their high-seas assault in a race against the clock. Entertaining,...
Klondike Annie
The glamorous Mae West stars as a “kept” woman who flees to Alaska and the Gold Rush of the 1890s in Klondike Annie . After the beautiful Rose Carlton (West) escapes from the clutches of the wealthy and possessive Chan Lo (Harold Huber), she finds herself on a ship bound for greater pastures. The ship’s captain, Bull Brackett (Victor McLaglen), instantly falls for Rose but she is distracted by her new cabin mate, Sister Annie Alden (Helen Jerome Eddy). Exchanging philosophies, the unlikely pair...
The Devil Is a Woman
The glamorous Marlene Dietrich stars in The Devil is a Woman , an alluring romance set in the port town of Seville at the turn of the century. During carnival week, the blood of enemies and the passion of lovers run hot when a new woman (Dietrich) comes between a young revolutionary (Cesar Romero) and his old friend (Lionel Atwill). Directed by two-time Academy Award nominee Josef Von Sternberg, this is the film that Marlene Dietrich was most proud of, as she said, “I was the most beautiful.”
Dishonored
One of the most famous and influential star-director collaborations in the history of cinema, Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg made seven features together which immortalized the actress as a glamorous and enigmatic movie siren while confirming the director’s reputation as a supreme stylist of mood, atmosphere and eroticism through his dazzling command of the medium. Inspired by the exploits of the famous World War I spy Mata Hari, Dishonored is a striking espionage thriller about a...
Flame of New Orleans
Undeniably one of the most glamorous actresses to ever grace the silver screen, Marlene Dietrich stars as the impoverished Countess Claire Ledoux in Flame of New Orleans . With only one thing on her mind – to marry a mean of means – Ledoux’s engagement to Charles Giraud (Roland Young) appeared to be smooth seas ahead… until Captain Robert Latour (Bruce Cabot) stormed into town and took the wind out of her sails. Though it would take fainting spells and double identities to delay and disguise...
Golden Earrings
One of the most captivating actresses of all time, Marlene Dietrich plays a lusty gypsy in the film that stirred up the censors, Golden Earrings . Escaping from the Nazis, agent Ralph Denistoun (Ray Milland) and his partner arrange to meet in Stuttgart to steal Hitler’s poison gas formula. On the journey, Denistoun meets Lydia (Dietrich), who keeps him out of harm’s way. Only with the help of the extraordinary gypsy woman can he finish the mission that will make him a hero in this tale of...
The Song of Songs
Starring one of Hollywood’s most glamorous screen legends, Marlene Dietrich, The Song of Songs is the shocking story of Lily, a beautiful but naive peasant girl who is lured into posing as a nude model for aspiring sculptor Richard (Brian Aherne). Their working relationship quickly develops into a passionate love affair but, unable to commit himself to marriage, Richard abandons Lily and she is forced to marry a lecherous baron (Lionel Atwill) who has bribed her aunt.
Angel
Marlene Dietrich stars as the unfaithful wife of a foreign diplomat in the sophisticated comedy Angel directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Lady Maria Barker (Dietrich) has the perfect life: a famous husband (Herbert Marshall), a stately English manor, and endless trips abroad. Unfortunately, the one thing that is missing - her husband's attention - leads to a short-lived affair with a dashing British stranger (Melvyn Douglas) in Paris who knows her only by the name "Angel". Though she tries to put the...