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When Tomorrow Comes 1939 Romance and heartbreak walk hand in hand when Philip Chagal accidentally meets Helen Lawrence in a restaurant where she is a waitress Unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness, he is attracted to her and they make a date to go sailing, arriving at Philips

The Earrings of Madame De 1953 In the Paris of the late 19th century, Louise, wife of a general, sells the earrings her husband gave her as a wedding gift she needs money to cover her debts The general secretly buys the earrings again and gives them to his mistress, Lola, leaving to go to Constantin

Love Affair 1939 A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship They arrange to reunite six months later, after he has had a chance to earn a decent living

Back Street 1941 Pretty Rae Smith and handsome Walter Saxel meet, fall in love and make plans to marry Unfortunately, their marriage plans get sabotaged when a jealous beau makes Rae miss the ceremony The two meet many years later in New York, only now Walter is married Refusing to be shut out of hi

The Fighting Lady 1944 The film follows the WWII exploits of the Essex class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV 10 unidentified in the film, in its first major operations following its commissioning in 1943 The life of the crew is documented from July 1943 to June 1944, from its passage through the Pa

Mayerling 1936 Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides Hes bored his father, the emperor, is domineering his politics are more liberal than his fathers, but he knows his views carry no weight He agrees to marry a princess to sire an heir, then spends his nights as a playboy In 1888

The 13th Letter (1951) Respectable citizens receive anonymous letters revealing their adulterous relationships.

A Very Special Favor (1965) A rich man asks a womanizing playboy to marry his daughter and make a grandson for him.

La Parisienne (1957) The President of France's daughter falls for her fathers attaché and asks to be his mistress. Instead he marries her and flies off on their honeymoon. On the honeymoon she meets the prince who makes friends with her. This leads to a scandalous trip to Nice. Did something go wro

All This, and Heaven Too (1940) When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress,

The Happy Time (1952) Spring inspires lessons in love and life for a French family in 1920s Ottawa, especially for teenage Robert, who's blind to the attentions of an American neighbor girl, because he's infatuated with the beautiful new maid, fleeing life as a magician's assistant. Robert's mother

The Garden of Allah (1936) Domini, an heiress who has led a cloistered life, visits the North African desert for spiritual renewal. There she meets Boris, recently escaped from a Trappist monastery. Their friendship ripens into love, but he conceals his past from her. Then in a remote oasis, they me

History Is Made at Night (1937) The obsessive and jealous shipowner Bruce Vail does not accept the divorce his wife Irene Vail achieved in London, and he hires his driver Michael Browsky to forge adultery with Irene in Paris to make the decree null. However, she is rescued by the headwaiter Paul Dum

Love Is a Ball (1963) Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young ladies. Millicent is now in his sights on the Riviera, and Grand Duke Gaspar is the bait. But what if Millicent starts to fancy planted chauffeur John instead, and Gaspar takes

Flesh and Fantasy (1943) Two clubmen discuss the occult, introducing three weird tales: 1) Plain, bitter Henrietta secretly loves law student Michael. Then on Mardi Gras night, a mysterious stranger gives her a mask of beauty that she must return at midnight. 2) At a party, palmist Podgers makes unc

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) In Argentina, the family man Julio Madariaga is the patriarch of his family and considers his farm the paradise on Earth. One of his daughters, Luisa Desnoyers, has married the Frenchman immigrant Marcelo Desnoyers and they have one son, the playboy Julio,

Is Paris Burning? (1966) In this sprawling, star-laden film, we see the struggles of various French resistance factions to regain control of Paris near the end of World War II. The Nazi general in charge of Paris, Dietrich von Cholitz (Fröbe), is under orders from Hitler himself to burn the city if

Hold Back the Dawn (1941) Told in flashback from a preface in which the main character visits Paramount to sell his story! Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partne

The Cobweb (1955) At an exclusive psychiatric clinic, the doctors and staff are about as crazy as the patients. The clinic head, Dr. Stewart McIver, thinks that it would be good therapy for his patients to design and make new drapes for the library. Mrs. Karen McIver, who is neglected by her hardwor

Barefoot in the Park (1967) New Yorkers Paul Bratter and Corie Bratter née Banks have just gotten married. He is a stuffed shirt just starting his career as a lawyer. She is an independently minded free spirit who prides herself on doing the illogical purely out of a sense of adventure, such acts a

Cluny Brown (1946) Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate. While there, she becomes friendly with Adam Belinski, a charming Czech refugee. She also becomes interested in a dull shopkeeper named Mr. Wilson. Belinski soon falls in love

The Constant Nymph (1943) Fourteen-year-old Tessa is hopelessly in love with handsome composer Lewis Dodd, a family friend. Lewis adores Tessa, but has never shown any romantic feelings toward her. When Tessa's father dies, Lewis contacts her late mother's wealthy family so they'll take care of Tess

Arch of Triumph (1948) In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets

Gaslight (1944) After the death of her famous opera-singing aunt, Paula is sent to study in Italy to become a great opera singer as well. While there, she falls in love with the charming Gregory Anton. The two return to London, and Paula begins to notice strange goings-on: missing pictures, strange

A love triangle between a young woman, a rich 60-something man and an aspiring sailor set in early 20th century Marseilles.