Sydney Chaplin

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find meaning and hope in their lives.

US politician Ogen Mears finds in his suite on the liner heading from Hong Kong to Hawaii a Russian countess, who is fed up with working as a taxi-dancer in Hong Kong. Mears falls in love, but there is his wife waiting for him in Hawaii, and a divorce would ruin his chances of being elected. (imdb)

After a stagecoach is robbed and the passengers murdered, a long and tangled series of surprise attacks a murderous double-crosses leaves the coach's strongbox in the hands of the killer Lasky. It is up to the legendary hero Sartana to track down the missing money and determine just who is ultimately behind the grisly robberies and killings. (imdb)

Two sisters play cat-and-mouse with the police who are investigating the mysterious death of one of their husbands. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)

A falling-out between thieves over the proceeds of a stickup results in several killings and a priest being marked for murder because of a confession he heard from one of the gang members. (imdb)

The plot centres on John Alexander, a successful business man whose wife just happens to be a lesbian. She is, unfortunately, killed in a car crash towards the start of the film and John then encounters Christine; a sexy and uninhibited blonde seductress who seems to have a keen interest in him. One thing leads to another, and John ends up seeing a blue movie starring Christine and, apparently, his wife! The mystery then builds as John comes to believe that his wife is still alive. (imdb)

A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them. (imdb)

The janitor at a local high school is actually the scout for a coven of Satanists on the lookout for a virgin to sacrifice. One day he kidnaps the cheerleading squad to use for their rituals. However, unbeknownst to the devil-worshipers, one of the cheerleaders is actually a witch, and has plans of her own for the Satanists. (imdb)

A cavalry officer trying to stop an Indian war gets involved with a married woman. (TCM.com)

Gang of robbers heads for Mexican border, meets unexpected opposition along the way. (imdb)

Kirk Douglas plays an American soldier, participating in the 1944 liberation of France. Making the acquaintance of impoverished Parisian girl Dany Robin, Douglas takes pity on the girl, pretending to be married to her so that she won't be unfairly arrested as a prostitute. When Douglas attempts to make their union legal, he is denied permission by his superior officers. So far as they are concerned, Robin is just another little opportunist, marrying a GI in order to gain US citizenship. (allrovi.com)

The quest for respect of a small time mob driver turns him into a notorious gangster. (imdb)

Margherita nicknamed Fornarina is Raphael's mistress. Beatrice, a noblewoman who is also in love with the famous painter tries to get her out of the way, by having her wrongly accused of the murder of a loan shark, whom she has in reality killed herself. Fornarina is sentenced to death. Will Raphael manage to prove her innocent? (imdb)

Manning National (read: Universal International) Studio lacks a leading lady for their new picture, since star Rita Holloway (seen only in rear view) is uncooperative. So they try a global search a la Gone with the Wind. We follow the fortunes of four gorgeous hopefuls from France, Italy, Austria, and Minnesota who come to be tested. They're guided through the mazes of Hollywood by Mike Snowden, who has his own ambitions. (imdb)

Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however, along with his offers of riches and luxury, chosing instead an officer in the king's army as her lover. As all of this is going on, the ruler is oblivious to the growing discontent among his subjects, and the threat of revolt that is increasing with each passing day. (imdb)

An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities. (imdb)

This documentary is featured on the Chaplin Collection DVD for Limelight, released in 2003.

A look at the parallel lives of Charles Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of The Great Dictator (1940). (imdb)

Italy during the Napoleonic wars: a French General and his Adjutant are separated from their unit get beyond the enemy lines. There they meet Carlotta, the resolute daughter of an Italian count, who cannot withstand the charm of the French. (imdb)

Marc and his gang have a brilliant idea (or so they think!) : they will kidnap Vénus de Palma, a (very) rich heiress. Well Venus, also known as Cookie, is duly abducted but holding the lovely twenty-year-old beauty is a horse of another color. Cookie is indeed both seductive and intelligent and manages to seduce one member of the gang after the other, pitting the ones against the others... The brilliant idea soon proves a nightmare! (imdb)

In 1932, Chaplin, in full midlife crisis, escapes to Bali in search of himself to find the artistic rejuvenation and inspiration to do his difficult transition to sound film.