Archive for January, 1957
Love in the Afternoon
Director Billy Wilder salutes his idol, Ernst Lubitsch, with this comedy about a middle-aged playboy fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.
Love in the Afternoon DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 7.30 out of 10 (1309 votes)
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Van Doude, John McGiver, Lise Bourdin, Bonifas,
Tags: Romance, Drama, Comedy, adultery, based-on-novel, deception, drunk-scene, father-daughter-relationship, gun, hotel, impersonation, jealousy, love, older-man-younger-woman, paris-france, pepsi, playboy, private-detective, romantic-comedy, train, walking-on-ledge
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Witness for the Prosecution
Esteemed criminal lawyer Sir Wilfrid Robarts has just returned to practice after suffering a heart attack and is supposed to be on a diet of bland civil suits. But the case of Leonard Vole, a charmer accused of murdering a rich middle-aged widow, proves irresistible — particlularly when Sir Wilfrid meets the accused’s wife, the remarkable Christine Vole. Christine will appear as a witness: not the defense, but for the prosecution.
Witness for the Prosecution DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 8.10 out of 10 (8343 votes)
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Henry Daniell, Ian Wolfe, Torin Thatcher, Norma Varden, Una O’Connor, Francis Compton, Philip Tonge, Ruta Lee, Franklyn Farnum, Colin Kenny,
Tags: Mystery, Drama, Thriller, based-on-play, blood-type, courtroom, microphone, murder, perjury, pill, trial, twist-in-the-end, will-and-testament
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Funny Face
Fashion photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire), in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore. When the photo session is over the store is left in a shambles, much to salesgirl Jo Stockton’s (Audrey Hepburn) dismay. Avery stays behind to help her clean up. Later, he examines the photos taken there and sees Jo in the background of one shot. He is intrigued by her unique appearance, as is Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson), the editor of a leading fashion magazine. They offer Jo a modeling contract, which she reluctantly accepts only because it includes a trip to Paris. Eventually, her snobbish attitude toward the job softens, and Jo begins to enjoy the work and the company of her handsome photographer.
Funny Face DVD Info:
IMDB Rating: 7.00 out of 10 (3088 votes)
Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng, Dovima, Suzy Parker, Sunny Hartnett, Jean Del Val, Virginia Gibson, Sue England, Ruta Lee, Alex Gerry, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Nesdon Booth,
Tags: Musical, Romance, Comedy, american-abroad, beatnik, dance, eiffel-tower-paris, fashion, france, love, magazine, male-female-relationship, model, modeling, paris-france, philosophy, photographer, photography, title-spoken-by-character
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