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- After searching in vain through Europe for her boy after 1917, a Russian ballerina settles in with a Paris artist, which arouses the ire of the man's model.
- This movie takes place in the Papal State in the first half of the 19th century. Roman countess Vanina Vanini falls in love with revolutionary Pietro Mirilli.
- Instead of accepting a well-to-do suitor, an orphan marries a tramp as a bet, but he turns out to be an English peer on the run for a murder he did not commit.
- A composer at work on an operetta falls in love with a girl, without realizing that she is the star of the opera company.
- What is Glamour ? Through interviews with creative specialists, Deborah Landis costume academy winner, film critic Dominique Paini and Stephen Gundle author of an extensive book entitled « Glamour », Galeshka Moravioff demonstrates how an aesthetic approach of Modern Entertainment has been conceived and exploited between the late 1920's throughout the 1950's. It shows how the great costumes designers, Jean Louis, Travilla, Adrian and Edith Head were a major influence on the fashion industry of the mid late 20th century up to today. Movie clips of all the major stars of this golden era features : Marylin Monroe, Rita Hayworth, Greta Garbo , Kim Novak, Gene Tierney, Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Joan Crawford ,Katherine Hepburn, Jane Russel... in memorable scenes dressed in breathtaking iconic gowns.
- A collection of 11 Betty Boop and other Fleischer shorts restored by the UCLA Film Archive, emphasizing some of her more risque moments. Not to be confused with the video collection of the same name.
- The great Franz Liszt helps a struggling, unworldly piano tutor advance to a position in Munich, and ward off a villainous foreign competitor for his lady love.
- A young Parisian plans a holiday in Sicily with his new fiancee but has to take a later train, without her, because of work obligations.
- Elyne, Mata Hari's daughter, perform at a Javanese cabaret. One day Prince Anak appears at the cabaret and attracts by her sensual movements and falls madly in love with Elyne. She avoids to reveal who her mother is, but some jealous businessmen does, which troubles the prince.
- Emma, who is married to lawyer Giulio Scarli, is secretly in love with Fabrizio Arcieri, who works with her husband.
- A steward inherits the estate of an earl.To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.
- An opera troupe travels to Monte Carlo where they have been engaged to perform Tosca. During the trip Mario, the tenor, finds a stowaway girl hidden in his cabin and helps her get a passage. Then the Monte Carlo opera owner turns the company down but is willing to know her better, quickly warming Mario's temper.
- Dark drama about two young girls arriving in Paris to look for a better life.
- A Marquis lets an innocent man take the blame for the murder of one of his foremen , who had entered into a marriage in name only with the former peasant girlfriend of the Marquis.
- A hotel worker who is really an aristocrat falls for a lady customer but instead of getting married he prefers to stay at work and get what female company he can from the staff.
- Sex and relationships from the Italian point of view.
- An unemployed youth pretends to be the long lost son of an elderly industrialist but after helping the man with his business decides to confess his dishonesty and go away.
- Yerma wants a child but with her dispassionate husband has failed to conceive. On the other hand, Victor courts her but the sense of caste and honor prevent from surrendering to him.
- In Spain, during the Napoleonic rule, the French Governor of Andalusia is besieged by the locals who have countless demands and wishes.
- Biopic on classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- During the middle ages, a small town in Emilia is under siege. While the besieged suffer hunger, the beseeching troops are eager for female companionship.
- A prominent Parisian judge is a witness to a murder while he is at a rendezvous with his mistress. A woman is arrested for the crime and brought before him for trial. It turns out that the woman is his ex-mistress, and the judge knows that she is not the killer - but if he comes forward, he stands a good chance of ruining his marriage and his career.
- A newlywed couple have a fight, and to get even with each other, each decides to take a lover--without actually going through with "the deed." Complications ensue.
- A famed tenor from the US, relaxing on a farm near Naples and singing in the fields, is mistaken by a lady journalist for an unknown talent she has discovered. He plays along and even falls in love with her.
- A crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.
- After her tutor embezzles and squanders her inheritance, a young woman is forced to do various jobs.
- Naples 1821. Alphonse, a young poet belonging to a noble French family, is caught by a storm at sea. Fortunately the boat manage to reach the shores of Procida, where Alphonse is welcomed by the family of Andrea. Here he meets the beautiful Graziella.
- Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but the other runs into an old flame and new relations develop.
- Manon escapes with the young nobleman Des Grieux, then becomes a high-class courtesan and finally forced to exile to America.
- Comic propaganda short explaining the importance of blackout procedures during WWII.
- The second of two "Jack and Jim" musicals.
- A biography of the opera composer, from his early struggles and wife's death to his later political involvement, a new relationship, final rejuvenation and acclaim.
- Jack has decided that Nina is the woman of his life; pursuing her he discovers she's the niece of an operatic singer looking for publicity. She agrees to Jack's idea of a jewel's false robbery during a performance. When the jewels are really stolen Jack must recover them, find the thieves and win Nina's affection all in one night. For Stanley Lupino fans.
- Rosé and his opera troupe travel by ship to Monte Carlo. Mario Delmonti, the tenor, finds Carla hidden in his cabin, and helps her returning to Europe. Arriving in Monte Carlo they find the opera director hard to convince. Confident in Mario's exceptional voice they don't give up, even if they have to perform a parallel Tosca in front of the Opera house. First film Martha Eggerth and husband-to-be Jan Kiepura made together.
- A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander doesn't want any part of it, but the producer and his secretary cook up a scheme to trick the officer into letting him use the base and its men. Their plan succeeds, but things don't turn out quite the way they were expecting.
- The painter Pierre Bernier becomes famous thanks to the portrait "The Naked Woman" which represents his model, the seductive Lolette. The very evening of his triumph at the Salon des Expositions, he decides to marry her. But, having become rich and famous, he soon falls in love with the Princess of Chaban and abandons the woman to whom he owes his success.
- In Sardinia, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the once powerful aristocratic Decherchi family is going through difficult times and is threatened with eviction. To be able to pay his debts, Don Paulu, the son, needs help. He seeks aid from Uncle Zua, an old miser, who rejects him bluntly. Upset by Paulu's misfortunes, Annesa, the servant girl adopted by the family and Paulu's lover, decides to kill Zua so that the Decherchis inherit from him...