Il Cinema Ritrovato 2018
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- DirectorJohn FordStarsSally O'NeilAlan DinehartFrank AlbertsonA society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerStarsAnna BaldiniVera CarmiEmilio CigoliA variety of different people, both adults, children, families, young lovers and youth gangs, spend a Sunday at the beach of Ostia outside Rome.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerStarsAldo FabriziHenri GuisolAve NinchiA group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure, and maybe even find some romance.
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsCharles BoyerDanielle DarrieuxVittorio De SicaWhen an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerEnrico GrasLong panoramic camera movements explore a fresco by the late medieval painter Giotto called The Life of Christ.,in an attempt to capture the effect on the spectator of this work of art.
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsClaudette ColbertWarren WilliamRochelle HudsonA struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
- DirectorFranz OstenStarsHimanshu RaiCharu RoySeeta Devi Jr.A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima (Enakshi) is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz (Rai). She is abducted and sold as a slave to Prince Khurram, later Emperor Shah Jehan (Roy), who falls for her, to the chagrin of the wily Dalia (Seeta Devi). When Selima is caught with Shiraz, the young man is condemned to be trampled to death by an elephant. A pendant reveals Selima's royal status and she saves her brother, marries the prince and becomes Empress Mumtaz Mahal while Dalia is banned for her machinations against Selima. When Selima dies (1629), the emperor builds her a monument to the design of the now old and blind Shiraz, the Taj Mahal. The film contains a number of passionate kissing scenes.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerEnrico Gras
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsAdolphe MenjouMinna GombellArthur PiersonA middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry but the man soon regrets his rash move when she's constantly bored and looking for dancing and excitement, leaving him feel his age. He conspires with a loyal friend to find a suitable man she might run away with so he can divorce her.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsJeff ChandlerJohn SaxonDolores HartWhen four rowdy cowhands ride into a small town and make trouble, no one seems willing or able to take them on, not even Sam Christy, the toughest man in town. But then there is a murder.
- StarsLuisella VivianiRaffaele VivianiLusiello and Raffaelo are peasants engaged upon a farm, the proprietor of which has an only son, Alexander, with whom Lusiello is in love. He has no thought for her, beyond finding her a pleasant girl to have a chat with now and then. Alexander is affianced to the daughter of a neighboring farmer, and one day, as he rides away to meet his sweetheart, Lusiello follows him, and has her worst fears confirmed. She vows vengeance, and endeavors to administer poison to the unsuspecting girl. Alexander detects the poison, and saves his sweetheart, at the same time suspecting Lusiello. He accuses her, and orders her away from the farm. Meanwhile, Raffaelo has been discharged for indolence, and spends his time drinking in the village inn. His sister goes to him, and, concocting a story of Alexander having insulted her, she goads her brother to attempt to kill him. Whilst he is preparing his plan of vengeance, Lusiello meets with an accident, is rescued, and carried to the house of Alexander's fiancee. She waits upon the unfortunate girl, and so wins her affection that she repents her plan of vengeance, and escapes from her sick-bed and arrives at the place where her brother had appointed to intercept and kill Alexander, and is in time to save her brother from a terrible crime. The two men are struggling for life, when Lusiello rushes up and separates them, declaring that her accusation was not true, and that Alexander was innocent. The brother and sister are reconciled, and together leave the neighborhood, while Alexander and his fiancee are left in peace.
- DirectorElvira NotariStarsClara BoniEduardo NotariE. Pensa
- DirectorElvira NotariStarsEduardo NotariGeppino JovineOreste TesoroneThis short subject is from the Neapolitan ballad, a story of love and death.
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsFlorence ReedHugh ThompsonGareth HughesAfter a foreword introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, young shipping clerk Jim O'Neil is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, Edward Knox. Celebrated novelist Grace Norton, selected to be on the jury at Jim's trial, becomes New York's first female juror. Although Jim pleads innocence, he refuses to elaborate until his sweetheart Helen testifies that Knox raped her when she pleaded for Jim, who was fired unjustly, to be reinstated. Jim testifies that he intended to kill Knox but found him dead already. During an angry all-night deliberation, the jury remains deadlocked 11-to-1, with Grace voting against a guilty verdict. In the morning, when she learns that her sister Edith has died, Grace confesses to killing Knox for seducing Edith and failing to honor his promise of marriage. After the foreman reminds the jury of their oath to keep their proceedings secret, they agree not to reveal Grace's story, and vote to acquit Jim.
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsJohn BolesGenevieve TobinLois WilsonBart is a clerk for a publishing company. He has written a novel. He and his wife Peggy have five children. Bart's former girlfriend Mildred manages the company's Paris office. She manages to get the novel published and talks Bart into marrying her after he divorces Peggy. Initially successful, Bart must turn to writing trash to keep Mildred in money. When he sees how well his four sons and daughter Margaret have grown without his help, he asks Peggy to let them all come live with him and Mildred. Peggy agrees, but the arrival of Bart's beloved children puts Mildred's future in jeopardy.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWarner BaxterMiriam JordanJohn BolesA murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only last for six hours, and he must find his killer in that time.
- DirectorSerge NadejdineJacques RobertStarsGaston ModotGina ManèsLilian ConstantiniAntonio Arcella, a popular singer and Pinatucchio, a beggar, love the same woman, Costanzella, each in his own way: one is frivolous while the other is selfish. The beautiful but cruel young woman loves playing with her two lovers, pitting one against the other. But this is a dangerous game: driven crazy by her attitude, Pinatucchios loses control.
- DirectorElla Bergmann-Michel
- DirectorElla Bergmann-MichelStarsRobert Michel
- DirectorMannus FrankenJoris IvensRegen is an experimental documentary film directed by Joris Ivens in 1929. It can be defined as a cinematic-poem. In 2021 Breve Storia Del Cinema restored the film with a new score composed by Nikolas Labrinakos.
- DirectorMaria HemmlebJutta Hercher
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsIrene DunneCharles BoyerBarbara O'NeilA concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.
- DirectorEdwin J. BurkeStarsSpencer TracyHelen TwelvetreesAlice FayeGolden is a two-bit gambler who has promised wife Virginia he'll quit when he makes $200,000. When he fixes a fight he gets mobster Mossiter mad, then loses his fortune to him. He pawns his wife's jewels and takes out an insurance policy on himself.
- DirectorHenri Diamant-BergerStarsAndrée LafayetteSuzy PiersonMalcolm TodA millionaire, a false friend and jealousy come between Thérèse and Laurent who both work for a fashion designer.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.