The Bitter Tea of General Yen
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
Captain Boycott
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic…
The Children Are Watching Us
In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent…
L’Argent
Adapted from the novel L’Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.
Ladies of the Big House
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn’t commit.
The Outsider
A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon – and falls in love with her in the process.
The Cardinal
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of…
Whirlpool of Fate
Orphan Virginia is left destitute following her father’s death and her uncle’s alcoholism; she finds refuge with bohemians but is forced to flee, eventually finding romance and a life-altering experience…
The Criminal Code
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes…
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