Design for Living

Der hersker almindelig uenighed om, hvilken præstation der rent faktisk var Greta Garbos bedste. Ernst Lubitsch fik hende i sin vidunderlige komedie Ninotchka til at folde sit ellers tillukkede væsen ud i en grad, som ingen anden før, så de…

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval,…

En collegefremstuderende helbreder sin skuffelse og ensomhed ved at lade sig blive trukket ind i sin fremtidige stedsøsters vilde planer.

Filmen der ofte omtales som Greta Garbos bedste hyldes også som en rigtig filmklassiker, men tiden har tæret en del på den efterhånden. De meget smukke billeder af William Daniels, som iøvrigt ofte fotograferede Garbo i flere film, virker m…

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

A carny builds a gambling empire at the expense of his family's wellbeing.

After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

An unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular by making the football team.

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society. The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor.

Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language…

Det er ikke tilfældigt, at den velhavende Charles forelsker sig i Jean. Jean er en svindler med blikket rettet mod Charles' formue. Tingene kompliceres, da Jean begynder at falde for sit offer. Da Charles mistænker, at Jean er en guldgraver…

Emil Jannings spiller den ældre professor Immanuel Roth, som forføres af natklubsangerinden Lola Lola (Marlene Dietrich). I sin forgabelse lader han sig totalt nedværdige, gifter sig med pigen, og går derefter en grum skæbne i møde.

Loco (Betty Grable), Pola (Marilyn Monroe) og Schatze (Lauren Bacall) er tre smukke, men fattige og ikke udpræget intelligente veninder, der lejer en dyr penthouselejlighed på Manhattan. Planen er at tiltrække velhavende mænd, som de siden …

Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to Londo…

Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist working for an international…

Richard Hanney får en ubehagelig overraskelse, da en glamourøs spioninde falder i hans seng – med en kniv i ryggen. Efter at have lidt besvær med at forklare det hele til Scotland Yard, tager han ud i de skotske bjerge for at rense sit navn…

Bernie (Jack Black) er bedemand i et lille samfund i Texas og kendt for sit gode humør og gode naboskab. Det undrer derfor alle i byen, da han bliver nær ven med den aldrende, utilnærmelige enke, Marjorie (Shirley MacLaine), og omgivelserne…